2025–26 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2025–26 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
2025–26 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Nassau Championship Junkanoo Division champions; Cherokee Invitational champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 20
Record	23–8 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Robyn Fralick (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Kim Cameron
Assistant coaches	Maria Kasza; Bianca Smith;
Home arena	Breslin Center

2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA †	18	–	0	1.000	32	–	1	.970
No. 7 Iowa	15	–	3	.833	27	–	6	.818
No. 9 Michigan	15	–	3	.833	27	–	6	.818
No. 18 Minnesota	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
No. 12 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	27	–	7	.794
No. 17 Maryland	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
No. 20 Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	8	.742
Washington	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
USC	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Illinois	9	–	9	.500	22	–	11	.667
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	12	.657
Nebraska	7	–	11	.389	19	–	13	.594
Indiana	6	–	12	.333	18	–	14	.563
Purdue	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	14	–	17	.452
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	18	.379
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	21	.276
Rutgers	1	–	17	.056	9	–	20	.310

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 22, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represents Michigan State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans are led by third-year head coach Robyn Fralick and play their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

In the season opening 125–39 win against Mercyhurst, the Spartans set a school record for most points scored in a game and largest margin of victory.^[1]

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2024–25 season 22–10, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.^[2] As the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Iowa in the second round.^[3] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane 1 region.^[4] They defeated Harvard in the first round^[5] before losing to NC State in the second round.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Michigan State departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Sinai Douglas	0	G	5'4"	Freshman	Toledo, OH	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast^[7]
Jaddan Simmons	1	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Houston, TX	Graduated
Helen Holley	10	F	6'1"	Freshman	Cleveland, OH	Walk-on; transferred to San Diego
Jocelyn Tate	11	G/F	5'10"	Senior	Pickerington, OH	Graduated
Mary Meng	21	C	6'5"	Freshman	Grafton, OH	Transferred to Yale^[8]
Nyla Hampton	22	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Huber Heights, OH	Graduated
Julia Ayrault	40	G	6'2"	Graduate Student	Grosse Pointe, MI	Graduated/went undrafted in 2025 WNBA draft; signed with the Phoenix Mercury^[9]

Incoming transfers

Michigan State incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Rashunda Jones	2	G	5'8"	Junior	South Bend, IN	Purdue^[10]
Jalyn Brown	23	G	6'0"	Senior	Baltimore, MD	Arizona State^[11]
Marah Dykstra	32	F	6'2"	Senior	Vancouver, BC	Montana State^[12]
Sara Sambolić	9	G	5'7"	Junior	Ljubljana, Slovenia	University of Ljubljana^[13]

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Jordan Ode G	Maple Grove, MN	Maple Grove High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Jordan Ode G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Amy Terrian PG	Pewaukee, WI	Pewaukee High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Amy Terrian PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Anna Terrian PG	Pewaukee, WI	Pewaukee High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Anna Terrian PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lilly Williams P	Farmington Hills, MI	Homeschool	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A
Lilly Williams P	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024.

Roster

2025–26 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jordan Ode	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Maple Grove	Maple Grove, MN
G	1	Rashunda Jones	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Purdue	South Bend, IN
G	2	Abbey Kimball	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	West Catholic	Grand Rapids, MI
G	4	Theryn Hallock	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Forest Hills Central	Grand Rapids, MI
G	5	Emma Shumate	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Ohio State	Dresden, OH
G	9	Sara Sambolić	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr		Ljubljana, Slovenia
C	10	Inés Sotelo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Duran Maquinaria Ensino	Ourense, Spain
F	12	Isaline Alexander	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Bill Crothers Secondary	Keswick, ON
F	14	Grace VanSlooten	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Oregon	Toledo, OH
G	23	Jalyn Brown	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Arizona State	Baltimore, MD
G	24	Amy Terrian	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Pewaukee	Pewaukee, WI
G	25	Anna Terrian	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Pewaukee	Pewaukee, WI
F	32	Marah Dykstra	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Montana State	Vancouver, BC
F	33	Juliann Woodard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Jennings County	North Vernon, IN
G	35	Kennedy Blair	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Divine Child	Dearborn, MI

