Ever since Michigan State’s men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss at Nebraska on Dec. 10 to drop to 0-2 in conference play, the Spartans have played like an entirely different team.
To kick off the new year, the Michigan State men’s basketball team dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions 92-61 for both teams’ third Big Ten matchup of the season.
This unexpected challenge Michigan State took after the holiday break resulted in one of their strongest wins so far this season. But based on how they were playing in November, it was not likely a game the Spartans would have won.
The Spartans finished their up-and-down December with an 87-75 victory over the red-hot Indiana State Sycamores, marking their fourth straight win after losing consecutive conference games to open the month.
There were two players who had stand-out performances and were nominated as members of the GLI All-Tournament Team honors, and those two were sophomore forward Joey Larson who tallied two goals in the championship game and junior defenseman David Gucciardi, who had an outstanding pass to junior forward Red Savage to tie the game to send the teams to overtime.
As the countdown to puck drop wound down, the Spartans had one goal in mind—win. But as the clock ran down and the Spartans and Huskies headed into a shootout, Michigan Tech ultimately took the title and the Spartans took a devastating loss.
After a stellar performance in the semifinal game of the Great Lakes Invitational, the Michigan State Spartans are off to the championship game at Van Andel Arena on night two to look for the title of GLI champions for the first time since 2009.
Following a thrilling first overtime game between Alaska Fairbanks and Michigan Tech in the Great Lakes Invitational (GLI), the Spartans took to the ice for their own game against Ferris State where they took a dominating 4-1 win–resulting in the chance to play in the championship game.
Michigan State basketball’s Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot in the leg late Friday/early Saturday and underwent surgery, the team announced Saturday afternoon.
The Spartan squad dished out 33 assists on 38 made field goals on the night headlined by ten assists each from senior guard A.J. Hoggard and freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr.. Prior to the matchup against the Seawolves, Fears had logged a career-high five assists in the Nov. 19 game against Alcorn State—now that number is doubled.
The 99-55 win marked MSU’s third straight after it dropped two straight in conference play to fall below .500 just two months after being ranked No. 4 to start the season.
In the Monday night 79-62 home victory over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, Tyson Walker logged his 1,000th career point with the Spartans—the 24th fastest to do so in just 80 games.
The Spartans rode the wave of momentum from their 24-point crushing of Baylor on Saturday with a 79-62 win over the Grizzlies, pushing them over the .500 mark at 6-5 and putting themselves in a relatively comfortable position confidence-wise in their current string of non-conference games.
The Spartans were able to push past the Chippewas thanks to Joiner, Hallock, and other new faces.
The Michigan State women's basketball team defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 91-67 after a great first-half showing from Graduate student Moria Joiner.
In a press conference Thursday, head coach Tom Izzo reflected on the start of the season and said the team needed to get back the identity they had since Izzo took the helm 28 years ago: defend, rebound and run. Michigan State’s Saturday afternoon 88-64 beatdown of Baylor was a near-textbook performance of Izzo’s mantra.
MSU executed the Hall-of-Fame coach’s slogan to a tee Saturday afternoon in its unforeseen 88-64 beatdown of Baylor. The team controlled the glass, swallowed the Bears up defensively and turned their missed shots and turnovers into points on the other end.
The Michigan State women's basketball team will face off against Central Michigan University on Sunday.
As the USA world junior selection camp comes to a close and the show begins, two Michigan State hockey players have been selected to join Team USA in the fight for a gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship. Those two players include sophomore forward Isaac Howard, and freshman goaltender Trey Augustine.
Ahead of a Saturday matinee matchup with No. 6 Baylor at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, head coach Tom Izzo said neither he nor his team are panicking. But they know they need to start picking up quality wins, starting with what Izzo said would be a “big-time win” against the Bears.