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Top seed Michigan State’s Big Ten Tournament run ended by No. 5 seed Wisconsin
INDIANPOLIS— The first team advancing to the Big Ten Tournament Championship was decided in the final seconds of the Michigan State-Wisconsin semifinal game on Saturday. The closing minute of the game was the final fight from MSU. The Spartans held the Badgers to a three-point lead or less for the last 20 seconds to hold out for that glimpse of hope to take the game back. There were six trips to the free throw line between the two squads in the last minute.
Michigan State to head off against Wisconsin in Big Ten Semi-Final
INDIANAPOLIS— No. 7 Michigan State men’s basketball is set to take on No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon in the Big Ten Tournament Semi-Finals. MSU took down No. 23 Oregon on Friday in the quarterfinals 74-64. Four Spartans finished in double figures in points including freshman guard Jase Richardson (17), senior guard Jaden Akins (12), redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. (11) and sophomore forward Coen Carr (10).
Michigan State men’s basketball advances to Big Ten Semi-Finals after surpassing Oregon
INDIANAPOLIS— No. 7 Michigan State men’s basketball will be advancing to the Big Ten Tournament Semi-Finals after defeating No. 23 Oregon on Friday afternoon 74-64. “For us to start off like that is great,” sophomore forward Coen Carr said. “We knew that we had this double bye and that it could be a big advantage, or it could be a big disadvantage for us.” Four Spartans finished in double-digits.
INDIANAPOLIS— No. 7 Michigan State men’s basketball will open its post-season campaign against Oregon on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals. MSU concluded its regular season play with a 79-62 victory over its rival No. 22 Michigan on Sunday. Following the rivalry triumph, the Spartans raised their Big Ten Champions banner after clinching the regular season title, outright, against Iowa on March 6.
No. 8 Michigan State seals their regular season with a statement win over No. 17 Michigan
EAST LANSING— The pressure was on for No. 8 Michigan State with its rival No. 17 Michigan in town on Sunday afternoon. MSU only trailed behind Michigan for a total of 46 seconds within the first couple minutes of play by one point. For the rest of the game, the Spartans held the Wolverines off and didn’t let up, leading to a 79-62 victory. “I didn’t look at this game as the end all be all,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball rematching No. 17 Michigan to close out regular season
EAST LANSING— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball will host rival No. 17 Michigan for its final game before the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. MSU clinched the outright Big Ten regular season title on Thursday against Iowa in a 91-84 comeback win. This marked head coach Tom Izzo’s 11th Big Ten regular season title and MSU’s first since the 2019-20 season.
No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball wins out four straight AP Top 25 B1G matchups
EAST LANSING— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball added its sixth ranked win to its season resume on Sunday afternoon over No. 11 Wisconsin with a 71-62 victory. “I just wanna keep getting better, we gotta get better, we didn’t get better today,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said. “I thought we just did some things that were unlike us and then we did some really good things too.” MSU trailed for nearly eight minutes behind Wisconsin to start the first half.
No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball to host No. 11 Wisconsin to kick-start March
EAST LANSING— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball is hosting No. 11 Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon for a top 15 Big Ten matchup. MSU is 23-5 overall and 14-3 in conference play after taking down No. 16 Maryland on Wednesday. A buzzer beater three from beyond half court from junior guard Tre Holloman secured a 58-55 victory for the Spartans. Freshman guard Jase Richardson was the only player who finished in double figures for MSU at Maryland with 15 points.
No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball headed to Maryland for third straight ranked matchup
EAST LANSING— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball is headed Eastward to take on No. 16 Maryland for its third out four straight ranked matchups on Wednesday night. MSU is on a three-game win streak, with most recently taking down its rival now-No. 15 Michigan on Friday evening in Ann Arbor, 75-62.
No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball climbs to the top spot in the Big Ten Conference after defeating rival No. 12 Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Senior guard Jaden Akins went for the breakaway dunk with 29 seconds left on the game clock. Junior center Carson Cooper grabbed the rebound off of junior forward/center Danny Wolf’s missed three-pointer attempt on the other end of the court. Cooper passed it off to redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. Fears brought it across the prominent maize with a deep blue outline ‘M’ in the middle of the Crisler Arena court and let the clock run out while the loss sunk in for Michigan.
