The holidays came a little early for senior guard Mat Ishbia this year.The 5-foot-10, 175-pound walk-on’s status shifted just before the season when men’s head basketball coach Tom Izzo gave him a scholarship.Ishbia said he didn’t see it coming.“It was a great honor,” Ishbia said.
MSU freshman center Jim Slater, a Lapeer native, will play for the United States at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic later this month. Consequently, MSU’s scoring leader will miss the Great Lakes Invitational on Dec.
A trip to the Dec. 31 Silicon Valley Football Classic in San Jose, Calif., may cost MSU hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the return on that investment could be the signing of some highly sought after recruits. Recruits are allowed to watch the team’s practice for a bowl game and see the team play on national TV, said Bill Kurelic, a recruiting expert from Midwest Recruiting.
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak and Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games played are recognized as two of the most famous streaks in all of sports.
In the 19-team Miami (Ohio) Invitational, the MSU women’s swimming and diving team took first place and the men’s team took second. It was a team effort for the woman’s squad.
MSU fans can pick from full and land-only four-night packages for the Dec. 31 matchup with No. 19 Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic. Both packages, through the Alumni Association’s Official MSU Bowl Tour, provide lodging from Dec.
The conference season for MSU begins Jan. 5 with a showdown at Minnesota. State News reporter James Jahnke ranks the Big Ten in the order he thinks they’ll finish the season. 1.
MSU’s surprising loss to Alaska-Fairbanks on Friday dropped the Spartans to No. 5 in this week’s USCHO.com poll and No.
The MSU vs. Florida matchup is turning into a mini-rivalry.It began when Spartan kicker Paul Edinger sealed a 37-34 win over the Gators in the Florida Citrus Bowl on Jan.
Senior diver Carly Weiden took first place in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events in MSU’s win in the Miami (Ohio) Invitational on Sunday.
MSU senior linebacker Josh Thornhill was the only Spartan named to the All-Big Ten first team by coaches and the media.
The MSU women’s basketball team hits Breslin Center floor for the first time in more than two weeks tonight.After winning four of five games on the road, the Spartans (6-1) look to continue their early season success against Oakland (2-2) at 7 p.m.
MSU has a lot in common with No. 7 Arizona, the team that poses the most imminent threat to ending the Spartans’ record home winning streak.The game, at 2 p.m.
With fewer than 12 seconds left and a one-point differential between the two opposing teams, sophomore forward Julie Pagel stepped to the free-throw line. It’s a setup Pagel is familiar with, after seeing it in the last two MSU women’s basketball games. In the first instance, Wednesday against Detroit, her two free throws gave MSU the 62-61 win. In the second, Sunday against Marquette, she didn’t win the game for the Spartans, missing both shots, but Pagel’s free throws set up a situation that ultimately gave the team a cushion point in its 65-63 win. “I wish I could have made them but, then again, that miss led to (junior center Jennifer Callier’s) O-board so I can’t take anything away,” she said.
The MSU baseball team signed five recruits for 2002, coach Ted Mahan announced Friday.“The five early signees are all good students along with being outstanding baseball players,” Mahan said in a released statement.
The semester is almost over, and the grade is already in for the MSU football team’s 6-5 regular season performance. “Even in games that we weren’t successful in, our guys showed a competitive will,” head coach Bobby Williams said.
Madison, Wis. - The concept seems to be pretty cut and dry in an NCAA Tournament game - either win and keep playing or pack your bags. But for the Spartan volleyball team, things aren’t quite as simple. Instead of dwelling on what went wrong in a 3-0 loss to the No.
Lansing - The MSU football team accepted an invitation on Sunday to play Fresno State on Dec.
So this was 2001, huh? With only one more week of classes and less than a month to 2002, it’s time to remember the highs and lows of MSU athletics this past year. Topping this year’s chart with gold stars: Ryan Miller - Because the junior goaltender won the second Hobey Baker award in MSU history, following in the footsteps of his cousin Kip Miller.