No. 15 MSU women beat Montana 69-38
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Julia Ayrault scored 15 points, Ines Sotelo added 13 and No. 15 Michigan State beat Montana 69-38 on Thursday in the West Palm Beach Classic to extend its best start to a season in program history.
Michigan State (11-0), which has topped the previous best starts of 8-0 in the 2012-13 and 2020-21 seasons, has won 16 regular-season games dating to last season.
Michigan State scored 21 straight points in the second quarter, with seven points apiece from Ayrault and Theryn Hallock, to help build a 39-15 lead and the Spartans led by 20-plus points for the rest of the game.
Michigan State added a 19-0 run in the third quarter, with six points from Sotelo, for a 65-22 lead. Michigan State scored 43 points off 30 Montana turnovers.
Hallock finished with 11 points and Grace VanSlooten added 10 for Michigan State.
The Spartans face Alabama on Friday.