One Dead After Monday Crash Two Others Involved Were Treated and Released One Vehicle in the Incident Was Taken to NMMC

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C DispatCH.COM FREE! Thursday | March 15, 2018 One dead after Monday crash Two others involved were treated and released One vehicle in the incident was taken to NMMC. Police are continuing to in- was occupied by an adult, who An adult in the third vehicle vestigate the crash and have By Alex Holloway afternoon that 47-year-old To- was treated at OCH Regional was treated and released. The so far declined to comment on [email protected] nya Graham, of Cedarbluff in Medical Center. The second fourth vehicle in the incident any potential causes or what Clay County, died at about 11:30 vehicle, according to SPD, was was a parked vehicle that was, happened leading up to the in- One person is dead after a a.m. Tuesday at North Missis- occupied by an adult and a juve- at the time, unoccupied. cident. Monday four-vehicle crash hos- sippi Medical Center in Tupelo. nile. The juvenile has been re- SPD closed the portion of SPD asks that anyone with pitalized four people. The crash occurred at about leased after receiving treatment Lampkin Street between Rus- information on the incident con- Oktibbeha County Coroner 10:45 a.m. Monday on Lampkin at OCH, but the adult — who sell and South Montgomery tact the department at 662-323- Michael Hunt confirmed in a Street, between South Mont- Starkville Police Department streets for a few hours after the 4131 or Golden Triangle Crime statement issued Wednesday gomery and Russell streets. has confirmed was Graham — crash. Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151.

SPRING BREAK FUN Harvard Business School publishes case study on Golden Triangle R eport lauds area economic development efforts

By Alex Holloway [email protected]

Almost half a year after visiting the Golden Triangle, Harvard Business School is lauding the region’s work and lessons faculty have taken from an excursion to the area. Rivkin Harvard Business School published a report on Tuesday highlighting the late October trip 16 fac- Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff ulty members took Mia Perez, 4, makes chalk art on downtown sidewalks Wednesday. Mia and other children were attending Spring Break Kids to the Golden Trian- Yoga Camp at Firefly Yoga this week to practice yoga, learn mindfulness and make arts and crafts. Mia is the daughter of gle. The report, ti- Fatima Leah and Edward Perez from Starkville. tled “Manufacturing Higgins a Renaissance in the Deep South,” walks through the decision of HBS faculty to visit the region, summarizes the trip and touches on how the school has im- LCSO: Human skull discovered in Lowndes backyard plemented lessons learned in the Golden Triangle into a course for appears to be very old students. Coroner to take bone to state forensics lab today and doesn’t seem to have In the report, Senior Associate By Isabelle altman Deputies responded to the call and signs of traumatic injury. Dean for Research Jan Rivkin notes [email protected] found multiple bones, including the Lowndes County Cor- he originally gained an interest in oner Greg Merchant, skull. the region through a 2014 report Authorities have found what they be- who is taking the skull to “I’m pretty confident in saying the in The Atlantic. Meanwhile, HBS lieve to be a human skull in the back- the Mississippi Forensics leadership, including Dean Nitin bones we recovered are going to be ani- yard of a Lowndes County residence. Center in Jackson today, Nohria, began to feel that HBS fac- mal bones, but this is definitely going to Wright The resident of an Armistad Road also said there was no ulty, which traveled extensively to home off Highway 69 spotted what he be a human skull, no doubt about that,” trauma to the skull. As to the age, gen- study global economic issues, could thought at first was a faded old basket- LCSO Capt. Greg Wright said. der and other information on the bone, focus more on issues at home in the ball in his backyard Tuesday night. A However Wright said authorities are he didn’t have any answers. United States. The report notes the closer inspection revealed it was actual- far from declaring the incident a ho- “It appears it has been buried some sentiment came to a head after the ly a skull, and he called 911. micide investigation. He said the skull See Skull, 8A 2016 election, when Nohria, Rivkin and HBS Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education Luis Viceria “were processing and unpacking the election results and were struck by the structural changes afoot do- Columbus police investigate two shootings at houses mestically.” Rivkin, speaking to The Dis- No arrests made; shootings may have a CPD press release. Three Investigators believe the patch Wednesday afternoon, said shots entered the home, but two shootings are related he felt faculty needed to focus more been related to Sprint Mart fight no one was injured. and said each took place on domestic economic issues. At about 5:40 a.m. Wednes- after individuals got in an “The heartland of America is a DISPATCH STAFF REPORT earlier this week. day, there was another shoot- argument, the press release place the Harvard Business School The first shooting oc- ing in the 400 block of 15th said. used to visit quite often,” Rivkin Columbus Police Depart- curred at about 10 p.m. at a Avenue South, the press re- While investigating the said. “In the excitement of global- ment is investigating two house on the 300 block of 21st lease said. There were also Wednesday shooting, po- ization, we started visiting other shootings at houses from Street North, according to no injuries in that shooting. See CPD, 8A See Harvard, 8A

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1 George Simenon’s Inspector Maigret members, $15 advance/$17 meetings Thursday at door. Non-members, March 16: lives in what city? ■ Art in Public Places: The 2 What company trades as AMZN on $20/$22, at columbus-arts. Board of Starkville Area Arts Council NASDAQ? org or 662-328-2787 (closed Aldermen work hosts “Through Their Eyes,” 3 What state elected Al Gore to the Mondays). session, noon, an exhibit of photography Senate? City Hall 4 Who told shoppers, “Please, don’t by 10 children with Autism March 19: Kaiden Boykin squeeze the Charmin”? Spectrum Disorder. The Saturday 5 What now-defunct airline once had ■ St. Patrick’s block “paw- Board of Su- Second grade, Caledonia exhibit opens at 5:30 p.m. at its name over Grand Central Station ty”: This Columbus-Lowndes pervisors, 5:30 the Greater Starkville Devel- — Eastern, Pan Am or TWA? Humane Society fundraiser p.m., Oktibbeha opment Partnership, 200 E. at Zachary’s in downtown County Court- High 70 Low 44 Answers, 8B Main St., Starkville. Mostly sunny and warmer Columbus from 11 a.m.-7 house Full forecast on p.m. features Irish festival March 20: page 2A. Friday music (2-7 p.m.), green beer, Board of Alder- ■ Rupert Wates in con- silent auction and raffle. men, 5:30 p.m., cert: The Columbus Arts Please bring shelter supplies City Hall Inside Council presents Rupert (see clhumanesociety.org for March 30: Business 4A Dear Abby 7B Wates with “The Lights needs) or cash donations. Board of Classifieds8B Obituaries 5A of Paris” at 7 p.m. at the For sponsorship opportuni- Tanner Lewis works at the Aldermen work Comics 7B Opinions 6A Rosenzweig Arts Center, ties, contact Colin Krieger, Oktibbeha County Humane session, noon, Crossword 6B 501 Main St. Tickets for 662-329-7653. Society. City Hall

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Thursday, March 15, 2018 3A MSU SPORTS BLOG ON LIne SUBSCRIPTIONS Visit The Dispatch MSU Sports Blog for breaking For only $1.50 per month, print subscribers can get unlimited Bulldog news: www.cdispatch.com/msusports access to story comments, extra photos, newspaper archives and much more with an online subscription. Nonsubscribers can purchase online access for less than $9 per month. @ Go to www.cdispatch.com/subscribe With 2 US Senate races, Mississippi lawmaker switches pick State Sen. Chris McDaniel, who earlier filed a young man es, we can guarantee Donald “His motivation may be who once had Trump will have a fighter who finding someone who can beat to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. great potential,” will stand with him,” McDaniel McDaniel decisively,” said Bryant said in a said in a statement, only hours Millsaps College Professor Na- Roger Wicker, announced Wednesday he’ll statement. after he told The Associated than Shrader. The political sci- McDaniel has Press that he hadn’t decided entist said he wasn’t surprised run for Sen. Thad Cochran’s seat already sought on a switch. by McDaniel’s switch, saying Cochran’s seat Some Republican leaders polling data showed strong By JEFF AMY McDaniel he’s retiring April 1. once, challeng- fear tea party favorite McDan- support for Wicker among The Associated Press The move smooths Wicker’s ing the decades-long fixture iel could lose to a Democrat in Mississippi voters. path to re-election, turning the of Mississippi politics in a 2014 the same way that Roy Moore McDaniel, though, is also JACKSON — With a rare focus to Cochran’s seat and primary that sharply split the lost to Doug Jones in Alabama aiming to take down another opportunity to run for either who Mississippi Gov. Phil Bry- state’s dominant party. The last year. Bryant is under pres- target: Senate Majority Leader of two U.S. Senate seats, an ant will appoint to fill it until a Republican from south Missis- sure to appoint someone who insurgent Mississippi Republi- Nov. 6 nonpartisan election for sippi’s Ellisville suggested this can beat McDaniel and keep Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. can switched targets Wednes- the remaining two years on the time should be different, say- the GOP’s historical lock on He outlined an anti-establish- day. term. ing Republicans should rally the seat. Many speculate that ment appeal, telling The Asso- State Sen. Chris McDaniel, Bryant quickly made it clear around him and avoid a nasty Bryant might appoint Lt. Gov. ciated Press Wednesday that who earlier filed to challenge that it wouldn’t be McDaniel, primary that might give Dem- Tate Reeves or Secretary of he’s focused on “making sure incumbent Republican U.S. flicking away the aspirant’s ocrats another Senate seat as State Delbert Hosemann, both Mitch McConnell is not select- Sen. Roger Wicker, announced call for the party to rally be- the GOP seeks to hold its nar- Republicans. Bryant has ruled ing our next senator.” McDan- Wednesday that he’ll run for hind him. row majority. out appointing himself, despite iel has said he wants to depose Sen. Thad Cochran’s seat after “This opportunistic behav- “If we unite the party now entreaties from some in Wash- McConnell from his leadership the elder senator announced ior is a sad commentary for and consolidate our resourc- ington. role.

Crawford man arrested for choking woman Mother: 6th grader Suspect faces aggravated domestic violence charge and arrest- hanged self over bullying ed in Oktib- Th e Associated Press DISPATCH STAFF REPORT St., into custody Sunday. whether the victim went beha Coun- ty and taken According to the police to the hospital. SOUTHAVEN — The parents of a 6th grade- A Crawford man was to Lowndes report, Dooley and the The victim reported boy in Mississippi who hanged himself in the fam- arrested over the week- C o u n t y victim were at a friend’s the assault to Oktibbe- ily garage say he was bullied at school after saying end for allegedly attack- Adult De- house near the Oktibbeha ha County Sheriff’s Of- he might be bisexual. ing a woman and choking tention Cen- WREG-TV reports that 12-year-old Andy Leach her. County line when they got fice, but when deputies Dooley ter. He was left a note for his family before killing himself on Deputies with Lown- involved in an argument learned the incident hap- charged with aggravated March 6. His parents, Cheryl Hudson and Matt des County Sheriff’s Of- and he began to choke pened in Crawford, they domestic violence. Leach, say they learned after his death that other her. called LCSO. Dooley is still in custo fice took Donald Donta - Southaven Middle School students called their son Dooley, 34, of 208 O’Neal The report did not say Dooley was later found dy on $20,000 bond. worthless and ugly and threatened to beat him up. The parents say the school district doesn’t enforce its policy of “zero tolerance” for bullying. The district says it encourages anyone aware of bullying to report it to school officials so that they A rea arrests can respond appropriately. The following arrests were made by the Oktib- beha County Sheriff’s Of- fice: n Dominick Jefferson, 19, was charged with trespassing. n Tracy Guyton, 27, was charged with identity Jefferson Guyton Norwood Johnson Williams Davidson theft. n Pavion Norwood, 33, was charged with failure to register as a sex offend- er and probation violation. n Moses Johnson, 30, was charged with a probation violation. n Debbria Williams, Horn Howard Shed Reedwood Miller Hicks Sr. 31, was charged with a probation violation. n Ivan Davidson, 20, was charged with 3rd DUI, 2nd DUI and 1st DUI. n Peyton Horn, 21, was charged with assault on an officer, public drunken- ness and resisting arrest. Dummitt Carley Boyles McSorely Smith Harpole n Christopher Howard, 29, was charged with bur- glary of a residence, mali- cious mischief, disorderly conduct and trespassing. n Billy Shed, 26, was charged with possession of a weapon by a felon. Farrar Brewer Besimi Beard Jennings Tyler The following arrests were made by Lowndes n Steven Carley, 31, n Charles Farrar, 48, to appear. County Sheriff’s Office: was charged with bribing was charged with posses- n Jarvis n Laycie Reedwood, a witness and a parole vision of methamphetamine. Jennings, 39, was charged with pos- olation. n Parish Brewer, 25, 31, was session of methamphet- n Bailey Boyles, 31, was charged with posses- c h a r g e d amine. was charged with bribe, sion methamphetamine with at- n Brenda Miller, 22, receiving by a witness. with intent to distribute tempt to was charged with bribing n Timothy McSorely, and two counts of posses- commit an a witness. 58, was charged with cy- sion of a weapon by felon. offense. Wells n Dennis Hicks Sr., 55, berstalking. n Jeremiah Besimi, 30, n John- was charged with 4th or n Alicia Smith, 28, was was charged with posses- ny Tyler, 49, was charged subsequent DUI and seat- charged with possession sion of methamphetamine with possession of meth- belt violation. of methamphetamine. with intent to distribute amphetamine, possession n Jason Dummitt, 37, n Jennifer Harpole, 42, and possession of weapon of marijuana and careless was charged with posses- was charged with posses- by felon. driving. sion of a controlled sub- sion of methamphetamine n Cory Beard, 25, was n Davonta Wells, 31, stance and driving on the and shoplifting less than charged with taking of a was charged with posses- wrong side of the road. $250. motor vehicle and failure sion of cocaine.

Around the state Defense contractor feet (to its existing build- a $510,000 state grant to five years in federal pris- ing to make and assemble help pay for equipment on for trying to obtain and to add 48 workers in lasers for government and costs. Lee County is ex- distribute 110 pounds or $20M expansion commercial customers. pected to grant property more of marijuana. SHANNON — An San Diego-based Gen- tax breaks worth about U.S. District Judge atomic and defense con- eral Atomics says it needs $1.1 million over 10 years. Henry T. Wingate sen- tractor is again expand- to expand because its tenced the 33-year-old ing in Mississippi, with Former police plans to spend $20 million product line is diversify- Thomas Wheeler Mon- and add 48 jobs over three ing. officer sentenced on day, after Wheeler plead- years. Mississippi Develop- marijuana charge ed guilty in December. When was the last time you General Atomics an- ment Authority spokes- JACKSON — A former A former Hattiesburg picked up a piece of litter? nounced Wednesday that woman Tammy Craft says Mississippi police officer police officer, Wheeler it will add 128,000 square General Atomics will get has been sentenced to was arrested in 2015. 4A Thursday, March 15, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Note: Business column Dealing with Devin will return next week. Tariffs lift hopes for jobs in American mill towns Tariffs expected to raise U.S. prices for steel and what happened to former President George W. Bush’s 2002 steel tariffs, aluminum which would help domestic producers which were withdrawn due to potential retaliation. And while tariffs and create several hundred new steelworker jobs might help a few steelworkers they could hurt many more workers in By DAVID KOENIG of the mills have closed in recent autos and other industries in the AP Business Writer decades. Midwest steel states that helped “Our union has asked for tariffs elect Trump in 2016. In the heart of America’s dimin- for years, but I have a feeling myself Ned Hill, an Ohio State Universi- ished steel country, support for that it’s too late,” said Denny Cre- ty professor who studies manufac- President Donald Trump’s tariffs gut, a steelworker in Canonsburg. turing including the steel industry, on imports is broad and bipartisan. “I wish to God this thing would It is tempered, though, by a strong said the tariffs will be symbolic but work and steel mills would come streak of realism. useless. He said that because the Trump’s tariffs are expected to back and coal mines would come tariffs are perceived as temporary raise U.S. prices for steel and alu- back and jobs would come back, but and will exempt some countries and minum. That would help domestic unfortunately I don’t believe it.” steel products, most U.S. steel com- producers and create several hun- The details of the Trump admin- panies won’t make the multi-bil- dred new steelworker jobs. istration’s tariffs — 25 percent on lion-dollar investments needed to But the tariffs aren’t going to foreign steel, 10 percent on alumi- make older mills competitive. return American steel anywhere num — are still unclear, and that A few companies, however, are close to its peak output in the 1970s. helps explain why they are likely to planning to fire up long-idled mills Even some steelworkers feel it in have limited effect. and smelters: places like Canonsburg, Pennsyl- The president exempted Canada ■ United States Steel Corp. says vania, about 20 miles southwest of and Mexico temporarily while they it will restart a blast furnace in Illi- Pittsburgh. renegotiate the North American nois and recall 500 workers. People in Canonsburg are proud Free Trade Agreement with the ■ Alcoa Corp.’s partial reopen- of their past. A statue of singer U.S. Other countries also want to ing of an aluminum smelter in Indi- and native son Perry Como adorns be excused. European nations are ana, announced last year, is expect- downtown. The borough claims to threatening to retaliate with tariffs ed to happen this spring. have the second-largest July Fourth against some American products. ■ Nucor Corp. announced in No- celebration in the state, behind only History suggests the tariffs vember that it will open a new micro Philadelphia. Coal and steel once could be temporary, which would mill in Missouri in 2019, creating dominated the landscape, but many further blunt their impact. That’s about 255 jobs.

Toys R Us planning to liquidate its US operations By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO to liquidate all of its U.S. It’s likely to also liq- time employees worldwide AP Retail Writer stores, according to an au- uidate its businesses in last year. dio recording of the meet- Australia, France, Poland, Brandon said on the re- NEW YORK — Toys R ing obtained by The Asso- Portugal and Spain, according that the company Us is headed toward shut- ciated Press. cording to the recording. would be filing liquidation tering its U.S. operations, Brandon said Toys R Us It’s already shuttering papers and there would be jeopardizing the jobs of will try to bundle its Cana- its business in the Unit- a bankruptcy court hear- some 30,000 employees dian business, with about ed Kingdom. That would ing Thursday. while spelling the end 200 stores, and find a buy- leave it with stores in Can- “We worked as hard for a chain known to gener. The company’s U.S. ada, central Europe and and as long as we could erations of children and online store would still be Japan, where it could find to turn over every rock,” parents for its sprawling running for the next cou- buyers for those assets. Brandon told employees. stores and Geoffrey the ple of weeks in case there’s Toys R Us had about giraffe mascot. a buyer for it. 60,000 full-time and part- The closing of the company’s 740 U.S. stores over the coming months will finalize the downfall of the chain that succumbed to heavy debt and relent- less trends that undercut its business, from online shopping to mobile games. CEO David Brandon told employees Wednes- day the company’s plan is