No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball set to challenge No. 12 Michigan for the top spot in the Big Ten
EAST LANSING— No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball is headed to take on its in-state rival No. 12 Michigan in a sold out, maized out Crisler Arena on Friday night. MSU upset No. 13 Purdue on Tuesday night 75-66 after picking up momentum in the last four minutes of the first half. The Spartans had four players finish in double-digits including freshman guard Jase Richardson (12), senior forward Frankie Fidler (11), senior guard Jaden Akins (10) and sophomore forward Coen Carr (10).
No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball overcomes No. 13 Purdue
EAST LANSING— No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball upset No. 13 Purdue on Tuesday night 75-66 to mark the Spartans first win over the Boilermakers since the 2021-22 season. “I told my team, when you have a schedule like this some people sit there and hope somebody beats somebody,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said. “We don’t need anybody to beat anybody. We just got to take care of our business.” MSU dropped nine of the last 10 matchups against Purdue and lost five straight prior to Tuesday night.
No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball looking to reclaim the Breslin floor against No. 13 Purdue
EAST LANSING— No. 14 Michigan State men’s basketball is hosting No. 13 Purdue on Tuesday night for one of the final three games at the Breslin Center this season. MSU is coming off a comeback win, 79-65, over Illinois at the State Farm Center on Saturday evening. Junior forward Jaxon Kohler led the Spartans with his sixth double-double of the season with a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. Illinois had MSU chasing it for the first half, leading 41-37 at halftime.
No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball sweeps season series with Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.— No. 11 Michigan State went 15-0 for the final seven minutes of its matchup against Illinois. The Spartans swept the series against the Fighting Illini 2-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season. MSU also broke the three-game losing streak at the State Farm Center. The two teams last met on Jan. 19 in East Lansing, which MSU took 80-78.
No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball looking to sweep Illinois series for the first time since 2019-20 season
EAST LANSING— No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball is hitting the road to take on Illinois at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois this weekend. MSU recently was shocked by Indiana on Tuesday night, marking the Spartans first home loss of the season. Indiana claimed the lead in the final two minutes of the first half and MSU never saw a lead again. Despite the glimmer of hope during the free throw frenzy in the final 30 seconds of the game, the Spartans couldn’t quite reach the Hoosiers.
Indiana men’s basketball stuns No. 11 Michigan State for first Breslin loss of the season
EAST LANSING— 18 free throws were attempted in the final 30 seconds of the No. 11 Michigan State-Indiana men’s basketball game on Tuesday night. The scores came within a point of one another, but never once tied. The Spartans didn’t see a lead after three minutes left in the first half. MSU fell to Indiana 71-67. “I don’t think the players played very well and I don’t think the coaches coached very well, so that’s a bad combination against a team that was desperate,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
EAST LANSING— No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball looks to continue to defend homecourt with Indiana coming into town on Tuesday night. MSU recovered from its two-game skid in California on Saturday afternoon with a comeback win over Oregon, 86-74. The Ducks challenged the Spartans in the first half, but ultimately the Spartans adjusted and claimed the victory. Freshman guard Jase Richardson led MSU with a career-high 29 points.
Tom Izzo ties Bob Knight for winningest Big Ten coach with 353rd B1G win over Oregon
EAST LANSING— The first half wasn’t the same No. 9 Michigan State men’s basketball team as the second half No. 9 Michigan State men’s basketball team. MSU walked into the locker room at halftime down 50-36. MSU came off the floor at the end of the game with an 86-74 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans claimed victory over the Ducks with fast pacing and physicality.
EAST LANSING— No. 9 Michigan State men’s basketball suffered its first back-to-back losses of the season during its West Coast trip in Los Angeles. MSU fell to both of its new California foes, Southern California and UCLA. On Saturday the Spartans fell to the Trojans 70-64 to mark their first Big Ten loss, and then on Tuesday the Bruins upset the Spartans 63-61. Senior guard Jaden Akins led MSU with 15 points on Tuesday.
No. 9 Michigan State men’s basketball looking for redemption in California
EAST LANSING— No. 9 Michigan State men’s basketball suffered its first Big Ten loss on Saturday against new conference foe Southern California, 70-64. MSU looked uncharacteristic at the Galen Center this past weekend. The Spartans fell behind the Trojans early in the first half and had to play catch-up the full 40 minutes of play and were never able to claim a lead.
