Sunday, November 28
East Lansing, Mich.
2 PM
Michigan State University
vs
Marshall
Spartans Return to Face Marshall Sunday
11/27/2021 11:24:00 AM | Women's Basketball
This is the first ever-meeting between the Spartans and the Thundering Herd.
EAST LANSING. Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball returns home to the friendly confines of the Breslin Center after a three-game road trip, taking on Marshall on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Jason Ross and Meghan McKeown on the call. The Spartans enter the final game of the month with a 5-2 record.
• This is the first meeting between Michigan State and Marshall. The Thundering Herd enter the game with a 3-1 record. Marshall will be taking on its second-straight Big Ten opponent after a 70-60 loss at Purdue on Nov. 22. The Herd also faced another familiar MSU opponent with a 65-58 win over Morehead State. The Spartans defeated the Eagles, 93-31 in their season opener on Nov. 9.
• With 23 points against Oakland on Nov. 26, senior guard Nia Clouden continues to rise up the charts. Clouden now has 1,413 career points, passing Eileen Shea (1987-91) for No. 11 on the all-time MSU scoring list. She is now 81 points from breaking the top 10 and passing Kristen Rasmussen (1996-2000), who scored 1,493 point during her MSU career. Clouden also now has 360 career assists. She is now just 12 assists away from passing Spartan All-American, Lindsey Bowen (1998-02) for the No. 10 spot.
• Freshman Matilda Ekh has been stellar in the first seven games of the season. She is third on the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game, scoring a season high 11 points vs. Oakland on Nov. 26.
• MSU is also 5-0 this season when dishing out 20 or more assists, as led by freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann's career-high 10 assists, the Spartans tied a career-high with 27 assists Friday at Oakland.
SCOUTING MARSHALL
The Thundering Herd tote a 3-1 record into Sunday's match-up with the Spartans. MSU is Marshall's second-straight Big Ten opponent after playing at Purdue on Monday, falling 70-60. That was Marshall's first loss of the season after opening the season with three wins in a row, beating Bluefield State (108-45 on Nov. 9), winning at Radford (68-64 on Nov. 14).
Michigan State and Marshall have a common opponent in Morehead State, as the Thundering Herd won, 65-58, on Nov. 19, while the Spartans beat Morehead State, 93-31 on Nov. 9.
Last time out, Marshall had a hard-fought battle at Purdue, as the Thundering Herd hung tough with the Boilermakers, trailing just 32-26 at halftime, but Purdue pulled away midway through the third quarter, opening a 38-28 lead. Marshall got within three at 47-44 early in the fourth quarter, and were within 65-60 with 52 seconds left, but Purdue made 5-of-6 at the free throw line to secure the victory. Three Thundering Herd players posted double-figures, led by forward Kennedi Colclough with a game-high 19 points, making 6-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 at the free throw line.
Marshall is averaging 75.3 points per game, while yielding 59.3 ppg to the opposition, for a +16.0 scoring margin. The Thundering Herd is shooting 41.9 percent (109-of-260) from the field, 21.9 percent (16-of-73) 3-point shooting and 79.8 percent (67-of-84) at the free throw line.
Wheeler and Colclough, along with guard CC Mays all average in double-figures, with Wheeler leading the way with 14.8 points per game, while Mays adds 12.0 ppg to go with a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game. Guard Aaliyah Dunham leads Marshall with 4.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THUNDERING HERD
The Spartans will face off against Marshall for the first time on Sunday.
MARSHALL MITTEN STATER RETURN
While Michigan State doesn't have any players on its roster from Marshall's home state of West Virginia, the Thundering Herd have one Michigan native on their roster in sophomore forward Alexis Johnson, who is from Southfield, Michigan, where she attended Southfield HS for Arts & Tech.
