After connecting on four straight MSU shots late in the first half, Drew Neitzel decided to press his luck. The senior guard pulled up, dribbled in front of his Northwestern defender, shot a deep 3-pointer, and the ball grazed nothing but the bottom of the net. Heat-check diagnosis: hot.
In Sunday’s dual meet against Northwestern, the MSU wrestling team won four of the 10 matches, but came up short in a 25-15 loss to the No. 11 Wildcats.
Do … not … make … stupid … FOULS. Senior center Drew Naymick hammered it into his head time after time before Saturday’s game against Northwestern.
The MSU wrestling team fell to No. 11 Northwestern by the score of 25-15 Sunday at Jenison Field House.
Marquette — It was déjà vu for the MSU hockey team Saturday night. Northern Michigan scored three goals — tallying the first goal in the first period — and blocked nearly every shot the Spartans took.
Senior guard Drew Neitzel led the MSU men’s basketball team to a 70-55 victory over Northwestern on Saturday night at Breslin Center.
Marquette — For 57-plus minutes, Northern Michigan goaltender Brian Stewart puzzled the MSU hockey team.
Sophomore guard Mandy Piechowski has been stepping back into the role she held in high school — that of an all-around threat and knock-down shooter.
As a freshman wandering around the monstrosity that is MSU’s campus, most college students worry about finding their first classes, buying textbooks and acclimating themselves to dorm life.
When the MSU men’s basketball team traveled to Northwestern on Jan. 24, the Spartans gave the Wildcats a dose of their own medicine by shooting 61.1 percent from beyond the 3-point line en route to a 78-62 trouncing.
Wherever they go, they take a little bit of Tom Izzo with them. Many former Spartans basketball players and assistant coaches said they might have moved on physically from the Izzo regime in East Lansing — but mentally? Forget it.
After losing two tough games to Clemson and Missouri early in the season, the Purdue men’s basketball team knew it wasn’t playing up to its standards.
Knock-knock. Who’s there? The prognosticators, of course! And they’re doing the only thing prognosticators should do: Prognosticating!
In November, the MSU men’s basketball team was ranked No. 8 in the country before even setting foot on the hardwood for an exhibition game.
See direct comparisons of the Spartan football class of 2008, from their hometown status, to their ratings on rivals.com.
The State News caught up with junior guard Mia Johnson to discuss her interests away from the hardwood.
The MSU women’s basketball team is looking to snap two patterns tonight. Iowa’s six-game winning streak, along with their own win-loss trade-off that has lasted eight games.
Most good coaches will tell their players and the media that a game’s outcome is never determined by the officiating.
MSU head coach Rick Comley spent 26 years behind the bench of Northern Michigan’s hockey team. After leaving the Wildcats’ program nearly six years ago, Comley heads back to his old stomping grounds in Marquette for the first time this season with a new team and a national championship under his belt.
With the most underclassmen in the Big Ten, and one of the youngest teams in the country, the MSU women’s basketball team is proving to be a conference threat.