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On to the SWEET 16

ABOVE: Mississippi State women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer talks to his team including from left,
Bre’Amber Scott (23), Jazzmun Holmes (10), Anriel Howard (5), and Jordan Danberry (24) during a time out in the
first half of their NCAA women’s second round game against Clemson Sunday night in Starkville. The Bulldogs won
85-61 to advance to the regional semifinals in Portland, Oregon. LEFT: Schaefer hugs senior center Teaira McCow-
an (15) as she exits the game in the fourth quarter to a standing ovation from the Humphrey Coliseum crowd. In
McCowan’s final game at The Hump, she scored 30 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and swatted six blocks. — Photos
by Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch

Schaefer believes his team can win it all

‘I ain’t trading this group for anybody’
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State’s women’s basketball team has a
traditional way to say goodbye to its fans after their final
game at Humphrey Coliseum.
After playing in the Southeastern Conference Tourna-
ment championship game, the Bulldogs whip their first
two NCAA Tournament opponents, games usually played
at the Hump, to reach the Sweet 16. Then, the senior class
— which has won more games than any of its predeces-
sors — gathers at half-court after the game to be serenad-
ed by the cheering thousands of their devoted fans.
This happens every year, it seems.
Sunday night, it happened once again. Mississippi
State (32-2) rolled past Clemson, 85-61, as the Bulldogs
earned their fourth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16. The
Bulldogs, seeded first in the West Regional, will travel
to Portland, Oregon, later this week for a meeting with
Arizona State on Friday.
For the 9,994 fans who came late for the 8 p.m. game,
and stayed later, Sunday played out in predictable fash-
ion, something MSU coach Vic Schaefer understood.
“I do think our fans think it’s easy,” Schaefer said. “I
don’t think anybody understands how hard it is. It’s so
hard. When we lose a game, it’s like the sky is falling
around here.”
See MSU, 6A

Under the capitol dome Monday profile

Analysis: With Terrell puts emphasis on getting to know, listening to patients
residency rules,
Maryland native settling into work life in Starkville. In her
no carpetbaggers practice, Terrell keeps the
at OCH, life in Golden Triangle same principles at the fore-
wanted By Alex Holloway cholesterol, some forms of
front that she has every-
where she’s worked.
By JEFF AMY aholloway@cdispatch.com heart disease, asthma and “Medicine is not one-
other conditions. size-fits-all,” she said.

The Associated Press
JACKSON — How long should
someone live in Mississippi or a
particular district, county, or city
before they are eligible to run for
office? Lawmakers say years, and
they’re applying the requirements
to more elective offices.
Senate Bill 2030, which awaits
Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature or
See Analysis, 6A
M
ercedes Terrell
makes a point of
getting to know
her patients.
Terrell, the newest phy-
sician at OCH Medical As-
sociates, takes care of what
she calls the “bread and
butter” of internal medi-
cine — managing diabetes,
high blood pressure, high
Terrell came to
Starkville from her home
state of Maryland in No-
vember, with her husband,
4-year-old son, 19-year-old
stepson and 94-year-old
grandfather.
The move is her first
time living in the Deep
South, and Terrell said her
family is adjusting well to
“Whether it’s here or in
Maryland, I still carry
those same principles
with me to learn about the
patient and their medical
status. Hopefully, they’re
open and honest with me
Courtesy photo/OCH Regional Medical Center
because that better allows Dr. Mercedes Terrell came to OCH
me to actually treat them Regional Medical Center late last
effectively. year and is focusing her care strat-
See Terrell, 6A egy on listening to her patients.

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hosts what annual canine competi- March 26: OCH
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Center Board of
acceptance speech for Best Female Association staff for a chapter meeting
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Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music from 6-7:30 p.m. at Lost Pizza Co., 2009
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Full forecast on
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Tuesday a.m., Oktibbeha
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a Meet the Author Series talk by Jaime Aldermen, 5:30
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Inside at 4:30 p.m. Harker discusses her book Matilda Melcher enjoys fishing, April 9: Starkville
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Did you hear? “We want the community and the world to know that hate
is not welcomed in Charlottesville.”
Long-awaited video service Police Chief RaShall Brackney after a 17-year-old boy was
charged with making online threats against black and His-
expected from Apple on Monday panic students in the Virginia city. Story, 5A.

Also expected is a subscription service

with news, entertainment and sports
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Mueller’s Russia probe report
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
and TALI ARBEL
AP Technology Writers
ing to decline. The compa-
ny is pushing digital sub-
scriptions as it searches for
rules out criminal collusion
new growth. ‘It’s a shame that our
Apple is expected to
announce Monday that it’s
launching a video service
Making must-have TV
shows and movies that are country has had to go Oversight or overreach? Democrats
that could compete with
Netflix, Amazon and cable
watchable on any device
has propelled Netflix into a
through this. To be wrestle with Trump probes
TV itself. force in both Silicon Valley
and Hollywood.
honest, it’s a shame By LISA MASCARO and STEVE PEOPLES
It’s a long-awaited at-
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maker, several years af- cused on making on gad- WASHINGTON — For many Democrats, Robert Mueller’s investi-
ter Netflix turned “binge gets: iPhones, iPads, com- had to go through this.’ gation has long stood as their best, last chance to take down President
watching” into a worldwide puters and its Apple TV President Donald Trump Donald Trump before the next election.
phenomenon. streaming box for TVs. Ap- The summary of Mueller’s report released on Sunday not only
The new video service ple co-founder Steve Jobs By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL
lacked that punch, it now forces a moment of reckoning over how far to
is expected to have origi- began toying with the idea BALSAMO, CHAD DAY
and JULIE PACE
take the investigations ahead.
nal TV shows and movies of building a powerful TV It’s a delicate issue heading into the 2020 election, where Democrats
that reportedly cost Apple The Associated Press
business, but he couldn’t are balancing the wishes of the liberal, anti-Trump base and the threat
more than $1 billion — far pull it off before his death of Republicans accusing them of ginning up political witch hunts.
less than Netflix and HBO WASHINGTON — Special coun-
in 2011. It has taken his sel Robert Mueller did not find After the summary revealed Mueller found revealed no evidence of
spend every year. successor, CEO Tim Cook, Russian collusion, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale blamed
Also expected is a sub- evidence that President Donald
nearly eight years to draw Trump’s campaign “conspired or Democrats as having “lied” to Americans and taking them “on a frantic,
scription service consist- up the script that the com- coordinated” with Russia to influ- chaotic, conspiracy-laden roller coaster.”
ing of news, entertainment
pany will now try to exe- ence the 2016 presidential elec- The new landscape leaves Democrats on Capitol Hill and on the
and sports bundled from
cute. tion but reached no conclusion on presidential campaign trail facing a more complicated path forward.
newspapers and maga-
“Apple is very late to whether Trump obstructed justice, For weeks, they have worked to set expectations, assuring restless
zines.
this game,” eMarketer an- Attorney General William Barr de- liberals across the country that Mueller’s work was the beginning, rath-
Apple is making the
alyst Paul Verna said. “Net- clared. That brought a hearty claim er than the end, of the inquiries.
announcements at its Cu-
flix has become the gold of vindication from Trump but set Facing pressure from the base to dig deeper into Trump’s personal
pertino, California, head-
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quarters during an event
and distribute content, us- and legal fighting. ing their own far-reaching congressional probes into the Republican
likely to be studded with
ing all the data they have Trump cheered the Sunday president before and after he took office. And with only a summary of
Hollywood celebrities.
about their viewers.” outcome but also laid bare his re- Mueller’s report released by Trump’s hand-picked attorney general so
The iPhone has long
Netflix’s prowess has sentment after two years of investi- far, they’re threatening to subpoena Mueller’s full report and promising
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Machines could fuel comeback of textile industry in South
‘We want people who can work with robots.
That is where the new economy comes in.’
Palaniswamy ‘Raj’ Rajan, chief executive
of Atlanta-based SoftWear Automation
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Machines are
transforming the way textiles
are produced — and they could
fuel a comeback for the South-
ern textile industry.
Automation and artificial in-
telligence are revolutionizing
the workplace in the United
States, as machines perform
tasks once done by humans,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitu-
Around the state
Lauderdale County
school getting solar
panels through grant
MERIDIAN — A
school district in eastern
Mississippi will try using
solar panels to become
more energy efficient.
The Meridian Star
reports the Lauderdale
County school board ap-
proved a renewable energy
grant for solar panels to be
installed on one campus.
A Gulf Coast Commu-
nity Foundation Grant will
pay up to $200,000 for the
project, which will cover
the panels and a feasibility
study.
Elliot Brewer, principal
Wilder West
Gray Franks
Cassidy Armistad
The fol-
lowing ar-
rests were
made by
Lowndes
C o u n t y
Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Walden
Stevevon
Wilder, 23, was charged
with possession of cocaine.
n Breshod West, 18,
was charged with felony
simple assault.
n Maurice Reliford, 36,
was charged with posses-
sion of cocaine, domestic
violence and resisting ar-
rest.
n Ryan Mixon, 35, was
charged with trafficking of
controlled substances and
failure to appear.
n Corey Mixon, 33, was
charged with burglary and
larceny of a dwelling.
n Febbiontz Jones, 26,
was charged with pos-
session of cocaine, reck-
less driving, suspended
driver’s license, improper
turn, failure to signal lane
change and failure to yield
to blue light.
n Charles Gray, 36, was
charged with felony false
pretense.
n Whitney Franks, 32,
was charged with burglary
and larceny of a dwelling.
n Antwin Edwards,
41, was charged with 11
counts of felony false pre-
tense.
MSU SPORTS BLOG
tion reported.
Now, automated sewing
could breathe new life into the
South’s garment industry, which
has been decimated in recent
decades as jobs went to cheaper
workers overseas.
But it will look a lot different
than before.
The idea behind one tex-
tile manufacturing plant of the
future was dreamed up in a
of West Lauderdale Ele-
mentary School, says he
likes that the school might
become self-sufficient
with solar energy.
Superintendent John-
Mark Cain says solar
panels could be added to
other campuses later, if it
appears the district would
benefit.
Former Ole Miss
chancellor won’t head
Florida university
OXFORD — Former
University of Mississippi
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter
won’t be the next president
of the University of South
Florida.
Area arrests
Reliford R. Mixon
Edwards Doty
Owens Ward
Drake Neely
n Forrest Doty, 30, was
charged with burglary
and larceny of a dwelling.
n Bobby Davis II, 18,
was charged with sexual
battery.
n Ondrae Clemmons,
29, was charged with pos-
session with intent to dis-
tribute, possession of a
weapon by a felon, posses-
sion of marijuana in a ve-
hicle and DUI test refusal.
n David Cassidy, 33,
was charged with attempt
to commit an offense and
felony simple assault on a
police officer.
n Tshaka Armistad,
37, was charged with pos-
session of a controlled
substance, possession of
marijuana-more than one
ounce, speeding 21-30
mph over the limit and
seatbelt violation.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Felix Owens, 47, was
charged with burglary
other than a dwelling.
n Terrell Ward, 36, was
charged with burglary of
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one-story industrial building on
Atlanta’s west side. Twenty-four
Atlanta newspaper reported.
The Arkansas plant is expect-
was interested because military
equipment, including uniforms,
“Sewbots” will soon be churn-
ing out a shirt about every 30
ed to open later this year and
employ 400 workers. Many of
must be U.S. made, the newspa-
per reported.
seconds in a new factory in Ar- the positions are for technicians In five years, Rajan hopes
kansas. with coding and electro-me- Sewbots make 25 percent of the
The fully automated assem- chanical knowledge. four billion T-shirts sold yearly
bly line in Little Rock, Arkansas, “We want people who can in the U.S. Only about 2 percent
is a closely watched advance in work with robots,” said Pala- sold in the U.S. are made here to-
the U.S. textile industry, as ma- niswamy “Raj” Rajan, chief exec- day, according to one estimate.
chines produce more clothing. utive of Atlanta-based SoftWear But Rajan’s plans don’t stop at
Suzhou Tian Yuan Garments Automation, which designed the T-shirts. He believes SoftWear
Co, the Chinese owner of the Sewbots. Automation in the next five years
new Arkansas plant, has cheap “That is where the new econ- will master the 70 or more steps
reliable power, proximity to omy comes in,” Rajan said. for machine-made jeans and
cotton and well-off consumers. The idea behind the Sewbots dress shirts. All told, he thinks
And it opens the way for Amer- sprung from federally funded a robot-driven garment industry
ican-made robots to compete research at the Georgia Institute could add 50,000 to 100,000 U.S.
with low-cost foreign labor, the of Technology. The government jobs over the next decade.
The Tampa institution paid $600,000 a year un- say there are more than uated, they could lead to
announced Friday that der a four-year contract. 600 sexual abuse and rape the prosecution of cases
it’s hiring Southern Meth- College board trustees kits that have not had DNA involving serial rapes even
odist University Provost have yet to launch a search evaluated. if victims do not want to
Steve Currall. for a new Ole Miss chan- The Clarion Ledger of pursue the matter.
Currall and Vitter were cellor. Larry Sparks, who Jackson reported police There is no statute of
two finalists for the pres- was in charge of finance told city council this week limitations for rape or the
idency at the university, and administration, serves that most of the cases are sexual abuse of a child in
along with Rutgers Uni- as interim chancellor. from rape and sexual as- Mississippi. There is a
versity interim Provost sault incidents where the limit of two years on other
Wanda Blanchett and for- Jackson has 600 victims do not want to pur- sexual abuse cases.
mer Rutgers University
Chancellor Debasish Dut-
untested rape kits sue charges. City officials want to
ta.
JACKSON — Police in Some kits are more seek a federal grant to pay
Vitter stepped down
Mississippi’s capital city than 10 years old. If eval- to have the kits evaluated.
from leading Ole Miss in
January after three years.
A computer scientist,
Vitter was provost at the
University of Kansas when
chosen for the Ole Miss
post in 2015. Vitter was
C. Mixon Jones
Davis II Clemmons
Williams Britt
Knapp Tatum
a residence and embezzle-
ment.
n Genesis Williams,
21, was charged with pos-
session of a Schedule II
drug, possession of mari-
juana in a vehicle, speed-
ing, suspended driver’s
license and no insurance.
n Steven Britt, 35, was
charged with parole vio-
lation, suspended driver’s
license, no insurance, no
driver’s license and care-
less driving.
n Steven Walden, 57,
was charged with fourth
offense DUI, suspended
driver’s license, disre-
garding a traffic device
and improper equipment.
n Justin Drake, 21, was
charged with two counts
of grand larceny.
n Douglas Neely, 33,
was charged with a circuit
court order.
n Amanda Knapp, 37,
was charged with identity
theft and burglary other
than a dwelling.
n Samantha Tatum, 45,
was charged with a bench
warrant.
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as the sun shone
overhead. Sam suggested a
drive, which meant heading to
the Tombigbee River spillway
on the west bank. I was eager
to see the area since the last
time the river raged and the
grassy hill beside the spillway tossing them back into the
was covered deep in floodwa-
ter.
But not that day. Six fish-
ermen were scattered along
the banks and in the pool.
The hill was again covered by
green grass. One fisherman
sat on a campstool, one on the
bank, one stood on the rocks,
while the three others waded
in knee-high rubber boots.
“Those three are fishing for
crappie,” Sam pointed.
“How do you know?” I
asked.
“They have a jig and a cork, plastic bottles and a Pabst
and they are cast-
ing. The two sitting
on the bank are
fishing for catfish.
They’re holding
their poles still.”
The sixth man on
the rocks behind
us, it was hard to
tell.
“So, if they were
bass fishing, they’d
be casting and
reeling; then some
fishermen would be
fishing for just anything.”
“And those fishermen
wouldn’t be catching any-
thing,” Sam said.
The crappie fishermen
were catching fish, but mostly
waters. We continued on down Blue Ribbon bottle, I leaned — warm sun, blue skies, ed sandbars.
to Charles Younger Landing. over to get a sticker out of my green grass, trees all leafed- Before the Waterway
One boat trailer sat in the boot and the contents of the out with baby leaves. re-channeled the river, wa-
parking lot. A man and a boy Pabst bottle streamed into my We drove to take a look-see ters flooded, often creating
were fishing beside the river. boot. I poured most of it out at what Sam calls “Leroy’s sandbars and beaches along
Fishing’s a good thing to do and looked at Sam. “Maybe it Landing.” It was a different its banks. Sam remembers
with a boy. was just river water; it didn’t story. The whole parking lot “White Sands.”
Sam noticed two garbage smell.” was covered in dirt, sand and “The beach ran up the
cans had blown away from the Sam said, “Probably was. mud. The concrete pavilion banks about 25 feet below
parking lot, so we gathered Most folks don’t throw out bot- floor was silted over; the Friendship Cemetery.” Sam
them up. While we were at tles with beer left in them.” dock was under water. The looked thoughtful and sound-
it, we picked up garbage. At At the end of the road by launch had been graded, but ed a little wistful. The river
the boat launch detritus had the lock and dam were two dried dirt left it looking like always changes.
washed up by the floodwa- cars, but no people in sight. a parched wasteland. On the Email reaches Shannon
ter. Picking up a couple of Perhaps they were hiking river, trees piled in log jams Bardwell of Columbus at msdel-
trails. It was a beautiful day and balanced on newly-creat- tachild@msn.com.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
City in peril, problem or crisis: Is it
time to panic?
Definition of a problem: An issue, a
query or a proposition. The mayor says
we have a problem.
Definition of a crisis: A turning point,
juncture, emergency, pinch, trial or
crunch. Mayor Smith says no to a crisis.
You decide.
I don’t know and have not been privy
to what Mr. Rawl did or didn’t do to get
us into this financial mess, problem or
crisis. I do know for the past several
years, we have been spending monies
apparently we didn’t have. Some might
call it fuzzy math, bad bookkeeping or
accounting and even maybe even corrup-
tion. The word on the street covers a lot
of those thoughts. When Mr. Crowder
stated that he was able to get the city’s
bank account with in $14,000.00 of
balancing and felt good about being
that close, our city finances are in a real
mess.
I do know one thing, we don’t have
any transparency. Contrary to some
beliefs, the government doesn’t have an
endless supply of money, whether it is Musings
the city or the federal government. The

