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Here are three things to watch out for in this matchup between Michigan State and Northern Arizona:

Can Spartans play clean game?: Michigan State looked rusty and out of sync for a large part of last week’s exhibition game against Grand Valley State. The Spartans annual turnovers issue was present in that game and with a number of tougher matchups on the horizon, Michigan State will need a cleaner performance in this one.

Does Jaden Akins play in opener?: Spartans head coach Tom Izzo said last week that Akins is close to playing and will gauge if he’s ready to go based on this weekend’s practice. Getting at least some live game action against Northern Arizona will be helpful with Gonzaga on tap later this week.

More shots from Tyson Walker: Last year the coaching staff and fans were begging for Walker to take more shots and in the exhibition opener it appeared he was more comfortable letting it fire. Walker averaged 6.8 field goal attempts per game last season and against Grand Valley State he had 11 so that’s a great sign if he can keep that going moving forward.