Wednesday, February 21
West Lafayette, Ind.
7 PM
Michigan State University
at
Purdue
Spartans Conclude Road Trip at Purdue Wednesday
2/20/2024 3:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MSU defeated the Boilermakers in East Lansing earlier this season.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball will conclude its two-game road swing, traveling to Purdue on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. This is the second meeting between the Spartans and the Boilermakers with MSU winning in East Lansing, 97-70 on Jan. 24. JJ Palmer and Alex Brophy will be on the call for the BTN Plus.
• The Spartans returned to the winning column with a 70-66 win over Michigan on the road on Feb. 18. MSU is now 18-7 overall and 8-6 in Big Ten play. This is the first time since the 2018-19 season that the Spartans have reached the 18-win mark.
• Purdue is 11-14 this season and holds a 4-10 record in league play. The Boilermakers are 2-2 in their last four games, falling to Nebraska 77-65 at home on Feb. 17.
• For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Michigan State swept the season series with Michigan. In that season, MSU defeated Michigan 77-73 on Jan. 27 in Ann Arbor. The Spartans completed the sweep at home, 74-64, in East Lansing on Feb. 24. Prior to the win in East Lansing this season on Jan. 27, Michigan had won six of the last seven in the series. The win on Sunday was the 100th meeting of the two in-state rivals with MSU leading the series 75-25.
• Against Michigan on Feb. 18, graduate guard Moira Joiner tied her career high with six steals against Michigan on Sunday. She previously had six steals against Michigan on Feb. 5, 2023.
SCOUTING PURDUE
This is the second meeting of the season between the Boilermakers and the Spartans. Michigan State took the first meeting 97-70 on Jan. 24. Purdue stands 11-14 overall and 4-10 in league contests.
The Boilermakers are 2-2 in their last four games with wins against Illinois and at Northwestern. Purdue has losses at Indiana and at home against Nebraska.
Purdue is second in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (.778) and seventh in assists (7.48 apg). The Boilermakers are 11th in scoring offense (68.2 ppg), while standing ninth in scoring defense (69.5 ppg).
Jeanae Terry is tied with Julia Ayrault for eighth in the league in rebounding, averaging 7.1 rpg. Terry is also second in assists with 6.2 apg.
Head coach Katie Gearlds is in her third season at Purdue, leading the Boilermakers to back-to-back postseason bids, including the first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017. She holds and overall record of 275-90. During her three seasons at Purdue she has a record of 47-40.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THE BOILERMAKERS
Purdue leads the overall series with Michigan State 44-38. The Spartans are on top of the series in the Breslin Center 25-16, while the Boilermakers are on top 23-11 in West Lafayette. On neutral ground, Purdue leads 5-2. The Boilermakers have won the two of the last meetings in East Lansing, before MSU's dominating 97-70 win on Jan. 24. The Spartans have won three-straight games in West Lafayette with their last win coming on Jan. 3, 2021 by a score of 71-64.
LAST TIME VS PURDUE
Graduate guard Moira Joiner became the 30th member of the Michigan State women's basketball 1,000-point club early in the first quarter, as the Spartans rolled past Purdue, 97-70 on Jan. 24 at the Breslin Center.
Overall, five Spartans reached double figures in the win. Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock set a new career high with 24 points off the bench, going 10-for-12 from the field. Graduate guard/forward Tory Ozment also set a new career high with 23 points off the bench, also adding eight rebounds. Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was just shy of a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds, while sophomore guard Abbey Kimball scored 10 points in the victory.
BRING ON THE BENCH
All season the Michigan State bench has been a key part of the Spartans' success all season. MSU is 18th in the nation and first in the Big Ten in bench points, averaging 26.7 per game. Against Michigan on Feb. 18, Michigan State's bench out-scored U-M's 27-8 due in part to Tory Ozment's team-leading 16 points. Theryn Hallock also scored 11 points off the bench. The Spartans improved to 15-5 when out-scoring its opponents bench. This season, the MSU bench has scored 661 points through 25 games. Hallock is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.0 ppg.