Where I live: Fall River, MA, Home of Lizzie Borden

Feds can print more, the city can’t and
their money tree has dried up. News
Flash! The taxpayers are on the hook
for all the spending and debt. Look-
ing at a six-month projection is a good
thing. Month by month analysis isn’t
working. Banking on FEMA, or future
tax receipts is a scary thought. A lot of
“what ifs” and “maybes” aren’t going to
get us out of these straits. Some hard
decisions are going to have to be made.
The question is: Are our public officials
up to the task?
I have been talking about efficiency in
the public works department for months
to no avail. For example, five men in a
truck, driving around isn’t cost effective.
But, that is only a small part of our prob-
lem. We have seen some grants applied
for that might be good for the city, in bet-
ter financial times, but they come with
a price. The city has to pay their part.
Another problem I’ve seen is, the J5 con-
sulting firm, which, if I understand, gets
a good cut out of all contracts the city
has. What do we have a city engineer
for? As I stated in a prior letter, there is
a whole lot of over-seeing going on and
not enough productive work happening.
That’s costing the city, or I should say
the taxpayers, money. The question
might be said, are we getting our mon-
ey’s worth? I would rather have some of
the costly over-seeing fees cut than cuts
to the police, fire and other departments.
Don’t punish those that did not get us in
this mess. This is a great wake up call. Is
anyone listening??
Answers are needed, decisions made
and action taken. The citizens of Colum-
bus are waiting.
God Bless America and Columbus!
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
I live in Fall River, Mas-
sachusetts, a blood clot
of abandoned mills and
tenement houses. There
are almost 90,000 people
here, all of us living close
to the highway that New
Yorkers and Bostonians
take to Cape Cod.
A former miracle of
the Industrial Revolution,
Fall River is known for its
Marc Dion
numerous derelict cot-
ton mills, some of which
have been made into
apartments. Just as importantly, the
skyline is studded with “high rises,”
tall buildings that house the elderly,
the disabled and the addicted. The
buildings are named after dead
politicians who would have shoplifted judge.
gum. There’s a waiting list to get in,
too.
Fall River is the home of Lizzie
Borden, a schnauzer-faced daughter
of privilege who may have killed her
parents with an ax. An increasingly
ridiculous series of movies and televi- own the methadone clinics, I live in
sion shows has been made about the
incident.
Now, we make national news
because our mayor, Jasiel Correia,
currently awaiting trial, has been
indicted by the federal government
on 13 counts of wire fraud and tax
evasion, all of them related to an
internet company he owned.
And, we, 88,000 of the poorest
people in the state, we blink at the
coverage with the look of a cat who
has been unexpectedly awakened by
a loud noise.
We recalled the mayor,
but our newly revamped
city charter provides for a
two-part recall ballot. The
first part asks whether
to recall the mayor. The
second part is the election
for his replacement. The
recalled mayor is allowed
to run on the second part
of the ballot even if he
loses the recall, which he
did. About 60 percent of
voters said they wanted
Correia gone. On the second half
of the ballot, Correia got around 34
percent of the votes, more than the
other candidates, so he became may-
or again. The matter is now before a
In addition to writing this column,
I’ve been a columnist in Fall River for
26 years, first for The Herald News, a
newspaper, and now for Fall Reporter,
an online news source. I was born in
the city and, unlike the people who
the city.
Fall River is being laughed at all
over the state of Massachusetts, and
Massachusetts jails its elected offi-
cials regularly. We’re being giggled
at by the more barefoot towns of Ten-
nessee. Thanks to the quirkiness of
the story, it’s gone international, and
even beer-bloated British soccer hoo-
ligans laugh at the poor, disenfran-
chised, forever seduced-and-aban-
doned children of Fall River.
Of course, what’s happened in Fall
River is what’s happened all over the
country. Dismal voter participation
means that we have a class of “profes-
sional voters,” and almost all of them
are either elderly or crazy. There is
no middle anymore.
In Fall River, the mayor’s blin-
kered, fact-hating supporters blindly
felt their way to the polls and cast
a vote against reality, as did Trump
supporters who wanted to stop Mus-
lims from taking over their suburb’s
random collection of dollar stores,
muffler shops and Burger Kings.
There was no danger of that, but they
wanted it stopped.
As it does in any discussion of
Donald Trump, Fall River’s Facebook
pages sprouted passionate defenses
of the mayor, many of the reading:
“Your a moron, and news is suppose
to be fair, but its bias. There not tell-
ing us the actual truth.”
Like most people who live in and
write about a smaller city, I am an
enthusiast of local foods, the local
accent, the look of our streets in the
rain, the architecture of the city and
the kind of politics polite people call
“colorful.”
Of course, I’m embarrassed now,
and writing this, I feel like the Amer-
ican ambassador to any country with
universal health care, and gun laws
not based on Clint Eastwood movies.
Marc Dion, a nationally syndicated
columnist, is a reporter and columnist
for The Herald News, the daily news-
paper of his hometown, Fall River,
Massachusetts. For more on Dion, go
to go to www.creators.com.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, March 25, 2019 5A

Suddenly, cost-cutting states Teen charged with making

turn friendly to teachers
Rattled by a dreadful midterm election for the
GOP — and looking ahead to 2020 — conservative-
leaning states are pouring new money into schools
By PAUL J. WEBER
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Schoolteach-
er raises of $5,000 are on the table
in Texas — a proposed pay hike that
ranks among the biggest in the U.S.
since a wave of teacher unrest began
last year. But protests aren’t why the
money is suddenly available.
Texas hasn’t even had a teacher
strike. But as in other GOP strong-
holds this spring, lawmakers who
have spent years clashing with
public schools by slashing budgets,
ratcheting up testing and cheer-
leading private schools are blinking
in the face of election pressure as
much as picket lines.
Rattled by a dreadful midterm
election for Republicans — and
looking ahead to 2020 — conser-
vative-leaning states including
Georgia, Oklahoma and South Car-
olina are pouring new money into
schools. And to ensure it doesn’t go
unnoticed, Republicans are making
a show of a renewed commitment to
public classrooms, courting voters
turned off by years of cost-cutting
that catered to the party’s base.
Nowhere is this political whip-
lash more on display than in Texas,
where just two years ago conser-
vatives pushed heavily for private
school vouchers and restrictions on
which bathrooms transgender stu-
dents could use. That was followed
last November by Republicans los-
ing 14 seats in the Statehouse, their
worst election in a generation.
To some, the message was clear.
Said Republican state Sen. Kel Se-
liger, quoting a top GOP official
“way up” whom he wouldn’t name:
“Urban Texas is now blue. Suburban
Texas is purple and it’s rural Texas
that is still red. And then what does
that mean for the future” of the par-
ty?
Seliger added, “You’re not hear-
ing anything about a bathroom bill.
You’re not hearing anyone utter the
word ‘vouchers’ this session. And I
think that’s significant.”
A nationwide teacher revolt that
began with walkouts in West Vir-
ginia in early 2018 is still kicking. In
Kentucky, recurring “sickouts” for
teacher protests forced schools to
cancel classes, and a six-day teach-
er strike in Los Angeles ended with
a 6 percent pay hike and commit-
ment to smaller classes.
racist threats in Charlottesville
Online threats of ‘ethnic
cleansing’ shut down city’s public
schools on Thursday and Friday
The Associated Press
A 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with
making online threats of “ethnic cleansing”
against black and Hispanic students at the public
high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city that
was the site of a deadly white nationalist rally in
2017.
The threats had shut down the city’s public
schools on Thursday and Friday, drawing the
community closer together but also sparking fear
in a city that witnessed racial violence firsthand.
Aware that this college town has become syn-
onymous with racial strife, city leaders used a
news conference to speak out against racism and
even rebuke past comments by President Donald
Trump.
“We want the community and the world to
know that hate is not welcomed in Charlottes-
ville,” police Chief RaShall Brackney said. “Vio-
lence is not welcomed in Charlottesville. Intoler-
ance is not welcomed in Charlottesville.”

Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in ‘birth tourism’

China and Nigeria.
Trump has spoken out against the President Donald
provision in the U.S. Constitution Trump has spoken out
against the provision in
that allows ‘birthright citizenship’ the U.S. Constitution that
allows “birthright citi-
By IULIIA STASHEVSK A and travel advantages not zenship” and has vowed
The Associated Press available to their Russian to end it, although legal
countrymen. The parents experts are divided on
MIAMI — Every year, themselves may benefit whether he can actually
hundreds of pregnant Rus- someday as well. do that.
sian women travel to the And the decidedly Although there have Harold Dobbs
United States to give birth un-Russian climate in been scattered cases of Incomplete
so that their child can ac- Memorial Gunter Peel
South Florida and the authorities arresting op-
Funeral Home
quire all the privileges of posh treatment they re- erators of birth tourism 2nd Avenue North location
American citizenship. ceive in the maternity agencies for visa fraud or
They pay anywhere wards — unlike dismal tax evasion, coming to the
from $20,000 to some- clinics back home — can U.S. to give birth is funda-
times more than $50,000 ease the financial sting mentally legal. Russians
to brokers who arrange and make the practice interviewed by The As-
their travel documents, ac- seem more like an extend- sociated Press said they
commodations and hospi- ed vacation. were honest about their
tal stays, often in Florida. The Russians are part intentions when applying memorialgunterpeel.com
While the cost is high, of a wave of “birth tour- for visas and even showed
their children will be re- ists” that includes sizable signed contracts with doc-
warded with opportunities numbers of women from tors and hospitals.
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Terrell
Continued from Page 1A
The more I know about
them, the more helpful I
can be to answering their
health concerns, prevent-
ing some of those medical
conditions and treating
those that they have,” she
continued. “It has to be a
good relationship that we
develop so that we can
work together for the bet-
ter good of their health.”
Despite only being
in Starkville for a few
months, Terrell is already
making an impression on
patients. One, 72-year-old
Ronnald Kimbel, said Ter-
rell is among the best doc-
tors he’s ever had.
Kimbel and his wife
met with Terrell in Janu-
ary, after searching for an
internalist who could suit
his needs. He said she
immediately made a good
impression.
“I have never had a
doctor spend so much
time with me at a first ap-
pointment,” Kimbel said.
“I was in her office for
an hour-and-a-half. Don’t
you think that didn’t im-
press me? I had a couple of
questions that day, and I’ll
be doggone if she didn’t
call me back that evening
and give me answers. I
thought, ‘Wow, we’re real-
ly on to something here.’”
Cindy Strickland, a
licensed practical nurse
who works with Terrell,
said truly shows care for
her patients.
“It’s very important to
the patients,” Strickland
said. “It makes them feel
like they’re cared about.
They want someone who
will listen to what they
have to say — not feel like
they’re just being pushed
through real quick. She
takes time with each one
and makes each one indi-
vidual.”
Background
Terrell grew up in Prin-
cess Anne, Maryland,
where she also attended
the University of Mary-
land Eastern Shore for
undergraduate school.
It was during her un-
dergraduate years that
she discovered her inter-
est in the medical field.
During her freshman
year in college, a friend
who knew Terrell was in-
terested in possibly going
into optometry, suggest-
ed a pre-medical summer
program at Case Western
University in Ohio. At the
program, Terrell had the
chance to shadow doc-
tors, speak with students
and go into the clinics
they worked in.
“Suddenly my eyes
were open and I saw wow,
this could be an excit-
ing world of medicine,”
she said. “It could be an
excellent career where
you can make a positive
impression on someone’s
life and make long-lasting
relationships.”
Terrell went to George
Washington Universi-
ty for medical school
and trained at Franklin
Square Medical Center in
Baltimore.
After finishing medical
school and her residency
training, Terrel’s first job
was at Johns Hopkins
Community Physicians,
where she worked as a
physician with thousands
of patients and taught stu-
dents.
The work, she said,
provided a strong foun-
dation for her medical
career. In teaching, Ter-
rell not only mentored
students but continued to
learn from them.
“I enjoy teaching,” she
said. “The medical stu-
dents kind of keep you on
your toes. Learning nev-
er ends, so working with
medical students allowed
me to keep abreast of the
latest in medicine and al-
lowed me to share clini-
cal pearls with them and
seeing their growth and
development was actually
very rewarding.”
Terrell has also worked
with Veterans Affairs. She
said that work, in particu-
lar, highlighted the need
for mental health care, in
addition to physical care.
“The clinical condi-
tions can be similar,”
she said. “I think for our
veterans, I was more ex-
posed or privy to mental
health — PTSD, depres-
sion or anxiety. I realized
how great of a need it is to
take care of our veterans
once they’re discharged
from service.”
Now, in Starkville, Ter-
rell said her family is set-
tling into life in the town.
She said everything so
far, from meeting her pa-
tients, to getting to know
the community, has gone
well.
“The past few months
have really been well re-
ceived,” she said. “As they
say, there’s good South-
ern hospitality — we feel
like we’ve experienced it.”

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
veto, would for the first
time require that some-
one live in a county, city,
county supervisor’s dis-
trict, or city alderman’s
ward for at least two years
before they could be elect-
ed to office to represent
that area. Cities with a
population under 1,000
would be excluded.
Those are similar to re-
quirements to run for leg-
islative offices under the
state constitution, which
requires someone to live
in Mississippi for four
years and to live in the dis-
trict for two years. That’s
the strictest requirement
nationwide, according
to a 2016 comparison by
Eugene Mazo, a Rutgers
University law professor.
Senate Elections Com-
mittee Chairman Kevin
Blackwell, a Southaven
Republican, sponsored
the bill, saying that he
wants to prevent newly ar-
rived carpetbaggers from
being elected to office.
“It shows they’ve got a
connection to the area,”
Blackwell said. “They’ve
got an investment in the
area they want to repre-
sent and they’re probably
familiar with the needs
and issues of those peo-
ple.”
Blackwell lives in
DeSoto County, one area
of Mississippi where peo-
ple move around a lot and
arrive from other states.
He said he’s interested in
residency restrictions in
part because he believes
some past candidates only
rented apartments while
seeking city offices and
really lived somewhere
else.
The senator also says
he wants to make require-
ments for offices consis-
tent. For example, the
measure would require a
transportation commis-
sioner candidate to live in
the northern, central or
southern districts for five
years, equivalent to a pub-
lic service commissioner.
Blackwell said his plan
to require agriculture
commissioner candidates
to live in the state for five
years parallels rules for
other statewide offices,
and the requiring a dis-
trict attorney candidate
to live in a district for five
years parallels rules for
judges.
But residency can get
people thrown off the bal-
lot. Thursday, the state
Republican Executive
Committee voted that
candidate Perry Parker
didn’t meet the residency care,” he said.
requirements to run for Mazo said residency
the Public Service Com- requirements go back to
mission from the south- the American Revolution.
ern district. Candidate He said the framers of the
Dane Maxwell had chal- Constitution disliked the
lenged Parker’s residen- British system, in which
cy, saying election and members of parliament
homestead exemption could be elected from
records suggested Parker places where one or very
hadn’t lived in Seminary few people controlled the
for five years. electorate, even if the can-
Residency law is fuzzy, didate didn’t live there.
and a party committee “The state may have
can examine a variety of an interest in its residents
evidence to make a deci- being represented by a
sion. Parker says he was long-term resident,” the
previously registered to professor said.
vote in Connecticut and
California, but has long
owned property in Cov-
ington County and has al-
ways considered it home.
Residency wasn’t a
problem during Parker’s
previous unsuccessful
bid for the Republican
nomination to the 3rd
Congressional District.
Federal law only requires
that a senator or repre-
sentative live in the state
they’re representing on
election day. Mazo notes
New York elected Robert
F. Kennedy and Hillary
Clinton to the U.S. Senate
even though neither per-
son previously lived in the
state.
“New Yorkers didn’t

MSU
Continued from Page 1A
The Bulldogs who are
completing their fourth
and final season — Teaira
McCowan and Jazzmun
Holmes — have had the
sky fall on them just 17
times. They’ve won 131
games, so far.
“All they know is win-
ning,” Schafer said, who
seemed to go to full pre-
game speech mode as he
talked about his seniors
and the still unrealized
potential the team has.
“For us, it’s ‘let’s go win
a championship,’” said
Schaefer, whose team
has fallen a win short of
the national title for the
past two years. “Go pay
the price. Endure the
pain that comes with it. It
ain’t easy, but it’s worth it.
You’re right at the door-
step right now.”
Schaefer is convinced
he has the team to do it.
“We have this team
now that could be our best
ever,” Schaefer said. “I’m
trying to get them there.
We might not get there. It
happens sometimes. But
I’ll go to work (Monday)
morning and practice
them Tuesday and I’m
going to try to get them
there because I believe in
them.”
Schaefer said the skill
is there. Ultimately, he
said, it may come down to
focus.
“We talk about being
predator or prey,” Schae-
fer said. “If you are a
predators, your eyes are
narrow and you’re not
worried about the other
stuff around you. Now, if
you’re prey, your eyes are
wide. You see everything
because you’re worried
that something’s gonna
get you.
“So, let’s take all the
distractions out and be la-
ser-focused, he added. “If
we’re laser focused, I ain’t
trading this group for any-
body.”
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SECTION

NCAA Basketball Tournament

In final home
game, McCowan
leads Bulldogs
to powerful win
over Clemson
By Paul D. Bowker
pbowker@cdispatch.com
The emotional moment
for Mississippi State’s Teai-
ra McCowan came with 1
minute, 11 seconds left in
Sunday night’s NCAA Tour-
nament game at Humphrey
Coliseum.
She had scored 30 points.
Included in that were 14 bas-
kets, a record for MSU in a
tournament game.
She had 11 rebounds,
adding to her run of dou-
ble-doubles in an 85-61 win
over Clemson, a victory that
sends the Bulldogs to the
Sweet 16 next weekend in
Portland, Oregon.
At one point in Sun-
day’s game, she powerfully
blocked Clemson’s Simone
Westbrook underneath the
basket and just stood there,
towering over Westbrook as
the Clemson guard dropped
to the floor and slid helpless-
ly into the backboard sup-
port.
And with 1:11 left, a sell-
out crowd of nearly 10,000
rose to its feet in a noisy trib-
ute as McCowan left MSU’s
home court for the final time
in her career. She hugged
head coach Vic Schaefer.
She was joined 13 seconds
later by senior point guard
Jazzmun Holmes and senior
guard Jordan Danberry.
Anriel Howard, a grad-
uate transfer, exchanged a
happy high-five with Schae-
fer.
MSU’s win at Humphrey
Coliseum was both a fare-
well party and a send-off
party.
The Bulldogs (32-2) have
some remaining business.
They’re off to the Sweet 16,
and will play Arizona State
on Friday at the Moda Cen-
ter in Portland, Oregon.
MSU is the No. 1 seed in
the Portland Regional. If the
Bulldogs win twice in Port-
land, then it’s off to Tampa,
Florida, for the Final Four in
two weeks.
They are attempting to
win the school’s first nation-
al championship in any team
See MSU women, 2B
Sweet 16 party
Tourney
matchup
reunites MSU
assistant with
twin brother
By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As
the Mississippi State men’s
basketball season struck
midnight Friday against
No. 12 seed Liberty, Bull-
dogs video coordinator Josh
Pierre stopped in the hand-
shake line.
There, he met his twin
brother, Joe Pierre III — the
director of player develop-
ment for the Flames.
The two locked in a long
embrace. Never did they
think it’d come to this.
“I had some tears,” Joe
Pierre III said Sunday. “I
wanted to beat anybody but
him.”
As kids in Baton Rouge,
the Pierre twins were con-
stantly competing against
one another. Whether it was
playing one-on-one or see-
ing who could eat their food
fastest, Joe and Josh relished
the competition — most of
all on the court.
Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch
“We’ve always been best
Mississippi State guard Jordan Danberry (24) shoots a layup ahead of Clemson defenders Simone West-
brook (20) and Danielle Edwards (5) during the first half of their NCAA women’s second round game Sunday friends,” Joe said. “Basket-
night in Starkville. ball really bonded us close
together.”
According to Joe, there
SWEET 16 was a roughly 1.14 percent
chance MSU and Liberty
MSU vs. Arizona State would meet in the NCAA
Tournament’s opening
When: Friday TBA round.
Where: Moda Center, Coming off a 28-6 season
Portland, Oregon and an Atlantic Sun Tour-
Records: MSU, 32-2; nament championship, the
Arizona State, 22-10 Flames had positioned them-
Winner: advances to selves as one of the stronger
regional championship mid-major teams in the field.
game, Sunday TBA Conversely, the Bulldogs
Other teams in Port-
had earned solid footing on
land Regional: Oregon
Selection Sunday after a 23-
and Syracuse or South
Dakota State
10 record and 10-8 finish in
Final Four: April 5 and regular season SEC play.
7, Tampa, Florida On Sunday, March 17 the
bracket was revealed.
QUOTING Soon after it was an-
“It’s amazing and I’m nounced the Bulldogs and
happy for these kids, Flames would play in San
and these kids have Jose, Joe and Josh chatted
earned it. Let there be on the phone.
Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch
no doubt. These kids “We had a long moment of
Mississippi State forward Anriel Howard Mississippi State head coach Vic Schae-
have paid the price.” silence,” Joe said. “Then we
(5) shoots over Clemson guard Aliyah fer hugs Anriel Howard (5) in the final
— MSU head coach
minutes of their game against Clemson didn’t end up talking til later
Collier (12) during the first half of their
Vic Schaefer in the NCAA women’s second round that night. We both needed
NCAA women’s second round game
Sunday night in Starkville. game Sunday night in Starkville. See MSU men, 6B

MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL

Diamond Dawgs outslug Auburn to grab 20-15 win

By Amber Dodd
Special to the Dispatch
Second-ranked Mississippi State won
their weekend series against Auburn on
Sunday at Dudy Noble Field, capturing a
wild 20-15 victory over No.
16 Auburn.
“They came in and
went to work,” MSU
coach Chris Lemonis
said. “They just stayed en-
gaged. Sometimes you’ll
see teams back off, but
our team doesn’t have that Lemonis
about us.”
With 35 runs combined, it was the
highest-scoring game in the Southeast-
ern Conference since April 19, 2009,
when the Bulldogs dropped a game
against Alabama, 17-16, but the winning
narrative takes this rubber match to big-
ger heights. The game took four hours
and 11 minutes to complete, and includ-
ed 42 hits and five errors.
“It was all up and down our lineup,”
Lemonis said. “That whole group has
played a lot so they were very engaged
Mississippi State catcher Dustin Skelton had four hits in Sunday’s game against
Auburn at Dudy Noble Field.
all game long. They just kept playing.”
One through nine, MSU’s entire line-
up contributed to the game offensively.
Trevor Birchett / Mississippi State Athletics
Rowdey Jordan and Dustin Skelton made
the most of the untamed game. The two
combined for 9 RBIs, 7 hits and 6 runs.
“We were positive,” Jordan said.
“Even when we went down, we knew
there was a lot of baseball left and it was
a positive vibe.”
Auburn scored seven runs in the
fourth inning, but the Bulldogs scored
in every inning, including a big five-run
eighth inning to close out the game.
“That really speaks volume that we all
can hit,” said Jordan, who drove in four
runs and scored twice. “When you’re
putting up runs every single inning,
we’re a really good offense and good
approach. We’ve have good success this
year.”
The bullpen’s depth of six pitchers
contributed to the win. Right-hander
Keegan James and left-hander Cole
Gordan led the Bulldogs, both pitching
three innings. Both pitchers had three
strikeouts apiece while Cole only al-
lowed four hits and three runs.
The Diamond Dawgs are now 21-3
overall and 4-2 at the beginning of SEC
play. They’ll return to Dudy Noble on
Tuesday night to take on Mississippi
Valley State.
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NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

Arizona State, UConn among

teams reaching Sweet 16
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Eight invitations to
the Sweet 16 have been delivered and
the other eight will be decided Monday
night.
UConn is back in the regional semifi-
nals for the 26th consecutive year. The
Huskies had to work for it as pesky Buf-
falo rallied from a 24-point, third-quar-
ter deficit to get within eight in the
fourth before the Huskies won by 12. It
was UConn’s closest game in the sec-
ond round since a two-point victory over
Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch
Mississippi State guard Jordan Danberry (24) defends a Clemson inbound pass Xavier in 1999. The next-closest was a
during the first half of their NCAA women’s second round game Sunday night in 15-point win over TCU in 2003.
Starkville.
“It’s been kind of that type of year for
“I knew exactly where it was going to
go,” she said. “Let me add a little more
rotation on this shot so I can get it back.”
n STILL UNBEATEN: The Pac-12 has yet to
lose in the postseason, improving to 8-0 after
wins by Arizona State and Oregon. Throw in two
victories by Arizona in the WNIT and the confer-
ence is unblemished.
“I was able to tell the team yesterday, there’s
nothing that this team can show us that we ha-
ven’t seen and the conference hasn’t prepared
you for this. How many close games has this
group been in down the stretch of the year?”
Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said. “You have
the confidence to get the stops and to score and
to execute.”
n HOME SWEET HOME: Baylor has been
dominant at home — during the regular season
and in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

MSU women
Continued from Page 1B
sport after coming within
one victory of that the last
two years.
“Our kids are locked
in. They’re motivated,”
Schaefer said.
And that was evident
Sunday night, when the
Dawgs played as com-
plete a first half as Schae-
fer said he has seen in
awhile.
Danberry, in particu-
lar, caused problems for
Clemson with her speed
and penetrating drives
toward the hoop. The Ti-
gers were so concerned
with slowing up McCow-
an inside that Danberry
was able to go directly
from the top of the key
and inside for layups.
Danberry had four
baskets in the first quar-
ter alone, along with two
steals and two rebounds.
She wound up with 18
points.
“Jo played exceptional-
ly well tonight,” Schaefer
said.
And if Danberry and
McCowan weren’t enough
for Clemson to deal with,
then the Bulldogs also
had Anriel Howard. She
grabbed a game-high 14
rebounds, made all nine
of her free throws and
scored 21 points.
“I knew I wanted to at-
tack them,” Howard said.
Defensively, she and
Danberry simply denied
the Tigers spaces where
they wanted to go.
“I thought Anriel was
great,” Schaefer said.
“She wrecked them.”
The Bulldogs finished
the first quarter with a
15-4 run, turning a two-
point lead into a 13-point
lead. A 3-pointer by Andra
Espinoza-Hunter in the fi-
nal minute made it 23-10.
MSU was still up by
13 points late in the sec-
ond quarter when Sun-
day’s track meet suddenly
moved in the paint to Mc-
Cowan. She had scored
just two points in the first
quarter and another two
baskets in the second
quarter. She finished off
MSU’s last three posses-
sions in the first half with
baskets inside.
Mississippi State forward Anriel Howard (5) shoots a
reverse layup as Clemson defenders Tylar Bennett (55)
and Kobi Thornton (44) try to block the shot during the
first half of their NCAA women’s second round game
Sunday night in Starkville.
It was merely the be-
ginning of things to come.
McCowan’s dominance
came on a night when she
left the game to go back to
the locker room because
of a stomach ailment.
The entire Hump knew
something was up be-
cause when she returned
during a timeout, MSU’s
fans erupted with cheers.
“No comment,” Mc-
Cowan said in the post-
game news conference.
“Some kind of a stom-
ach ailment,” Schaefer
said.
When Clemson made
a run at MSU in the third
quarter with an aggres-
sive trapping defense
that resulted in a couple
of MSU turnovers on in-
bound plays and an 8-3
Clemson run, McCowan
took over.
McCowan scored nine
of the Bulldogs’ first 11
points in the final quar-
ter in dominant fashion.
She grabbed an offensive
rebound and put it in for
a 64-46 MSU lead. Then,
there was a pass inside
The California Golden Bears know all too
us, where things just don’t naturally hap- well the difficulty of playing the perennial Big 12
champion Bears in Waco during the postseason.
pen the way they have before, and for us
They are 0-2 there, with those losses by signifi-
that’s good preparation,” UConn senior cant margins.
Katie Lou Samuelson said. “That shows For the third time in six years, the Golden
that when things go wrong, when things Bears won an opening-round game in the Fer-
happen, we can always pick up what we rell Center to set up a matchup against the host
team — they overcame an early 12-point deficit
need to do and pick up from the next per- and beat North Carolina 92-72 on Saturday. Cal
son down.” lost by 19 to Baylor in 2014, the year after an
While reaching the Sweet 16 seems to NCAA Final Four appearance, and two years ago
be a rite of spring for the Huskies, oth- ended their season with an 86-46 loss in Waco.
“We were very, very young when we came the
er teams will be trying to make it there
last time, and I think that’s a huge difference,
for the first time in a long time. The last just players having been here before, having
time Missouri State advanced to the re- gone through a lot of different experiences in the
gional semifinals, assistant coach Jackie life of a basketball player,” Cal coach Lindsay
Gottlieb said.
Stiles was leading the Lady Bears to an
After overwhelming NCAA Tournament
incredible Final Four run in 2001. For first-timer Abilene Christian 95-38 in the first
the team to get to the next round, they’ll round Saturday night, Baylor has won 15 consec-
have to contend with Iowa State and a utive NCAA Tournament games at home since
rowdy crowd at ISU’s Hilton Coliseum. 2011 and won those games by an average mar-
gin of 37 points.
Arizona State and Texas A&M need-
The Lady Bears are 16-0 at home this sea-
ed big plays in the final few seconds to son, and have won 38 in a row overall in Waco.
reach the next round in wins over Miami They are 148-3 in non-conference home games
and Marquette, respectively. in coach Kim Mulkey’s 19 seasons, and have
Arizona State will face Mississippi won 48 in a row since losing in January 2014 to
State in the Portland Regional on Friday.
UConn, which was the No. 1 team in the country
when losing at Waco this season.
Oregon had a little easier time ad- n GROWING THE GAME: Rueck spoke about
vancing to its third consecutive Sweet how the NCAA Tournament allows women’s bas-
16. Sabrina Ionescu was a big reason ketball to attract more fans — even in Corvallis,
which is known for its support of the sport and
why, getting her 18th career triple-dou-
the home team.
ble and second in the NCAAs. She be- “That’s what I’ve loved about our community.
Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch came the second player to do it multiple They’ve embraced us,” he said. “I always joke,
times in the tournament, joining former I know we’ve got the women’s basketball fans,
Stanford great Nicole Powell. and we’re going to do great things for them.
“I want the football fans,” he said. “I want
Ionescu got her 10th rebound to reach the men’s basketball fan that maybe has never
the stat milestone in the final few min-
given us a chance. Give us a shot, and be careful
utes when she rebounded her own miss. because you’re going to get hooked.”
and a basket. Then, an-
other board and a basket.
She scored 15 points in
the quarter and had two
offensive rebounds. The
Tigers simply had no an-
swer for the SEC Player of
the Year.
“Obviously, we want-
ed to try to limit her
touches,” Clemson coach
Amanda Butler said.
And once McCowan
got those touches, all that
was left for McCowan and
the other MSU seniors
was the celebration. Mc-
Cowan and Holmes have
won 191 games in their
career, and this was their
final time in Humphrey.
And most of the crowd
stuck around to celebrate
with them.
“It was pretty special,
getting to play my last
home game here in the
Hump in front of all those
fans,” McCowan said.
“Nobody left. So them
sticking around for that
whole game just warms
my heart.”
“It has not hit me yet,”
Danberry said.

MSU men
Continued from Page 1B
later that night. We both
needed to figure out how
to help our teams win.”
In their youth, the duo
loved the 1997 movie
“The Sixth Man.” In the
film, brothers Kenny and
Antoine Tyler, fictional
players at the University
of Washington, adopted
the motto “A and K all the
way.”
Taking a piece of the
movie for their own, the
Pierre’s put a twist on the
Tyler brothers’ saying —
J and J all the way, NC-
two-A.
“We adopted that mot-
to as young kids and we al-
ways wanted to be there,”
Joe said. “So we got there
and it was exciting.”
As game time neared
Friday, Joe felt an uneas-
iness creep in. He and
his brother had always
dreamt of being in the
NCAA Tournament to-
gether, albeit on the same
coaching bench.
For siblings that had
thrived on competition,
there was something rath-
er disheartening about
one or the other’s season
ending that night.
A few hours later, with
the clock nearing zero,
the reality set in.
Liberty had just earned
its first NCAA Tourna-
ment win in four tries,
while MSU had come up
short in its first appear-
ance in the Big Dance
since 2009.
In the stands, Joe and
Josh’s parents, Butch —
a former MSU basketball
player himself — and
Clemmie Pierre, along
with sister, Langley Mc-
Clay looked on.
“It was really, really
special,” Joe said. “One of
the more special moments
for our family ever.”
Moments later, Joe was
headed toward a date with
No. 4 seed Virginia Tech
on Sunday with a Sweet 16
appearance on the line.
In Josh’s case, the
staunch reality of a soon-
er-than-expected offsea-
son in Starkville began.
“It didn’t feel like a nor-
mal game,” Joe said. “But
it was exciting to be in the
NCAA Tournament, for
sure.”
Sitting in the Flames’
locker room following
a 67-58 loss to the Hok-
ies Sunday, Pierre was
soft-spoken. Tears visibly
filled his eyes. Perched
on a fold-up chair, his
blue suit jacket had been
tossed aside.
The one-and-done na-
ture of March Madness
brings the agony of defeat
swiftly. But for Pierre, he
was glad to have shared
the moment with his twin
brother.
“We just hope that we
can continue to grow,” he
said. “Maybe we’ll meet
again or be on the same
team sometime.”
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briefly CALENDAR Baskektball At Eugene, Ore.

Indiana 69, Texas 65
Oregon 78, Portland State 40
Mt. Saint Vincent 6-2, Old Westbury 5-1
Navy 5, Army 2
St. Bonaventure 1, Fordham 0
NCAA Tournament Glance Saturday, March 23 St. John’s 9, Hofstra 1

