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ICE HOCKEY

Icers top Falcons on Senior Night, 6-3

Matt Bishop
February 29, 2008

After scoring 18 seconds apart to put the Spartans up 4-1 against Michigan last Friday, the duo of Justin Abdelkader and Tim Kennedy did it again Friday night against Bowling Green. With the pesky Falcons pushing to upset the Spartans on Senior Night yet again, Abdelkader and Kennedy scored 22 seconds apart late in the third period to break a 3-3 deadlock, leading MSU to a 6-3 victory at Munn Ice Arena.

BASKETBALL

Breakdown

Sean Ely
February 28, 2008

Spartans fans — what is your profession? It could be to grab the foam finger, body paint, rowdy rags, hair dye and Sparty helmet — there’s no other game at Breslin Center quite like this one.

ICE HOCKEY

One final salute

Kristi Jourdan
February 28, 2008

Bring plenty of tissues for tonight’s 7:05 p.m. game against Bowling Green. It will mark the last night the seniors on the MSU hockey team will skate at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season, and it’s bound to get emotional.

BASKETBALL

Naymick, Neitzel excel on, off court

When Drew Neitzel and Drew Naymick walk the length of their home floor on Sunday for senior day celebrations, they’ll be leaving a trail. The trail — of records, statistics, charity work and tenacity — will go down as a culmination of their character, more commonly referred to as a legacy.

SPORTS

Prognosticators

What is that in the distance? A series of seemingly unpredictable sports games?! Oh no! Luckily for us, the Prognosticators are here, doing their prognosticating thing!

BASKETBALL

Team hopes to send seniors out with win

Matt Bishop
February 27, 2008

Emotions will be running high for the MSU women’s basketball team when it meets Illinois tonight for its regular-season finale. Not only is position on the line for the Big Ten Tournament, but also it will mark the last home game for seniors Courtney Davidson and Alisa Wulff.

BASKETBALL

Spartans expect battle in rivalry game

Joey Nowak
February 27, 2008

Every time Tom Izzo travels to Madison, Wis., he takes a number with him. That number — zero — is the amount of victories the MSU men’s basketball head coach has brought home with him on those road trips in the last seven seasons.

ICE HOCKEY

Team tries to stay focused for Falcons game

Kristi Jourdan
February 26, 2008

With only two games left in the season, the MSU hockey team isn’t taking Bowling Green lightly. After all, the Spartans lost last year to the Falcons on MSU’s senior night, which was the last time the team’s seniors skated at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season.

BASKETBALL

Morgan a bright spot heading into tough final stretch

Sean Ely
February 25, 2008

Five wins, 17 losses. It’s no secret – conference road games haven’t been one of the MSU men’s basketball team’s strong points the last three seasons. And the road games won’t get any easier while the team finishes up its Big Ten season, as the Spartans still travel to Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio State – in three arenas known to rattle the opposition.

BASKETBALL

Rebounds are Spartans' Achilles' heel

Allison Grant
February 25, 2008

When a basketball player misses a shot, every person in the paint is supposed to attack the boards in a fight for the ball, correct? That theory, which MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has described as being far from “rocket science,” has been ignored by her team more often than not.

BASKETBALL

Rolling off 4 straight wins, MSU gets derailed

Allison Grant
February 24, 2008

After gaining momentum to put together a train of wins, the MSU women’s basketball team’s streak was halted at four by Purdue on Sunday. The Boilermakers (15-13 overall, 11-6 Big Ten) took revenge and then some against the Spartans (17-12, 9-8) — setting the record straight as they shut down MSU, 69-59, to split the season series.