OH WHAT A NIGHT
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault had the hot hand against No. 14/13 Indiana on Feb. 8. Ayrault netted a B1G season-high 25 points topping her previous B1G season-high of 20 points vs. Maryland (1/9/24). She netted a career-high five 3-pointers, bettering her previous top mark of four triples vs. Coastal Carolina (12/21/23). The five triples was her third game in the last four with multiple triples as part of the eighth game this season with more than one 3-pointer. Ayrault ended the game 9-for-11 from the field.
INCHING TOWARDS THE RECORD BOOKS
With four regular seasons-season games remaining, Michigan State is getting close to the school record for 3-pointers in a season. Through 25 games, the Spartans have made 234 treys this season. The school record is 252 set during the 2016-17 season. Graduate guard Moira Joiner leads the team with 60 3-pointers. The single-season record for individual treys was 122 by All-American Tori Jankoska during the 2016-17 season.
LOOKING TO BEAT THE BEST
Michigan State is still looking for its first win over a ranked team this season. The Spartans are 0-4 this year with losses to then-No. 4/3 Iowa and then-No. 17-16 Ohio State. On Feb. 8, Michigan State lost another close battle to No. 14/14 Indiana, 94-91, before falling to No. 5/5 Ohio State on Feb. 11. Three of the Spartans' four losses to ranked teams have come by five points or less. MSU's last win against a ranked team came against Indiana. On Dec. 29, 2022, the Spartans upset No. 3/3 Indiana, 83-78 in East Lansing.
AMONG THE BEST IN THE LAND
The Spartans are 10th in the nation field goal percentage, shooting 48.2 percent from the field. Michigan State is also ninth in the country in assists per game, averaging 19.0 apg. They are secondt in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.68). The Spartans high-flying offense currently stands fifth in the nation in scoring offense, as well (85.0 ppg). MSU is currently ninth in the nation in 3-pointers made (9.2/game).
Individually, Julia Ayrault is 22nd in the nation in blocks with 53 and 22nd in blocks per game (2.1 bpg). DeeDee Hagemann is 12th in the country assist/turnover ratio (2.76).
NET RANKING
Through Feb. 14, Michigan State holds a NET ranking of No. 22, which is fourth-best in the Big Ten. Iowa is first at No. 5, followed by Ohio State at No. 8 and Indiana at No. 11.
BY THE NUMBERS VS. MICHIGAN
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault's 13 points was her seventh-straight game with double-digits in the scoring column, passing her season and career-long for consecutive games in double-figures, which was six in a row from Dec. 17, 2023 - Jan. 9, 2024. Ayrault 11 of her 13 points in the second half to help the Spartans seal the win. She has reached double figures in scoring 20 times this season and MSU holds a 16-4 record in those games this season.
• The Spartans have now evened out their record at 3-3 when scoring 70-79 points in a game. MSU is also now 10-1 when allowing between 60-69 points in a game. Overall this season, MSU is 15-1 when allowing less than 69 points in a game.
• Graduate guard Moira Joiner tied her career high with six steals against Michigan on Sunday. She previously had six steals against Michigan on Feb. 5, 2023.
HISTORY HAS ITS EYE ON YOU
First-year Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick is the first Spartan head coach to post a Victory for MSU over Michigan in their first meeting since Karen Langeland's first season of 1976-77 in a 63-62 triumph on Jan. 24, 1977. Overall, Fralick is the third MSU head coach to do so, joining inaugural head coach Mikki Baile in the first-ever meeting between the Spartans and Wolverines on Feb. 3, 1973. With MSU's win in Ann Arbor on Feb. 18, Fralick joined Baile and Langeland as the only two coaches to sweep the Wolverines in their first attempt.
DID YOU KNOW?
With only four games remaining in the regular season, the Big Ten standings are very tight. With the Spartans holding an 8-6 record, they stand fifth in the standings just behind Nebraska. Ohio State stands first with a 13-1 mark, while Iowa now stands alone in second with a 12-2 record. Indiana is third with a 12-3 record. Just behind MSU, Maryland stands in sixth with a 7-7 mark.
LOOK AT ME NOW
With the 376 points, graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault needs just 58 more points to equal the combined sum of her previous three seasons in a Spartan uniform, as she had a combined 434 points in the 2019-23 seasons.
