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Gray a big factor in MSU's win

Cash Kruth
January 17, 2009

If the MSU men’s basketball team’s 63-57 win over Illinois on Saturday was a hockey game, head coach Tom Izzo said Marquise Gray wouldn’t only get one of the stars given out — he’d get all three. Gray, a senior forward from Flint, came up big on a memorable night, scoring 11 points and grabbing six rebounds on the same night former MSU great and fellow Flint native Morris Peterson had his No. 42 jersey retired.

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Spartans edge Illinois, 63-57

Alex Altman
January 17, 2009

Born and raised in Flint, MSU forward Marquise Gray said he used to idolize former Spartans great Morris Peterson. On Saturday, he paid his great friend and fellow Flintstone the ultimate token of respect.

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Tough Illinois defense not a matchup for Spartans

Alex Altman
January 15, 2009

The Illinois men’s basketball team finally has its identity back. After a pair of disappointing seasons, during which the Fighting Illini finished with a combined 14-20 Big Ten record despite a roster simmering with experience and talent, they are back to doing what they do best: playing tenacious defense.

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Rebounding key in rivalry game

Rivalry week has arrived for the MSU women’s basketball team. The Spartans head to Ann Arbor for the first of two matchups with Michigan tonight and hope to fair better than their last trip to Crisler Arena, a 64-55 U-M win.

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Evolution of Allyssa

Cash Kruth
January 11, 2009

There wasn’t one instant or one specific moment that it clicked for Allyssa DeHaan. It just happened. The 2007-08 season had been tough on the 6-foot-9 junior center, who struggled to find herself on the court, in the classroom and in her relationship with God.

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MSU needs good defense to have success

It’s said that defense wins championships. Throw in rebounding and you have the recipe for a pretty strong basketball team. And to get to March this season, the MSU women’s basketball team is going to need to continue its strong performances on its end of the court.

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Men's basketball cruises to 75-62 win over Kansas

Alex Altman
January 10, 2009

With a national audience tuned in and the defending national champions in town, the MSU men’s basketball team wanted to make a statement. The one it made was loud and clear: “We’re bringing back our old style of basketball a little bit,” senior guard Travis Walton said. “We’re playing hard, and every time we touch the floor, we’re going to play tough.”

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MSU prepares for nonconference showdown with Kansas

Alex Altman
January 9, 2009

MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has a gripe with the new Associated Press Top 25 rankings. For once, it has nothing to do with him feeling his team was slighted. “It’s a joke that (Kansas isn’t) rated,” Izzo said about the Jayhawks, who will travel to East Lansing to take on No. 8 MSU at 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Schiffauer, Johnson provide spark in 64-52 win

After an up and down start to the Big Ten season, the MSU women’s basketball team was looking for a spark Thursday night against Northwestern. The Spartans were trounced in their last game, losing 67-49 at Ohio State, and were looking to avenge a 62-48 home loss to Indiana.