FOUR OR MORE IN DOUBLE-FIGURES KEY TO SUCCESS
Michigan State improved to 5-0 this season when four or more players score in double-digits, including 3-0 when only four players post double-figures and 2-0 when five or more score. In Friday's Victory for MSU at Oakland, five Spartans scored in double figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Matilda Ekh added a new career-high 17 points, while Taiyier Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. A season-high six Spartans scored in double-digits in MSU's 93-31 rout of Morehead State on Nov. 9.
MERCHANT MILESTONES
Spartan head coach Suzy Merchant reached the 300-win mark as head coach of the Spartans against Bryant on Nov. 19. She now holds a 301-189 record at Michigan State. Karen Langeland is the all-time leader with a 376-290 record at MSU. Merchant is also 12 wins away from tying Langeland for the most Big Ten wins by a MSU coach with 156. Merchant also reached 500 career wins against Valparaiso on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Overall, she holds a 502-279 record and stands 200-157 at Michigan State.
LOOKING ACROSS THE LEAGUE
Michigan State is second in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 20.7 apg, just behind Nebraska who has 21.3 helpers per contest. MSU is also second in the league in field goal percentage (.507).
Senior guard Nia Clouden stands sixth in the B1G in scoring with 18.9 points per game, while junior guard Alyza Winston is tied for 15th with 14.7 ppg. Clouden also holds the sixth spot in the league in assists with 5.1 helpers per contest, while freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann is seventh with 5.0 apg.
DOUBLE-DIGIT DIMES
Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann dished out a career-high 10 assists in Friday's win at Oakland. Hagemann is just the second current Spartan to tally double-digit assists, joining senior guard Nia Clouden, who has two games with double-digit assists, both with 11 and both coming during the 2018-19 season. MSU is 3-0 when a current Spartan has double-digit dimes, as Michigan State won both contests in the 2018-19 season when Clouden did so.
SWEDISH SENSATION
Freshman Matilda Ekh has been stellar in the first seven games of the season. She is third on the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game one of three plays scoring in double figures. She has scored in double figures in five games, including a season-high 17 at Oakland on Nov. 26.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
With 23 points against Oakland on Nov. 26, senior guard Nia Clouden continues to rise up the charts. Clouden now has 1,413 career points, passing Eileen Shea (1987-91) for No. 11 on the all-time MSU scoring list. She is now 81 points from breaking the top 10 and passing Kristen Rasmussen (1996-2000), who scored 1,493 point during her MSU career. Clouden also now has 360 career assists. She is now just 12 assists away from passing Spartan All-American, Lindsey Bowen (1998-02) for the No. 10 spot.
Clouden is looking to join Bowen and Tori Jankoska as the only MSU players to finish their careers in the top 10 in scoring and assists.
WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL
December weather can be brutal, but the Spartans schedule is fearsome. Michigan State has six games schedule in the final month of 2021 and four of them are against teams currently ranked in the top 25 or receiving votes. MSU opens the month on Dec. 2 taking on (RV) Notre Dame in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Spartans then open up Big Ten action on Dec. 5 at No. 9/11 Iowa. At the West Palm Invitational Dec. 20-21, MSU will take on No. 22/23 West Virginia and No. 25/RV Florida Gulf Coast.
20 DIMES FOR WINS
MSU is also 5-0 this season when dishing out 20 or more assists, as led by freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann's career-high 10 assists, the Spartans tied a career-high with 27 assists Friday at Oakland. Michigan State also distributed 27 helpers in the win over Niagara (Nov. 14), while also dishing out 20+ assists vs. Morehead State (26), Valparaiso (20) and Bryant (24).
SOLID FROM THE STRIPE
The Spartans tied a school record going 10-for-10 from the charity stripe against the Beacons on Nov. 16. The last time MSU didn't miss from the free throw line with at least 10 attempts was against Central Michigan in the NCAA Tournament, going 11-for-11 on March, 23, 2019. The last time at the Breslin Center was when MSU went 19-for-19 against Michigan on Feb., 23, 2016.
