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The Fighting Irish return two starters in playmaker Prentiss Hubb and fifth-year big man Juwan Durham. Both started in all but one of the 32 games last year and fill key roles for Mike Brey’s squad. Hubb (12.1 points, 5.1 assists, 38.5 percent field goals) will be handed the keys to the team and is looked upon to shoulder a heavy load on offense.
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The good news for Michigan State is that with a game under its belt, it has a better idea of its personnel, what it has done well, and what it needs to work on. The bad news is that it had little idea of what its next opponent will bring to the game.No. 13 Michigan State (1-0) plays Notre Dame on Saturday (8 p.m., BTN) at the Breslin Center in its second game of its young season.
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At 6-foot-4 and 340 pounds, Naquan Jones is an imposing presence on the field. The Michigan State fifth-year senior defensive tackle is also known as a soft-spoken and affable teammate quick to smile or make a joke. “It’s a tale of two sides for Naquan,” said Michigan State redshirt sophomore tight end Trent Gillison, who is roommates with Jones.
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Michigan State’s men’s basketball team plays its second game of the 2020-21 regular season on Saturday night, Nov. 27, hosting Notre Dame at the Breslin Center. Tip time is slated for 8 p.m.
Tom Izzo liked what he saw from No. 12 Michigan State in its season-opening win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday night. He also saw plenty of flaws that need fine-tuning and major fixing fast, particularly 18 turnovers. But Izzo also remained realistic about the performance against an Eagles team that was missing six players and an assistant coach due to COVID-19 contact tracing. EMU used just seven players in the Spartans’ 83-67 victory.
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Northwestern enters the contest with a 5-0 record, and a No. 8 ranking in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. NU has an extremely stout defense. This could prove to be a tough matchup for MSU, but with an extra week to prepare for the Wildcats, perhaps we’ll see a rejuvenated Spartans team.
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Michigan State’s athletic program had four positive COVID-19 test results among 33 athletes and one of seven staff members infected between Nov. 20 and Wednesday, according to numbers released Friday by the athletic department. The previous week, four of 59 athletes and one of 27 staff members tested positive.
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Considering Michigan State has reached the halfway point of the season, it can be a good time to assess where Mel Tucker is in his first season as the Spartans’ head coach. Of course, it’s fair to point out that up until this point, Tucker and his staff have needed all of this time to start drawing conclusions about the roster they inherited back when Tucker was hired in early February.
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Northwestern has won three of the last four meetings against Michigan State, including three in a row at Spartan Stadium, the longest win streak at Michigan State in program history. Since 2016, the Wildcats are averaging 33 points per game against the Spartans.
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With the one-two scoring punch of TJ Gibbs and John Mooney having graduated, Notre Dame will need to find several go-to scorers to replace their production. The two most likely candidates are Prentiss Hubb and Dane Goodwin, both of whom are high volume three point shooters (Hubb shot 6.9 3FG per game at a 34.4% clip and Goodwin shot 4.3 3FGA at 37.7%) and finished third and fourth in PPG last season.
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The Michigan State Spartans women’s basketball team begins their 2020-2021 season today at 3 PM EST at the Breslin Center against the St. Francis Red Flash. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The game will be available online only via BTN+ (subscription service).
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Michigan State defeated EMU 83-67 in their season opener on the back of a well balanced offensive attack led by Foster Loyer (20 pts) and Joey Hauser (15 points). The Spartans shot 30/55 (54%) from the field and 12/28 (43%) from deep, while dishing out assists on 27/30 made field goals. It’s game one and there is quite a bit to dissect, so let’s dive right into the film.
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The numbers don’t look good for Michigan State. If you’re putting together a tale of the tape for Saturday’s matchup with No. 11 Northwestern, those numbers paint a fairly bleak picture. The Wildcats have one of the best defenses in the nation while the Spartans’ offense is among the least productive.
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After a delayed start due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-21 basketball season is set to begin. Michigan State women’s basketball will open the season on Friday, Nov. 27 against Saint Francis. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. at the Breslin Center. This is the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
It had been 697 days since Joshua Langford stepped onto the Breslin Center floor to play in a game. Joey Hauser waited half as long to make his Michigan State basketball debut. Of course there were nerves and anxiousness. But the duo showed they can still be more than capable starters Wednesday.
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After an impromptu bye week last week due to the COVID outbreak at Maryland, the Spartans are back at it this week hosting Big Ten West leader Northwestern. The Wildcats are fresh off a huge win over Wisconsin last week, and Pat Fitzgerald has his sights set on another Big Ten Title Game berth.
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After a week off, the Michigan State Spartans return to Spartan Stadium to take on the Northwestern Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. To help us learn more about the undefeated Wildcats (5-0), I spoke with Lia Assimakopoulos, editor-in-chief at Inside NU — SB Nation’s website for all things Northwestern athletics.
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