Sunday, March 1
East Lansing, Mich.
2 PM
Michigan State University
16-13,9-9Big Ten
99
vs
80
Penn State
7-22,1-17Big Ten
1
2
3
4
F
Penn St.
9
18
25
28
80
Michigan St.
20
21
33
25
99
Team Stats
PSU
MSU
FG%
.418
.479
3FG%
.318
.300
FT%
.739
.690
RB
40
45
TO
15
12
STL
8
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
Forward
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Guard
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Center
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Forward
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Forward
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Guard
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/ Women's BasketballMcCutcheon Breaks MSU Assist Record in Win Over Penn State on Senior Day
3/1/2020 7:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Spartans earn the No. 8 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon celebrated Senior Day by becoming the Michigan State women's basketball all-time assist leader, as the Spartans closed out the regular season with a dominating 99-80 win over Penn State on Sunday at the Breslin Center.
McCutcheon broke Spartan great and current assistant coach Kristin Haynie's career assist record with her seventh assist of the day with 40 seconds left in the third quarter. The bucket by Nia Hollie gave McCutcheon 575 assists, pushing her past Haynie who had 574 during her All-American career from 2001-05.
With the win, the Spartans end the regular season with a 16-13 overall record and an even 9-9 Big Ten mark. Penn State falls to 7-22 overall and 1-17 in league games.
Despite injuries, the Spartans were able to start all four seniors in McCutcheon, Victoria Gaines, Shay Colley and Hollie along with sophomore guard Nia Couden. Gaines and Colley, who were unable to play, kissed the Spartan before leaving the court.
Overall, Clouden led Michigan State with 20 points to go along with five assists and three rebounds. This was her seventh 20-point game of the season. To go along with a season-high nine assists, McCutcheon added 15 points. Sophomore forward Kayla Belles scored 16 points with eight rebounds, while freshman forward Taiyier Parks added 13 points and seven boards.
Penn State was led by 27 points from Kamaria McDaniel who is second in the league in scoring.
Michigan State scored the first 11 points of the game, helped by two fast 3-pointers from McCutcheon. After the Spartans jumped out to a 16-8 lead both teams hit a dry spells that lasted over three minutes. An old-fashioned 3-point play from freshman forward Parks gave MSU its first double-digit lead, 20-9 as the first period came to an end.
In the second quarter, the Spartans scored the first six points to open up a 26-9 lead. From that point, Penn State went on a 9-0 run to trim the advantage to 26-18. Michigan State responded nicely with a 9-0 run to open up at 57-42 lead. The run was highlighted by a pair of McCutcheon treys.
Penn State came out hot in the second half scoring 13 of the first 20 points of the third period. As the MSU offense began to heat up the attention turned to McCutcheon. She tied the record with a laser pass to a wide-open Julie Ayrault with 1:09 remaining in the quarter. With 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter, McCutcheon found fellow senior Hollie to pass Haynie and become the all-time assist leader.
Seven different Spartans scored in the fourth quarter, as MSU maintained its double-digit advantage. Belles led the way with six points in the final 10 minutes. Freshman center Cydni Dodd was a solid with four points and two rebounds in less than four minutes of action.
MSU has earned the No. 8 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament, facing No. 9 Purdue on Thursday, March 5 at 12 p.m. The winner will take on top-seeded Maryland on Friday, March 6 at 12 p.m.
Michigan State Notes vs. Penn State
• With an assist off a Nia Hollie basket in the third quarter, senior guard Taryn McCutcheon became the all-time assist leader in MSU women's basketball history, passing current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05) who had 574. With nine assists total, she now has 577 career assists. McCutcheon dished out nine assists, giving her six-straight games with at least three assists. She now leads the team with 70 assists this season.
• The Spartans used its ninth different starting lineup on Senior Day with seniors Taryn McCutcheon, Shay Colley, Victoria Gaines, Nia Hollie and sophomore Nia Clouden. This is the first time this lineup was used by MSU.
• Nia Clouden led the team with 20 points for her seventh 20-point game of the season. Her 20 points were her 10th-straight game in double-figures and 26th of the season in 29 games ... It was the 50th double-figure scoring outing of Clouden's career and 10th 20-point game of her career.
• McCutcheon's 15 points on Sunday gives her 1,189 for her career, passing Rene Haynes (2003-07), who scored 1,181 career points. She is now tied for 17th with Mary Kay Itnyre (1977-80), while standing five points away from tying Aisha Jefferson for 16th. Jefferson scored 1,194 points during her MSU career from 2005-2010.
• The Spartans reached 70 points for second-straight game. Overall, MSU is now 9-1 when scoring at least 70 points.
• With Shay Colley, Moira Joiner and Nia Clouden scoring in double figures, the Spartans improve to 5-1 this season when three players score in double figures.
• The last time the Spartans eclipsed the 90-point mark against a Big Ten foe was against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament on March 1, 2018. MSU fell to Indiana, 109-111, in a four-overtime loss. This is the first time Michigan State has surpassed 90 points in a regular season Big Ten game since Jan. 30, 2017 when the Spartans defeated Minnesota, 93-74 on the road in Minneapolis. MSU hit 90 points at the Breslin Center during two consecutive Big Ten games in 2017, knocking down Nebraska, 93-73, on Jan. 7 and No. 11 Ohio State, 94-75, on Jan. 10.
