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Ethics Commission OKs hire of supe’s relative
Williams voted in February to give brother-in-law raise
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
A long-simmering disagreement over
the county’s hiring of a supervisor’s
brother-in-law in the road department
spilled over into public discussion during
an argument at Monday’s board meeting.
The disagreement focused on Stafford
Robinson, a sign technician in the coun-
ty’s road department. Robinson, hired on
Oct. 16, 2017, is District 5 Supervisor Joe
Williams’ brother-in-law, by way of being
his wife’s brother.
Williams raised the issue during
Monday’s meeting, citing a Mississippi
Ethics Commission advisory opinion on
whether he could vote on matters relat-
ed to Robinson’s employment. The opin-
a meeting in December, says “the sib-
ling of a supervisor’s spouse is not con-
sidered a ‘relative’ as defined in Section
25-4-103(q), Miss. Code of 1972 and the
supervisor can vote on matters affecting
the county employee without violating
Section 25-4-105(1).”
According to state statute cited in the
Williams Miller Baggett
opinion, a “relative” of a public official is de-
fined as a spouse, child, parent or sibling.
ion, which board attorney Rob Roberson The statute would have applied if Robinson
received and informed supervisors of at See Ethics, 3A

NEW NARRATIVES FESTIVAL Man gets 20 years

for sexual battery
Two other defendants plead
guilty to separate armed
robberies
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

A Columbus man arrested

three years after he reported-
ly sexually assaulted a woman
pleaded guilty to the assault in
Lowndes County Circuit Court
last week.
Jamory Ross, 21, was sen-
tenced to 30 years in the Missis-
sippi Department of Corrections Ross
with 20 to serve after admitting
to the charge of sexual battery.
According to the indictment,
Ross broke into a Columbus
residence and forced a woman
to have oral sex with him after
threatening her with a firearm
in July 2015. However, he was
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff not arrested until nearly three
Collie
Steve Soltis, a member of the advisory board for Mississippi State University’s Department of Communication, talks years later, after DNA evidence
to the Starkville Rotary Club about the New Narratives Festival and Conference. The festival, which focuses on com- placed him at the scene.
munication, is scheduled for March 22-23 at the Mill at MSU. Ross was also charged with
burglary and armed robbery,

‘Are we really saying anything?’

New narratives festival to focus on corporate
communication, changing avenues for communication nn WHEN: March 22-23
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
For the second year, Mississippi
State’s Department of Communi-
cation will host the New Narratives
Festival and Conference to focus on
the changing landscape of communi-
cation.
Steve Soltis, a retired corporate
communications professional with
more than 20 years of experience
working for Coca-Cola and UPS, and
a member of the advisory board for
How to go
n WHAT: New Narratives Festival
WHERE: The Mill at MSU
the Department of Communications,
spoke Monday to the Starkville Rota-
ry Club about the festival.
This year’s festival is scheduled
for March 22-23 at the Mill at MSU.
MSU Professor and Head of the
Department of Communications
John Forde said Soltis helped create
the idea for the New Narrative Festi-
val about three years ago.
This year’s festival, Soltis said,
will focus on communicating
through times of transition and dis-
ruption. He said new competitive
forces, technologies and regulatory
pressures cause an almost constant
state of disruption.
“A lot of that disruption is cre-
ative friction which is a very positive
force,” Soltis said. “We’re going to be
exploring a lot of that.”
The festival will include speak-
ers such as MSU President Mark
Keenum, who will talk about food
See Rotary, 6A
both of which were dismissed
as a condition of his plea.
Other defendants who plead-
ed guilty in the most recent
term of circuit court include Jef-
frey Collie, 38, of Aliceville, Al- Gardner
abama, and Ian Gardner, 21, of
Columbus, both of whom pleaded to separate
armed robberies.
Collie was sentenced to 20 years in prison
after he was accused of robbing a man at gun-
point on 19th Street North in 2017.
According to the indictment, Collie threat-
ened the victim with a gun and took his mon-
ey, a backpack and a shaving kit. Police later
found Collie hiding under a nearby house and
arrested him, according to previous report-
ing from The Dispatch.
Collie was also charged with shooting into
a dwelling and possession of a weapon by a
convicted felon. Those charges were retired
See Pleas, 3A

