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Six Reach Double Figures as MSU Women Stop Penn State in B1G Road Opener, 98-87
12/30/2023 7:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick earns her first Big Ten win.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With six players in double figures, the Michigan State women's basketball team helped head coach Robyn Fralick earn her first Big Ten Conference win with a 98-87 victory of Penn State on Saturday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The Spartans improved to 11-2 overall this season and 1-1 in Big Ten action. MSU has now won four-straight games. Penn State stands at 9-3 overall and 0-2 in league contests.
Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock led the Spartans with a career-high 21 points off the bench, adding four assists. She was part of the stellar free throw shooting for MSU going 7-for-7 from the line. Overall, MSU was 18-for-19 from the charity stripe.
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was stellar once again with 18 points, seven boards and two blocks. Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball and graduate guard Moira Joiner all scored 12 points apiece. Graduate forward Tory Ozment also added 13 points off the bench to add a much needed spark in the fourth quarter, and pulled down a game-best and season-high tying eight rebounds.
Penn State was led by a game-high 32 points from Taylor Valladay.
A Hallock layup gave Michigan State an early 12-11 lead at the 4:48 mark. As fouls mounted for the Lady Lions, the Spartans opened up a 19-13 lead. MSU went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe in the first quarter. Michigan State went over three minutes without scoring, before Hallock beat the first quarter buzzer to put MSU up 23-17 after 10 minutes of play.
In the second quarter, the Spartans used a 6-0 run to take their first double-digit lead 35-24, leading to a Penn State timeout at the 7:27 mark. The Lady Lions found an answer with a 6-0 run of their to trim the lead to 38-32. Both offenses found their way in the second quarter with PSU ending the half making 7-of-8, while MSU made 8-of-10. Hallock led the Spartans with 15 points in the first half, while Joiner and Ayrault both added 10.
Penn State made it a single-digit deficit with under three minutes left in the third quarter, as the Michigan State offense cooled off. The Spartans ended the frame 1-for-9 from the field, but still lead 72-66, heading into the fourth quarter.
A clutch trey by Ozment put the Spartans back up by double digits at 79-69 with 6:25 left in the fourth quarter. MSU's 6-0 run was stopped by a pair of Ali Brigham free throws. MSU was able to take control, making six-straight baskets and keeping Penn State off the scoreboard for nearly three minutes.
Ozment gave Michigan State its largest lead of the night at 16 points, a lead the Green & White hit on three different occasions. Ozment netted 10 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter alone to spearhead the Spartans and keep the Nittany Lions at bay to secure the Victory for MSU.
Michigan State will conclude its four-game road stretch, taking on No. 4/3 Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 9 p.m. ET in Iowa City, Iowa. The game will be televised on Peacock.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes at Penn State
• Michigan State has scored at least 80 points in all 11 Victories for MSU this season, and Saturday's 98 points was the Spartans' ninth game netting 90+ points, including the last two games and three of the last four.
• The Spartans had a season-high tying six players in double-figures, led by sophomore guard Theryn Hallock's career-high 21 points off the bench ... graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 18 points, followed by fellow graduate, forward Tory Ozment with 13 points off the bench, and junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball and graduate guard Moira Joiner all scored 12 points apiece ... MSU also had six in double-digits vs. Evansville (11/19) ... the Spartans are now 4-1 this season when five or more players post double-figures.
• Michigan State's starting line-up of junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball junior guard/forward Jocelyn Tate, graduate guard Moira Joiner and graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was the Spartans' 10th game with that starting five, improving to 8-2 with that opening line-up.
• MSU drained 10 3-pointers Saturday, marking the Spartans' fourth game in a row making 10+ behind the arc ... overall, Michigan State has eight games this season with double-figure triples.
• Michigan State made 94.7 percent (18-of-19) at the free throw line, marking the Spartans' fourth game making 90 percent or better at the charity stripe, with the third-best percentage of the season behind a pair of perfect 100 percent outings, going 13-for-13 vs. Evansville (11/19) and 11-for-11 vs. Central Michigan (12/17).
