Sunday, January 12
East Lansing, Mich.
3 PM
Michigan State University
9-7,2-3Big Ten
69
vs
52
Wisconsin
9-7,1-4Big Ten
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2
3
4
F
Wisconsin
12
21
7
12
52
Michigan St.
18
16
17
18
69
Team Stats
Wisc
MSU
FG%
.333
.415
3FG%
.267
.450
FT%
.778
.667
RB
39
32
TO
20
12
STL
1
9
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's BasketballPhoto by: Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications
Spartan Women Celebrate Alumni Day With 69-52 Win Over Wisconsin
1/12/2020 7:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Nia Clouden captures her fifth 20-point game of the season.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Sophomore guard Nia Clouden scored 20 points as the Michigan State women's basketball team celebrated Alumni Day with a 69-52 win over Wisconsin Sunday at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 9-7 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin slips to 9-7 overall and 1-4 in league action.
For the first time this season, Michigan State had only one player in double figures, but that one player was Clouden who scored 20 points and added five assists. Freshman guard Alyza Winston and sophomore guard Tory Ozment both added eight points. Freshman forward Taiyier Parks scored six points and added a team-high eight rebounds.
Wisconsin was led by Imani Lewis who had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
The Spartans led for most of the first quarter and took its biggest lead of the period after a Clouden bucket to give MSU a 18-12 lead. Six different players scored in the first quarter, showing off the Spartan balance.
After MSU jumped out to a 21-12 lead, the Badgers bounced back with a 9-0 run to tie the scored 21-21. Belles stopped the run with a lay up. Wisconsin scored 13 of the first 18 points of the quarter to take a 25-23 lead midway through the second period. Back-to-back treys by freshmen Julia Ayrault and Mo Joiner tied the game up 31-31 with less than three minutes remaining in the half. A trey by Clouden gave MSU the 34-33 halftime advantage. The Spartans are now 8-4 when leading at the break.
The Spartans scored the first 11 points of the second half to take its first double digit lead 45-33. The Spartans went cold at the end of the quarter, going over four minutes without a basket. Joiner drained her second 3-pointer of the game to put MSU back up by double figures, 51-40.
Sophomore guard Tory Ozment had a solid final period with seven points. Her old-fashioned 3-point put Michigan State up 60-42 with under five remaining in the game. Winston capped off a 6-0 run 3-pointer to put MSU up 63-42. Twelve different Spartans played in the fourth quarter, as MSU was able to rest several players that have been logging a lot of minutes.
Michigan State concludes its two-game homestand against Ohio State on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Wisconsin
• Sunday was MSU's first home game of the 2020 calendar year, last playing at Breslin Center on Dec. 31, 2019 ... the Spartans remain unbeaten at home at 7-0 this season ... with Sunday's 69-52 score, the Spartans are now averaging 84.3 points per game at home, while allowing 51.7 ppg to the visitors.
• Sunday's starting lineup of senior guard Taryn McCutcheon, senior forward Nia Hollie, sophomore forward Kayla Belles, sophomore guard Nia Clouden and freshman guard Moria Joiner, was Michigan State's second-straight game with that starting five as part of the Spartans' eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• Michigan State have won 22 of the last 28 meetings with Wisconsin, including 13 of the last 14 after the Spartans had a 12-game win streak in the series snapped in a loss last year in Madison ... MSU has won the last seven meetings with Wisconsin on the Spartans' home hardwood, now maintaining a 27-6 advantage in the series.
• MSU dished out 20 assists on Sunday, the Spartans' fourth game this season with 20+ helpers.
• The Spartans are now 9-1 this season when leading with five minutes to go, with the only loss coming at Florida State ... MSU has won 202 of their last 215 games (.940) when leading with five minutes left, including 152 of their last 167 (.910) ... under head coach Suzy Merchant, MSU is now 237-19 (.926) when holding a lead with five minutes to play.
• The Spartans trailed the Badgers in the rebounding category, 39-32, marking just the second time that MSU won despite getting out-rebounded and are now 2-6 when the opposition has more rebounds.
• MSU's bench out-scored Wisconsin's reserves, 31-18, as the Spartans are now 9-4 when posting more bench points.
• Michigan State had a 20-4 fast break points edge, as the Spartans are now 7-4 when out-scoring the opposition in fast break points.
• Sophomore guard Nia Clouden netted her fifth 20-point game of the season with a game-high 20 points Sunday ... the 20 points was her second-straight double-figure outing as part of her 14th of the season and 36th of her career. • Clouden netted a career-high tying four 3-pointers, matching her four triples from at Notre Dame (11/14/19) earlier this season ... Clouden led MSU in scoring for the team-best eighth time this season.
• Clouden's 20 points was the lone Spartan in double-figures, marking the first time this season that MSU only had one player in double-digit scoring.
• Clouden also dished out a team-best and game-high tying five assists ... the sophomore guard has dished out four or more helpers in the last four games, with a four-game total of 23 assists (5.8 apg)... it was her 11th game with three or more assists ... she now has 58 helpers for the season and 188 for her career.
• McCutcheon's three points and four assists on Sunday gives her 1,064 points for her career, just 11 behind Jamie Wesley (1994-98) with 1,075 points for No. 25 on MSU's career scoring list ... her four assists gives her 519 for her career, continuing to close the gap on her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05), who holds the school record with 574 assists.
• Belles netted seven points, as she now has 41 points (11.3 ppg) in the last four games ... Belles also pulled down five rebounds, as she has 25 rebounds (6.3 rpg) in the last four contests.
