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2020-21 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (2-0, 0-0 B1G) AT MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS (1-1, 0-0 B1G) 3 Wednesday, December 9 • 9 p.m. ET • Williams Arena THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE 2020-21 MSU SCHEDULE FOLLOW ALONG • Michigan State women’s basketball will open Big Radio: WJIM 1240 AM; msuspartans.com Ten play at Minnesota on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 9 NOVEMBER Keaton Gillogly (pxp) p.m. ET. The game will be televised on the Big Ten 27 ST. FRANCIS (PA.) BTN+ W, 77-44 Live stats: msuspartans.com Network with Lisa Byington and Christy Winters DECEMBER TV: B1G Network 2 DETROIT MERCY BTN+ W, 82-45 Wednesday, Dec. 9 • 9 p.m. ET •Williams Arena Scott on the call. The Spartans opened the season 2-0 with a pair of home wins. 9 at Minnesota * BTN 9 p.m. Lisa Byington (pxp), Christy Winters Scott (analyst) 12 IOWA * BTN+ 1 p.m. • MSU’s B1G opener vs. Minnesota will be the earli- 18 CENTRAL MICHIGAN BTN+ TBA est Big Ten opener since falling to Indiana on Dec. 20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS BTN+ TBA 6, 2009. The Spartans first home Big Ten game will 22 OAKLAND BTN+ TBA be against Iowa on Dec. 12. Michigan State will play 31 at Ohio State * BTN 12 p.m. a total of three league contests in December, con- cluding with a New Year’s Eve road battle against JANUARY Ohio State. 3 at Purdue * TBA 7 MARYLAND * TBA • Junior guard Nia Clouden netted 15 points vs 10 NEBRASKA * TBA MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 14 at Illinois * TBA 2020-21 Record ................................. 2-0 (0-0 Big Ten) Detroit Mercy, including 10 in the first half, mark- 18 at Michigan * TBA Head Coach ...................... Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) ing her second double-figure scoring game in as Career Record ..................... 484-268/25th Season many outings this season. She now has 13-straight 21 INDIANA * TBA MSU Record ..........................283-148/14th Season career games in double-digits dating back to last 24 at Wisconsin * TBA Media Relations Contact: ........................ Kara Fisher year, having posted double-figures in 29 of last 32 28 MICHIGAN * TBA 517-896-0724 / [email protected] games played. 31 at Indiana * TBA Website .......................................msuspartans.com • Junior guard Tori Ozment is one of five Spartans FEBRUARY to average in double figures through the first two 4 ILLINOIS * TBA games. Ozment has scored in double figures in 7 NORTHWESTERN * TBA MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS both games and is averaging 10.5 ppg. 10 at Maryland * TBA 2020-21 Record .................................. 1-1 (0-0 Big Ten) 13 at Penn State * TBA Head Coach ............Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota ‘04) • Junior guard Janai Crooms was granted immedi- 21 PURDUE * TBA Career Record ..................... 38-27/Three Seasons ate eligibility from the NCAA for the 2020-21 season 24 RUTGERS * TBA UM Record ...................................................Same on Dec. 4. Crooms came to Michigan State after 27 at Nebraska * TBA Media Relations Contact: ....................Karl Anderson two successful seasons at Ohio State. In two years 612-910-2564 / [email protected] at OSU, she averaged 7.8 points and 3.5 rebounds March Website ....................................GopherSports.com per game. 5/6 WISCONSIN * TBA 9-13 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP * Big Ten Contest Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MPG Notables Home games in BOLD G 24 Nia Clouden (Jr., 5-8, Owings Mills, Md.) 15.0 3.0 7.0 30.2 4th career double-double vs. SFU G 22 Moira Joiner (So., 5-10, Saginaw, Mich.) 7.5 2.0 4.5 25.0 Started 27 career games G/F 1 Tory Ozment (Jr., 6-1, Buford, Ga.) 10.5 3.0 3.0 26.5 Reached double figures in last 2 games F 2 Mardrekia Cook (R-Sr., 6-0, Muskegon, Mich.) 3.0 6.5 2.5 18.1 Career-high 9 boards vs. UDM F 14 Taiyier Parks (So., 6-3, Cleveland, Ohio) 11.5 6.5 1.0 19.9 Reached double figures in last 2 games KEY RESERVES F 44 Kendall Bostic (Fr., 6-2, Kokomo, Ind.) 11.5 5.0 0.5 21.6 Scored 15 in Spartan debut G 40 Julia Ayrault (So., 6-2, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) 9.0 5.0 4.0 23.1 Avg. 9.0 ppg & 4.0 apg G 3 Alyza Winston (So., 5-7, Muskegon, Mich.) 11.0 1.0 2.0 22.8 Scored 11.0 ppg vs. UDM G 21 Laurel Jacqmain (Sr., 5-8, Saginaw, Mich.) 4.0 1.0 1.0 14.7 MSU high eight points vs. SFU C 12 Lauren Rewers (Gr., 6-4, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho) 2.0 1.5 0.0 9.6 Made MSU debut vs. SFU facebook.com/MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU.WBasketball 2020-21 Michigan State Women’s Basketball 1 Game 3 vs. Minnesota 2020-21 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL POLLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation AP Women’s Top 25 Poll (Dec. 8) 1 Tory Ozment F 6-1 Jr. Buford, Ga./Buford Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 Stanford (24) 3-0 740 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 R-Sr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Mar-DREEK-uh 2 Louisville (2) 4-0 689 3 Alyza Winston G 5-7 So. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Uh-lie-za 3 UConn (2) 0-0 675 4 NC State (2) 4-0 670 4 Alisia Smith F 6-3 R-Jr. East Lansing, Mich./Waverly/Penn State Uh-LEE-see-uh 5 South Carolina 4-1 647 6 Arizona 3-0 605 5 Claire Hendrickson G 5-11 R-Jr. Wyoming, Mich./Wyoming 7 Baylor 2-1 552 12 Lauren Rewers C 6-4 Gr. Coeur D’Alene, Idaho/Lake City/Hawai’i ROO-oars 8 Oregon 4-0 525 9 Kentucky 4-0 504 14 Taiyier Parks F 6-3 So. Cleveland, Ohio/North Royalton Tie-EAR 10 Texas A&M 4-0 463 20 Jayla James F 6-1 R-Jr. Upper Marlboro, Md./Riverdale Baptist/Penn State 11 UCLA 2-1 452 12 Mississippi State 2-1 413 21 Laurel Jacqmain F 5-8 R-Sr. Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw Valley Jack-man 13 Arkansas 5-1 409 22 Moira Joiner G 5-10 So. Saginaw, Mich./Hertiage Moy-ruh 14 Maryland 3-1 342 15 Oregon State 3-0 304 23 Janai Crooms G 5-10 R-Jr. Cranston, R.I./St. Andrews/Ohio State Juh-NAY Indiana 2-1 304 24 Nia Clouden G 5-8 Jr. Owings Mills, Md./St. Frances Knee-uh 17 Northwestern 0-0 271 18 Ohio State 3-0 191 40 Julie Ayrault G 6-2 So. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North A-rawlt 19 Michigan 4-0 170 20 Syracuse 3-0 169 44 Kendall Bostic F 6-2 Fr. Kokomo, Ind./Northwestern Boss-tick 21 Missouri State 2-1 162 50 Cydni Dodd C 6-5 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central Sydney 22 South Dakota State 3-0 104 23 Texas 3-1 69 24 DePaul 1-2 63 Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant) 25 Gonzaga 1-2 62 Associate Head Coach: Dean Lockwood Assistant Coach: Maria Fantanarosa (Fan-TAN-uh-rosa) Others receiving votes: South Florida 59, Iowa State 54, North Carolina 38, Arizona Assistant Coach: Kristin Haynie (Hay-KNEE) State 12, Notre Dame 8, West Virginia 6, Wake Forest 5, Ohio 4, Boston College 4, Georgia 3, Virginia Tech 2 USA Today Coaches Poll (Preseason) Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 South Carolina (31) 0-0 799 SPARTANS AT A GLANCE 2 Stanford (1) 0-0 740 3 UConn 0-0 732 4 Baylor 0-0 702 University Information Team Information 5 Louisville 0-0 663 Name .......................................... Michigan State University 2020-21 Overall Record .................................................... 2-0 6 NC State 0-0 601 Location ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2020-21 Big Ten Record ...................................................0-0 7 Mississippi State 0-0 567 Founded .........................................................................1855 2019-20 Postseason ........................................................N/A 8 Arizona 0-0 548 9 Oregon 0-0 539 Enrollment .................................................................50,351 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................10/5 10 UCLA 0-0 535 Nickname ............................................................... Spartans Starters Returning/Lost .................................................. 3/2 11 Maryland 0-0 456 Colors ........................................................ Green and White Newcomers ........................................................................ 5 12 Kentucky 0-0 451 13 Texas A&M 0-0 377 Conference ...............................................................Big Ten 14 Arkansas 0-0 360 Division ........................................................NCAA Division I Spartan Program History 15 Indiana 0-0 347 President ................................................Dr. Samuel Stanley First Year ................................................................... 1972-73 16 Northwestern 0-0 287 Athletics Director ............................................Bill Beekman All-Time Record .............................................846-541 (.610) 17 Oregon State 0-0 281 18 Iowa State 0-0 253 Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Jennifer Smith NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................................17 19 DePaul 0-0 219 Faculty Representatives........................ Michael Kaplowitz (1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 20 Gonzaga 0-0 192 Bonnie Knutson 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) 21 Syracuse 0-0 149 22 Ohio State 0-0 135 Home Arena ....................................Breslin Center (14,797) NCAA Final Four Appearances ................................1 (2005) 23 Notre Dame 0-0 104 All-Time Record at Breslin (since 1989) ...................336-107 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ............................ 19-17 24 Michigan 0-0 84 Ticket Office Phone ........... 517.355.1610 or 800.GO.STATE WNIT Appearances..........4 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2018) 25 Missouri State 0-0 76 Breslin Center Press Row .................................517-353-1626 WNIT Record ..................................................................13-5 Others receiving votes: Texas 72, South Big Ten Championships .....................1997, 2005, 2011, 2014 Dakota 25, Florida State 23, Iowa 13, North Coaching Staff Big Ten Tournament Championships ...........................2005 Carolina 11, Arizona State 11, South Florida 9, Head Coach ............Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan, 91) Middle Tennessee 7, Rutgers 7, Virginia Tech 6, Tennessee 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3, BYU 3, Overall Record (years) ...............................