GETTING IN THE LINEUP
Sunday's Spartan 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 Michigan State's 16th-straight game with those five Spartans on the court for tip-off. MSU has had those five starters in 22 total games this season, now 15-7 with that starting five. The only other two Spartans to start this season are sophomore guard Theryn Hallock and junior forward Isaline Alexander.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK... RECORD BOOK
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault has 53 blocks on the year, the most in a single-season since 2009-10 when Allyssa DeHaan had 101 rejections. The 53 blocks moved Ayrault up to No. 7 on MSU's single-season blocks list, tying Kristen Rasmussen (1999-2000) with 53 rejections.
Blocked Shots
1. Allyssa DeHaan 150 2007-08
2. Allyssa DeHaan 145 2006-07
3. Allyssa DeHaan 107 2008-09
4. Allyssa DeHaan 101 2009-10
5. Kristen Rasmussen 57 1998-99
6. Kristen Rasmussen 53 1999-00
Julia Ayrault 53 2023-24
8. Kelli Roehrig 50 2004-05
9. Kristen Rasmussen 45 1997-98
10. Lykendra Johnson 44 2010-11
CLEAN SWEEP
For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Michigan State swept the season series with Michigan. In that season, MSU defeated Michigan 77-73 on Jan. 27 in Ann Arbor. The Spartans completed the sweep at home, 74-64, in East Lansing on Feb. 24. Prior to the win in East Lansing this season on Jan. 27, Michigan had won six of the last seven in the series. The win on Sunday was the 100th meeting of the two in-state rivals with MSU leading the series 75-25.
MOVIN' ON UP
Several Spartans are moving up the MSU record books. Graduate guard Moira Joiner now has 187 made 3-pointers. Joiner made one 3-pointer against Michigan to separate from a tie with Kalisha Keane (2007-11) for the No. 5 spot on MSU's career 3-pointers list. Even though she is just a junior, guard DeeDee Hagemann already has 406 career assists. Hagemann dished out three assists against U-M on Feb. 18. She is just the ninth player in MSU program history to reach the 400-career assists plateau, and vaulting to tie for No. 7 on the Spartans' career assists list with Tamika Matlock (1995-97) with 403 helpers.
FRALICK HITS MILESTONE
Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick reached a career milestone with a win against CMU on Dec. 17. She captured her 200th career win, now holding a 210-83 career record in eight seasons as a head coach at Ashland, Bowling Green and Michigan State.
AYRAULT SWATTING HER WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault swatted one block against Ohio State on Feb. 11 for her 53rd block of the season and 124th of her career. The 53 blocks are the most by a Spartan in a single-season since 2009-10 when Allyssa DeHaan had 101 rejections. Now with 53 blocks, Ayrault has moved up to tie for the No. 6 spot on MSU's single-season blocks list, matching Kristen Rasmussen (1999-2000) with 53 rejections.
Ayrault's 124 blocks is at No. 5 on MSU's career blocks list, just 10 shy of the No. 4 spot held by Kelli Roehrig (2001-05) with 134 blocks.
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT HER...JOINER
Graduate guard Moira Joiner topped the 1,000 career point mark with a 3-pointer at the 6:39 mark for her fifth point of the game against Purdue on Jan. 24. She becomes the 30th Spartan women's basketball player to join the MSU 1,000-Point Club and the first since All-American Nia Clouden hit her 1,000th point on Jan. 7, 2021 vs. Maryland. Clouden finished her career in 2022 with 1,882 points. Joiner now has scored 1,084 career points which puts her tied for 27th all-time in the MSU record books, passing with Jamie Wesley (1994-98).
AROUND THE BIG TEN
This season, Michigan State is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring margin (+16.6) and second in assists (19.0 apg). The Spartans are also second in the league in 3-point field goals made, averaging 9.36 per game. MSU is second in turnover margin (+6.80) and first in assist/turnover ratio (1.68).
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault leads the Spartans in scoring, averaging 15.0 points per game, which is 11th in the conference, while graduate guard Moira Joiner is 12th with 14.6 ppg. Ayrault is also tied for eighth in rebounding with 7.1 rpg and fourth in field goal percentage (.520). Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann is tied for seventh in the league in assists, averaging 4.8 apg and first in assist/turnover ratio (2.76). Ayrault is also second in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.1 bpg, behind Wisconsin's Serah Williams.
PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Sunday's game against Michigan was just the eighth time this season that the Spartans have been held under 80 points, now 3-6 when doing so, compared to 15-1 when scoring 80 or more points. MSU's 70 points was its fewest in the last seven games since being held to a season-low 50 points in a 69-50 loss at Minnesota.
BOUNCING BACK
Michigan State has had a history of bouncing back after losses this season. After the six of the Spartans' seven losses, MSU has rebounded with a vengeance. Four of the six wins after losses have been by 18 points or more. With a win against Michigan, the Spartans ended their first two-game losing streak of the season after losses to No. 14/13 Indiana and No. 5/5 Ohio State.
COMING NEXT YEAR
MSU head coach Robyn Fralick announced the signing of four National Letters of Intent, including Sinai Douglas, Helen Holley, Juliann Woodard (North Vernon, Indiana/Jennings County High School) and Inés Sotelo.
Douglas is a 5-4 guard, who is a native of Toledo, Ohio. She attends Toledo Start High School and is coached by Dane Franklin. Douglas is currently ranked No. 87 in the ESPNW HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings.
Holley is a 6-1 forward, who is a native of Cleveland Ohio, plays for head coach Kevin Byrne at the Gilmour Academy. As a junior, she averaged 14.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. She captured second-team All-Ohio honors last season.
Woodard is a 6-0 forward, who is a native of North Vernon, Indiana, plays for head coach Kristi Sigler at Jennings County High School. Woodard is currently ranked No. 58 in the ESPNW HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings.
Sotelo Miguez is a 6-3 forward, who is a native of Ourense, Spain. She has extensive international experience, including playing with the U18 Spanish National Team last summer in Konya, Turkey at the Eurobasket Tournament.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick has announced guard/forward Julia Ayrault and guard Moira Joiner as team captains, as voted on by the players on the 2023-24 women's basketball team. The duo are the first captains that Michigan State has had since the 2019-20 season, when Victoria Gaines and Taryn McCutcheon were tabbed team leaders.
LAST TIME OUT
In a game full of streaks, the Michigan State came out on top, 70-66, against Michigan at the Crisler Center on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans earned their first season sweep against the Wolverines since the 2018-19 season.
Graduate guard/forward Tory Ozment led the Spartans with 16 points of the bench also adding four rebounds. Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann added 14 points and three assists, while graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault had a strong second half to score 13 points. Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock was the final Spartan in double figures with 11 points.
• The Spartans returned to the winning column with a 70-66 win over Michigan on the road on Feb. 18. MSU is now 18-7 overall and 8-6 in Big Ten play. This is the first time since the 2018-19 season that the Spartans have reached the 18-win mark.
• Purdue is 11-14 this season and holds a 4-10 record in league play. The Boilermakers are 2-2 in their last four games, falling to Nebraska 77-65 at home on Feb. 17.
• For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Michigan State swept the season series with Michigan. In that season, MSU defeated Michigan 77-73 on Jan. 27 in Ann Arbor. The Spartans completed the sweep at home, 74-64, in East Lansing on Feb. 24. Prior to the win in East Lansing this season on Jan. 27, Michigan had won six of the last seven in the series. The win on Sunday was the 100th meeting of the two in-state rivals with MSU leading the series 75-25.
• Against Michigan on Feb. 18, graduate guard Moira Joiner tied her career high with six steals against Michigan on Sunday. She previously had six steals against Michigan on Feb. 5, 2023.
SCOUTING PURDUE
This is the second meeting of the season between the Boilermakers and the Spartans. Michigan State took the first meeting 97-70 on Jan. 24. Purdue stands 11-14 overall and 4-10 in league contests.
The Boilermakers are 2-2 in their last four games with wins against Illinois and at Northwestern. Purdue has losses at Indiana and at home against Nebraska.
Purdue is second in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (.778) and seventh in assists (7.48 apg). The Boilermakers are 11th in scoring offense (68.2 ppg), while standing ninth in scoring defense (69.5 ppg).
Jeanae Terry is tied with Julia Ayrault for eighth in the league in rebounding, averaging 7.1 rpg. Terry is also second in assists with 6.2 apg.