Business brief Brooks Eye Center Adds Dr. Ashley O. Earwood Brooks Eye Center of Columbus announces the addition of Optometrist, Ashley O. Earwood. Dr. Ear- wood is originally from Mc- Comb. Dr. Earwood graduated Earwood magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies along with being a member of Kappa Delta sorority. In May 2017, Dr. Ear- wood earned her Doctor- ate of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. While at SCO, she was a member of the optometric hon- or society Beta Sigma Kappa and was heavily involved with the Missis- sippi Optometric Student Association. Dr. Earwood is a current member of both the Mississippi Op- tometric Association and the American Optometric Association. Dr. Earwood is mar- ried to Kevin Earwood, a lifetime resident of Columbus. She enjoys community involvement, spending time with family and friends, cooking, and raising her puppy, Ivy, which she adopted from the Columbus Hu- mane Society. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, March 15, 2018 5A Area obituaries COMMERCIAL DISPATCH Mrs. Howell was at Pinelake Church of Dixon of Hattiesburg; be today from 3-6 p.m. and June Bankhead; OBITUARY POLICY born in Clay County on Starkville. Funeral ser- brothers, Warren Lee at Carter’s Mortuary sisters, Ollie Mae Obituaries with basic informa- Sept. 19, 1946, to the vice will immediately Stevenson of Columbus Service Chapel of West Gunter, Annie Lee tion including visitation and service times, are provided late Neal Hunter and follow. Burial will follow and Charlie Steven- Point. Brown, Gracie Lee free of charge. Extended Mary Elizabeth Smith- at King Cemetery in son of Gary, Indiana; Ms. Poole was born Betts, Willie Mae Bet- obituaries with a photograph, erman Smith. She grad- Bassfield. sisters, Walter Mae in West Point on June ts, Hattie Lou Ussery detailed biographical informa- uated from West Point Mrs. Graham was Stevenson of Aliceville, 1, 1958, to the late Hen- and Lillie Pearl Betts; tion and other details families High School in 1964. born in Huntsville, Alabama; 56 grandchil- ry Clay “Bo” Heard and and brother, Cleveland may wish to include, are avail- She was a member of Alabama to Dennis and dren, 50 great-grand- Louise Brown Heard. Robert Betts Sr. able for a fee. Obituaries must Pleasant Grove United Pat Murray of Destin, children and many She was formerly em- be submitted through funeral She is survived by Florida. She attended great-great-grandchil- ployed by Wal-Mart as homes unless the deceased’s Methodist Church. her daughters, Carlean Pinelake Church of dren. an associate. body has been donated to In addition to her Williams, Mearlean science. If the deceased’s parents, she was pre- Starkville. She was She is survived by Nalls, Fannie Will body was donated to science, ceded in death by her formerly employed her sons, Anthony Darla Turan Sharky and Virginia A. the family must provide official brothers, Raymond and by Mississippi State COLUMBUS — L. Heard and Ken L. proof of death. Please submit Hackman; son, Johnny Rex Smith. Veterinarian School of Darla Turan, 68, died Poole; brother, Harvey all obituaries on the form C. Hackman; 33 grand- She is survived by Medicine as a vet tech March 14, 2018, at Heard; sister, Doris provided by The Commercial children and many her husband, Randy Z. of anesthesiology. Trinity Healthcare of Jefferson; and nine Dispatch. Free notices must be great-grandchildren. submitted to the newspaper Howell of West Point; She was preceded in Columbus. grandchildren. no later than 3 p.m. the day daughter, Randee death by her brother, Services are in- prior for publication Tuesday “Helen” Howell of West Brian Murray. complete and will be through Friday; no later than 4 Bessie Hackman Point; sons, Ronald S. In addition to her announced by Lown- p.m. Saturday for the Sunday CALEDONIA — Howell of West Point parents, she is survived edition; and no later than 7:30 des Funeral Home of Bessie Mae Betts and Ryan “Shawn” by her husband, Timo- a.m. for the Monday edition. Columbus. Hackman died March Howell of Whiteville, thy S. Graham of Cedar Incomplete notices must be re- 8, 2018, in Columbus. ceived no later than 7:30 a.m. Tennessee; brother, Ray Bluff; and daughter, Sa- Joyce Chaltry Services will be for the Monday through Friday Smith of West Point; mantha Briann Graham Joyce M. Chaltry, 82, 1 p.m. Saturday at editions. Paid notices must be eight grandchildren and of Cedar Bluff. died March 14, 2018, Anderson Grove MBC finalized by 3 p.m. for inclusion one great-grandson. the next day Monday through at Trinity Healthcare of Caledonia. Burial Pallbearers will be Lillie Rice Thursday; and on Friday by 3 Center. will follow at Memorial Larry Lee Brasfield, WEST POINT — p.m. for Sunday and Monday Services are in- Gardens of Colum- Justin McVay, Jacob Lillie Lee Rice, 93, died publication. For more informa- complete and will be bus. Visitation will be Thomas Myers tion, call 662-328-2471. Vowell, Tanner Howell, March 9, 2018, at Du- announced by Memori- Friday from 3-5 p.m. at Josh Howell and Shane gan Memorial Nursing Graveside Services: al Gunter Peel Funeral Anderson Grove MBC Howell. Home of West Point. Saturday, March 17 • 1 PM Jeanette Westbrook Home and Crematory of Caledonia. Egger Cemetery Memorials may Services will be 11 COLUMBUS — Jea- College Street location. Mrs. Hackman was Second Ave. N location be made to Pleasant a.m. Saturday at St. nette Westbrook, 81, born Aug. 8, 1922, Grove United Method- Paul MB Church of died March 15, 2018, at Annabelle Mitchener to the late John and Robert L. Pavlenko ist Church Cemetery West Point with the Incomplete Baptist Memorial Hos- CRAWFORD — An- Earline Betts. She was Fund, c/o Brenda Hen- Rev. Eddie Longstreet Second Ave. N location pital-Golden Triangle. nabelle Mitchener, 100, a member of Anderson ley, 13660 Baker Road, officiating. Burial will Services are in- died March 15, 2018, Grove MB Church. Prairie, MS 39756. follow at Memorial Joyce Chaltry complete and will be Gardens of West Point. at Noxubee General In addition to her Incomplete announced by Lown- Visitation will be Friday Hospital. parents, she was College Street location des Funeral Home of Onnie Elam from 3-6 p.m. at Car- Services are in- preceded in death by ABERDEEN — On- Columbus. ter’s Mortuary Service complete and will be her husband, Robert nie Davis Elam, 80, Chapel of West Point. announced by Cockrell (Bill) Hackman; sons, died March 13, 2018, Funeral Home. Arthur Lewis Gunter, Patsy Howell Ms. Rice was born memorialgunterpeel.com WEST POINT — at North Mississippi in Macon on April 20, Billy Joe Hackman and “Patsy” Gene Smith Medical Center Hos- 1924, to the late Walter Linda Poole Jessie Will Hackman; Howell, 71, died March pice-Tupelo. Steverson Sr. and Lou WEST POINT — daughters, Alice Burr 13, 2018, at her resi- Services will be Anna Steverson. She Linda Ruth Poole, 59, dence. 4 p.m. Friday at Tis- was formerly a business died March 10, 2018, at I don’t want flowers at my funeral. I want Services will be 2 dale-Lann Memorial owner. her residence. p.m. today at Pleasant Funeral Home. Visita- Animal Shelter Donations! She is survived by Services will be If you want it done your way, you need to call us. Grove United Method- tion will be Friday from her sons, Danny Rice of 11 a.m. Friday at ist Church in Una with 5-8 p.m. at the funeral West Point, Carl Rice Jr. Northside Christian the Rev. Steve Lampkin home. of Las Vegas, Nevada, Church of West Point officiating and Monte Leroy Rice of Macon, with the Rev. Clyde Crosswhite assisting. Tonya Graham Georgia and Julius D. Poole officiating. Burial will follow at Palo Tonya Michelle Wayne Rice of Colum- Burial will follow at Alto Cemetery. Visita- Graham died March 13, bus; daughters, Everle- Hopewell Memorial When Caring Counts... tion will be one hour 2018, at North Missis- na Martin of Aberdeen, Gardens of Cedar Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory prior to service at the sippi Medical Center- Annie Mae Grady of Bluff. Visitation will (662) 328-1808 church. Calvert Funeral Tupelo. Columbus, Mary Helen Home is in charge of Visitation will be Rice Summerall of West arrangements. today from noon-2 p.m. Point and Linda Faye

Lawyers differ on what Orlando club shooter’s widow knew 31-year-old accused of aiding and about his plan when he left the house in the hours abetting her husband in his attack on before the shooting. They also say she lied, tried to the Pulse nightclub in June of 2016 mislead FBI agents and had knowledge of her hus- By TAMARA LUSH shot his way through the band’s sick fascination The Associated Press club. Prosecutors also with violent jihadist vid- showed video taken inside eos and terrorism. ORLANDO, Fla. — If the club by one survivor; “None of the victims jurors in a federal trial in Salman covered her eyes Florida believe govern- that night knew the hor- with her hand and vic- ment prosecutors, the rific events that would un- tims’ family members in wife of the man who car- fold. No one knew except ried out one of the U.S.’s the court teared up. for two people: Omar Ma- biggest mass shootings Prosecutors portrayed teen and his wife,” Assis- gave a “green light” to her a woman who knew Ma- tant U.S. Attorney James husband when he wanted teen was buying rounds Mandolfo said. “The de- to execute his terrorist-in- of ammunition for his fendant gave Omar Ma- spired attack. AR-15, helped him spend teen the green light to But if they accept Noor thousands of dollars be- commit terrorism on be- Salman’s attorney’s ac- fore the attack and knew half of ISIS.” count that she was a “de- voted mother” with an IQ of 84 and was the victim of Omar Mateen’s repeated lies throughout their mar- riage, they could decide she had no prior knowledge of the attack. Salman went on trial Wednesday in Orlando. The 31-year-old is accused of aiding and abetting her husband in his attack on the Pulse nightclub in June of 2016. She’s also charged with obstruction of justice. If convicted, she faces life in prison. After opening state- ments, the government called a variety of witnesses who gave emo- tional testimony about that night at Pulse. Two police officers testified, as did a survivor who said she covered herself with a dead body while Mateen

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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch MARY ANN HARDY Controller Home Base In black communities, ‘traffic stop safety’ is a priority conversation Walking up member at Oak Grove. We don’t talk about traffic stop safe- hoodies; that any of these things, in to the driver’s The demonstration kicked off a ty at my church because we know we themselves, actually constitute crimi- side of a pick- community meeting mostly held in don’t have to. And I’d wager it’s not a nally suspicious behavior; or that we, up that was the church fellowship hall where more subject that comes up often at commu- as white folks, have the moral author- “pulled over” than a dozen church members — all nity meetings in Columbus’ Southside ity to dictate how other people should by Lowndes African-American — heard from law Historic District or down South Mont- behave. County sher- enforcement, a local defense attorney gomery in Starkville either. Plus, are we really saying with iff’s deputies and media members about issues But in a society where we are far straight faces that if black people Tuesday ranging from their individual rights to more likely to acknowledge — as we checked all the “social norm” boxes evening in the how media cover crime. all should — the perilous nature of po- we deem appropriate that we wouldn’t Oak Grove Lesson 1: Law enforcement is a licing, regardless of color or whether just come up with a longer list? Histo- MB Church difficult, nuanced and dangerous job we have experience, certain segments ry tells us that’s a damn lie. parking lot on Zack Plair full of surprises citizens can’t fully of that same society (white people) Law enforcement, at least locally, Taylor Thur- understand unless they are placed in struggle to offer that same respect to seems to be beginning to understand ston Road, that position. That maxim seemed to the black experience with law enforce- my point. The officers at Oak Grove the pastor and I muttered our lines to be accepted without debate. ment. Tuesday acknowledged the trust defi- ourselves as we shuffled closer to the From there, however, the conversa- We fail, often, to acknowledge the cit many black people have with police vehicle. tion turned to a subject that struck me fact that African-Americans have while at the same time not betraying Part of a law enforcement-led at my core — these black church mem- community meetings centered on their own experiences and expecta- demonstration, our instructions were bers began thoughtfully discussing “surviving traffic stops.” We ignore tions for safety. There also has been at to approach the driver, ask for his how they, their children and grand- the fact their fear is informed by some- least one example in the Columbus Po- driver’s license and proof of insurance children can most effectively stay safe thing real — whether it’s the historical lice Department in the last year where and not reveal the faux stop was for from harm during a traffic stop. journey of black heritage from slavery officer mistreatment of a young black a malfunctioning tag light until the The answer, which came from the through Jim Crow to now, or the more man on a traffic stop was dealt with driver had produced those items. The defense attorney, who is white, was recent string of YouTube videos where swiftly, fairly and decisively once city deputies leading the demonstration “comply.” Even if they believe their “bad apple” police officers who are leaders became aware of the issue. implied we’d get some pushback. We rights are being violated, even if decidedly white mistreat, injure or kill We can all exist in a society where just didn’t know in what form. they know they are being mistreated otherwise “complying” black citizens. we want safety for law enforcement We found out soon enough. without cause, “comply” and file a And often, we don’t just ignore it. and also work together to reduce the As we reached the rear of the pick- complaint later. We make excuses for it. need for “traffic stop safety” conversa- up, a man who had been lying in its In fact, she added: “The only unac- “If they would stand for the national tions in black communities. bed jumped up and started hollering ceptable thing (on a traffic stop) is for anthem, stop sagging their pants and Until we get there, though, kudos to — a move that sufficiently startled the you to lose your life.” take off their hoodies, then maybe the folks at Oak Grove for the well- pastor and me and froze us in place Their dignity, apparently, is fair they wouldn’t seem so suspicious,” planned, substantive discussion about momentarily. game. comes the prevailing sentiment. a very real issue. “See. Y’all would be dead,” said the Her advice, sadly, is probably But that assumes several falla- Zack Plair is managing editor of The man in the back of the truck, who is a accurate. But the point is, I don’t really cies: that all black people sit for the Dispatch. His email address is zplair@ former law enforcement officer and a know. anthem, sag their pants and wear cdispatch.com.

Voice of the people Takes issue with Dispatch coverage of CRA I struggle as I deal with my internal frustra- tion and confusion as to why your newspaper continues to criticize and impose negative insinuation against the efforts of the Columbus Redevelopment Authority and on a larger scale the City of Columbus and her elected leadership. It has become obvious that you want to paint the efforts of the CRA in a negative light to the readers of your newspaper. The majority of your stories lately have not “reported the facts” but rather have been used to tell your side of the story, which should be presented as an opinion editorial not a balanced and fair newspaper story. Your own publisher is quoted as saying “not all development is good development.” I am curious as to how he arrived at this opinion about our efforts when he has never attended a single meeting of our 3 year existence. Your readers deserve better, but more importantly they deserve all the facts. For the record, I feel incredibly confident and very positive about all the actions by our CRA board to date. I know that we have always sought to act in the best interest of the community as a whole. TECHNOLOGY I want to address the larger issue, and I hope you will allow my words to be presented to the public and let them decide how to feel in the end, not told how to feel by your reporters’ one sided What computers know about us and think they know inflammatory stories. The electric compa- that can be shared with (For more insight, watch “The The five volunteer members of the CRA all ny sends me colorful doctors. Russians.”) recognize that by stepping into this unpaid lead- reports on my monthly The possibilities for Many psychologists already ership position we may be criticized or judged. energy habits. A recent misinterpreting what’s blame social media for rising rates However, we believe that our test is to bring one rated me “above going on, not to mention of depression. Facebook and others forward a positive final result that truly benefits average” in electricity invading privacy, seem have replaced intimate physical the community as a whole. use compared with my legion. But the theory is friendships deemed key to good We recognize that there is not a way to supposedly more ex- interesting. mental health. Also, the presence of please everyone but we work toward a result travagant neighbors. I’m For example, some- Facebook friends showcasing their that brings the greatest benefit to the whole, usually “average.” one posting a slew of nearly perfect lives (whether real not merely pleasing just the few. A most critical I would have basked tweets at midnight may or not) has been found to foment piece to this process is that we listen to those in such praise were it be suffering anxiety. It feelings of envy and inadequacy in that come forward with information to assist us. not for this pertinent Froma Harrop has been noted that late- others. We have also chosen to seek out information and fact: I wasn’t home that night tweeting spikes in In other news, a “digital health” input to help us. Your efforts to discredit us and month. times of political turmoil. company called Sharecare purports make it appear we acted with malice or decep- Thus, I had not flicked a single Posting at 3 a.m. might suggest to measure stress levels during tion are shameful. Why didn’t you or your sourc- light switch, touched the micro- a sleep disorder. Might. Tweeting phone calls. Pattern recognition es come to us with the information and history wave or even recharged a cellphone madly in the wee hours could also technology lets its computers send of the area to assist in the process? Better yet, in the period being monitored. mean someone has customers in out messages such as “you seemed why did you choose to criticize our efforts ver- The only things driving up my Asia. anxious.” sus help in our efforts? Your readers will be able kilowatt-hours were the automat- Few things should provoke more Having grown up in an environ- to determine their own answers, but it seems ic-drive appliances — the refrigera- anxiety than the idea of Facebook’s ment where anxiety was a base- to me that you have an agenda to discredit and tor, the cable box, the digital clocks. using its data to dig into our health line reaction — The bird feeder’s disparage all of our work while taking very little How come I didn’t qualify as “well status. For example, the company empty!!! — I worry how often some time to even understand the issues involved. above average”? I have no idea. is now employing artificial intel- people are going to be beeped, I encourage you and your reporters to rec- This is an especially primitive ligence to scour posts in search buzzed or messaged. Also, aren’t ognize the effort put forth by elected officials example of computers crunching of suicidal thoughts. Friends beeps, buzzes and instant messag- and board members who serve this great city personal data into faulty conclu- responding with comments like es themselves a source of stress? of Columbus. Instead of criticizing them, seek sions. And seeing as judgments are “Can I help?” add to the suspicions My distrust of this technology to get more informed and hopefully join in the being made, shouldn’t the utility that someone is in serious trouble. notwithstanding, I admit to volun- efforts to improve and grow our community. I factor in the number of people re- Facebook review teams have been tarily letting my Fitbit watch harass would also encourage your readers to become siding in each house? If a family of known to alert local authorities on me whenever I sit too long. But informed on issues and work to become part of six lived next door and used twice the basis of troubling patterns. here’s the truly creepy part: When the solution versus someone who stands back as much electricity as I do, I’d con- There’s huge irony in Facebook’s I get up, take the 250 steps and see and points out perceived failures. We are not sider the neighbors thriftier than I. presuming to help people racked by the watch face light up with “Nailed blameless or faultless individuals who can’t be A recent phenomenon called anxiety when the social media giant it!” I actually feel lauded. questioned; but merely good people striving to digital phenotyping makes even has become a major source of it. Where this is leading, no one do great things for our fellow citizens. fancier (and more fanciful) claims Facebook, after all, gave an enor- knows. That we can still unplug John Acker for the benefits of computers’ track- mous platform to shady foreigners from it remains a source of comfort. Columbus ing human behavior. Promoters say trying to stoke anger and resent- Froma Harrop, a syndicated Editor’s note: This letter was edited for length. they can assess one’s physical and ment across the land. Do you want columnist, writes for the Providence The full letter is available online at cdispatch. mental health by scanning his or a Russian troll impersonating an (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail com. her use of social media — findings American friend at a time of stress? address is [email protected]. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, March 15, 2018 7A Senate confirmation fights ahead on Trump’s State, CIA picks ‘I want to do everything I can to block them. “There are a lot of unan- Iran that could lead to military Tillerson, the White House is swered questions,” said Senate action. counting on a repeat of Senate This is a debate that’s really worth having.’ Minority Leader Chuck Schum- “I want to do everything I can support for the former Kansas er, D-N.Y. to block them,” Paul said. “This congressman confirmed last Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. On Wednesday, Sen. Rand is a debate that’s really worth year to lead the clandestine By LISA MASCARO smoothly for Trump’s new nom- Paul, R-Ky., announced he having.” agency. AP Congressional Correspondent inees to run State and the CIA. would oppose both nominees The president’s firing of Sec- But the political ground has Senate Democrats — and — Mike Pompeo for State and retary of State Rex Tillerson shifted since the 66-32 vote to WASHINGTON — Back some top Republicans — are Gina Haspel for CIA — over touched off a Senate confirma- confirm Pompeo in January in 2017, the Senate gave quick slow-walking the process amid their views on waterboarding — tion battle that will play out this 2017 when the GOP-led Con- confirmation to President Don- fresh questions over the Trump which he said “sends a terrible spring ahead of midterm elec- gress was eager to put the new ald Trump’s national security administration’s stance toward message to the world” — as well tions when control of Congress president’s team in place and team and his first secretary of Russia and revived inquiries into as his concerns that Pompeo will hangs in balance. Democrats were unwilling to state. But it’s not likely to go as the CIA’s dark history of torture. advocate for regime change in By tapping Pompeo to replace stand in the way.

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Susan Boyett pushes her granddaughter, Rivers Bightwell, 22 months, in her stroller around downtown Starkville with family friend, Nasrin Zaeem-Tackett, Tuesday. “We had coffee and now we are just killing some time together,” Boyett said. Rivers is the daughter of Jordan and Charis Brightwell of Starkville.

Dog death on United raises questions about its track record Criminal investigation has been tation. Those figures rep- is also the highest in the resent animals that die in industry. Alaska Airlines, launched into the incident aboard the cargo holds. which carries only 17 per- It is rare that an animal cent fewer animals, had Houston-to-New York flight dies on a plane. Even on just two deaths last year. United there was only one “The overwhelming By DAVID KOENIG United acknowledged death for roughly every majority (of deaths), AP Airlines Writer Wednesday that the cus- 4,500 animals transport- according to medical tomer said there was a ed last year. experts, were due to a United Airlines, under dog in the carrier. “How- United, which pro- pre-existing medical siege over the death of a ever, our flight attendant motes its pet-shipping puppy on one of its flights, condition or the animal did not hear or under- says the flight attendant program called PetSafe, wasn’t properly acclimat- stand her, and did not who ordered a passenger carries more animals ed to its crate,” said Unit- knowingly place the dog to put her pet carrier in the than any other airline, ed spokesman Charles in the overhead bin,” the overhead bin didn’t know but its animal-death rate Hobart. there was a dog inside. airline said in a statement. The airline’s account United declined to identi- was contradicted by the fy the employee. family that owned the Late Wednesday, the French bulldog, and also district attorney’s office by other passengers on in Harris County, Texas, Monday night’s flight. said a criminal investiga- Eleven-year-old Sophia tion has been launched Ceballos told NBC News into the dog’s death that her mother told the aboard the Houston-to- flight attendant “’It’s a dog, New York flight. it’s a dog,’ and (the flight Last year, 18 animals, attendant) said we have to mostly dogs, died while put it up there,” in the bin. being transported on Other passengers United — three-fourths of backed up the family’s ac- all animal deaths on U.S. count on Twitter and Face- carriers, according to the book. Department of Transpor-

Trump picks camera-proven Kudlow as top economic aide The Associated Press “The economy is starting to roar and we’re going WASHINGTON — to get more of that,” he President Donald Trump said. has chosen Larry Kudlow Kudlow will join an ad- to be his top economic ministration in the middle aide, elevating the influ- of a tumultuous remod- ence of a longtime fixture eling as a wave of White on the CNBC business House staffers and top news network who previ- officials have departed in ously served in the Rea- recent weeks. Trump on gan administration and Tuesday dumped his secre- has emerged as a leading tary of state, former Exxon evangelist for tax cuts and Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. a smaller government. The famously pin- Kudlow told The Asso- stripe-suited Kudlow ciated Press on Wednes- would succeed Gary Cohn, day that he has accepted a former Goldman Sachs the offer, saying the U.S. executive who is leaving economy is poised to take the post in a dispute over off after Trump signed $1.5 Trump’s decision to im- trillion worth of tax cuts pose tariffs on imported into law. steel and aluminum. 8A Thursday, March 15, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SCAVENGER HUNT

Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Adysen Johnson, left, smiles up at her friend, Isis Bandy, both 6, while they smell wild flowers they picked at First Assembly Child Care Ministries Monday. “We are doing a scavenger hunt,” Adysen said. “We just have to spot a bird, find a rock, flowers and grass,” added Isis. Adysen is the daughter of Juanita and Willie Wilkins. Isis is the daughter of Adrea Bandy.

