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ICE HOCKEY

MSU hockey splits weekend series at Alaska

It might not be the series sweep it was looking for, but MSU hockey (10-21-3 overall, 8-17-1-0 CCHA) picked up its first pair of back-to-back wins this season with a 1-0 win against Alaska on Friday night.

BASKETBALL

Men's basketball falls to Ohio State, 68-60, in Columbus

It was all Adreian Payne could do in a return to his home state. The Dayton, Ohio native dominated the paint for the majority of Sunday’s contest against No. 18 Ohio State, finishing the game with 12 points and 14 rebounds and asserting himself as one of the Big Ten’s most dangerous weapons.

BASEBALL

Baseball team to return to South Carolina for four-game stint

The opening weekend of game action yielded a few lessons for the MSU baseball team. After several weeks of indoor practice, the Spartans (1-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) split a pair of games in the first weekend of play in Greenville, S.C., losing 3-2 to Furman on Friday before defeating Northwestern 7-4 on Sunday.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans travel to Alaska for weekend series

Multiple flights and a day’s worth of travel, only to be welcomed by a high of minus 4 degrees. The weather of Fairbanks, Alaska, might make the frigid winters of East Lansing seem tropic, but to Tanner Sorenson, the sub-zero temperature means home.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Indiana wins starting lineup battle in 72-68 MSU loss

East Lansing’s first top-five matchup didn’t go the way Spartan fans had hoped, and now MSU looks to pick up the pieces.