Thursday, January 23
East Lansing, Mich.
6:30 PM
Michigan State University
11-8,4-4Big Ten
48
vs
76
#22 Northwestern
17-2,7-1Big Ten
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2
3
4
F
Northwestern
17
16
26
17
76
Michigan St.
7
16
9
16
48
Team Stats
NU
MSU
FG%
.476
.353
3FG%
.313
.364
FT%
.733
.286
RB
40
32
TO
15
24
STL
19
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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MSU’s Winning Streak Halted by No. 22 Northwestern
1/23/2020 10:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Freshman guard Moira Joiner leads the Spartans in scoring for the second-straight game.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball had its three-game winning streak snapped by No. 22 Northwestern, 76-48, on Thursday night at the Breslin Center. The Wildcats were relentless on both the offensive and defensive ends of the ball to stop the Spartans.
MSU celebrated all of its women's sports programs on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, with all the programs doing demonstrations on the Breslin Center concourse before the game, and recognizing them on the court at halftime.
Michigan State falls to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten games, while Northwestern improves to 17-2 overall an 7-1 in conference games, maintaining their perch atop the league standings tied with Iowa.
For the second-straight game, the Spartans were led by freshman guard Moira Joiner, who scored 17 points, draining five 3-pointers for the second game in a row, to go along with two assists and four rebounds. Redshirt-sophomore guard Claire Hendrickson also added a career-high tying eight points, while senior forward Nia Hollie and freshman forward Taiyier Parks both scored six points. Parks led MSU on the glass with seven rebounds.
Northwestern was led by 22 points from both Lindsey Pulliam and Veronica Burton.
Both teams got off to a rough start with Northwestern missing its first five shots and MSU starting 1-for-7. Turnovers also plagued MSU with four miscues in the first four minutes. The Wildcats used a 8-0 run take a 14-7 lead with 1:14 left in the quarter, leading to a Spartan timeout. An Abi Schied 3-pointer put NU up by double figures for the first time at 17-7 to end the period.
The Northwestern defense continued to be a problem for the Spartans, forcing 13 turnovers in the first half. The Spartans looked to claw back into it behind the sharp-shooting of Joiner, making it a single-digit deficit at 32-23 with under a minute remaining in the half. In the first 20 minutes, Joiner went 4-for-4 from long range with 12 points.
In the third quarter, the Wildcat offense did not let up, scoring 10 of the first 12 points of the period to take a 43-25 lead. The Northwestern offense was just too much for MSU, as the Wildcats out-scored the Spartans, 26-9, in the period.
Hendrickson provided a spark off the bench with five-straight points midway through the final period. Thursday was only the second time in sophomore guard Nia Clouden's career that she did not score.
Michigan State concludes its grueling three-game week at No. 19 Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 26. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Northwestern
• Michigan State had its three-game win streak snapped with the loss, sliding to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play.
• MSU's starting line-up 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 fifth-straight game with that starting five as part of the Spartans' eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• The Spartan reserves had a 24-11 bench scoring advantage over their counterparts from Northwestern, marking the 15th time in the 19 games this season that MSU have had more bench scoring.
• Freshman guard Moira Joiner posted 17 points Thursday, which gives her 37 points in her last two games as part of 67 points in the last five contests (13.4 ppg) and 82 points (11.7 ppg) in the last seven outings ... Thursday's 17 points were her second-straight double-figure scoring outing and her fourth of the season, all coming in the last seven contests.
• Joiner tied her career-high by netting a career-high five 3-pointers Thursday, as she has drained a combined 10 3-pointers in the last two contests, going 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) over that span ... she has made 17 treys over the last five games ... Thursday was her fifth-straight game with multiple treys, including three games in the last five outings with three or more triples, as part of her sixth overall game with multi-treys, all coming in the last seven games.
• Freshman forward Taiyier Parks snared a team-high seven rebounds, marking her eighth game with five or more boards ... Parks posted two blocks, her fifth game with multiple rejections, but was her first Big Ten contest with multiple blocks ... she also topped the team and tied a career-high with four steals, matching her four swipes vs. Kansas State (11/30/19).