Head coach Katie Gearlds is in her third season at Purdue, leading the Boilermakers to back-to-back postseason bids, including the first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017. She holds and overall record of 275-90. During her three seasons at Purdue she has a record of 47-40.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THE BOILERMAKERS
Purdue leads the overall series with Michigan State 44-38. The Spartans are on top of the series in the Breslin Center 25-16, while the Boilermakers are on top 23-11 in West Lafayette. On neutral ground, Purdue leads 5-2. The Boilermakers have won the two of the last meetings in East Lansing, before MSU's dominating 97-70 win on Jan. 24. The Spartans have won three-straight games in West Lafayette with their last win coming on Jan. 3, 2021 by a score of 71-64.
LAST TIME VS PURDUE
Graduate guard Moira Joiner became the 30th member of the Michigan State women's basketball 1,000-point club early in the first quarter, as the Spartans rolled past Purdue, 97-70 on Jan. 24 at the Breslin Center.
Overall, five Spartans reached double figures in the win. Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock set a new career high with 24 points off the bench, going 10-for-12 from the field. Graduate guard/forward Tory Ozment also set a new career high with 23 points off the bench, also adding eight rebounds. Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault was just shy of a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds, while sophomore guard Abbey Kimball scored 10 points in the victory.
BRING ON THE BENCH
All season the Michigan State bench has been a key part of the Spartans' success all season. MSU is 18th in the nation and first in the Big Ten in bench points, averaging 26.7 per game. Against Michigan on Feb. 18, Michigan State's bench out-scored U-M's 27-8 due in part to Tory Ozment's team-leading 16 points. Theryn Hallock also scored 11 points off the bench. The Spartans improved to 15-5 when out-scoring its opponents bench. This season, the MSU bench has scored 661 points through 25 games. Hallock is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.0 ppg.
OH WHAT A NIGHT
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault had the hot hand against No. 14/13 Indiana on Feb. 8. Ayrault netted a B1G season-high 25 points topping her previous B1G season-high of 20 points vs. Maryland (1/9/24). She netted a career-high five 3-pointers, bettering her previous top mark of four triples vs. Coastal Carolina (12/21/23). The five triples was her third game in the last four with multiple triples as part of the eighth game this season with more than one 3-pointer. Ayrault ended the game 9-for-11 from the field.
INCHING TOWARDS THE RECORD BOOKS
With four regular seasons-season games remaining, Michigan State is getting close to the school record for 3-pointers in a season. Through 25 games, the Spartans have made 234 treys this season. The school record is 252 set during the 2016-17 season. Graduate guard Moira Joiner leads the team with 60 3-pointers. The single-season record for individual treys was 122 by All-American Tori Jankoska during the 2016-17 season.
LOOKING TO BEAT THE BEST
Michigan State is still looking for its first win over a ranked team this season. The Spartans are 0-4 this year with losses to then-No. 4/3 Iowa and then-No. 17-16 Ohio State. On Feb. 8, Michigan State lost another close battle to No. 14/14 Indiana, 94-91, before falling to No. 5/5 Ohio State on Feb. 11. Three of the Spartans' four losses to ranked teams have come by five points or less. MSU's last win against a ranked team came against Indiana. On Dec. 29, 2022, the Spartans upset No. 3/3 Indiana, 83-78 in East Lansing.
AMONG THE BEST IN THE LAND
The Spartans are 10th in the nation field goal percentage, shooting 48.2 percent from the field. Michigan State is also ninth in the country in assists per game, averaging 19.0 apg. They are secondt in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.68). The Spartans high-flying offense currently stands fifth in the nation in scoring offense, as well (85.0 ppg). MSU is currently ninth in the nation in 3-pointers made (9.2/game).
Individually, Julia Ayrault is 22nd in the nation in blocks with 53 and 22nd in blocks per game (2.1 bpg). DeeDee Hagemann is 12th in the country assist/turnover ratio (2.76).
NET RANKING
Through Feb. 14, Michigan State holds a NET ranking of No. 22, which is fourth-best in the Big Ten. Iowa is first at No. 5, followed by Ohio State at No. 8 and Indiana at No. 11.
BY THE NUMBERS VS. MICHIGAN
• Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault's 13 points was her seventh-straight game with double-digits in the scoring column, passing her season and career-long for consecutive games in double-figures, which was six in a row from Dec. 17, 2023 - Jan. 9, 2024. Ayrault 11 of her 13 points in the second half to help the Spartans seal the win. She has reached double figures in scoring 20 times this season and MSU holds a 16-4 record in those games this season.
