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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State needs Eron Harris to score, and do some of it with 3-point shots instead of most often choosing to dribble and drive to the basket.Ive been trying to figure it out, he said after he started the scoring in each half by making multiple 3-pointers to help the Spartans stay in front throughout and beat Tennessee Tech 71-63 Saturday at the Breslin Center.Harris, a senior guard, hit a trio of 3-pointers early in the first half, and two early in the second half and scored 20 points. He was 5 of 11 from behind the 3-point line.It seemed like every time we made a push, Eron Harris answered it, Tennessee Tech coach Steve Payne said.Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Harris heeded the 3-point shot request, and played well while Izzo shuffled lineups due to multiple injuries and 28 fouls being called on the Spartans.If I looked frustrated, I probably was, Izzo said. We had some bizarre lineups in my dreams I didnt have. In my nightmares I didnt have. We got a win though, and we went to Eron and ran some things for him. He played pretty good.Junior guard Aleksa Jugovic, the top scorer for the Golden Eagles (4-7) this season at 17 points per game, scored 14 on 4-of-13 shooting. Senior guard Kajon Mack scored 12 points.Michigan State freshman center Nick Ward, who scored 10 points, bothered and blocked shots on the defensive end and scored inside to help the Spartans (7-4) build a 58-44 lead with 11:29 remaining. Foul trouble limited him to 12 minutes.Michigan State led by 18 points five minutes into the game, but Tennessee Tech trimmed it to 10 by halftime and closed it to single digits in the games final minute.Thats a good team, Izzo said. We had them down by 18 a couple of times, and it was a case where if you can get them down by 20 it becomes 30. But they didnt let that happen.BIG PICTURETENNESSEE TECH: The Golden Eagles came in averaging 76.2 points per game on 43 percent shooting, but managed just 27 points on 35 percent shooting in the first half to trail by 10. They improved to 40 percent in the second half.MICHIGAN STATE: The injury-hampered Spartans played without two recent starters, sophomore guard Matt McQuaid (concussion symptoms) and freshman forward Miles Bridges (ankle), but had more than enough for Tennessee Tech. McQuaid should be back this week, and Bridges, whose 16.7 points per game average leads the team, could return by next weekend.SMITH-IZZOMichigan State coach Tom Izzo received the USBWA Dean Smith Award in a short ceremony before the game. The award goes to the individual who embodies the spirit and values of the late North Carolina coach. Izzo was named the winner in October.FREE THROWSThe Spartans made 17 of 30 free throws (56.7 percent) and came into the game shooting 62 percent for the season.We are going to start making them or Im going to get fined, Izzo said. That 20 hours (of practice time allowed each week) is going to turn into 20 hours just on free throws.UP NEXTTENNESSEE TECH: The Golden Eagles head back to their home state, but stay on the road when they take on the big school back home, the University of Tennessee on Tuesday.MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans, three games into a five-game stretch of home games, hit the practice floor for a week and take finals before hosting Northeastern on Dec. 18. Ed Brown Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Bulldog Turner Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. http://www.custombearsjersey.com/custom-josh-mccown-jersey-large-1336t.html . 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FRISCO, Texas -- Days from his Dallas debut and cleared by prosecutors in Ohio in a domestic violence case, Ezekiel Elliott still had to answer questions Wednesday about conduct away from the field.The same report citing insufficient evidence to support a womans claims against him included documents that had a text exchange between the two indicating concern over Elliott passing a drug test.The report was released less than two weeks after video surfaced of Elliott in a legal marijuana shop in Seattle, which led to admonishments from owner and general manager Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett.I feel like there have been some damages done, but the past is the past, said Elliott, the fourth overall pick of the draft out of Ohio State. Im focused on the now.Heres the now: Elliott is set to do something Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith didnt by starting the opener as a rookie running back for the Cowboys on Sunday against the New York Giants.The last Dallas running back with that distinction is more trivia fodder than anything. It was Derrick Lassic in 1993, when Smith was holding out after helping the Cowboys win the Super Bowl following the 1992 season. The other two rookie starters for Dallas in their openers were Calvin Hill (1969) and Ron Springs (1979).At the moment, though, Elliott is having a hard time outrunning distractions. His first training camp was clouded by the domestic violence investigation, although his father strongly denied the allegations in a statement the day they surfaced.While the outcome of the investigation matched the claims from Elliotts representatives, the text exchange raised more doubts.Honestly I have no idea what youre talking about, Elliott said when asked about the texts. I havent seen those.Elliott also said he was confident he had done nothing wrong.Im a targett, thats what Ive realized from all of this, said Elliott, who rose to stardom in college with four rushing touchdowns when the Buckeyes won a national championship on the Cowboys home field two years ago.dddddddddddd Ive got to conduct myself that way so I cannot have any distractions and I can just focus on ball.While the NFLs investigation into Elliotts domestic case continues, a league spokesman said any decisions about placing players in the drug program is up to an independent panel of medical advisers jointly approved by the NFL and the union.Garrett brushed aside questions about Elliotts off-field issues.I know his commitment every day has been really, really good and hes learned quickly what were asking him to do, Garrett said. Again, his focus, and our focus, is on the Giants.After the video from Seattle surfaced, Elliott apologized and said he realized he had made a mistake. But he wasnt much interested in talking about the domestic case a day after he was cleared.I want to talk about football, Elliott said. I want to talk about why Im here.Elliott missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, but says hes healthy now. While he took just 14 snaps in one preseason game, he has no concerns about conditioning.And the 21-year-old did acknowledge chatter in the running backs room Wednesday over the NFLs rookie rushing record -- 1,808 by Eric Dickerson in 1983, 12 years before Elliott was born.Thats something I do want to accomplish but its not a priority, Elliott said. What is a priority is going out and winning ballgames every week.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuyler ' ' '