• McCutcheon dished out four assists, giving her 532 for her career. She continues to close the gap on her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05), who holds the school record with 574 assists.
• Sophomore guard Claire Hendrickson tied a career-high with eight points off the bench, including tying a career-best two 3-pointers.
• Senior forward Nia Hollie tallied six points, her third-highest outing of the season and most in a Big Ten game.
MSU celebrated all of its women's sports programs on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, with all the programs doing demonstrations on the Breslin Center concourse before the game, and recognizing them on the court at halftime.
Michigan State falls to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten games, while Northwestern improves to 17-2 overall an 7-1 in conference games, maintaining their perch atop the league standings tied with Iowa.
For the second-straight game, the Spartans were led by freshman guard Moira Joiner, who scored 17 points, draining five 3-pointers for the second game in a row, to go along with two assists and four rebounds. Redshirt-sophomore guard Claire Hendrickson also added a career-high tying eight points, while senior forward Nia Hollie and freshman forward Taiyier Parks both scored six points. Parks led MSU on the glass with seven rebounds.
Northwestern was led by 22 points from both Lindsey Pulliam and Veronica Burton.
Both teams got off to a rough start with Northwestern missing its first five shots and MSU starting 1-for-7. Turnovers also plagued MSU with four miscues in the first four minutes. The Wildcats used a 8-0 run take a 14-7 lead with 1:14 left in the quarter, leading to a Spartan timeout. An Abi Schied 3-pointer put NU up by double figures for the first time at 17-7 to end the period.
The Northwestern defense continued to be a problem for the Spartans, forcing 13 turnovers in the first half. The Spartans looked to claw back into it behind the sharp-shooting of Joiner, making it a single-digit deficit at 32-23 with under a minute remaining in the half. In the first 20 minutes, Joiner went 4-for-4 from long range with 12 points.
In the third quarter, the Wildcat offense did not let up, scoring 10 of the first 12 points of the period to take a 43-25 lead. The Northwestern offense was just too much for MSU, as the Wildcats out-scored the Spartans, 26-9, in the period.
Hendrickson provided a spark off the bench with five-straight points midway through the final period. Thursday was only the second time in sophomore guard Nia Clouden's career that she did not score.
Michigan State concludes its grueling three-game week at No. 19 Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 26. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Northwestern
• Michigan State had its three-game win streak snapped with the loss, sliding to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play.
• MSU's starting line-up 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 fifth-straight game with that starting five as part of the Spartans' eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• The Spartan reserves had a 24-11 bench scoring advantage over their counterparts from Northwestern, marking the 15th time in the 19 games this season that MSU have had more bench scoring.
• Freshman guard Moira Joiner posted 17 points Thursday, which gives her 37 points in her last two games as part of 67 points in the last five contests (13.4 ppg) and 82 points (11.7 ppg) in the last seven outings ... Thursday's 17 points were her second-straight double-figure scoring outing and her fourth of the season, all coming in the last seven contests.
• Joiner tied her career-high by netting a career-high five 3-pointers Thursday, as she has drained a combined 10 3-pointers in the last two contests, going 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) over that span ... she has made 17 treys over the last five games ... Thursday was her fifth-straight game with multiple treys, including three games in the last five outings with three or more triples, as part of her sixth overall game with multi-treys, all coming in the last seven games.
• Freshman forward Taiyier Parks snared a team-high seven rebounds, marking her eighth game with five or more boards ... Parks posted two blocks, her fifth game with multiple rejections, but was her first Big Ten contest with multiple blocks ... she also topped the team and tied a career-high with four steals, matching her four swipes vs. Kansas State (11/30/19).
• McCutcheon dished out four assists, giving her 532 for her career. She continues to close the gap on her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05), who holds the school record with 574 assists.
• Sophomore guard Claire Hendrickson tied a career-high with eight points off the bench, including tying a career-best two 3-pointers.
• Senior forward Nia Hollie tallied six points, her third-highest outing of the season and most in a Big Ten game.
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