Harvard Continued from Page 1A parts of the world.” Joseph Fuller and Bill said the case resonated experience a wide variety The report recounts Kerr co-wrote a case that with students on at least of leaders while they’re on the local visit, including Kerr taught in his Man- three levels. campus. That means from meetings with Golden Tri- aging the Future of Work “First, the ambition all over the world, from angle Development LINK course, which is a new and resolve to build a all sorts of industries, CEO Joe Max Higgins class in HBS’ second-year bright future for the re- with all sorts of different and tours of area indus- elective curriculum. gion and have everyone styles. Joe Max’s creative tries like Steel Dynamics The case focuses on come together, from style, his competitive and PACCAR. The faculty the lead up to the LINK LINK to businesses to style, his unwillingness also visited East Missis- securing the Yokohama EMCC to nSPARC and to let anything get in the sippi Community College Tire Manufacturing plant others, is exceptional,” way of the success of the and the National Strategic in West Point — to the Kerr said. “Students val- Golden Triangle — I think Planning and Analysis Re- point where Higgins had ued the experience of see- it’s good for students. search Center at Missis- to impress the company’s ing different actors and in- “Some may be inspired sippi State University. chairman on a visit to stitutions collaborate for a and decide they want Higgins, in an emailed West Point that included common future.” to go about things the statement, said he was a tightly-timed helicopter Kerr also said the at- way he does,” he added. thankful for the attention ride over the site in the tention to detail in the “Some may decide that, the region has received face of foul weather. From Golden Triangle’s effort you know what, maybe from HBS and other orga- there, students had to de- — even down to making nizations. cide what they’d do, and sure Yokohama tires were that way isn’t for them. “Who would have discuss and debate their on every bus for the com- But all of them learn.” thought when we started reasons for or against cer- pany’s visit — was “excep- on this adventure 15 years tain ideas with their class- tional.” ago we would be where we mates. Lastly, he said the are getting recognition Higgins and LINK profiles of LINK leader- from worldwide organi- Chief Operating Officer ship, including Higgins zations like The Atlantic, Macaulay Whitaker visit- and Whitaker, and other PBS, ‘60 Minutes’ and now ed the class a few weeks regional leaders were im- HBS?” he said. “It’s great ago and, after the stu- portant to give students for our region and shines dents were given time to examples of strong lead- a spotlight on our need to come up with their own ership. keep pushing the enve- solutions to the dilemma, Rivkin said Higgins’ lope and setting goals for shared how the LINK and Whitaker’s visit to the the Golden Triangle for landed the project. class was an important ex- the next decade.” Kerr, in an emailed posure to successful lead- interview with The Dis- ership for students. Case study patch, said the Golden “We desperately want The report also notes Triangle case was the top- to help our students be- the impact the visit had on ranked case for students come themselves,” Rivkin campus. In the time since in the Managing the Fu- said. “To do that, it helps the visit, HBS professors ture of Work course. He enormously for them to

Skull Continued from Page 1A time,” he said. “You can’t may have come from, the skull in the woods really age it. It’s nothing Wright said. He added nearby and brought it to that’s real recent. investigators believe the the house, along with the “I really hope to have a homeowner’s dogs found other bones. gender at least today or tomorrow at the very least,” he added. Deputies are checking the woods and other nearby areas for possible cem- eteries where the skull

CPD Continued from Page 1A lice responded to a fight that broke out by the gas pumps of the Sprint Mart on Highway 45 North, in which someone bran- dished a handgun. Police detained eight people, including a juvenile, at the scene and witnesses reported one of the three vehicles involved in the fight appeared to match a vehicle in the second shooting. However, investigators made no arrests in relation to the shooting after questioning the sus- pects, though one person was arrested for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Police also recovered two handguns at the Sprint Mart, but officers said no shots were fired. CPD is investigating both shootings and the fight. SPORTS EDITOR SECTION Adam Minichino SPORTS LINE 662-241-5000 B Sports THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018 college basketball Report: Ole Miss will name MTSU’s Davis

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ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Wednesday that Ole Miss is expected to hire Middle Tennessee men’s basketball coach Kermit Davis as its new men’s basketball coach. Goodman cited sources in his report. He expects an official announcement to be made later this week. Davis, 58, has spent the past 16 years at Middle Ten- nessee and Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch has taken Lamar Peters had a career-high 14 assists Wednesday night in the Mississippi Sate men’s basketball team’s 66-59 victory against the program Nebraska in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) on Wednesday night at Humphrey Coliseum. to three NCAA tour- Davis nament appearances. peters provides plenty of assistance Middle Tennessee won the Conference USA regu- Sophomore guard hands out career-high 14 assists to lead Bulldogs past Cornhuskers in first round of NIT lar-season championship, but it was left out of the By Brett Hudson Game 35 that denied it an opportunity 16 points and 10 rebounds. Ab- [email protected] for a victory against a ranked dul Ado added 15 points and NCAA tournament field n nit — nine rebounds, while Stapleton after losing to Southern SECOND ROUND: opponent. Mississippi in the C-USA STARKVILLE — There On Wednesday night, Lamar had 12 points. is a lot to remember from the Mississippi State tourney. at Baylor, Peters remedied MSU’s issue But it was Peters, who didn’t Davis’ Middle Tennes- loss that ended the Mississippi 11 a.m. Sunday with a career-high 14 assists score, who led the charge with see team beat Ole Miss State men’s basketball team’s (ESPN). in a 66-59 victory against Ne- a MSU postseason record for 77-58 on Dec. 9 in Mur- hopes of making the NCAA braska in the first round of the assists. He also had four re- freesboro, Tennessee. It tournament. Inside National Invitation Tournament bounds. Peters’ 14 assists were There was the corner two shy of MSU’s all-time re- was 4-1 against Ole Miss n (NIT) at Humphrey Coliseum. 3-pointer Xavian Stapleton had MORE NEBRASKA-MISSISSIPPI since 2011-12. STATE: Aric Holman makes The victory pushes MSU cord and four shy of the NIT Davis, a Mississippi that could have changed the Cornhuskers pay from 3-point (23-11) into a second-round record native, will replace Andy game. There also was the inju- range. Page 4B matchup against Baylor (19- “He could’ve had 18 assists Kennedy, who announced ry to Nick Weatherspoon that 14), which beat Wagner 80-59 tonight. We missed some open during the season he changed the game. on Tuesday, at 11 a.m. Sunday looks,” MSU coach Ben How- would resign at the end But the number one stands MSU had only one assist in (ESPN) in Waco, Texas. land said. of the 2017-28 season. He out. a three-point loss to Tennessee Aric Holman led MSU with See MSU MEN, 5B reconsidered the decision following a 79-62 loss to NCAA Mississippi State on Feb. Origin of MSU’s success doesn’t get old 17 in Starkville. Women Ole Miss went 1-4 in STARKVILLE coming quite the tradition. In a season KANSAS CITY its final game with Tony eople in Starkville know the story filled with history, the fact that seniors REGIONAL Madlock as its interim well. Blair Schaefer, Victoria Vivians, and Saturday’s Games head coach. South Caroli- P But with women’s basketball Morgan William are part of the first At Humphrey na ended Ole Miss’ season fans from Louisiana, New York, and class to play in the NCAA tourna- Coliseum, Starkville with an 85-84 victory in Oklahoma set to arrive in Mississippi, ment every year might be the biggest n Syracuse (22-8) it’s a perfect time to tell the tale again. the first round of the SEC accomplishment. The growth started vs. Oklahoma State It’s kind of like when Santa Claus visits tournament on March 7 in with a 13-win campaign in 2012-13. (20-10), 2:30 p.m. St. Louis. Starkville every year to read “A Visit (ESPN2) Adam Minichino But the ups and downs in coach Vic In his 12 seasons in from St. Nicholas” to the children on n Mississippi State (32-1) vs. the court at Humphrey Coliseum. Schaefer’s first season as MSU coach Nicholls (19-13), 5 p.m. Oxford, Kennedy was didn’t diminish the potential he and 245-156 as coach of the We’re still months away from Christmas, but Mississippi State women’s bas- his wife, Holly, saw when they visited Starkville n The winners will meet Monday at a See DAVIS, 5B ketball team and the NCAA tournament are be- See MINICHINO, 5B time to be determined