Softball Prep Softball

All Times EDT
FIRST FOUR
At UD Arena
At Syracuse, N.Y.
South Dakota State 76, Quinnipiac 65
Syracuse 70, Fordham 49
Washington & Jefferson 16-8, Thiel 5-2
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 6, Ark.-Pine Bluff 2
Alabama loses for first time in 34 games Today’s Games Dayton, Ohio
Tuesday, March 19
Second Round
Sunday, March 24
Arkansas 10, Alabama 2
Campbell 6, UNC-Asheville 3
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Alabama held a 3-1 lead through five West Lowndes at Noxubee, (DH) 5 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson 82, Prairie View A&M 76 At Starkville, Miss. Cincinnati 4, South Florida 1
innings against Texas A&M Sunday, but the Aggies rallied with two runs Belmont 81, Temple 70 Mississippi State 85, Clemson 61 East Carolina 6, UCF 5
Tuesday’s Games Wednesday, March 20 At Coral Gables, Fla. E. Mennonite 13, Guilford 5
to tie it in the sixth before a walk-off RBI single in the seventh handed the North Dakota State 78, N.C. Central 74 Arizona State 57, Miami 55 Felician 12-5, Chestnut Hill 4-4
Crimson Tide its first loss of the season, 4-3. Starkville High at Madison Central, 6:30 p.m. Arizona State 74, St. John’s 65 At Eugene, Ore. Florida St. 3, Notre Dame 1
EAST REGIONAL Oregon 91, Indiana 68 Georgia 9, LSU 7
Alabama (33-1, 5-1 SEC) took the first lead of the game after solo Columbus at South Panola, (DH) 6:30 p.m. First Round Monday, March 25 Indiana St. 4, Rutgers 3
home runs from sophomore Kaylee Tow and junior Claire Jenkins in the At Syracuse, N.Y. Jacksonville 3, Lipscomb 0
New Hope vs. Kosciusko, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21
At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena South Dakota State (27-6) vs. Syracuse (25- Louisville 5, Georgia Tech 4
opening half-inning before Texas A&M (18-13, 2-7 SEC) cut the lead in Caledonia at Mooreville, 7 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. 8), 7 p.m. MVSU 14, Alcorn St. 2
half with an RBI single in the third. Some heads-up base running from LSU 79, Yale 74 Regional Semifinals NC State 6, Miami 4
freshman Skylar Wallace in the top of the sixth brought the lead back to Prep Baseball Maryland 79, Belmont 77
At Wells Fargo Arena
Friday, March 29
At Portland, Ore.
North Carolina 5, Virginia Tech 2
North Georgia 6, Augusta 1
two runs but the Aggies took advantage of a well-placed RBI single in Tuesday’s Games Des Moines, Iowa
Minnesota 86, Louisville 76
Mississippi State (32-2) vs. Arizona State (22-
10), TBA
Radford 9, Charleston Southern 6
Savannah St. 5, NC Central 3
between three defenders and a fielding error to plate two runs and tie it Starkville High vs. NW Rankin, 6 p.m. Michigan State 76, Bradley 65 South Dakota State-Syracuse winner, vs. Or- SC Upstate 7, High Point 5
at 3-3. Alabama loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but could not Friday, March 22 egon (31-4), TBA Texas A&M 17, Kentucky 5
Caledonia vs. Itawamba, 7 p.m. At Colonial Life Arena Regional Championship The Citadel 3, VMI 2, 10 innings
score, setting up Texas A&M for the walk-off RBI single in the bottom half. Columbia, S.C. Sunday, March 31 MIDWEST
The Tide’s 33-win streak heading into today’s contest is the longest New Hope at Gordo, 4 p.m. Duke 85, North Dakota State 62 At Portland, Ore. Adrian 11-18, Alma 4-0
UCF 73, VCU 58 Semifinal winners Butler 9, Valparaiso 2
to start a season in program history and is tied for the third-longest in Starkville Academy at Heritage Academy, (DH) 4 At SAP Center CHICAGO REGIONAL Creighton 8, Maryland 2
NCAA history. San Jose, Calif. First Round Evansville 10, Xavier 2
p.m. Liberty 80, Mississippi State 76 Friday, March 22 Indiana 7, Iowa 1
Tow’s home run was part of a 2-for-3 day at the plate, extending Hebron Christian vs. Kemper Academy, 6 p.m. Virginia Tech 66, Saint Louis 52 College Station, Texas Mount Marty 9-4, Doane 6-14
her reached-base streak to 15 games. Jenkins’ home run gives her five Second Round Marquette 58, Rice 54, OT Mount Mercy 9, Graceland 0
across six SEC contests this season. In the circle, freshman Montana
West Lowndes at Hamilton, 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23 Texas A&M 84, Wright State 61
Saturday, March 23
William Penn at Clarke, ppd., wet conditions
At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena SOUTHWEST
Fouts (12-1) takes her first loss, allowing a season-high seven hits over College Softball Jacksonville, Fla.
LSU 69, Maryland 67
At Notre Dame, Ind.
Notre Dame 92, Bethune-Cookman 50
Arkansas St. 8, South Alabama 1
Baylor 10, West Virginia 4
6.0 innings. Today’s Games At Wells Fargo Arena Michigan State 88, Central Michigan 87 New Mexico 13, San Diego St. 4
Des Moines, Iowa At Ames, Iowa UConn 9, Houston 3
Tow made the first hit of the game a big one, blasting a solo home
Ole Miss at South Carolina, 5 p.m. Michigan State 70, Minnesota 50 Missouri State 89, DePaul 78 FAR WEST
run to lead off the game before Jenkins sent another one over the fence Sunday, March 24 Iowa State 97, New Mexico State 61 Dallas Baptist 30, Air Force 7
three batters later, putting Alabama ahead 2-0 early. With a runner at third Tuesday’s Games At Colonial Life Arena At Stanford, Calif. Texas Rio Grande Valley 5, Sacramento St. 3
Columbia, S.C. BYU 73, Auburn 64 Washington 3, Southern Cal 2, 10 innings
and two out in the bottom of the third, Texas A&M cut the lead in half with Mississippi State at Central Arkansas, 5 p.m. Duke 77, UCF 76 Stanford 79, UC Davis 54
an RBI single. A hit-by-pitch put two on base but Fouts bounced back
with a called strikeout to end the inning and maintain the one-run lead.
Men’s College Golf At SAP Center
San Jose, Calif.
Virginia Tech 67, Liberty 58
Second Round
Sunday, March 24
College Station, Texas Hockey
Wallace took the count full and drew a walk to lead off the top of the Today’s Games At Capital One Arena
Washington
Texas A&M 78, Marquette 76
Monday, March 25 National Hockey League
fifth, advancing into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt. Tow lifted a fly Ole Miss at Hootie at Bulls Bay (Charleston, Regional Semifinals At Notre Dame, Ind.
Notre Dame (31-3) vs. Michigan State (21-11),
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Friday, March 29
ball to the warning track in right, allowing Wallace to tag up and move South Carolina) Duke (31-5) vs. Virginia Tech (26-8), TBA 7 p.m. Atlantic Division
to third and she then broke for home after the Aggie second baseman Michigan State (30-6) vs. LSU (28-6), TBA At Ames, Iowa GP W L OT Pts GF GA
looked away with the ball, sliding in to score and make it 3-1.
Tuesday’s Games Regional Championship Missouri State (23-9) vs. Iowa State (26-8), z-Tampa Bay 76 58 14 4 120 301 202
Sunday, March 31 9 p.m. x-Boston 75 46 20 9 101 233 189
With the score the same in the bottom of the sixth, Texas A&M Ole Miss at Hootie at Bulls Bay (Charleston, Semifinal winners At Stanford, Calif. Toronto 75 44 25 6 94 264 223
SOUTH REGIONAL BYU (26-6) vs. Stanford (29-4), 11 p.m. Montreal 76 40 28 8 88 227 219
put a pair in scoring position with two out. An infield hit fell between South Carolina) First Round Regional Semifinals Florida 75 33 30 12 78 243 255
three defenders, allowing a run to cross and a fielding error in the next
at-bat brought the tying run home, though the lead runner was caught in
Women’s College Golf Thursday, March 21
At The XL Center
Saturday, March 30
At Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
74 31 34 9 71 206 244
75 27 38 10 64 203 256
Hartford, Conn. Notre Dame-Central Michigan-Michigan State Ottawa 75 26 43 6 58 222 278
rundown to end the inning with the score tied at 3-3. Today’s Games Villanova 61, Saint Mary’s 57 winner vs. Texas A&M (26-7), TBA Metropolitan Division
Purdue 61, Old Dominion 48 Missouri State-Iowa State winner vs. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Texas A&M drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh and Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss at Evans Friday, March 22 BYU-Stanford winner, TBA Washington 76 44 24 8 96 260 234
the Tide turned to its bullpen as junior Sarah Cornell stepped into the Derby Experience (Auburn, Alabama) At Colonial Life Arena Regional Championship N.Y. Islanders 76 44 25 7 95 212 184
Columbia, S.C. Monday, April 1 Pittsburgh 76 41 24 11 93 256 226
circle with the potential winning run at first and nobody out. A sacrifice
bunt moved the runner into scoring position and the next batter was College Baseball Oklahoma 95, Mississippi 72
Virginia 71, Gardner-Webb 56
At Nationwide Arena
Semifinal winners
At Chicago

ALBANY REGIONAL
Carolina 75 42 26 7 91 225 206
Columbus 75 41 30 4 86 228 218
Philadelphia 76 36 32 8 80 229 252
intentionally walked to set up the force out. A popup brought the Aggies Tuesday’s Games Columbus, Ohio First Round N.Y. Rangers 74 29 32 13 71 206 245
down to their final out before junior Payton McBride dropped a single into Iowa 79, Cincinnati 72 Friday, March 22 New Jersey 76 28 39 9 65 208 259
Mississippi University for Women at Blue Moun- Tennessee 77, Colgate 70 At Louisville, Ky. WESTERN CONFERENCE
left field, driving in the game-winning run. Louisville 69, Robert Morris 34 Central Division
tain (DH), 4 p.m. At SAP Center
Michigan 84, Kansas State 54
Next up, Alabama begins a five-game home stand Wednesday at 6 San Jose, Calif. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
p.m. against Georgia Tech. Alabama vs. Auburn (Montgomery, Alabama), 6 UC Irvine 70, Kansas State 64 At Storrs, Conn.
Buffalo 82, Rutgers 71
x-Winnipeg 75 45 26 4 94 254 218
Nashville 76 42 28 6 90 223 202
Oregon 72, Wisconsin 54
p.m. Second Round UConn 110, Towson 61 St. Louis 75 40 27 8 88 223 205
Iowa duo helps Ole Miss blank No. 16 South Carolina Mississippi Valley State at Mississippi State,
Saturday, March 23
At The XL Center
Saturday, March 23
At Corvallis, Ore.
Dallas 75 38 31 6 82 188 186
Colorado 76 34 29 13 81 240 229
OXFORD – The Iowa connection of Molly Jacobsen and Jessica Hartford, Conn. Gonzaga 68, Little Rock 51 Minnesota 76 35 32 9 79 203 223
Puk carried Ole Miss to a 2-0 victory over No. 16 South Carolina on Sun- 6:30 p.m. Purdue 87, Villanova 61 Oregon State 80, Boise State 75, OT Chicago 75 33 32 10 76 248 271
Sunday, March 24 At College Park, Md. Pacific Division
day night, lifting the Rebels (22-8, 3-2 SEC) to a series-tying win against Southern Miss vs. Nicholls State (Metairie, Loui- At Colonial Life Arena Maryland 73, Radford 51 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
the Gamecocks (23-8, 2-6 SEC) at Carolina Softball Stadium. siana), 6:30 p.m. Columbia, S.C. UCLA 89, Tennessee 77 x-Calgary 75 47 21 7 101 268 210
Virginia 63, Oklahoma 51 Second Round x-San Jose 75 43 23 9 95 266 237
Jacobsen was masterful in the circle, scattering three hits and three
walks over eight complete innings, striking out 10 Gamecocks on the way Women’s College Tennis At Nationwide Arena
Columbus, Ohio
Sunday, March 24
At Louisville, Ky.
Vegas
Arizona
75 42 27 6 90 234 206
76 36 33 7 79 199 212
Tennessee 83, Iowa 77 Louisville 71, Michigan 50 Edmonton 75 33 34 8 74 213 249
to her fourth complete game shutout of the season. Tuesday’s Games At SAP Center At Storrs, Conn. Vancouver 76 32 34 10 74 207 237
Despite the Rebels put a runner on base in every inning against Southern Miss at Jackson State, 3 p.m. San Jose, Calif. UConn 84, Buffalo 72 Anaheim 77 31 36 10 72 180 237
Oregon 73, UC Irvine 54 Monday, March 25 Los Angeles 74 27 39 8 62 178 235
Carolina, Ole Miss was unable to put any runs on the board through the
Junior College Softball At KFC Yum! Center At Corvallis, Ore. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
regulation innings, stranding eight runners on base. Louisville, Ky. Gonzaga (29-4) vs. Oregon State (25-7), 9 overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
Regional Semifinals p.m. and two wild cards per conference advance to
With seven innings not enough for either team to score, the Rebels Tuesday’s Games Thursday, March 28 At College Park, Md. playoffs.
went into extra innings for the first time in 2019. Virginia (31-3) vs. Oregon (25-12), TBA UCLA (21-12) vs. Maryland (29-4), 7 p.m. x-clinched playoff spot
Northwest at Itawamba (DH), 2 p.m. Tennessee (31-5) vs. Purdue (25-9), TBA Regional Semifinals z-clinched conference
Once in extras, the game did not remain scoreless for long. Sitting Regional Championship Friday, March 29
on a 2-1 count, Puk took a mighty hack and didn’t miss, crushing a solo
Coahoma at EMCC (DH), 4 p.m. Saturday, March 30 At Albany, N.Y.
Sunday’s Games
Washington 3, Philadelphia 1
Semifinal winners Louisville (31-3) vs. Gonzaga-Oregon State N.Y. Islanders 2, Arizona 0
home run cascading over the left field fence to break the deadlock.
With momentum in hand, Autumn Gillespie laced a triple just fair on the air MIDWEST REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 21
winner, TBA
UCLA-Maryland winner vs. UConn (33-2), TBA
Regional Championship
Carolina 2, Montreal 1, OT
Chicago 2, Colorado 1, OT
Columbus 5, Vancouver 0
inside the right field foul line. Kelsha Loftin came in to run for Gillespie Sunday, March 31
and easily scored on Brittany Finney’s sacrifice fly to give the Rebels Today At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Fla.
Kentucky 79, Abilene Christian 44 Semifinal winners
At Albany, N.Y.
Monday’s Games
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
some insurance. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Wofford 84, Seton Hall 68 FINAL FOUR Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m.
With a lead in hand, Jacobsen trotted back out and put the game At Vivint Smart Home Arena At Tampa, Fla. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
8 p.m. — NIT Tournament: Norfolk St. vs. Colo- Salt Lake City National Semifinals Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
to bed, collecting three quick outs to even the series and set up a rubber Auburn 78, New Mexico State 77 Friday, April 5
match for Monday at 6 p.m. rado, ESPN2 Kansas 87, Northeastern 53 Greensboro winner vs. Portland winner, 7 or
Nashville at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Vegas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
10 p.m. — NIT Tournament: Teams TBD, second Friday, March 22
Football
Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m.
At Nationwide Arena Albany winner vs. Chicago winner, 7 or 9:30 Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
p.m.
round, ESPNU Columbus, Ohio
Washington 78, Utah State 61 National Championship
Tuesday’s Games
Tickets on sale for Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) North Carolina 88, Iona 73 Sunday, April 7
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.
At BOK Center Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Alabama and Duke 6 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD, second Tulsa, Okla. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Tickets for the 2019 Chick-fil-A Kickoff round, ESPN
Houston 84, Georgia State 55
Ohio State 62, Iowa State 59 Mississippi St. 85, Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Game between Alabama and Duke are on sale now through the Ala- 8:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD, Second Round
Saturday, March 23
Clemson 61 Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
bama Athletics Ticket Office. The season opener is scheduled for August CLEMSON (20-13) Thornton 6-9 0-0 Wednesday’s Games
second round, ESPN At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Fla.
12, Bennett 2-2 1-1 5, Edwards 6-13 0-0 14, Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Westbrook 6-18 2-3 14, N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets in the official Alabama seating sections are available at two COLLEGE SOFTBALL Kentucky 62, Wofford 56
At Vivint Smart Home Arena
Blackstock 0-0 0-0 0, Clegg 1-1 0-0 2, Collier Dallas at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
4-15 2-2 11, Cotton 1-3 1-1 3, Purvis 0-1 0-0 0, Vegas at Colorado, 10 p.m.
different price points. Lower level and mezzanine seats are priced at 6 p.m. — Ole Miss at South Carolina, SEC Salt Lake City Totals 26-63 6-7 61. Thursday’s Games
Auburn 89, Kansas 75 MISSISSIPPI ST. (32-2) Howard 6-12 9-9 Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.
$200 while upper level seats are $125 apiece. Orders are currently being HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S) Sunday, March 24 21, McCowan 14-17 2-6 30, Danberry 8-14 2-4 Montreal at Columbus, 7 p.m.
accepted, but exact seat locations will be assigned at a later date. Orders At Nationwide Arena
6:30 p.m. — Skills Competition: 2019 Powerade Columbus, Ohio
18, Espinoza-Hunter 3-8 0-0 9, Holmes 2-8 2-2
6, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Scott
Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
will be allocated based on Tide Totals priority points and then by order North Carolina 81, Washington 59
Jam Fest, Atlanta, ESPN2 At BOK Center
0-3 1-2 1, Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Wiggins 0-0 0-0 0, N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
date after the season ticket renewal deadline has passed. Totals 33-62 16-23 85. Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
To purchase tickets for the Crimson Tide’s season opener, call (205) MLB BASEBALL (SPRING TRAINING) Tulsa, Okla.
Houston 74, Ohio State 59
Clemson 10 12 24 15 —61 Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Mississippi St. 23 18 21 23 —85 Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
348-BAMA. Season ticket holders are reminded to order via the priority Noon — Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, MLB At The Sprint Center 3-Point Goals—Clemson 3-12 (Edwards
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Regional Semifinals
Friday, March 29
North Carolina (29-6) vs. Auburn (28-9), TBA
3-11 (Howard 0-3, Espinoza-Hunter 3-6, Scott
0-2). Assists—Clemson 10 (Westbrook 5), Mis-
sissippi St. 17 (Holmes 7). Fouled Out—Clem-
Golf
NHL HOCKEY Kentucky (29-6) vs. Houston (33-3), TBA son Thornton, Bennett, Rebounds—Clemson LPGA Money Leaders
EMCC to hold men’s basketball tryouts April 6 7 p.m. — Nashville at Minnesota, NBCSN
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 31
29 (Thornton 8), Mississippi St. 42 (Howard
14). Total Fouls—Clemson 19, Mississippi St.
Through March 24
Trn Money
SCOOBA – MACJC state champion East Mississippi Community Semifinal winners 12. Technical Fouls—None.A—9,944. 1. Nelly Korda 5 $472,810
College will hold men’s basketball tryouts on April 6 on the Scooba SOCCER (MEN’S) WEST REGIONAL
First Round
2. Jin Young Ko
3. Minjee Lee
4
5
$450,159
$317,861
campus. 2:30 p.m. — UEFA 2020 Qualifying: Portugal vs. Thursday, March 21
At The XL Center
NBA 4. Eun-Hee Ji 4 $297,199
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Slated for a 10 a.m. start at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum, EMCC’s Serbia, Lisbon, ESPN2 Hartford, Conn. EASTERN CONFERENCE 6. Sung Hyun Park 3 $263,756
upcoming men’s basketball tryout session is open to graduating high Florida State 76, Vermont 69 Atlantic Division 7. Carlota Ciganda 4 $232,625
Murray State 83, Marquette 64 W L Pct GB 8. Celine Boutier 5 $204,820
school seniors with NJCAA eligibility remaining and who have not previ- At Wells Fargo Arena x-Toronto 51 23 .689 — 9. Azahara Munoz 5 $188,336
ously signed a National Letter of Intent with another NJCAA or MACJC
member school.
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Florida 70, Nevada 61
Michigan 74, Montana 55
x-Philadelphia 47 26 .644 3½
Boston 43 31 .581 8
10. Mirim Lee
11. Brooke M. Henderson
4
4
$180,674
$161,318
Brooklyn 38 36 .514 13 12. Shanshan Feng 4 $155,806

