NCAA Women's Basketball

FINAL Friday, March 20, 2026
Colorado State Rams 62
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Michigan State Spartans 65
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Match Report

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.

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Team Stats

24-53
FG
25-63
45
Field Goal %
40
5-18
3PT
4-21
28
Three Point %
19
9-12
FT
11-18
75
Free Throw %
61
33
Rebounds
35
6
Offensive Rebounds
11
27
Defensive Rebounds
24
10
Assists
9
5
Steals
9
3
Blocks
4
14
Turnovers
8
0
Team Turnovers
1
14
Total Turnovers
8
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
8
Points Off Turnovers
7
2
Fast Break Points
5
32
Points in Paint
38
18
Fouls
13
6
Largest Lead
6
6
Lead Changes
6
43
Percent Led
46

Top Performers

CSU

  • Brooke Carlson MIN 38 · PTS 26 · FG 8-17
  • Kloe Froebe MIN 37 · PTS 12 · FG 5-12
  • Hannah Ronsiek MIN 40 · PTS 8 · FG 3-7
  • Marta Leimane MIN 32 · PTS 6 · FG 3-8

MSU

  • Grace VanSlooten MIN 36 · PTS 18 · FG 8-14
  • Kennedy Blair MIN 32 · PTS 18 · FG 6-15
  • Jalyn Brown MIN 29 · PTS 13 · FG 5-11
  • Ines Sotelo Miguez MIN 24 · PTS 8 · FG 3-7

Recent Plays

  1. 0:00 · 4th Quarter End of Game
  2. 0:00 · 4th Quarter End of 4th Quarter
  3. 0:00 · 4th Quarter Colorado State Deadball Team Rebound.
  4. 0:00 · 4th Quarter Hannah Ronsiek misses 23-foot three point jumper
  5. 0:09 · 4th Quarter team shot clock turnover
  6. 0:09 · 4th Quarter Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
  7. 0:10 · 4th Quarter Rashunda Jones misses 15-foot jumper
  8. 0:37 · 4th Quarter Michigan State Timeout

Highlights

00:14 Kennedy Blair fights through contact for and-1 bucket Watch on ESPN 00:16 Brooke Carlson drills a triple for Colorado State Watch on ESPN 00:18 Kloe Froebe muscles in for tough and-1 bucket Watch on ESPN 00:17 Emma Shumate hustles in for Michigan State and-1 Watch on ESPN

Women's College Basketball News

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