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MSU plays 'with a heavy heart,' throttles Binghamton in emotional home opener

East Lansing — There was a basketball game at the Breslin Center on Sunday night, and while the blowout victory was nice for top-ranked Michigan State, it was hardly the focus for nearly everyone in the building.

Instead of worrying about wins or 3-pointers and slam dunks, the roughly 14,000 in attendance were there to support one player — Cassius Winston.

The Spartans senior decided being on the basketball court was where he needed to be less than a day after learning that his 19-year-old brother, Zachary, had been killed on Saturday night when he was struck by a train in Albion.