Thursday, March 12, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Sports

·
BASKETBALL

Forever family

Chris Vannini
March 1, 2011

Durrell Summers doesn’t know what to say. What is there left to say? The senior guard didn’t eclipse the double-digit point total in any game in February.

BASKETBALL

Home-cooked

Jeremy Warnemuende
February 27, 2011

With a chance at an upset win over No. 8 Purdue, senior guard Kalin Lucas said he and the MSU men’s basketball team wanted to be the aggressor Sunday and take it to the visiting Boilermakers. Instead, Purdue took it to the Spartans (16-12 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) for the entire 40 minutes as the Boilermakers (24-5, 13-3) ran over MSU, 67-47, at Breslin Center. “Today, we definitely wanted to come and play aggressive, and we wanted to bring the punch to them,” Lucas said.

BASKETBALL

Despite Kalin Lucas, team still struggles

Chris Vannini
February 27, 2011

For the entire month of February, the MSU men’s basketball team has been The Kalin Lucas Show. But just like many shows that don’t adjust the plot, it’s not enough to succeed anymore. The senior guard scored 23 points in Sunday’s 67-47 loss to Purdue at Breslin Center, but for the third-consecutive game, Lucas was the only Spartan to score in double figures. Junior forward Draymond Green scored seven points on 3-for-12 shooting, tied for his highest output in the last three games. In fact, until a layup by Green with 4:04 to play, senior guard Mike Kebler was MSU’s second-leading scorer behind Lucas with six points. If the Spartans (16-12 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) are to finish the season strong and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament, more Spartans are going to need to improve their offense – and it can’t be Kebler leading the charge. “When I do penetrate to the hole and guys don’t hit shots, you’ve just got to keep their spirits up and just tell them to make the next one and to go to the hole, get fouled and get a rhythm that way,” Lucas said of his teammates. The guy who needs to help Lucas as much as anyone is his best friend, senior guard Durrell Summers, who continues to be nowhere to be seen.

ICE HOCKEY

Seniors, Comley say goodbye with last game at Munn

Jeff Kanan
February 27, 2011

The game had no impact in the final standings and wouldn’t impact who MSU would play in the first round of next week’s CCHA tournament. That didn’t diminish the emotion of MSU’s win and first sweep of the season Saturday and happy close to the Spartan careers of three of their own, and significance of singing the fight song in the locker room for the first time at home this year. MSU laid everything on the line for its retiring head coach, Rick Comley, and two senior forwards, Dustin Gazley and Joey Shean, to defeat Bowling Green, 2-0, Saturday at Munn Ice Arena and send them out as winners, even though they likely didn’t expect to be in 10th place in the standings at this time of year. The Spartans importantly gave their coach and players a worthy end to careers that saw extreme dedication and commitment to a program and creating some high points along the way. The Spartans, who were tabbed to finish in third or fourth in the CCHA standings before the season, weren’t playing for a CCHA championship or even for a first-round bye, but that didn’t decrease the significance of the night or the accomplishments Comley has had at MSU. Comley’s service to the program has been outstanding and his National Title and his three straight trips to the NCAA regional finals from 2006 through 2008 stand as big accomplishments in today’s CCHA. He was honored Saturday with a tribute after the game and video that highlighted the high points of his career and nine years of keeping up the MSU hockey tradition. “I’m not a glammer and glitz guy,” Comley said.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans earn first sweep of season with 2-0 win over Bowling Green

Jeff Kanan
February 27, 2011

The MSU hockey team didn’t have much control over its postseason fate this weekend, but made the most of what it could control in defeating Bowling Green, 2-0, Saturday for a weekend sweep. MSU earned its first sweep of the season and did an impressive defensive job against the Falcons to give junior goalie Drew Palmisano a shutout victory. However, the Spartans will be forced to make the long trip to Alaska for the first round of the playoffs next weekend, but honored head coach Rick Comley and senior forwards Dustin Gazley and Joey Shean out in style for their final home games. “I think there was definitely more energy,” junior defenseman Brock Shelgren said.