SEASON OPENERS
All-time, the Spartans are now 34-15 in season openers, but 27-2 when the opener is in East Lansing. Coach Merchant is 12-3 in season openers at MSU, and has won 18 of her last 21, including her time at Eastern Michigan. This season, the Spartans earned a dominating 93-31 win over Morehead State on Nov. 9 paced by six MSU players reaching double figures.
IT'S RAINING THREES
The Spartans set a new school record with 17 3-pointers against Morehead State on Nov. 9. The previous record 15 by Michigan State vs. Bowling Green on Nov. 6, 2018 at the Breslin Center. Michigan State shot 60.7 percent from long range, led by junior guard Alyza Winston's 4-for-7 performance. Senior guard Laurel Jacqmain set a new career high with 11 points, highlighted by back-to-back-to-back treys in the fourth quarter.
HAGEMANN EARNS B1G HONOR
DeeDee Hagemann was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday. The Detroit, Michigan native captured the first Freshman of the Week honor of the season after a stellar first week of action, scoring in double figures in both games. For the week, she averaged 10.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while adding 6.0 helpers per contest. She is the first Spartan named Big Ten Freshman of the Week since Nia Clouden on Dec. 31, 2018.
LAST TIME OUT
Forwards Matilda Ekh and Taiyier Parks both set career highs in scoring, as MSU women's basketball stopped Oakland, 84-71 Friday at the Athletics Center O'rena.
Michigan State snapped a two-game losing streak, improving to 5-2 this season. Oakland falls to 2-4 with losses to both Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans got back to their offensive scoring ways after being held under 70 points for two-straight games.
Five Spartans scored in double-figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Ekh added a new career-high 17 points with two blocks and two steals. Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann distributed the ball well with a career-high 10 assists, part of MSU's season-high tying 27 helpers.
MASK UP, MICHIGAN
Currently, masks are required indoors for all individuals. Michigan State University requires all campus visitors, faculty, staff and students to wear a mask while indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR CLOUDEN
Senior guard Nia Clouden added to her preseason accolades. Clouden was named to the John R. Wooden Award® Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List and the 2022 Wade Trophy preseason Watch List, as well as the Naismith Watch List. She had already been named to the Lieberman Watch List and earned preseason All-Big Ten honors.
CLOSING OUT THE GAMES
The Spartans have been extremely effective closing out games over the last couple years, winning 228 of its last 240 games (.950) when leading with five minutes left, including 178 of their last 192. In Coach Merchant's tenure, Michigan State is 263-19 (.933) when holding a lead with five minutes left. This season, MSU is 5-0 when leading with five minutes remaining.
CLOUDEN EARNS PRESEASON HONORS
Michigan State women's basketball senior guard Nia Clouden has been named 2021-22 Preseason All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media, capturing the honor for the second-straight season. During the 2020-21 season, Clouden was fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game. It was the most points per game by a Spartan since Tori Jankoska averaged 22.6 ppg during the 2016-17 season. An Owings Mills, Maryland, native, Clouden earned her third-straight All-Big Ten honor after being named to the first team last season.
MAGIC NUMBERS
In head coach Suzy Merchant's tenure, when two numbers on the scoreboard were achieved it typically has been a sign of a MSU win. The Green & White have won 162 of their last 187 games (.866) when scoring at least 70 points, and the Spartans are 182-32 (.850) under head coach Suzy Merchant when hanging at least 70 points on the scoreboard. This season, MSU is now 5-0 this season when scoring 70 points.
MEET THE NEW SIGNEES
Michigan State women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced the signing of two National Letters of Intent, including Theryn Hallock (Grand Rapids, Michigan/ Forest Hills Central High School) and Abbey Kimball (Grand Rapids, Michigan/ West Catholic High School).
Hallock is a 5-11 guard, who is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, attends Forest Hills Central and is coached by Kristina Prins. As a junior, she averaged 23.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 6.6 steals per game. She reached the 1,000-career point mark as a junior last season. She also earned first-team all-state honors. Hallock is a three-time all-conference honoree, including capturing first-team honors as a junior.
