Michigan State defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 70-69 on Sunday afternoon. With the win, Michigan State is advancing to its second straight Final Four to take on the fifth seeded Butler Bulldogs (32-4).
Once again, Durrell Summers stepped up for the Spartans, scoring a game high 21 points. Draymond Green and Raymar Morgan each added 13 [...]
Michigan State just barely slipped by Penn State on Thursday night, 67-65.
The Spartans held a seven point lead at the half before the Nittany Lions mounted a late second-half comeback. Taylor Battle and Chris Babb led the charge with 16 points apiece while Raymar Morgan led the Spartans with 16 of his own. Draymond Green [...]
Michigan State defeated Purdue late Sunday afternoon, 53-44.
The Boilermakers were without their leader Robbie Hummel, who suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the week against Minnesota.
Draymond Green and Raymar Morgan both led Michigan State with a pair of double-doubles. Green had 12 points and 11 rebounds while Morgan added 16 and 11, respectively.
Michigan [...]
Michigan State lost to Ohio State on Sunday afternoon, 74-67.
With the loss, Michigan State (21-7,11-4) has now lost four of their last six games and is now tied for second place in the Big Ten with Ohio State and Illinois.
The Buckeyes (21-7,11-4) shot 42% from the field and 41% (7-17) from three-point range. [...]
Michigan State defeated Indiana on Tuesday night, 72-58.
The Spartans led for most of the game, claiming a ten point lead at the half while outscoring Indiana (9-16) 32-28 in the second half.
Draymond Green led the Spartans with 14 points while Kalin Lucas added 13 and four assists. Verdell Jones III led all scorers with [...]
Michigan State lost to Illinois on Saturday night, 78-73.
Without starting point guard Kalin Lucas, the Spartans needed extra contributions from their reserves, and were largely unsuccessful in providing it.
Draymond Green led the way for the Spartans with 17 points, 16 rebounds and three assists off the bench. Korie Lucious took over role at point [...]
The Michigan State Spartans defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday night, 60-53.
A close game throughout, Michigan State managed to pull away in the final minutes with clutch defensive turnovers by Draymond Green. The Spartans (14-3) only shot 36% from the field and struggled from the free-throw line (62%).
Minnesota (12-5) struggled to stop the [...]
Michigan State defeated Iowa 71-53 Saturday night in Iowa City.
The Spartans maintained control of the lead for the vast majority of the game by shooting 55% from the field and out-rebounding the Hawkeyes (5-11) 37-19. Despite 18 turnovers, the Spartans (13-3) held Iowa to 39% from the field and forced 16 turnovers.
Draymond Green and Kalin [...]
Michigan State (10-3) defeated the Texas-Arlington Mavericks on Wednesday night by a score of 87-68. The Spartans were ahead 44-38 at the half, but managed to pull away from the Mavericks, who shot 10-23 (44%) from three-point range.
The Spartans out-rebounded the Mavericks 34-24 while shooting 51% from the field and 7-20 (35%) from three-point range.
Durrell [...]
