The 6-foot-6, 210-pound wing from Indianapolis is looked at as a legitimate NBA prospect, one who could turn pro as early as next year. “It’s crazy,” Henry said. “It’s everything that I prayed for. God is blessing me with things every day. I can’t take those things for granted. It seems surreal sometimes that my dreams are coming true.
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To kickoff the beginning of Big Ten Women’s Basketball Media Week, the conference released the Preseason Coaches and Media Polls, in addition to the preseason All-Big Ten teams on Monday. Michigan State redshirt-senior guard Shay Colley earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors for the second-straight season.
The Michigan State men’s golf team played its final 18 holes of the fall on Monday with the third round of the Quail Valley Intercollegiate in Vero Beach, Florida. The Spartans shot a 3-under-par 285 on Monday and ended the tournament 18-under-par 846 (284-277-285), which put them in seventh place in the 14-team tournament at Quail Valley Golf Club.
Michigan State wrestling kicks off fall action this Friday, Oct. 25 with its annual Green and White Meet at 6 p.m. inside IM Sports West Arena. Admission is free, and the first 100 fans will receive a Michigan State bandana.
Michigan State women’s gymnastics head coach Mike Rowe announced the Spartans’ 2020 schedule Monday.The schedule is highlighted by five home meets at Jenison Field House, including Big Ten opponents Ohio State (Jan. 18), Nebraska (Jan. 26) and Illinois (Feb. 16).
The All-American Bowl Selection Tour was by Wheaton (Ill.) Warrenville South on Monday morning to honor future Michigan State kicker Jack Olsen. Olsen will cap his prep career with this prestigious honor, playing in front of 40,000 fans and a national TV audience on NBC from inside the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, Texas on Jan. 4. “It’s exciting and I’m blessed to be part of this elite group and play with the top 100 players in the country,” Olsen said.
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There isn’t much Michigan State basketball has yet to accomplish under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, from Big Ten titles and Final Four trips to winning a national championship. The Spartans can now add another milestone to the list: They are No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll for the first time in program history.
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MSU historically has been a strong bounce-back team after a loss under Dantonio, but the Wisconsin game got away from them in a hurry. The Spartans lost back-to-back games just once a year ago, and their last extended losing streak was a seven-game slide in 2016 in which they finished the season dropping nine of their last 10. Other than that year, MSU’s only other three-game skid in Dantonio’s 13 seasons during the 2007 and 2009 seasons.
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Michigan State fell to No. 8 Penn State at home on Sunday, 3-0 (24-26, 11-25, 19-25). MSU has dropped both matches with the Nittany Lions this season, and fall to 13-5 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play. Penn State improves to 14-3 and 7-1 in Conference play.
The Michigan State field hockey team’s late rally fell short Sunday afternoon, dropping a 3-2 decision to No. 18 Rutgers at Ralph Young Field.
Playing in front of a raucous crowd on Alumni Day, the Michigan State men’s soccer team scored three unanswered goals to stop Ohio State, 3-1, on Saturday night.
Michigan State women’s soccer fell to No. 19 Michigan, 3-2, on Saturday night in a doubleheader at DeMartin Stadium for Alumni Day. This was the first game of a four-game homestand to conclude the regular season.
Michigan State basketball’s first test of the season, like it was a year ago, ended up in a defeat to Gonzaga.
The two schools met Saturday morning in Denver, where the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans, 103-87, in a “secret” scrimmage, per a source. They played two 20-minute periods in a game that was closed to the public and media.
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Michigan State men’s tennis student-athletes Anthony Peroand John Carlin wrapped up play Saturday at the ITA Midwest Regional in Columbus.
The Michigan State women’s swimming and diving team’s meet against Illinois on Saturday resulted in a draw with a 150-150 score.
The Michigan State men’s golf team will conclude its fall schedule with the Quail Valley Intercollegiate this weekend in Vero Beach, Florida. The seventh annual event will take place at Quail Valley Golf Club, Sunday (36 holes) and Monday (18 holes).
The week began with a commitment from Powder Springs (Georgia) McEachern RB Jordon Simmons, and included a visit with former commit Alante Brown
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Gianluca Esteves’ breakaway goal with 3:12 to go snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the Michigan State hockey team past the USNTDP U-18 team, 2-1, in an exhibition game on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. Drew DeRidder (14 saves) and John Lethemon (13 saves) combined for 27 stops in goal to help the Spartans to the win.
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Michigan State returned home to Jenison Field House after most of the last four weeks on the road and earned a 3-0 sweep of visiting Rutgers (25-21, 25-18, 25-11). It is MSU’s third sweep of the Big Ten season and helped the home team improve to 13-4 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten play; Rutgers falls to 6-12, 0-7 B1G.
Two Michigan State men’s tennis student-athletes competed Friday at the ITA Midwest Regional in Columbus.