Sophomore goaltender Dominic Vicari was named CCHA Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after stopping 41 shots Friday and Saturday - 82 out of 85 shots the entire weekend were against No.
Iowa City, Iowa - "And starting at guard, a 6-foot freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, No.
What looked to be another easy win for the No. 10 MSU women's basketball team at halftime turned into a hard-fought victory over Illinois, 68-59. The Spartans (20-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) took a 12-point lead into halftime after leading by as many as 17 in the half, but Illinois (13-8, 5-6) came out strong in the second half, and cut the lead to as close as two points before the Spartans put this one away. "The team showed a lot of heart and fight down the stretch," MSU head coach Joanne P.
Detroit - Time was running out for the MSU hockey team when the Spartans found themselves behind late in both games against No.
Growing up together, Nick and Andy Simmons quickly realized their favorite part about wrestling: winning. "Being the best.
Iowa City, Iowa - MSU had been in this situation before, letting a lead slip away in the second half on the road. But this time, senior guard Tim Bograkos stepped to the free-throw line with a three-point lead over Iowa with more than a minute left. With 15,500 Iowa fans screaming and Iowa on a 13-4 scoring run to control the momentum, Bograkos didn't worry about the pressure.
As I sat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena 10 minutes before tipoff, about 80 members of the Izzone student section paraded around the outskirts of the Iowans' court chanting "Go state." The Izzone's white looked awkward in the sea of yellow and black, but its antics finally got the nearly 300 members of the Iowa fan section, the Hawk's Nest, to stand and rally around their own school's pride. Izzone members marched around the upper part of the arena for nearly an hour, and even though they were just a small group, they could still be heard throughout the arena - a comforting feeling for the Spartans. "It's always nice to come to an opposing court and have 100-200 fans there," head coach Tom Izzo said after the game.
The remaining 10 games of the MSU hockey team's CCHA season don't exactly start off easy. The Spartans (13-11-2, 8-9-1 CCHA) will face off against No.
MSU will be well represented this weekend at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., as three former Spartans are in the Sunshine State preparing for this weekend's battle. Philadelphia's Mike Labinjo and Ike Reese will be going up against fellow Spartan alumnus Jim Miller from New England on Sunday evening when the Eagles face the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX. Labinjo spent his first 14 weeks with the Eagles on the practice squad, but was brought up to the active squad because of another player's injury mid-December.
The junior from Capetown, South Africa, broke Ohio State's pool record for the 100-yard breaststroke last weekend.
Wins at home are key to winning any sports championship and, Breslin Center has been a place that has been very good to the Spartans this year. The MSU women's basketball team (18-3 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) enters tonight's game ranked No.
MSU head football coach John L. Smith welcomed 24 new members to the Spartans family Wednesday afternoon, the first day for recruits to officially sign with a university. Speed, combined with the ability to hit, is the name of the game according to Smith, and that is the type of player he went after. "It's a real hard game," Smith said.
Iowa's leading scorer has been dismissed from the basketball team after facing legal charges for the second time in his college career. Guard Pierre Pierce is under investigation by West Des Moines police for intent to commit sexual abuse, burglary, criminal mischief and false imprisonment.
Ten games. That's all that's left for the MSU hockey team in CCHA play, making it ever so crucial for the Spartans to string together some wins. It's no mystery that the season thus far has been plagued with inconsistency and misfortune for MSU, but finding itself in a sixth-place conference tie and the thought of not having home ice for the CCHA playoffs is not something the Spartans want to welcome. "As games diminish, your chances to affect where you are obviously start to evaporate," MSU head coach Rick Comley said.
An unruly Izzone student section and several late runs by MSU weren't enough to stop No. 1 Illinois and its talented trio of guards. Fighting Illini guards Luther Head, Deron Williams and Dee Brown combined for 54 points, each finding ways to dash any hopes of an MSU comeback.
MSU senior swingman Alan Anderson summed up the Fighting Illini's shooting performance in one word: "Incredible." As was the case in losses to Duke and Wisconsin, three-point field goal defense was an issue for No.
All eyes are in Jacksonville, Fla., the site of Super Bowl XXXIX pitting the New England Patriots against the Philadelphia Eagles at 6:30 p.m.
Yvette Lanier The State News The men's swim team (4-6) bounced back after Friday's disappointing meet against Ohio State by defeating Oakland (0-3), 179-116 Saturday.
Football team adds Birmingham recruitThe MSU football team picked up another recruit during the weekend, and the Spartans didn't have to go far to secure him. Adam Decker, a linebacker from Birmingham Brother Rice, committed to the Spartans over Georgia Tech, Princeton and Boston College.
In a warm-up match before Tuesday's tilt with No. 1 Illinois, the No. 15 MSU men's basketball team cruised to a 92-75 win over Oakland on Saturday night at Breslin Center. It was the calm before the storm. "On a one-day prep, we tried to pick a couple things we wanted to accomplish," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.