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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Michigan State seeks next step in March Madness second round vs. N.C. State
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Michigan State players embrace a good challenge and that's bound to be what the Spartans encounter as they attempt to keep their season going. Seeking to advance past the NCAA Tournament's second round for the first time since 2009, the Spartans take on N.C. State in Monday's game. 'The opportunity in front of us, I think that's what you're always working for is opportunities and creating new opportunities,' Michigan State coach Robyn Fralick said. 'That's what we have in front of us.' Second-seeded N.C. State (27-6) hasn't lost an NCAA Tournament game in its home city in 42 years. Seventh-seeded Michigan State (22-9) hasn't won back-to-back games since January. 'No one wants to just walk their way through the tournament,' Michigan State guard Nyla Hampton said. 'You want to earn everything you get.' The Wolfpack are 17-0 at home this season. N.C. State reached the Final Four a year ago, so there are plenty of potential obstacles for the Spartans. They rely on defense. They've set the program record for steals with 384. 'Road experience in the Big Ten, we play in front of sold-out crowds and packed environments and loud and all the things that make women's basketball so fun and at the platform it's on right now,' Fralick said. '… This place is going to be rocking. It's going to be loud.' The Wolfpack will be challenged as well, especially with Michigan State often using a pair of post players. N.C. State is a guard-dominated team. 'With us being young inside, that's going to be a concern,' said N.C. State coach Wes Moore, who has directed the Wolfpack to the Sweet 16 five times. N.C. State's guard-heavy lineup can rack up points, led by Aziaha James (17.8 points per game), Zoe Brooks (14.4), Saniya Rivers (11.8) and Madison Hayes (10.8). It will be the last home game for seniors James, Rivers and Hayes. 'I try not to think about it too much like this is my last time being in here,' Hayes said. 'But just worry more about the game, and then after we can have the emotional piece.' Same faces, different places Fralick and Moore have been on opposite sides before, but as a player and a coach. 'The basketball world becomes small pretty fast,' Fralick said. Fralick was a Davidson player at a time when Moore was Chattanooga's coach. So they had meetings in the Southern Conference. Fralick couldn't recall much success. 'They won the league every year I was there,' Fralick said. She was Robyn Flewelling back then before she married. 'It kind of slipped my mind, but then when I thought about it, because obviously her last name has changed,' Moore said. 'It's a great accomplishment for her to be at a Power 4 school like Michigan State, and she's done a heck of a job with it.' Early tip The assigned noon tip-off time for Monday's game has taken many fans by surprise. Regular daytime classes will be taking place on campus during the game. Moore acknowledged that it will be an inconvenience for many fans. He tried to put a positive spin on the situation with his team, noting the Wolfpack held morning practices during the season's first semester. 'Maybe I'm not sexy enough, so they didn't want me in prime time,' Moore said. ___ AP March Madness bracket: and coverage: Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. Bob Sutton, The Associated Press
Associated Press
23-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Michigan State seeks next step in March Madness second round vs. N.C. State
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Michigan State players embrace a good challenge and that's bound to be what the Spartans encounter as they attempt to keep their season going. Seeking to advance past the NCAA Tournament's second round for the first time since 2009, the Spartans take on N.C. State in Monday's game. 'The opportunity in front of us, I think that's what you're always working for is opportunities and creating new opportunities,' Michigan State coach Robyn Fralick said. 'That's what we have in front of us.' Second-seeded N.C. State (27-6) hasn't lost an NCAA Tournament game in its home city in 42 years. Seventh-seeded Michigan State (22-9) hasn't won back-to-back games since January. 'No one wants to just walk their way through the tournament,' Michigan State guard Nyla Hampton said. 'You want to earn everything you get.' The Wolfpack are 17-0 at home this season. N.C. State reached the Final Four a year ago, so there are plenty of potential obstacles for the Spartans. They rely on defense. They've set the program record for steals with 384. 'Road experience in the Big Ten, we play in front of sold-out crowds and packed environments and loud and all the things that make women's basketball so fun and at the platform it's on right now,' Fralick said. '… This place is going to be rocking. It's going to be loud.' The Wolfpack will be challenged as well, especially with Michigan State often using a pair of post players. N.C. State is a guard-dominated team. 'With us being young inside, that's going to be a concern,' said N.C. State coach Wes Moore, who has directed the Wolfpack to the Sweet 16 five times. N.C. State's guard-heavy lineup can rack up points, led by Aziaha James (17.8 points per game), Zoe Brooks (14.4), Saniya Rivers (11.8) and Madison Hayes (10.8). It will be the last home game for seniors James, Rivers and Hayes. 'I try not to think about it too much like this is my last time being in here,' Hayes said. 'But just worry more about the game, and then after we can have the emotional piece.' Same faces, different places Fralick and Moore have been on opposite sides before, but as a player and a coach. 'The basketball world becomes small pretty fast,' Fralick said. Fralick was a Davidson player at a time when Moore was Chattanooga's coach. So they had meetings in the Southern Conference. Fralick couldn't recall much success. 'They won the league every year I was there,' Fralick said. She was Robyn Flewelling back then before she married. 'It kind of slipped my mind, but then when I thought about it, because obviously her last name has changed,' Moore said. 'It's a great accomplishment for her to be at a Power 4 school like Michigan State, and she's done a heck of a job with it.' Early tip The assigned noon tip-off time for Monday's game has taken many fans by surprise. Regular daytime classes will be taking place on campus during the game. Moore acknowledged that it will be an inconvenience for many fans. He tried to put a positive spin on the situation with his team, noting the Wolfpack held morning practices during the season's first semester. 'Maybe I'm not sexy enough, so they didn't want me in prime time,' Moore said.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Former Watertown CSD superintendent passes away
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI)- A former Watertown City School District Superintendent has passed away. Retired superintendent Terry Fralick passed away at the age of 74. He was living in the Rochester area in the town of Walworth. Fralick had spent 30 years in the Watertown district as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. He was a graduate of the South Jefferson School District and graduated from SUNY Oswego. According to his obituary, he volunteered as a Trustee for the Jefferson Community College Board, and a board member for the Thompson Park Zoo and Conservancy, Rotary Club of Watertown, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The obituary added that Fralick passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Notre Dame loses Miles to injury in Women's NCAA Tournament opener Are drivers ditching Teslas? Edmunds reveals findings No. 12 seed Colorado State upsets Memphis 78-70 in March Madness How to watch NASCAR's Xfinity Cup Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway Emergency management complex to be named after fallen Onondaga County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Hoosock Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