Kimball is a 5-10 guard, who is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, plays for head coach Jill VanderEnde at West Catholic High School. She is rated No. 80 nationally overall and No. 18 at her position by HoopGurlz. During her junior season, she averaged 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 5.0 steals per game. Kimball has captured first-team all-conference honors for three-straight seasons.
• This is the first meeting between Michigan State and Marshall. The Thundering Herd enter the game with a 3-1 record. Marshall will be taking on its second-straight Big Ten opponent after a 70-60 loss at Purdue on Nov. 22. The Herd also faced another familiar MSU opponent with a 65-58 win over Morehead State. The Spartans defeated the Eagles, 93-31 in their season opener on Nov. 9.
• With 23 points against Oakland on Nov. 26, senior guard Nia Clouden continues to rise up the charts. Clouden now has 1,413 career points, passing Eileen Shea (1987-91) for No. 11 on the all-time MSU scoring list. She is now 81 points from breaking the top 10 and passing Kristen Rasmussen (1996-2000), who scored 1,493 point during her MSU career. Clouden also now has 360 career assists. She is now just 12 assists away from passing Spartan All-American, Lindsey Bowen (1998-02) for the No. 10 spot.
• Freshman Matilda Ekh has been stellar in the first seven games of the season. She is third on the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game, scoring a season high 11 points vs. Oakland on Nov. 26.
• MSU is also 5-0 this season when dishing out 20 or more assists, as led by freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann's career-high 10 assists, the Spartans tied a career-high with 27 assists Friday at Oakland.
SCOUTING MARSHALL
The Thundering Herd tote a 3-1 record into Sunday's match-up with the Spartans. MSU is Marshall's second-straight Big Ten opponent after playing at Purdue on Monday, falling 70-60. That was Marshall's first loss of the season after opening the season with three wins in a row, beating Bluefield State (108-45 on Nov. 9), winning at Radford (68-64 on Nov. 14).
Michigan State and Marshall have a common opponent in Morehead State, as the Thundering Herd won, 65-58, on Nov. 19, while the Spartans beat Morehead State, 93-31 on Nov. 9.
Last time out, Marshall had a hard-fought battle at Purdue, as the Thundering Herd hung tough with the Boilermakers, trailing just 32-26 at halftime, but Purdue pulled away midway through the third quarter, opening a 38-28 lead. Marshall got within three at 47-44 early in the fourth quarter, and were within 65-60 with 52 seconds left, but Purdue made 5-of-6 at the free throw line to secure the victory. Three Thundering Herd players posted double-figures, led by forward Kennedi Colclough with a game-high 19 points, making 6-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 at the free throw line.
Marshall is averaging 75.3 points per game, while yielding 59.3 ppg to the opposition, for a +16.0 scoring margin. The Thundering Herd is shooting 41.9 percent (109-of-260) from the field, 21.9 percent (16-of-73) 3-point shooting and 79.8 percent (67-of-84) at the free throw line.
Wheeler and Colclough, along with guard CC Mays all average in double-figures, with Wheeler leading the way with 14.8 points per game, while Mays adds 12.0 ppg to go with a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game. Guard Aaliyah Dunham leads Marshall with 4.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THUNDERING HERD
The Spartans will face off against Marshall for the first time on Sunday.
MARSHALL MITTEN STATER RETURN
While Michigan State doesn't have any players on its roster from Marshall's home state of West Virginia, the Thundering Herd have one Michigan native on their roster in sophomore forward Alexis Johnson, who is from Southfield, Michigan, where she attended Southfield HS for Arts & Tech.
FOUR OR MORE IN DOUBLE-FIGURES KEY TO SUCCESS
Michigan State improved to 5-0 this season when four or more players score in double-digits, including 3-0 when only four players post double-figures and 2-0 when five or more score. In Friday's Victory for MSU at Oakland, five Spartans scored in double figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Matilda Ekh added a new career-high 17 points, while Taiyier Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. A season-high six Spartans scored in double-digits in MSU's 93-31 rout of Morehead State on Nov. 9.