COLLEGE SOFTBALL COLLEGE BASEBALL No. 21 MSU wins 11th in a row Lions outlast Bulldogs in Biloxi From Special Reports Roundup From Special Reports Roundup MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Morgan Bell’s BILOXI — Kyle Schimpf had a second grand slam of the season set Bulldog pitching staff this season. double, home run, and four RBIs The Lions opened the scoring early the tone Wednesday night for the No. The Bulldogs answered in the top of Wednesdya night to help push the with a ground rule RBI-double by Tay- 21 Mississippi State softball team in a the second with a RBI double to center Southeastern Louisiana baseball team lor Schwaner in the top of the first. 7-1 victory against Memphis at the Ti- by Bell. After a single up the middle by to an 11-5 victory against Mississippi MSU answered with five runs in the ger Softball Complex. junior Kat Moore to put Bulldogs on State at MGM Park. bottom half of the inning. A bases-load- Bell’s third grand slam of her career the corner with no outs, senior Cayln Southeastern Louisiana (13-6) used ed walk to Luke Alexander tied the ties her with Jessica Cooley for the pro- Adams drove in the go-ahead run on a a four-run third inning to tie the game game. A Josh Hatcher sacrifice fly, a gram record. She had her second five- fielder’s choice. at 5. It added three runs in the sixth single by Elijah MacNamee, and a two- RBI game of the season to help MSU MSU broke open the game in the top and three more in the seventh — on a run single by Rowdey Jordan made it (23-3) win its 11th game in a row. of the fifth. Junior Emily Heimberger home run by Schimpf — to beat MSU 5-1. Four Bulldogs had two hits to back singled and Mia Davidson doubled. A (10-7). But a three-run triple and a RBI the pitching of Cassady Knudsen (8- dropped pop up on Reggie Harrison’s “We did not put the pressure on them groundout in the third tied the game 1), who went four innings and allowed at-bat loaded the bases. A second error offensively,” MSU interim coach Gary and set the stage for the Lions’ late-in- one run and three hits. She struck out brought in a run before Bell slugged a Henderson said. “We talked about the ning rally. seven. grand slam to left-center field to make things we did well. We talked about get- Cole Marsh started and allowed Memphis plated the first run on a it 7-1. ting away from some of our strengths. two hits and four runs in two innings. solo home run by Baylee Smith in the Knudsen found her grove after giv- We talked about the fact we’re going to Denver McQuary surrendered one bottom of the first. Smith’s home run ing up a leadoff single in the bottom of have to be able to go on the road and hit and one run in two innings. Riley was just the second allowed by the See SOFTBALL, 6B play in a good environment.” See BASEBALL, 6B 2B Thursday, March 15, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Doubles Men briefly Auto Racing Basketball Quarterfinals CALENDAR Monster Energy Cup NBA John Isner and Jack Sock, United States, EASTERN CONFERENCE def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Rajeev Ram (8), Mississippi State Schedule / Winners Atlantic Division United States, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2). Prep Baseball Feb. 11 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash, W L Pct GB Women Women’s tennis team will play host to No. 2 Vanderbilt Today’s Games Daytona Beach, Fla. (Brad Keselowski) x-Toronto 50 17 .746 — Quarterfinals Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 1, Daytona Beach, x-Boston 46 22 .676 4½ Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (1), Columbus vs. Yazoo County (Louisville), 11 a.m. Fla. (Ryan Blaney) Philadelphia 36 30 .545 13½ Russia, def. Lara Arruabarrena and Arantxa today Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 2, Daytona Beach, New York 24 44 .353 26½ Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. STARKVILLE — Coming off of its first conference win of the Columbus vs. Choctaw County (Louisville), 1:30 p.m. Fla. (Chase Elliott) Brooklyn 21 47 .309 29½ season, the Mississippi State’s women’s tennis team (10-5, 1-3 Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. Southeast Division Starkville High at Niceville, Florida, 4 p.m. (Austin Dillon) W L Pct GB Transactions SEC) welcomes second-ranked Vanderbilt (11-2, 4-0 SEC) for a Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Washington 39 30 .565 — Friday’s Games Miami 36 33 .522 3 Wednesday’s Moves Thursday afternoon matchup. The match is slated for 3 p.m. CT at Hampton, Ga. (Kevin Harvick) BASEBALL March 4 — Penzoil 400, Las Vegas Charlotte 29 39 .426 9½ New Hope vs. Arlington, Tennessee (at Bartlett, Orlando 21 48 .304 18 American League the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre and admission is free. (Kevin Harvick) BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms Tennessee), 3:30 p.m. March 11 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Atlanta 20 48 .294 18½ MSU (10-5, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) is coming off a 4-3 Central Division with RHP Dylan Bundy on a one-year contract. Ariz. (Kevin Harvick) Optioned OF Joey Rickard to Norfolk (IL). victory against No. 49 Alabama. The duo of Madison Harrison and New Hope at Bartlett, Tennessee, 6 p.m. March 18 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. W L Pct GB Indiana 40 28 .588 — Reassigned INF Ruben Tejada to their minor Khrystyna Vozniak and the team of Sara Lizariturry and Anastasia Saturday’s Games March 25 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va. Cleveland 39 28 .582 ½ league camp. Rentouli won the doubles point for MSU. April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Milwaukee 36 32 .529 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned OF Luis Columbus vs. Kosciusko (Louisville), 12:30 p.m. Texas Detroit 30 37 .448 9½ Basabe to Winston-Salem (Carolina) and After the Crimson Tide mounted a 3-1 lead early in singles, April 15 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. Chicago 23 44 .343 16½ RHP Dylan Cease and C Zack Collins to minor freshman Magda Adaloglou claimed her match in straight sets New Hope at Covington, Tennessee, 1:30 p.m. April 21 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. WESTERN CONFERENCE league camp. April 29 — GEICO 500, Lincoln, Ala. Southwest Division NEW YORK YANKEES — Released INF/OF before Lizariturry and Rentouli overcame one-set deficits to give Columbus vs. Pearl (Louisville), 3 p.m. May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. W L Pct GB Adam Lind. Bulldogs the road win. May 12 — TBA, Kansas City, Kan. x-Houston 53 14 .791 — SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RHP Mike Morin May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Concord, New Orleans 39 28 .582 14 outright to Tacoma (PCL). No. 2 Vanderbilt is coming off a 4-3 victory at No. 33 Arkansas. College Baseball N.C. National League San Antonio 38 30 .559 15½ CINCINNATI REDS — Reassigned LHP Joe n Men’s tennis team’s Oradini named SEC Player of the Friday’s Games May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, Dallas 22 46 .324 31½ N.C. Mantiply to minor league camp. Week: At Birmingham, Alabama, For the first time in the 2018 dual Memphis 18 49 .269 35 COLORADO ROCKIES — Reassigned RHPs Georgia at Alabama, 6 p.m. May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. Northwest Division Ryan Castellani and James Farris to their minor match season, a member of the men’s tennis team has received UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. June 3 — Pocono 400, Lond Pond, Pa. W L Pct GB league camp. Southeastern Conference weekly honors. June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Portland 41 26 .612 — LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Renewed the Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Mich. Oklahoma City 41 29 .586 1½ contracts of 1B Cody Bellinger, SS Corey Sophomore Giovanni Oradini earned SEC Player of the Week June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Minnesota 40 29 .580 2 Seager, OF Chris Taylor and C Austin Barnes. laurels after a 4-0 week that saw him clinch his team-leading third Tennessee at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. Calif. Utah 38 30 .559 3½ Agreed to terms with 3B Kyle Farmer, OFs July 1 — Overton’s 400, Joliet, Ill. Denver 37 31 .544 4½ Andre Toles and Alex Verdugo, LHPs Scott match of the season. The award is Oradini’s first career SEC Player Saturday’s Games July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. Pacific Division Alexander and Adam Liberatore and RHPs of the Week award. He was named Freshman of the Week on March July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. W L Pct GB Ross Stripling, Dylan Baker and Wilmer Font on MUW at Concordia College (DH), 1 p.m. July 22 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon x-Golden State 52 16 .765 — one-year contracts. 22, 2017. July 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, L.A. Clippers 37 29 .561 14 NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHPs Chris Georgia at Alabama, 1 p.m. L.A. Lakers 31 37 .456 21 “I feel truly honored to be named SEC Player of the Week,” Pa. Flexen and Tyler Bashlor to minor league Sacramento 22 47 .319 30½ camp. Reassigned INFs Peter Alonso and Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen, Watkins Phoenix 19 50 .275 33½ Oradini said. “I want to thank my coaches and teammates for push- Glen, N.Y. David Thompson, OFs Zach Borenstein and Kevin Kaczmarski and C Patrick Mazeika to ing me on and off the court. Our success this weekend was a team Tennessee at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. Aug. 12 — TBA, Brooklyn, Mich. x-clinched playoff spot Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, minor league camp. effort and I am glad to be part of his awesome team.” PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m. Bristol, Tenn. Wednesday’s Games MSU will take on No. 38 Alabama at 6 p.m. Friday. Sept. 2 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Seranthony Dominguez to Reading (EL). Sunday’s Games Orlando 126, Milwaukee 117 BASKETBALL Darlington, S.C. Washington 125, Boston 124, 2OT Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400, National Basketball Association Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Sacramento 123, Miami 119, OT ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred G Josh Indianapolis Golden State 117, L.A. Lakers 106 Magette to Erie (NBAGL). Signed G Antonius Ole Miss UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 1 p.m. Sept. 16 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Today’s Games Cleveland to a multi-year contract. Sept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G Sean New coaches headline Rebel Road Trip Tennessee at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. Richmond, Va. Charlotte at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Kilpatrick to a second 10-day contract. OXFORD — New coaches and big cities headline this year’s Georgia at Alabama, 2 p.m. Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500, Concord, Philadelphia at New York, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed G Briante N.C. Chicago at Memphis, 7 p.m. Weber to a 10-day contract. Waived G Xavier Rebel Road Trip, Ole Miss’ seventh annual coaches and leadership Oct. 7 — TBA, Dover, Del. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7 p.m. Rathan-Mayes. speaking tour. Oct. 14 — Alabama 500, Lincoln, Ala. New Orleans at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. FOOTBALL College Softball Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Detroit at Denver, 8 p.m. National Football League The 13-stop caravan will begin Sunday, April 22, in Charlotte, Today’s Games City, Kan. Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released S Tyrann North Carolina. It also includes trips to Pensacola, Florida; New Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Ridgeway, Va. Cleveland at Portland, 9 p.m. Mathieu. MUW at Piedmont (DH), 2 p.m. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Friday’s Games ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with Orleans; Birmingham, Alabama; and New York City. Nov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz. Boston at Orlando, 6 p.m. OL Brandon Fusco on a three-year contract. Troy at Southern Mississippi (DH), 3 p.m. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Speakers will include first-year football coach Matt Luke and Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead, Fla. Released DE Derrick Shelby. Friday’s Games x-non-points race Dallas at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released WR new head coaches for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Points Leaders L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Jeremy Maclin. Agreed to terms with WRs John Miami at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Brown and Ryan Grant. They will be joined by Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics South Carolina at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Through March 11 Sacramento at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. 1. Kevin Harvick, 168 BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Anquan Bol- Saturday’s Games din from the retired list. Agreed to terms with DE Ross Bjork and Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter. Alabama at Auburn, 6 p.m. 2. Kyle Busch, 156 Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. 3. Martin Truex Jr., 156 Trent Murphy on a three-year contract and QB Tickets are on sale now at RebelRoadTrip.com. Mississippi State at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m. A.J. McCarron, S Rafael Bush and LB Julian 4. Joey Logano, 152 Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. Stanford on two-year contracts. Other stops from April 22-27 include Gulfport, Vicksburg, Saturday’s Games 5. Ryan Blaney, 152 Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Traded CB Daryl Indianola, Tupelo, Corinth, and Oxford. The trip to the Big Apple is 6. Denny Hamlin, 137 Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Worley to Philadelphia for WR Torrey Smith. Southern Mississippi at Marshall (DH), 1 p.m. 7. Brad Keselowski, 134 Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m. Re-signed DE Julius Peppers to a one-year set for June 8, while meetings for Memphis and Jackson will be July 8. Kyle Larson, 131 Denver at Memphis, 7 p.m. contract. 18 and 19, respectively. South Carolina at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. 9. Clint Bowyer, 125 Minnesota at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with 10. Aric Almirola, 123 Sacramento at Utah, 8 p.m. LB Sam Acho and DB Prince Amukamara. In addition to the speakers, the meetings include autograph Mississippi State at Missouri, 4 p.m. 11. Kurt Busch, 117 Detroit at Portland, 9 p.m. Released DB Marcus Cooper, QB Mike opportunities, photo booths, official merchandise, football posters, Alabama at Auburn, 7 p.m. 12. Austin Dillon, 114 Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Glennon and WR Marcus Wheaton. 13. Ryan Newman, 101 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Announced the an exciting video look at the university and information tables for the Sunday’s Games 14. Paul Menard, 97 retirement of OT Joe Thomas. Acquired Athletics Foundation and the Alumni Association. 15. Erik Jones, 93 Hockey QB Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo for a 2018 Southern Mississippi at Marshall, Noon 16. Chase Elliott, 91 third-round (No. 65) draft pick. Acquired DB n NHL Damarious Russell and 2018 fourth- (No. 114) and No. 11 women’s tennis team will play host to No. 14 17. Alex Bowman, 91 EASTERN CONFERENCE Mississippi State at Missouri, Noon 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 88 fifth-round (No. 150) draft picks for QB Kentucky today: At Oxford, the No. 11 women’s tennis team will Atlantic Division DeShone Kizer, 2018 fourth- (No. 101) and 19. Darrell Wallace Jr., 77 GP W L OT Pts GF GA play host to No. 14 Kentucky at 1 p.m. today at the Palmer/Salloum South Carolina at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. 20. Chris Buescher, 75 fifth-round (No. 138) draft picks. Tampa Bay 70 48 18 4 100 257 198 DENVER BRONCOS — Agreed to terms with Tennis Center. Alabama at Auburn, 5 p.m. Boston 68 44 16 8 96 232 176 QB Case Keenum on a two-year contract, LB Ole Miss is coming off a split of last weekend’s matches. It Baseball Toronto 70 41 22 7 89 234 202 Todd Davis on a three-year c0ontract and CB Florida 67 34 26 7 75 205 212 Tramaine Brock on a one-year contract. defeated Alabama 4-2 before dropping a 4-3 match at Auburn. Men’s College Golf Major League Baseball Montreal 70 26 32 12 64 179 221 DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed LB Nick Bellore Friday’s Match Detroit 69 26 32 11 63 180 211 and CB Nevin Lawson. Signed CB DeShawn Kentucky is coming off a 4-0 win at Missouri. Spring Training Ottawa 69 25 33 11 61 193 240 Shead. Released TE Eric Ebron. n Wegener earns second SEC Freshman of the Week Mississippi State at The Schenkel (Statesboro, AMERICAN LEAGUE Buffalo 69 22 35 12 56 165 224 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed G W L Pct. Metropolitan Division Andrew Norwell to a five-year contract and WR Honor: At Birmingham, Alabama, Cecil Wegener was named Georgia) Houston 13 6 0.684 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Donte Moncrief. Re-signed WR Marqise Lee to SEC Freshman of the Week for the second time, the league office Cleveland 12 7 0.632 Washington 69 39 23 7 85 209 202 a four-year contract. Saturday’s Match KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Traded CB announced Wednesday afternoon. New York 11 7 0.611 Pittsburgh 71 40 26 5 85 232 215 Mississippi State at The Schenkel (Statesboro, Baltimore 12 8 0.600 Philadelphia 70 35 24 11 81 205 205 Marcus Peters to the Los Angeles Rams for a Wegener has now won two of the four SEC Freshman of the Oakland 9 7 0.563 New Jersey 70 36 26 8 80 212 211 2018 fourth-round (No. 124) draft pick and a Columbus 70 37 28 5 79 193 195 2019 second-round pick. Signed WR Sammy Week honors given out this season. Georgia) Boston 10 8 0.556 Watkins to a three-year contract and LB Minnesota 9 8 0.529 Carolina 70 30 29 11 71 188 218 Anthony Hitchens a five-year contract. Signed The Ridgeland native used a pair of 72s and a 73 to shoot Chicago 9 9 0.500 N.Y. Rangers 71 32 32 7 71 205 227 LB Terrance Smith and WR De’Anthony 1-over (217) at the Lamkin San Diego Classic earlier this week . He Women’s College Golf Kansas City 9 10 0.474 N.Y. Islanders 69 30 29 10 70 222 245 Thomas. Sunday’s Match Toronto 9 10 0.474 WESTERN CONFERENCE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed TE tied for 22nd and collected his second career top-25 finish. His 54- Tampa Bay 8 10 0.444 Central Division Virgil Green to a three-year contract. Agreed hole total of 217, a career low by four strokes, was the second-best Alabama, MSU, Ole Miss at Evans Derby Los Angeles 9 12 0.429 GP W L OT Pts GF GA to terms with S Adrian Phillips on a one-year Detroit 7 10 0.412 Nashville 69 45 14 10 100 225 174 contract. on the team as he helped Ole Miss finish fourth in the tournament Invitational (Auburn, Alabama) Seattle 7 12 0.368 Winnipeg 70 41 19 10 92 230 185 LOS ANGELES RAMS — Traded LB Alec and beat seven teams in GolfStat’s top 50 national rankings. Texas 6 12 0.333 Minnesota 70 39 24 7 85 217 203 Ogletree to the N.Y. Giants for 2018 fourth- NATIONAL LEAGUE Dallas 71 38 26 7 83 205 190 (No. 135) and sixth-round (No. 176) draft picks. Colorado 69 37 24 8 82 220 203 Re-signed CB Nickell Robey-Coleman. College Gymnastics W L Pct. St. Louis 69 37 27 5 79 191 182 Acquired CB Aqib Talib from Denver for Friday’s Meet Milwaukee 13 6 0.684 Alabama Chicago 70 30 32 8 68 199 207 undisclosed draft picks. Acquired CB Marcus Oklahoma at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. Chicago 12 6 0.667 Pacific Division Peters from Kansas City for undisclosed draft Miami 11 6 0.647 GP W L OT Pts GF GA picks. Swimming and diving team set for Women’s NCAA Los Angeles 11 8 0.579 Vegas 70 45 20 5 95 238 195 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released DT Men’s College Tennis St. Louis 9 8 0.529 San Jose 70 38 23 9 85 207 192 Ndamukong Suh and TE Julius Thomas. Championships San Diego 9 8 0.529 Los Angeles 70 38 26 6 82 203 177 Traded WR Jarvis Landry to Cleveland for a COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Alabama swimming and diving team Friday’s Matches Washington 9 8 0.529 Anaheim 71 35 24 12 82 198 193 2018 fourth-round (No. 123) draft pick and a San Francisco 10 9 0.526 Calgary 71 35 26 10 80 198 206 2019 seventh-round draft pick. Acquired DE Robert Quinn and a 2018 sixth-round draft will open competition at the NCAA Women’s Championships at 9 Southern Mississippi vs. Quinnipiac (Orlando, Arizona 10 9 0.526 Edmonton 70 30 35 5 65 196 226 Atlanta 9 10 0.474 pick from the Los Angeles Rams for 2018 a.m. today with the preliminaries of the 200 freestyle relay. Florida), 10 a.m. Vancouver 71 25 37 9 59 183 231 fourth- and sixth-round draft picks. This year’s championships will run through Saturday. Alabama Colorado 8 11 0.421 Arizona 69 23 35 11 57 167 222 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Acquired DL Georgia at Ole Miss, 5 p.m. Philadelphia 8 12 0.400 Danny Shelton and 2018 fifth-round (No. 159) also will swim the 50 and 500 freestyles and the 400 medley relay Pittsburgh 6 11 0.353 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for draft pick from Cleveland for a 2019 thrid-round Cincinnati 6 14 0.300 overtime loss. Top three teams in each division draft pick. today. New York 5 14 0.263 and two wild cards per conference advance to NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed QB Drew The Crimson Tide’s NCAA championships squad includes nine on the air playoffs. Brees to a two-year contract extension. swimmers, five who are competing in individual events and another Wednesday’s Games NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed CB Teddy Boston 2, Minnesota 1 Wednesday’s Games Williams and RB Jonathan Stewart. four that fill out UA’s relay squads. Today Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Toronto 6, Dallas 5, SO NEW YORK JETS — Signed LB Avery “I know the ladies are excited about the opportunities in front of COLLEGE BASKETBALL Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 N.Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Williamson to a three-year contract. Re-signed Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3 San Jose 4, Edmonton 3, OT S Doug Middleton, FB Lawrence Thomas and them,” Alabama coach Dennis Pursley said. “It’s what they’ve been 11 a.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Rhode New Jersey 8, Vegas 3 TE Eric Tomlinson. St. Louis 3, Houston 1 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to Tampa Bay 9, Pittsburgh 3 Anaheim 3, Vancouver 0 working toward all year long. We try and put the highest priority on Island vs. Oklahoma, WCBI Today’s Games terms with LB Nigel Bradham on a five-year Kansas City 7, Chicago Cubs 6 contract. Traded WR Marcus Johnson and a 2018 the highest level of competition and that’s where we are this week.” 11:30 a.