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SPORTS

Wrestling grabs first Big Ten win against Indiana

Patrick Bade
February 15, 2015

The MSU wrestling team picked up its first Big Ten win of the season in Bloomington on Friday, with a victory over Indiana.  The Spartans spoiled senior night for the Hoosiers, and won the dual meet 26-16 to move on to a 1-7 conference record, and 5-10 overall.  MSU came out hot, winning the first three matches.  Mitch Rogaliner (125), Garth Yenter (133), and Javier Gasca (141) were responsible for the victories.

BASKETBALL

Aerial Powers on midseason watch list for Dawn Staley Award

Zach Libby
February 15, 2015

15 other players are in the running for the award, but Aerial Powers' dominance on the basketball court in recent weeks will give her the necessary boost to claim the hardwood at the end of the season.  Powers, who became the 24th Spartan in history to record over 1,000 points on Wednesday following the road victory against Penn State, was named to the midseason watch list for the Dawn Staley Award earlier this month. Given to the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country who exemplifies the skills that Staley endowed during her career, including ball handling, scoring and the ability to distribute the basketball. The Detroit native is one of four players from the Big Ten who were named to the watch list, along with Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell, Rutger's Tyler Scaife and Samantha Logic of Iowa.  The sophomore's 26-points in Happy Valley puts her 33-points behind Liz Shimek (2002-06) for the MSU single-season scoring record.

SPORTS

Gymnastics bounces back to defeat Pittsburgh

Troy Jefferson
February 15, 2015

By Troy Jefferson Tjefferson@statenews.com The gymnastics team was able to bounce back with a nail biting victory on Sunday afternoon at Jenison Field House. MSU defeated Pittsburgh, 195.150 to 194.275 at Jenison Field house to snap a two game losing streak.

SPORTS

HALFTIME: MSU leads Ohio State 33-24

John Neidhart
February 14, 2015

At halftime in a critical Big Ten game, MSU leads Ohio State, 33-24. Standout freshman guard D’Angelo Russell wasted no time getting his team on the board, backing down MSU freshman guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn before connecting on a short pull-up jumper. Junior guard Denzel Valentine and senior forward Branden Dawson scored back-to-back for the Spartans to gain the lead.

SPORTS

Tom Izzo inducted into Michigan sports hall of fame

Omari Sankofa II
February 13, 2015

Only a few days after moving into third place on the Big Ten career wins list with 228, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo added another accomplishment to his resume — Michigan Sports Hall of Fame member. Izzo was one of six inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday night at Motor City Casino in Detroit.

BASKETBALL

Aerial Powers records 1,000 career point in win over PSU

Zach Libby
February 12, 2015

Two remarkable events occurred on Wednesday night with 9:27 left on the clock in the second half. Standing at the free throw line as the screams from the home crowd in Happy Valley echoed throughout the arena, Aerial Powers drained her first free throw after taking a foul from Penn State's Kaliyah Mitchell.  Despite having her second charity shot failing to fall through the net, the lone point was good enough for the Detroit native to break the tie en route to MSU snapping their three-game losing streak while also recording her 1,000 career point. Finishing the evening with 26 total points while also grabbing nine rebounds and two assists, Powers is now the second player this season to reach the milestone, as Becca Mills surpassed the 1,000 point mark last Wednesday at home against the Michigan Wolverines.  The 26 recorded points also gives Powers 564 points on the season, jumping her to second on the MSU all-time single-season scoring list.  She needs just 34-points to surpass Liz Shimek, who spent two seasons in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky and with the Spartans from 2002-06, to break the scoring record team record. 

BASKETBALL

Women's basketball tops Penn State 74-67

Zach Libby
February 11, 2015

If there was one program in the Big Ten who the Spartans could bully around and pick up an effortless victory on the road, it would be Penn State.  The Nittany Lions, plagued with the second-worse scoring offensive in the conference with 63.3 points per game, have sat at the bottom of the standing for longer than they'll admit.  Walking in to Happy Valley riding a three-game losing streak, with their most recent loss coming at the hands of Minnesota this past Sunday, an opportunity to pummel last year's regular-season champions fell into the lap of MSU, only for the matchup to go down to the wire.  Aerial Powers, the Big Ten's second-highest points scorer, once again dominated on the offensive side of the glass, totaling 26-points en route to a 74-67 win on Wednesday.  It appeared that the Spartans were hungry enough to put Penn State out of their misery early on in the first half, increasing their lead to as high as 12 with less than six minutes into the contest.  They would later deflate the momentum from the Penn State early on in the second half when a Powers triple from beyond the arc would heighten the MSU lead to 14.