EAST LANSING – Basketball is back at the Breslin Center.

Michigan State survived a challenge by Bowling Green to pull away for a 75-66 win in an exhibition opener on Thursday night .

Here are notable quotes from coach Tom Izzo and players after the game:

Izzo on the first exhibition: “Well, that’s why they call it an exhibition game. I thought there was some really good things that we did and some really poor things that we did.”

Jaxon Kohler on finally getting to play someone else: “Honestly, every day, day in and day out, sometimes twice a day, you’re just battling the same people over and over and over again and today was a great reminder we’re all on the same team now. It’s us against everybody.”

Izzo on Michigan State’s defense: “I don’t think we guarded anybody. That was ve

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