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Milwaukee 11, Chicago White Sox 3 Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. fifth-round (No. 156) draft pick to Seattle for Cleveland 7, L.A. Angels 0 The four fastest 50 freestylers in school history are on this Tennessee vs. Wright State, TruTV Toronto at Buffalo, 6 p.m. DE Michael Bennett and a 2018 seventh-round Arizona 7, Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. draft pick. Agreed to terms with LB Corey year’s squad, including senior Bailey Scott (first), freshman Flora 12:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Seattle 5, San Francisco 4 Nelson on a one-year contract. Boston at Florida, 6:30 p.m. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released DBs Molnar (second), senior Lindsay Morrow (third), and senior Temarie L.A. Dodgers 11, Colorado 6 Chicago at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Gonzaga vs. UNC-Greensboro, TNT Today’s Games Mike Mitchell, William Gay and Robert Golden. Tomley (fourth). The quartet is slated to open the championships Colorado at St. Louis, 7 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Agreed to terms 1 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Kansas Baltimore vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Florida, Detroit at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. with the 200 freestyle relay. The Tide’s 400 medley relay — juniors with LB Brock Coyle on a three-year contract, vs. Penn, TBS 12:05 p.m. Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m. RB Jerick McKinnon on a four-year contract Katie Kelsoe and Justine Macfarlane, Molnar and freshman Leonie Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Florida, Friday’s Games and OL Weston Richburg on a five-year 1:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Duke 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 6 p.m. contract. Kullmann — also will compete today. Houston vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Dallas at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Re-signed S In the individual events, Scott and Molnar will swim the 50 vs. Iona, WCBI Florida, 12:05 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 8 p.m. Keith Tandy. Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, San Jose at Calgary, 8 p.m. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with freestyle, while Kullmann and senior Mia Nonnenberg are slated to 2:10 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Florida, 12:05 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 9 p.m. G Josh Kline and DE David King on a contract go in the 500 freestyle. Scott medaled in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Miami vs. Loyola of Chicago, TruTV Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, Minnesota at Vegas, 9:30 p.m. extensions. Agreed to terms with CB Malcolm 12:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Butler on a five-year contract and RB Dion championships earlier this season and earned honorable mention 3 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Ohio Toronto vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Florida, Chicago at Buffalo, Noon Lewis. Agreed to terms with DL DaQuan Jones All-America honors last season. Kullmann set the school record in 12:05 p.m. Edmonton at Florida, 1 p.m. on a multiyear contract and DE David King on a State vs. South Dakota State, TNT New Jersey at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. one-year contract. the 500 at the SEC championships. Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Florida, WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Traded CB 3:20 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, 12:10 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 6 p.m. Kendall Fuller and a 2018 third-round (No. 78) Finals are slated to begin at 5 p.m. today. Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Arizona, draft pick to Kansas City for QB Alex Smith. Seton Hall vs. North Carolina State, TBS 3:05 p.m. Ottawa at Columbus, 6 p.m. n Track and field team will open outdoor season at UTSA Boston at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. HOCKEY 5:55 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, National Hockey League Invitational: At San Antonio, the track and field teams will enter 40 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 7 p.m. DALLAS STARS — Recalled D Dillon Villanova vs. Radford, TNT Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Minnesota at Arizona, 8 p.m. Heatherington from Texas (AHL). student-athletes (16 men, 24 women) and one relay in the outdoor San Jose at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Arizona, 3:05 p.m. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled G Ville Husso season opener Friday at Texas-San Antonio’s UTSA Invitational. 6:10 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Arizona, from San Antonio (AHL). Five Alabama student-athletes earned first-team All-America Kentucky vs.Davidson, WCBI 3:05 p.m. Soccer SOCCER L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Major League Soccer PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed F CJ honors and the Crimson Tide men posted their second-consecutive 6:20 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Arizona, 3:10 p.m. Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE Sapong. top-10 team finish at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champion- Houston vs. San Diego State, TBS Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at COLLEGE Tempe, Arizona, 8:10 p.m. W L T Pts GFGA ships last weekend at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Columbus 2 0 0 6 5 2 ELIZABETH CITY STATE — Fired football 6:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Stadium in College Station, Texas. New York City FC 2 0 0 6 4 1 coach Earnest J. Wilson. Texas Tech vs. Stephen F. Austin, TruTV Arizona, 8:40 p.m. New York 1 0 0 3 4 0 MEMPHIS — Fired men’s basketball coach “It’s a quick turnaround from indoor season, but we’ve been Seattle vs. Oakland at Mesa, Arizona, 9:05 p.m. Philadelphia 1 0 0 3 2 0 Tubby Smith. 8:15 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Friday’s Games New England 1 1 0 3 2 3 WISCONSIN — Granted junior men’s training all week here in San Antonio, so I believe we’ll be ready to Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Florida, Atlanta United FC 1 1 0 3 3 5 basketball F Andy Van Vliet his release to go. This is also a good chance for some of our discus and javelin Virginia Tech vs. Alabama, TNT 12:05 p.m. Orlando City 0 1 1 1 2 3 explore transfer options. Miami vs. St. Louis (ss) at Jupiter, Florida, D.C. United 0 1 1 1 2 4 throwers to compete for the first time this season.” 8:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, 12:05 p.m. Chicago 0 1 0 0 3 4 Arizona vs. Buffalo, WCBI Philadelphia (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Montreal 0 2 0 0 3 5 Boxing Florida, 12:05 p.m. Toronto FC 0 1 0 0 0 2 Schedule 8:45 p.m. — NCAA tournament, Michigan vs. Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, WESTERN CONFERENCE Saturday Tennis W L T Pts GFGA At Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York Montana, TBS Florida, 12:05 p.m. Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 6 6 1 St. Louis (ss) vs. Washington at West Palm (ESPN), Jose Ramirez vs. Amir Imam, 12, for Federer wins at Indian Wells, sets up rematch with Vancouver 2 0 0 6 4 2 the vacant WBC World super lightweight title; 9 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first round, Florida Beach, Florida, 12:05 p.m. Houston 1 1 0 3 5 2 Toronto vs. Philadelphia (ss) at Clearwater, Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs. Mehdi Amar, 12, for vs. St. Bonaventure, TruTV San Jose 1 0 0 3 3 2 vacant WBC interim light heavyweight Chung Florida, 12:05 p.m. Minnesota United 1 1 0 3 4 4 INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Roger Federer defeated Jeremy title; Felix Verdejo vs Antonio Lozada Jr., 10, GOLF Baltimore vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, LA Galaxy 1 1 0 3 3 3 lightweights; Christopher Diaz vs. Miguel Chardy of France 7-5, 6-4 in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Florida, 12:10 p.m. Sporting Kansas City 1 1 0 3 4 5 Beltran Jr., 10, super featherweights. 1 p.m. — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox at FC Dallas 0 0 1 1 1 1 At Villa Dolores, Cordoba, Argentina, Javier Open on Wednesday, and at 15-0 the world’s top-ranked men’s Real Salt Lake 0 1 1 1 2 6 first round, at Orlando, Florida, TGC Glendale, Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Aristule vs. Alberto Melian, 10, bantamweights. player is off to his best start since 2006. Cleveland vs. Oakland at Mesa, Arizona, Colorado 0 1 0 0 1 2 Sunday 5 p.m. — LPGA Tour, Bank of Hope Founders 3:05 p.m. Seattle 0 1 0 0 0 1 At Kobe, Japan, Ryuya Yamanaka vs. Moises The 36-year-old Swiss superstar can equal his season-best Portland 0 2 0 0 1 6 Cup, first round, at Phoenix, Arizona, TGC Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Arizona, Calleros, 12, for Yamanaka’s WBO strawweight start of 16-0 with a win in the quarterfinals, where he will meet 3:05 p.m. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. title. Chung Hyeon of South Korea in a rematch of their Australian Open MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Arizona, At Marseille, France, Ryad Merhy vs. Arsen 3:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Goulamirian, 12, for vacant WBA World cruis- semifinal. Noon — Spring training, Miami at N.Y. Mets, MLB Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Arizona, Houston at D.C. United, 12:30 p.m. erweight title. 3:10 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota United, 1 p.m. At Cardiff, Wales (SHO), Anthony “This might be the last day, so we’ll see,” Federer said, smiling. Joshua vs. Joseph Parker, 12, IBF-WBA-WBO Network Kansas City vs. San Diego at Peoria, Arizona, Columbus at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. “Don’t jinx it.” Toronto FC at Montreal, 2 p.m. heavyweight titles; Alexander Povetkin vs. 3 p.m. — Spring training, Kansas City at L.A. 3:10 p.m. David Price, 12, heavyweights. L.A. Dodgers vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Orlando City at New York City FC, 2:30 p.m. He advanced to the final in Melbourne when Chung retired in Vancouver at Atlanta United FC, 6:30 p.m. April 7 Dodgers, MLB Network Arizona, 3:10 p.m. At TBA (SHO), Jarrett Hurd vs. Erislandy Lara, the second set trailing 6-1, 5-2 because of blisters on his left foot. Minnesota (ss) vs. Boston at Fort Myers, San Jose at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. NHL New York at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m. 12, IBF-WBA junior middleweight titles. Federer went on to win a five-set final against Marin Cilic for his Florida, 5:05 p.m. Sunday, March 18 At San Juan, Puerto Rico, Angel Acosta 20th Grand Slam title. 6:30 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Montreal, NBC Sports Houston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, Seattle at FC Dallas, 4 p.m. vs. Ryuji Hara, 12, for Acosta’s WBO junior 5:35 p.m. flyweight title. Chung, seeded 23rd at Indian Wells, beat 30th-seeded Pablo Network At Gray Eagle Resort & Casino, Calgary, Wednesday’s College Michael Farenas vs. Guadalupe Rosales, Cuevas of Uruguay 6-1, 6-3. 9 p.m. — Detroit at Los Angeles, NBC Sports Tennis lightweights. Since his Grand Slam breakthrough Down Under, Chung has Network Scores BNP Paribas Open April 14 EAST Wednesday At London, Billy Joe Saunders vs. Martin been on a roll. He’s reached the quarterfinals or better in four of five PARALYMPIC GAMES Fredonia 7, Knox 4 At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Murray, 12, for Saunders’ WBO middleweight tournaments and improved to 15-5 this year. Kenyon 6, Scranton 5 Indian Wells, California title; Terry Flanagan vs. Maurice Hooker, 12, for Midnight — PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Oswego 9, Wheaton (Mass.) 5 Purse: Men: $7.97 million (Masters 1000); the vacant WBO super lightweight title. “I was honestly quite surprised how quickly he came back,” Games, NBC Sports Network SOUTH Women: $8.65 million (Premier) April 15 Federer said. “Because that thing looked nasty and it takes some Bethel (Tenn.) 6, Cumberland (Tenn.) 2 Surface: Hard-Outdoor At Yokohama, Japan, Ryota Murata vs. 1 p.m. — PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games, Campbellsville 3-6, Indiana Tech 2-1 Singles Felice Blandamura, 12, for Murata’s WBA World time to heal. But he seems fine and he played a great match today. Citadel 5, Richmond 2 Men middleweight title. So I’m excited to play against him.” NBC Sports Network Duke 6-10, Yale 0-2 Fourth Round April 21 E. Kentucky 6, Vanderbilt 5 Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Taylor Fritz, United At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (SHO), Federer is chasing a record sixth title in the desert. SOCCER Eastern Mennonite at Christopher Newport, States, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4. Adrien Broner vs. Jessie Vargas, 12, junior “Just playing really fast and good serve, good baseline,” Chung 1 p.m. — UEFA Europa League, FC Zenit St. ppd. Chung Hyeon (23), South Korea, def. Pablo welterweights; Jermall Charlo welterweight Gardner-Webb 1, North Carolina 0 Cuevas (30), Uruguay, 6-1, 6-3. vs. Hugo Centeno Jr., 12, for interim WBC said of Federer. “He play everything good, so I’m just trying to enjoy Petersburg vs. RB Leipzig, FS1 Jackson St. 4-2, Morehead St. 0-11, 1st game, Philipp Kohlschreiber (31), Germany, def. middleweight title; Gervonta Davis vs. Jesus on the court.” comp. of susp. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-4, 7-6 (1). Cuellar, 10, super welterweight. 3 p.m. — UEFA Europa League, Arsenal FC vs. Lindsey Wilson at Bryan, ppd. Kevin Anderson (7), South Africa, def. Pablo May 5 Against Federer, Chardy played a tough first set in windy con- Louisville 7, Texas Tech 4 Carreno Busta (11), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6). At TBA (PPV), Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo AC Milan, FS1 Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Jeremy Alvarez, 12, for Golovkin’s IBF-WBA-WBC ditions that persisted throughout the day. Federer earned the only TENNIS Miami 4, UCF 3 Chardy, France, 7-5, 6-4. middleweight titles. break in the 11th game and then served a love game to take the set. Murray St. 10, Kentucky St. 6 Juan Martin del Potro (6), Argentina, def. May 11 3 p.m. — BNP Paribas Open, Men’s and NC State 6, UNC-Asheville 2 Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk Federer again took the only break in the second set to go up Ohio 11, High Point 7 Sam Querrey (18), United States, def. Feliciano vs. Murat Gassiev, 12, for IBF-WBA-WBC 5-4. His forehand pulled Chardy completely off the court and Fed- Women’s quarterfinals, at Indian Wells, Rider 13, Campbell 4 Lopez (28), Spain, 6-3, 6-4. cruiserweight title (World Boxing Super Series Saint Joseph’s 6, Notre Dame 4 Milos Raonic (32), Canada, def. Marcos final). erer hit a crosscourt backhand winner off Chardy’s return. Federer California, ESPN2 Tennessee 5, W. Carolina 0 Baghdatis, Cyprus, walkover May 19 served his fifth love game of the match to close it out. 7 p.m. — BNP Paribas Open, Men’s and Tennessee Tech 9, West Virginia 1 Women At Montreal (SHO), Adonis Stevenson vs. Viterbo at Union (Ky.), ccd. Quarterfinals Badou Jack, 12, for Stevenson’s WBC light Chardy committed 46 unforced errors to 29 for Federer, who Women’s quarterfinals, at Indian Wells, Virginia 3, James Madison 2 Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Petra Martic, heavyweight title. Virginia Tech at Bryant, ccd. Croatia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3. At Leeds, England, Lee Selby vs. Josh won 90 percent of his total service points. California, ESPN2 MIDWEST Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Karolina Pliskova Warrington, 12, for Selby’s IBF featherweight — From Special Reports Iowa Wesleyan 5-2, Utica 4-15 (5), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3. title. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, March 15, 2018 3b COLLEGE BASKETBALL Wilson’s up-and-down Alabama women ride with Hokies Last-in Syracuse win WNIT opener ending on high note ousts Arizona St. From Special Reports By HANK KURZ Jr. court began last month By The Associated Press The Associated Press when Williams grew dis- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ashley Williams has 19 enchanted with the Hok- DAYTON, Ohio — The last team to make the Devin Wilson’s bas- points and 12 rebounds to lead a balanced scoring ies’ defensive effort in an NCAA tournament will get to play at least one ketball career at Virginia effort in the Alabama women’s basketball team’s 84-75 loss to Miami on more game. Tech has been circuitous 69-56 victory against Southern in the first round Feb. 3. Credit Syracuse’s fabulous freshman forward to say the least. The se- of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament at When Virginia Tech and its legendary zone defense for getting a nior point guard has Coleman Coliseum. played North Carolina cringe-worthy win. had his share of ups and Alabama (18-13) will play host to UCF, which State four days later, Wil- Freshman Oshae Brissett had his 13th dou- downs. beat Jacksonville 65-60 on Wednesday, in the sec- son was in the starting ble-double while leading Syracuse’s second-half But lately he has been ond round of the WNIT at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cole- lineup in an 85-75 victory. comeback, and the Orange — the last team to trending in a positive di- man Coliseum. He was there again the make the NCAA tournament — held on for a 60- rection for the Hokies, “I thought we did a good job in the second half of next game, scoring seven who couldn’t be happier 56 victory against Arizona State on Wednesday defending the three better,” Alabama coach Kristy points and matching his with his play. night in the First Four. Curry said. “We only gave up two in the second career-high with seven Wilson has experi- No. 11 Syracuse will play No. 6 seed TCU (21- half, and then outrebounded them by 26. I thought rebounds in a 61-60 over- enced the lows at Virginia 11) on Friday in Detroit in the Midwest Region. our shot selection was better in the second half. We time victory at ACC cham- Tech — two last-place fin- Syracuse (21-13) had to sweat out Selection played inside-out off the dribble and in our posts. pion Virginia. ishes as a starting point Sunday and wound up as the last one to make the We had some open looks from playing inside-out Wilson has said he guard his freshman and bracket, relegated to the First Four. The Orange and Hannah (Cook) had a big second half with 15 sophomore seasons. He and Williams clashed at prevailed in a matchup of teams that started fast points. Ashley (Williams) was doing what a senior had a limited role as a ju- times because both are and then faded onto the tournament bubble. does this time of year with a double-double, and I nior, and was a reserve bull-headed. “Our offense struggles,” coach Jim Boeheim thought it was a good team effort.” wide receiver for the foot- But the coach said their said. “But I thought our defense has been good After leading by three points at halftime, Ala- ball teams and a basket- relationship has evolved. all year and that’s where we hang our hats, on bama stretched its lead to as many as 15 in the third ball redshirt last season. “Devin & I never had the defensive end.” quarter. Williams led the way with her 19th dou- His playing time mir- any ‘issues,’ ” Williams Arizona State (20-12) opened the season with ble-double, and fifth in her last six games. rored what began as a said via text message to 12 wins, including victories over tournament No. Senior Hannah Cook had all 15 of her points in strained relationship with The Associated Press. 1 seeds Xavier and Kansas. The Sun Devils went the second half, She was 3-for-5 from 3-point range. coach Buzz Williams. “We were losing. As time 8-12 the rest of the way, and their high-powered Sophomore Jordan Lewis added 11 points. Now, though, the has transpired, I have offense got shut down in their biggest game. Alabama outrebounded Southern 50-26. In ad- 6-foot-4 Wilson has re- learned how smart he is Arizona State scored a season low in points dition to Williams’ 12, sophomore Jasmine Walker gained his starting job off the floor — what an — only the third time it has been held under 70 grabbed eight, freshman Ariyah Copeland had sev- and he has been on a roll elite level (basketball IQ) all season. The Sun Devils’ previous low was 64 en, and Cook had six. the last nine games. His he has. Our relationship points. NIT has evolved in a good way. “Usually we’re scoring 56 in a half, and we n LSU 84, Louisiana-Lafayette 76: At Baton Rouge, Louisiana Duop Reath relationship with Wil- shot 10 of 14 from the field and finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds, four blocked liams has also come full “He has easily been the ended up with 56,” coach Bobby Hurley said. shots and two steals to help LSU beat Louisiana-Lafayette 84-76 on Wednesday circle. catalyst to all that we have “There were limited possessions. It was a rock night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). “I’ve never went from done since Feb. 4.” fight, and we just didn’t make enough shots.” Brandon Sampson scored 18 points, Skylar Mays added 11, and Tremont disliking a player as much Wilson’s numbers Brissett overcame a hard fall in the first half, Waters had nine points with seven assists for LSU. won’t generally win him Marcus Stroman hit a jumper with 1 minute, 39 seconds to play that capped as I did when I first got scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds. He had a an 11-1 run and pulled ULL, which trailed by as many as 14 points early in the here to the respect that I any honors — he’s scored three-point play and a step-back jumper as the second half, within one. LSU (18-14) hit 9 of 13 free throws from there to seal it. have for him,” Williams 31 points in his nine starts Orange overcame a seven-point deficit with sev- Frank Bartley’s 3-pointer gave the Ragin’ Cajuns (27-7) a 10-2 lead, but LSU said after reinserting Wil- — but some jump off the en minutes left. scored the next 12 points to take the lead for good. A 12-4 run pushed the lead to stat sheet. “I knew he was going to get back up,” said nine points midway through the second quarter and a 3 by Reath made it 40-28 at son into the starting line- the break. ULL grabbed 14 of its season-high 21 offensive rebounds, and scored up. In those nine starts, Tyus Battle, whose 3-pointer put Syracuse ahead 13 second-chance points, in the second half. The turnaround on the See VIRGINIA TECH, 7B See FIRST FOUR, 7B

