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Michigan State women beat Purdue 86-65

G WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Grace VanSlooten scored 17 points, Kennedy Blair had 15 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals, and No. 13 Michigan State beat Purdue 86-65 on Thursday night. Michigan State took control during a 12-0 run late in the first quarter to build a 27-12 lead. The Spartans also held Purdue to just eight points in the second quarter to extend their lead to 50-23 at the break. The Boilermakers were 2-of-16 shooting in the second quarter. VanSlooten scored eight points in the third quarter and Michigan State's lead did not drop below 20 points in ...

Michigan ends Nebraska’s 24-game winning streak

Major college basketball's longest winning streak ended at 24 games Tuesday night with No. 5 Nebraska's 75-72 loss at No. 3 Michigan. "To beat Michigan, you have to play almost perfect and we had a lapse at the end," Cornhuskers guard Sam Hoiberg said. Nebraska did not score over the final 3:20, missing its last five shots after leading most of the game despite two key players being out of the lineup. "That just proved, hopefully to everybody, most importantly to the guys in the locker room, that we can compete with anybody," coach Fred Hoiberg said. Rienk Mast missed the game ...

Kane ties Modano as highest-scoring American-born players in NHL history

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane of the Detroit Red Wings has tied Dallas' Mike Modano as the highest-scoring U.S.-born players in NHL history. Kane matched Mike Modano by recording his 1,374th point on an assist on a goal by Alex DeBrincat late in Detroit's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings ...

Michigan hands Nebraska its first loss

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Trey McKenney made a tiebreaking layup with 1:07 left and No. 3 Michigan rallied past No. 5 Nebraska 75-72 on Tuesday night to hand the Cornhuskers their first loss this season. Morez Johnson Jr. had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Wolverines (19-1, 9-1 Big Ten), ...

Indiana to face Ohio State and Michigan back-to-back

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Indiana's national title defense will include back-to-back matchups with the schools that won the championship each of the previous two seasons. The Big Ten released its 2026 league schedule on Tuesday. Indiana will host Ohio State on Oct. 17 and visit Michigan on Oct. 24. Michigan won the national title in the 2023 season. Ohio State's 2024 team also won it all. That Oct. 17 Indiana-Ohio State clash will be a rematch of this season's Big Ten championship game, which the Hoosiers won 13-10. Indiana then went on to win the College Football Playoff, ...

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MSU wins 5th straight EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Carson Cooper scored 19 points and No. 10 Michigan State won its fifth straight game, 68-52 over struggling Oregon on Tuesday night. Coen Carr added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Spartans (17-2, 7-1 Big Ten), whose lone conference loss ...