No. 7 Michigan State men’s basketball is taking off for the West Coast to face USC
EAST LANSING— The rolling No. 7 Michigan State Spartans are heading out West to take on their new Big Ten foe the Southern California Trojans on Saturday. MSU is still riding high on its win streak after defeating Minnesota on Tuesday 73-51, marking head coach Tom Izzo’s 352nd B1G win. Tuesday’s win puts Izzo two conference wins away from surpassing the winningest Big Ten coach, and former Indiana head coach, Bob Knight’s record of 353. The Spartans have now won 13-straight and are 9-0 in B1G play.
No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball secures Big Apple win over Rutgers
NEW YORK— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball outlasted Rutgers 81-74 on Saturday afternoon in a New York City matchup. “I’m happy we won because you have to win games like this, but I’m really disappointed. I felt for the first time we kind of looked a little more entitled,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said post-game. The two teams went head-to-head at Madison Square Garden for the second time. The first MSG meeting was in 2023 where the Scarlet Knights topped the Spartans 61-55.
PREVIEW: No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball to take Madison Square Garden floor against Rutgers
EAST LANSING— No. 8 Michigan State men’s basketball will be taking on Rutgers in the Big Apple at Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans are one of two teams that have been undefeated since Thanksgiving. They are on an 11-game winning streak and are 7-0 in conference play. As of late MSU took down now-No. 17 Illinois on Jan. 19, 80-78, to continue to defend home court.
No. 12 Michigan State men’s basketball comes out on top over No. 19 Illinois
EAST LANSING— The last six seconds of the Michigan State-Illinois matchup were vigorous. With 5.9 seconds left the score was 78-77, MSU, and the ball went out of bounds resulting in a turnover from Illinois. The Breslin Center crowd was on its feet. Junior guard Tre Holloman got fouled after the inbound and went 2-2 from the free throw line to make it 80-77, with 5.4 seconds left. Illinois then inbounded it, and redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. fouled junior guard Kylan Boswell.
No. 12 Michigan State men’s basketball to host No. 19 Illinois for ranked Big Ten showdown
EAST LANSING— No. 12 Michigan State men’s basketball is hosting No. 19 Illinois for a highly anticipated Big Ten matchup this Sunday afternoon. MSU is on a 10-game winning streak and is now the only undefeated team in B1G play since No. 20 Michigan was upset by Minnesota on Thursday in overtime 84-81. As of late, the Spartans defeated Penn State on Wednesday night 90-85. Senior forward Frankie Fidler had a strong showing against the Nittany Lions.
No. 12 Michigan State men’s basketball remains perfect in Big Ten standings
EAST LANSING— Michigan State men’s basketball ranks nationally in multiple categories and is having its best start to a season since 2019. MSU is ranked No. 12 in the AP Top 25, No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll, No. 15 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 2 in free throw shooting percentage, No. 10 in free throws made per game, No. 2 in fast break points, No. 1 in total points coming off fast breaks, No. 7 in rebound margin, No. 12 in defensive rebounds per game and No. 14 in rebounds per game.
No. 16 Michigan State stalls Washington in teams first Breslin matchup
Categories: January 10, 2025 EAST LANSING— It took 10 minutes and 25 seconds for Washington to put up their first bucket of the game after falling behind 16-2. It wasn’t until the second half after 10 three-point attempts later that a three finally fell for the Huskies. “It was our night, it wasn’t their night,” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said post-game.
PREVIEW: No. 16 Michigan State to host Washington for the first time in program history
EAST LANSING— No. 16 Michigan State men’s basketball will host Washington on Thursday evening for the first Big Ten Conference matchup between the two teams since the conference realignment. MSU is on a seven-game hot streak, most recently taking down Ohio State on Jan. 3, winning 69-62. The Spartans are 3-0 in Big Ten play and have defended home court this season 7-0. In Columbus, senior center Szymon Zapala put up a season-high of 15 points and led in scoring for the first time this season.
Coen Carr was the spark plug for No. 20 Michigan State against FAU
EAST LANSING— No. 20 Michigan State outshot, outscored and outpaced Florida Atlantic on Saturday afternoon in an 86-69 victory. “I think that team has a chance to win a lot of games,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said of FAU post-game. “[It] was probably a good test for us.” The first 10 minutes of play were competitive with lead margins not going past five. However, in the last seven minutes of the first half MSU pulled away from FAU and the Owls didn’t see a lead again.