• Michigan State is 4-3 this season when four Spartans score in double-digits. Nia Clouden led the Spartans in scoring with 20 points, Kayla Belles followed with 16, Taryn McCutcheon scored 15 and Taiyier Parks had 13 points.
• MSU's 28 assists on 35 baskets ties the team's season-high assists total which was set against Detroit Mercy on Nov. 8. The 28 assists are the most in a conference game this season.
McCutcheon broke Spartan great and current assistant coach Kristin Haynie's career assist record with her seventh assist of the day with 40 seconds left in the third quarter. The bucket by Nia Hollie gave McCutcheon 575 assists, pushing her past Haynie who had 574 during her All-American career from 2001-05.
With the win, the Spartans end the regular season with a 16-13 overall record and an even 9-9 Big Ten mark. Penn State falls to 7-22 overall and 1-17 in league games.
Despite injuries, the Spartans were able to start all four seniors in McCutcheon, Victoria Gaines, Shay Colley and Hollie along with sophomore guard Nia Couden. Gaines and Colley, who were unable to play, kissed the Spartan before leaving the court.
Overall, Clouden led Michigan State with 20 points to go along with five assists and three rebounds. This was her seventh 20-point game of the season. To go along with a season-high nine assists, McCutcheon added 15 points. Sophomore forward Kayla Belles scored 16 points with eight rebounds, while freshman forward Taiyier Parks added 13 points and seven boards.
Penn State was led by 27 points from Kamaria McDaniel who is second in the league in scoring.
Michigan State scored the first 11 points of the game, helped by two fast 3-pointers from McCutcheon. After the Spartans jumped out to a 16-8 lead both teams hit a dry spells that lasted over three minutes. An old-fashioned 3-point play from freshman forward Parks gave MSU its first double-digit lead, 20-9 as the first period came to an end.
In the second quarter, the Spartans scored the first six points to open up a 26-9 lead. From that point, Penn State went on a 9-0 run to trim the advantage to 26-18. Michigan State responded nicely with a 9-0 run to open up at 57-42 lead. The run was highlighted by a pair of McCutcheon treys.
Penn State came out hot in the second half scoring 13 of the first 20 points of the third period. As the MSU offense began to heat up the attention turned to McCutcheon. She tied the record with a laser pass to a wide-open Julie Ayrault with 1:09 remaining in the quarter. With 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter, McCutcheon found fellow senior Hollie to pass Haynie and become the all-time assist leader.
Seven different Spartans scored in the fourth quarter, as MSU maintained its double-digit advantage. Belles led the way with six points in the final 10 minutes. Freshman center Cydni Dodd was a solid with four points and two rebounds in less than four minutes of action.
MSU has earned the No. 8 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament, facing No. 9 Purdue on Thursday, March 5 at 12 p.m. The winner will take on top-seeded Maryland on Friday, March 6 at 12 p.m.
Michigan State Notes vs. Penn State
• With an assist off a Nia Hollie basket in the third quarter, senior guard Taryn McCutcheon became the all-time assist leader in MSU women's basketball history, passing current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05) who had 574. With nine assists total, she now has 577 career assists. McCutcheon dished out nine assists, giving her six-straight games with at least three assists. She now leads the team with 70 assists this season.
• The Spartans used its ninth different starting lineup on Senior Day with seniors Taryn McCutcheon, Shay Colley, Victoria Gaines, Nia Hollie and sophomore Nia Clouden. This is the first time this lineup was used by MSU.
• Nia Clouden led the team with 20 points for her seventh 20-point game of the season. Her 20 points were her 10th-straight game in double-figures and 26th of the season in 29 games ... It was the 50th double-figure scoring outing of Clouden's career and 10th 20-point game of her career.
• McCutcheon's 15 points on Sunday gives her 1,189 for her career, passing Rene Haynes (2003-07), who scored 1,181 career points. She is now tied for 17th with Mary Kay Itnyre (1977-80), while standing five points away from tying Aisha Jefferson for 16th. Jefferson scored 1,194 points during her MSU career from 2005-2010.
• The Spartans reached 70 points for second-straight game. Overall, MSU is now 9-1 when scoring at least 70 points.
• With Shay Colley, Moira Joiner and Nia Clouden scoring in double figures, the Spartans improve to 5-1 this season when three players score in double figures.
• The last time the Spartans eclipsed the 90-point mark against a Big Ten foe was against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament on March 1, 2018. MSU fell to Indiana, 109-111, in a four-overtime loss. This is the first time Michigan State has surpassed 90 points in a regular season Big Ten game since Jan. 30, 2017 when the Spartans defeated Minnesota, 93-74 on the road in Minneapolis. MSU hit 90 points at the Breslin Center during two consecutive Big Ten games in 2017, knocking down Nebraska, 93-73, on Jan. 7 and No. 11 Ohio State, 94-75, on Jan. 10.
• Michigan State is 4-3 this season when four Spartans score in double-digits. Nia Clouden led the Spartans in scoring with 20 points, Kayla Belles followed with 16, Taryn McCutcheon scored 15 and Taiyier Parks had 13 points.
• MSU's 28 assists on 35 baskets ties the team's season-high assists total which was set against Detroit Mercy on Nov. 8. The 28 assists are the most in a conference game this season.
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