Saturday, March 6
East Lansing, Mich.
2 PM
Michigan State University
13-7,8-7Big Ten
67
vs
54
Wisconsin
5-18,2-18Big Ten
1
2
3
4
F
Wisconsin
12
11
14
17
54
Michigan St.
14
19
16
18
67
Team Stats
Wisc
MSU
FG%
.420
.397
3FG%
.222
.389
FT%
.667
.556
RB
34
38
TO
20
13
STL
7
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's Basketball
F
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG/F
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's Basketball
F
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
Spartans Celebrate Senior Day with a 67-54 Win Over Wisconsin
3/6/2021 6:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Sophomore forward Taiyier Parks earns a double-double in the win.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball celebrated its three seniors with a 67-54 win over Wisconsin Saturday afternoon at the Breslin Center.
After the game, the Spartans honored Mardrekia Cook, Claire Hendrickson and Laurel Jacqmain in a ceremony. With parents in the stands, video tributes for all three seniors were played in a very different Senio Day ceremony.
With the win, Michigan State ends the regular season 13-7 and 8-7 in Big Ten play, while Wisconsin stands 5-18 and 2-18.
For the second-straight game, sophomore forward Taiyier Parks led the team in scoring with her second double-double of the season. She scored 14 points with 11 rebounds, while adding two steals. Sophomore guard Alyza Winston also scored 14 points, while junior guard Tory Ozment added 10. Senior forward Alisia Smith had a MSU career-high 14 rebounds to pace the Spartans.
Hendrickson, playing in her first game of the season, drained a three for MSU's first points of the game. The Spartan offense struggled to get going early on with Wisconsin taking the 12-11 lead with two minutes left in the first quarter. Despite the chilly start, MSU led after the first period 14-12.
Michigan State used a 7-0 run to open up a 21-13 lead in the first three minutes of the second quarter. Wisconsin called a timeout after sophomore guard Moira Joiner's smooth pass found Ozment to give MSU its first double digit lead of the game 25-15 with 5:53 remaining in the half. The Badgers responded with a 6-0 run to trim the MSU lead to 25-21, but the Spartans were able to end the half with a 6-0 run to enter the locker room with a 33-23 lead.
Wisconsin scored the first six points of the second half, leading to a MSU timeout. Winston ignited the Spartans' offense with back-to-back 3-pointers. The Badgers were able to get as close as four points in the quarter, but MSU was able to re-take the double-digit advantage heading into the final period.
In the fourth quarter, the Spartans continued to maintain their double digit lead, taking as big a lead as 16 points. Winston provided much of the fourth-quarter offense with seven points in the final 10 minutes. In the final minutes of the game, Cook, Hendrickson and Jacqmain were able to honor the MSU tradition of kissing the Spartan head.
Michigan State will now await the unveiling of the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Bracket.
Post-Game Notes vs. Wisconsin
• Michigan State opened the game with a new starting five Saturday of junior guard Nia Clouden, senior forward Alisia Smith, seni guard Laurel Jacqmain, senior guard Claire Hendricks and senior forward Makrdrekia Cook ... it was the Spartans' first game with that starting five and now the eighth different starting lineup for MSU.
• Clouden is the only Spartan player to start all 20 games this season ... the junior guard made her 83rd career start, while playing in her 83rd career game.
• Smith made her ninth-consecutive starts in the MSU career, after she transferred to Michigan State from Penn State in the offseason ... Smith played in her 14th game for the Spartans.
• MSU honored its three graduating starters Mardrekia Cook, Claire Hendrickson and Laurel Jacqmain. Hendrickson, who has played all season, nailed a 3-pointer to start the game. Cook also hit a trey in the game.
• Sophomore forward Taiyier Parks led in scoring for the second-straight game, marking her seventh double-figure scoring outing of the season and ninth of her career ... Saturday was the third time in her career that Parks led the Spartans in the scoring column, all three coming this season, joining Feb. 7 vs. Northwestern, and Feb. 24 against Rutgers. Parks also earned her second double-double of the season adding 11 rebounds. She also had a double-double against Northwestern.
• Clouden now has 1,191 points, on the MSU career scoring list and moving up to No. 18 ... Clouden passed Spartan great Mary Kay Itnyre (1977-80) with 1,189 points. She is now just three points from tying Aisha Jefferson (2005-10) with 1,194 points.