• MSU was edged on the glass, 34-30, and the Spartans are now 3-2 when getting out-rebounded.
• Despite getting out-rebounded, Michigan State had a narrow 15-12 second chance points advantage, improving to 9-1 this season when having more second chance points.
• The Spartan reserves out-scored their Nittany Lion counterparts, 37-12, as MSU is now 9-1 this season when out-scoring the opposition in bench points.
• Michigan State also had a 22-12 advantage in fast break points, moving the Spartans to 10-1 on the season when having more fast break points.
• Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock registered her first career 20-point game with her career-high 21 points Saturday, topping her previous career-best of 17 points, done three previous times, all this season and most recently vs. Central Michigan (12/17) ... Hallock posted her fifth double-figure scoring game of the season and sixth of her career, with all five times coming in the last seven games after a streak of four-straight (11/30 - 12/17) before being limited to single-digits the last two games.
• Hallock netted a career-high tying seven field goals, marking the third time that she has made seven buckets, most recently vs. CMU (12/17).
• Hallock was 7-for-7 at the free throw line, marking the second-straight game and third in the last four that she was perfect at the charity stripe, while the seven free throws ties a season-best, matching seven made free throws after going 7-for-8 vs. Miami (Ohio) (12/3).
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 18 points Saturday, giving her 50 points in her last two games after an encore performance after her career-high 32 points last time out vs. Coastal Carolina (12/22) ... Saturday's 18 points was Ayrault's fourth-straight game in double-figures as part of in nine of the last 10 games ... overall, Ayrault has netted 10+ points in 10 games this season and 23 in her career.
• Ayrault netted two 3-pointers, her second game in a row with multiple triples as part of in three of the last four games and the fourth overall time this season.
• By snaring seven rebounds, Ayrault posted her sixth-straight game with five or more boards as part of the 11th time in 12 games with five or more rebounds.
• Ayrault added two blocks for her second contest in a row as part of the sixth time in the last seven games with multiple rejections, registering her 10th game with more than one block out of the 12 contests on the season.
• With two steals, Ayrault swiped multiple steals for the fourth time this season.
• Graduate forward Tory Ozment tallied 13 points off the bench, leading the MSU reserves, as she posted double-digits for the first time since Nov. 24 vs. Creighton, a span of the last six games, after netting double-figures in four-straight games (11/16-11/24) ... the 13 points was her fifth game this season in double-digits, with three of the five coming away from home, joining a pair of neutral games, Nov. 23 vs. James Madison and Nov. 24 vs. Creighton at the Cancun Challenge.
• Ozment pulled down a game-high and season-best tying eight rebounds, marking the second-straight game and third time this season she has snared eight boards, most recently vs. Coastal Carolina (12/21) ... it also marks the third game in a row with five or more rebounds as part of the seventh time this season.
• Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann tallied 12 points for her second double-digit outing in the last three games as part of the eighth overall game this season and 30th of her career.
• Hagemann also dished out a team-high five assists for her third game in a row with three or more helpers as part of the eighth game overall this season ... it was also the eighth game this season that Hagemann has led MSU in assists, as the Spartans are 7-1 when doing so.
• Graduate guard Moira Joiner also tallied 12 points as she continues her streak of scoring double-digits in every game this season, improving to 13-straight this season as part of 15 in a row back to the 2022-23 season and in 16 of her last 17 games ... overall, Joiner has scored in double-figures in 42 career contests.
• Joiner made one 3-pointer Saturday, as she has at least one triple in 12 of the 13 games this season.
• Joiner also swiped a game-high three steals, tying her season-best for the third time this season, most recently vs. Central Michigan (12/17).
• Sophomore guard Abbey Kimball rounded out the trio of Spartans with 12 points, tallying double-digits for the second game in a row and the sixth time this season and seventh in her career.
• Kimball netted a pair of 3-pointers, marking her second game in a row making multiple triples and the sixth time this season.