Head coach

Robyn Fralick (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Kim Cameron (Michigan Tech)
Maria Kasza (Michigan Tech)
Marwan Miller (Franklin)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 22, 2025* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 23	Michigan Tech	W 101–58		22 – Vanslooten	10 – Dykstra	7 – Jones	Breslin Center (2,578) East Lansing, MI
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 23	Mercyhurst	W 125–39	1–0	19 – Hallock	8 – Brown	12 – Blair	Breslin Center (2,804) East Lansing, MI
November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 23	Eastern Michigan	W 92–60	2–0	15 – Tied	6 – VanSlooten	5 – Jones	Breslin Center (3,276) East Lansing, MI
November 12, 2025* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 24	Youngstown State	W 96–52	3–0	17 – VanSlooten	6 – VanSlooten	7 – Jones	Breslin Center (2,542) East Lansing, MI
November 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 24	Western Michigan	W 98–44	4–0	19 – VanSlooten	8 – Tied	8 – Blair	Breslin Center (3,653) East Lansing, MI
November 20, 2025* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 22	Eastern Illinois	W 101–53	5–0	17 – Tied	15 – Blair	6 – Jones	Breslin Center (2,756) East Lansing, MI
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 22	Oakland	W 102–41	6–0	25 – Blair	6 – Tied	8 – Jones	Breslin Center (4,251) East Lansing, MI
November 28, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 20	vs. Temple Nassau Championship Junkanoo Division Semifinals	W 85–50	7–0	18 – Jones	10 – VanSlooten	6 – Blair	Baha Mar Convention Center (267) Nassau, The Bahamas
November 30, 2025* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 20	vs. Clemson Nassau Championship Junkanoo Division Championship	W 72–64	8–0	22 – Blair	12 – Blair	5 – Blair	Baha Mar Convention Center (257) Nassau, The Bahamas
December 7, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 20	at Wisconsin	L 64–78	8–1 (0–1)	16 – Blair	7 – Tied	7 – Blair	Kohl Center (3,039) Madison, WI
December 14, 2025* 5:30 p.m., FS1	No. 25	at DePaul	W 90–46	9–1	16 – Blair	7 – Tied	5 – Blair	Wintrust Arena (2,076) Chicago, IL
December 21, 2025* 3:00 p.m., AWSN	No. 24	vs. Indiana State Cherokee Invitational semifinals	W 115–66	10–1	22 – Shumate	10 – Blair	7 – Blair	Harrah's Cherokee (1,112) Cherokee, NC
December 22, 2025* 7:30 p.m., AWSN	No. 24	vs. No. 15 Ole Miss Cherokee Invitational championship game	W 66–49	11–1	16 – VanSlooten	10 – VanSlooten	3 – VanSlooten	Harrah's Cherokee (350) Cherokee, NC
December 28, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 24	Rutgers	W 70–64	12–1 (1–1)	14 – Jones	11 – Blair	6 – Blair	Breslin Center (5,034) East Lansing, MI
January 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 24	at Indiana	W 80–60	13–1 (2–1)	20 – Brown	14 – VanSlooten	5 – Blair	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,892) Bloomington, IN
January 4, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 24	Illinois	W 81–75	14–1 (3–1)	19 – Blair	9 – Tied	7 – Blair	Breslin Center (5,114) East Lansing, MI
January 8, 2026 9:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 15	at No. 23 Washington	W 82–67	15–1 (4–1)	21 – Blair	10 – Jones	5 – Blair	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,858) Seattle, WA
January 11, 2026 5:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 15	at Oregon	W 85–81	16–1 (5–1)	23 – Jones	10 – VanSlooten	4 – Blair	Matthew Knight Arena (6,313) Eugene, OR
January 15, 2026 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 15	No. 24 Nebraska	W 73–71	17–1 (6–1)	22 – VanSlooten	6 – Blair	6 – Blair	Breslin Center (4,273) East Lansing, MI
January 18, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN	No. 15	at No. 11 Iowa	L 68–75	17–2 (6–2)	17 – VanSlooten	7 – VanSlooten	3 – Blair	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,988) Iowa, City, IA
January 22, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN	No. 13	USC	W 74–68	18–2 (7–2)	21 – Blair	9 – VanSlooten	3 – VanSlooten	Breslin Center (4,123) East Lansing, MI
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 13	at Purdue	W 86–65	19–2 (8–2)	17 – VanSlooten	8 – Tied	7 – Blair	Mackey Arena (3,610) West Lafayette, IN
February 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1	No. 13	No. 9 Michigan Rivalry	L 91–94 ^OT	19–3 (8–3)	21 – Tied	10 – Blair	6 – Jones	Breslin Center (11,635) East Lansing, MI
February 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	No. 22 Maryland	L 70–86	19–4 (8–4)	19 – VanSlooten	9 – VanSlooten	7 – Blair	Breslin Center (3,423) East Lansing, MI
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	at Penn State	W 81–70	20–4 (9–4)	20 – VanSlooten	14 – VanSlooten	5 – Jones	Rec Hall (2,011) State College, PA
February 11, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 13	No. 2 UCLA	L 63–86	20–5 (9–5)	15 – Jones	6 – VanSlooten	6 – Blair	Breslin Center (3,517) East Lansing, MI
February 15, 2026 4:00 p.m., FS1	No. 13	at No. 7 Michigan Rivalry	L 65–86	20–6 (9–6)	21 – Blair	12 – Blair	3 – Jones	Crisler Arena (11,627) Ann Arbor, MI
February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 18	Northwestern	W 104–68	21–6 (10–6)	22 – VanSlooten	9 – Sotelo	10 – Blair	Breslin Center (3,014) East Lansing, MI
February 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1	No. 18	at No. 23 Minnesota	W 75–61	22–6 (11–6)	20 – Brown	6 – Blair	6 – Blair	Williams Arena (7,088) Minneapolis, MN
March 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 15	No. 13 Ohio State	L 68–87	22–7 (11–7)	17 – VanSlooten	7 – VanSlooten	5 – VanSlooten	Breslin Center (6,214) East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 5, 2026 6:30 p.m., BTN	(7) No. 18	vs. (10) Illinois Second Round	L 69–71	22–8	30 – Blair	9 – VanSlooten	5 – Blair	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2026* 7:30 p.m., ESPNews	(5 S4) No. 20	vs. (12 S4) Colorado State First Round	W 65–62	23–8	18 – Tied	10 – VanSlooten	2 – Tied	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 22, 2026* 8:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 S4) No. 20	at (4 S4) No. 10 Oklahoma Second Round						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Sacramento 4=S4. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[14]^[15]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	23	24	22	20	20	25	24	24	24*	15	15	13	13	12	13	18	15	18	20	20	Not released
Coaches	RV	24	25	21	20	24	23	21т	19	15	14	15	13	13	13	16	15	17	18	18

