ICE HOCKEY
The Work Horse
At five-foot-eight, Michael Ferrantino might not be the biggest player to step on the ice each game, but he is determined to be the hardest working.
SPORTS
Wildmo finds his place on team, nicknamed Batman
They call him Batman. Redshirt freshman 149-pounder Roger Wildmo has been in the starting lineup for the MSU wrestling team the past two meets, and has taken advantage of it.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU looks to bounce back against Illini
As the Spartans prepare to welcome Illinois (15-6, 2-5) to Breslin Center Tonight (7 p.m., ESPN), sophomore guard Travis Trice said it’s imperative the team doesn’t let one loss snowball into anything more, as was the case a season ago.
SPORTS
Neal beats the odds, overcomes injuries to become team leader
Even after doctors told her that her gymnastics career was over, senior Taira Neal continued on and now is captain of the MSU gymnastics team.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Guards answer coach’s call to step up
Before to the game at Illinois on Jan. 13, MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant held a meeting with her three primary guards: senior Jasmine Thomas, junior Klarissa Bell and sophomore Kiana Johnson to break down extra game film.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo: Dawson is key to greatness
Not only is the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team’s (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) rotation small, it’s also potentially frail, with each of the seven players burdened in one way or another.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo praises team in loss to Indiana
After taking one of the nation’s top teams down to the wire before falling short of the victory Sunday, there was little different about the way Tom Izzo spent his postgame press conference.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Merchant looks for leadership after losses
Looking back on a week marked by a pair of tough five-point losses, MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant is looking for a little more fire from her team.
SPORTS
Consecutive teams forfeit wins to heavyweight McClure
At 285 pounds, No.7 junior heavyweight Mike McClure is a big man, so big, that some teams think twice about facing him in competition. He won his matches against Iowa and Northwestern by forfeit after No. 5 Bobby Telford and No. 9 Mike McMullan didn’t compete.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans on the mend, Hildebrand achieves career-high saves
This season, Tom Anastos has juggled lines and mixed and matched players in hopes of finding something that sticks, sometimes being forced into changes because of lingering injuries.
BASKETBALL
Lessons learned in road loss to No. 7 Indiana
Growing up a little more than an hour away from Assembly Hall, it was a pipe dream of many that Gary Harris would be a Hoosier.
BASKETBALL
Crimson, Cream, Casualty
All year no matter how ugly the game would get, the Spartans knew they would find a way to grind out victories in the final minutes behind the poise of their dependable closer.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
In overtime, women's basketball falls to Purdue
One week after entering the Associated Press top-25 for the first time since 2011, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team might have played itself out of the rankings by dropping consecutive games for the first time this season.
ICE HOCKEY
Offensive surge not enough for MSU hockey, split series with Penn State
In a weekend when MSU hockey generated more goals than it had since early November, the offense still wasn’t enough for the Spartans, who split their series with Penn State.
SPORTS
MSU looks to learn from back-to-back weekend losses to Northwestern, Ohio
The MSU wrestling team had a case of cat scratch fever this weekend as they lost to No. 16 Northwestern Wildcats, 18-15, on Friday, and the Ohio Bobcats, 22-16, on Sunday.
SPORTS
Gymnastics falls to Illinois in road meet
The MSU gymnastics team suffered their third straight loss as they fell to Illinois 196.125-193.35 Saturday afternoon.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball drops back-to-back games with loss to Purdue
The No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team has lost two consecutive contests for the first time this season after being downed by Purdue in overtime today, 67-62.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball leads Pudue, 30-28, at half
After being absent from the starting lineup for the first time this season, Becca Mills and Annalise Pickrel made their presence felt off the bench for the Spartans against No. 15 Purdue on Sunday.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Despite solid performances by Payne, Harris, men's basketball falls to Indiana, 75-70
The No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) was unable to pull off the upset in Bloomington, Ind. Sunday afternoon, falling to No. 7 Indiana (18-2, 6-1), 75-70, before a capacity crowd at Assembly Hall.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Men's basketball trails Indiana at half
The boos echoed throughout Assembly Hall every time he touched the ball. The chants rained down as he stood at the free throw line for the first time, less than two minutes into the game.