At Bridgestone Arena, North Carolina-Lipscomb—Texas A&M- Second Round Friday’s Games Saturday’s Games Cincinnati-Michigan State winner vs. Wright College Basketball Nashville, Tennessee Providence winner vs. Michigan-Montana— First-Round winner vs. Wofford (21-12), TBA Georgetown (Ky.) (26-6) vs. Oklahoma City At Starkville State-Toledo winner, TBA Cincinnati (30-4) vs. Georgia State (24-10), Houston-San Diego State winner First-Round winner vs. Northern Colorado (24-8), 9 a.m. Syracuse (22-8) vs. Oklahoma State (20-10), Saint Mary’s (Cal.)-New Mexico winner vs. Men’s NCAA 1 p.m. (22-12), TBA LSU Shreveport (28-4) vs. Dillard (21-9), 2:30 p.m. Texas State-Rice winner, TBA Nevada (27-7) vs. Texas (19-14), 3:30 p.m. Regional Championship First-Round winner vs. Portland State 10:45 a.m. Mississippi State (32-1) vs. Nicholls (19-13), Lamar-TCU winner vs. Missouri State- Division I tournament Saturday, March 24 (20-13), TBA Peru State (22-13) vs. LSU Alexandria 5 p.m. Louisiana Tech winner, TBA FIRST FOUR Second Round Semifinal winners First-Round winner vs. Sam Houston State (26-7), 12:30 p.m. At Los Angeles Purdue-IUPUI winner vs. Middle At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio Saturday’s Games (19-14), TBA Wayland Baptist (24-9) vs. Life (21-11), UCLA (24-7) vs. American (26-6), 2:30 p.m. Tennessee-Ball State winner, TBA Tuesday’s Games At American Airlines Center, Dallas FINAL FOUR Wednesday’s Games 2:15 p.m. Iowa (24-7) vs. Creighton (18-12), 5 p.m. UT Martin-Indiana winner vs. Radford 71, LIU Brooklyn 61 Tennessee-Wright State winner vs. At The Alamodome, San Antonio Eastern Michigan 83, Niagara 65 Montana Western-Southwestern Assemblies At Austin, Texas Milwaukee-Northern Iowa winner, TBA St. Bonaventure 65, UCLA 58 Miami-Loyola of Chicago winner National Semifinals Illinois-Chicago 84, St. Francis (Pa.) 61 winner vs. Columbia (Mo.)-Campbellsville Arizona State (21-12) vs. Nebraska (21-10), New Mexico State-Wyoming winner vs. Wednesday’s Games At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho Saturday, March 31 UTSA 76, Lamar 69 winner, 4 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Idaho-UC Davis winner, TBA Texas Southern 64, N.C. Central 46 Arizona-Buffalo winner vs. Kentucky- South champion vs. West champion Today’s Game Pikeville-Langston-Texas Wesleyan winner Texas (26-6) vs. Maine (23-9), 5 p.m. Saint Louis-Kansas State winner vs. UNLV- Syracuse 60, Arizona State 56 Davidson winner East champion vs. Midwest champion Louisiana-Monroe (16-15) at Austin Peay vs. Graceland (Iowa) winner, 5:45 p.m. Utah winner, TBA Second Round Sunday’s Games (18-14), 7 p.m. William Penn-Science & Arts (Okla.) Bucknell-West Virginia winner vs. winner vs. Dalton State-Cumberlands winner, Sunday’s Game Syracuse 60, At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, National Championship Friday’s Game Saint Joseph’s (19-14), TBA Monday, April 2 Central Michigan (20-14) at Wofford (21-12), 7:30 p.m. At Raleigh, North Carolina Radford-Penn State winner vs. ETSU-James North Carolina Hope International-Our Lady of the Lake Maryland-Princeton winner vs. N.C. State- Madison winner, TBA Arizona State 56 Virginia-UMBC winner vs. Creighton-Kansas Semifinal winners 6 p.m. SYRACUSE (21-13): Dolezaj 2-4 1-2 winner vs. Carroll (Mont.)-Lindsey Wilson Elon winner, TBA Albany (NY)-Penn winner vs. Marist- State winner Saturday’s Game 5, Brissett 7-15 6-11 23, Chukwu 1-2 3-7 5, National Invitation Portland State (20-13) at San Diego (19-13), winner, 9:15 p.m. Monday’s Games St. John’s winner, TBA At Bridgestone Arena, At Starkville Duquesne-Miami Univ. winner vs. Howard 4-13 2-2 12, Battle 6-14 1-1 15, Moy- Nashville, Tennessee 9 p.m. er 0-1 0-0 0, Sidibe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-49 Tournament Quarterfinals Mississippi State-Nicholls winner vs. Delaware-Georgetown winner, TBA Cincinnati-Georgia State winner vs. First Round College Basketball Saturday’s Games Syracuse-Oklahoma State winner, TBA Harvard-Fordham winner vs. 13-23 60. Nevada-Texas winner ARIZONA STATE (20-12) Tuesday’s Games Peru State-LSU Alexandria winner vs. At Los Angeles Robert Morris-Drexel winner, TBA Baylor 80, Wagner 59 Invitational Georgetown (Ky.)-Oklahoma City winner, Iowa-Creighton winner vs. UCLA-American Stephen F. Austin-George Mason winner vs. Shibel 0-0 0-0 0, White 1-2 2-5 4, Jus- At Philips Arena, Atlanta First Round tice 6-12 0-2 15, Holder 4-15 0-1 11, Evans Louisville 66, Northern Kentucky 58 Noon winner, TBA Navy-Virginia Tech winner, TBA Regional Semifinals Tuesday’s Game LSU Shreveport-Dillard winner vs. Wayland At Austin, Texas 5-13 0-0 14, Mitchell 4-6 1-2 10, Lake 1-2 Middle Tennessee 91, Vermont 64 Bethune-Cookman--Georgia Tech winner Thursday, March 22 Western Kentucky 79, Boston College 62 Utah Valley 87, Eastern Washington 65 Baptist-Life winner, 2 p.m. Arizona State-Nebraska winner vs. vs. Chattanooga-UAB winner, TBA 0-0 2, Lawrence 0-0 0-0 0, Martin 0-2 0-0 0. Virginia-UMBC—Creighton-Kansas State Wednesday’s Games Pikeville-Langston-Texas Wesleyan-Graceland Texas-Maine winner, TBA Totals 21-52 3-10 56. Oklahoma State 80, Florida Gulf Coast 68 UCF (22-10) vs. Alabama (18-13), TBA winner vs. Arizona-Buffalo—Kentucky- Notre Dame 84, Hampton 63 Campbell 97, Miami (Ohio) 87 (Iowa) winner vs. Montana Western- Halftime—Syracuse 30-28. 3-Point Davidson winner Jacksonville State 80, Canisius 78, OT Southwestern Assemblies-Columbia Regional Semifinals Goals—Syracuse 7-20 (Brissett 3-8, Battle Oregon 99, Rider 86 Women’s Basketball Cincinnati-Georgia State—Nevada- Saint Mary’s 89, SE Louisiana 45 New Orleans 77, Texas Rio Grande Valley 74 (Mo.)-Campbellsville winner, 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 2-5, Howard 2-7), Arizona St. 11-32 (Evans Texas winner vs. Tennessee-Wright State— Southern Cal 103, UNC Asheville 98, 2OT North Texas 90, South Dakota 77 Hope International-Our Lady of the At Kansas City, Missouri Invitational 4-12, Justice 3-8, Holder 3-9, Mitchell 1-1, Miami-Loyola of Chicago winner Wednesday’s Games San Francisco 72, Colgate 68 Lake-Carroll (Mont.)-Lindsey Wilson winner TBD, 6 p.m. First Round Martin 0-2). Rebounds—Syracuse 33 (Bris- Marquette 67, Harvard 60 Mercer 78, Grand Canyon 73 vs. William Penn-Science & Arts (Okla.)- TBD, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games sett 12), Arizona St. 32 (Martin 7). Assists— Regional Championship LSU 84, Louisiana-Lafayette 76 Dalton State-Cumberlands winner, 7:30 p.m. Regional Championship Binghamton 70, Youngstown State 59 Syracuse 10 (Dolezaj, Battle 3), Arizona St. Saturday, March 24 Penn State 63, Temple 57 Quarterfinals Sunday, March 25 Fresno State 77, CSU Bakersfield 66 19 (Justice 5). Total Fouls—Syracuse 16, Semifinal winners Mississippi State 66, Nebraska 59 Monday’s Games Semifinals Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. Today’s Games Arizona St. 19. A—12,732 (13,435). Utah 69, UC Davis 59 Utah Valley (23-10) vs. San Francisco Sunday’s Games Furman (17-13) at UNC Asheville (17-15), MIDWEST REGIONAL Stanford 86, BYU 83 (19-15), TBA Game 1, 6 p.m. LEXINGTON REGIONAL 6 p.m. Texas Southern 64, First Round Washington 77, Boise State 74 North Texas (16-17) vs. Mercer (19-14), TBA Game 2, 8 p.m. First Round Yale (15-13) at Northeastern (16-14), 6 p.m. Today’s Games Campbell (17-15) vs. New Orleans (16-16), Friday’s Games Stetson (17-14) at South Alabama (19-12), North Carolina Central 46 At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Mississippi State 66, TBA Championship At Louisville, Kentucky 7 p.m. TEXAS SOUTHERN (16-19): Salmon Central Arkansas (18-16) vs. Jacksonville Monday’s Game Louisville (32-2) vs. Boise State (23-9), Weber State (20-10) at Texas Southern 0-1 0-0 0, Bruce 3-10 1-2 9, McClelland 1-3 Rhode Island (25-7) vs. Oklahoma (18-13), 11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Nebraska 59 State (22-12), TBA Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. (19-13), 7 p.m. 0-0 2, Clark 5-16 7-7 18, Jefferson 8-18 6-6 NEBRASKA (22-11): Copeland 5-13 Marquette (23-9) vs. Dayton (23-6), SIU-Edwardsville (17-14) at 25, Campbell 0-1 0-0 0, Granger 0-1 0-0 0, Duke (26-7) vs. Iona (20-13), 1:45 p.m. Men’s NCAA Women’s NCAA 1:30 p.m. At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas 0-0 12, Roby 3-7 3-3 10, Gill 3-8 0-0 7, Palm- Central Arkansas (22-9), 7 p.m. Walker 0-1 0-0 0, Reed 4-4 2-4 10, Lewis er 5-15 3-4 13, Watson 3-12 1-2 8, Tshiman- At Knoxville, Tennessee UC Irvine (18-13) at Nevada (17-16), 0-2 0-0 0, Lumpkin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-57 Kansas (27-7) vs. Pennsylvania (24-8), Division II tournament Division I tournament Oregon State (23-7) vs. Western Kentucky 1 p.m. ga 2-6 0-0 4, Okeke 1-1 0-0 2, Taylor 1-3 0-0 8:30 p.m. 16-19 64. 3, Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 7-9 59. Regional Finals ALBANY REGIONAL (24-8), 11 a.m. Seton Hall (21-11) vs. North Carolina State First Round NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (19- MISSISSIPPI STATE (23-11): Ado 6-15 Monday’s Game Tennessee (24-7) vs. Liberty (24-9), Quarterfinals (21-11), 3:30 p.m. West Region Friday’s Games 1:30 p.m. 16): Douglas 1-3 0-0 2, Davis 9-11 1-2 19, 3-4 15, Carter 3-10 2-2 9, Q.Weatherspoon At Columbia, South Carolina March 18-19 Friday’s Games 2-6 3-4 8, Peters 0-3 0-0 0, Stapleton 4-7 At Monmouth, Oregon At Waco, Texas Perkins 3-9 0-0 6, Guerra 0-3 0-0 0, Gardner At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit California (21-10) vs. Virginia (18-13), 4 p.m. UC Irvine-Nevada winner vs. Fresno State 2-4 12, Feazell 2-2 0-0 4, Holman 6-9 2-4 California Baptist 80, Western Oregon 76 Michigan (22-9) vs. Northern Colorado (17-14), TBA 0-5 0-0 0, Rivas 3-10 1-2 7, Reid 2-4 0-0 4, Michigan State (29-4) vs. Bucknell (25-9), South Carolina (26-6) vs. N.C. A&T (23-8), Harney 0-3 0-0 0, Jones 0-3 0-0 0, McAllister 16, Wright 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 24-57 12-18 66. Tuesday’s Games (26-6), 4 p.m. Weber State-Texas Southern winner vs. 6:10 p.m. Atlantic Region 6:30 p.m. Baylor (31-1) vs. Grambling State (19-13), 0-0 0-0 0, Wiggins 1-7 1-1 3, Mills 0-0 1-1 Nebraska 12 16 17 14—59 Saturday’s Games SIU-Edwardsville--Central Arkansas TCU (21-11) vs. Syracuse (21-13), 8:40 p.m. Mississippi State 19 14 17 16—66 At Petersburg, Virginia 6:30 p.m. winner, TBA 1, Goldsmith 2-9 0-0 4, McKnight 0-2 0-0 0. At Viejas Arena, San Diego East Stroudsburg 84, Shippensburg 72 At Storrs, Connecticut Saturday’s Games Totals 21-69 4-6 46. 3-Point Goals—Nebraska 6-22 (Co- UConn (32-0) vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (24-9), Yale-Northeastern winner vs. Binghamton Auburn (25-7) vs. College of Charleston peland 2-4, Watson 1-2, Taylor 1-3, Roby Central Region At Stanford, California (20-11), TBA Halftime—Texas Southern 36-26. (26-7), 6:27 p.m. At Maryville, Missouri 10 a.m. Missouri (24-7) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (30-4), 3-Point Goals—Texas Southern 6-24 (Jef- 1-3, Gill 1-5, Palmer 0-5), Mississippi State Miami (21-10) vs. Quinnipiac (27-5), Furman-UNC Asheville winner vs. Clemson (23-9) vs. New Mexico State 6-18 (Holman 2-2, Stapleton 2-4, Carter 1-4, Northern State 90, Minnesota St.-Mankato 83 2:30 p.m. Stetson-South Alabama winner, TBA ferson 3-7, Bruce 2-7, Clark 1-5, Campbell (28-5), 8:57 p.m. East Region 12:30 p.m. Stanford (22-10) vs. Gonzaga (27-5), 5 p.m. 0-1, McClelland 0-2, Lewis 0-2), NC Central Q.Weatherspoon 1-4, Wright 0-1, Peters At Athens, Georgia Second Round 0-3). Fouled Out—Copeland, Roby. Re- At Syracuse, New York Women’s NCAA 0-14 (Douglas 0-1, Harney 0-1, Guerra 0-1, Duke (22-8) vs. Belmont (31-3), 10 a.m. Second Round Saturday’s Games bounds—Nebraska 27 (Roby 8), Mississippi Le Moyne 75, Bloomfield 59 Georgia (25-6) vs. Mercer (30-2), 12:30 p.m. McKnight 0-1, Perkins 0-2, Gardner 0-2, At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Midwest Region Sunday’s Games Division II tournament State 43 (Holman 10). Assists—Nebraska 10 At Tallahassee, Florida At Louisville, Kentucky Rivas 0-3, Wiggins 0-3). Rebounds—Texas Duke-Iona winner vs. Rhode Island- (Palmer 5), Mississippi State 16 (Peters 14). At Big Rapids, Michigan At Sioux Falls, South Dakota Southern 38 (Reed, Jefferson 8), NC Cen- Florida State (25-6) vs. Little Rock (23-9), Louisville-Boise State winner vs. Oklahoma winner Total Fouls—Nebraska 18, Mississippi State Ferris State 80, Findlay 65 10 a.m. Quarterfinals tral 39 (Rivas 12). Assists—Texas Southern At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas South Region Marquette-Dayton winner, TBA Monday’s Games 11. A—3,458 (10,575). South Florida (26-7) vs. Buffalo (27-5), At Knoxville, Tennessee 9 (Jefferson 3), NC Central 10 (Perkins 6). Kansas-Pennsylvania winner vs. Seton Hall- At Atlanta 12:30 p.m. Indiana (Pa.) (29-3) vs. Central Missouri Total Fouls—Texas Southern 12, NC Central North Carolina State winner LSU 84, Barry 79, Eckerd 72 Oregon State-Western Kentucky winner vs. (27-3) 18. Technicals—Texas Southern team. Sunday’s Games Southeast Region Tennessee-Liberty winner, TBA Stonehill (29-3) vs. Ashland (34-0) Second Round At Waco, Texas At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Louisiana-Lafayette 76 At Harrogate, Tennessee Sunday’s Game Carson-Newman (32-2) vs. Union (Tenn.) EAST REGIONAL LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (27-7):” Queens (NC) 69, Lincoln Memorial 57 Michigan-Northern Colorado winner vs. (30-3) Michigan State-Bucknell winner vs. At Columbia, South Carolina Baylor-Grambling State winner, TBA First Round TCU-Syracuse winner Washington 3-12 1-2 7, Gant 4-10 1-1 9, South Central California-Virginia winner vs. Montana State Billings (25-11) vs. Lubbock Today’s Games Stove 5-9 7-8 17, Bartley 8-17 0-0 21, Stro- Monday’s Game Christian (31-1) At Viejas Arena, San Diego At Canyon, Texas South Carolina-N.C. A&T winner, TBA At Stanford, California At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Auburn-College of Charleston winner vs. man 3-8 6-8 12, Miller 0-4 0-0 0, Davis 0-3 West Texas A&M 95, Texas Permian Basin 87 Monday’s Games 0-0 0, Hardy 0-0 0-0 0, Marquetti 0-2 0-0 0, Missouri-Florida Gulf Coast winner vs. Semifinals Villanova (30-4) vs. Radford (23-12) Clemson-New Mexico State winner At Storrs, Connecticut Stanford-Gonzaga winner, TBA winner, 5:50 p.m. Russell 4-9 0-0 10. Totals 27-74 15-19 76. At Sioux Falls, South Dakota UConn-Saint Francis (Pa.) winner vs. Wednesday, March 21 LSU (18-14): Epps 3-6 2-2 8, Reath 10- Atlantic-Central winner vs. East-Midwest Virginia Tech (21-11) vs. Alabama (19-15), At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Quarterfinals Miami-Quinnipiac winner, TBA Regional Semifinals 8:20 p.m. Omaha, Nebraska 14 4-4 26, Sampson 5-9 7-9 18, Waters 3-4 Tuesday, March 20 At Athens, Georgia winner 3-4 9, Edwards 1-5 3-6 5, Sims 2-3 1-3 5, Friday, March 23 Southeast-South winner vs. West-South At American Airlines Center, Dallas Regional Semifinals West Texas A&M (31-3) vs. Le Moyne Duke-Belmont winner vs. Georgia-Mercer At Lexington, Kentucky Texas Tech (24-9) vs. Stephen F. Austin Friday, March 23 Onwuasor 0-4 2-2 2, Mays 5-10 0-0 11. To- (27-6), 1 p.m. winner, TBA Central winner tals 29-55 22-30 84. TBD, 6 p.m. (28-6), 6:27 p.m. Kansas-Pennsylvania—Seton Hall- Ferris State (35-1) vs. Barry (23-8), 3:30 p.m. At Tallahassee, Florida TBD, 8:30 p.m. Florida (20-12) vs. St. Bonaventure (26-7), N.C. State winner vs. Auburn-College of La.-Lafayette 15 13 25 23—76 Queens (NC) (31-3) vs. California Baptist South Florida-Buffalo winner vs. Florida Championship Charleston—Clemson-New Mexico State LSU 18 22 21 23—84 (28-5), 7 p.m. State-Little Rock winner, TBA Friday, March 23 8:57 p.m. 3-Point Goals—Louisiana-Lafayette Regional Championship Friday’s Games winner Northern State (34-3) vs. East Stroudsburg Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. 7-28 (Bartley 5-13, Russell 2-6, Miller 0-1, (27-5), 9:30 p.m. Regional Semifinals Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Duke-Iona—Rhode Island-Oklahoma Stove 0-1, Marquetti 0-1, Stroman 0-1, Davis Saturday, March 24 NCAA Women’s Purdue (28-6) vs. Cal State Fullerton (20-11), winner vs. Michigan State-Bucknell—TCU- 0-2, Gant 0-3), LSU 4-18 (Reath 2-4, Mays At Albany, New York 11:40 a.m. Syracuse winner Semifinals FINAL FOUR 1-2, Sampson 1-3, Onwuasor 0-2, Epps 0-3, Thursday, March 22 TBD, 10:30 a.m. Division III tournament Arkansas (23-11) vs. Butler (20-13), 2:10 p.m. TBD, 1 p.m. At Columbus, Ohio Semifinals Edwards 0-4). Fouled Out—Washington, Ferris St.-Barry winner vs. W. Texas A&M- National Semifinals At Viejas Arena, San Diego Regional Championship Bartley. Rebounds—Louisiana-Lafayette 37 At Rochester, Minnesota Sunday, March 25 Le Moyne winner, TBA Friday, March 30 Wichita State (25-7) vs. Marshall (24-10), (Stroman 13), LSU 35 (Reath 11). Assists— Queens (NC)-Cal Baptist winner vs. Regional Championship Friday’s Games 12:30 p.m. Semifinal winners Monday, March 26 6 p.m. Amherst (31-0) vs. Thomas More (30-1), Louisiana-Lafayette 9 (Stroman 7), LSU 12 Northern St.-E. Stroudsburg winner, TBA 8:30 p.m. West Virginia (24-10) vs. Murray State (Waters 7). Total Fouls—Louisiana-Lafay- Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. 5 p.m. WEST REGIONAL Bowdoin (28-2) vs. Wartburg (31-0), (26-5), 3 p.m. ette 28, LSU 20. A—6,846 (13,215). Championship SPOKANE REGIONAL First Round First Round National Championship 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Saturday, March 24 Friday’s Games Sunday, April 1 Second Round Second Round Semifinal winners Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas March 16-19 At Notre Dame, Indiana Championship At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Houston (26-7) vs. San Diego State (22-10), Stanford (19-15) vs. Oklahoma State Men’s NCAA Notre Dame (29-3) vs. Cal State Northridge Women’s National Saturday’s Game Villanova-Radford winner vs. Virginia 6:20 p.m. (20-14), TBA (19-15), 4 p.m. Semifinals winners, 7:30 p.m. Tech-Alabama winner Michigan (28-7) vs. Montana (26-7), Saint Mary’s (29-5) vs. Washington (21-12), Division III tournament South Dakota State (26-6) vs. Villanova Invitation Tournament (22-8), 6:30 p.m. At American Airlines Center, Dallas 8:50 p.m. TBA Semifinals First Round Women’s NAIA Division I At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho Saturday’s Games At Salem (Va.) Civic Center At College Station, Texas Wednesday’s Games Texas Tech-Stephen F. Austin winner vs. DePaul (26-7) vs. Oklahoma (16-14), 11 a.m. tournament Florida-St. Bonaventure winner Gonzaga (30-4) vs. UNC Greensboro (27-7), Penn State (22-13) at Notre Dame (21-14), Friday’s Games UCF 65, Jacksonville 60, OT At Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark, 12:30 p.m. Noon Ramapo (25-6) vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Texas A&M (24-9) vs. Drake (26-7), 1:30 p.m. Saint Joseph’s 75, Seton Hall 57 Sunday’s Games At Eugene, Oregon Billings, Montana At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Ohio State (24-8) vs. South Dakota State Oregon (23-12) at Marquette (20-13), TBA (24-7), 4 p.m. Alabama 69, Southern 56 Green Bay (29-3) vs. Minnesota (23-8), Today’s Games First Round Purdue-Cal State Fullerton winner vs. (28-6), 3 p.m. Sunday’s Games Nebraska Wesleyan (28-3) vs. Springfield Wednesday’s Games Friday’s Games (22-8), 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Houston (20-11) at South Dakota (26-6) Arkansas-Butler winner Mississippi State (23-11) at Baylor (19-14), Oregon (30-4) vs. Seattle (18-14), 6:30 p.m. Benedictine (Kan.) 68, Columbia (Mo.) 59 At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, Noon Western Illinois (22-9) at Colorado State At Viejas Arena, San Diego Saturday’s Games (20-11) Menlo 91, LSU Shreveport 79 Wichita State-Marshall winner vs. North Carolina Middle Tennessee (25-7) at Louisville Championship At Columbus, Ohio Campbellsville (Ky.) 79, Faulkner (Ala.) 63 Texas A&M (20-12) vs. Providence (21-13), (21-13), 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s Game Cincinnati (19-12) at Michigan State (17-13) West Virginia-Murray State winner LSU (19-9) vs. Central Michigan (28-4), Saint Mary’s (Cal.) (20-10) at New Mexico Montana Western 66, Dillard (La.) 54 11:15 a.m. Monday’s Games Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. 10 a.m. Freed-Hardeman 71, The Master’s (Calif.) 51 North Carolina (25-10) vs. Lipscomb (23-9), LSU (18-14) at Utah (20-11), TBA (23-10) At TD Garden, Boston Ohio State (27-6) vs. George Washington Central Methodist 98, Arizona Christian 86 1:45 p.m. Western Kentucky (25-10) at Southern Cal Men’s NAIA Texas State (23-9) at Rice (22-9) Regional Semifinals (19-13), 12:30 p.m. Lamar (22-7) at TCU (19-12) Science & Arts (Okla.) 60, Rocky Mountain 52 At Bridgestone Arena, (24-11), 1o:30 p.m. Missouri State (20-11) at Louisiana Tech Lindsey Wilson 75, Martin Methodist 69 Friday, March 23 Nashville, Tennessee Division I tournament Villanova-Radford—Virginia At Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Second Round (19-11) Today’s Games Xavier (28-5) vs. Texas Southern (16-19), Quarterfinals Sunday’s Games Purdue (18-13) at IUPUI (22-9) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Loyola (La.), 10 a.m. Tech-Alabama winner vs. Wichita State- 6:20 p.m. March 20-21 Missouri Westmont vs. Cumberland (Tenn.), Marshall—West Virginia-Murray State First Round At Notre Dame, Indiana Middle Tennessee (18-12) at Ball State (24-6) Missouri (20-12) vs. Florida State (20-11), Notre Dame-Penn State winner vs. Notre Dame-Cal State Northridge winner vs. 11:45 p.m. winner Wednesday’s Games UT Martin (19-14) at Indiana (17-14) 8:50 p.m. Oregon-Marquette winner, TBA South Dakota State-Villanova winner, TBA Milwaukee (20-11) at Northern Iowa (19-13) MidAmerica Nazarene vs. Purdue-Cal State Fullerton—Arkansas- Baylor-Mississippi State winner vs. Life 68, William Carey 67 Lindenwood-Belleville, 1:30 p.m. LSU Alexandria 77, Lewis-Clark State 71 At College Station, Texas New Mexico State (18-12) at Wyoming Butler winner vs. Texas Tech-Stephen F. Second Round Middle Tennessee-Louisville winner, TBA DePaul-Oklahoma winner vs. Texas A&M- (21-10) Oklahoma City vs. Providence (Mont.), Austin—Florida-St. Bonaventure winner Southern Cal-Western Kentucky winner vs. Georgetown (Ky.) 79, Central Baptist 74 Drake winner, TBA 3:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City 62, Xavier (N.O.) 50 Idaho (19-13) at UC Davis (25-6) At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas Stanford_Oklahoma State winner, TBA At Eugene, Oregon Saint Louis (17-15) at Kansas State (16-15) Wayland Baptist vs. Lyon, 5:30 p.m. Regional Championship Saint Mary’s-Washington winner vs. LSU- LSU Shreveport 72, Harris-Stowe State 63 Green Bay-Minnesota winner vs. Shawnee State vs. Grand View, 7:15 p.m. Michigan-Montana winner vs. Houston- Wayland Baptist 68, Central Methodist 44 UNLV (19-11) at Utah (17-13) Sunday, March 25 San Diego State winner Utah winner, TBA Oregon-Seattle winner, TBA Bucknell (22-9) at West Virginia (21-11) Carroll (Mont.) vs. William Penn, 9 p.m. Semifinal winners Peru State 106, The Master’s 104, OT Monday’s Game Radford (23-8) at Penn State (16-15) Vanguard vs. Bethel (Tenn.), 10:45 p.m. At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho Dillard 74, Westmont 71 Gonzaga-UNC Greensboro winner vs. Ohio Semifinals At Columbus, Ohio ETSU (20-12) at James Madison (21-10) SOUTH REGIONAL At Madison Square Garden, New York Today’s Games LSU-Central Michigan winner vs. Ohio Marist (20-13) at St. John’s (16-14) Second Round State-South Dakota State winner Dalton State (24-8) vs. Cumberlands (Ky.) First Round Sunday’s Games Tuesday, March 27 State-George Washington winner, TBA Duquesne (23-7) at Miami Univ. (21-10) Friday’s Games Today’s Games Game 1, 6 p.m. (21-9), 9 a.m. Bethune-Cookman (24-6) at Georgia Tech Menlo vs. Benedictine (Kan.), 10 a.m. At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Montana Western (25-7) vs. Southwestern At American Airlines Center, Dallas Carolina Game 2, 8:30 p.m. Regional Semifinals (18-13) Freed-Hardeman vs. Science & Arts (Okla.), Assemblies (24-9), 10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 24 Chattanooga (17-12) at UAB (26-6) 1:30 p.m. Tennessee (25-8) vs. Wright State (25-9), North Carolina-Lipscomb winner vs. Texas Carroll (Mont.) (27-5) vs. Lindsey Wilson 11:40 a.m. Championship At Spokane, Washington Friday’s Games Lindsey Wilson vs. Central Methodist, A&M-Providence winner (23-8), 12:30 p.m. TBD, 3 p.m. Wright State (23-10) at Toledo (17-14) 3:15 p.m. Miami (22-9) vs. Loyola of Chicago (28-5), At Bridgestone Arena, Thursday, March 29 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. Pikeville (28-4) vs. Langston (20-11), TBD, 5:30 p.m. Albany (NY) (24-7) at Penn (21-8) Westmont-Cumberland (Tenn.) winner vs. 2:10 p.m. Nashville, Tennessee 2:15 p.m. Regional Championship Delaware (19-12) at Georgetown (15-15) Our Lady of the Lake-Loyola (N.O.) winner, At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho Xavier-Texas Southern winner vs. CollegeInsider.com Columbia (Mo.) (27-4) vs. Campbellsville Monday, March 26 Harvard (18-10) at Fordham (22-9) 5:30 p.m. Kentucky (24-10) vs. Davidson (21-11), Missouri-Florida State winner (23-9), 4 p.m. Semifinal winners, 8 p.m. Robert Morris (25-7) at Drexel (26-7) MidAmerica Nazarene-Lindenwood- 6:10 p.m. Tournament Texas Wesleyan vs. Graceland (Iowa) Stephen F. Austin (25-6) at George Mason Belleville winner vs. Oklahoma City- Arizona (27-7) vs. Buffalo (26-8), 8:40 p.m. At STAPLES Center, Los Angeles First Round (24-10), 5:45 p.m. KANSAS CITY REGIONAL (23-9) Providence (Mont.) winner, 7:15 p.m. Friday’s Games Regional Semifinals Monday’s Games William Penn (27-4) vs. Science & Arts First Round Navy (25-7) at Virginia Tech (18-13) Shawnee State-Grand View winner vs. At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, Thursday, March 22 Central Michigan 94, Fort Wayne 89 (Okla.) (21-10), 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Wayland Baptist-Lyon winner, 9 p.m. North Carolina Xavier-Texas Southern— Drake 80, Abilene Christian 73, OT Hope International (25-5) vs. Our Lady of the At Raleigh, North Carolina Second Round Carroll (Mont.)-William Penn winner vs. Creighton (21-11) vs. Kansas State (22-11), Missouri-Florida State winner vs. Liberty 65, NC A&T 52 Lake (21-11), 9:15 p.m. Maryland (25-7) vs. Princeton (24-5), 11 a.m. March 17-20 Vanguard-Bethel (Tenn.) winner, 10:45 p.m. 5:50 p.m. Gonzaga-UNC Greensboro—Ohio State- San Diego 88, Hartford 72 North Carolina State (24-8) vs. Elon (25-7), Houston-South Dakota winner vs. Western Campbellsville vs. Montana Western, Virginia (31-2) vs. UMBC (24-10), 8:20 p.m. South Dakota State winner Second Round 1:30 p.m. Illinois-Colorado State winner, TBA 11:45 p.m. 4B Thursday, March 15, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com COLLEGE BASKETBALL Holman makes Nebraska pay from 3-point range; Weatherspoon questionable By Brett Hudson round of the National Invitation Baylor at 11 a.m. Sunday fected the Cornhuskers. in the northeastern Caribbean [email protected] Tournament (NIT) at Hum- (ESPN) in Waco, Texas. “The one thing I’ll bail our and the Florida Keys. phrey Coliseum. “Up in the air, but I tend to guys out for: this is our third Nebraska won that scrim- STARKVILLE — Statisti- “I knew Holman could make say no,” MSU coach Ben How- game in 22 days,” Miles said. mage 76-72, but it saw a vastly cally, Aric Holman entered the threes, but in the league he’d land said. “He has recovered a “You lose some of your competi- improved MSU team Wednes- Mississippi State men’s basket- made 13 in 18 games,” Miles long way in a short amount of tive edge. You lose some of your day. ball team’s against Nebraska said. “I wasn’t convinced. Then time already.” sharpness. To be sitting around “They’re sharper. They run on Wednesday as the Bulldogs’ he hit his first two tonight and I and waiting to play for this long their stuff better,” Miles said. “I best 3-point shooter. was convinced.” was hard.” think Tyson Carter made some Holman had attempted only Nebraska’s road block Holman first 3-pointer broke big plays tonight. I don’t recall 78 treys, but he was shooting The Big Ten Conference’s a 19-19 tie midway through the seeing that out of him the first a team-high 42.3 percent from participants in the NCAA tour- We meet again second quarter. His second time. I thought Holman was re- beyond the arc. nament might have to fear rust. Nebraska’s season began gave MSU a five-point cushion ally improved.” Still, Nebraska coach Tim The Big Ten usually plays and ended in Humphrey Coli- late in the third quarter. Miles didn’t believe. After see- its conference tournament the seum. ing Holman not be a factor in 18 week leading up to Selection Nebraska and MSU met History Southeastern Conference regu- Life without Nick Weatherspoon Sunday for the NCAA tourna- for a preseason scrimmage on MSU earned its 19th home lar-season games and go 5-for- Sophomore guard and for- ment. This year, the Big Ten Oct. 22. The NCAA allowed win of the season, which is the 12 from beyond the arc in the mer Starkville High School moved its conference tourna- the scrimmage to take place most of any team in Division I. last six games, Miles decided standout Tyson Carter started ment up a week to play in Madi- as long as proceeds from the MSU played all but two of its to test his luck. Holman made in place of Nick Weatherspoon, son Square Garden in New York event went to relief efforts for non-conference games at home him pay. who suffered a hip injury in the City. The Big East Conference Hurricane Irma, which was the and won all of them. Holman made both of his SEC tournament. plays in the venue the week first Category 5 hurricane of The win also MSU’s 23rd, its 3-pointers on his way to a Carter responded with nine leading up to Selection Sunday. the 2017 Atlantic hurricane sea- most since 2010 when it won 24, 16-point, 10-rebound, four- points, three rebounds, an as- As a result, postseason-bound son. Irma caused widespread a mark it can tie Sunday. blocked shot performance that sist and a steal in 31 minutes. Big Ten teams faced a much and catastrophic damage from Follow Dispatch sports helped MSU earn a 66-59 victo- Weatherspoon is uncertain longer break between games the time it former Aug. 30 and writer Brett Hudson on Twitter ry against Nebraska in the first for MSU’s next game against than usual, which Miles said af- dissipated Sept. 13, particularly @Brett_Hudson