MERCHANT MILESTONES
Spartan head coach Suzy Merchant reached the 300-win mark as head coach of the Spartans against Bryant on Nov. 19. She now holds a 301-189 record at Michigan State. Karen Langeland is the all-time leader with a 376-290 record at MSU. Merchant is also 12 wins away from tying Langeland for the most Big Ten wins by a MSU coach with 156. Merchant also reached 500 career wins against Valparaiso on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Overall, she holds a 502-279 record and stands 200-157 at Michigan State.
LOOKING ACROSS THE LEAGUE
Michigan State is second in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 20.7 apg, just behind Nebraska who has 21.3 helpers per contest. MSU is also second in the league in field goal percentage (.507).
Senior guard Nia Clouden stands sixth in the B1G in scoring with 18.9 points per game, while junior guard Alyza Winston is tied for 15th with 14.7 ppg. Clouden also holds the sixth spot in the league in assists with 5.1 helpers per contest, while freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann is seventh with 5.0 apg.
DOUBLE-DIGIT DIMES
Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann dished out a career-high 10 assists in Friday's win at Oakland. Hagemann is just the second current Spartan to tally double-digit assists, joining senior guard Nia Clouden, who has two games with double-digit assists, both with 11 and both coming during the 2018-19 season. MSU is 3-0 when a current Spartan has double-digit dimes, as Michigan State won both contests in the 2018-19 season when Clouden did so.
SWEDISH SENSATION
Freshman Matilda Ekh has been stellar in the first seven games of the season. She is third on the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game one of three plays scoring in double figures. She has scored in double figures in five games, including a season-high 17 at Oakland on Nov. 26.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
With 23 points against Oakland on Nov. 26, senior guard Nia Clouden continues to rise up the charts. Clouden now has 1,413 career points, passing Eileen Shea (1987-91) for No. 11 on the all-time MSU scoring list. She is now 81 points from breaking the top 10 and passing Kristen Rasmussen (1996-2000), who scored 1,493 point during her MSU career. Clouden also now has 360 career assists. She is now just 12 assists away from passing Spartan All-American, Lindsey Bowen (1998-02) for the No. 10 spot.
Clouden is looking to join Bowen and Tori Jankoska as the only MSU players to finish their careers in the top 10 in scoring and assists.
WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL
December weather can be brutal, but the Spartans schedule is fearsome. Michigan State has six games schedule in the final month of 2021 and four of them are against teams currently ranked in the top 25 or receiving votes. MSU opens the month on Dec. 2 taking on (RV) Notre Dame in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Spartans then open up Big Ten action on Dec. 5 at No. 9/11 Iowa. At the West Palm Invitational Dec. 20-21, MSU will take on No. 22/23 West Virginia and No. 25/RV Florida Gulf Coast.
20 DIMES FOR WINS
MSU is also 5-0 this season when dishing out 20 or more assists, as led by freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann's career-high 10 assists, the Spartans tied a career-high with 27 assists Friday at Oakland. Michigan State also distributed 27 helpers in the win over Niagara (Nov. 14), while also dishing out 20+ assists vs. Morehead State (26), Valparaiso (20) and Bryant (24).
SOLID FROM THE STRIPE
The Spartans tied a school record going 10-for-10 from the charity stripe against the Beacons on Nov. 16. The last time MSU didn't miss from the free throw line with at least 10 attempts was against Central Michigan in the NCAA Tournament, going 11-for-11 on March, 23, 2019. The last time at the Breslin Center was when MSU went 19-for-19 against Michigan on Feb., 23, 2016.
SEASON OPENERS
All-time, the Spartans are now 34-15 in season openers, but 27-2 when the opener is in East Lansing. Coach Merchant is 12-3 in season openers at MSU, and has won 18 of her last 21, including her time at Eastern Michigan. This season, the Spartans earned a dominating 93-31 win over Morehead State on Nov. 9 paced by six MSU players reaching double figures.
