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Michigan State women’s basketball blows out Rutgers at home for twentieth win of the season

Michigan State women’s basketball blows out Rutgers at home for twentieth win of the season

Michigan State women’s basketball is ending a strong season on a great note. On Saturday, the Spartans took down Rutgers by a wide margin to earn their twentieth win on the season and extend their winning streak to three.

MSU was led in scoring by Moira Joiner, who scored 22, including six three-pointers. For the second time this season, Abbey Kimball had a big scoring day against Rutgers. She dropped 17 on the day. Julia Ayrault added 17 as well and star point guard DeeDee Hagemann added seven assists and two steals. Jocelyn Tate stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals.

MSU has two more regular season games, with their next one coming up against Illinois on Thursday night.

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Wisconsin continues to tumble in latest AP Poll

Wisconsin continues to tumble in latest AP Poll

Wisconsin basketball continued its steep slide in the latest AP Poll. The Badgers dropped to No. 20 in the nation, down from No. 11 at this time last week and from No. 6 two weeks ago.

The Badgers’ losing streak reached four games on Saturday afternoon at Rutgers. The week as a whole included two forgettable performances: a road loss to last-place Michigan and the 22-point blowout loss to the Scarlet Knights.

Related: Takeaways from Wisconsin’s blowout loss to Rutgers

The losing streak dropped the team to 16-8 on the season and 8-5 in Big Ten play. It also is now a full three games behind first-place Purdue in the conference standings and down to No. 18 in KenPom’s rating system.

Things are trending the wrong direction for a Badger team that had so much promise just two weeks ago.

The team is back in action tomorrow night at home against Ohio State. Greg Gard’s team needs a win to ensure this losing streak doesn’t jeopardize their NCAA Tournament appearance.

Takeaways from Wisconsin’s blowout loss to Rutgers

Thoughts on the loss to Rutgers?

Wisconsin basketball lost in blowout fashion at the hands of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights yesterday afternoon.

The loss is the Badgers’ fourth straight and drops them to 16-8 on the season and 8-5 in Big Ten play.

Related: Where Wisconsin Badgers stand in first expanded Big Ten 2024 recruiting rankings

This may sound like a broken record, but Wisconsin entered the month of February ranked No. 6 in the nation and in first place in the Big Ten with a 16-4 (8-1 Big Ten) record.

Not only is the team now 16-8 (8-5 Big Ten), but it is a full three games behind first-place Purdue, down to No. 18 in KenPom and set to continue its slide in the AP Poll.

Things are not right at the moment and yesterday’s performance at Rutgers seemed to accentuate all of the team’s issues. Here are takeaways from the blowout loss:

Updated game-by-game predictions for Wisconsin basketball after its loss to Michigan

Updated game-by-game predictions for Wisconsin basketball after its loss to Michigan

Wisconsin basketball is in the middle of a lengthy slump.

The team entered February riding high, sitting at 16-4 overall and 8-1 in Big Ten play. Since then, the Badgers are 0-3 with a blown a 19-point lead on the road at Nebraska, a tight loss to No. 2 Purdue and a back-breaking loss on the road to Michigan.

Greg Gard’s team is now 16-7 (8-4 Big Ten), sits two games behind Purdue for first place in the conference and falling to a 3-seed in most bracket projections.

Related: Wisconsin social media reacts to crushing loss to last-place Michigan

To say a win on the road at Rutgers tomorrow is necessary would be a gigantic understatement.

ESPN Basketball Power Index forecasts that matchup, plus the rest on the Badgers schedule before postseason play begins. Here are the odds for each game, plus Wisconsin’s final projected win total:

How to watch Wisconsin basketball at Rutgers

How to watch Wisconsin basketball at Rutgers

Wisconsin looks to pick itself off the mat Saturday afternoon when it visits the 12-10 (4-7 Big Ten) Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

The Badgers are in the midst of their worst stretch of the season. First, last week was bookmarked by a crushing road loss at Nebraska and a tight home loss to No. 2 Purdue. Then, Wednesday at Michigan then became a near must-win — Michigan entering as the worst team in the conference and Wisconsin desperately needing to end the losing skid. Well, Wisconsin lost 72-68.

Related: Wisconsin social media reacts to crushing loss to last-place Michigan

The Badgers are now 16-7 on the season and 8-4 in Big Ten play. Both are solid marks, but neither mark looks good given their 16-4 (8-1 Big Ten) record just 10 days ago.

Wisconsin now enters Saturday needing to snap a three-game losing streak, and it travels to Jersey Mike’s Arena to do so — one of the toughest places to play in the country.