Keselowski cruises
Along with bringing a $25 registration fee (cash or check), interested At Vivint Smart Home Arena New York 14 60 .189 37 13. Yu Liu 5 $155,030
Salt Lake City Southeast Division 14. Moriya Jutanugarn 5 $139,749
tryout participants must provide a valid physical examination form or a Gonzaga 87, Fairleigh Dickinson 49 W L Pct GB 15. Charlotte Thomas 3 $127,878
signed note from their high school indicating their current, up-to-date Baylor 78, Syracuse 69 Miami 36 37 .493 — 16. Lydia Ko 5 $121,587
Friday, March 22 Orlando 35 38 .479 1 17. Jodi Ewart Shadoff 5 $116,126
physical exam status. At BOK Center Charlotte 34 39 .466 2 18. Haru Nomura 3 $111,232
For additional information on the tryouts, contact EMCC head men’s Tulsa, Okla.

to win at Martinsville
Washington 30 44 .405 6½ 19. Amy Olson 4 $104,657
Texas Tech 72, Northern Kentucky 57 Atlanta 26 48 .351 10½ 20. Ariya Jutanugarn 5 $104,310
basketball coach Billy Begley via email at wbegley@eastms.edu. Buffalo 91, Arizona State 74 Central Division 21. Wei-Ling Hsu 4 $103,690
Golf Second Round
Saturday, March 23
At The XL Center

x-Indiana
W L Pct GB
y-Milwaukee 55 19 .743 —
45 29 .608 10
22. Su Oh
23. Sarah Kemp
24. Angel Yin
5
2
4
$101,297
$100,693
$98,488
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Hartford, Conn.
Florida State 90, Murray State 62
Detroit
Chicago
37 36 .507 17½
21 53 .284 34
25. Hyo Joo Kim
26. Cristie Kerr
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4
$95,521
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Columbus junior golfers ages 11-18 are invited to compete in the At Wells Fargo Arena Cleveland 19 55 .257 36 27. Jenny Shin 3 $92,948
AJGT Glenn Armentor Law Corp. Junior Classic in Lafayette, Louisiana, Des Moines, Iowa WESTERN CONFERENCE 28. Jessica Korda 1 $92,317
Michigan 64, Florida 49
on April 6 and 7. The tournament will be held at the Wetlands Golf MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Brad Keselowski At Vivint Smart Home Arena
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
29. Katherine Kirk
30. Mi Hyang Lee
5
5
$85,767
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Salt Lake City
Course. The 36-hole gave Team Penske and the new Ford Mustang Gonzaga 83, Baylor 71
x-Houston
San Antonio
47 27 .635 —
43 31 .581 4
31. Bronte Law
32. Gaby Lopez
5
5
$73,360
$73,054
tournament is ranked by the Junior Golf Scoreboard and hosted by its third Cup victory through the first six races Sunday, March 24 New Orleans 31 44 .413 16½ 33. Jeongeun Lee6 3 $71,958
the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour. The tournament entry fee is $195 and in- At BOK Center Memphis 29 44 .397 17½ 34. Sei Young Kim 3 $65,242
cludes two days of green fees, tee gifts and trophies in four age divisions. of the season by routing the field at Martinsville Tulsa, Okla.
Texas Tech 78, Buffalo 58
Dallas 29 44 .397 17½
Northwest Division
35. Georgia Hall 6 $63,897
36. Danielle Kang 3 $62,247
Recommended accommodations are available at the Holiday Speedway. At Honda Center
Anaheim, Calif.
W L Pct GB 37. Marina Alex 5 $61,322
x-Denver 49 23 .681 — 38. Thidapa Suwannapura 6 $60,870
Inn Express & Suites Scott-Lafayette West. Call (337) 232-6845 for Keselowski led 446 of the 500 laps around Regional Semifinals Portland 45 27 .625 4 39. In Gee Chun 4 $59,955
Thursday, March 28 Oklahoma City 43 30 .589 6½
reservations and group rate. the shortest track on the NASCAR schedule Gonzaga (32-3) vs. Florida State (29-7), TBA Utah 43 30 .589 6½
40. Annie Park 5 $56,235
41. Alena Sharp 3 $54,460
The tournament-extended registration deadline is April 3 at 2 p.m. Michigan (30-6) vs. Texas Tech (28-6), TBA
To enter the event, call Diane Ford at (985) 630-3066 or go online to
and was only challenged a handful of times by Regional Championship
Minnesota 33 40 .452 16½
Pacific Division
42. Brittany Altomare
43. Lexi Thompson
4
3
$52,468
$50,610
arrowheadjgt.com. Chase Elliott — the only driver to pass Kesel- Saturday, March 30
Semifinal winners
W L Pct GB
x-Golden State 50 23 .685 —
44. Megan Khang
45. Stacy Lewis
4
2
$50,495
$50,225
owski on the track Sunday. FINAL FOUR L.A. Clippers 44 30 .595 6½ 46. Pornanong Phatlum 4 $44,771
Ole Miss’ Johnson in Top 10 entering final round of Evans Although Elliott led 49 laps, a late caution
At U.S. Bank Stadium
Minneapolis
Sacramento 36 37 .493 14
L.A. Lakers 32 41 .438 18
47. Nasa Hataoka 3 $43,342
48. Austin Ernst 3 $42,487
Derby sent the field to pit road and Keselowski beat
National Semifinals
Saturday, April 6
Phoenix 17 57 .230 33½
x-clinched playoff spot
49. Caroline Masson
50. Marissa Steen
4
3
$41,033
$40,284
The Ole Miss women’s golf team completed the second round of the East champion vs. West champion y-clinched division
Evans Derby Experience on Sunday, shooting an 8-over 296 to move
Elliott back to the track. Elliott could never get South champion vs. Midwest champion Sunday’s Games

into 11th place as a team. close enough to challenge Keselowski for the
National Championship

Semifinal winners
Monday, April 8
L.A. Clippers 124, New York 113
Milwaukee 127, Cleveland 105 Transactions
Sophomore Julia Johnson remains in the top-10 individually after an win again. Indiana 124, Denver 88
Charlotte 115, Toronto 114 Sunday’s Moves
even-par 72. The 446 laps led is the most for a winning NCAA Women’s Houston 113, New Orleans 90
San Antonio 115, Boston 96 American League
BASEBALL
The Rebels tied for the fourth-lowest round of the day Sunday and
driver since Kyle Petty led 484 to win at Rock- Basketball Tournament Golden State 121, Detroit 114 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Evan
are fourth in the field in total pars with 121. With 36 holes in the books, L.A. Lakers 111, Sacramento 106 Phillips, LHPs Josh Rogers and Tanner Scott
Ole Miss is 25-over par (305-296) and sits above two teams ranked ingham in 1992. It was the most laps Keselowski Glance Monday’s Games
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m.
and C Chance Sisco to Norfolk (IL). Reas-
signed C Carlos Perez, INF Jace Peterson, and
All Times EDT
higher in Golfstat’s national rankings. No.3 Texas holds the team lead at has ever led in a single race, passing the mark GREENSBORO REGIONAL Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m. C Andrew Susac to their minor league camp.
Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Jose
3-over, while two players are tied for the lead individually at 2-under. of 312 laps out front at Texas Motor Speedway First Round
Friday, March 22 Brooklyn at Portland, 10 p.m. Ruiz to Charlotte (IL).
Johnson shot another even-par 72 to keep her in the top-10 in 2015. At Charlotte, N.C. Tuesday’s Games CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed INF Brad
South Carolina 74, Belmont 52 Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Miller to a one-year contract. Placed RHP Dan-
individually. The sophomore is third in the field in pars with 28 through 36
holes. Johnson will look to finish in the top-10 for the second time in as He credited the offseason work by Ford, Florida State 70, Bucknell 67
At Iowa City
San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
ny Salazar on the 60-day IL.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Signed RHP Justin
many weeks Monday, and has six rounds at par or under since the start which rolled out a new Cup car at the start of Iowa 66, Mercer 61 Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Verlander to a three-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned INF/OF
Missouri 77, Drake 76, OT
of the spring season. the season, and the Team Penske pit stops that Saturday, March 23 Houston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Tyler Wade to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). An-
nounced MLB Rule 5 Draft selection RHP Nick
At Waco, Texas
Alabama junior Kenzie Wright carded a round of even par-72 and is got him off pit road first every time he came in California 92, North Carolina 72 Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Green was returned by Arizona.
in a tie for 12th place overall. Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. TEXAS RANGERS — Returned MLB Rule 5
As a team, the Crimson Tide is in 14th place with a 614 (301-313)
for service. Baylor 95, Abilene Christian 38
At Raleigh, N.C. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Draft selection RHP Jordan Romano to To-
Wednesday’s Games ronto.
entering the tournament’s final round on Monday. Ford has three wins this season, all from Kentucky 82, Princeton 77
N.C. State 63, Maine 51 Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. National League
Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Wright finished the day with four birdies and four bogeys on the way Team Penske, while Toyota won the other three Second Round
Sunday, March 24 Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m.
CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP
Tim Collins on a one-year contract. Designated
to her seventh round of par or better this season. races. At Charlotte, N.C.
South Carolina 72, Florida State 64
Washington at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m.
LHP Brian Duensing for assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Jeff
Suber leads Ole Miss men at Hootie at Bulls Bay Martinsville, a paperclip-shaped track at At Iowa City Thursday’s Games
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Hoffman to Albuquerque (PCL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Acquired C Erik
Iowa 68, Missouri 52
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Freshman Jackson Suber fired a 2-under 70 0.526 miles, typically forces drivers to gouge Monday, March 25 Orlando at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Kratz from Milwaukee for INF C.J. Hinojosa.
At Waco, Texas Designated RHP Jose Lopez for assignment.
as the Ole Miss men’s golf team completed the first round of the Hootie each other out of the way. The tight confines of Baylor (32-1) vs. California (20-12), 9 p.m. Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Reassigned C Stephen Vogt to their minor
at Bulls Bay Sunday afternoon. Suber is tied for 14th, while the defending Denver at Houston, 8 p.m. league camp.
champion Rebels sit in 11th after day one.
the tiny Virginia track raises the aggravation At Raleigh, N.C.
Kentucky (25-7) vs. N.C. State (27-5), 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. FOOTBALL
Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
The Rebels got off to a fast start with four birdies in the first three levels for most of the field and usually leads to Regional Semifinals
Saturday, March 30 Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
National Football League
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — TE Rob Gron-
bumping, banging and busted-up race cars. But kowski announced his retirement.
Baseball
holes and finished the day with an even-par 288. Ole Miss gained the At Greensboro, N.C.
Baylor-California winner vs. South Carolina HOCKEY
most strokes off the par 5’s today, going 3-under as a team, and is eighth NASCAR’s new rules package, in its first stop at (23-9), TBA National Hockey League
in the field in pars (57) and birdies (15). After 18 holes, the Rebels are Kentucky-N.C. State winner vs. Iowa (28-6), Sunday’s College DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Dylan
a short track, seemed to hamper drivers’ ability TBA McIlrath from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned
nine shots back of the leaders, SEC foes Missouri and No. 20 South Regional Championship Baseball Scores D Libor Sulak to Grand Rapids.
Carolina. to close on the leader and it limited passing op- Monday, April 1 EAST LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Michael
At Greensboro, N.C. Canisius 4, Siena 3, 10 innings Amadio from Ontario (AHL).
Suber has found success playing collegiate golf in South Carolina portunities. Semifinal winners CCSU 6, Bryant 5 COLLEGE
this season. The freshman finished runner-up at his first collegiate event The one time Elliott did pass Keselowski, he PORTLAND REGIONAL
First Round
Felician 12-5, Chestnut Hill 4-4
Hartford 4, Georgetown 2
ALABAMA — Announced the Crimson Tide
and men’s basketball coach Avery Johnson
on Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course and opened up today firing a 2-under studied Elliott’s lines and took notes for when Friday, March 22 Lafayette 14, Lehigh 2 have agreed to mutually part ways. Named
At Starkville, Miss. LIU-Brooklyn 4, Villanova 1 John Pelphrey interim men’s basketball coach.
70 at Bulls Bay. Suber played the par 4’s and par 5’s under par and is tied
for the team lead in birdies with five, including two in a row on holes 11
he was back out front. Clemson 79, South Dakota 66
Mississippi State 103, Southern University 46
Maine 8-1, Binghamton 0-4
Manhattan 5-6, Albany (NY) 3-4
CALIFORNIA — Fired men’s basketball coach
Wyking Jones.
and 12 to start his back nine today. Ford drivers took six spots in the top 10, while At Coral Gables, Fla. Marist 10, Richmond 5 GEORGIA STATE — Announced the resigna-
Arizona State 60, UCF 45 Mass.-Lowell 8, UMBC 2 tion of men’s basketball coach Ron Hunter to
— From Special Reports Gibbs and Toyota claimed three of the slots. Miami 69, Florida Gulf Coast 62 Minnesota 7, Penn St. 5 take the same position at Tulane.
4B Monday, March 25, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

