Last Updated: November 06. 2009 9:22PM
MSU basketball coach Suzy Merchant expecting second child
David Goricki / The Detroit News
It seems life is going well for Michigan State women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant.
Michigan State is ranked No. 10 in the preseason Associated Press poll after last year's Sweet 16 run. And after Thursday night's 79-47 exhibition win over Wayne State in East Lansing, she made a special announcement:
Merchant said she's pregnant with her second child, and the expected arrival is late May or early June. The women's basketball season ends April 6.
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Merchant and her husband, Gary Rakan, have a son, Tyler.
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