No. 5Michigan State Spartans

Regional 4 in Sacramento · 1st Round

Past match

Michigan State Spartans won.

Michigan State Spartans beat the Colorado State Rams

Ranked #12 · 27-8 62 – 65

Ranked #5 · 23-8

Final · Fri, Mar 20

Game Details

Lloyd Noble Center (Norman) · 6,345 fans · ESPNEWS View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Michigan State rallies for 65-62 win over big underdog Colorado State in women's NCAA Tournament

Grace VanSlooten and Kennedy Blair each scored 18 points, and Michigan State rallied in the second half to beat Colorado State 65-62 in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:14 Kennedy Blair fights through contact for and-1 bucket

0:16 Brooke Carlson drills a triple for Colorado State

0:18 Kloe Froebe muscles in for tough and-1 bucket

0:17 Emma Shumate hustles in for Michigan State and-1

Clips play on ESPN

Lloyd Noble Center · Norman

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CSU	13	16	18	15	62
MSU	16	11	20	18	65

Game Flow

CSU MSU

Q1Q2Q3Q4

9-0Biggest Run8-0

6Largest Lead6

6 lead changes · tied 7 times

Win Probability · Michigan State Spartans

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Colorado State Rams

Brooke Carlson · 26Points
Brooke Carlson · 3Assists
Hannah Ronsiek · 8Rebounds

Michigan State Spartans

Grace VanSlooten · 18Points
Grace VanSlooten · 2Assists
Grace VanSlooten · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

Team Stats

Colorado State RamsMichigan State Spartans

Shooting

24-53, 45% Field Goals 25-63, 40%

5-18, 28% 3-Pointers 4-21, 19%

9-12, 75% Free Throws 11-18, 61%

Possessions

33 Rebounds 35

6 Offensive Rebounds 11

10 Assists 9

5 Steals 9

3 Blocks 4

14 Turnovers 8

18 Fouls 13

Scoring

32 Points in Paint 38

2 Fast Break Points 5

6 Largest Lead 6

Box Score

Colorado State Rams ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
M. BraggF	8	3	0	23	4-5	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	3	3
B. CarlsonG	26	6	3	38	8-17	3-5	7-9	3	3	0	1	5	4
K. FroebeG	12	6	3	37	5-12	0-4	2-3	3	0	0	1	5	1
H. RonsiekG	8	8	1	40	3-7	2-6	0-0	2	0	0	0	8	2
M. LeimaneG	6	2	2	32	3-8	0-2	0-0	4	1	1	0	2	4
Bench
J. FifeF	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. DedenF	2	1	1	16	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	3
M. MurphyG	0	2	0	13	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0
C. KramerG	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
O. PawlickiF	DNP: Did not play
G. SmithG	DNP: Did not play
B. BowmanG	DNP: Did not play
A. RodenG	DNP: Did not play
L. BargesserG	DNP: Did not play
Team	62	33	10		24-53	5-18	9-12	14	5	3	6	27	18

Michigan State Spartans ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
G. VanSlootenF	18	10	2	36	8-14	0-1	2-4	1	2	0	1	9	2
I. SoteloC	8	4	2	24	3-7	0-2	2-2	1	1	0	2	2	3
R. JonesG	1	2	1	21	0-5	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	1	1	2
K. BlairG	18	6	2	32	6-15	1-5	5-7	3	0	3	1	5	4
J. BrownG	13	3	1	29	5-11	3-6	0-0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Bench
J. WoodardF	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
M. DykstraF	4	3	0	13	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	2	1	0
A. TerrianG	0	0	0	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1
S. SambolićG	0	0	0	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. ShumateG	3	2	1	25	1-3	0-2	1-3	0	2	1	1	1	0
I. AlexanderF	DNP: Did not play
A. TerrianG	DNP: Did not play
J. OdeG	DNP: Did not play
T. HallockG	DNP: Did not play
A. KimballG	DNP: Did not play
Team	65	35	9		25-63	4-21	11-18	8	9	4	11	24	13

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