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Michigan State women’s basketball junior named to national watch list

A Michigan State SF has been named to national watch list

Michigan State women’s basketball is gearing up for a huge second season under new head coach Robyn Fralick after a round of 32 appearance in the NCAA Tournament just a year ago.

For the Spartans to have success in the upcoming year, the Spartans will need to rely heavily on junior small forward Grace VanSlooten, a transfer from Oregon.

The Spartans wing has been named to the Cheryl Miller Award preseason watchlist, honoring the nation’s top small forward.

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Best pictures from MSU women’s basketball media day

Check out the best pictures from MSU’s media day:

Michigan State women’s basketball is gearing up for the start of the 2024-25 season. The Spartans will open action against Wayne State in an exhibition next Monday, but the regular season will begin on Nov. 5 against Oakland in East Lansing.

On Tuesday, the Spartans gathered at the Breslin Center for a media day session. Check out the best pictures from the session:

Michigan State women’s basketball lands commitment from Ball State transfer Nyla Hampton

Michigan State women’s basketball lands commitment from Ball State transfer Nyla Hampton

Robyn Fralick has been busy adding to her Michigan State women’s basketball team. The Spartans have now added four transfers with the commitment of Ball State transfer Nyla Hampton on Friday and the commitment of Jaddan Simmons on Saturday.

Nyla Hampton, who was part of Robyn Fralick’s team at Bowling Green before she transferred to Ball State, averaged 8.7 points per game to go along with 4.8 assists and 3.3 steal for the Cardinals.

Combine that with Jaddan Simmons, Grace Vanslooten and Emma Shumate and the Spartans are looking dangerous next year.

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Michigan State women’s basketball ends regular season with blowout road win over Wisconsin

Michigan State women’s basketball ends regular season with road win over Wisconsin

In their last game of the 2023-23 regular season, the first under head coach Robyn Fralick, Michigan State women’s basketball was able to take down Wisconsin 78 to 52 and end the regular season on a high note.

The Spartans end the regular season 12-6 in the Big Ten for one of their best conference finishes in years. They ended their season with a five game winning streak in the Big Ten.

For this win, Moira Joiner led the way with 20 points. Julia Ayrault also added 19, while DeeDee Hagemann and Theryn Hallock also scored in double digits.

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Michigan State women’s basketball beats Michigan on the road

Michigan State women’s basketball beats Michigan on the road

For the second time this weekend, a Michigan State basketball team has beaten Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Spartans earned their 18th win of the season with a 70-66 victory over the Wolverines.

This was a well-rounded victory for MSU, as they were led in scoring by bench guard Tory Ozment, who scored 16. The usual suspects also came through today, with DeeDee Hagemann scoring 14 and adding 3 assists, and Julia Ayrault, who scored 13 points on the day.

Theryn Hallock also added 11 points and 2 steals off the bench.

The Spartans are now 18-7 on the year and 8-6 in the Big Ten as they continue their march towards the NCAA Tournament under new head coach Robyn Fralick.

Michigan State women’s basketball releases nonconference schedule

The nonconference schedule has been released for MSU women’s basketball

Michigan State is entering a new era of women’s basketball with new head coach Robyn Fralick taking the reigns of the program for the first season after the Spartans and Suzy Merchant parted ways.

It is an exciting time and there is a lot of anticipation for the upcoming season in East Lansing. Check out the schedule below:

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Michigan State Women’s basketball makes top-5 for 5-star Mackenly Randolph, daughter of Zach Randolph

Michigan State makes top-5 for 5-star Mackenly Randolph, daughter of Zach Randolph

Michigan State Women’s basketball has a new head coach in town, as Robyn Fralick has joined the program as the successor to Suzy Merchant. Fralick and her staff received some big news on the recruiting front on Monday, when 5-star forward Mackenly Randolph dropped her top-5 for her recruitment and included the Spartans in the list.

Mackenly is the daughter of former MSU star Zach Randolph.

Her top-5 are:

  • MSU
  • Duke
  • South Carolina
  • Louisville
  • Notre Dame

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Michigan State women’s basketball lands big time commitment

MSU’ women’s basketball has landed a commitment from Juliann Woodard

New Michigan State women’s basketball coach Robyn Fralick has been making waves in East Lansing since she took over for Suzy Merchant, and now she has added another strong recruit to the puzzle.

MSU has landed the commitment of Juliann Woodard beating out Butler and Marquette, among others.

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Michigan State Women’s Basketball adds Okemos native Robyn Fralick as new head coach

The Michigan State Women’s Basketball team has found their new coach

After choosing to move on from former head coach Suzy Merchant, Michigan State Women’s basketball has found their new coach. The Spartans will add Robyn Fralick, Okemos native and coach of the Bowling Green Women’s basketball team the past five seasons to lead the program.

Bowling Green went 31-7 last season, a school record, and helped lead the Falcons to three postseason appearances. Fralick was a star of the Okemos High School Women’s basketball team before entering the coaching field. She had her first head coaching gig for Division II Ashland, where she led the program to an incredible 104-3 record over three seasons.

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