The Spartans improved to 11-2 overall this season and 1-1 in Big Ten action. MSU has now won four-straight games. Penn State stands at 9-3 overall and 0-2 in league contests.
Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock led the Spartans with a career-high 21 points off the bench, adding four assists. She was part of the stellar free throw shooting for MSU going 7-for-7 from the line. Overall, MSU was 18-for-19 from the charity stripe.
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was stellar once again with 18 points, seven boards and two blocks. Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball and graduate guard Moira Joiner all scored 12 points apiece. Graduate forward Tory Ozment also added 13 points off the bench to add a much needed spark in the fourth quarter, and pulled down a game-best and season-high tying eight rebounds.
Penn State was led by a game-high 32 points from Taylor Valladay.
A Hallock layup gave Michigan State an early 12-11 lead at the 4:48 mark. As fouls mounted for the Lady Lions, the Spartans opened up a 19-13 lead. MSU went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe in the first quarter. Michigan State went over three minutes without scoring, before Hallock beat the first quarter buzzer to put MSU up 23-17 after 10 minutes of play.
In the second quarter, the Spartans used a 6-0 run to take their first double-digit lead 35-24, leading to a Penn State timeout at the 7:27 mark. The Lady Lions found an answer with a 6-0 run of their to trim the lead to 38-32. Both offenses found their way in the second quarter with PSU ending the half making 7-of-8, while MSU made 8-of-10. Hallock led the Spartans with 15 points in the first half, while Joiner and Ayrault both added 10.
Penn State made it a single-digit deficit with under three minutes left in the third quarter, as the Michigan State offense cooled off. The Spartans ended the frame 1-for-9 from the field, but still lead 72-66, heading into the fourth quarter.
A clutch trey by Ozment put the Spartans back up by double digits at 79-69 with 6:25 left in the fourth quarter. MSU's 6-0 run was stopped by a pair of Ali Brigham free throws. MSU was able to take control, making six-straight baskets and keeping Penn State off the scoreboard for nearly three minutes.
Ozment gave Michigan State its largest lead of the night at 16 points, a lead the Green & White hit on three different occasions. Ozment netted 10 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter alone to spearhead the Spartans and keep the Nittany Lions at bay to secure the Victory for MSU.
Michigan State will conclude its four-game road stretch, taking on No. 4/3 Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 9 p.m. ET in Iowa City, Iowa. The game will be televised on Peacock.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes at Penn State
• Michigan State has scored at least 80 points in all 11 Victories for MSU this season, and Saturday's 98 points was the Spartans' ninth game netting 90+ points, including the last two games and three of the last four.
• The Spartans had a season-high tying six players in double-figures, led by sophomore guard Theryn Hallock's career-high 21 points off the bench ... graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 18 points, followed by fellow graduate, forward Tory Ozment with 13 points off the bench, and junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball and graduate guard Moira Joiner all scored 12 points apiece ... MSU also had six in double-digits vs. Evansville (11/19) ... the Spartans are now 4-1 this season when five or more players post double-figures.
• Michigan State's starting line-up of junior guard DeeDee Hagemann, sophomore guard Abbey Kimball junior guard/forward Jocelyn Tate, graduate guard Moira Joiner and graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was the Spartans' 10th game with that starting five, improving to 8-2 with that opening line-up.
• MSU drained 10 3-pointers Saturday, marking the Spartans' fourth game in a row making 10+ behind the arc ... overall, Michigan State has eight games this season with double-figure triples.
• Michigan State made 94.7 percent (18-of-19) at the free throw line, marking the Spartans' fourth game making 90 percent or better at the charity stripe, with the third-best percentage of the season behind a pair of perfect 100 percent outings, going 13-for-13 vs. Evansville (11/19) and 11-for-11 vs. Central Michigan (12/17).
• MSU was edged on the glass, 34-30, and the Spartans are now 3-2 when getting out-rebounded.