No. 20 Michigan State to host Florida Atlantic for the first time since 2015
EAST LANSING— No. 20 Michigan State men’s basketball (9-2) will return to the Breslin Center to host Florida Atlantic (7-5) on Saturday afternoon. MSU is on a three-game hot streak. Most recently, it took down in-state foe Oakland 77-58 on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Versus the Golden Grizzlies, the Spartans shot 43.3% in the field, 35.3% from behind the arc and 82.6% from the free throw line.
Xavier Booker career-high propels No. 20 Michigan State to 23rd-straight win over Oakland
DETROIT— No. 20 Michigan State secured its third double-digit win in a row over Oakland on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena for College Basketball in the D in a 77-58 victory in front of over 12,000 fans. “I can’t thank our crowd enough,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said post-game. “A number of people from Michigan State that showed up.
No. 20 Michigan State to meet in-state foe Oakland at Little Caesars Arena
EAST LANSING— No. 20 Michigan State men’s basketball and Oakland will be going head-to-head on Tuesday in Detroit at Little Cesears Arena. The Spartans lead the all-time series 22-0 over the Golden Grizzlies. MSU and Oakland have met at Little Caesars Arena three times before, the most recent being in 2021. The closest the Golden Grizzlies have come to taking down the Spartans was in 2010 when they lost by one, 77-76, at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
MSU men’s basketball commands the floor in home opener win over Nebraska
EAST LANSING— Michigan State men’s basketball went all gas no breaks Saturday afternoon to take down Nebraska in its Big Ten home opener, 89-52. “We are getting better,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said post-game. “It wasn’t Nebraska’s day. They’re a much better team than they played. We probably had something to do with it, but they had something to do with it.” The Spartans came out hot with seven points starting with no response from the Cornhuskers.
MSU men’s basketball to host Nebraska for B1G home opener at the Breslin Center
EAST LANSING— Michigan State men’s basketball opened conference play on a high note with a dominate double-digit win over Minnesota, 90-72, on Wednesday. In Minneapolis, MSU improved from behind the arc and put up a season-high three-point performance, 50%. The Spartans had the Gophers beat in all shooting including threes, from the floor (52.7%) and from the free throw line (80.8%). They also won the rebound battle (39-27) and led in assists (25), steals (five) and blocks (five).
MSU men’s basketball set to open up B1G play in Minneapolis
EAST LANSING— Michigan State men’s basketball is entering conference play coming off its first-ranked win of the season. MSU upset then-No. 12 North Carolina 94-91 in the Maui Invitational to clinch a third-place finish. The Spartans nearly broke into the Associated Press Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll after their Maui Invitational performance earning 108 votes to sit below now No. 25 UConn.
PREVIEW: MSU men’s basketball headed to first Maui Invitational since 2019
EAST LANSING— Michigan State men’s basketball is spending Thanksgiving week in the Aloha state for the 2024 Maui Invitational. This is the first time the Spartans have appeared in the Maui Invitational since 2019; they haven’t won it since 1991 when they topped Arkansas 86-71. MSU (4-1) will take on Colorado (4-0) in game two for the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday evening.
Michigan State keeps winning streak over Bowling Green alive
EAST LANSING– As the Breslin Center came to its feet, Michigan State men’s basketball put the nail in the coffin with its sixth straight made free throw to secure an 86-72 win to push to a five-straight win streak over Bowling Green Saturday night. “You got to give them a lot of credit,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said post-game. “I thought they did a phenomenal job. I thought we did a very poor job.” These two teams haven’t seen each other since 2012 when MSU won 64-53.
Michigan State is headed to the State Farm Champions Classic to take on No. 1 Kansas
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball hasn’t overcome Kansas since the 2015 State Farm Champions Classic. Denzel Valentine led No. 13 MSU to overcome No. 4 Kansas, 79-73, with a triple-double (29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists). In 2024, unranked MSU is taking on No. 1 Kansas in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. The Spartans stand at 2-0 after hosting Monmouth and Niagara.
Michigan State men’s basketball dominates Niagara 96-60
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball accelerated past Niagara on Thursday, 96-60, with five players in double-digits. This was the first meeting between the two teams in program history. The Niagara team is an entirely new look with no returning members and 14 new members. “We got our work cut out, but it was a good game,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said post-game. Niagara came out in the first half hot off the tip-off.
