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They will have a single- tain any damages during the round robin, followed by a top-3 week American Samoa was playoff system where the No. 1 battered by heavy winds and seed awaits the winner of No. 2 torrential rain. vs. No. 3 in the JV champion- A revised schedule has been ship game set for March 16. completed, with the varsity Games resumed on Sat- division to have a single, round urday, Feb. 24. robin fi xture, followed by a playoff format to include all six VARSITY teams. The top two teams at the SHARKS 5, LIONS 1 (FEB. end of the regular season will 26) Samoana’s Deidra Ste any defends against a Tafuna Warrior opponent during an ASHSAA var- earn a 1st round bye, while No. Samoana and Leone played a sity girls soccer game on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 at the Pago Park Soccer Stadium. 4 faces off against No. 5 and tough fi rst half with the Sharks [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] No. 3 takes on No. 6 on March leading 1-0 at its end. (Continued on page B9) C M Y K Page B2 samoa news, Thursday, March 1, 2018 In The High Court In The High Court of American Samoa of American Samoa TRIAL DIVISION TRIAL DIVISION Starks, Texas A&M hold on HCPR NO. 009-2018 PR NO.008-2018 In the Matter of the Estate of In the Matter of the Estate of DAVID LAI HERBERT LAI, Decedent for tough win over Georgia Decedent by half.” MASE AKAPO MASE AKAPO Georgia had won three of Administrator Petitioner four to keep its scant NCAA NOTICE Tournament hopes alive, but it NOTICE OF HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that MASE will need to upset Tennessee PETITION FOR LETTERS AKAPO has filed a Petition for appoint- again on Saturday and make a ment as administrator of the Estate of long run in the league tourna- OF ADMINISTRATION David Lai (deceased) who passed away ment next week. Otherwise, the Bulldogs will be looking, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that MASE AKAPO has on December 23, 2001 in Honolulu, Ha- waii. at best, for an NIT bid for the filed a Petition for appointment as administrator of fourth time in the last five years. the Estates of Herbert Lai (deceased) who passed Texas A&M won last Sat- away on August 16, 1995 in Jacksonville, Florida. A hearing on the Petition will be held on April 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. before the Tri- urday at Vanderbilt to snap a A hearing on the Petition will be held on April 2, three-game skid and is looking 2018 at 9:00 a.m. before the Trial Division of the al Division of the High Court of American Samoa at the Courthouse in Fagatogo, like the team that was ranked High Court of American Samoa at the Courthouse as high as No. 5 in December. in Fagatogo, American Samoa. All heirs of HER- American Samoa. They dropped out of the poll BERT LAI and interested parties may appear before the court on said date to respond to this Notice. All heirs of David Lai and interested par- and have been ranked just once ties may appear before the court on said since Jan. 1, but the Aggies date to respond to this Notice. are in position to avoid having to play five straight days to Dated: 2/8/18 win the SEC Tournament next Dated: 2/8/18 week, improving their chance CLERK OF COURTS Clerk of Courts of a second NCAA bid in Published: 02/15/18, 02/22/18 & 03/01/18 Published: 02/15, 02/22 & 03/01 seven years under coach Billy Kennedy. “That’s what this time of year is all about,” Kennedy Gray leads No. said. “There is a lot of pressure on the games and both teams are fighting, trying to win. It was a physical battle, and we did a 25 Houston past great job of out-rebounding a good Georgia team (by three). BIG PICTURE SMU 69-56 Texas A&M: The Aggies did a solid job despite having their DALLAS (AP) — The 25th-ranked Houston Cougars can still best big men, Davis and Robert finish second in the American Athletic Conference thanks to their Williams, in foul trouble in the 69-56 win at SMU on Wednesday night. second half. Williams, a pro- Coach Kelvin Sampson said that isn’t a high priority for him. jected NBA lottery pick, fouled “It doesn’t matter to me, whether you’re a 2 seed or a 3 seed,” out with 2:28 remaining and he said. “We’ve beaten everybody in this league. If you want to finished with just three points. cut down the nets, you’ve got to win three games.” He scored only five against Rob Gray had 19 points and nine assists and Corey Davis Jr. Vanderbilt, and will have to get added 17 points for Houston (23-6, 13-4), which has won seven Georgia forward Nicolas Claxton shoots against Texas his game back to full strength of eight games. The Cougars are a half game behind second-place A&M during an NCAA college basketball game in Athens, Ga., if Texas A&M can get into the Wichita State, which will visit UCF on Thursday. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. NCAA field. Davis, who played “We could have taken care of the ball better and rebounded (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP) the final five minutes with four better,” said Gray, who fouled out with 2:28 to play, “but I’ll take fouls, kept pounding at Maten it.” By GEORGE HENRY, Associ- five shots from the field and did ated Press not score again. inside all night and finished the SMU (16-14, 6-11) has lost seven of eight games since leading game with seven rebounds. scorer Shake Milton was sidelined with a hand injury. ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — It was an ugly ending and Georgia: Unable to create Jahmal McMurray scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half to Tyler Davis got just the ending poor game management for lead the Mustangs. He was the only SMU player to score during he wanted, even if it was a little Georgia. Starks missed a and maintain passing lanes the first 9½ minutes. close for comfort. free throw with 12 seconds against A&M’s zone defense, Houston outscored SMU 17-4 in points off turnovers and “It just gets us prepared for remaining and Maten grabbed the Bulldogs’ offense was slug- 28-16 in points in the paint. what’s to come,” Davis said. the rebound, relaying the ball to gish most of the night. That The Cougars’ largest lead was 18 points late in the second half “We’ve got one more game and Teshaun Hightower. For some comes as no surprise. Georgia after a 36-24 advantage at halftime. The Mustangs missed 11 con- then we have the SEC Tourna- reason, the Bulldogs did not call ranks last in the SEC in scoring secutive field-goal attempts during the first half. ment, so we just have to lock in timeout as Hightower passed to with an average of 69.2 points. “Our defense the first half set the tone,” Sampson said. “It’s and focus on what’s ahead.” a heavily guarded Juwan Parker They shot just 32.8 percent one a good road win. Now we have a chance to finish undefeated at T.J. Starks scored 15 points on the right side. game after scoring a season- home.” and hit the go-ahead basket Parker launched a wild high 93 points. SMU coach Tim Jankovich reviewed Houston’s statistics — with 58 seconds remaining 3-point attempt that sailed UP NEXT shooting 44 percent, 29 percent on 3-pointers, limited to eight to help Texas A&M eke out a far from the rim as the buzzer Texas A&M: Host Alabama free-throw attempts — and shook his head. on Saturday. The Aggies are “Those are winning numbers,” Jankovich said. “You hope for 61-60 victory over Georgia on sounded. Wednesday night. Hightower, with 11 points, 5-3 at home in the SEC, 12-3 that most nights, especially against a team as good as Houston is overall. They’ll be looking to this year.” Davis added 13 points and was the only other Georgia Admon Gilder and D.J. Hogg player to finish in double fig- avenge a 22-point loss to the Cougars senior guard Wes Van Beck, who has made seven Crimson Tide on Dec. 30. starts this season, missed his second consecutive game with an each scored 11 for the Aggies ures. He and Tyree Crump (19-11, 8-9 Southeastern Con- helped the Bulldogs get back in Georgia: Visit No. 16 Ten- injured hand.