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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 24
Record	9–1 (0–1 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. 7 Maryland	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 23 Nebraska	1	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Illinois	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
No. 4 UCLA	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
No. 6 Michigan	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
No. 21 Ohio State	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
No. 11 Iowa	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 19 USC	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	3	.727
Wisconsin	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	3	.727
Oregon	0	–	1	.000	12	–	1	.923
No. 24 Michigan State	0	–	1	.000	9	–	1	.900
Indiana	0	–	1	.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 22 Washington	0	–	1	.000	9	–	2	.818
Minnesota	0	–	1	.000	8	–	3	.727
Rutgers	0	–	1	.000	8	–	4	.667
Penn State	0	–	1	.000	7	–	4	.636
Purdue	0	–	1	.000	7	–	4	.636
Northwestern	0	–	1	.000	6	–	5	.545

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 21, 2025 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]

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 Sambolic	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr		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.	No. 24	vs. Indiana State Cherokee Invitational semifinals						Harrah's Cherokee Cherokee, NC
December 22, 2025* 7:00 p.m./9:30 p.m.		vs. Old Dominion or Ole Miss Cherokee Invitational						Harrah's Cherokee Cherokee, NC
December 28, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Rutgers						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		at Indiana						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 4, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		Illinois						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 8, 2026 9:00 p.m., B1G+		at Washington						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 11, 2026 5:00 p.m., B1G+		at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
January 15, 2026 7:00 p.m., BTN		Nebraska						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 18, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa, City, IA
January 22, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		USC						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN		at Purdue						Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1		Michigan Rivalry						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+		Maryland						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., B1G+		at Penn State						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 11, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock		UCLA						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 15, 2026 4:00 p.m., FS1		at Michigan Rivalry						Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+		Northwestern						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1		at Minnesota						Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		Ohio State						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBD		vs. TBD						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[13]^[14]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	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														Not released
Coaches	RV	24	25	21	20	24	23

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.
^ "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.

[1] "Michigan State 125-39 Mercyhurst (Nov 4, 2025) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-11-05.

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

[14] "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
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