Supes consider abandoning section Old Yorkville Road

South ends about

of overgrown road in New Hope a mile before it

is supposed to
connect with High-
ville Court. County
that hasn’t been maintained
Burns: Small portion of Old for years.
officials say they
want to abandon
Yorkville Road South hasn’t According to maps, Old
Yorkville Road South runs
the road because
it has been over-
been maintained ‘in years’ between Old Yorkville Road
and Highville Court. How-
grown for years,
despite still being
By AMANDA LIEN ever, a portion of road that the responsibility
alien@cdispatch.com connects with Highville of the county. A
Burns hearing on the
Court has been completely abandonment is
The Lowndes County Board of Supervi- overgrown and now blends set for April 30
sors voted during its regular meeting Mon- with the property at 1212 Old Yorkville during the regular
day to hold a public hearing about abandon- Road S. The road funnels down from a two- board of supervi-
ing a section of Old Yorkville Road South sors meeting.
See Road, 6A Amanda Lien/Dispatch Staff

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Tuesday
Did you hear?

Spielberg’s push against Netflix

at the Oscars hits a nerve
By LINDSEY BAHR Spielberg’s Amblin Enter-
AP Film Writer tainment, did. Alabama Tornado
Still, Netflix was a legit-
LOS ANGELES —

Man finds father’s body in storm wreckage

imate contender and this
When Steven Spielberg year, the streaming ser-
speaks about the business vice is likely to step up its
of Hollywood, everyone awards game even more
generally listens and few with Martin Scorsese’s By KIM CHANDLER Julie Morrison and her
dissent. But reports that “The Irishman,” which and JEFF MARTIN “We knew we were flying because it daughter-in-law picked
he intends to support rule The Associated Press through the remnants of
changes that could block
The Hollywood Reporter
said may also gunning for
picked the house up.” Morrison’s home, look-
Netflix from Oscars-eli- BEAUREGARD, Ala. Sunday’s tornado survivor, Julie Morrison
a wide-theatrical release. ing for keys and a wallet.
gibility have provoked a — Picking through the
A teaser ad aired during They managed to salvage
heated, and unwieldy, de- twisted debris that had was the reason I lived, the “I’m not going to be
the 91st Oscars for the the couple’s safe, her hus-
bate online this weekend. been her Alabama mobile reason that I got up.” surprised if we don’t
gangster drama said “in band’s motorcycle boots
It has found the legendary home, Carol Dean found The tornado that come up with some more
theaters next fall,” instead and her embossed Bible.
filmmaker at odds with of the “in select theaters” her wedding dress and a struck the area where the deceased. Hopefully we Morrison said she and
some industry heavy- phrasing that was used for Father’s Day note to her Deans lived packed winds won’t,” Lee County Cor- her husband took shel-
weights, who have pointed “Roma.” husband reading, “Dad- estimated at 170 mph oner Bill Harris told a ter in the bathtub — her
out that Netflix has been But Netflix also isn’t dy, I love you to pieces.” (274 kph) and chewed a news conference. He said
But the storm took the husband jumping in at
an important supporter playing by the same rules path of destruction near- the dead included almost the last minute — as the
of minority filmmakers as other studios. The com- 53-year-old husband and ly a mile (1.6 kilometer) entire families and at
father. twister lifted their house
and stories, especially in pany doesn’t report the- wide. Mobile homes least three children, ages off its foundation and
awards campaigns, while atrical grosses, for one, Dean was on the clock tucked among tall pine 6, 9 and 10. A post on
Sunday afternoon at swept it into the woods.
also reigniting the ongo- and it’s been vexing some trees were swept from the Lee-Scott Academy’s
Walmart while her hus- “We knew we were fly-
ing streaming versus the- more traditional Holly- their bases and smashed Facebook page identi-
band was home in Be- ing because it picked the
atrical debate. wood executives through- into unrecognizable piles fied fourth-grader Taylor
auregard. As forecasters house up,” Morrison said,
Spielberg has weighed out this award season and of rubble. Toys, clothes, Thornton as being among
warned stormy weather figuring that the show-
