Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo has landed two transfers this offseason that faced the Spartans last season.

Samford transfer guard Trey Fort and Florida Atlantic transfer forward Kaleb Glenn both visited East Lansing to take on the Spartans in the non-conference portion of the 2024-25 season. 

Fort is an explosive ball-dominant guard who led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14.6 points per game. However, in his Breslin Center debut, the Spartans were able to shut him down. 

The Michigan State perimeter defense was one of the best in the nation as limiting guards. Led by Big Ten All-Defensive First Team guard Jaden Akins, Fort was held to four points, his lowest point total of the season while shooting 1-for-8 from the field. 

The Spartans overcame a first-half deficit to beat Samford 83-75 and improve their record to 4-1. 

Despite his struggles, Izzo saw enough in Fort’s full season of work, like his season-high 36-point performance against Wofford to offer the 6-foot-4 guard a spot on the roster for next season.

Fort is expected to be one of the Spartans’ best scorers next season and offers efficient three-point shooting. This was a key aspect for Izzo to address, especially after the departure of freshman guard Jase Richardson for the 2025 NBA Draft. 

A month later, Michigan State hosted Florida Atlantic and Glenn, the Owls’ leading scorer, despite starting the season by coming off of the bench. 

Against the Spartans, Glenn was overshadowed by his own teammate FAU forward Tre Carroll, who scored 24 points. At the same time, Glenn scored just six and nearly fouled out in 23 minutes of action.

Michigan State coasted to an 86-69 victory after receiving its first breakout performance from forward Coen Carr, who scored 17 points in the win. 

The high-flying duo of Carr and Glenn paired together on the same squad will be exciting to watch, as both have the ability to drive through the lane and attack the basket with force.  

Fort and Glenn combined for 130 games played, providing crucial experience for the Spartans next season.

Neither transfer played well in the Breslin Center when they went against the Spartans. However, they should have an easier time with Izzone on their side next season. 

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Northern Michigan is still cleaning up after the historic ice storm that ravaged the region in the last days of March. 

Recovering has been tough, but a Michigan group of storm chasers took it upon themselves to try and lessen the load. The group, called the Michigan Storm Chasers, has been making one heck of a name for itself over the past two years.

“Ryan and I, who was one of the other owners of Michigan Storm Chasers, we had the idea to just, you know, let’s just get live storm chasing in and around Michigan, and from there, it just grew exponentially quickly into what it is today,” said Chandler Bos, vice president of the Michigan Storm Chasers.

It’s a growth that today has led to more than 350,000 followers on Facebook alone.

“Studies have shown that, especially in today’s world, people are less likely to react to severe thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings when they’re issued by the National Weather Service,” said Caleb Ivins, another chaser with the Michigan Storm Chasers and its content designer. 

“So being able to put eyes on the ground and having that ground confirmation turns an inactive mindset into a reactive mindset. And that’s really the goal. Having people, I guess, relearned how they are taught in terms of reaction time.”

This past weekend, they leveraged that education, reputation and following to start a new arm of their ever-growing group: disaster relief.

“We were like, you know, this is actually turning into something here,” said Bos. “I mean, we’ve forecasted it as well as we could going off of the data we had available, same as everybody else … As we got to daybreak, you know, more and more video comes in that really highlights the extent of the damage that’s going on. We knew we had to do something.”

Tens of thousands of dollars in donations, Amazon packages, and more, from food to fuel to dog food and diapers, were thrown in a couple of U-Hauls and semi-trucks to haul it all.

“We’re impacting the lives of thousands of people directly through everything that we’re able to do,” said Bos. “And it’s just, you know, like, I’m trying very hard to not be emotional about it, but it’s very hard to not be emotional when you think about the difference that that we’re able to make.”

“Seeing that reality, between the damage, the extensive damage that was done and the needs that were needed by the people, it was it was very humbling to be able to drop off these supplies and to give back, to those that needed it,” said Ivins “It was very, very humbling.”