Redshirt-sophomore guard Kennedy Blair’s career high in scoring helped No. 22 Michigan State women’s basketball close out its six-game homestand with a dominating 102-41 win over Oakland Sunday at the Breslin Center. With the win, the Spartans improve to 6-0 this young season.
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Junior Bella Najera secured a brace with a second-half penalty kick to propel No. 9 Michigan State past No. 12 Colorado on Sunday afternoon to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Spartans (15-3-6) advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history after back-to-back Sweet 16’s in 2023 and 2024.
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Michigan State got a game-tying goal from freshman Porter Martone with just 39.8 seconds left in regulation but fell in overtime to No. 7/8-ranked Wisconsin on Saturday night by a final score of 2-1 from Ron Mason Rink at Munn Ice Arena. It was Martone’s third goal and fourth point of the weekend as he contributed on four of MSU’s five total goals in the series.
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Nearing the end of a trying season, Michigan State almost got to feel joy again. It looked, and felt, like the Spartans would snap their seven-game losing streak with a feel-good road win at Kinnick Stadium. Nothing comes easily for this group, though, and the Spartans’ 10-point second-half lead unraveled in dramatic fashion. Make it eight losses in a row, as Iowa escaped on its home field, 20-17, with a game-winning 44-yard field goal as time expired.
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Michigan State women’s basketball concludes its six-game homestand on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. against Oakland. The Spartans have started the season 5-0 after a 101-53 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday. Jack Vohwinkle and Derrick Mitchell will be on the call for B1G+.
No. 2 seed Michigan State is gearing up to host No. 3 seed Colorado in the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. After beating Wake Forest on Thursday night, the Spartans are on the precipice of making history and pushing into the quarterfinals for the first time in program history.
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Top-ranked Michigan State hockey was narrowly defeated by No. 7/8-ranked Wisconsin on Friday night, 5-4, from Ron Mason Rink at Munn Ice Area. Freshman forward Porter Martone contributed three points for the Spartans scoring a pair of goals and assisting on another to push his season point total to 17 (9 goals, 8 assists).
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Michigan State didn’t mess around after returning home following a huge win. The No. 17 Spartans built a double-digit lead in the opening minutes and cruised to an 84-56 win against Detroit Mercy on Friday night at the Breslin Center.
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No. 9 Michigan State defeated Wake Forest 1-0 at DeMartin Stadium on Thursday night to advance into the NCAA Third round for the third consecutive season. Kayla Briggs scored the game-winner at 68:56, finishing off a nifty pass from Shelby Vaughn to find her alone in the penalty area. Noelle Henning finished with three second-half saves in the shutout.
No. 22 Michigan State women’s basketball topped the century mark for the second time this season, as the Spartans nearly doubled up Eastern Illinois, 101-53 on Thursday night at the Breslin Center.With the win, the Spartans improve to 5-0 this season for the eighth-straight season.
Following a road sweep of Notre Dame, No. 1 Michigan State hockey will host No. 7 Wisconsin in East Lansing. The games are set for Friday Nov. 21 at 8:30 p.m. EST and Saturday Nov. 22 at 7:00 p.m. EST on Big Ten Plus. Wisconsin enters the series 8-2-2 overall and 4-2-2 in conference play after splitting its series with Ohio State last weekend, winning Game 2 in a 6-5 overtime thriller.
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Michigan State football doesn’t know much about its future — and hasn’t for a long time. With recruiting sanctions, head-coaching uncertainties and questions about which players will stay or leave, a defeated program remains shrouded in mystery. But through the fog of uncertainty, the growing confidence of one player has given the Spartans a glimmer of hope moving forward.
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Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns home for its fourth game of the season at the Breslin Center, hosting Detroit Mercy on Friday, Nov. 21 (6:30 p.m., BTN). Friday night’s game will air live on BTN, with Cory Provus and former Spartan All-American Steve Smith calling all of the action
The sports analytics outlet OptaStats took to its official X account to highlight just how rare the Fear’s playmaking run has been through the Spartans’ first four games of the season. “Jeremy Fears Jr. of @MSU_Basketball is the first Division I player to lead his team to a 4-0 start while having 9+ assists in each game since Oklahoma State’s Doug Gottlieb in 1999-00.”
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The World’s Most Famous Arena is as good a place as any to put on a clinic while slaying demons. No. 17 Michigan State (4-0) turned in its best shooting performance of the season and dominated No. 12 Kentucky (3-2) for an 83-66 win on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.
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Michigan State is a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, and hosts second- and third-round games at DeMartin Stadium over the coming week. Thursday will be a doubleheader – No. 3 seed Colorado takes on No. 6 seed Xavier at 3 pm, followed by the MSU-Wake Forest matchup at 6 pm. The winners will advance to Sunday’s third round at DeMartin (1 pm). This is the most NCAA games ever hosted by the women’s program.
Michigan State hockey is your unanimous No. 1 team in the country in this week’s USCHO.com poll. The Spartans received all 50 first place votes to remain the No. 1 team in the country, with this being the straight week that they were the unanimous top team. Behind the Spartans was rival Michigan at No. 2 in the rankings this week.
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Michigan State’s men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to New York City to play No. 12 Kentucky in the Champions Classic on Tuesday, Nov. 18 (6:30 p.m.) at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden. The game will be streamed on ESPN, with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Kris Budden calling all of the action.
MSU heads to the big stage once again on Tuesday in Madison Square Garden to face one of the preseason contenders, Kentucky Wildcats. MSU enters the contest undefeated and 5.5 point underdogs. Izzo has made it very clear that he has not been happy with his teams output thus far this season. Kentucky comes in ranked #9 in the county with a loss already to in state rival Louisville this past Tuesday. Let’s take a look at how the two teams match up.
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