Boilers, Buckeyes, Spartans win exhibitions

Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue all hosted exhibition games Tuesday night. As expected, the three teams carded wins over Northwood, Walsh and Montevallo, respectively. Michigan State's Branden Dawson and Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas both opened the season with a flurry, registering back-to-back buckets off the opening tip. Watch Dawson's opening sequence and Thomas'. Check out Dawson's left-handed jam now and get our video recaps from all three games in this post.

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Michigan State beat Northwood 85-57 – MSUSpartans.com recap

Watch Dawson's final highlight-real stuff.

Ohio State topped Walsh, 83-71, as Aaron Craft hit a buzzer-beater – OhioStateBuckeyes.com recap

And Lenzelle Smith had a steal and poke.

Purdue edged Montevallo 70-61 – PurdueSports.com recap

Watch Terone Johnson's 3-point barrage.