EAST LANSING — With 90 seconds left until halftime in a lopsided exhibition game, Branden Dawson leapt over two smaller opposing players and ripped down a rebound. Then another.

He was completely engaged.

The story lines entering Michigan State’s exhibition opener Monday night — a 97-56 thumping of The Master’s College — were plentiful: Russell Byrd’s return, Bryn Forbes’ debut, etc.

Dawson inconveniently stood out. He’s always noticeable to some degree — he’s a 6-foot-6 athletic behemoth. But he was noticeable Monday because this was the sort of game from which he tends to disappear. - Read more at LSJ.com