The No. 22 MSU football team was one second away from watching No. 12 Michigan celebrate after Saturday’s 26-24 thriller. Even though MSU (5-2 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) lost in similar fashion at Northwestern on Sept.
After getting sacked for the 12th time against Michigan Saturday, with less than two minutes left, sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker had to think fast.
It was hard to tell if the tears in Josh Shaw’s eyes were of pain or joy after Saturday’s 26-24 win over No.
It was an ending that could have been penned by Hollywood’s best writers. Teacher teaches student, only to be schooled by the pupil in the end.Only the backdrop wasn’t the silver screen, it was the floor of Breslin Center on Friday evening.And it was just an exhibition.Sophomore guard Marcus Taylor hit a driving double-clutch floater in the lane with three seconds remaining for the game-winning bucket in the Spartans’ 89-87 win over the Magic Johnson All-Stars.“It was just kind of an incredible way to end the game,” Spartan head coach Tom Izzo said.
A packed Breslin Center got all it could ask for Friday night, as the Spartan basketball team pulled out a 89-87 victory over the Magic Johnson All-Stars.With three seconds left sophomore guard Marcus Taylor hit a double-clutch floater in the lane after scooting by ex-Spartan Johnson for the last points of the game.Johnson‘s half-court desperation attempt was right on-line, but fell inches short, sealing the Spartan win.Taylor survived a tough shooting night to finish with 19 points to lead all scorers.Johnson finished with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to record the triple-double.
After out-racing Bowling Green 6-3 on Thursday, No. 3 MSU looked more like last season’s defensive juggernaut in a 4-0 win over the Falcons at Munn Ice Arena on Friday.The Spartan defensemen came up big across the board and junior goaltender Ryan Miller was outstanding, making 30 saves for the shutout.Freshman left wing Kevin Estrada led the offensive charge with two goals, helping the Spartans (5-2-1 overall, 5-2-1 CCHA) complete a sweep of Bowling Green (1-5-2, 1-4-1).With the win, MSU extends its home unbeaten streak to 22 games (20-0-2) since Oct.
The MSU Spartans found some of the New York Yankees ninth-inning magic on Saturday night. When everything seemed over and done for the Spartans (5-2, 3-2 Big Ten) sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker threw an off-balance pass to junior tailback T.J.
Before we play this annual our-school’s-better-than-yours-game, let me establish a couple of facts: 1.
Flint Northern football and basketball standout Matt Trannon verbally committed to play for the Spartans in 2002 on Friday afternoon.The 6-foot-7 wide receiver/forward will accept a scholarship from MSU football head coach Bobby Williams and in-turn give MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo a top 20 recruit with walk-on status.
We’ve heard it all before. Michigan students call MSU students unintelligent, low-class, uncultured and socially inept.
Knocking off two conference opponents on consecutive nights is no easy task.Doing it twice is down-right tough.The weekend of Sept.
Flint Northern football and basketball standout Matt Trannon will decided his fate as a college wide receiver/forward today at 2:30 p.m., Trannon’s Uncle Vincent Kirkland told The State News on Thursday.
When Michigan visited East Lansing in 1999 and lost 34-31, quarterback John Navarre was in street clothes, cheering for his teammates on the sidelines.
It’s on. And for the MSU football team, it has been on all week as it prepared to battle intrastate rival No.
Don’t let Jim Slater’s smallish stature and youthful appearance fool you.The 6-foot, 186-pound freshman center from Lapeer may be built like a kicker, but he hits like a linebacker.His father, a former NFL defensive end, said Slater quit youth soccer because there wasn’t enough body-on-body contact for his taste.And Bill Slater also remembers young Jim returning from hard-fought street hockey games, covered in blood and loving every minute of it.“I’ve heard I’m real tough out there, just like throwing my body around and everything,” Jim Slater said.
With the seedings already set for the Big Ten Tournament, one more nonconference game may seem a bit insignificant. But for the MSU women’s soccer team, recording a win in its last game of the season would make all the difference. The Spartans (9-7-2) will search for that win as they close their season at 3 p.m.
Fans have had months to speculate and bicker, and today some of those speculations will be substantiated.After numerous player losses and recruit additions, the MSU men’s basketball team will take the court in an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars at 9 p.m.
If junior tailback T.J. Duckett wants to top last week’s breakout 186-yard game performance this weekend, he’ll have to barrel through the nation’s No.
Aloysius Anagonye is tough - every coach in the Big Ten will say that. The junior forward has given himself a reputation as a no-nonsense, ferocious defender and rebounder. “Anagonye is one of the toughest rebounders in the country,” Purdue head coach Gene Keady said.
The wounded Spartans return to the comfort of Munn Ice Arena tonight, confident they can bounce back from their first two losses of the season. No.