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Spartan Brew 1/5: MSU vs. USA
Michigan State hockey takes on the 18u US National Team Development Program tonight.
Spartan Brew Crew
January 05, 2024
What else are we serving up in today's Brew?
🏀 White hot
🏒 Exhibition at Munn
💚 And much, much more
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Lit It Up. Michigan State men’s basketball shot 56% overall and 48% from deep in a 92-61 win over Penn State on Thursday night to earn its first Big Ten win of the season.
Malik Hall tied a career-high with 24 points, Tyson Walker was right behind him with 22 points of his own, and Jaden Akins and Tre Holloman both scored 10.
The Spartans have now won five in a row heading into a Sunday night matchup at Northwestern.
📈 BOX SCORE: Michigan State Men’s Basketball vs. Penn State
🎥 HIGHLIGHTS: Michigan State Men’s Basketball vs. Penn State
🔼 MSU vs. USA. No. 8 Michigan State hockey takes a break from NCAA action tonight for a matchup against the 18u US National Team Development Program.
The US National Team Development Program is the pinnacle of USA Hockey’s amateur player development program, selecting the top 22 players in the 17u and 18u age groups to train and develop together.
📰 READ MORE: USNTDP Comes To Munn For Hockey Exhibition Game
🔼 Back At It. The undefeated Michigan State wrestling team is back on the mat in a dual format for the first time since Dec. 16 as it takes on American and Ohio tonight and tomorrow, respectively, in East Lansing.
The Eagles are 4-4 on the season, most recently losing 38-0 to No. 16 Navy, while the Bobcats are 4-1 and have won two straight duals against Drexel and Gardner-Webb.
🔼 Watch Out! No. 11 Michigan State women’s gymnastics begins its season tonight at the Super 16 in Las Vegas against No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 6 Michigan and No. 9 Kentucky.
The hype for the Spartans, who were picked to finish second in the Big Ten this year, is high — former gymnastics Olympian Bridget Sloan and lead Big Ten Analyst for NCAA Gymnastics Olivia Karas both chose the Spartans as one of their teams to watch this season on the Flipping Out podcast:
“I jus think in the world of gymnastics, Michigan State has truly shown the most incredible program growth in the last five years. I think they’re just continuing to go up.”
🎧 LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY: Flipping Out — January 3
🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA
Net Busters. Michigan State hockey has scored 83 goals this season.
Where does that rank nationally?
Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!
💚 ONE BIG THING
🔼 Welcome Aboard. Michigan State head football coach Jonathan Smith’s staff continues to grow!
Smith has named Chad Wilt the program’s co-special teams coordinator/rush ends coach, coming over to East Lansing after two seasons at Indiana (2022-23) and two at Minnesota (2020-21).
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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday 1/5
🤼 Wrestling vs. American @ 6:30 p.m. | B1G+
🏒 Hockey vs. US National Team Development Program @ 7 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats
🤸♀️ Women’s Gymnastics at Super 16 — Las Vegas @ 10 p.m.
Saturday 1/6
🤼 Wrestling vs. Ohio @ 5 p.m. | B1G+
Sunday 1/7
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Second!
The Spartans trail only Denver (94).
💚 Have a great weekend, everyone!