• The Spartans have now evened out their record at 3-3 when scoring 70-79 points in a game. MSU is also now 10-1 when allowing between 60-69 points in a game. Overall this season, MSU is 15-1 when allowing less than 69 points in a game.
• Graduate guard Moira Joiner tied her career high with six steals against Michigan on Sunday. She previously had six steals against Michigan on Feb. 5, 2023.
HISTORY HAS ITS EYE ON YOU
First-year Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick is the first Spartan head coach to post a Victory for MSU over Michigan in their first meeting since Karen Langeland's first season of 1976-77 in a 63-62 triumph on Jan. 24, 1977. Overall, Fralick is the third MSU head coach to do so, joining inaugural head coach Mikki Baile in the first-ever meeting between the Spartans and Wolverines on Feb. 3, 1973. With MSU's win in Ann Arbor on Feb. 18, Fralick joined Baile and Langeland as the only two coaches to sweep the Wolverines in their first attempt.
DID YOU KNOW?
With only four games remaining in the regular season, the Big Ten standings are very tight. With the Spartans holding an 8-6 record, they stand fifth in the standings just behind Nebraska. Ohio State stands first with a 13-1 mark, while Iowa now stands alone in second with a 12-2 record. Indiana is third with a 12-3 record. Just behind MSU, Maryland stands in sixth with a 7-7 mark.
LOOK AT ME NOW
With the 376 points, graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault needs just 58 more points to equal the combined sum of her previous three seasons in a Spartan uniform, as she had a combined 434 points in the 2019-23 seasons.
GETTING IN THE LINEUP
Sunday's Spartan 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 Michigan State's 16th-straight game with those five Spartans on the court for tip-off. MSU has had those five starters in 22 total games this season, now 15-7 with that starting five. The only other two Spartans to start this season are sophomore guard Theryn Hallock and junior forward Isaline Alexander.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK... RECORD BOOK
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault has 53 blocks on the year, the most in a single-season since 2009-10 when Allyssa DeHaan had 101 rejections. The 53 blocks moved Ayrault up to No. 7 on MSU's single-season blocks list, tying Kristen Rasmussen (1999-2000) with 53 rejections.
Blocked Shots
1. Allyssa DeHaan 150 2007-08
2. Allyssa DeHaan 145 2006-07
3. Allyssa DeHaan 107 2008-09
4. Allyssa DeHaan 101 2009-10
5. Kristen Rasmussen 57 1998-99
6. Kristen Rasmussen 53 1999-00
Julia Ayrault 53 2023-24
8. Kelli Roehrig 50 2004-05
9. Kristen Rasmussen 45 1997-98
10. Lykendra Johnson 44 2010-11
CLEAN SWEEP
For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Michigan State swept the season series with Michigan. In that season, MSU defeated Michigan 77-73 on Jan. 27 in Ann Arbor. The Spartans completed the sweep at home, 74-64, in East Lansing on Feb. 24. Prior to the win in East Lansing this season on Jan. 27, Michigan had won six of the last seven in the series. The win on Sunday was the 100th meeting of the two in-state rivals with MSU leading the series 75-25.
MOVIN' ON UP
Several Spartans are moving up the MSU record books. Graduate guard Moira Joiner now has 187 made 3-pointers. Joiner made one 3-pointer against Michigan to separate from a tie with Kalisha Keane (2007-11) for the No. 5 spot on MSU's career 3-pointers list. Even though she is just a junior, guard DeeDee Hagemann already has 406 career assists. Hagemann dished out three assists against U-M on Feb. 18. She is just the ninth player in MSU program history to reach the 400-career assists plateau, and vaulting to tie for No. 7 on the Spartans' career assists list with Tamika Matlock (1995-97) with 403 helpers.
FRALICK HITS MILESTONE
Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick reached a career milestone with a win against CMU on Dec. 17. She captured her 200th career win, now holding a 210-83 career record in eight seasons as a head coach at Ashland, Bowling Green and Michigan State.
AYRAULT SWATTING HER WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault swatted one block against Ohio State on Feb. 11 for her 53rd block of the season and 124th of her career. The 53 blocks are the most by a Spartan in a single-season since 2009-10 when Allyssa DeHaan had 101 rejections. Now with 53 blocks, Ayrault has moved up to tie for the No. 6 spot on MSU's single-season blocks list, matching Kristen Rasmussen (1999-2000) with 53 rejections.
