No. 24 Michigan State women hold off stubborn Rutgers 70-64 in Big Ten Conference home opener

— Rashunda Jones scored four of her 14 points in the final 28 seconds and Kennedy Blair posted a double-double to help No. 24 Michigan State hold off Rutgers 70-64 on Sunday in the Spartans' Big Ten Conference home opener.
Dec 28, 2025, 04:26 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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  • Faith Blackstone misses 15-foot jumper
  • Isaline Alexander misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Faith Blackstone misses layup
  • Rashunda Jones misses layup
  • Zachara Perkins misses layup
  • Rashunda Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Grace VanSlooten makes layup (Rashunda Jones assists)
  • Isaline Alexander misses layup
  • Isaline Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Isaline Alexander misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair misses layup
  • Grace VanSlooten misses layup
  • Faith Blackstone misses layup
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup
  • Jalyn Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Janae Walker misses 3-foot jumper
  • Janae Walker makes layup
  • Grace VanSlooten misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Grace VanSlooten misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Theryn Hallock makes layup
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup
  • Sara Sambolic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup (Faith Blackstone assists)
  • Jalyn Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalyn Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaline Alexander makes layup (Emma Shumate assists)
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup (Kaylah Ivey assists)
  • Inés Sotelo misses layup
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Emma Shumate makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Theryn Hallock makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Theryn Hallock makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Emma Shumate misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone makes 26-foot three point jumper (Antonia Bates assists)
  • Faith Blackstone misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Faith Blackstone makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Theryn Hallock misses 15-foot jumper
  • Theryn Hallock misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo makes layup (Jalyn Brown assists)
  • Nene Ndiaye misses 21-foot jumper
  • Jalyn Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jalyn Brown misses 5-foot jumper
  • Nene Ndiaye misses 5-foot jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo makes layup (Jalyn Brown assists)
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 15-foot jumper
  • Grace VanSlooten makes 15-foot jumper
  • Zachara Perkins misses 4-foot jumper
  • Jalyn Brown makes layup (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Emma Shumate makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marah Dykstra assists)
  • Zachara Perkins misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone makes layup
  • Jalyn Brown misses layup
  • Faith Blackstone makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Faith Blackstone makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Grace VanSlooten makes layup (Inés Sotelo assists)
  • Nene Ndiaye misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Imani Lester makes layup
  • Theryn Hallock misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Imani Lester misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone makes 24-foot three point jumper (Imani Lester assists)
  • Theryn Hallock makes layup (Inés Sotelo assists)
  • Grace VanSlooten misses 7-foot jumper
  • Nene Ndiaye misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nene Ndiaye makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair makes layup
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup (Kaylah Ivey assists)
  • Emma Shumate misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nene Ndiaye misses 11-foot jumper
  • Kennedy Blair misses layup
  • Zachara Perkins makes layup (Nene Ndiaye assists)
  • Inés Sotelo makes layup (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Nene Ndiaye makes layup (Kaylah Ivey assists)
  • Jalyn Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 17-foot jumper
  • Theryn Hallock misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Grace VanSlooten misses layup
  • Janae Walker makes layup (Kaylah Ivey assists)
  • Theryn Hallock makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Nene Ndiaye misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Nene Ndiaye makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nene Ndiaye misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Theryn Hallock misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Blair misses 5-foot jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zachara Perkins makes 7-foot hook shot
  • Juliann Woodard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey makes 10-foot jumper
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Deja Young makes layup (Nene Ndiaye assists)
  • Emma Shumate misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses layup
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nene Ndiaye makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nene Ndiaye makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair makes layup (Inés Sotelo assists)
  • Kennedy Blair makes layup
  • Rashunda Jones makes layup (Inés Sotelo assists)
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Emma Shumate misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Imani Lester makes layup
  • Rashunda Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses 5-foot jumper
  • Inés Sotelo makes 16-foot jumper (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Imani Lester makes 12-foot jumper (Antonia Bates assists)
  • Inés Sotelo makes layup
  • Imani Lester makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Imani Lester misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Emma Shumate misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Grace VanSlooten misses 4-foot jumper
  • Grace VanSlooten misses layup
  • Imani Lester makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Imani Lester makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Blair misses layup
  • Kaylah Ivey makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kaylah Ivey makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Inés Sotelo misses 20-foot jumper
  • Rashunda Jones makes layup
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Imani Lester makes 17-foot jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses layup
  • Jalyn Brown makes 20-foot jumper (Kennedy Blair assists)
  • Faith Blackstone makes layup (Kaylah Ivey assists)
  • Rashunda Jones makes layup
  • Faith Blackstone makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Faith Blackstone misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Inés Sotelo misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses layup
  • Faith Blackstone misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Zachara Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zachara Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Grace VanSlooten makes layup
  • Kaylah Ivey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zachara Perkins assists)
  • Theryn Hallock misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Blair misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Inés Sotelo misses layup
  • Faith Blackstone misses 14-foot jumper
  • Faith Blackstone misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone misses layup
  • Rashunda Jones misses layup
  • Imani Lester misses layup
  • Inés Sotelo makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Inés Sotelo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaylah Ivey makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rashunda Jones makes 8-foot jumper
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rashunda Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaylah Ivey misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Faith Blackstone misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Blair makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Blair misses free throw 2 of 2
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