The Michigan State women’s basketball team held off a late rally by Penn State to snap the team’s losing four-game losing streak.
Michigan State Spartans forward Lykendra Johnson (30) and Penn State Nittany Lions forward Ariel Edwards (23) fight for position during the first half at Jack Breslin Students Events Center. Mike Carter-US Presswire
MSU won the game 83-77 at Breslin Center.
The Spartans (13-9 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) let the Nittany Lions (16-5, 6-3) grab the lead late in the game, but key turnovers and foul shooting sealed the game for the Spartan women.
State was led by Porsche Poole’s game-high 32 points in the win.
The Spartans led Penn State 34-33 at the break.
For the Nittany Lions, it was the team’s first loss since losing to Michigan State earlier this month on Jan. 7
Up next for Michigan State is a trip to Michigan on Feb. 5.
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I've been a sports fan all my life, particularly a college sports fan. I graduated from Boise State in 2004 with a degree in mass communications/journalism and went on to become the sports editor at the Idaho Press-Tribune in nearby Nampa, Idaho. I covered the Boise State Broncos for more than seven years and was around the program as way back as the Big West days.
My wife, who is a lieutenant in U.S. Navy, got stationed in San Diego in 2009, so off we went — with our two boys in tow — to a place that has only one change in season — Daylight Savings Time.
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