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "Michigan State 125-39 Mercyhurst (Nov 4, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
^ "2024-25 Michigan State Spartans Women's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "Iowa 74-61 Michigan State (Mar 6, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ read, Anna Skog·1 min (2025-03-17). "Michigan, Michigan State women's teams make NCAA tourney bracket". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Michigan State 64-50 Harvard (Mar 22, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "NC State 83-49 Michigan State (Mar 24, 2025) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ Fortney, Sam. "Eagle News "As it Happens": FGCU Basketball Offseason Updates". Eagle Media. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "Bulldogs Welcome Mary Meng, Luisa Vydrova to Roster". Yale University. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "Julia Ayrault – 2x Inc". Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "MSU women's basketball adds sophomore guard Rashunda Jones from Purdue". The State News. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ Calloway, Brian. "Michigan State women's basketball adds Arizona State guard Jalyn Brown from transfer portal". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ Calloway, Brian. "Michigan State women's basketball signs Montana State transfer Marah Dykstra". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
^ Calloway, Brian (August 15, 2025). "Michigan State women's basketball adds transfer from Slovenia". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
^ "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.com. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
^ "Michigan State Spartans Schedule 2025-26". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

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[2] "2024-25 Michigan State Spartans Women's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[3] "Iowa 74-61 Michigan State (Mar 6, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[4] read, Anna Skog·1 min (2025-03-17). "Michigan, Michigan State women's teams make NCAA tourney bracket". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] "Michigan State 64-50 Harvard (Mar 22, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[6] "NC State 83-49 Michigan State (Mar 24, 2025) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[7] Fortney, Sam. "Eagle News "As it Happens": FGCU Basketball Offseason Updates". Eagle Media. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[8] "Bulldogs Welcome Mary Meng, Luisa Vydrova to Roster". Yale University. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[9] "Julia Ayrault – 2x Inc". Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[10] "MSU women's basketball adds sophomore guard Rashunda Jones from Purdue". The State News. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[11] Calloway, Brian. "Michigan State women's basketball adds Arizona State guard Jalyn Brown from transfer portal". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[12] Calloway, Brian. "Michigan State women's basketball signs Montana State transfer Marah Dykstra". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2025-11-05.

[13] Calloway, Brian (August 15, 2025). "Michigan State women's basketball adds transfer from Slovenia". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved December 25, 2025.

[14] "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.com. Retrieved July 6, 2025.

[15] "Michigan State Spartans Schedule 2025-26". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

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Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People	Head coaches Robyn Fralick Suzy Merchant Joanne P. McCallie Kristin Haynie Nia Clouden Tori Jankoska Allyssa DeHaan
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References