Monday, February 3
College Park, Md.
8 PM
Michigan State University
11-11,4-7Big Ten
53
at
94
#17 Maryland
18-4,9-2Big Ten
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Michigan St.
14
8
16
15
53
Maryland
24
21
31
18
94
Team Stats
MSU
MD
FG%
.333
.610
3FG%
.214
.692
FT%
.909
.722
RB
27
37
TO
18
16
STL
9
12
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
8
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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Injury-Plagued Spartans Fall to No. 13 Maryland Monday
2/3/2020 11:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Playing close to her hometown, sophomore Nia Clouden scored 17 points and tied her career high with eight boards.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Injury-plagued Michigan State women's basketball could not handle the many weapons of No. 13 Maryland, falling 94-53, at the XFINITY Center Monday night.
Michigan State was already without seniors Victoria Gaines and Shay Colley, along with redshirt-junior Mardrekia Cook, who are done for the season. Already sidelined with multiple injuries, the Spartans were down two more players on Monday with both sophomore guard Tory Ozment and freshman Julia Ayrault missing the game. Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon also suffered an injury in the third quarter and didn't return.
Michigan State drops to 11-11 overall and 4-7 in the Big Ten and have lost four-straight games. Maryland improves to 17-4 overall and 9-2 in league contests, having won seven in a row.
Playing near her hometown of Owings Mills, Maryland, senior guard Nia Clouden led four Spartans in double-figures with 17 points, with many family and friends, plus former St. Frances High School teammates in attendance.
Monday marked the 19th time this season that she Clouden has reached double figures. She also tied her career-high with eight rebounds. Sophomore forward Kayla Belles also scored in double figures with 14 points to go along with two steals. Freshman center Cydni Dodd stepped up with a career-high six points and added another career high with seven rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
Maryland was led by 22 points off the bench from Ashley Owusu, while Taylor Mikesell scored 21.
After Maryland scored the first five points, Clouden scores the next six-straight and after a Nia Hollie basket, the Spartans took an 8-6 lead. After four turnovers led to a 9-0 run for the Terps, Maryland took a 17-12 lead. The run ballooned to 16-0 run over three minutes and after the first quarter, Maryland led 24-14.
In the second quarter, the Spartan struggles continued as the injuries and the fouls continued to mount for the Spartans. After cutting it to a 10-point game, Maryland used a 10-0 run to take a 20-point lead 40-20. Freshman guard Moira Joiner left in the second quarter with an injury, but she would return in the second half.
Clouden continued to grind for the Spartans, scoring five of the first seven of the second half for Michigan State, before McCutcheon went down with a leg injury late in the third period.
In the fourth quarter, the Spartans were able to get some quality minutes from Belles who battled foul trouble much of the first half. Michigan State was able to keep Maryland without a field goal for over three minutes at the end of the fourth quarter.
The Spartans will take a break and return to action on Monday, Feb. 10 against No. 21 Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, at 9 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Maryland
• Michigan State'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 the eighth-straight game with that starting five for the Spartans, their longest streak of the same starting lineup ... It is MSU's eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• By the second half, four of the five starters from the first game of the season were not available to due injury. Game one starters included Shay Colley, Taryn McCutcheon, Nia Clouden, Tory Ozment and Victoria Gaines. Only Clouden finished the game against Maryland, as McCutcheon was hurt in the third quarter.
• Freshman center Cydni Dodd stepped up with a career-high six points and added another career-best with seven rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
• Clouden netted her team-leading 11th game that she was the high-point player for MSU ... Clouden has now scored in double-figures in 18 of the 22 games, including the last three ... the sophomore guard was also 8-of-8 at the free throw line, tying her season-high and setting a new high for a Big Ten game.
• McCutcheon's three assists gives her 73 for the season and 545 for her career ... the senior guard is now just 30 helpers from breaking the school record of 574 assists, held by her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05).
• Clouden also tied her career high with two blocks. She also swatted two against Indiana on Dec. 28. Moira Joiner, Taryn McCutcheon and Taiyier Parks also added a block each.
Michigan State was already without seniors Victoria Gaines and Shay Colley, along with redshirt-junior Mardrekia Cook, who are done for the season. Already sidelined with multiple injuries, the Spartans were down two more players on Monday with both sophomore guard Tory Ozment and freshman Julia Ayrault missing the game. Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon also suffered an injury in the third quarter and didn't return.
Michigan State drops to 11-11 overall and 4-7 in the Big Ten and have lost four-straight games. Maryland improves to 17-4 overall and 9-2 in league contests, having won seven in a row.
Playing near her hometown of Owings Mills, Maryland, senior guard Nia Clouden led four Spartans in double-figures with 17 points, with many family and friends, plus former St. Frances High School teammates in attendance.
Monday marked the 19th time this season that she Clouden has reached double figures. She also tied her career-high with eight rebounds. Sophomore forward Kayla Belles also scored in double figures with 14 points to go along with two steals. Freshman center Cydni Dodd stepped up with a career-high six points and added another career high with seven rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
Maryland was led by 22 points off the bench from Ashley Owusu, while Taylor Mikesell scored 21.
After Maryland scored the first five points, Clouden scores the next six-straight and after a Nia Hollie basket, the Spartans took an 8-6 lead. After four turnovers led to a 9-0 run for the Terps, Maryland took a 17-12 lead. The run ballooned to 16-0 run over three minutes and after the first quarter, Maryland led 24-14.
In the second quarter, the Spartan struggles continued as the injuries and the fouls continued to mount for the Spartans. After cutting it to a 10-point game, Maryland used a 10-0 run to take a 20-point lead 40-20. Freshman guard Moira Joiner left in the second quarter with an injury, but she would return in the second half.
Clouden continued to grind for the Spartans, scoring five of the first seven of the second half for Michigan State, before McCutcheon went down with a leg injury late in the third period.
In the fourth quarter, the Spartans were able to get some quality minutes from Belles who battled foul trouble much of the first half. Michigan State was able to keep Maryland without a field goal for over three minutes at the end of the fourth quarter.
The Spartans will take a break and return to action on Monday, Feb. 10 against No. 21 Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, at 9 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State Notes vs. Maryland
• Michigan State'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 the eighth-straight game with that starting five for the Spartans, their longest streak of the same starting lineup ... It is MSU's eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• By the second half, four of the five starters from the first game of the season were not available to due injury. Game one starters included Shay Colley, Taryn McCutcheon, Nia Clouden, Tory Ozment and Victoria Gaines. Only Clouden finished the game against Maryland, as McCutcheon was hurt in the third quarter.
• Freshman center Cydni Dodd stepped up with a career-high six points and added another career-best with seven rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
• Clouden netted her team-leading 11th game that she was the high-point player for MSU ... Clouden has now scored in double-figures in 18 of the 22 games, including the last three ... the sophomore guard was also 8-of-8 at the free throw line, tying her season-high and setting a new high for a Big Ten game.
• McCutcheon's three assists gives her 73 for the season and 545 for her career ... the senior guard is now just 30 helpers from breaking the school record of 574 assists, held by her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05).
• Clouden also tied her career high with two blocks. She also swatted two against Indiana on Dec. 28. Moira Joiner, Taryn McCutcheon and Taiyier Parks also added a block each.
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