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Izzone reunion a success
Students may still be on winter break, but Wednesday night, the Izzone was full – of former members reliving their college days.
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Spartans out-slug Badgers 54-47
For basketball fans that don’t care for the Big Ten’s half-court, banging style of play, Wednesday night’s game between the MSU and Wisconsin men’s basketball teams was a perfect opportunity for them to hide their eyes.
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DeHaan leads No. 16 Spartans to 53-44 win
Allyssa DeHaan scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the No. 16 Spartans beat Indiana 53-44 Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.
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Spartans win as Lucas comes off bench
Following MSU men’s basketball 87-68 victory Wednesday against Texas-Arlington at Breslin Center, head coach Tom Izzo tried to downplay booting junior guard Kalin Lucas from practice Tuesday.
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Spartans drop to 0-2 in Big Ten after loss
The MSU women’s basketball team has a big hole to climb out of if it hopes to win the Big Ten title.
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No. 2 Texas pulls away from MSU
In a flash Tuesday night, a series of plays epitomized the MSU men’s basketball team’s outing against Texas in Austin — its strengths muted while the Longhorns’ strong points flexed their muscles.
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MSU's defense steps up in 67-59 win against St. Bonaventure
Suzy Merchant believes no Big Ten team has been tested like hers in the nonconference season. Monday’s game with St. Bonaventure was just another reason why. On the cusp of the top-25, the Bonnies came into Breslin Center unbeaten at 11-0 with several quality wins, so it was no surprise to anyone when they kept fighting back.
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Spartans prepare to face No. 2 Texas
Kalin Lucas has never lost to Texas — and he doesn’t plan on starting this season. MSU’s junior guard has been a key cog in MSU’s two neutral site victories against the Longhorns the last two seasons. This season, however, the stakes are higher, as the Spartans have the opportunity to make a splash on the national scene by beating the No. 2 Longhorns on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.
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Strong start leads MSU to victory against Washington
It’s safe to say a tape of Saturday’s game between the MSU women’s basketball team and Washington won’t ever be heading to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The two teams combined to shoot 31.1 percent, commit 36 turnovers and 48 personal fouls, but the No. 16 Spartans were much more efficient on both ends of the floor, knocking off the Huskies 69-52 at Breslin Center.
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"Locked in" Morgan leads MSU to 80-58 win against IPFW
The MSU men’s basketball team stuck with what has worked for most of the season in its 80-58 win Saturday against IPFW at Breslin Center — stumble into halftime with a marginal lead and gradually pull away in the later moments of the second half.
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Exams hinder practice time, but Spartans pull through against IPFW
Although final exams come every year, dealing with them this season was a much different story for MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo.
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Spartans' 3-point barrage leads to win
Florida Gulf Coast head coach Karl Smesko came into Sunday’s game with MSU looking to make the Spartans’ offensively-passive guards hit outside shots by packing in the paint. He came to regret that decision less than three minutes into the game.
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Spartans defeat Oakland 88-57
Outside, temperatures plummeted to the low teens and a bone-chilling wind chill was enough to keep anyone indoors.
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04-05 team shines on decade squad
Four of the five players on the first team come from the program’s best team in 2004-05. Liz Shimek and Lindsey Bowen are the top two scorers in program history, and Kristen Haynie was the cornerstone of that team.
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Starting 5 highlight unmatched decade
It’s only right that the decade’s best team is well-represented on the All-Decade team. Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson already have had their numbers retired, and Charlie Bell also might get that honor some day, but he gets knocked out of the starting lineup for Alan Anderson — just barely.
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Stats don't lie; Shimek best in 10 years at MSU
Throughout her college career, Liz Shimek kept getting better. Her success helped bring the MSU women’s basketball team to a level of national prominence previously unseen.
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Spartans dominate Xavier 66-53
Everything MSU was missing during its sluggish effort Sunday against Indiana was there — and more — Wednesday night against No. 8 Xavier. The Spartans brought the energy, excitement and enthusiasm that head coach Suzy Merchant thought was missing Sunday in a dominating 66-53 win against the Musketeers Wednesday night at Breslin Center.
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Spartans set to face another top-10 opponent
The hits keep coming for the MSU women’s basketball team. The No. 21 Spartans will meet their third top-10 opponent this season when they play No. 8 Xavier 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Center.
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Spartans ready for another test
The MSU men’s basketball team’s past two games against mid-majors have been closer than expected for the No. 12 team in the country. Thursday’s game against Oakland will be no different.
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MSU basketball defeats Citadel 69-56
The MSU men’s basketball team knew The Citadel’s 3-point shooting would give the Spartans fits Monday.