Michigan State has a record of 15-3 in Spartans coach Robyn Fralick's second season. The Spartans have gained national recognition by being ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.

Michigan State, which opened the season unranked, remains the lone team unbeaten in Big Ten play. Its next game is against Rutgers (10-8, 3-4) on Saturday (1:30 p.m., CBS) at Madi

After brief rough patches, the Michigan State and Michigan's women's basketball teams appear to be back on track.

Michigan (13-5 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) has won three straight, most recently Saturday’s 87-71 victory over Rutgers at Crisler Center. Michigan’s defense was locked in from the start. Rutgers guard Kiyomi McMiller entered as the Big Ten’s second-leading scorer at 20 points per game. She missed all eight of her shots against Michigan and didn’t score.

The Spartans' win over Illinois bought breathing room against one of the Big Ten's most dangerous title contenders.

Tre Holloman had 17 points, including two free throws in the closing seconds, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler scored 11 each and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 Illinois 80-78 on Sunday. The Spartans (16-2,

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