EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The Michigan State ladies’s basketball crew began the New 12 months on a excessive observe.
Coming off back-to-back losses, their first two losses of the season, No. 21 MSU took down Purdue, 77-59, on Wednesday on the Breslin Middle.
Ines Sotelo made her first begin as a Spartan within the victory and the freshman from Spain had a career-high 16 factors and 6 rebounds.
Sotelo began over Grace VanSlooten, who had 13 factors off the bench, and head coach Robyn Fralick defined the choice after the sport.
“So often we’re always paying attention to wo we’re about to play, but you have to pay attention to your own team,” Fralick stated. “We pay attention to lineups, starts and quarters, and we use a lot of analytics. We felt like it was a decision best for the team. Grace is a really good player and we told her this is by no means a demotion. We’re just trying to maneuver people in the right spots.”
“I had a really good time playing with my teammates,” Sotelo stated. “It was a really big team victory. We all play good.”
Main the way in which for MSU was Jocelyn Tate with 19 factors and 11 rebounds. The Spartans return to motion in a single week to play at Nebraska.
