Wednesday, February 22
East Lansing, Mich.
4:30 PM
Michigan State University
14-13,6-10Big Ten
71
vs
67
Minnesota
10-18,3-14Big Ten
1
2
3
4
F
Minnesota
7
23
15
22
67
Michigan St.
17
16
18
20
71
Team Stats
MINN
MSU
FG%
.391
.365
3FG%
.423
.227
FT%
.667
.800
RB
40
44
TO
12
9
STL
5
6
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
15
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
10
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
F
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballG/F
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
F
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
MSU Women Earn Senior Day Victory Over Minnesota, 71-67
2/22/2023 8:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Four Spartans reach double figures in the win.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Not even a Michigan ice storm could keep the MSU women's basketball team from capturing a 71-67 Senior Day win against Minnesota Wednesday at the Breslin Center.
Due to inclement weather in the East Lansing area, Michigan State athletics moved the game from a 7 p.m. start to a 4:30 p.m. tipoff.
After the game, Michigan State honored seniors Jayla James, Kamaria McDaniel and Stephanie Visscher.
With the win, the Spartans improve to 14-13 overall and 6-10 in Big Ten action. Minnesota falls to 10-18 overall and 3-14 in league play.
Michigan State had four players in double figures led by 15 points from both sophomore guard/forward Matilda Ekh and graduate guard Kamaria McDaniel. Senior guard Moira Joiner and sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann both added 11 points. Senior forward Taiyier Parks was big on the boards with a game-high 11 rebounds.
Ekh went 10-for-10 from the free throw line, making her the 12th Spartan in program history to end a game with a 1.000 free throw percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts. The last time a Michigan State player went 10-for-10 at the line was Nia Clouden against Ohio State on Feb. 27, 2022.
Minnesota was led by Mara Braun who scored 17 points.
Both teams missed their first five shots, before Hagemann drained the first bucket of the game. The MSU offense picked up from there, using a 11-0 run to take a 13-3 lead. The Spartans were able to keep the Gophers off the scoreboard for over four minutes. Michigan State used balanced scoring to end the first period, leading 17-7.
In the second quarter, Minnesota came to life with a 7-0 run that made it a 21-18 Spartan lead at the 6:20 mark. A Mi'cole Cayton bucket tied the game at 23-23 with under five minutes left in the half. Despite the late MSU push, the Gophers out-scored the Spartans 23-16 in the quarter. Behind nine points from Hagemann, Michigan State led at the half 33-30.
Minnesota started hot in the third period. At the 4:37 mark, Minnesota took its first lead, 40-39, after a Isabelle Gradwell trey, capping off a 6-0 run. Michigan State kept Minnesota off the scoreboard for the final 2:25 of the period to take a 51-45 lead headed to the fourth quarter. Ekh lead the way in the third period with six points.
Early in the fourth quarter, Minnesota tied the game 53-53, but a McDaniel layup put the Spartans back up for good. She eventually scored six-straight for the Spartans to put MSU on top 59-53. McDaniel scored 10 of her 15 points in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Michigan State will end the regular season traveling to Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes: vs. Minnesota
• Despite an early 3-point make from the Golden Gophers, the Spartans embarked upon a 13-0 scoring run beginning at the 6:15 mark of the first period to take a 15-3 lead. MSU would finish the opening period with a 17-7 advantage on the scoreboard.
• The Green & White finished with four players in double figures scoring, bringing Michigan State's season record to 7-3 overall when four Spartans crack the double-digit mark.
• MSU won the turnover battle by a 12-9 margin and capitalized on the other end, out-scoring Minnesota by a 20-6 tally in points off turnovers. The Spartans are 14-7 in games when winning the turnover battle and 13-6 in games when scoring more points off turnovers.
• The Spartans out-rebounded the Golden Gophers on the offensive end by a 12-9 margin, culminating in a 12-5 differential in second chance points. Michigan State is now 12-6 when racking up more second chance points than its opponent.
• Four Spartans provided scoring off the bench and MSU out-scored Minnesota, 35-23, in points off the pine. Michigan State improves to 14-9 when its reserves out-score the opponent's.
• The Spartans utilized the starting lineup of DeeDee Hagemann, Kamaria McDaniel, Stephanie Visscher, Isaline Alexander and Jayla James for the first time this season (1-0).
• Graduate guard Kamaria McDaniel finished the afternoon with 15 points, highlighted by 10 in the fourth quarter on 3-for-4 efficiency from the floor with a 4-for-4 effort at the line. McDaniel reached the double-digit scoring mark for the 18th time in her Spartan career.
• Sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann tallied 11 points against the Golden Gophers, recording double-figures in scoring for the 11th time this season and 20th time in her career. Hagemann finished with a game-high six assists in addition to two offensive rebounds.
• Sophomore guard/forward Matilda Ekh scored 15 points aided by a career-high 10 free throw makes, reaching double digits for the 19th time this season and 38th time in her collegiate career.
