Sunday, February 9
East Lansing, Mich.
2 PM
Michigan State University
18-5,8-4Big Ten
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Michigan
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Michigan St.
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Team Stats
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MSU
FG%
.444
.318
3FG%
.375
.357
FT%
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.778
RB
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39
TO
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12
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FGM
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3FGM
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FTM
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Pts
11
FGM
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3FGM
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FTM
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Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
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FTM
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FGM
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3FGM
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FTM
2
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No. 20 Michigan State Falls to Michigan, 71-61
2/9/2025 6:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Junior forward Grace VanSlooten earned her fourth double-double of the season.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - No. 20/20 Michigan State split the season series with Michigan after falling to the Wolverines, 71-61 on National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday afternoon at the Breslin Center. MSU won the meeting in Ann Arbor on Jan. 25, 88-58.
MSU had a season-high crowd of 11,043 packed into the Breslin Center, which was 18th-best in school history.
With the loss, Michigan State falls to 18-5 overall and 8-4 in league play. Michigan has now won three-straight games, improving to 17-7 overall and 8-5 in Big Ten action.
The Spartans had three players in double figures led by junior forward Grace VanSlooten who scored 15 points with 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault scored 10 points, adding six boards. For the second-straight game, graduate guard Nyla Hampton reached double figures off the bench, scoring 11 points with four steals.
Michigan was led by 19 points from Syla Swords.
The 61 points were the second-fewest scored by Michigan State this season after the 59 scored against Oregon at home on Jan. 30.
Graduate guard Jaddan Simmons started the game with the first seven points of the game for the Spartans. Both teams came out hot with the Spartans making six of their seven,while the Wolverines made four of five, heading into the first media timeout. A basket by Hampton at the 3:47 mark put Michigan State on top 14-11. MSU used a 6-0 run to take a 18-11 lead and was ahead after the first period 18-13.
Michigan scored the first five points of the second quarter to tie the game at 18-18. The Wolverines scored 15 of the first 18 points of the period to take a 28-21 advantage, leading to a Michigan State timeout. A Hampton trey snapped a 6-0 U-M run to make it a 32-24 deficit. The Spartans replied with a 7-0 run of their own to end the half down 32-28. In the meeting in Ann Arbor on Jan. 25, MSU also trailed by four at the break 33-29.
Michigan State re-took the lead after a 6-0 run 36-34 with under seven minutes left in the third period. The Spartans continued to struggle from the field, as the Wolverines took as big a lead as seven points, 49-42 after a pair of Lucy Olson free throws. MSU shot only 26.3 percent in the third period with Ayrault leading the way with eight points.
The Wolverines scored the first five of the fourth quarter to take a 10-point lead, 54-44 at the 8:19 mark. The Spartans couldn't get the deficit below seven. Michigan was solid from the free throw line in the final 10 minutes to seal the win, going 12-for-13 from the charity stripe.
The Spartans conclude the homestand against Wisconsin on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes
• The Spartans and Wolverines split the season series with both teams winning on the other's home court . . . it is the first series split since the 2021-22 season, when both home teams won . . . the visiting team sweep is the first-ever in the series that dates back to 1973.
• Sunday's attendance of 11,043 was the 18th-best in MSU women's basketball history, including the sixth-best when playing Michigan . . . it was the largest crowd since Feb. 23, 2020 vs. Michigan when 11,462 were in attendance.
• Over the last season-and-a-half, MSU has still won 23 of its last 27 home games at the Breslin Center, now 10-2 at home this season following logging a 13-2 ledger last season at home . . . overall, MSU has won 34 of its last 44 home games dating back to the 2022-23 season.
• Sunday's loss snaps MSU's three-game win streak in the series, as it was Spartan second-year head coach Robyn Fralick's first loss to U-M as MSU head coach after winning both meetings last year and the first match-up this season.
• MSU has still won three of the last four match-ups vs. U-M, and the Spartans and Wolverines have split the last eight meetings, 4-4 . . . Michigan State has won 11 of the last 18 meetings with Michigan . . . the Spartans still lead the all-time series, 76-26, including 30-17 in East Lansing.