Here is how to watch Wisconsin’s pivotal game at Rutgers:

  • Date: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024
  • Time: Noon ET, 11 a.m. CT
  • TV Channel: Big Ten Network

Michigan’s Juwan Howard suffered a historic loss to Rutgers on Saturday

Things have gone from bad to worse for Juwan Howard at Michigan

Michigan basketball is in a very bad place at the moment.

This year’s Wolverines are 7-15 overall, 2-9 in Big Ten play and 1-10 in their  last 11 games. The program is nearly certain to miss the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. It went 23-5 and made the Elite Eight in 2020-21. Then it went 19-15 in 2021-22, 18-16 in 2022-23 and now this season’s disaster.

For reference, Feb. 20, 2022 was the date Juwan Howard slapped Joe Krabbenhoft and ignited a brawl after the Badgers’ win. Wisconsin’s record since that date is 40-23. Michigan’s is 30-35

The problems reached a crescendo for Howard’s program on Saturday. The Wolverines led Rutgers by 17 points at halftime and led 47-32 with 16:54 left in the second half. The Scarlet Knights then scored 37 of the next 49 points — a 37-12 run — to win 69-59.

Howard can recruit, and he’s clearly still an important figure in Michigan basketball history. But I’m not sure how the Michigan athletic department watches this collapse from 2020-21 and doesn’t take action.

Michigan is by far the worst team in the Big Ten this season.

Women’s basketball fall short at home against Rutgers 71-70

The Huskers remained home following their win against Purdue to face Rutgers on Saturday afternoon.

The Huskers remained home following their win against Purdue to face Rutgers on Saturday afternoon. Though Nebraska put up a fight with the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers squeaked out the win.

The Scarlet Knights won the battle through their shooting efficiency, going 28-of-47 while Nebraska completed 23-of-68. The Huskers remained in the battle through trips to the free-throw line (17) and points off turnovers (25).  But Rutgers’ third-quarter surge put Nebraska down 60-49, forcing the Huskers to climb out of the hole in the fourth.

Alexis Markowski and Jaz Shelley finished the game as Nebraska’s top scorers. The duo dropped double-digit points for the Huskers, with Markowski scoring 13 and Shelley landing 11.

Freshmen Jessica Petrie and Logan Nissley each put together a solid game for Nebraska, with Petrie scoring nine points and Nissley dropping eight.

Kendall Moriarty also scored eight points, going 2-of-2 in total shooting, landing both of her shots from beyond the arc while also being 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

The Huskers now fall to 14-8 on the season and 6-5 in conference play. Nebraska will travel to Michigan for its next game Tuesday night. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. and can be viewed on B1G+.

Michigan State basketball survives rock fight with Rutgers, pulls away for second Big Ten win of the year

Michigan State survives rock fight with Rutgers, pulls away for second Big Ten win of the year

After a very ugly start to a game between two of the best defenses in the Big Ten, Michigan State basketball was able to string together enough offense to pull away from Rutgers to earn their second Big Ten win of the season. The Spartans beat Rutgers 73-55.

This game was close up until a Malik Hall and-one, followed by a Tyson Walker three-pointer triggered a huge run for MSU and they never looked back.

Malik Hall led the way for the Spartans with 15 points to go along with six rebounds and two assists. Tyson Walker added 13 points.

MSU will look to continue the momentum when they host Minnesota on Thursday.

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Ex-Chargers DT Sebastian Joseph-Day signs with 49ers

The 49ers added much-needed beef up front.

Former Chargers defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day signed with the 49ers on Tuesday.

The move comes days after Joseph-Day was waived by Los Angeles.

Signed last offseason as L.A. revamped the interior part of the defensive line in an effort to fix the run defense, Joseph-Day was a key piece. He had 87 total tackles, five sacks and 12 tackles for loss across 30 starts.

Joseph-Day, 28, provides San Francisco with a reliable presence up front, as they have been lacking defensive tackle depth while Arik Armstead has been nursing a foot injury.

Joseph-Day will look to be a part of his second Super Bowl-winning team. The first came while he was with the Rams during the 2021 season.

Social media reacts to Chargers waiving Sebastian Joseph-Day

Here’s a sampling of the many responses to Sebastian Joseph-Day’s departure.

The Chargers waived defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day on Friday, the team announced.

Signed in 2022, Joseph-Day started 30 games for Los Angeles, finishing with 87 total tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five sacks and an interception.

The decision to waive Joseph-Day, a team captain during this season, came as a bit of a surprise.

Here is how social media reacted to the news: