The only thing pretty in the first half of tonight’s installment of the MSU – Michigan series was the special pink jerseys each team was sporting. It was a typical low-scoring, gritty rivalry game you would expect in a matchup of the No. 1 and 2 scoring defenses in the Big Ten.
Pink jerseys, Breslin Center, arch rivals. The last time those three factors for the MSU women’s basketball team came together was Feb. 13, 2011, and culminated in a 69-56 victory against Michigan in front of the first sellout crowd in program history.
And there’s two more losses for the Spartans, (7-18-3 overall, 5-14-1-0 CCHA) albeit this weekend’s might have stung a little more than usual.
With the start of the MSU baseball season less than two weeks away, the program kicked off another campaign Sunday with its eighth-annual First Pitch Dinner.
What looked to be a close match turned unfortunate for the MSU gymnastics team when they played No. 10 Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday at Jenison Field House.
From the moment he steps on the Breslin Center floor, Russell Byrd hears everything.
The MSU wrestling team came out of their most difficult weekend of the year with a pair of losses to No. 13 Nebraska and No. 4 Minnesota.
After Saturday night’s game, Chris Forfar said somebody could have heard a pin drop in the MSU hockey locker room.
For the third time this season, MSU hockey got beaten by Michigan in the third period. Heading into the final period with a 1-1 tie, the Wolverines bested the Spartans and came out on top, 3-2, Friday night at Yost Ice Arena.
When the game is on the line, MSU head coach Tom Izzo has few question where the ball belongs. A slick pass here. A layup there. And not to mention, pure ice in the veins at the free throw line.
A lineup initially altered to address off the court issues now faces serious on the court concerns, as the Spartans wait to learn of the fate of guards Gary Harris and Travis Trice.
It wasn’t the dominating, confidence-boosting win the Spartans were hoping for, but they’ll take it. The MSU women’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 5-3 Big Ten) avoided a three-game skid by beating Northwestern 67-62 on the road tonight behind junior forward Annalise Pickrel’s career-high 21 points.
Most MSU student-athletes get the opportunity to face rival Michigan once, maybe twice, a season. After this weekend draws to a close, MSU hockey (7-17-3 overall, 5-12-1-0 CCHA) will have gotten its fifth.
With its third-straight meet against an opponent currently ranked in the NCAA Top 25, the MSU gymnastics team hopes to notch its first win as they host No. 10 Minnesota.
The MSU wrestling team faces their toughest weekend yet as they go on the road to take on No. 12 Nebraska on Friday and No. 4 Minnesota on Sunday. MSU is winless in the Big Ten and has lost six straight, including a disappointing loss to Ohio last Sunday.
As Sunday evening draws near and millions of people are expected to tune in to the sporting event that has set records as the most viewed TV program in U.S. history each of the past three years, a couple of former Spartans will get their chance to shine on one of the nation’s biggest stages.
After one half of play at Breslin Center, the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team trails Illinois, 37-27.
The No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) returns home to take on Illinois (15-6, 2-5) at Breslin Center.
Staring at their first losing streak of the season, it’s gut-check time for the MSU women’s basketball team (16-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten), as the Spartans look to stay in contention for the Big Ten title Thursday (8 p.m.) in Evanston, Ill.
At five-foot-eight, Michael Ferrantino might not be the biggest player to step on the ice each game, but he is determined to be the hardest working.