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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | MARCH 26, 2018 FINAL FOUR AGAIN State advances to national semifinals for second straight year with 89-73 win over UCLA Photo by Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Mississippi State University women’s basketball guard Roshunda Johnson (11), guard Blair Schaefer (1), center Teaira McCowan (15), guard Victoria Vivians (35) and guard Morgan William (2) walk down the court arm in arm during the second half of the game against the UCLA Bruins in the championship game Sunday of the Kansas City regional of the women’s basketball 2018 NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center. No. 1 MSU defeated No. 3 UCLA 89-73 to advance to the Final Four. Bulldogs take KC Regional; face Louisville Friday BY ADAM MINICHINO Mississippi [email protected] INSIDE ■ NCAA TOURNAMENT: Full coverage of State Univer- Kansas City Regional, Sports, Page 1B sity women’s KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The basketball greatest class in the history of the players and Mississippi State women’s basket- program record for wins, will face head coach ball program will have one more No. 1 seed Louisville (36-2), which Vic Schaefer weekend to add to its legacy. defeated No. 6 seed Oregon State raise the tro- 76-43, at a time to be determined phy after the Senior Victoria Vivians scored win over the a game-high 24 points, and junior Friday in the Final Four in Colum- bus, Ohio. ESPN2 will broadcast UCLA Bruins Teaira McCowan added 23 points in the champi- and a career-high 21 rebounds to the game. onship game lead No. 1 seed MSU to an 89-73 Senior Morgan William had of the Kansas victory against No. 3 seed UCLA 17 points, five rebounds, and five City regional of in the championship game of the assists, redshirt senior Roshun- the women’s da Johnson had 12 points and five basketball NCAA tournament’s Kansas City 2018 NCAA Regional before a crowd of 4,089 at assists, and senior Blair Schaefer had nine points to help the senior Tournament at the Sprint Center. Sprint Center. MSU (36-1), which added to its See MSU, 6A Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What U.S. president was assassi- MEETINGS Today April 2: nated by Charles J. 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The monsters vs. ro- 2. “Black Panther,” $16.7 bots science-fiction sequel million ($12.9 million inter- national). “Pacific Rim: Uprising” 3. “I Can Only Imagine,” dethroned the superhero $13.8 million. sensation with $28 million 4. “Sherlock Gnomes,” in ticket sales over the $10.6 million. weekend, according to stu- 5. “Tomb Raider,” $10.4 dio estimates Sunday. million. But the result for “Pa- 6. “A Wrinkle in Time,” $8 cific Rim: Uprising,” a Uni- million. versal Pictures-Legendary 7. “Love, Simon,” $7.8 million. Entertainment release that 8. “Paul, Apostle of cost $150 million to make, Christ,” $5 million. was soft — at least domes- 9. “Game Night,” $4.2 tically. 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Uprising” may have tak- like to climb this tree and hide from my mom and scare people. It’s fun to swing on it and when I get high up it The film’s $631 million in en down the champ, but a feels good in the shade,” he said. His parents are Adam and Sara Parker. domestic ticket sales has blockbuster heir to “Black surpassed the $623 million Panther” is yet to be found. CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Office hours: Main line: Some fear steel tariff could n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 HOW DO I ... Email a letter to the editor? n [email protected] hurt auto industry in the South Report a missing paper? n 662-328-2424 ext. 100 Report a sports score? German car factories in the U.S. made more than SUV family, a GLE Coupe,” Exler n Toll-free 877-328-2430 n 662-241-5000 said. “As you know, the GLE and n Operators are on duty until 800,000 vehicles last year the GLS are produced in Alabama. Submit a calendar item? 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