Ayrault's 124 blocks is at No. 5 on MSU's career blocks list, just 10 shy of the No. 4 spot held by Kelli Roehrig (2001-05) with 134 blocks.
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT HER...JOINER
Graduate guard Moira Joiner topped the 1,000 career point mark with a 3-pointer at the 6:39 mark for her fifth point of the game against Purdue on Jan. 24. She becomes the 30th Spartan women's basketball player to join the MSU 1,000-Point Club and the first since All-American Nia Clouden hit her 1,000th point on Jan. 7, 2021 vs. Maryland. Clouden finished her career in 2022 with 1,882 points. Joiner now has scored 1,084 career points which puts her tied for 27th all-time in the MSU record books, passing with Jamie Wesley (1994-98).
AROUND THE BIG TEN
This season, Michigan State is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring margin (+16.6) and second in assists (19.0 apg). The Spartans are also second in the league in 3-point field goals made, averaging 9.36 per game. MSU is second in turnover margin (+6.80) and first in assist/turnover ratio (1.68).
Graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault leads the Spartans in scoring, averaging 15.0 points per game, which is 11th in the conference, while graduate guard Moira Joiner is 12th with 14.6 ppg. Ayrault is also tied for eighth in rebounding with 7.1 rpg and fourth in field goal percentage (.520). Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann is tied for seventh in the league in assists, averaging 4.8 apg and first in assist/turnover ratio (2.76). Ayrault is also second in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.1 bpg, behind Wisconsin's Serah Williams.
PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Sunday's game against Michigan was just the eighth time this season that the Spartans have been held under 80 points, now 3-6 when doing so, compared to 15-1 when scoring 80 or more points. MSU's 70 points was its fewest in the last seven games since being held to a season-low 50 points in a 69-50 loss at Minnesota.
BOUNCING BACK
Michigan State has had a history of bouncing back after losses this season. After the six of the Spartans' seven losses, MSU has rebounded with a vengeance. Four of the six wins after losses have been by 18 points or more. With a win against Michigan, the Spartans ended their first two-game losing streak of the season after losses to No. 14/13 Indiana and No. 5/5 Ohio State.
COMING NEXT YEAR
MSU head coach Robyn Fralick announced the signing of four National Letters of Intent, including Sinai Douglas, Helen Holley, Juliann Woodard (North Vernon, Indiana/Jennings County High School) and Inés Sotelo.
Douglas is a 5-4 guard, who is a native of Toledo, Ohio. She attends Toledo Start High School and is coached by Dane Franklin. Douglas is currently ranked No. 87 in the ESPNW HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings.
Holley is a 6-1 forward, who is a native of Cleveland Ohio, plays for head coach Kevin Byrne at the Gilmour Academy. As a junior, she averaged 14.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. She captured second-team All-Ohio honors last season.
Woodard is a 6-0 forward, who is a native of North Vernon, Indiana, plays for head coach Kristi Sigler at Jennings County High School. Woodard is currently ranked No. 58 in the ESPNW HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings.
Sotelo Miguez is a 6-3 forward, who is a native of Ourense, Spain. She has extensive international experience, including playing with the U18 Spanish National Team last summer in Konya, Turkey at the Eurobasket Tournament.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
Michigan State head coach Robyn Fralick has announced guard/forward Julia Ayrault and guard Moira Joiner as team captains, as voted on by the players on the 2023-24 women's basketball team. The duo are the first captains that Michigan State has had since the 2019-20 season, when Victoria Gaines and Taryn McCutcheon were tabbed team leaders.
LAST TIME OUT
In a game full of streaks, the Michigan State came out on top, 70-66, against Michigan at the Crisler Center on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans earned their first season sweep against the Wolverines since the 2018-19 season.
Graduate guard/forward Tory Ozment led the Spartans with 16 points of the bench also adding four rebounds. Junior guard DeeDee Hagemann added 14 points and three assists, while graduate guard/forward Julia Ayrault had a strong second half to score 13 points. Sophomore guard Theryn Hallock was the final Spartan in double figures with 11 points.
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