• Senior forward Alisia Smith set a new overall career high with 12 rebounds against Wisconsin. It was her fourth double-digit rebound game of the season. She had 11 vs. Maryland (Jan. 7), 10 vs. Northwestern (Feb.7) and 10 vs. Purdue (Feb. 21).
After the game, the Spartans honored Mardrekia Cook, Claire Hendrickson and Laurel Jacqmain in a ceremony. With parents in the stands, video tributes for all three seniors were played in a very different Senio Day ceremony.
With the win, Michigan State ends the regular season 13-7 and 8-7 in Big Ten play, while Wisconsin stands 5-18 and 2-18.
For the second-straight game, sophomore forward Taiyier Parks led the team in scoring with her second double-double of the season. She scored 14 points with 11 rebounds, while adding two steals. Sophomore guard Alyza Winston also scored 14 points, while junior guard Tory Ozment added 10. Senior forward Alisia Smith had a MSU career-high 14 rebounds to pace the Spartans.
Hendrickson, playing in her first game of the season, drained a three for MSU's first points of the game. The Spartan offense struggled to get going early on with Wisconsin taking the 12-11 lead with two minutes left in the first quarter. Despite the chilly start, MSU led after the first period 14-12.
Michigan State used a 7-0 run to open up a 21-13 lead in the first three minutes of the second quarter. Wisconsin called a timeout after sophomore guard Moira Joiner's smooth pass found Ozment to give MSU its first double digit lead of the game 25-15 with 5:53 remaining in the half. The Badgers responded with a 6-0 run to trim the MSU lead to 25-21, but the Spartans were able to end the half with a 6-0 run to enter the locker room with a 33-23 lead.
Wisconsin scored the first six points of the second half, leading to a MSU timeout. Winston ignited the Spartans' offense with back-to-back 3-pointers. The Badgers were able to get as close as four points in the quarter, but MSU was able to re-take the double-digit advantage heading into the final period.
In the fourth quarter, the Spartans continued to maintain their double digit lead, taking as big a lead as 16 points. Winston provided much of the fourth-quarter offense with seven points in the final 10 minutes. In the final minutes of the game, Cook, Hendrickson and Jacqmain were able to honor the MSU tradition of kissing the Spartan head.
Michigan State will now await the unveiling of the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Bracket.
Post-Game Notes vs. Wisconsin
• Michigan State opened the game with a new starting five Saturday of junior guard Nia Clouden, senior forward Alisia Smith, seni guard Laurel Jacqmain, senior guard Claire Hendricks and senior forward Makrdrekia Cook ... it was the Spartans' first game with that starting five and now the eighth different starting lineup for MSU.
• Clouden is the only Spartan player to start all 20 games this season ... the junior guard made her 83rd career start, while playing in her 83rd career game.
• Smith made her ninth-consecutive starts in the MSU career, after she transferred to Michigan State from Penn State in the offseason ... Smith played in her 14th game for the Spartans.
• MSU honored its three graduating starters Mardrekia Cook, Claire Hendrickson and Laurel Jacqmain. Hendrickson, who has played all season, nailed a 3-pointer to start the game. Cook also hit a trey in the game.
• Sophomore forward Taiyier Parks led in scoring for the second-straight game, marking her seventh double-figure scoring outing of the season and ninth of her career ... Saturday was the third time in her career that Parks led the Spartans in the scoring column, all three coming this season, joining Feb. 7 vs. Northwestern, and Feb. 24 against Rutgers. Parks also earned her second double-double of the season adding 11 rebounds. She also had a double-double against Northwestern.
• Clouden now has 1,191 points, on the MSU career scoring list and moving up to No. 18 ... Clouden passed Spartan great Mary Kay Itnyre (1977-80) with 1,189 points. She is now just three points from tying Aisha Jefferson (2005-10) with 1,194 points.
• Senior forward Alisia Smith set a new overall career high with 12 rebounds against Wisconsin. It was her fourth double-digit rebound game of the season. She had 11 vs. Maryland (Jan. 7), 10 vs. Northwestern (Feb.7) and 10 vs. Purdue (Feb. 21).
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