While students across campus may be slow to welcome the start of Spring semester, Tom Izzo is looking forward to it. “I think getting back focused in, getting in a routine, this was the longest period of time we’ve ever had off since I’ve been at Michigan State, a month,” Izzo said.
Women’s basketball player Jasmine Lumpkin decided to leave the team due to personal reasons. The freshman’s decision is effective immediately, although she does not cite specific reasons of her termination. “We appreciate Jasmine’s contributions, and we wish her well in her future endeavors,” head coach Suzy Merchant told msuspartans.com. The guard and forward played 15 games this season, starting 14 of those times, she 5.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. MSU will return to the Breslin Center, without Lumpkin, when they host Illinois on Thursday at 7 p.m.
With the Fall semester having come and gone so has the interest of many Spartan sports fans. With football over most will turn their attention towards men's or women's basketball and men's ice hockey but the Spring semester has plenty to offer.
Travis Trice- senior guard #20 Trice is a senior captain who is starting to take things into his own hands.
By Tom Izzo's own admission, this is a transition team battling injuries. Key players have stepped into new leadership roles, and while the team has been competitive, losses have piled up. Going forward in the Big Ten season, the Spartans are still seeking a signature win.
The men's basketball team picked up its third consecutive conference win on Sunday against Northwestern, but the end result left the Spartans unsatisfied.
After his team's victory over Northwestern on Sunday, senior forward Branden Dawson said that the brace on his left wrist will be removed for Saturday’s game at Maryland. Dawson suffered a stable, non-displaced fracture on his left wrist against Eastern Michigan on Dec.
Dantonio, whose team is coming off of an explosive victory over Baylor, the co-Big 12 conference champions, on New Year's Eve in Arlington, Texas, will be back at the site of his fourth straight bowl win today in front of the camera.
Times haven't always been this good in East Lansing. MSU football hasn't always been at the top of the mountain, they haven't always been competing for high level bowl games and they haven't always been able to take on top five programs.
The Spartans' 77-70 loss against Northwestern on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Solely looking at its record, MSU hockey (7-10-1, 1-2-1-1 Big Ten) had a promising stretch of games over the holiday break.
Mark Snyder was officially introduced by Mark Dantonio on Sunday as the newest defensive assistant coaching hire for next season.
The Spartan defense can breathe a sigh of relief after junior defensive end Shilique Calhoun announced he would return to MSU for his senior season. After losing safety Kurtis Drummond, linebacker Mylan Hicks, defensive lineman James Kittredge, linebacker Taiwan Jones, defensive end Marcus Rush to graduation.
In its fourth overtime game of the season, MSU finally found a way to end up on top, pulling away for an 84-77 victory. MSU opened the game with a nine point run, keeping Northwestern off the board until the 15:31 mark in the first half.
Despite 35 points from sophomore guard Ariel Powers the women's basketball team was unable to upset No.
MSU has undoubtedly struggled at times this season and some have questioned the team's legitimacy, but after blowing by Iowa with a second half offensive explosion, MSU has shot its way right back into the conversation in the Big Ten. Although the conference season is just a few games in, MSU’s victory over the Hawkeyes was an enormous one.
A 27-10 Iowa run ended the first half on a sour note for the Spartans. However, the play of junior guard Denzel Valentine and senior guard Travis Trice transformed the men's basketball team's fortunes in the final 20 minutes. MSU (11-5 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) opened the second half on a 25-9 run to defeat Iowa on the road in a comeback win, 75-61.
The first start of Lourawls Nairn's career perhaps came sooner than expected, but his energy in the starting five helped an MSU team in need of a conference win.
MSU rebounded from a conference-opening loss with an imposing victory over Indiana, winning 70-50 at home. Freshman guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn started in place of senior guard Travis Trice and this decision seemed to give MSU(10-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) some energy early in the contest.
After a less-than-ideal start to Big Ten season last week against Maryland, the men's basketball team looks as though it won't suffer the same fate against Indiana.