MSU advances to Elite 8 with wire-to-wire win over LSU Spartan Tailgate
Know the phrase “It was over before it started?” Michigan State’s Sweet 16 matchup with LSU wasn’t that. To be precise, it was over 1 minute, 9 seconds into the game, after Aaron Henry made a pair of jumpers, one from 3-point range. The result of Henry’s first couple shots typically portend the kind of game he’s going to have.
Freshmen lead Michigan State past LSU and into Elite Eight mlive.com
Thirty-seven games into the season, this Michigan State team keeps finding ways to win games and advance deeper into the NCAA Tournament. The No. 2 seed Spartans used career games from two freshmen to blow by No. 3 LSU, 80-63, in a Friday night Sweet 16 matchup at Capital One Arena.
Aaron Henry, Michigan State top LSU, 80-63, to reach Elite Eight Detroit Free Press
It took Michigan State basketball less than 2 minutes to make its presence known to LSU. Aaron Henry. Boom. Boom. Cassius Winston. Boom. It took another 2-minute stretch to put away the Tigers. Gabe Brown. Winston. Henry. Kenny Goins. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. The Spartans are heading back to the Elite Eight.
Elite company: Michigan State heads to last eight after rolling past LSU Detroit News
After three straight years of NCAA Tournament frustration, Michigan State now finds itself one step from the Final Four. Behind career nights from freshmen Aaron Henry and Gabe Brown, No. 2 Michigan State jumped out early on No. 3 LSU in the East Region semifinals at Capital One Arena, pushed back a second-half surge from the Tigers and rolled to an 80-63 victory.
No. 2 Seed Michigan State Beats LSU, 80-63, Advances to Elite Eight MSU Official
Michigan State scored the first eight points of the game and never trailed on the way to an 80-63 win over No. 3 seed LSU in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament at Capital One Arena on Friday night.
Freshmen dominate LSU to advance to Elite Eight Spartan Avenue
Racing out to big leads have carried the Spartans over the past two tournament games and Michigan State used the momentum from the Minnesota win to race past an athletic LSU team. The Spartans knew they weren’t as athletic as LSU, but they dominated from start to finish — minus a stretch to start the second half to cut the lead to just four — and earned their first trip to the Elite Eight since 2014-15 when they last made a Final Four.
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State basketball’s NCAA tournament win over LSU Lansing State Journal
1. We wondered all season if Aaron Henry could arrive in time. He did.
2. Freshman thoughts – the LSU Sweet 16 edition
3. Finally, a swing at Duke. Or a curveball.
MSU smothers LSU to move on to the Elite-8 The Only Colors
Yesterday in the locker room I talked with Matt McQuaid, Gabe Brown, and Aaron Henry, I asked each of them if they were especially “up” for their positional match-up with some talented, athletic, NBA-aura wings. They all demurred talking about defending and rebounding.
Spartans pound glass with venom in taking down Tigers Detroit News
Tom Izzo wanted one part of the game plan to get through loud and clear to his team. So, as No. 2 Michigan State spent the couple days getting ready to take on No. 3 LSU in the East Region semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, the Spartans coach had signs posted all around the locker room and the team hotel. They had a simple message. “Cut out and rebound. Cut out and rebound. Cut out and rebound,” Izzo said.
Merciless Spartans show they can take on anything — even Duke Detroit News
Challenge the Spartans. Go ahead, challenge them. Wear them down with injuries, throw a tall, talented opponent at them, see if they can handle it. Oh, they can handle just about anything right now.
Tom Izzo executing one of his best performances in Elite Eight run CBS Sports
Tom Izzo did a good job of hyping up LSU prior to Friday night’s East Regional semifinal. He suggested the Tigers were more talented and more athletic than the Spartans, even exhibiting some of the same characteristics of early-2000s Michigan State teams. If he was adding more fuel to the fire for his team, after already putting up signs all around the hotel and locker room to rebound, the message was heard.