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BASKETBALL

Role reversal

As a senior at Braham Area High School in Braham, Minn., Isaiah Dahlman averaged 33.6 points per game and finished with a career total of 3,366 points. Last year, Dahlman played in 26 games for the MSU men’s basketball team, logging 403 minutes and scoring 96 points all season.

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Breakdown

The men’s basketball team travels to Iowa City to take on the Hawkeyes at 8:35 p.m. Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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Pump up the volume

Welcome to the Big Ten. That’s the message MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo delivered to his team during Saturday’s 65-59 win against Minnesota. “Although we outrebounded them by 20, they took it to us physically,” Izzo said.

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Road woes continue for Spartans

The No. 23 MSU women’s basketball team suffered another road loss. In a battle until the end, Hartford (10-2) clinched the 54-51 win in a second-half comeback thanks to its 17 points off of the 15 Spartan turnovers and Hawks forward Danielle Hood’s 19 points and eight rebounds.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Sooners' second-half surge defeats women's basketball team

The MSU women’s basketball team held on until the end, when Oklahoma clinched the win 66-55. After claiming the lead for good just under three minutes left in the game, the Sooners handed the Spartans their first home loss of the season. Oklahoma point guard Jenna Plumley sunk the 3-point game-winner with 2:42 left on the clock to start the 10-2 Sooner run.

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MSU freshmen have faults, but potential

The MSU men’s basketball team’s freshmen might not fly across the lane for NBA Jam-like dunks, dribble through defenders’ legs or consistently make ESPN’s Top Ten plays — but even without those attributes, they are living up to the hype.