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Mississippi State’s Aric Holman dunks home two of his Mississippi State center Abdul Ado shoots a hook shot Mississippi State’s Xavian Stapelton hangs in the as 16 points against Nebraska. He also led the Bulldogs Wednesday night against Nebraska. Ado had 15 points Nebraska’s Isaac Copeland defends Wednesday. with 10 rebounds. and nine rebounds. Stapleton had 12 points and five rebounds.

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Ben Howland points out instructions Mississippi State guard Eli Wright had two points and four rebounds Wednesday Wednesday night at Humphrey Coliseum. night against Nebraska. Tubby Smith out at Memphis after two seasons; Hardaway possible successor By The Associated Press preciate the opportunity to Saturday 70-60 to No. 8 phis hired Smith away the university at risk of after losing in overtime of to have led the University Cincinnati in the Ameri- from Texas Tech in April missing out on a $800,000 the national championship MEMPHIS, Tenn. — of Memphis basketball pro- can Athletic Conference 2016 with hopes of switch- payment from the NBA’s under then-coach John Tubby Smith has been gram for the last two years” tournament semifinals,ing to the Big 12 and gave Memphis Grizzlies who Calipari. fired as Memphis men’s and that he’s proud of the their third loss to the AAC him a five-year contract control the FedExForum. Penny Hardaway is a top basketball coach after two work he and his staff did. champs this season. for $15.45 million that paid The Commercial Appeal candidate to replace Smith. seasons amid dropping at- “After 39 years in col- He came to Memphis him $2.9 million for this also reported donations A Memphis native, tendance and donations to lege coaching, I know that in April 2016 as one of only season with $3.25 million to the athletic department Hardaway played at the athletic department. change happens and I wish two coaches to lead five due each of the next three dropped $1.1 million in the then-Memphis State be- Smith told reporters he the University and the different schools to the seasons. 2016-17 fiscal year . tween 1991 and 1993 un- was no longer coach as he team the best as they pur- NCAA tournament. Now His son, Saul, had been That combination hurts der coach Larry Finch be- left a meeting Wednesday sue a different direction,” 66, Smith leaves without one of three assistant Memphis, which failed in fore leaving for the NBA. with Memphis President Smith tweeted. “As a life- taking Memphis to any coaches on staff at Mem- its 2016 bid to join the Big Hardaway currently coach- M. David Rudd and athletic long competitor I believe postseason tournament in phis. 12. es an AAU team and also director Tom Bowen. the game never ends, and his two seasons. Smith is Smith went 19-13 in his Memphis’ biggest win coaches Memphis East Memphis issued a state- I’ll be exploring my next 597-302 with a national title first season and followed this season came Feb. 22 High School, which will be ment saying only that an move on and off the court with Kentucky in 1998. He that with a major roster with a 91-85 upset of No. playing for a third straight agreement of “separation” in the coming weeks.” also has worked at Tulsa, turnover bringing in 11 23 Houston , only the sec- Tennessee Class AAA title had been reached in the Smith went 40-26 at Georgia, and Minnesota new players. ond such win by the Tigers this week. Forward James “best financial interest” of Memphis, including 21-13 during a head coaching ca- Attendance dropped to under Smith. The Tigers Wiseman, the No. 2 pros- the university with details this season. The Tigers reer that began in 1991. 6,225 this season, Mem- finished the season with an pect in 2019 nationally, still to be finalized. Smith won seven of their final When Josh Pastner left phis’ lowest attendance RPI of 106 and a strength plays for Hardaway on both said via Twitter that “I ap- nine games before losing for Georgia Tech, Mem- since 1969-70 and putting of schedule of 112 a decade teams. Nebraska women ride biggest turnaround to NCAA tournament By ERIC OLSON be considered more basic said. “To expect for that to hap- The Huskers are tied with Conference play, the Huskers The Associated Press needs. pen right away this year, we Rutgers for the biggest turn- went from 3-13 and tied for last Like team chemistry, learn- wouldn’t have said that’s a guar- around in the country and they to 11-5 and tied for third. After LINCOLN, Neb. — Making ing how to play sound defense, anteed goal. This team sets earned a No. 10 seed for the going 0-13 away from Lincoln the women’s NCAA tournament winning some road games. their sights high, and we know tournament. They will play No. last season, the Huskers are really wasn’t Nebraska’s goal at The NCAA tournament? how hard they’ve worked in the 7 seed Arizona State (21-12) on 11-4 in road and neutral-site the start of the season. Coming Maybe someday. offseason. As we were progress- Saturday in Austin, Texas. games. off the worst year in program “We knew that’s what we ing through the non-conference Nebraska goes in at 21-10, a They passed last season’s history, the Cornhuskers’ wish were building toward,” sec- it became a more realistic goal 14-win improvement over last win total in mid-December on list was filled with what would ond-year coach Amy Williams for this team.” season’s 7-22 record. In Big Ten See NEBRASKA, 6B The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, March 15, 2018 5B GOLF AUTO RACING Woods looking to cap another Lowe’s to end sponsorship of comeback at Bay Hill in Orlando seven-time champion Johnson By DOUG FERGUSON Marc Leishman is the defending By JENNA FRYER a bust. But even if Lowe’s got in on The Associated Press champion, getting up-and-down with a The Associated Press the cheap with Johnson in 2001, the 45-yard pitch shot that rolled out to 3 price undoubtedly went up as John- ORLANDO, Fla. — The future of feet for par on the final hole. In some CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lowe’s, one Tiger Woods is filled with optimism son racked up his record-tying seven respects, so is Woods. He won in 2013 of the last remaining corporate giants championships, 83 victories and a Hall because of the past. by two shots over Justin Rose, a victory in NASCAR, announced Wednesday The next stop on his remarkable of Fame career all while representing that returned him to No. 1 in the world. that it will not sponsor seven-time the Lowe’s brand the last 18 years. road to recovery from four years’ worth Now he is at No. 149, which sounds champion Jimmie Johnson after this As one executive once put it, for of back trouble is the Arnold Palmer In- good only when considering that he season, an ominous sign for the na- Lowe’s, taking that chance on Johnson, vitational, the tournament he has won was No. 1,199 five tournaments ago. tion’s top racing series. was like “winning the lottery.” a record eight times on a course that Las Vegas thinks so highly of For Johnson and Hendrick Motor- Times have changed. feels comfortable to him. Woods, especially after his runner-up sports, it means the best NASCAR Sponsor after sponsor has scaled There also is a short history of finish at the Valspar Championship, driver of his generation has a blank back on full package commitments, Woods winning at Bay Hill during vari- that the Westgate Las Vegas Super- slate of “inventory” for the first time in and teams now sell open inventory ous comebacks. book has him favored at 6-1 to win at nearly two decades. on their cars in pieces. A full season When he was out nearly nine months Bay Hill. It’s the first time Woods has “Jimmie is one of the greatest champi- sponsor is now almost unheard of in recovering from reconstructive sur- been favored to win a PGA Tour event ons and ambassadors in all of sports and any racing series and one by one the gery, his first victory back was at Bay since Torrey Pines in 2014. still at the top of his game,” team owner Fortune 500 backers have altered their Hill when he made a 15-foot birdie for “We keep saying it’s surprising, but Rick Hendrick said. “This change opens marketing spends. Target is out of rac- a one-shot victory over Sean O’Hair. it’s Tiger Woods, for God’s sake,” said up all kinds of possibilities, and we look ing. So is Home Depot and Sprint. UPS, After going more than two years with- Jason Day, who at 12-1 is the second forward to having conversations with po- Subway, Great Clips and Dollar Gener- out winning on the PGA Tour while betting favorite. tential new partners. It’s a special oppor- al. Aaron’s and Best Buy are gone, too. trying to patch his personal life back Bay Hill will be a different test from tunity with an iconic athlete and team.” GoDaddy was gone but came back only together, Woods finally broke through Innisbrook, mainly because it requires For Lowe’s, the decision is simply this season for a two-race farewell tour at Bay Hill with a five-shot victory over a little more length off the tee and business. with Danica Patrick. Graeme McDowell. with unseasonably cool air this week, The home improvement company It’s a different world, and only a Six months after Woods wasn’t sure the ball isn’t likely to travel as far. Day teamed with Hendrick and Johnson handful of companies come anywhere if he would be able to compete again at was explaining the difference when he in 2001 when the driver was a nobody. close to the commitment Lowe’s has a high level, he is the betting favorite at looked over to the right at a TV screen Owner and company took a leap on had with Johnson, including every race Bay Hill. That stems from his runner-up showing — who else? — Woods. Johnson, the driver Jeff Gordon prom- last year. Denny Hamlin had FedEx on finish last week at Innisbrook, where he Woods is everywhere this week. He ised them was going to be a star. Gor- 34 of 36 races last year. A Mars Inc. was never more than three shots behind has a long list of highlights at Bay Hill, don was right and Johnson was so good product was aboard Kyle Busch’s car in the final round and had a long birdie mostly birdie putts on the 18th hole that Lowe’s couldn’t leave. for 30 points races and his other six putt at the end to force a playoff. to beat everyone from Phil Mickelson Lowe’s signed on in the heady days went to Interstate Batteries. He looks closer than ever to winning. to Bart Bryant. He won in 2003 by 11 of NASCAR when sponsors paid $20 But those deals are dinosaurs left He always seems to win at Bay Hill. shots while coping with dry heaves million or more just to get in the door over from the financial upswing, and If it only it were that simple. from food poisoning. with a top team. A deal for an entire aside from FedEx and the M&M’s line, “Just because I won here eight times Day and Hideki Matsuyama, out 36 race package, plus the two all-star nearly all the megadeals from the early doesn’t mean I’m going to win this since Phoenix with a wrist injury, will events, could cost upward of $30 mil- 2000s have either left motorsports or week automatically,” Woods said. “I’ve play with Woods over the next few lion per season. gone the way of Miller Lite, which grad- still got to do the work. I’ve still got to days. Rory McIlroy has said in recent Lowe’s wasn’t sure about Johnson ually reduced its hold on its Brad Kesel- go through the process of getting my- weeks that with so much commotion, it when Hendrick sold them on a full owski inventory. By scaling back, Mill- self in position.” costs Woods a half-shot per round. Day deal; the company hedged its bet with er Lite decreased its spend, retained its At least he knows the course, even if sees it the other way, saying Woods a smaller deal for four-time champi- association with Keselowski and gave he hasn’t been here in five years. thrives with so much attention. on Gordon just in case Johnson was Team Penske empty pages to sell. Davis Continued from Page 1B Rebels. His 401 games as Ole Miss head Ole Miss as the winningest coach in pro- van (Florida), Joe B. Hall (Kentucky), one-year postseason ban by the NCAA coach are the 10th most by a coach at gram history. Averaging more than 20 Nolan Richardson (Arkansas) and for recruiting violations under Davis. He one school in SEC history. wins per season, Kennedy ranks 18th in Tubby Smith (Kentucky). In a victory resigned after one season and then took With 11 postseason wins, eight post- SEC history with 245 victories. against Mississippi State on Jan. 6, he a job as an assistant coach at Chipola Ju- season berths, nine 20-win seasons, two The Louisville native had the fifth- became the 23rd SEC coach to earn 100 nior College. He worked as an assistant NCAA tournament appearances, two most wins in 12 years at one school in victories in conference play. at Utah State afterward, until landing National Invitation Tournament (NIT) the conference. Kennedy was one of five In 1990, Davis coached at Texas his next head coaching job, at Idaho. Final Fours, two SEC West titles, and SEC coaches to post at least nine 20- A&M, which is now part of the South- He joined the LSU staff as an assistant a SEC tournament championship, the win seasons in his first 11 years in the eastern Conference. That year, the team coach after a year at Idaho and took over two-time SEC Coach of the Year leaves league, joining the likes of Billy Dono- was given two years’ probation and a at Middle Tennessee in 2002. MSU men Continued from Page 1B Peters had eight assists in situations. everything in, but what we ka 47-30. It had 16 offensive re- Miles said. the first quarter as MSU built “Even though he missed a couldn’t do was get the ball out bounds that it cashed in for 12 MSU also dominated the a seven-point lead. He did it by couple, he took more left-hand- of his hands, so he was able to second-chance points. That ad- interior and gave Nebraska being patient against a smaller ed hook shots tonight than he’s find people late,” said Miles, vantage helped MSU overcome little opportunity with its ex- opponent, which allowed the taken all year, and you have no whose team ended its season six turnovers in the fourth tra shots. The Cornhuskers Bulldogs to expose the Corn- idea how happy that makes us,” at 22-11. “He made Ado score. quarter that limited the Bull- missed 11 of their last 15 shots, huskers’ lack of length late in Howland said. “He has a great He probably took his five layups dogs to seven fourth-quarter a fact Miles credited to MSU’s the shot clock. MSU had zero left, but he doesn’t want to use and did the heavy work for him. field goal attempts. Nebraska interior defense. fast-break points in the quarter it in the games, and he’s finally I thought about going under his had 20 for Nebraska. The teams “Coach Howland’s team did but it scored 16 points in the doing it.” ball screen, thought about trap- played four quarter rather than paint. Despite the production of ping him, but we didn’t want to two halves under experimental an outstanding job of having Ado had six of his points in Holman, Ado, and Stapleton, get all extended. rules being used in the NIT. us change shots because we the first quarter points. He had Nebraska coach Tim Miles said “He’s really a dynamic play- “I thought we weren’t warm missed way too many makeable scored six or fewer points in five Peters was the primary weap- er, and as his shot improves, to the fight early, and then when inside shots,” Miles said. games leading up to Wednes- on, even though he missed all he’s really going to be a special we got in foul trouble with (Isa- Follow Dispatch sports day. Howland praised Peters for three or his shots. player.” iah) Roby and (Isaac) Copeland writer Brett Hudson on Twitter getting Ado the ball in perfect “We were trying to play MSU outrebounded Nebras- in there, we were too careful,” @Brett_Hudson Minichino Continued from Page 1B and considered leaving knew how to put all of the After winning 13 those seniors. her life. the hard work. Texas A&M and the state pieces together to accom- games in year one, Vic Although MSU lost “I felt that sense of But it’s March, so of Texas. plish that vision,” Holly Schaefer led the Bulldogs to South Carolina in the peace the entire day I there is more work to do From the community, said. “Everybody in the to a 22-win campaign and national title game, the was here,” Schaefer said. in a “new” season. the schools, the facilities, country thought there a berth in the quarter- setback didn’t diminish “I just had that feeling. There might not be as to the people, everything is no way this is going finals of the Women’s what the Bulldogs had When I walked into the many Parade or McDon- Holly Schaefer saw on to happen at Mississippi National Invitation Tour- accomplished. Hump and I stood on the ald’s All-Americans in her visit to Starkville in State. Now that it has, nament the next season. If you ask Holly, she concourse and over- Starkville as there are in March 2012 gave her a you wouldn’t believe the Twenty-seven- and 28-win will tell you she and Vic looked the gym, I just other hot beds of wom- sense of peace. coaches that talk about seasons and back-to-back saw it coming. knew. I had a feeling. I en’s basketball, but Holly When Holly arrived how in the world do you trips to the NCAA tourna- “We just knew it said it six years ago, and I Schaefer said MSU has home from her trip and have a fan base like you ment followed. was the right fit for our say it now, it has come to built what few thought saw Vic, she told him, do in Starkville, Missis- Yet the sting of a family,” Holly said. “Now fruition. I am so excited could happen thanks to ‘We can win and we can sippi? We get asked that 60-point to eventual you sit back and all of for this program.” the “effort, resilience, win big there.’ ” all of the time, but we are national champion Con- these people are like, Vic Schaefer is equally heart, dedication, com- Nearly six years and the peoples’ team. necticut in the Sweet 16 ‘How is Mississippi State energized. His grass mitment, and work ethic” countless Hail State “Our kids are so in Bridgeport, Connecti- such a powerhouse?’ It roots efforts and those of of the players that she Hoops luncheons later, accessible to the fans, cut, haunted Schaefer. is like that movie (“Field his staff and players have feels “rises them just a Holly looks over the stair- in the community, at Led by seniors Ketara of Dreams”), if you helped MSU climb into little bit above” everyone case in Mize Pavilion, the the elementary schools. Chapel, Dominique Dill- build it, they will come. the top 10 nationally in else. practice facility for the Every opportunity those ingham, Chinwe Okorie, That is exactly what has average attendance. The That’s why what she Mississippi State basket- kids have to get out, the and Breanna Richard- happened in Starkville, Bulldogs have done it by saw nearly six years ago ball teams, to Humphrey community loves it, but son, Schaefer vowed to Mississippi.” being accessible to their has come to fruition. Coliseum, where the our kids love it, too. In bring the Bulldogs back. Schaefer recalls wear- fans during the week and “(Vic) put the perfect men’s and women’s teams return, it pays dividends, Records were broken. ing maroon without a after games. staff together because play their games. Behind and they are the peoples’ Milestones were passed. MSU logo or name on her On the court, they he is smart enough to her, a packed house has team.” Victories against Wash- clothing when she visited have played a gritty, know he can’t do it by settled in for the latest MSU had advanced to ington and No. 1 seed the MSU campus and hard-nosed style that himself,” Holly Schaefer luncheon. In Vic’s first the NCAA tournament Baylor secured a trip to looked around Starkville involves taking charges said. “They are a heck season as coach at MSU, only six times prior to Vic the program’s first Final by herself. She said she and getting on the floor of recruiters. They have there might have been Schaefer’s arrival from Four. did everything a mother for loose balls. This brought the right kids, just as many people in Texas A&M in March Redemption followed and a wife would do when season, a higher level of the right athletes, into the stands for a women’s 2012. The last trip — an in the national semifinals investigating a possible offensive efficiency has this university to play the game in the Hump as appearance in the Sweet when William’s jumper new home. She said she blended with Schaefer’s exact style of basketball there were at lunchtime 16 in 2010 — was the as time expired lifted looked at the schools, trademark defensive he wants to play, expects in the middle of the week high-water mark. But MSU to a 66-64 overtime community, houses, principles to produce to play, and will play to to listen to Vic, his coach- Vic and Holly could see victory against four-time hospital, university, gyms another squad that has win.” es, and his players talk a shared vision, even reigning national cham- to determine if Starkville packed the Hump on the about their program. though MSU didn’t have pion UConn. The loss would be a good fit for way to a program-record Adam Minichino is It didn’t matter a sustained record of snapped the Huskies’ her family. It eased her No. 2 ranking in both sports editor of The because Vic and Holly success in the Southeast- NCAA record 111-game mind to find “everyone national polls. A first SEC Dispatch. You can reach believed. ern Conference. That’s winning streak. It also was so nice,” as she said, regular-season champi- him at aminichino “We knew the vision why they believed when was the 111th victory in and treated her like she onship and a 32-1 record @cdispatch.com. Follow we could see here, and he others doubted. the storied careers of had been living there all are the rewards for all of him on Twitter 6B Thursday, March 15, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com GOLF Players from Ole Miss, Alabama will represent U.S. From Special Reports States men’s and women’s collegiate rounds in the 60s with 11 in 17 rounds golfers versus their counterparts played. Ole Miss men’s golfer Braden from around the world. Gillman is second to Stephenson Thornberry and Alabama women’s Last August, Thornberry traveled on the women’s squad with a 70.24 golfers Lauren Stephenson and to California and helped Team USA average with five top-10 finishes and Kristen Gillman and men’s golf- capture the 2017 Walker Cup at the one victory. The sophomore has been er Davis Riley were named to the Los Angeles Country Club. The Ol- at par or lower in 12 of the Tide’s 17 United States Arnold Palmer Cup ive Branch native went 2-0 in singles rounds this season. team, the Golf Coaches Association competition, including a victory over Riley has three top-five finishes of America (GCAA) announced 2017 British Amateur champion Har- and five top-10 results in Alabama’s Wednesday. ry Ellis, as the United States defeated six tournaments played during the Both the International and Unit- the team of Great Britain and Ireland 2017-18 campaign. The Hattiesburg ed States teams were announced 19-7. native claimed his first career medal- Wednesday at the PGA Tour’s Arnold Entering this week, Thornber- ist honor when he captured the Olym- Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & ry was ranked No. 14 on Golfweek/ pia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational Lodge. Saragin Rankings. That ranking on Sept. 17 with career-low 54-hole YESTERDAY’S ANSWER The annual Ryder Cup-style com- along with Thornberry’s stellar play score of 7-under par 200. The junior YESTERDAY’SYesterday’s ANSWERanswer petition will be July 6-8 at Evian Re- this season led to his selection by the is currently rated by Golfstat.com Sudoku 5 8 7 3 6 2 9 1 4 SudokuSudoku is a number- sort Golf Club in France. event’s committee. as the No. 1 golfer in the nation and Sudoku is a number- placing puzzle based on 3 9 6 5 1 4 8 2 7 placing puzzle based on Thornberry is one of 24 golfers Stephenson leads the Tide wom- leads the Tide men’s team in scoring a 9x9 grid with several a 9x9 grid with several 2 4 1 8 7 9 5 6 3 (12 males, 12 females) that will com- en’s team in scoring average at 68.24 with 70.00 average. given numbers. The object given numbers. The object 6 7 3 4 9 1 2 8 5 pete for the United States. The 2018 with six top-10 finishes, including five Alabama women’s golf signee Ji- is to place the numbers is to place the numbers Arnold Palmer Cup will be the first in the top-three and one tournament won Jeon was named to the Interna- 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 1 2 8 6 3 5 4 7 9 1 to 9 in the empty spaces so that each row, each using the expanded format of United victory. The junior leads the team in tional Palmer Cup team. so that each row, each 4 5 9 2 8 7 6 3 1 column and each 3x3 box column and each 3x3 box 8 6 4 1 5 3 7 9 2 contains the same number contains the same number only once. The difﬁculty 7 3 5 9 2 8 1 4 6 Softball only once. The difﬁculty

