Spartans over Buckeyes, 66-64, "the biggest victory in the program's history," before a record crowd (14,066).

Michigan State's superior teamwork at guard helped the green and white take an early lead; Haynie (9 assists) kept every Spartan involved. At one point MSU led by 12; OSU ended up with 19 turnovers, MSU just 9.

But Haynie sat down with two fouls, Roehrig seemed to lose steam, and MSU's guards started to lose Caity Matter, who (as usual) hit her open shots. OSU bored their way to a comeback, slicing the lead to 2 at the break. (Matter finished with 20.)

The second half looked the same: early MSU lead, then a series of ties, the last on a Brandie Hoskins 3-point play at 00:31. Haynie then drove into the lane, got surrounded (by Davenport and Allen) and got fouled (apparently by Allen) with 5.4 ticks to go; her free throws provided the MSU margin.

Roehrig should be proud: she played Davenport, not even, but well enough. (Davenport blocked her six times, finishing with 19 points, 13 boards, but Roehrig finished with 14 and 9, and stole the ball from Davenport four times.)

Davenport, who again played 40 minutes, again showed why it's so hard for anyone with less size than MSU to even attempt an interior game against her; the only ways to stop her seem to be to push her out of her limited shooting range or deny her the ball. Listed at 6'4", she used her longer arms to shoot directly over Roehrig, and just killed the Spartans in the paint for the second half; her 12 blocks tie a Big Ten record. Foster says she played well but his guards couldn't get her the ball.

It's a little dispiriting to see officiating decide a big game-- SDS, announcing, got mad. But it's exciting to see six good players working together at home defeat one who's spent most of the year unstoppable. Can MSU do it again in Indianapolis?