• MSU trailed at halftime for the second home game in a row and the ninth total time this season . . . Michigan State is now 4-5 when trailing at the break, compared to 12-0 when leading at halftime and 2-0 when tied at the half.
• Michigan State used the same starting line for the second game in a row, with graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault, graduate guard Jaddan Simmons, senior guard/forward Jocelyn Tate, junior guard Theryn Hallock and junior forward Grace VanSlooten . . . Sunday was the fourth game overall this season with that starting five and MSU is now 2-2 with that starting five for the opening tip.
• Tate extended her streak of being the only Spartan to start all 23 games this season, and made her 54th start in 54 games played at MSU, along with her 91st collegiate career start in her 124th career game played.
• Ayrault started for the 22nd game in 22 games played this season, missing one with an injury, and made the 66th start of her career . . . Hallock starting for the 19th time in 23 games played this season and 20th career start . . . Simmons made her 18th start of the season in playing her 23rd game as a Spartan as part of her 125th career start in 131 career collegiate games played . . . VanSlooten started for the 14th time as a Spartan in her 22nd game at MSU, missing the game vs. Eastern Michigan; it was VanSlooten's 75th collegiate career start in her 85th collegiate career game.
• Thursday was Ayrault's 130th career game, moving up to tie for No. 15 on MSU's career games played list, now tied with a pair of former teammates Tory Ozment (2019-24) and Jenna Allen (2015-19) with 130 career games played . . . in her next game played, Ayrault will move up to be part of a seven-way tie for No. 9 with 131 games.
• Junior forward Grace VanSlooten registered her fourth double-double as a Spartan with 15 points and 12 rebounds . . . overall it was VanSlooten's 14th double-double of her collegiate career after 10 double-doubles during her time at Oregon.
• Van Slooten has logged 10+ points in each of the last 10 games as part of posting double-digit points in 20 of her 22 games played, missing the Eastern Michigan game (11/11/24) due to illness . . . VanSlooten has now registered double-digit points 72 times out of 85 career games, logging double-digits in 52 games while at Oregon.
• In addition to posting her fourth double-figure rebounding outing in recording a double-double in all four occurrences, VanSlooten logged her 18th game this season with five or more rebounds.
• VanSlooten tied a season-high with four blocks . . . it was her third time tying her season-best but first time in a Big Ten game and first since having four rejections in back-to-back games vs. Vanderbilt (11/27/24) and DePaul (12/8/24).
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 10 points and six rebounds, as she has posted double-figure points in all 22 games played so far, missing the Detroit Mercy game (12/20/24) with an injury . . . the Spartan forward has now notched double-digit points in the last 35 games played in a row, part of 46 of her last 51 games played since the 2023-24 season-opener . . . overall, the graduate forward has 10+ points in 62 career games . . . the Spartans moved to 46-16 when Ayault recorded double-figure points.
• Ayrault's 10 points gives her 1,258 career points, moving from No. 15 on MSU's career scoring list to No. 14, passing Branndais Agee (2013-18) with 1,250 points . . . next up at No. 13 Kelli Roehrig (2013-18) with 1,370 points.
• With the six rebounds Sunday, Ayrault now has 698 career boards, pulling away from a tie at No. 13 with Jill Prudden (1975-78) with 692, and Ayrault not only takes over sole possession of the No. 13 spot, but she is just two rebounds shy of becoming the 13th player in Spartan women's basketball history with 700 career rebounds.
• Ayrault has netted at least one 3-pointer in her last 19 games played as part of the 20th time in her 22 games played this season, with the two games being held without a make from distance coming in the first three games, doing so in games one and three of the year.
• Ayrault's one block gives her 165 blocks for her career, holding steady at her spot at No. 3 on the Spartans' career blocks list.
• Graduate guard Nyla Hampton netted 11 points off the bench to post double-figures for the second game in a row as part of the fourth game this season with 10+ points.
• Hampton also swiped a team-high and game-best tying four steals for her third game in a row with multiple steals as part of the fifth time in the last six games with two or more steals . . . it is Hampton's 13th game this season with two or more steals, as part of the fourth game with four or more steals, as her season-high is five steals, done three times this season, including the first meeting with Michigan (1/25/25), giving her nine steals in the two match-ups with U-M.
MSU had a season-high crowd of 11,043 packed into the Breslin Center, which was 18th-best in school history.
With the loss, Michigan State falls to 18-5 overall and 8-4 in league play. Michigan has now won three-straight games, improving to 17-7 overall and 8-5 in Big Ten action.
The Spartans had three players in double figures led by junior forward Grace VanSlooten who scored 15 points with 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault scored 10 points, adding six boards. For the second-straight game, graduate guard Nyla Hampton reached double figures off the bench, scoring 11 points with four steals.
Michigan was led by 19 points from Syla Swords.
The 61 points were the second-fewest scored by Michigan State this season after the 59 scored against Oregon at home on Jan. 30.
Graduate guard Jaddan Simmons started the game with the first seven points of the game for the Spartans. Both teams came out hot with the Spartans making six of their seven,while the Wolverines made four of five, heading into the first media timeout. A basket by Hampton at the 3:47 mark put Michigan State on top 14-11. MSU used a 6-0 run to take a 18-11 lead and was ahead after the first period 18-13.
Michigan scored the first five points of the second quarter to tie the game at 18-18. The Wolverines scored 15 of the first 18 points of the period to take a 28-21 advantage, leading to a Michigan State timeout. A Hampton trey snapped a 6-0 U-M run to make it a 32-24 deficit. The Spartans replied with a 7-0 run of their own to end the half down 32-28. In the meeting in Ann Arbor on Jan. 25, MSU also trailed by four at the break 33-29.
Michigan State re-took the lead after a 6-0 run 36-34 with under seven minutes left in the third period. The Spartans continued to struggle from the field, as the Wolverines took as big a lead as seven points, 49-42 after a pair of Lucy Olson free throws. MSU shot only 26.3 percent in the third period with Ayrault leading the way with eight points.
The Wolverines scored the first five of the fourth quarter to take a 10-point lead, 54-44 at the 8:19 mark. The Spartans couldn't get the deficit below seven. Michigan was solid from the free throw line in the final 10 minutes to seal the win, going 12-for-13 from the charity stripe.
The Spartans conclude the homestand against Wisconsin on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes
• The Spartans and Wolverines split the season series with both teams winning on the other's home court . . . it is the first series split since the 2021-22 season, when both home teams won . . . the visiting team sweep is the first-ever in the series that dates back to 1973.
• Sunday's attendance of 11,043 was the 18th-best in MSU women's basketball history, including the sixth-best when playing Michigan . . . it was the largest crowd since Feb. 23, 2020 vs. Michigan when 11,462 were in attendance.
• Over the last season-and-a-half, MSU has still won 23 of its last 27 home games at the Breslin Center, now 10-2 at home this season following logging a 13-2 ledger last season at home . . . overall, MSU has won 34 of its last 44 home games dating back to the 2022-23 season.
• Sunday's loss snaps MSU's three-game win streak in the series, as it was Spartan second-year head coach Robyn Fralick's first loss to U-M as MSU head coach after winning both meetings last year and the first match-up this season.
• MSU has still won three of the last four match-ups vs. U-M, and the Spartans and Wolverines have split the last eight meetings, 4-4 . . . Michigan State has won 11 of the last 18 meetings with Michigan . . . the Spartans still lead the all-time series, 76-26, including 30-17 in East Lansing.
• MSU trailed at halftime for the second home game in a row and the ninth total time this season . . . Michigan State is now 4-5 when trailing at the break, compared to 12-0 when leading at halftime and 2-0 when tied at the half.
