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BASKETBALL

Following loss to U-M women's basketball prepares to face Penn State

The media room for silent this past Thursday following MSU's crushing defeat to Michigan at the Breslin Center when Suzy Merchant sauntered to the podium.  Standing with her head held up high, trying her best to hold back tears, providing no opening statements and going right into the questioning period.  A sense of frustration and feeling conquered dwelled upon her that couldn't be overlooked as the veteran head coach went further into detail on what everyone else, fans and media members a like, have been thinking this season.  A lack of depth due to an horrendous amount of injuries and a lack of contribution from a majority of the eight players that Merchant is down to is the dark cloud that hangs over the head of the women's basketball team.  Even while being equipped with two of the top five players in scoring in Aerial Powers (No.

SPORTS

Men's basketball looks to bounce back against Northwestern

Omari Sankofa II
February 10, 2015

Before addressing the Big Ten matchup against Northwestern on Monday, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo spent extended time talking about MSU's free throw troubles and questioning the mental toughness of his team.  This was before revealing that freshman guard Javon Bess may miss the rest of the season with a setback with his ankle recovery.

SPORTS

Gymnastics preparing for matchup with rival U-M

There will be no love lost Friday, February 13 when the MSU women’s gymnastics team faces off against school rival University of Michigan in their alumni meet, held at the Jenison Field House, East Lansing.

SPORTS

COLUMN: MSU players putting on a front

John Neidhart
February 10, 2015

Game after game, the tune remains the same in the MSU locker room. Despite continually finding ways to lose games, the Spartans maintain that their confidence is high. Most recently, junior guard Bryn Forbes echoed the mantra. “I think we’re still confident, it just makes you mad to see the way it turned out, especially for guys that do this everyday and make free throws everyday and make shots everyday,” Forbes said of the free throw debacle that unraveled on Saturday.

SPORTS

Head coach Tom Minkel optimistic despite Wrestling falling to Nebraska last weekend

Patrick Bade
February 9, 2015

Michigan State wrestling fans had little to cheer about Sunday, as the team fell 33-6 in a route against 10th-ranked Nebraska.  The loss marked the third straight for the Spartans, as they are now 0-7 in Big Ten play, and 4-10 overall.  Conference play in the Big Ten this season has been fierce, with 11 out of 14 teams ranked in the top 25 for dual meets, including Iowa at #1 and Minnesota at #2 as of Sunday.

SPORTS

Men's and women's both drop weekend matches with U-M

Ashanti Seabron
February 9, 2015

Both the women's and men's swimming and diving team were in action over the weekend, and both lost to rival Michigan. The men’s swimming and diving team took a tough 178-106 loss Friday in the season finale. The loss was difficult in more ways than one, because it was also the last time seniors Kyle Workman and David Zoltowski would ever be in McCaffree Pool. With the loss the Spartan men finish the season with an 0-4 Big Ten conference record and a 4-6 record for the season overall.

BASKETBALL

Women's basketball falls to 11-13 with loss to Minnesota

Zach Libby
February 8, 2015

The Spartans saw a major contribution from a player outside of Aerial Powers and Tori Jankoska, two of the top five leading scorers in the Big Ten.  Lexi Gussert, who got the start in replacement of Anna Morrissey on Sunday against Minnesota, recorded a career-high 20-points, 16 of which came in the first half.  The freshman was responsible for the first 13-points of the afternoon for MSU (11-13, 3-10 Big Ten) before Kennedy Johnson's jumper botched the streak at the 12-minute mark.  Gussert's electrifying performance was good enough for the Spartans to go up as high as 10 midway through the first half, but a resurgent effort by the Golden Gophers extends MSU's losing streak on the road to six straight games, falling short at Williams Arena, 86-79.  Powers, the redshirt sophomore from Detroit, fell short of reaching her 20th straight double-double game, recording a team-high 31-points who also grabbing nine rebounds in the process.  Jankoska followed suit with 21-points and eight rebounds.

ICE HOCKEY

The Cold War

Jonathon Chun
February 8, 2015

For most, the Cold War refers to the post-World War II hostility between world powers. But for MSU and U-M hockey fans, it means game time.

ICE HOCKEY

Men's hockey drops outdoor game to U-M 4-1

Jonathon Chun
February 8, 2015

Outdoor hockey games always come with unknown variables and on Saturday night, U-M (16-8, 8-2 Big Ten) handled the elements much better than MSU (10-12-2, 4-4-2-2 Big Ten). The Wolverines scored just 1:43 into the game and never looked back on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Spartans at Soldier Field in Chicago.