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Michigan State basketball: This all-Detroit starting backcourt will debut against Albion

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks to the media on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in East Lansing. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo knows one new starter. He continues to agonize about who will be the second when No. 1 Michigan State takes the court Tuesday.

Freshman Rocket Watts will start at shooting guard when the Spartans host Division III Albion in their lone exhibition game at 7 p.m. at Breslin Center to open Izzo’s 25th season.

“We’ve been practicing with Rocket there most of the time now,” Izzo said Monday.