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Xavier Booker scores career-high 18, No. 20 Michigan State beats Oakland 77-58 for 4th straight win
DETROIT (AP) — Xavier Booker scored a career-high 18 points, Jaden Akins had 16 and Jaxon Kohler added 14 to lead No. 20 Michigan State in a 77-58 win over Oakland on Tuesday night. The Spartans (9-2) have won four straight and seven of their last eight games. The...
Carr scores 12, Kohler has double-double and Michigan State beats Minnesota 90-72 in Big Ten opener
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Coen Carr scored 12 points, Jaxon Kohler had a double-double and Michigan State led most of the way in a 90-72 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night in a Big Ten Conference opener. Carr shot 5 of 8 from the floor and Kohler scored 11 points and grabbed 11...
Michigan State gets 40 points from its bench in 72-56 win over Colorado to open Maui Invitational
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Jase Richardson came off the bench to score 13 points as Michigan State beat Colorado 72-56 Monday in its first appearance in the Maui Invitational since 2019. The Spartans (5-1) are playing in their sixth Maui Invitational, the fifth under coach Tom Izzo. ...
Realignment has changed college sports. That's left basketball to adjust in a football-driven world
Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel recalls coaching in the Big 12 when Texas flirted with heading to what was then the Pac-10, a move that threatened to tear the Big 12 apart and potentially leave Kansas homeless despite being a basketball blueblood. The Longhorns stayed put for another 13...
Michigan State's Tom Izzo enters 30th season as head coach, hoping to extend NCAA streak to 27
Michigan State (20-15, 10-10 Big Ten) Basketball Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo is entering his 30th season in charge of the program, shooting to extend an NCAA Tournament streak to 27. The Spartans lost their top three scorers from last year. Senior shooting guard Jaden Akins will have...
Conference expansion creates intriguing matchups for Big Ten
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Of all the concerns he has about UCLA's move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, there was one that clearly topped coach Mick Cronin's list. The Bruins play at Indiana on Feb. 14, and friends and family back home keep asking for tickets. Cronin has bad news for...