• Ekh's 10-for-10 showing at the line made her the 12th Spartan in program history to end a game with a 1.000 free throw percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts. The last time a Michigan State player went 10-for-10 at the line was Nia Clouden against Ohio State on Feb. 27, 2022.
• Senior forward Taiyier Parks finished with a game-high 11 rebounds, her third game of the season in double figures on the glass and 13th of her career.
Due to inclement weather in the East Lansing area, Michigan State athletics moved the game from a 7 p.m. start to a 4:30 p.m. tipoff.
After the game, Michigan State honored seniors Jayla James, Kamaria McDaniel and Stephanie Visscher.
With the win, the Spartans improve to 14-13 overall and 6-10 in Big Ten action. Minnesota falls to 10-18 overall and 3-14 in league play.
Michigan State had four players in double figures led by 15 points from both sophomore guard/forward Matilda Ekh and graduate guard Kamaria McDaniel. Senior guard Moira Joiner and sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann both added 11 points. Senior forward Taiyier Parks was big on the boards with a game-high 11 rebounds.
Ekh went 10-for-10 from the free throw line, making her the 12th Spartan in program history to end a game with a 1.000 free throw percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts. The last time a Michigan State player went 10-for-10 at the line was Nia Clouden against Ohio State on Feb. 27, 2022.
Minnesota was led by Mara Braun who scored 17 points.
Both teams missed their first five shots, before Hagemann drained the first bucket of the game. The MSU offense picked up from there, using a 11-0 run to take a 13-3 lead. The Spartans were able to keep the Gophers off the scoreboard for over four minutes. Michigan State used balanced scoring to end the first period, leading 17-7.
In the second quarter, Minnesota came to life with a 7-0 run that made it a 21-18 Spartan lead at the 6:20 mark. A Mi'cole Cayton bucket tied the game at 23-23 with under five minutes left in the half. Despite the late MSU push, the Gophers out-scored the Spartans 23-16 in the quarter. Behind nine points from Hagemann, Michigan State led at the half 33-30.
Minnesota started hot in the third period. At the 4:37 mark, Minnesota took its first lead, 40-39, after a Isabelle Gradwell trey, capping off a 6-0 run. Michigan State kept Minnesota off the scoreboard for the final 2:25 of the period to take a 51-45 lead headed to the fourth quarter. Ekh lead the way in the third period with six points.
Early in the fourth quarter, Minnesota tied the game 53-53, but a McDaniel layup put the Spartans back up for good. She eventually scored six-straight for the Spartans to put MSU on top 59-53. McDaniel scored 10 of her 15 points in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Michigan State will end the regular season traveling to Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.
Michigan State Women's Basketball Post-Game Notes: vs. Minnesota
• Despite an early 3-point make from the Golden Gophers, the Spartans embarked upon a 13-0 scoring run beginning at the 6:15 mark of the first period to take a 15-3 lead. MSU would finish the opening period with a 17-7 advantage on the scoreboard.
• The Green & White finished with four players in double figures scoring, bringing Michigan State's season record to 7-3 overall when four Spartans crack the double-digit mark.
• MSU won the turnover battle by a 12-9 margin and capitalized on the other end, out-scoring Minnesota by a 20-6 tally in points off turnovers. The Spartans are 14-7 in games when winning the turnover battle and 13-6 in games when scoring more points off turnovers.
• The Spartans out-rebounded the Golden Gophers on the offensive end by a 12-9 margin, culminating in a 12-5 differential in second chance points. Michigan State is now 12-6 when racking up more second chance points than its opponent.
• Four Spartans provided scoring off the bench and MSU out-scored Minnesota, 35-23, in points off the pine. Michigan State improves to 14-9 when its reserves out-score the opponent's.
• The Spartans utilized the starting lineup of DeeDee Hagemann, Kamaria McDaniel, Stephanie Visscher, Isaline Alexander and Jayla James for the first time this season (1-0).
• Graduate guard Kamaria McDaniel finished the afternoon with 15 points, highlighted by 10 in the fourth quarter on 3-for-4 efficiency from the floor with a 4-for-4 effort at the line. McDaniel reached the double-digit scoring mark for the 18th time in her Spartan career.
• Sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann tallied 11 points against the Golden Gophers, recording double-figures in scoring for the 11th time this season and 20th time in her career. Hagemann finished with a game-high six assists in addition to two offensive rebounds.
• Sophomore guard/forward Matilda Ekh scored 15 points aided by a career-high 10 free throw makes, reaching double digits for the 19th time this season and 38th time in her collegiate career.
• Ekh's 10-for-10 showing at the line made her the 12th Spartan in program history to end a game with a 1.000 free throw percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts. The last time a Michigan State player went 10-for-10 at the line was Nia Clouden against Ohio State on Feb. 27, 2022.
• Senior forward Taiyier Parks finished with a game-high 11 rebounds, her third game of the season in double figures on the glass and 13th of her career.
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