MISSISSIPPI STATE ROUNDUP

Bulldogs shut out by Auburn in softball series finale

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
Following its stunning upset of
No. 17/13 Auburn Friday, the Mis-
sissippi State softball team fell in
the series rubber match Sunday
afternoon 9-0 in five innings.
The Tigers roughed up Bulldogs
freshman starter Grace Fagan for
four runs on two hits in the first
inning. Fagan was pulled before re-
cording an out.
Next up for MSU is a 5 p.m. Tues-
day match at Central Arkansas.
MEN’S TENNIS: The No.
8 Mississippi State men’s tennis
team capped off a wildly success-
ful week with a 4-3 win over No.
22 Georgia in Sunday afternoon in
as many contests for the Bulldogs, in Franklin, Tennessee.
who now sit at 15-3 on the season. WOMEN’S GOLF: After two
WOMEN’S TENNIS: For the days of competition, the MSU wom-
fourth time in five matches the No. en’s golf team was tied for ninth
50-ranked MSU women’s tennis place in the Evans Derby Experi-
team fell to an SEC foe. ence at the Saugahtachee Country
On Sunday, MSU fell 4-0 to Club in Opelika, Alabama, with a
SEC-leading No. 2 Georgia in Ath- team score of 16-over par.
ens. Junior Ela Grimwood and soph-
It was the first time in four omore Aubrey Jones have led the
matches the Bulldogs failed to win way for MSU. Grimwood sits tied
the doubles point. for eighth overall at even-par, while
MSU will return home for a 3 Jones is tied for 19th at 3-over.
p.m. contest Friday against Mis- The tournament will conclude
souri at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Cen- with Monday’s final round.
tre in Starkville. WOMEN’S SOCCER: MSU’s Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Sunday’s answer
MEN’S GOLF: The Mississip-
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women’s soccer team opened its
spring exhibition season with a 1-1
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The victory marks the fifth in son Rudolph Championship April 5 scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Missouri strikes quickly after storm delay

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
COLUMBIA, Mo. –
Ole Miss and Missouri
were all tied up when Sun-
day’s rubber match went
into a lightning delay, but
when the skies cleared,
the Tigers took over and
handed the Rebels their
first series loss of 2019.
Ole Miss started fast
offensively, beginning
with a near homer, which
hit just above the 390
mark in right center field
and ended in the first
career triple for Tyler
Keenan. He quickly came
home on a wild pitch to
make it 1-0. Moments lat-
er, Thomas Dillard added
to the lead, launching a
rocket over the left field
wall. Dillard’s ninth home
run of the season put Ole
Miss up 2-0.
Starter Gunnar Ho-
glund worked a quick first
inning but got into trou-
ble in the second after a
walk and a single to start
the frame. The Tigers
tied the game on a double
down the left field line by
Paul Gomez and took the
lead on a sacrifice fly by
Kameron Misner.
The Rebels got that
run back in the third fol-
lowing a leadoff walk by
Jacob Adams. The Rebel
second baseman moved
to second when Keenan
walked, and he later stole
third. On that stolen base,
Missouri catcher Chad
McDaniel’s throw soared
into left field, allowing
Adams to come home for
the tying run.
Mizzou threatened
again in the third, chas-
ing Hoglund after a two-
out hit by pitch. Connor
Green came on and, after
giving up a single off that
came back off of his own
leg, struck out Gomez to
end the inning.
With two on and one
out in the bottom of the
fourth, lightning strikes
in the area prompted a
lightning delay of over an
hour. When play resumed,
Missouri came through
with four quick runs on
an RBI single, followed by
a three-run home run by
Chris Cornelius to take a
7-3 lead.
n NO. 9 ARKANSAS
10, ALABAMA 2: The
Tide fell to No. 9 Arkansas
on Sunday afternoon at
Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
The Razorbacks claimed
the series win with the
victory, while the Crim-
son Tide moves to 19-6
on the season, including a
2-4 mark in SEC play.
The Razorbacks got on
the board first with two
runs apiece in the first
and third frames. Ala-
bama cut the early lead
in half with a two-run
fourth, but four runs in
the fifth and another pair
in the eighth secured the
series-clinching win for
the Hogs. Arkansas start-
er Cody Scroggins (2-0)
earned the win while Wil
Freeman (2-2) suffered
the loss in his start for the
Crimson Tide.
Arkansas began the
day’s scoring, putting up
two runs in the first for
the early 2-0 lead. The
Razorbacks doubled their
lead with another pair of Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
runs in the third for a 4-0
advantage through three.
Alabama was able to cut
the deficit to two in the
bottom of the fourth with
a pair of runs.
Sophomore Tyler Gen-
try reached on a throwing
error to begin the frame
and was followed by a
single from freshman T.J.
Reeves to put runners on
the corners. A sacrifice
fly by John Trousdale, a
junior, brought in Gentry
and got the Tide on the
board. Reeves stole sec-
ond and kicked the ball
into no-man’s land in the
next at-bat to put himself
90 feet away. The batter,
Brett Auerbach, then
struck out, but a wild
pitch allowed the junior to
reach at first and crossed
the runner from third to
make it a 4-2 affair.
The Razorbacks dou-
bled their total with a
four-run fifth and then
added two more in the
eighth.

ACROSS
1 Small songbirds
6 Talks and talks
10 Zellweger of
“Chicago”
11 Permit
13 More mature
14 Home of the
Marlins
15 Letter after
sigma
16 “— a Rock”
18 Buddhism
branch
19 Reason given for
an action
22 PC key
23 Writer Rice
24 Dance moves Sunday’s answer
27 Striped cat
28 Window section DOWN 24 Ignores the limit
29 Egg layer 1 Authored 25 Thing that may
30 “Hot dog!” or 2 Kick back be on a house
“Holy cow!” 3 Finish 26 Enclosed
35 Building wing 4 Pre-maiden name territory
36 Music category word 27 Brewing vessels
37 Regret 5 Soap operas 29 Med. coverage
38 Goddess of the 6 Letter after beta provider
hunt 7 Boxing great 31 Isolated
40 Make a speech 8 Afire 32 Furious
42 Cut off 9 Unnamed person 33 External
43 Lugged 12 Trophy recipient 34 Must have
44 Small amphibian 17 Picnic pest 39 Fresh
45 Prophets 20 Jacket flap 41 Fish eggs
21 Pollute

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NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT

Heartbreaking finish for UCF’s Dawkins vs. Duke

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The
coach’s son was having the
game of his life in the biggest
game of his dad’s life. Down one
point, UCF’s Aubrey Dawkins
pushed a miss back up with his
right hand with 2.5 seconds left.
The ball bounced once, twice
and then rolled off the rim.
Overall No. 1 NCAA Tour-
nament seed Duke survived to
reach the Sweet 16. Dawkins,
the son of UCF coach Johnny
Dawkins who shot hoops with
his dad on the Blue Devils home
court when Johnny was a Duke
assistant, hung his head as his
teammates hit the floor.
Nothing left to do but con-
sole his teammates, sprawled
across the floor after the 77-76
loss where UCF led 76-73 with
14 seconds left when Duke’s
Zion Williamson drove right at
UCF’s 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall. The
superstar Williamson hit the
layup while drawing the big
man’s fifth and final foul. R.J.
Barrett put back Williamson’s
miss for the winning basket.
B.J. Taylor drove on UCF’s
last chance, but the short jump-
er came off the glass just a little
too hard. Dawkins swooped in
and...
Dawkins was the only reason
UCF had a chance at the end. He
scored 32 points — matching
Williamson — on 12 of 18 shoot-
ing, including 5 of 7 on 3-point-
ers. He also had four assists and
two offensive rebounds, includ-
ing the putback he rolled off the
rim. After the miss, he sank to
his knees next to the frame sup-
porting the basket.
Aubrey Dawkins wanted
to go to Stanford and play for
his dad Johnny, but the school
didn’t admit him, saying he
didn’t meet their academic stan-
dards.
Johnny Dawkins said Sat-
urday that may have been a
blessing in disguise. He loved
his son, but wasn’t sure he
could coach him after spending
so much time with him on the
court through the boy’s child-
hood.
Aubrey Dawkins spent his
first two seasons at Michigan,
but after his dad left Stanford
for the Knights, the son decided
to join him at UCF. Just before
the 2017-18 season started, Au-
brey Dawkins suffered a sea-
son-ending injury.
He came back and averaged
15 points this season, but may-
be more importantly, Aubrey
Dawkins said he got to play for
his dad.
TENNESSEE 83, IOWA
77: Tennessee avoided one
of the biggest meltdowns in
NCAA Tournament history
Sunday, letting a 25-point lead
slip away before SEC player of
the year Grant Williams assert-
ed himself in overtime for an 83-
77 victory over Iowa.
None of the Volunteers (31-
5) saw that coming, not after
they’d raced ahead 44-19 in a
sizzling first half they dominat-
ed every which way.
The biggest NCAA Tour-
nament comeback? BYU’s
25-point rally past Iona in the
First Four in 2012.
Tenth-seeded Iowa (23-12)
nearly pulled off another his-
toric comeback , sending it
overtime tied at 71 — the first
overtime game in this year’s
tournament. The last time the
teams played also was in the
NCAA Tournament, with Ten-
nessee rallying from a 12-point
deficit to a 78-65 overtime victo-
ry in the First Four at Dayton in
2014.
The Vols’ best player made
sure they wouldn’t be on the
wrong end of the big comeback
this time.
Williams had a pair of free
throws, two jumpers, and a
strip in overtime that helped the
Vols pull it out and match their
school record for wins in a sea-
son. He finished with 19 points
and seven rebounds.
Jordan Bohannon scored 18
for Iowa, which never led but
managed to tie it twice after
falling so far behind.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I I am now at I want him to find an apartment
am a single moth- a point where I nearby, with the promise that
er of two young need to ask: Am I’ll move in with him when I’m
children. I justified to feel ready. How can I do that without
I decided insulted by their disappointing him or hurting my
to have gastric lack of support parents’ feelings? — UNDECID-
bypass surgery and happiness for ED IN PENNSYLVANIA
several years ago. me now that I’m DEAR UNDECIDED: Stop hid-
Nine months after healthy and being ing this man from your parents
the procedure, I the best mom I because what you’re doing is
began drinking can? Or should immature and dishonest. If his
alcohol. The I accept that I feelings for you are sincere, he
ZITS drinking became really messed up would want to meet them, and
progressively and be grateful I he wouldn’t ask you to do any-
heavier, and within had help at all? thing you weren’t ready to do.
a few months I — SOBER BUT While the idea of moving in
was a full-blown SAD IN IOWA with him may seem romantic,
alcoholic. It’s as
Dear Abby DEAR SOBER there are more important things
if I gave up binge BUT SAD: It would you need to accomplish before
eating for binge drinking. It be healthier to keep your eye you do. First among them is to
took a year of struggle to stop, on the positive and be grateful become self-supporting so you
with the help of my friends and for the help you were given. can live independently ON YOUR
family, who pushed me to seek It would also be healthier for OWN. That way, if things don’t
inpatient treatment. you to associate with people work out with him as you would
I am now almost three who make you feel good about like, you won’t be out on the
months sober. But with sobriety yourself, which may not be your street with nowhere to go.
I have lost a lot of the kindness family and current friends. In Children weren’t put on this
GARFIELD from my support system. De- the past I have advised that Earth to spend their adult lives
spite my many apologies, some sometimes it’s necessary to taking care of their parents.
have told me of their disgust for build a support network, or Unless yours are the exception,
me, and others have cut ties to “family of choice.” And this is both of them should be young
me completely. what I’m recommending you do. and vigorous enough to take
I believe their efforts to en- DEAR ABBY: I turned 17 care of each other.
courage me to seek help were last month. I have a boyfriend Dear Abby is written by
driven by the fact I was a drunk who is 20, but my parents Abigail Van Buren, also known
mom. They wanted help for me don’t know about him yet. He as Jeanne Phillips, and was
so I could be a fit parent. How- wants to get an apartment and founded by her mother, Pauline
ever, now that I am in recovery, have me move in with him on Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
they no longer want to be a part my 18th birthday. However, I at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
of my life. The shame is real, promised my mother and father Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
and so is the loneliness. that I would take care of them. 90069.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March
25). Remember when you
weren’t sure what you really
needed to be happy? Well, this
year is like the opposite of that.
You get really good at predicting
what’s going to work in your
happiness recipe, and week
after week, month after month,
you put it together like a boss.
You get plenty of help from a
wide range of friends. Virgo and
Scorpio adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 2, 20, 49, 18
BABY BLUES and 45.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Young people have to learn
to say “yes” in a world where
everything is new and scary.
Mature people have to learn to
say “no” in a world that will use
every last resource they have to
give if they let it happen.
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re unique. As you work,
those creative impulses you
experience seem so natural
that you assume anyone in your
position would do the same
thing. But that’s not the case.
Understand and protect your
originality.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). One style of leadership
you’ll encounter is a superior’s
tendency to ignore the junior’s
ideas and concerns in hopes
that such things will pass. They
will. So will loyalty, contribution,
engagement and more.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
One person who hears your
message and listens well is
better than a million people who
hear it but don’t listen. This is
why it’s so important to find a
receptive audience.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
What you imagine you can do
and what you can actually do
won’t always match up. Some-
times you’re capable of much
more, and other times far less.
It will be a fun surprise how this
shakes out. So keep trying.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Do you have enough?
The determination will depend
solely on what metric you use.
If you measure in terms of
material wealth, you will never
have enough because there will
always be someone with more.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
The fact is that minds are not
so fixed as you might think.
People change their minds every
minute. People even change
their memories! Sometimes you
can sense it’s better to take
“no” for an answer. Not today.
Ask again.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’re constantly improving
and updating your social skills
and manners. These rules do
change with the times, and
you’re excellent at keeping up
with them, usually intuitively,
but right now the effort is con-
scious and deliberate.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Each person’s soul pos-
sesses a lockbox of yearning.
The yearning cannot exactly be
erased, but it can be aired out
and refreshed when someone
with the right key comes along
to open it up, as will be the
case with you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Maybe it’s too restrictive
to see some emotions as bad
and others as good. Of course,
the bad ones hurt. But they also
tell us when to change direction
and hint to us about which way
to go.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Sometimes extra is good,
as in extraordinary. Sometimes
it’s not, as in the colloquialism
“she’s so extra.” It’s a day not
to mute it just to fit in. Express
your “extra” now, and assess
it later.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Are people behaving in
shallow and silly ways, or are
you just more curious, creative
and complex than they are right
now? Don’t waste time judging
either state of mind. Go where
you’re comfortable.

