Minnesota is playing its best basketball of the season. The Golden Gophers have won three straight in the Big Ten. Two of the wins were against ranked teams: #15 Oregon and #20 Michigan. The Spartans of Michigan State sit atop the conference. They are riding a 12-game winning streak. They won at Rutgers in their most recent outing 81-74.

Michigan State (17-2, 8-0) is looking to extend its longest winning streak in six years while Minnesota (11-9, 3-6) is coming off three straight victories – top-25 home wins against Michigan and Oregon sandwiching one at Iowa. Standout senior forward Dawson Garcia averaged 26 points and eight rebounds per game over the winning streak.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - No. 2 Michigan State scored four goals in both the second and third periods to post a 9-3 victory over No. 4 Minnesota in a battle of the Big Ten’s top teams. MSU (20-3-2, 11-2-2) had eight players with multiple-point nights, including two-goal scorers Isaac Howard and David Gucciardi.

Coming off an impressive 9-3 win over Minnesota on Friday, Michigan State’s hockey team knew Saturday’s series finale would be a battle. It was exactly that as the Spartans and Gophers ended in a 3-3 draw,

MSU (20-3-3, 11-2-3 B1G) led 1-0 after 20 minutes for the second straight night on a goal by Matt Basgall, and the second period saw the two teams trade goals – three for the Gophers, two for MSU from Joey Larson and Tanner Kelly – to leave the ice in a 3-3 deadlock for the second intermission.

No. 7 Michigan State comes off its 12th straight win, this time against Rutgers at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. The Spartans will f

Isaac Howard and David Gucciardi scored two goals apiece as MSU scored four goals in both the second and third periods to roll past Minnesota.

Michigan State's goalie Trey Augustine, left, fights off Minnesota's Aaron Huglen, right, during the first period on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Munn Arena in East Lansing. / Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK