EAST LANSING – It’s been six weeks and nine games, and it’ll be at least one more – Michigan State freshman guard/forward Javon Bess said after taking part in portions of Thursday’s practice that he won’t play Sunday against Oakland but hopes to debut Wednesday against Eastern Michigan.

That’s a lot of sitting after surgery to repair the fifth metatarsal on his right foot, but the 6-foot-5 Bess said he got something out of it. - Read more at Freep.com