• Michigan State used the same starting line for the second game in a row, with graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault, graduate guard Jaddan Simmons, senior guard/forward Jocelyn Tate, junior guard Theryn Hallock and junior forward Grace VanSlooten . . . Sunday was the fourth game overall this season with that starting five and MSU is now 2-2 with that starting five for the opening tip.
• Tate extended her streak of being the only Spartan to start all 23 games this season, and made her 54th start in 54 games played at MSU, along with her 91st collegiate career start in her 124th career game played.
• Ayrault started for the 22nd game in 22 games played this season, missing one with an injury, and made the 66th start of her career . . . Hallock starting for the 19th time in 23 games played this season and 20th career start . . . Simmons made her 18th start of the season in playing her 23rd game as a Spartan as part of her 125th career start in 131 career collegiate games played . . . VanSlooten started for the 14th time as a Spartan in her 22nd game at MSU, missing the game vs. Eastern Michigan; it was VanSlooten's 75th collegiate career start in her 85th collegiate career game.
• Thursday was Ayrault's 130th career game, moving up to tie for No. 15 on MSU's career games played list, now tied with a pair of former teammates Tory Ozment (2019-24) and Jenna Allen (2015-19) with 130 career games played . . . in her next game played, Ayrault will move up to be part of a seven-way tie for No. 9 with 131 games.
• Junior forward Grace VanSlooten registered her fourth double-double as a Spartan with 15 points and 12 rebounds . . . overall it was VanSlooten's 14th double-double of her collegiate career after 10 double-doubles during her time at Oregon.
• Van Slooten has logged 10+ points in each of the last 10 games as part of posting double-digit points in 20 of her 22 games played, missing the Eastern Michigan game (11/11/24) due to illness . . . VanSlooten has now registered double-digit points 72 times out of 85 career games, logging double-digits in 52 games while at Oregon.
• In addition to posting her fourth double-figure rebounding outing in recording a double-double in all four occurrences, VanSlooten logged her 18th game this season with five or more rebounds.
• VanSlooten tied a season-high with four blocks . . . it was her third time tying her season-best but first time in a Big Ten game and first since having four rejections in back-to-back games vs. Vanderbilt (11/27/24) and DePaul (12/8/24).
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 10 points and six rebounds, as she has posted double-figure points in all 22 games played so far, missing the Detroit Mercy game (12/20/24) with an injury . . . the Spartan forward has now notched double-digit points in the last 35 games played in a row, part of 46 of her last 51 games played since the 2023-24 season-opener . . . overall, the graduate forward has 10+ points in 62 career games . . . the Spartans moved to 46-16 when Ayault recorded double-figure points.
• Ayrault's 10 points gives her 1,258 career points, moving from No. 15 on MSU's career scoring list to No. 14, passing Branndais Agee (2013-18) with 1,250 points . . . next up at No. 13 Kelli Roehrig (2013-18) with 1,370 points.
• With the six rebounds Sunday, Ayrault now has 698 career boards, pulling away from a tie at No. 13 with Jill Prudden (1975-78) with 692, and Ayrault not only takes over sole possession of the No. 13 spot, but she is just two rebounds shy of becoming the 13th player in Spartan women's basketball history with 700 career rebounds.
• Ayrault has netted at least one 3-pointer in her last 19 games played as part of the 20th time in her 22 games played this season, with the two games being held without a make from distance coming in the first three games, doing so in games one and three of the year.
• Ayrault's one block gives her 165 blocks for her career, holding steady at her spot at No. 3 on the Spartans' career blocks list.
• Graduate guard Nyla Hampton netted 11 points off the bench to post double-figures for the second game in a row as part of the fourth game this season with 10+ points.
• Hampton also swiped a team-high and game-best tying four steals for her third game in a row with multiple steals as part of the fifth time in the last six games with two or more steals . . . it is Hampton's 13th game this season with two or more steals, as part of the fourth game with four or more steals, as her season-high is five steals, done three times this season, including the first meeting with Michigan (1/25/25), giving her nine steals in the two match-ups with U-M.
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