Draymond Green knows it’s not rocket science. After the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing skid Saturday by beating Purdue 83-58 at Breslin Center, the senior forward said there was one major difference between the win against the Boilermakers and the losses to Northwestern and No. 19 Michigan.
It looked like a bad bounce would add to the late-period scoring woes once again for the No. 16 MSU hockey team. On a puck clearing attempt by senior defenseman Matt Crandell, the puck bounced off Lake Superior State forward Kellan Lain and in to the net to tie up the game with a little more than three minutes to play, sending a wave of exasperation through Munn Ice Arena.
It had been two years since the MSU women’s basketball team (12-7 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) lost back-to-back games, but Minnesota (11-9, 3-3) snapped the streak, beating the Spartans 71-65 in the teams’ only meeting this regular season.
Brandan Kearney was one of few players to come out of Tuesday’s 60-59 loss at Michigan. The freshman guard hit two key 3-pointers and made several hustle plays and kept a solid head on his shoulders.
For the second time this season, the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team finds itself in the midst of a two-game losing streak. Two months after the Spartans (15-4 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) began the season with losses to then-No.
One week after its first Big Ten victory of the season, the MSU wrestling team will look to build upon its momentum as it travels to take on No. 17 Northwestern and No. 6 Illinois in a pair of weekend duals.
For the No. 16 MSU hockey team to have a chance at redemption, 95 percent won’t be enough. As the Spartans take the ice this weekend at Munn Ice Arena for a rematch with No. 19 Lake Superior State, the memory of the last series is ingrained in their minds.
Psychology freshman Kiana Johnson still carries a map with her around campus, even though she’s pretty sure where she’s going. The guard is one of three freshmen — along with forward Becca Mills and center Jasmine Hines — who were tasked with replacing senior captains Kalisha Keane, Cetera Washington and Brittney Thomas from last season’s Big Ten Championship team.
If there’s one thing MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages can say about her team, it’s that she will put them up against any school in the nation.
With two minutes left in the game and a five-point lead, Austin Thornton was 100 percent sure the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team had put away No. 20 Michigan in Ann Arbor.
At the MSU men’s basketball press conference on Monday prior to Tuesday’s game against No. 20 Michigan, Draymond Green indicated the player who came out on top in the Keith Appling Burke matchup would likely win the game. And the Burke-led Wolverines walked away with the 60-59 victory on the shoulders of the freshman’s 20-point performance. Appling scored 10 points and dished out five assists but struggled to contain Burke and finished with four fouls.
Ann Arbor – Stu Douglass denied Draymond Green’s wish of never seeing the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team lose to No. 20 Michigan again, as the guard laid the ball in with 35 seconds left in the game to secure the 60-59 Wolverine victory.
Ann Arbor– Draymond Green has the exact date ready in the front of his mind. Not long after he and the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team lost in heartbreaking fashion, 60-59, to No. 20 Michigan on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Green had focused his eyes on the road ahead — and the impending rematch with U-M in less than a month.
Looking back to October, there have been a lot of changes for Tom Anastos and the No. 16 MSU hockey team (12-9-3 overall, 7-7-2 CCHA).
As often as he is prompted, Tom Anastos says he doesn’t pay too much attention to the CCHA standings.
The anticipated matchup of No. 20 Michigan and the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team saw the Spartans defeated in Ann Arbor, 60-59.
MSU tennis junior Denis Bogatov was named co-Big Ten Athlete of the Week along with Northwestern’s Josh Graves, the conference announced Tuesday afternoon. The Gurnee, Ill., native won the honor after going 2-0 in both singles and doubles matches against Bradley, Morehead State and Wright State at home this past weekend. Bogatov’s performance helped the Spartans notch victories over all three schools and improve to 3-0 on the season. The award marks Bogatov’s first Big Ten Athlete of the Week nod of his career, and the Spartans’ first since Aaron Pfister was named Athlete of the Week on Nov.
With the MSU football team having just finished its second straight double-digit win season and the men’s basketball team having just ripped off a 15-game winning streak, student spirit should be at an all-time high.
Draymond Green never wants MSU to lose to Michigan again, even after the senior forward graduates at the end of the semester.
Students, parents and volunteers from Michigan’s 4-H program cheered on the women’s basketball team Sunday as part of the MSU Extension 4-H Day with the Lady Spartans.