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• Michigan State is making its 37th consecutive and 42nd overall Great Lakes Invitational appearance … MSU has appeared in every tournament since 1979.
• The winner of Tuesday’s game will take on the winner of the Michigan-Northern Michigan matchup in the GLI title game on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … The GLI consolation game will be at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
• Michigan State has a 48-31-3 all-time GLI record … The Spartans’ .604 GLI winning percentage is second highest of the three teams (MSU, Michigan Tech and Michigan) that have the most tournament appearances.