GAME INFORMATIONWho: Michigan State (16-8, 7-4) vs. Ohio State (19-6, 8-4)When: NoonWhere: Breslin Center, East LansingTV: ESPNRadio: Spartan Sports Network, WJIM-AM (1240)/WMMQ-FM (94.9) in Lansing, WJR-AM (760) in Detroit, Sirius XM Ch. 84Line: Michigan State -1 ½Facebook: Like our Michigan State Spartans Facebook pageTwitter: Follow Kyle Austin and Mike Griffith.Live coverage: Join the MLive conversation at 11:30 a.m. GAME NOTES • Buckeyes sophomore forward Marc Loving will return Saturday after a three-game suspension, Ohio State coach Thad Matta confirmed this week in his press conference. Loving is the Buckeye’s second-leading scorer at 11.7 points per game and is shooting a team-best 53.2 percent from long range. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Wednesday that the Spartans had been preparing as if Loving would play. • Michigan State inserted freshman guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn into the starting lineup Tuesday at Northwestern in place of Travis Trice for the second time this year. Asked on Wednesday if he would stay with that lineup, Izzo said: “I might be leaning towards it. I wasn’t leaning toward the other way last week and I changed. To me it doesn’t matter. To me we have six starters and that’s the way we’re doing it.” • The Spartans lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense at .385. …
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