Spartans Taryn McCutcheon, Nia Clouden given All-Big Ten Women’s Basketball honors

The Michigan State Women’s Basketball team has two players given All-Big Ten honors this season.

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Over the weekend, Michigan State Women’s Basketball point guard Taryn McCutcheon became the All-Time Assists Leader in program history. It was revealed today that McCutcheon, along with her partner in the backcourt Nia Clouden have been named to the All-Big Ten Women’s Basketball Team.

Fourteen Big Ten coaches voted Clouden and McCutcheon to the Second team while the media voted Clouden to the Second team and McCutcheon received an honorable mention.

This is the sophomore Clouden’s second straight year being given All-Big Ten honors and she was also on the All-Freshman Team last year. She led the Spartans in scoring this season with 14.6 points per game.

This is Taryn McCutcheon’s fourth straight year being named to the team. McCutcheon ended the season averaging 10.8 points per game and 3.6 assists.

Head coach Suzy Merchant has now had 45 players given All-Big Ten honors and MSU has had at least two players named to the team each year since she took over the position.

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Taryn McCutcheon becomes MSU Women’s Basketball All-Time Assists Leader

Michigan State point guard Taryn McCutcheon is the new MSU Women’s Basketball All-Time Assists leader.

In her last regular-season game for the Michigan State Women’s Basketball team, Taryn McCutcheon made history for the Spartans by becoming their All-Time Assists Leader in a 19 point win over Penn State at home on Senior Day. McCutcheon broke Kristin Haynie’s record of 574 assists.

McCutcheon has had a great season helming a strong MSU team this year. McCutcheon has been one of the best point guards in the Big Ten and has led the Spartans to a 16-13 record on the year.

You can watch the record-sitting assist here:

Michigan State will face Purdue in their first-round Big Ten Tournament match-up this Thursday at 12pm ET.

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