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Michigan State basketball's Thomas Kithier continues to test negative for COVID-19

Michigan State basketball's Thomas Kithier continues to test negative for COVID-19 and could be back to practice Monday.

Coach Tom Izzo said Kithier, who felt sick and was removed early from Saturday's win over Nebraska, told him Sunday he was a little better and then Monday morning felt "a lot better."

"Somebody said the new model for coaches should be, 'Think positive, test negative,'" Izzo said Monday. "And that'd be a good way to look at it. ... (Kithier) is on everyday testing now, and every day it's like (folds hands in prayer).