In trying to get the most out of his super sophomore slasher Raymar Morgan, MSU men’s head basketball coach Tom Izzo didn’t seek counsel from his assistant coaches or players.
If the MSU women’s basketball team plans on stepping it up when it comes to game time, it needs to practice harder first.
Tom Izzo, MSU men’s basketball head coach, described certain moments of Saturday’s Big Ten opener against Minnesota as “bizarre.”
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.
The MSU women’s basketball team will need to step it up after a disappointing start in Big Ten play.
MSU overcame a Big Ten opener scare to defeat the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 65-59, Saturday night at Breslin Center.
After winning its last five Big Ten openers, the No. 23 MSU women’s basketball team dropped this season’s Big Ten opener to Minnesota 74-63, Saturday.
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.
During Wednesday’s men’s basketball game at Breslin Center, it was all Spartans – the MSU Spartans, not the San Jose State Spartans.
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.
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.
Who remembers 2003? I bet Tom Izzo does. That was the year in which the MSU men’s basketball team faced off against Kansas, DePaul, Duke, Oklahoma, Kentucky, UCLA and Syracuse before the Spartans faced a single Big Ten opponent.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant still thinks her team is a “work in progress.”
“A basketball-crazy community.” Those were the words MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo used to describe Peoria, Ill. — the city to which No. 9 MSU travels today to face off against the Bradley Braves (6-2).
If opposing coaches go by the stat sheet, they could pretty easily choose which MSU players to put their best defender on — senior guard Drew Neitzel or sophomore guard Raymar Morgan.
Old Dominion continued its winning streak against Big Ten teams Sunday after it defeated the No. 20 MSU women’s basketball team.
The MSU women’s basketball team fell just short to Old Dominion on Sunday, 79-73.
The MSU men’s basketball team utilized a balanced scoring attack and a late point spurt en route to a 80-51 win against Jacksonville Saturday night at Breslin Center.
The MSU women’s basketball team finally came to play in the first half. Sophomore guard Allyssa DeHaan’s layup 45 seconds in paired with freshman guard Brittney Thomas’s underhand layup in the midst of a 19-7 run would set the pace for a comfortable 12-point lead heading into the locker room.
No. 20 MSU women’s hoops will face Old Dominion on Sunday.