• Despite getting out-rebounded, Michigan State had a narrow 15-12 second chance points advantage, improving to 9-1 this season when having more second chance points.
• The Spartan reserves out-scored their Nittany Lion counterparts, 37-12, as MSU is now 9-1 this season when out-scoring the opposition in bench points.
• Michigan State also had a 22-12 advantage in fast break points, moving the Spartans to 10-1 on the season when having more fast break points.
• Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock registered her first career 20-point game with her career-high 21 points Saturday, topping her previous career-best of 17 points, done three previous times, all this season and most recently vs. Central Michigan (12/17) ... Hallock posted her fifth double-figure scoring game of the season and sixth of her career, with all five times coming in the last seven games after a streak of four-straight (11/30 - 12/17) before being limited to single-digits the last two games.
• Hallock netted a career-high tying seven field goals, marking the third time that she has made seven buckets, most recently vs. CMU (12/17).
• Hallock was 7-for-7 at the free throw line, marking the second-straight game and third in the last four that she was perfect at the charity stripe, while the seven free throws ties a season-best, matching seven made free throws after going 7-for-8 vs. Miami (Ohio) (12/3).
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault added 18 points Saturday, giving her 50 points in her last two games after an encore performance after her career-high 32 points last time out vs. Coastal Carolina (12/22) ... Saturday's 18 points was Ayrault's fourth-straight game in double-figures as part of in nine of the last 10 games ... overall, Ayrault has netted 10+ points in 10 games this season and 23 in her career.
• Ayrault netted two 3-pointers, her second game in a row with multiple triples as part of in three of the last four games and the fourth overall time this season.
• By snaring seven rebounds, Ayrault posted her sixth-straight game with five or more boards as part of the 11th time in 12 games with five or more rebounds.
• Ayrault added two blocks for her second contest in a row as part of the sixth time in the last seven games with multiple rejections, registering her 10th game with more than one block out of the 12 contests on the season.
• With two steals, Ayrault swiped multiple steals for the fourth time this season.
• Graduate forward Tory Ozment tallied 13 points off the bench, leading the MSU reserves, as she posted double-digits for the first time since Nov. 24 vs. Creighton, a span of the last six games, after netting double-figures in four-straight games (11/16-11/24) ... the 13 points was her fifth game this season in double-digits, with three of the five coming away from home, joining a pair of neutral games, Nov. 23 vs. James Madison and Nov. 24 vs. Creighton at the Cancun Challenge.
• Ozment pulled down a game-high and season-best tying eight rebounds, marking the second-straight game and third time this season she has snared eight boards, most recently vs. Coastal Carolina (12/21) ... it also marks the third game in a row with five or more rebounds as part of the seventh time this season.
• Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann tallied 12 points for her second double-digit outing in the last three games as part of the eighth overall game this season and 30th of her career.
• Hagemann also dished out a team-high five assists for her third game in a row with three or more helpers as part of the eighth game overall this season ... it was also the eighth game this season that Hagemann has led MSU in assists, as the Spartans are 7-1 when doing so.
• Graduate guard Moira Joiner also tallied 12 points as she continues her streak of scoring double-digits in every game this season, improving to 13-straight this season as part of 15 in a row back to the 2022-23 season and in 16 of her last 17 games ... overall, Joiner has scored in double-figures in 42 career contests.
• Joiner made one 3-pointer Saturday, as she has at least one triple in 12 of the 13 games this season.
• Joiner also swiped a game-high three steals, tying her season-best for the third time this season, most recently vs. Central Michigan (12/17).
• Sophomore guard Abbey Kimball rounded out the trio of Spartans with 12 points, tallying double-digits for the second game in a row and the sixth time this season and seventh in her career.
• Kimball netted a pair of 3-pointers, marking her second game in a row making multiple triples and the sixth time this season.
Team Stats
MSU
PSU
FG%
.493
.576
3FG%
.303
.333
FT%
.947
.750
RB
30
34
TO
12
20
STL
10
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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