level increases from 2018 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Continued from Page 1B level increases from 9 1 2 7 4 6 3 5 8 Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 3/14 of the third, retiring the Louisiana 0: At Ham- had three hits. save. Monday to Sunday. next six batters she faced. mond, Louisiana, Four n No. 12 Alabama Alabama will face No. Memphis didn’t get an- Rebels had multiple hits, 3, Georgia Tech 1: At 14 Auburn at 6 p.m. Fri- other baserunner until while six had an RBI Atlanta, Reagan Dykes day in the first game of a the bottom of the fifth, as Wednesday to help Ole and Bailey Hemphill had three-game SEC weekend senior Holly Ward gave Miss end its five-game home runs to back the series. Saturday’s game up a two-out bloop single losing streak Wednesday pitching effort of Madison will air live at 7 p.m. on to short in her first inning at North Oak Park. Preston on Wednesday in ESPNU. Sunday’s series of relief. Scoring in four of the a victory against Georgia finale will air at 5 p.m. on Ward closed the game six frames, Ole Miss (14- Tech. the SEC Network. with three groundouts 7) had 11 hits. Alabama (18-5) took n Southern Missis- in the top of the seventh Kaitlin Lee ended a the lead over Georgia sippi will play host to to earn her team-leading three-game slide with a Tech (14-8) in the top of Troy: At Hattiesburg, the third save. She allowed dominating performance. the second inning with Southern Mississippi soft- two hits and one walk. Save a soft-liner for a sin- a monster two-run home ball team will wrap up its She struck out four. gle in the fifth, Lee faced run by Dykes, her second homestand at 3 p.m. to- MSU will open South- the minimum in her five long ball in her last four eastern Conference play innings. Brittany Finney appearances. day with a doubleheader this weekend against allowed one hit in the The Yellow Jackets cut against Troy. Missouri in Columbia, sixth. the lead in half in the bot- This past weekend, Missouri. Game 1 of the Elantra Cox scored tom of the fifth with an Southern Miss (10-16) fell three-game weekend se- three runs to tie her ca- RBI single, but Hemphill to Western Kentucky in ries will be at 6:30 p.m. reer-high. It is the sev- added some insurance a doubleheader before a Friday. The final two enth time in the senior’s with a solo home run in walk-off home run in the games of the series — at 4 career she has scored the top of the seventh. third game avoided the p.m. Saturday and at noon three times in a game. Preston (6-1) earned sweep. Sunday — will air on the Kylan Becker was the win, throwing 6 1/3 Troy Trojans (14-8) lost SEC Network. 3-for-3 to match her ca- innings. Alexis Osorio in a three-game series to n No. 23 Ole Miss reer high for hits in a struck out the final two Georgia Southern last 8, Southeastern game. Celeste Wood also batters for her fourth weekend. Baseball Continued from Page 1B Self pitched a scoreless innings be- nessee (12-6) at 7 p.m. Friday in the It’s just a great message for every- fore Keegan James allowed three first game of a three-game weekend body to be ready when your name runs (two earned) on three hits in series. is called. I’m very pleased with the one-third of an inning. Cole Gordon n Southern Mississippi 12, way all of our guys came to the ball- allowed three runs in one inning. JP Tulane 3: At New Orleans, Walker park and prepared these last two France and Jared Liebelt combined Powell threw six shutout innings games.” to pitch the final 2 2/3 innings. and Mason Irby tied a career high Eight of Alabama’s nine starters MSU will play host to No. 14 with four hits to lead No. 15 South- had at least one hit. All 10 Alabama Vanderbilt at 6:30 p.m. Friday in ern Miss past Tulane on Wednes- batters reached base safely on one Game 1 of a three-game weekend day night at Greer Field at Turchin or more occasion. Hunter Alexan- series. The time for Game 2 Satur- Stadium. der had two home runs as part of day has been moved up to 1 p.m. The Golden Eagles (12-4) earned a 2-for-4 night. He had a team-high Game 3 will be at 1 p.m. Sunday. their fourth-straight victory, while five RBIs. Juniors Chandler Tay- n the Green Wave fell to 8-10. No. 11 Ole Miss 16, Geor- lor and Matt Malkin and redshirt ACROSS gia State 2: At Atlanta, Cole Powell (1-1) allowed four hits in sophomore Connor Stutts also 1 Fallon’s prede- Zabowski and Tim Elko had home the longest outing of his career. He homered. cessor runs as part of Ole Miss’ 14-hit at- struck out a career-best six. 5 Treacherous one Freshman Brady Greene (1-0) tack in its victory Wednesday af- Irby, who also drove in three 10 Steel ingredient threw three innings of scoreless ternoon. runs, led the Golden Eagles’ 15-hit 11 Bathroom fixture The Rebels (17-1) scored a sea- attack. baseball. The right-hander allowed 12 Kingly address son-high 16 runs to sweep the mid- Southern Miss will play host to three hits and issued two walks. 13 Burger toppers week series against the Panthers. UTSA at 6 p.m. Friday in the first He struck out one. Greene com- 14 Organic fuel Freshman Jordan Fowler threw five game of a three-game Conference bined with starter Davis Vainer, a sources innings of one-hit baseball, striking USA weekend series at Pete Taylor sophomore, senior Tyler Adams 16 Tusked creatures out three, to improve to 3-0. Park/Hill Denson Field. and Dylan Duarte, a junior, for the 20 Upscale homes The win helped Ole Miss tie the n Alabama 14, Alabama shutout. 23 Easy victim 2016 squad for one of the best starts in A&M 0: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, “I couldn’t have asked for us to 24 Wrong program history. The Rebels started A season-high five home runs and a be in a better place after 18 games,” 25 Eyelashes 19-1 in 2013 and 18-1 in 2004. strong pitching performance helped Bohannon said. “I’m really happy to 27 Signing need Zabowski and Ryan Olenek Alabama record its second-consec- be 15-3, and I’m pleased with how 28 Conducting props paced the Rebels with three hits. utive shutout Wednesday evening we’re playing. It’s time for a new Conner Green worked two innings at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. 29 2002 Cuba 5 Twenty, in Paris 26 “I should be challenge, and we have a challenge in relief, striking out one. Pierce Alabama improved to 15-3 on the Gooding Jr. movie 6 Limerick people going” this weekend with a really good Smith, Austin Miller, and Col- season and 5-0 in mid-week match- 32 Holiday warmers 7 Favoring 28 Nuts’ partners in Coates also saw action on the ups. Georgia team coming to town.” 36 Mom or dad 8 Long time 30 “Christina’s mound for the Rebels. “It was great to see all the hard Alabama will play host to Geor- 39 Open space 9 Reading and World” painter others: Abbr. Former New Hope High School contact these past two days,” Ala- gia at 6 p.m. Friday in the first game 40 Gladdens 31 Sahara sights 11 Iberian invaders 33 Spoken standout Will Golsan went 1-for-3 bama coach Brad Bohannon said. of a three-game SEC weekend se- 41 Sea dogs 15 Cell feature 34 Disease cause with a run scored and three walks. “I’m really happy for Connor Stutts, ries. The teams will play at 1 p.m. 42 Ways to go 17 Ibsen’s home 35 Pert talk He is hitting .239 with four doubles who hasn’t gotten a lot of opportu- Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. All 43 Shade providers 18 Make progress 36 Vigor and 15 RBIs. nities, to be able to get in there for three games will be broadcast on 19 Relaxing places 37 According to Ole Miss will play host to Ten- two games and hit two home runs. the SEC Network. DOWN 1 Speech problem 20 Travel aids 38 Maze runner 2 War of 1812 port 21 Flock response 3 Nick Charles’ wife 22 Baja boy Nebraska 25 Jail cell Continued from Page 4B 4 Boxing combos their way to a 9-3 start, Big Ten when it lost 64- Nebraska lost its star nament, we’re going to and a January victory 57 to then-No. 10 Mary- from last season when need everybody contrib- over Iowa was their first land in early February. center Jessica Shephard uting their very best.” against a top-25 opponent The Huskers lost three of transferred to Notre Cornhuskers seniors under Williams. their last seven games but Dame. Shephard aver- Jasmine Cincore and “After the season we locked up their NCAA at- aged 18.6 points a game; Emily Wood are the only had last year, I think we large bid with their 61-54 no one else was in dou- were just working on being victory against then-No. ble figures. This season’s players who were on the the best we could be and 24 Michigan in the Big team has four players av- previous Nebraska team whatever happened this Ten tournament. eraging between 9.8 and to make the tournament. year happened,” sopho- Williams said success 12 points. That was in 2014-15, when more guard Hannah Whit- built on itself throughout “We have a couple kids Cincore and Wood played ish said. “Seeing all the Ws the season. capable of going off for minor roles as freshmen in the book gave this team “With not having any 25 points or more, but we and the Huskers lost in more confidence. Seeing superstars, not having play our very best basket- the first round. how hard everybody was that dynamic on the team, ball when we get contribu- “For us as seniors to working, I had never been it’s just a team that gen- tions from different plac- leave knowing that this around that, so I knew it uinely has been for each es — points off the bench, program is back where we was going to be something other and excited for each rebounds from all over special.” other’s successes,” Wil- the place and defensive want it to be, back playing Nebraska won fiveliams said, “and that has stoppers who are finding in the NCAA tournament, straight and eight of nine created a chemistry and ways to affect the game,” that’s great to be able at one point and was play- culture to allow our team Williams said. “For us to to leave it on this note,” WHATZITWHATZIT ANSWERANSWER ing for first place in the to really turn the corner.” be successful in this tour- Wood said. Log cabin Log cabin The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, March 15, 2018 7B First Four Virginia Tech Continued from Page 3B Continued from Page 3B to stay. “He’s hit some Southern got its first ever NCAA tourna- play each other. he has averaged 20 min- sport’s biggest stage. No. 20 Clemson (65-58), ment win, a rout of North Carolina Cen- huge shots. He’s done that Raasean Davis had 19 points for utes and has 20 assists “I think it’s only fitting both of which finished in tral in a First Four game at University of N.C. Central (19-16). He was part of a countless times this year.” Dayton Arena. and just one turnover. that we’re playing in Pitts- starting five that included two freshman the Top 25 . With a chance to take No. 16 seed Texas Southern (16-19) Wilson’s 10th consecu- burgh and he’s had the guards and a walk-on. In the Atlantic Coast the lead, Arizona State’s also became the first team with a losing tive start will come in his impact over the last five- record to win a tournament game. The Texas Southern led by 10 at the Conference tournament, Shannon Evans II missed first NCAA tournament and-a-half weeks that he’s a 3-pointer with two sec- Tigers started the season 0-13 against half on Jefferson’s 17 points. The soph- however, the Hokies were a big-boy schedule — the worst start for omore, who along with Miami’s Chris game when eighth-seed- had,” Williams said. onds to go. Frank How- beating Notre Dame by 21 a tournament team in NCAA history — Lykes is the shortest player in the tourna- ed Virginia Tech faces He especially also likes ard got the rebound, was and didn’t win a game until Jan. 1. Now ment, tied the score at 10 with a jumper, ninth-seeded Alabama to- in the second half before they’re moving on to face No. 1 seed the way Wilson — “an fouled and made both then fed an alley-oop pass to Reed for a collapsing in a 71-65 loss . free throws to clinch it. Xavier on Friday. night. As a bonus, he and elite level leader,” Wil- “It was for the university,” Jefferson monster dunk and followed with a layup the Hokies will be playing liams said — has impact- “The way we finished Kodi Justice had 15 points to cap an 8-0 run. The Tigers wouldn’t said. “We actually made history today for in Pittsburgh, not far from ed the Hokies on the de- that game wasn’t how we for Arizona State, which the university, and we kind of knew that relinquish the lead. hasn’t won an NCAA tour- coming into this game.” The Eagles hurt themselves with ter- Wilson’s hometown, McK- fensive end. wanted to by any means,” nament game since 2009. Donte Clark had 18 points and Tray- rible shooting, especially in the second ees Rocks, Pennsylvania. In their first 14 games Wilson said. “I think we von Reed added 10 points and eight n Texas Southern 64, half. They shot just 30.4 percent for the “It means everything,” against Power Five pro- North Carolina Central 46: At boards for Texas Southern, a historical- go into the NCAA tour- game — including 0 for 14 from 3-point Wilson said of the Hokies’ Dayton, Ohio, Damontrae Jefferson did ly black college in Houston. The Tigers grams, Virginia Tech al- nament (thinking) ‘Hey, range. at-large berth. “The story lowed an average of 77.7 a lot of everything Wednesday night, slipped into the First Four by getting hot the worst has kind of hap- hitting layups and 3-pointers, grabbing and winning the Southwest Athletic Col- “We didn’t give our best shot,” N.C. is kind of funny. It didn’t points. Since Wilson re- pened.’ Now we can forget rebounds, playing defense and making lege Tournament, only to be paired with Central coach Levelle Moton said. “We start off too well but it’s gained his starting role, his teammates look good. The slip- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tour- knew our freshmen would have to play starting to finish off very, the Hokies are giving up about it and start a new pery-quick 5-foot-7 guard also helped nament winner N.C. Central, another like seniors and our walk-on would have Texas Southern make history. historically black school that was making season.” to play like a scholarship junior. We fell very well.” just 66.8 points. Along Playing all but the last minute or its second straight appearance in Dayton Williams likes the with Virginia, the teams In Wilson’s case, he so of the game, the sophomore dyna- for a play-in game. short tonight. We were outplayed, out- mo scored 25 points, pulled down eight Both the conferences get an auto- coached, out-toughed. And they’ve been idea of Wilson getting to they’ve beaten include will try to script a better rebounds, flexed and crowed as Texas matic bid every year but rarely have to here before.” play close to home on the No. 9 Duke (64-63) and ending. Comics & Puzzles DILBERT Dear Abby EAR ABBY: I ready explained — UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE was working why you need to WEST Dout of town cut back on the DEAR UNCOMFORTABLE: in a position that sum you planned Allow me to suggest that paid a good sala- to give him, do what you do is remain silent, ry. When my adult it now. How he at least for now. The kind son proposed to reacts to your ex- and very pregnant wife does his girlfriend, I planation will tell not need to be told that her told him I would you whether you husband is cheating with an try and give him want to give him employee at this juncture. 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CANDORVILLE Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY happen. valuables all of the time. This is (MARCH 15). You’re not TAURUS (April 20-May 20). no time to take for granted what required to answer every call, The less you own, the less you you hold dear. show up to every invite or react are owned. There was a time LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). to every situation. Over the next when these symbols meant Today’s success secret is a three months you’ll reinforce much more to you; but now that no-brainer. You’ll seek out your power position and nudge they don’t, the thing to do is to and study those who live the out those who want to control take the cash value. way you want to live. Further- your scene Then everything GEMINI (May 21-June 21). more, though it won’t happen starts coming together in June You’ll be somewhat impervious overnight, eventually you will — financially, romantically and to what others are reacting to. become one of them. domestically. Aries and Virgo It’s not that you’re unfeeling; VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). adore you. Your lucky numbers rather, you are protected by your You’ll focus on what’s good and BABY BLUES are: 9, 30, 2, 19 and 44. broader point of view. Seeing ask the same of others. This ARIES (March 21-April 19). the big picture minimizes the im- will not be accomplished overtly, The social scientists suggest pact of circumstantial pettiness. which would only be annoying. that the most important (and CANCER (June 22-July 22). The positivity is an extension telling) part of a conversation One would think that extreme- of how you are, your general is the start of it. As the sign of ly valuable things would be personality and approach. beginnings, you get this intui- constantly guarded against LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). tively and lead with the intention theft, loss or damage, and yet Deep down, you know what you of making something positive it’s not always so. People lose want. Press yourself! It’s a good thing to figure out early in the day, because you could waste a lot of time with vague actions. Have the confidence to be specific and direct. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). BEETLE BAILEY On the surface there’s not a lot of difference between going with the flow and conforming like a chameleon. The difference is on the inside. Don’t fool yourself. Make strategic compromises — external, not internal. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re a helper. Also, you’ve the experience to easily solve many problems. However, refrain from giving advice or solutions until and unless you are asked. No one likes to be told what they should be doing. MALLARD FILMORE CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Should you avoid or em- brace conflict? Much depends on motive. If you’re avoiding conflict to be liked, the plan will backfire. If you’re avoiding it to be peaceful, the moral high ground will be your paradise. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Many believers in angels and spirit guides suggest that these ethereal entities commu- nicate with us through feelings. Today it will seem that your intuition, or some extra-sensory FAMILY CIRCUS stimulus, is trying to tell you something. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whether it seems to be going very right, or very wrong, you’ll be cool with it. These things have a way of stabilizing. The midpoint is called that for a reason. Everything settles there

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Eaton Land 1410 Interior Decorators 5300 Supplies/Accessories forever barred. Very reasonable rate. pets. References req. Development, LTD 5350 Veterinarians 731-514-4061. 4BR/2BA. 2800sf. 1mi 1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair Call 662-328-8655, from school. $1500/ 662-361-7711. THIS the 6th day of ROSES DAY SPA leave message. 1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping 5400 Wanted To Buy Licensed Nail Tech for mo. 662-574-1214. March, 2018. Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 Autos For Sale 9150 1500 Locksmiths 6000 Financial Pedicures, Manicures, & Shellacs. Will train when 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- Houses For Rent: Caledonia 1530 Machinery Repair 6050 Business Opportunity /s/Judy Stroud Sewell 2005 LEXUS GX 470, licensed. Good pay. ments & townhouses. 1560 Mobile Home Services JUDY STROUD SEWELL, Chateaux 7160 white with towing pack- 6100 Business Opportunity 662-327-7718, Call for more info. 662- 1590 Moving & Storage Executrix of the Estate age & third row seating. Wanted of Walter L. McKay, Jr., ask for Logan. 549-1953. 1620 Painting & Papering Holly Hills 2BR/1BA country Sold AS IS by original 6120 Check Cashing Deceased house. Quiet neighbor- 1650 Pest Control General Help Wanted 3200 owner. $7800. PLEASE 6150 Insurance Rivergate hood. W/D incl. Avail TEXT: 662-341-0329. 1680 Plumbing 6200 Loans MITCHELL, McNUTT & 4/1. $675/mo $675 SAMS, P.A. Apartments 1710 Printing 6250 Mortgages dep. Call 662-356-4764 1740 Roofing & Guttering P.O. BOX 7120 The Dispatch is looking for an or 901-848-0051. 2005 TOYOTA 4-Runner. 6300 Stocks & Bonds TUPELO, MS 38802- Studio Leather interior, sun- 1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers 6350 Business for Sale 7120 ADVERTISING roof, good tires, white 1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick (662) 842-3871 1 & 2 Bedroom 3BR/2BA, Nice Older w/gray interior, $8500. 1790 Stump Removal 7000 Rentals SALES REPRESENTATIVE. Home. 1700 sqft. Call 662-295-7362. 1800 Swimming Pools 7050 Apartments SOLICITORS FOR THE The ideal candidate is a motivated Apartments $1100/mo, Lease & 7100 Commercial Property ESTATE Deposit. No Smokers. Campers & RVs 9300 1830 Tax Service self-starter with excellent communication and 2 Bedroom Townhouses No Pets. Available now. 1860 Tree Service 7150 Houses organizational skills, a strong work ethic and 662-435-1248. 7180 Hunting Land PUBLISH: 3/8, 3/15, & and Furnished Units TOMBIGBEE RV Park, 1890 Upholstery 3/22/2018 the ability to relate to a wide range of people. located on Wilkins Wise 1910 Welding 7190 Land for Rent/Lease Available Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Rd & Waverly Rd. Full 7200 Mobile Homes Sales experience preferred, but not required. Building & Remodeling 1120 Hookups available. 2000 Announcements 7250 Mobile Home Spaces Full-time position includes insurance benefits, 1BR/1BA near EMCC. $300/mo. 662-328- 2050 Card of Thanks Mon-Fri 8:30 - 5:30 7300 Office Spaces Tom Hatcher, LLC competitive pay, paid personal leave and Water, trash, lawn incl. 8655 or 662-574-7879. 2100 Fraternal & Lodge Custom Construction, in lease. No pets. 7350 Resort Rentals 328-8254 © The Dispatch opportunity for advancement. Come join our $450/mo. $350 dep. 2150 Good Things To Eat 7400 River Property Restoration, Remodel- 102 Newbell Rd |Columbus Motorcycles & ATVs 9400 creative, award-winning staff. App/refs/lease req. 2200 In Memorial 7450 Rooms ing, Repair, Insurance 2250 Instruction & School claims. 662-364-1769. 662-242-2923. 2001 HARLEY David- 7500 Storage & Garages Licensed & Bonded Hand deliver resume to 423 MAIN St. Apt. 1. son Fat Boy. Excellent 2300 Lost & Found 7520 Vacation Rentals 1BR Extra-Large. 900 NICE 2BR/1BA, Steens. condition. 8400 miles. Beth Proffitt at Quiet neighborhood, 1 2350 Personals 7550 Wanted to Rent sq. ft. total. $650/mo. $8700, firm. 731-514- 2400 Special Notices General Services 1360 516 Main Street, Columbus or 662-889-1837 or 662- acre lot. Laundry room, 4061. 7600 Waterfront Property carport, & workshop. No 2600 Travel/Entertainment email to [email protected] 327-7841 8000 Real Estate DUMP TRUCK Hauling Pets. No HUD. 3000 Employment Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, $587/mo + $575 dep. Need a 8050 Commercial Property Grating Driveways & DOWNTOWN EXECUT- 662-386-5000. 3050 Clerical & Office 8100 Farms & Timberland Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- IVE APARTMENT: 1,500 3100 Data Processing/ Computer sqft, 2BR/2BA, new ap- 8150 Houses - Northside ternational Truck holds Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 3150 Domestic Help 5 tons. $175/load in pl, 60" TV, granite type 8200 Houses - East countertops, beautiful 3170 Engineering Columbus. Call Walter, RENT A fully equipped 8250 Houses - New Hope 662-251-8664 flooring, walk in closet, 3200 General Help Wanted 8300 Houses - South General Help Wanted 3200 ceiling fans, recessed camper w/utilities & 3250 Management Positions lighting, pantry, W&D, cable from $140/wk - NEW RIDE? 8350 Houses - West $520/month. 3 Colum- 3300 Medical/Dental MUSIC LESSONS $1300/mo unfurnished, 8450 Houses - Caledonia $1500/mo furnished. bus locations. 662-242- FIND ONE IN THE 3350 Opportunity Information 8500 Houses - Other Guitar, Bass & Theory: 7653 or 601-940-1397. 3400 Part-Time $25 per hour Dep, lease, & credit CLASSIFIEDS 8520 Hunting Land Chords, Scales, Modes check. Coleman Realty 3450 Positions Wanted 8550 Investment Property & more! Call Jimbo @ 662-329-2323. Office Spaces For Rent 7300 3500 Professional 8600 Lots & Acreage 662-364-1687 3550 Restaurant/Hotel 8650 Mobile Homes If no answer leave FIRST FULL MONTH OFFICE SPACE, great voicemail or text. location on Bluecutt Five Questions: 3600 Sales/Marketing 8700 Mobile Home Spaces RENT FREE! 2 Bedroom Apts/Townhomes Road - Front reception 3650Trades 8750 Resort Property area, 4 offices, and a 3700Truck Driving $390-$600 Monthly. 8800 River Property RETAINER WALL, drive- Lease, Deposit & Cred- conference room. Reas- 8850 Wanted to Buy way, foundation, con- it Check. Coleman onable rent! 662-328- 1 Paris 4000 Merchandise 1976, leave message. crete/riff raft drainage Realty, 662-329-2323. 4030 Air Conditioners 8900 Waterfront Property work, remodeling, base- 4060 Antiques 9000 Transportation ment foundation, re- OFFICE SPACE Avail- 4090 Appliances pairs, small dump truck FULLY FURNISHED 9050 Auto Accessories/Parts CORPORATE UNITS able in Historic Down- 2 Amazon. 4120 Auctions hauling (5-6 yd) load & town Columbus. 9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing demolition/lot cleaning. Conference Room. 24/7 4150 Baby Articles Professional Gym. Cable 420sqft. $320. com 9150 Autos for Sale Burr Masonry 662-328-8655. 4180 Bargain Column 9200 Aviation 662-242-0259. & Electric included. 50" 4210 Bicycles 9250 Boats & Marine smart TV's. ON SITE Management, Security Houses For Sale: Northside 4240 Building Materials 9300 Camper/R.V.’s 3 Tennessee 4250 Burial Plots WORK WANTED: & Maintenance. MTM 8150 9350 Golf Carts Licensed & Bonded-car- Flexible leases. Next to 4270 Business Furniture & 9400 Motorcycles/ATVs pentry, painting, & de- hospital. 8 Corporate 75 REEVES Dr. 4 BR/ Equipment 9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment molition. Landscaping, Units Available. 3 BA and swimming 4 Mr. Whipple 4300 Camera Equipment 9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses bush hogging, clean-up For more info, contact: pool. Can be used by 2 work, pressure washing, 662-386-4446, ask for: families. 3100 Sq. Ft. 4330 Clothing 9550 Wanted to Buy 4360 Coins & Jewelry moving help & furniture Benji, Mon-Fri 9a-5p OR Call Hampton. repair. 662-242-3608 Ashleigh, Sat-Sun 9a-5p 662-603-1994. 5 Pan Am