After trailing by as many as 12 points, the No. 18 MSU men’s basketball team clawed their way back to head to the break tied at 28.?Gary Harris led the Spartans with 11 points and six other Spartans saw their names on the scoresheet.
On Big Ten Network, the No. 21 women's basketball team (20-8 overall, 12-3 Big Ten) defeated Northwestern (14-14, 4-11) 75-44 on the road.The Spartans have won at least 20 games for 11 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the Big Ten. MSU can earn at least a share of the Big Ten title with a win over Indiana on Sunday.Redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers had 19 points and 13 rebounds in a winning effort, and senior forward Annalise Pickrel has 15 points and 11 rebounds.Junior forward Alex Cohen led Northwestern with 11 points.The Spartans were quite sloppy early, handing the rock over to to Northwestern four times in the first five minutes.
On Big Ten Network, the No. 21 women's basketball team leads Northwestern 30-21 on the road at halftime.
If there’s one thing Tom Izzo is happy about, it’s that his team is taking the court in March.
By Robert Bondyrbondy@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnMSU hockey will look to regain some momentum on Saturday night in an exhibition matchup against the U-18 US National Team Development Program.The USNTDP plays out of Ann Arbor, Mich., and recruits the best pre-college hockey talent in the country.?Last season, MSU was shutout by USNTDP, 3-0.
The season is winding down for both MSU and the rest of the Big Ten. It's been a competitive season for the Spartans, one filled with injuries and a lack of playing chemistry at times.
"Today’s Tom Izzo press conference is brought to you by injuries. Injuries: Will they ever leave Michigan State?”It’s a fictional sponsor message, but an accurate one if the injury bug ran wanted his own ad space during this season.
It was the MSU wrestling team’s third straight win and the last dual match of the season before the Big Ten Championships.
Twice this season, the No. 21 women's basketball team has had the opportunity to take command of first place in the Big Ten, and failed.
120 minutes. With three games to go, that’s how long MSU has left in its regular season that still has a Big Ten title in front of them.
A group of former Spartans will lace up their skates in a charity matchup against Detroit Red Wings alumni.The alumni game will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at Munn Ice Arena, with tickets running $6 for adults, $3 for students and $3 for children.
The MSU men's basketball is in the home stretch. With three games to go, here are my three things they need to do, or continue to do, to make a deep run in both the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.
Roses are red, money is green and Mark Dantonio has seen a lot both lately.Compared to last year’s $1.99 million salary, Dantonio will be making $3.64 million per year with his newly amended salary.
Aerial Powers adores Miami Heat forward LeBron James, who’s been her favorite player since she was in eighth grade.
MSU hockey will take a step away from the Big Ten this weekend, with only one exhibition game against the USA National Team Development Program on the slate this week.
msu roster - http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-gym/mtt/msu-w-...msu schedule - http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-gym/sched/msu-...meet recap - http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-gym/recaps/022...head coach kathie klages - we're just focusing on the little things now, like eliminating landing deducting, which we improved on at this meet. we're working on keeping our legs together on bars, landing deductions, having straight arms. we want to make practice more like competition setting. we were pleased with the score being higher, but were disappointed on floor when we didn't do as well as we wanted. we competed floor third and we were tied going into that event so the coaches were confident, but we lost with two kids' falls on floor - lagoski and levy. they finished strong on balance beam and they fought through the meet and the mistakes. they'll build confidence from finishing strong. western improved massively since december until last week, i don't know what date it was exactly. that night they were on point and deserved to win. it was a situation that we counted a fall and they didn't. holmes stepped up at the last second, we had a fall on warmup and she went in at the last second. it was the first time she competed all-around.junior ashley noll - our mindset is a bit more confident to have a good victory next time. we kept the energy going and when we made the mistakes our confidence dropped so that was what go us. western gymnasts were probably nervous going in, knowing that they lost the first time we competed. they wanted to redeem themselves. we're focusing on competing like we practice. we're building to move forward and to do better this week.sophomore lisa burt - going into the meet i wanted to do my best for the team and bring the score up, and after i had won i was really happy. i'm happy to know i'm back to where i was last year. we're going in being more confident and energetic this week. we knew what we had to do. our warmup wasn't great, so we had to work even harder. we have to work on the little details like having straight legs, pointing out feet, sticking our landings, hitting everything. it's not just hitting our routines, we have to know we have it all together.sophomore brittany holmes - i was excited to know i was competing all-round. it was the first time i placed and my first 9.825 ever. i was just excited, like 'finally, i did it.' it's always either i'm off or the judges are not scoring high enough. we've been doing different assignments, like competing with pressure. and that's going to help transferring better to the competition floor. now i think we're going to focus a little more on the individual assignments. the big picture is fine, we just need to fix the little details.if you need anything, my number is (248) 464-2993
The women’s basketball team enjoyed two victories Monday night — one at Breslin Center, and another 725 miles away.
Behind a strong offensive performance from freshman guard Tori Jankoska’s, the No. 21 women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota at Breslin Center, 75-61.
One day after the No. 18 MSU men’s basketball team’s 79-70 loss to No. 16 Michigan, Tom Izzo’s stomach isn’t any better.
The day was Dec. 17, and MSU just dealt a 30-point loss to North Florida.