Michigan State men’s basketball pushes past Monmouth in season opener
EAST LANSING – Senior guard Jaden Akins quickly set the tone of the Michigan State-Monmouth match-up with an alley-oop off the tip-off. “Just my mindset,” Akins said on what was different about this game for him. “Just trying to be aggressive and not worry about the little things and overthink things and just be aggressive. That was all that was on my mind.” This was the first-ever match-up between MSU and Monmouth in program history. The Spartans topped the Hawks 81-57 on Nov.
Michigan State men’s basketball to open 2024-25 season against Monmouth
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball is set to open its season against Monmouth University on Nov. 4 at the Breslin Center. MSU took on Northern Michigan and Ferris State in a pair of exhibitions in October. The Spartans topped the Wildcats 70-53 on Oct. 13 and the Bulldogs 85-67 on Oct. 29. Last Tuesday, senior forward Frankie Fidler led MSU with 14 points against Ferris State.
PREVIEW: MSU men’s basketball set to host Ferris State for exhibition
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball is hosting Ferris State for an exhibition to open home play for the 2024-25 season on Oct. 29. “I think we’ve got a good, experienced group,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said on Oct. 17 at media day. “We’ve seen great improvements out of some guys, Coen, and Book has had great improvements.
PREVIEW: Michigan State to take on Northern Michigan in Superior Dome Showdown
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball will be heading up to head coach Tom Izzo’s alma mater, Northern Michigan, on Oct. 13 for the first exhibition of the 2024-25 season to officially start Izzo’s 30th season. The matchup between the Spartans and the Wildcats is more than just a basketball game. Izzo’s jersey will be retired and his former high school basketball coach, Greg LeDuc is an honorary coach for the exhibition. It was announced on Oct. 8 that LeDuc would be Izzo’s honorary coach.
Falmouth Makes Noise For The Fourth Of July Week
The Falmouth Commodores haven’t had it easy this summer trailing in the Cape Cod Baseball League West Division. The tide turned in a five-game stretch, helping Falmouth inch toward that fourth-place spot, where the Bourne Braves currently sit, to stay in the hunt for the playoffs. The Commodores started to get hot by picking up back-to-back wins at home over the Braves and the Orleans Firebirds, but that streak was snapped at the Harwich Mariners in a 4-1 loss last Fridayon June 28.
Michigan State men’s basketball hires former Michigan assistant coach
EAST LANSING – Michigan State men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced the addition of Saddi Washington to his coaching staff this morning. “I’m very excited to welcome Saddi to our staff and to bring him back home to the Lansing area,” Izzo said in a statement. “I’ve known him since he was in junior high school, where he had Doug Herner as a teacher, and I’ve had a great relationship with him and his family for a long, long time.
Michigan State lands 7-foot transfer center Szymon Zapala
EAST LANSING – Longwood University transfer center Szymon Zapala committed to Michigan State University on May 14 Thrilled to announce my commitment to Michigan State University! Proud to be a Spartan! Let’s get to work! pic.twitter.com/LkRyAHw305 — Szymon Zapala (@szymon_zapala) May 14, 2024 The 7-foot 240-pound center averaged 9.8 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game and had 29 blocks in his one season at Longwood.
Erasing the stigma around fraternities - Spartan Newsroom
News EAST LANSING, Mich. – Stereotypes and misconceptions of Greek life live in many people’s minds, but the members of Sigma Alpha Mu, Sammy, have shared their stories to help erase the stigma. “A large chunk of becoming a man and talking like a man and acting like one comes through the support of the boys,” Michael Barry said.
Three takeaways from Michigan State’s win over rival Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan State claimed its 75th win in its 100th game against rival Michigan in a 70-66 win on Sunday afternoon in a nailbiter. “I grew up in Michigan, so I’ve literally been born into the rivalry,” MSU head coach Robyn Fralick said.
Trader Joe’s Okemos sees long-awaited progress after challenges
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The long-awaited Okemos Trader Joe’s is now halfway through installing the steel and exterior walls after supply chain and building permit issues stalled what has been in the making since 2021. “They finished the parking lot before winter hit, so they could build during the winter and obviously a lot of exterior stuff to do in the spring, but they’re moving right along at this point,” said Tim Schmitt, Meridian Township community planning and development director. On Dec.
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