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.

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. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Iowa in the second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane 1 region. They defeated Harvard in the first round before losing to NC State in the second round.

Offseason Departures Michigan State departuresNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure Sinai Douglas 0 G 5'4" Freshman Toledo, OH Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast 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 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

Incoming transfers Michigan State incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School Rashunda Jones 2 G 5'8" Junior South Bend, IN Purdue Jalyn Brown 23 G 6'0" Senior Baltimore, MD Arizona State Marah Dykstra 32 F 6'2" Senior Vancouver, BC Montana StateSara Sambolić9G5'7"JuniorLjubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also 2025–26 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

References