IT'S RAINING THREES
The Spartans set a new school record with 17 3-pointers against Morehead State on Nov. 9. The previous record 15 by Michigan State vs. Bowling Green on Nov. 6, 2018 at the Breslin Center. Michigan State shot 60.7 percent from long range, led by junior guard Alyza Winston's 4-for-7 performance. Senior guard Laurel Jacqmain set a new career high with 11 points, highlighted by back-to-back-to-back treys in the fourth quarter.
HAGEMANN EARNS B1G HONOR
DeeDee Hagemann was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday. The Detroit, Michigan native captured the first Freshman of the Week honor of the season after a stellar first week of action, scoring in double figures in both games. For the week, she averaged 10.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while adding 6.0 helpers per contest. She is the first Spartan named Big Ten Freshman of the Week since Nia Clouden on Dec. 31, 2018.
LAST TIME OUT
Forwards Matilda Ekh and Taiyier Parks both set career highs in scoring, as MSU women's basketball stopped Oakland, 84-71 Friday at the Athletics Center O'rena.
Michigan State snapped a two-game losing streak, improving to 5-2 this season. Oakland falls to 2-4 with losses to both Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans got back to their offensive scoring ways after being held under 70 points for two-straight games.
Five Spartans scored in double-figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Ekh added a new career-high 17 points with two blocks and two steals. Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann distributed the ball well with a career-high 10 assists, part of MSU's season-high tying 27 helpers.
MASK UP, MICHIGAN
Currently, masks are required indoors for all individuals. Michigan State University requires all campus visitors, faculty, staff and students to wear a mask while indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR CLOUDEN
Senior guard Nia Clouden added to her preseason accolades. Clouden was named to the John R. Wooden Award® Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List and the 2022 Wade Trophy preseason Watch List, as well as the Naismith Watch List. She had already been named to the Lieberman Watch List and earned preseason All-Big Ten honors.
CLOSING OUT THE GAMES
The Spartans have been extremely effective closing out games over the last couple years, winning 228 of its last 240 games (.950) when leading with five minutes left, including 178 of their last 192. In Coach Merchant's tenure, Michigan State is 263-19 (.933) when holding a lead with five minutes left. This season, MSU is 5-0 when leading with five minutes remaining.
CLOUDEN EARNS PRESEASON HONORS
Michigan State women's basketball senior guard Nia Clouden has been named 2021-22 Preseason All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media, capturing the honor for the second-straight season. During the 2020-21 season, Clouden was fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game. It was the most points per game by a Spartan since Tori Jankoska averaged 22.6 ppg during the 2016-17 season. An Owings Mills, Maryland, native, Clouden earned her third-straight All-Big Ten honor after being named to the first team last season.
MAGIC NUMBERS
In head coach Suzy Merchant's tenure, when two numbers on the scoreboard were achieved it typically has been a sign of a MSU win. The Green & White have won 162 of their last 187 games (.866) when scoring at least 70 points, and the Spartans are 182-32 (.850) under head coach Suzy Merchant when hanging at least 70 points on the scoreboard. This season, MSU is now 5-0 this season when scoring 70 points.
MEET THE NEW SIGNEES
Michigan State women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced the signing of two National Letters of Intent, including Theryn Hallock (Grand Rapids, Michigan/ Forest Hills Central High School) and Abbey Kimball (Grand Rapids, Michigan/ West Catholic High School).
Hallock is a 5-11 guard, who is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, attends Forest Hills Central and is coached by Kristina Prins. As a junior, she averaged 23.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 6.6 steals per game. She reached the 1,000-career point mark as a junior last season. She also earned first-team all-state honors. Hallock is a three-time all-conference honoree, including capturing first-team honors as a junior.
Kimball is a 5-10 guard, who is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, plays for head coach Jill VanderEnde at West Catholic High School. She is rated No. 80 nationally overall and No. 18 at her position by HoopGurlz. During her junior season, she averaged 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 5.0 steals per game. Kimball has captured first-team all-conference honors for three-straight seasons.
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