• Freshman guard Alyza Winston tallied eight points, her third-highest outing of the season and most since season-high 17 points in the second game of the season, vs. Detroit Mercy (11/8/19) ... Winston also tied a season-high with four assists, matching four helpers vs. Hartford (11/24/19) ... she also swiped a season-best three steals, topping her previous top mark of one steal, set five times, most recently last week at Michigan (1/5/20).
The Spartans snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 9-7 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin slips to 9-7 overall and 1-4 in league action.
For the first time this season, Michigan State had only one player in double figures, but that one player was Clouden who scored 20 points and added five assists. Freshman guard Alyza Winston and sophomore guard Tory Ozment both added eight points. Freshman forward Taiyier Parks scored six points and added a team-high eight rebounds.
Wisconsin was led by Imani Lewis who had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
The Spartans led for most of the first quarter and took its biggest lead of the period after a Clouden bucket to give MSU a 18-12 lead. Six different players scored in the first quarter, showing off the Spartan balance.
After MSU jumped out to a 21-12 lead, the Badgers bounced back with a 9-0 run to tie the scored 21-21. Belles stopped the run with a lay up. Wisconsin scored 13 of the first 18 points of the quarter to take a 25-23 lead midway through the second period. Back-to-back treys by freshmen Julia Ayrault and Mo Joiner tied the game up 31-31 with less than three minutes remaining in the half. A trey by Clouden gave MSU the 34-33 halftime advantage. The Spartans are now 8-4 when leading at the break.
The Spartans scored the first 11 points of the second half to take its first double digit lead 45-33. The Spartans went cold at the end of the quarter, going over four minutes without a basket. Joiner drained her second 3-pointer of the game to put MSU back up by double figures, 51-40.
Sophomore guard Tory Ozment had a solid final period with seven points. Her old-fashioned 3-point put Michigan State up 60-42 with under five remaining in the game. Winston capped off a 6-0 run 3-pointer to put MSU up 63-42. Twelve different Spartans played in the fourth quarter, as MSU was able to rest several players that have been logging a lot of minutes.
Michigan State concludes its two-game homestand against Ohio State on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Wisconsin
• Sunday was MSU's first home game of the 2020 calendar year, last playing at Breslin Center on Dec. 31, 2019 ... the Spartans remain unbeaten at home at 7-0 this season ... with Sunday's 69-52 score, the Spartans are now averaging 84.3 points per game at home, while allowing 51.7 ppg to the visitors.
• Sunday's starting lineup of senior guard Taryn McCutcheon, senior forward Nia Hollie, sophomore forward Kayla Belles, sophomore guard Nia Clouden and freshman guard Moria Joiner, was Michigan State's second-straight game with that starting five as part of the Spartans' eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• Michigan State have won 22 of the last 28 meetings with Wisconsin, including 13 of the last 14 after the Spartans had a 12-game win streak in the series snapped in a loss last year in Madison ... MSU has won the last seven meetings with Wisconsin on the Spartans' home hardwood, now maintaining a 27-6 advantage in the series.
• MSU dished out 20 assists on Sunday, the Spartans' fourth game this season with 20+ helpers.
• The Spartans are now 9-1 this season when leading with five minutes to go, with the only loss coming at Florida State ... MSU has won 202 of their last 215 games (.940) when leading with five minutes left, including 152 of their last 167 (.910) ... under head coach Suzy Merchant, MSU is now 237-19 (.926) when holding a lead with five minutes to play.
• The Spartans trailed the Badgers in the rebounding category, 39-32, marking just the second time that MSU won despite getting out-rebounded and are now 2-6 when the opposition has more rebounds.
• MSU's bench out-scored Wisconsin's reserves, 31-18, as the Spartans are now 9-4 when posting more bench points.
• Michigan State had a 20-4 fast break points edge, as the Spartans are now 7-4 when out-scoring the opposition in fast break points.
• Sophomore guard Nia Clouden netted her fifth 20-point game of the season with a game-high 20 points Sunday ... the 20 points was her second-straight double-figure outing as part of her 14th of the season and 36th of her career. • Clouden netted a career-high tying four 3-pointers, matching her four triples from at Notre Dame (11/14/19) earlier this season ... Clouden led MSU in scoring for the team-best eighth time this season.
• Clouden's 20 points was the lone Spartan in double-figures, marking the first time this season that MSU only had one player in double-digit scoring.
• Clouden also dished out a team-best and game-high tying five assists ... the sophomore guard has dished out four or more helpers in the last four games, with a four-game total of 23 assists (5.8 apg)... it was her 11th game with three or more assists ... she now has 58 helpers for the season and 188 for her career.
• McCutcheon's three points and four assists on Sunday gives her 1,064 points for her career, just 11 behind Jamie Wesley (1994-98) with 1,075 points for No. 25 on MSU's career scoring list ... her four assists gives her 519 for her career, continuing to close the gap on her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05), who holds the school record with 574 assists.
• Belles netted seven points, as she now has 41 points (11.3 ppg) in the last four games ... Belles also pulled down five rebounds, as she has 25 rebounds (6.3 rpg) in the last four contests.
• Freshman guard Alyza Winston tallied eight points, her third-highest outing of the season and most since season-high 17 points in the second game of the season, vs. Detroit Mercy (11/8/19) ... Winston also tied a season-high with four assists, matching four helpers vs. Hartford (11/24/19) ... she also swiped a season-best three steals, topping her previous top mark of one steal, set five times, most recently last week at Michigan (1/5/20).
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