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LEGAL NOTICE Antenna Structure Re- PUBLIC NOTICE Lot 26 of Beersheba Tom Hatcher, LLC ANTIQUE CERAMIC but-
gistration Environment- Hills Subdivision, Lots Custom Construction, ter churn, tan with blue
THE MISSISSIPPI DE- al Notification The U.S. Army Corps of 1-59, Lowndes County, Restoration, Remodel- stripes. Number 3, Lid
PARTMENT OF HUMAN Engineers has contrac- Mississippi as recor- ing, Repair, Insurance included. Good condi-
SERVICES Kinder Morgan Inc. Is ted a certified commer- ded in Plat Book 4 at claims. 662-364-1769. tion. $90. Call 662-251-
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DIVISION OF COM- existing telecommunica- Federal EPA approved Chancery clerk`s Office,
MUNITY SERVICES tions (FCC Form 854 aquatic herbicides to Lowndes County, Mis- ALLSTUMP GRINDING
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The Mississippi Depart- tower located 4.5 Miles of aquatic weeds in the GET 'ER DONE! COMFORT GLOW 5 brick
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munity Services will con- Longitude 88-21-40.5W areas will be: Bay SCRIBED PARCEL: places, blown over 662-251-4403.
duct a public hearing on Springs, Gainesville, roots, hillsides, back-
the Low-Income This is a 145 foot guyed Aliceville, Columbus, Ab-
Beginning at the South- yards, pastures. Free
Weatherization Assist- tower that will be lit with erdeen, Amory, west corner of said Lot estimates. You find it, Burial Plots 4250
ance Program under Red Lights & Paint, at Smithville, Fulton,26 as shown on said we'll grind it!
Title IV of the Energy the direction of the FAA. Rankin and Mont- plat of Beersheba Hills 662-361-8379 1 PLOT located in Me-
Conservation Act, as gomery Lakes. Subdivision; thence morial Gardens at the
amended. The hearing Interested parties may South 88 degrees, 26 DAVID'S CARPET & Good Shepherd Garden.
for program year 2019 review the application Treatments are sched- minutes East, along the
Tree Services 1860 $800, buyer will also
UPHOLSTERY
is scheduled for by going to uled to begin and will South line of said Lot CLEANING pay $175 transfer fee.
Thursday, April 11, www.fcc.gov/asr/applic- continue as needed A&T Tree Service 334-399-9699, lv msg.
26, a distance of 163.4 1 Room - $40 Bucket truck & stump
2019, at 10:00 a.m. ations and enter the throughout the year. In- feet to the West right-of- 2 Rooms - $70 Serious inquiries only.
South Central Com- Form 854 File number quires can be directed removal. Free est.
way of Widner Drive; 3+ Rooms - $30 Each Serving Columbus
munity Action Agency, and may comment on to the Corps of Engin- thence North 8 degrees, Rugs - Must Be Seen
3891 I-55 South Front- the proposed registra- eers office, 5000 North 20 minutes West, along since 1987. Senior
age Road, Jackson, Mis- tion of the structure by Frontage Road, Colum-
Car Upholstery citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Farm Equipment & Supplies
the West right-of-way of Cleaning Available 242-0324/241-4447 4420
sissippi. going to bus, Ms. 39701, tele- said Widner Drive, a dis- 662-722-1758
www.fcc.gov/asr/envir- phone (662) 245-5500. tance of 5.0 feet; "We'll go out on a limb
for you!" 2016 CAT Skidsteer w/
The purpose of the onmentalrequest. thence North 88 de- mulcher. <1,000 hrs,
hearing is to discuss PUBLISH: 3/24, 3/25, grees, 26 minutes HILL'S PRESSURE
WASHING. Commercial/ General Help Wanted 3200 $84,500. 2016 John
and receive public input The Federal Communic- 3/26, 3/27, 3/28 & West, parallel with the Deere 5100E Tractor,
on the program year ations Commission 3/29/2019 South line of said Lot residential. House, con-
crete, sidewalks & mo- COLUMBUS ARTS 210 hrs. $36,500.
2019 state plan for the (FCC) strongly encour-
Low-Income Weatheriza- ages parties to file com- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S 26, as shown on said bile washing. Free est. Council, Columbus, MS 205-329-1790.
tion Assistance Pro- ments online, however NOTICE OF FORECLOS- plat of Beersheba Hills Call 662-386-8925 seeks a full time Execut-
URE SALE Subdivision, a distance
gram. In addition, a dis- written comments may of 163.2 feet; thence ive Director. Experience
cussion will be held on be directed to: FCC Re- with non-profits, grant General Merchandise 4600
WHEREAS, on October South 5 degrees, 28
the program’s service quests for Environment- minutes East, along the writing, staff manage-
delivery system as well al Review, ATTN: Ra- 16, 2002, Herbert ment, fundraising is BLACK BEDROOM set,
as the new program re- mon Williams, 445 12th Jones and Wanda Faye West line of said Lot required as well as a incl full sz sleigh bed,
Jones executed a cer- 26, a distance of 5.0 dresser w/ mirror, chest Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
quirements and St NW, Washington, DC feet to the point of be- minimum of a
changes. The Weatheriz- 20554 tain deed of trust to bachelor's degree. For & night stand, $700.
Swafford and Hays, ginning and containing New full sz mattress, RENT A fully equipped
ation Assistance Pro-
gram is administered by PUBLISH: 3/25/2019 Trustee for the use and 0.02 acres, more or
benefit of Homeowners less.
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the Mississippi Depart-
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Loan Corporation, which 30+ years of exp. $80. Two sets of black RENTALS $535/month. Colum-
ment of Human Ser- The above legal descrip- Application deadline TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
deed of trust is of re- Call or text Joe Seals, April 15, 2019. Toyota Camry floormats, bus & County School
vices- Division of Com-
munity Services and fun- THE STATE OF MISSIS- cord in the office of the tion being the same as 662-549-7167. $80. New fabric steam-
1 BEDROOM locations. 662-242-
Chancery Clerk of the last deed of record, er, $40. 662-242-2884. 7653 or 601-940-1397.
ded by the U. S. Depart- SIPPI
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of Mississippi, in Book ing been made at the ing an experienced car- Commercial Property 8050
mission of the program
2002, Page 28023; and time of this conveyance. RETAINER WALL, drive- penter. We specialize in 3 BEDROOMS
is to reduce heating and Letters Testamentary BEING the same prop- home remodels & new
cooling costs for low-in- have been granted and way, foundation, con- OFFICE SPACE for
erty conveyed to Her- crete, masonry restora- construction. The ideal NORDICTRACK T 5.3. LEASE,

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come families, particu- issued to the under- WHEREAS, New Resid- lease. 1112 Main St.,
ential Mortgage Loan bert Jones and wife, tion, remodeling, base- candidate will have Excellent condition.325 Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
larly the elderly, dis- signed upon the estate
Trust 2016-4, the cur- Wanda Faye Jones, as ment foundation, re- transportation & basic lb. weight capacity. Mu- DEPOSIT Plenty of private park-
abled and families with of LARRY EDWARD an estate by the en-
children by improving CALDWELL, deceased, rent holder and/or as-
tirety with full rights of
pairs, small dump truck tools. Please call
662-570-9464 for
sic port for ipod, tracks
speed, time, distance &
AND ing. 662-327-9559.
the energy efficiency of by the Chancery Court signee, substituted hauling (5-6 yd) load &
homes, ensure the of Lowndes County, Mis- Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC survivorship and not as demolition/lot cleaning. more information. calories burned. $300. CREDIT CHECK Houses For Sale: Other 8500
sissippi, on the 21st as Trustee by instru- tenants in common, by Burr Masonry 662-386-3162.
health and safety of deed from Nelson RIVER HOME, nice!
662-242-0259.
these individuals and
provide a service deliv-
day of March, A.D.,
2019. This is to give no-
ment recorded in the
Chancery Clerk’s Office Chain, dated December
31, 1993 and recorded
EARTH ANGELZ HOME
CARE is seeking CNA's, 662-329-2323 Great area in WP.
tice to all persons hav- on March 11, 2019 in Companion Sitters, & Across from water with
ery system which en-
compasses all 82 ing claims against said Book MORT 2019, Page January 3, 1993, in Homemakers. Prefer: PRO FORM Treadmill. access to Tenn-Tom
counties within the estate to Probate and 3889; and Book 1004, page 131, WORK WANTED: *Dedicated quality care Great cond. Elevation & 2411 HWY 45 N waterway. 4BR/2BA
Register same with the in the Office of the Licensed & Bonded-car- *Compassionate fan. $300. 662-242- with 2 acres & large
state.
WHEREAS, Default hav- Chancery Clerk of pentry, painting, & de- 0703. COLUMBUS, MS screened in room.
Chancery Clerk of *Nurturing by nature
Lowndes County, Mis- ing been made in the Lowndes County, Mis- molition. Landscaping, $212,000
Copies of the plan are *Gifted to serve elderly
available to the public sissippi, within ninety terms and conditions of sissippi. gutters cleaned, bush 662-251-2460 Call: 662-245-4273 or
(90) days from this said deed of trust and hogging, clean-up work, for info. Privately owned Commercial Property For 662-889-1228
and may be obtained
from the Division of the entire debt secured I will convey only such
date. A failure to so Pro- pressure washing, mov- & operated, non-medic- REAR TINE Tiller, B&S Rent 7100
Community Services by bate and Register said thereby having been de- title as vested in me as ing help & furniture al service. eng, starts easy, runs Lots & Acreage 8600
clared to be due and
claim will forever bar the Substituted Trustee. repair. 662-242-3608 good, $150. Craftsman COMMERCIAL PROPER-
calling (601)359-4768 Mower, 42". Exc cond. TIES/RETAIL/OFFICE SPRING SPECIAL
or 1-800-421-0762. same. payable in accordance
with the terms of said Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC CALEDONIA NATURAL $425. 662-327-9279. Spaces starting @ 1.95 acre lots.
Written comments will This the 21st day of deed of trust, New Res- Substituted Trustee Lawn Care / Landscaping Gas District is now tak- $285/mo. Downtown & Good/bad credit.
be accepted through March, 2019. idential Mortgage Loan Jauregui, Lindsey, Long- 1470
ing applications for a East Columbus loca- 10% down, as low as
April 18, 2019. The Trust 2016-4, the legal shore & Tingle Field Service Techni- Business Opportunity 6050 tions. 662-435-4188. $299/mo. Eaton Land.
public is invited to at- /s/ Phyllis Yvonne Cald- holder of said indebted- 244 Inverness Center JESSE & BEVERLY'S
cian. Must have valid 662-361-7711
tend. well ness, having requested Drive LAWN SERVICE.
driver’s license, be able HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
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Birmingham, AL 35242 Mowing, cleanup, land- and pass criminal back St. Office, Retail, Res- square feet. 294
The following vehicle WELL tute Trustee in said scaping, sodding, & tree ground investigation.
has been abandoned at deed of trust, will on (205) 970-2233 taurant Space available. Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- 05' 16X80. 3BR/2BA.
cutting. 356-6525. Applications can be Call 423-333-1124. ing terms. Available Exc. cond. 1.8 ac of
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P.O. Box 220 HISTORIC DOWNTOWN port, storage bldg.,
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