The No. 6 Spartans overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half and were able to hold off Minnesota in the final seconds, winning 65-64 to hand the Golden Gophers their first home loss of the season.
MSU head coach Suzy Merchant had been looking for her upperclassmen to be doers instead of talkers. She got just that in Thursday’s game against Purdue.
All season, the MSU women’s basketball team has looked to its guards to be bigger scoring threats and offensively aggressive. Enter freshman Jasmine Thomas.
The true toughness of a team is defined on the road, in environments where a player can’t hear his teammate from five feet away. After enjoying the friendly confines of Breslin Center for seven of its last 10 games, the No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team will spend six of the next eight on the road.
The last time the MSU men’s basketball team faced a team for the second time in a week — Wednesday’s 70-63 win against Iowa — the result was displeasing for the Spartans and head coach Tom Izzo.
After defeating Iowa twice in a week and a half, the No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team will try to do the same to Minnesota when they travel to Minneapolis on Saturday to face the Golden Gophers.
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Their work here is done. The MSU men’s basketball team put a final — though potentially discouraging — stamp on a crucial homestand Wednesday night by beating Iowa 70-63 to improve its record to 6-0 in the Big Ten and hold its lead in the conference standings.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant said her team is looking for its identity and three straight offensively-challenged losses.
The No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team and Iowa might have met just a week and a half ago, but a lot has changed since then, head coach Tom Izzo said.
This is why you don’t abandon ship when the MSU men’s basketball team loses to unranked Florida in November.
Tom Izzo won’t call Raymar Morgan the next Travis Walton, but the MSU men’s basketball head coach says it should be noted that the senior forward’s defense this season has improved. Given the opportunity for consistent marking in a game, Morgan has the ability to shut down an opponent.
Following Thursday’s startling loss to Wisconsin, the MSU women’s basketball team needed a big effort Sunday against Penn State. But for the second straight game, the Spartans went cold down the stretch, as MSU did not make a field goal in the final eight minutes in a 68-60 loss to the Lady Lions at Bryce Jordan Center.
To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best. The MSU men’s basketball team made a strong case as the Big Ten’s top dog Saturday, knocking off the last team standing in its way of perching atop of the Big Ten standings outright, hammering Illinois 73-63 on Saturday afternoon in front of an inspired capacity crowd at Breslin Center.
Embarrassing. Negligent. Inexcusable. Lowest point. Those were the words women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant used after watching her team’s offense fade into the night while blowing a 14-point second half lead in a 48-45 loss to Wisconsin on Thursday at Breslin Center.
And then there were two. And soon there will be one. The remaining duo of undefeated teams in the Big Ten will meet in a pivotal January matchup Saturday when the Illinois men’s basketball team travels to Breslin Center to meet No. 7 MSU (3:30 p.m., CBS).
He hadn’t touched a basketball since August, but that didn’t stop Dion Sims from believing he could step on a court and compete with one of the top teams in the nation.
It’s the morning of Dec. 6. The MSU women’s basketball team is a few days removed from one of its biggest wins ever at Breslin Center, a 72-66 victory against then-No. 4 North Carolina. The challenge that day: conference foe Indiana in the Big Ten opener.
Coming into Wednesday night, the Minnesota Golden Gophers led the Big Ten in turnover margin while the Spartans were second last — a recipe for MSU disaster.
Few expected the MSU women’s basketball team to start the Big Ten season 2-3. ****