With a difficult stretch of games during the next week, the No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team saw an opportunity this weekend to hone some of its shortcomings against Nebraska.
After a disappointing 30-10 loss to Iowa State on Friday night, the MSU wrestling team had an extra long meeting in the locker room to discuss what went wrong.
The emotions were difficult to hide on both sides. For the visitors wearing green it was disappointment.
Sitting last in the CCHA and yet to sweep a series, the MSU hockey team doesn’t have much to show for its work. But despite a 9-20-3 overall record, 7-16-1-0 in the CCHA, the Spartans have made sure their opponents recognize they still have some fight in them. “The biggest takeaway is to show that these guys can be resilient,” head coach Tom Anastos said of the weekend.
After spending several weeks practicing indoors, a trip to South Carolina was supposed to mean warm weather and sunny skies for the MSU baseball team.
The MSU gymnastics team showed a resiliency not seen all season as they lost to Ohio State 195.575-194.250 Saturday afternoon.
Coming off Friday night’s game where fatal mistakes were the demise of the MSU hockey’s 5-3 loss to Northern Michigan, the Spartans managed to find the positives and apply it to Saturday evening. This time, the effort and the execution outweighed the mistakes, and MSU (13-15-4 overall, 7-13-4-1 CCHA) came out on top of the Wildcats, 4-2. “To be honest with you, I was a little concerned coming in after yesterday’s game how we were going to respond,” head coach Tom Anastos said.
Coming off one of the biggest victories of the season against No. 4 Michigan, the talk of practice this week for the No.
_Ann Arbor, Mich. – _Now that was how a rivalry game should be. Despite 21 points in a heroic effort from guard Jasmine Thomas in the senior’s final regular season match up with archrival Michigan, it wasn’t enough to end her Spartan career undefeated against the Wolverines. Michigan (19-6 overall, 8-4 Big Ten) broke its 12-game losing streak to MSU on Sunday afternoon with a dramatic 70-69 win in front of a sellout crowd at Crisler Center.
Dan Roushar has accepted the job as running backs coach for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and will be leaving the program, according to a release by the MSU athletics department.
Michigan standout sharpshooter Kate Thompson hit her first four shots, including three 3-pointers to help the Wolverines jump out to an early seven-point lead about seven minutes in. Thompson cooled off though and the energy of the opening tip died down at Crisler Center to allow MSU to run off 11 straight points and take a 22-19 lead. Behind senior guard Jasmine Thomas’ team-high 11 points, MSU leads U-M 32-28 at the intermission.
Walking away from Friday night’s game, one thing MSU hockey can be sure of is the Spartans still have some fight in them. Unfortunately, fight doesn’t show up on the scoreboard. “We know, because hockey hasn’t changed, there’s 60 minutes to a game,” MSU (8-20-3 overall, 6-16-1-0 CCHA) head coach Tom Anastos said.
The MSU gymnastics team hopes to keep their momentum as they take on No. 19 Ohio State at 5 p.m. Saturday in the third-annual Autism Awareness Meet at Jenison Field House.
The Breslin Center crew had yet to finish using their leaf blowers to clear away popcorn, wrappers and cups left behind from the Spartan women’s basketball team’s most lopsided conference victory.
After finishing the Big Ten season without a win, the MSU wrestling team hopes to get back on their feet when they take on Iowa Stateat 7 p.m. at Jenison Field House.
A fight to get out of last place might not be the position MSU hockey wants to be in, but it’s the reality.
Dan Roushar hasn’t always been the most popular man in town and, according to a new report, he might not be in town much longer.
It was a night in which seemingly everything went right for the Spartans at Breslin Center. That was evident when MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant summoned Mariah Harris from the bench to check into her first game action since Dec. 16, 2012.
On Tuesday, The State News published five keys for the Spartans to win the first ever top-10 clash with the rival Wolverines. The No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team (21-4 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) dominated No. 4 Michigan (21-4, 8-4) from start to finish, winning 75-52 in front of a frenzied crowd of 14,797 in attendance. Here’s how MSU fared when it came to the pregame keys.
The last time Mateen Cleaves took the floor against Michigan, he left a lasting impression not soon forgotten.