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• Morgan making continual impact early in conference season

  Updated Tue 11:05pm

  Junior forward Raymar Morgan netted another double-double Friday, becoming the first MSU player to accomplish the feat in three straight games since Paul Davis during the 2005-06 season.

  Morgan scored 13 points and collected 10 rebounds for the No. 8 Spartans, who defeated Ohio State 67-58 Tuesday night at Breslin Center.

• Strong third period enough to lead No. 18 Alaska past MSU

  Updated Sat 10:42pm

  For the second time this season, the MSU hockey team had a chance to earn a weekend sweep.

  But on Saturday night, a two-goal third period for No. 18 Alaska was too much for MSU to handle, as the Spartans fell 3-1 to the Nanooks at Munn Ice Arena.

• Men's basketball opens Big Ten play 2-0, beats Northwestern 77-66

  Updated Sat 10:20pm

  Raymar Morgan scored 22 points and Kalin Lucas added 17 as the MSU men’s basketball team bounced back from a halftime deficit Saturday to defeat Northwestern 77-66 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.

• Icers sneak by No. 18 Alaska, 2-1

  Updated Sat 12:32am

  For the second time in three games, the MSU hockey team upset a team ranked No. 18 in the country.

  Last Saturday, the Spartans beat No. 18 North Dakota 2-1 in the Great Lakes Invitational. On Friday night the Spartans beat No. 18 Alaska 2-1 at Munn Ice Arena.

• Bulldogs pull away from Spartans late, 24-12

  Updated Thu 9:03pm

  Orlando, Fla. — In the first half of Thursday’s Capital One Bowl against MSU, Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford looked like he had partied a little too hard on New Year’s Eve.

  The junior passer overthrew receivers, missed touch passes and looked to have the energy of a sloth.

• Spartans can once again build on bowl loss

  Updated Thu 9:02pm

  Orlando, Fla. — The year 2009 began gloomy for the MSU football team, losing 24-12 to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium on Thursday.

  But with two consecutive postseason bowl appearances and a 9-4 record, the Spartans showed that come the fall months of 2009 and beyond, football could be fun to watch in East Lansing.