Expanded NIL in high school sports is in infancy in Michigan. Here's its early impact in Greater Lansing www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Michigan State women's basketball falls gave it its best but fell just short at Oklahoma in the second round of the NCAA tournament www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

"These kids left it all out there in a great game." Michigan State women's basketball's run comes to an end with a tight loss to Oklahoma in an NCAA tournament second round matchup. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

FINAL: Oklahoma 77, MSU women 71 Spartans' season ends in the second round of the NCAA tournament for a second straight year. MSU finishes with a 23-9 record.

58.2 left and MSU trails Oklahoma 74-69 and has possession

Timeout for MSU after a 3 by Oklahoma pushes its lead to 66-58. That 3 was just the third of the night for the Sooners, who are just 3-for-19 from deep.

End 3rd: Oklahoma 57, MSU 54 Rashunda Jones gets a big late basket to end the quarter for Spartans and end a stretch of six unanswered points for Oklahoma.

HALF: MSU women 42, Oklahoma 37 Spartans shot 47.1% from field led by Rashunda Jones, who has 16 points off the bench and is 7-of-9 from the field. Kennedy Blair has 8 points

A good first quarter for MSU women's basketball, which has a 21-16 lead over Oklahoma. Rashunda Jones has 9 points and is 4-for-4 from the field for the Spartans.

Things may have slipped away late for Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball in a state finals loss to Jackson Lumen Christi but Pirates prove the foundation isn't breaking www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

FINAL: Jackson Lumen Christi 52, Pewamo-Westphalia 36 in D3 final.

P-W trails Jackson Lumen Christi, 46-36 with 2:45 remaining. Pirates are without a field goal in this quarter and have been outscored by Lumen Christi 12-2

End 3rd: Pewamo-Westphalia 34, Jackson Lumen Christi 34 in D3 state final

HALF: Jackson Lumen Christi 21, Pewamo-Westphalia 18 Kenna Hunt hits a basket in the closing second of the half for Lumen Christi and leads all scorers with 11 points. Elly Bengel is having another big game on the big stage for P-W and has 9 points.

End 1st: Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Pewamo-Westphalia 13

End 1st: Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Pewamo-Westphalia 13

Michigan State signee Lilly Williams of Howell is publicly recognized as the state’s Miss Basketball winner.

Portland St. Patrick comes up short in D4 final but adds another layer to program's success "It has been 20 years. It's incredible to watch the community rally around us. I think it's really hopefully inspired the next group that's coming up." www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

End 3rd: Ishpeming 36, Portland St. Patrick 20

HALF: Ishpeming 29, Portland St. Patrick 13 PSP went scoreless in the second quarter.

Ishpeming is on an 11-0 run and has taken a 25-13 lead over Portland St. Patrick. PSP calls timeout with 2:57 to play until halftime.

End 1st: Ishpeming 14, Portland St. Patrick 13 in the D4 state final. Gracelyn Rockey had 6 points for PSP, which went on an 8-2 run over the late stages of the quarter. Baylor volleyball signee Mya Hemmer has 10 points for Ishpeming.

📍 Back at Breslin one final time for a game day. It’s the final day of the high school basketball season and Portland St. Patrick and P-W are playing for state titles today.

Michigan State women's basketball fended off an upset bid by Colorado State to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

FINAL: MSU 65, Colorado State 62 Spartans survive as Colorado State misses a 3 as time expires.

End 3rd: MSU 47, Colorado State 47 Kennedy Blair hit a 3 late in the quarter to pull MSU even. It was just the third 3 of the night for the Spartans.

At media timeout with 3:48 left in the third quarter, MSU trails Colorado State, 41-38. It's still been a struggle offensively but Jalyn Brown just hit her second 3 of the night and the second for the Spartans in the game

Grace VanSlooten has 9 points and 7 rebounds to lead MSU and is on pace to have her third straight double-double in the NCAA tournament. She had double-doubles in both the Spartans' NCAA tourney games last season.

HALF: Colorado State 29, MSU 27 The No. 5 seed Spartans are shooting 34% from the field and are 1-of-14 from 3-point range (7.1%). Game playing out in CSU's style

Grace VanSlooten starting to get going offensively for MSU. She has 7 points as the Spartans have a 24-22 lead over Colorado State with 4:45 left in first half. She also has 5 rebounds

End 1st: MSU women 16, Colorado State 13 Jalyn Brown, who hit a 3 on the opening possession of the game, hits a layup in the final seconds of the opening quarter for MSU.

Late push for DeWitt girls basketball falls just short in state semifinal loss to Detroit Renaissance www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

FINAL: Detroit Renaissance 32, DeWitt 28 in a Division 1 state semifinal.

DeWitt has cut a nine-point deficit to two and trails Renaissance, 28-26, with 2:24 to play. Panthers call timeout.

End 3rd: Detroit Renaissance 26, DeWitt 19 Renaissance scored the final seven points of the quarter and held DeWitt scoreless the final 3:46

HALF: DeWitt 17, Detroit Renaissance 14 Golden Nicholson had a big first half for DeWitt and has 9 points, that includes this basket.

3:55 until halftime and DeWitt leads Detroit Renaissance, 12-10.

End 1st: DeWitt 7, Detroit Renaissance 6

DeWitt close to getting going against Detroit Renaissance in a D1 state semifinal. Winner will face Muskegon in tomorrow’s title game.

MSU women's quest to win the weekend begins with stingy Colorado State tonight in Oklahoma www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Elly Bengel leads the charge as Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball closes in on top goal with state semifinal win www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Freshman Macie Leonard had an aggressive mindset on the big stage while helping Portland St. Patrick advance to the Division 4 state final game with a win over Onekama www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Freshman Macie Leonard's big game helps push Portland St. Patrick girls basketball past Onekama and into Division 4 state championship game www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Final: Portland St. Patrick 49, Onekama 26 Shamrocks will play in the D4 final Saturday morning.

End 3rd: Portland St. Patrick 36, Onekama 21 Macie Leonard has 16 points and 7 rebounds and Gracelyn Rockey has 13 points and 9 rebounds for PSP.

HALF: Portland St. Patrick 21, Onekama 16 Macie Leonard leads all scorers with 10 points.

End 1st: Portland St. Patrick 14, Onekama 8 Macie Leonard has 8 points for PSP.

Portland St. Patrick is getting ready for its D4 state semifinal against Onekama. Winner will face Ishpeming in the state final Saturday morning.

Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball closes in on top goal behind Elly Bengel's big showing in state semifinal win over Roscommon www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

P-W is headed to the state final.