Michigan State, Minnesota
No. 23 Michigan State women’s basketball sent its seniors out in style, defeating Minnesota on Saturday 73-58 in the squad's last regular season game. The Spart
The Michigan State women’s basketball team dropped one spot to No. 24 in the new AP Top 25 heading into the postseason. The Spartans (21-8, 11-7) split a pair of games last week, losing 89-78 at Ohio State on Wednesday before Saturday’s 73-58 victory against Minnesota to close the regular season.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Five Spartans hit the double-figure mark as the No. 23 Michigan State women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota, 73-58, Saturday on Senior Day at the Breslin Center.
For the second straight week, the Michigan State women's basketball team dropped one spot in the Associated Press Top 25, falling to No. 24.
The Gophers finished 13th in the Big Ten, earning one of the league’s 15 conference tournament spots in Indianapolis. They will likely start with a 2:30 p.m. tip against the No. 12 seed, probably Washington (17-12, 8-9), which whizzed past them last Wednesday at Williams Arena, 72-62.
The No. 12 Badgers, in the midst of a stretch of two losses in three games, travel to play Minnesota in their final road game of the season at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Minneapolis. It's Wisconsin's second matchup of the season against the Golden Gophers, having already dominated their Border Battle rival 80-59 on Jan. 10.
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Atop the Big Ten, Michigan State earned a bye for the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament. Because the Big Ten Tournament reseeds semifinal matchups, Michigan State will host the lowest remaining seed in a single-game semifinal at Munn Ice Arena two weeks from now.
Michigan State holds the tiebreaker over Minnesota based on taking seven of 12 points against the Gophers this season and would therefore be the overall No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The Spartans led 2-0 after the first period on goals by David Gucciardi and Matt Basgall.
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