EAST LANSING — Grace VanSlooten isn't trying to do anything special when she enters the game off the bench for the Michigan State women's basketball team. The main issue for the junior is to provide the Spartans with whatever they need. And she did just that Sunday afternoon.

Michigan women’s basketball will host Michigan State Saturday at noon ET at Crisler Center, a battle of the 24th-ranked Wolverines and No. 21 Spartans. Here are game promotions and things to know ahead of tip off,

Stepping onto a bigger stage, hosting a game as a ranked team for the first time this season, the Gophers stumbled. The No. 23 Gophers lost 70-65 to No. 24 Michigan because they couldn’t score consistently on offense and couldn’t defend Michigan’s dynamic 1-2 freshman combination of Syla Swords and Olivia Olson.

As the Michigan State women’s basketball team approaches the halfway point of the Big Ten schedule, it is in the thick of the conference race. The Spartans, who are just two losses behind USC and UCLA in the standings,

And she helped get things going for the Michigan State women's basketball team as it extended its win streak. Tate had 10 points in the opening quarter while playing a part in the No. 22-ranked Spartans recording an 82-61 victory over Penn State on Wednesday evening at Breslin Center.