2019–20 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 13th-year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2019–20 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–14 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Dean Lockwood Maria Fantanarosa Kristin Haynie
Home arena	Breslin Center
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Michigan	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Nebraska	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 15, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2019–20 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Shay Colley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr St. Edmund Campion Secondary South Carolina Brampton, ON G/F 1 Tory Ozment 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Buford Buford, GA F 2 Mardrekia Cook 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Muskegon Muskegon, MI G 3 Alyza Winston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Muskegon Muskegon, MI G 4 Taryn McCutcheon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr East Lansing East Lansing, MI G 5 Claire Hendrickson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Wyoming Wyoming, MI F 12 Nia Hollie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Hopkins Minnetonka, MN F 14 Taiyier Parks 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr North Royalton Cleveland, OH F 15 Victoria Gaines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Merrillville Merrillville, IN G 21 Laurel Jacqmain 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Nouvel Catholic Saginaw, MI G 22 Moira Joiner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Heritage Saginaw, MI G 24 Nia Clouden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So St. Frances Owings Mills, MD G 40 Julia Ayrault 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, MI F 42 Kayla Belles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Ithaca Ithaca, MI C 50 Cyndi Dodd 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Warren Central Indianapolis, IN	Head coach Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan) Assistant coach(es) Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor) Maria Fantanarosa (Miami (OH)) Kristin Haynie (Michigan State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 4, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 17	Ferris State	W 85–45		Breslin Center (3,286) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/05/2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 17	Eastern Michigan	W 85–50	1–0	Breslin Center (3,956) East Lansing, MI
11/08/2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 17	Detroit Mercy	W 110–52	2–0	Breslin Center (4,657) East Lansing, MI
11/14/2019* 8:00 pm, ACCN	No. 16	at No. 15 Notre Dame	W 72–69	3–0	Joyce Center (7,556) South Bend, IN
11/19/2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 15	Oakland	W 76–56	4–0	Breslin Center (3,844) East Lansing, MI
11/24/2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 15	Hartford	W 79–34	5–0	Breslin Center (5,033) East Lansing, MI
11/29/2019* 5:15 pm	No. 15	vs. LSU Junkanoo Jam	L 56–58	5–1	Gateway Christian Academy  Bimini, Bahamas
11/30/2019* 4:30 pm	No. 15	vs. Kansas State Junkanoo Jam	W 65–60	6–1	Gateway Christian Academy  Bimini, Bahamas
12/05/2019* 8:00 pm, ACCN	No. 19	at No. 8 Florida State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 68–78	6–2	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,258) Tallahassee, FL
12/15/2019* 1:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 19	Morehead State	W 93–48	7–2	Breslin Center (3,474) East Lansing, MI
12/20/2019* 1:30 pm	No. 19	vs. Syracuse Florida Sunshine Classic	L 63–77	7–3	Alfond Sports Center (214) Orlando, FL
12/21/2019* 1:30 pm	No. 19	vs. No. 22 West Virginia Florida Sunshine Classic	L 57–63	7–4	Alfond Sports Center (329) Orlando, FL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2019 6:00 pm, BTN		at No. 14 Indiana	L 67–79	7–5 (0–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (6,020) Bloomington, IN
12/31/2019 1:00 pm, BTN		Nebraska	W 78–70 ^OT	8–5 (1–1)	Breslin Center (5,121) East Lansing, MI
01/05/2020 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at Michigan Rivalry	L 69–89	8–6 (1–2)	Crisler Center (11,068) Ann Arbor, MI
01/09/2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Penn State	L 73–86	8–7 (1–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,696) University Park, PA
01/12/2020 3:00 pm, BTN Plus		Wisconsin	W 69–52	9–7 (2–3)	Breslin Center (6,174) East Lansing, MI
01/16/2020 6:00 pm, BTN		Ohio State	W 68–65	10–7 (3–3)	Breslin Center (3,700) East Lansing, MI
01/20/2020 6:00 pm, BTN		at Rutgers	W 66–55	11–7 (4–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,084) Piscataway, NJ
01/23/2020 6:30 pm, BTN Plus		No. 22 Northwestern	L 48–76	11–8 (4–4)	Breslin Center (3,963) East Lansing, MI
01/26/2020 4:00 pm, BTN		at No. 19 Iowa	L 57–74	11–9 (4–5)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,420) Iowa City, IA
01/30/2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		Purdue	L 66–76	11–10 (4–6)	Breslin Center (4,314) East Lansing, MI
02/03/2020 8:00 pm, BTN		at No. 13 Maryland	L 53–94	11–11 (4–7)	Xfinity Center (4,798) College Park, MD
02/10/2020 9:00 pm, BTN		at No. 19 Northwestern	L 55–85	11–12 (4–8)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (864) Evanston, IL
02/13/2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		Rutgers	W 57–53	12–12 (5–8)	Breslin Center (3,878) East Lansing, MI
02/17/2020 7:00 pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 66–54	13–12 (6–8)	Breslin Center (4,608) East Lansing, MI
02/20/2020 7:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue	W 65–63	14–12 (7–8)	Mackey Arena (5,908) West Lafayette, IN
02/23/2020 5:00 pm, BTN		Michigan Rivalry	L 58–65	14–13 (7–9)	Breslin Center (11,462) East Lansing, MI
02/26/2020 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Illinois	W 72–58	15–13 (8–9)	State Farm Center (1,176) Champaign, IL
03/01/2020 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Penn State	W 99–80	16–13 (9–9)	Breslin Center (10,584) East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
03/05/2020 12:00 pm, BTN	(8)	vs. (9) Purdue Second round	L 63–72	16–14	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Eastern Time Source^[1].

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	17	16	15	15	19
Coaches	21		16	15

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

References

1. "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.