in before on whether there have been whispers insulation, water heaters those killed.
was heading toward the An unincorporated er’s fiberglass enclosure
streaming movies should in recent weeks that a and pieces of metal were
Alabama-Georgia line, scattered across the hill- community of roughly helped them survive.
compete for the film in- reckoning is coming.
she said, David Wayne sides where once tower- 10,000 people near the The National Weath-
dustry’s most prestigious Now, Spielberg and
Dean sent a text message ing pines were snapped Georgia state line, Be- er Service said one and
award (TV movies, he said others are planning to
last year, should compete cautioning a friend to in half. auregard is in the same possibly two tornadoes
do something about it by
for Emmys), but that was keep up with the weather On Monday, the county as Auburn Univer- struck the area. A pow-
supporting a revised film
before Netflix nearly suc- academy regulation at an on the news. storm’s toll stood at 23 sity. The community has erful EF-4 twister was
ceeded in getting its first upcoming meeting of the Then the storm hit people dead in this ru- a few small stores, two blamed for most of the de-
best picture Oscar for Al- organization’s board of and David Dean didn’t ral community in Lee schools and a volunteer struction on a path about
fonso Cuaron’s “Roma” governors that would dis- make it out. His body was County. According to the fire department dotting 24 miles (39 kilometers)
at last week’s Academy qualify Netflix from the found on the other side sheriff, dozens remained the main highway. long, meteorologist Chris
Awards. Netflix, of course, Oscars, or at least how the of an embankment in the missing after the deadli- On the day after the Darden said. Darden said
did not win the top award streaming giant currently neighbor’s yard. est U.S. tornado in nearly disaster, volunteers used the “monster tornado”
— “Green Book,” which operates during awards “Our son found him,” six years. Rescue crews chain saws to clear paths was the deadliest twister
was produced partially by season. Dean said between sobs using dogs and drones for emergency workers. to hit the U.S. since May
Monday. “He was done searched for victims amid Neighbors and friends 2013, when an EF-5 killed
and gone before we got to splintered lumber and helped one another sift 24 people in Moore, Okla-
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Columbus Monday
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Normal 65° 41°
Record 83° (2015) 14° (1980)
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Normal month to date 0.70
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Lawmakers unlikely to vote on private school money extension

By JEFF AMY lion a year. Groups seeking expansions

Mississippi House advances

The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers
are unlikely to vote this year to extend
public subsidies for some special educa-
tion students who attend private schools.
House Education Committee Chair-
man Richard Bennett, a Long Beach Re-
publican, said Monday that he intends to
kill Senate Bill 2675 . The House Edu-
cation Committee must vote to advance
the bill to the full House before a Tues-
day deadline or it will die.
The program lasts through June 30,
2020, meaning legislators can act next
year before it expires.
Bennett said he felt the bill was unfair
because it would have kept the program
alive through 2024, meaning lawmakers
elected this fall might not get to consider
the program in the next four-year term.
The move comes after the House didn’t
consider its own bill on the subject. Ben-
nett said support seemed tepid.
“The bill that we had in the House, I
let it die,” he said. “Not one representa-
tive came to me about the bill.”
Bennett also said he thinks the pro-
gram needs changes following a report
from a legislative watchdog group. The
$1,000 teacher pay raise
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A plan to raise pay by
$1,000 for Mississippi teachers is tak-
ing another step forward.
The House Education Committee
voted Monday to amend Senate Bill
2770, sending it forward to the House
Appropriations Committee for more
debate.
Senators had proposed paying the
raise — $500 a year for two years — in
the form of a once-yearly bonus. The
report by the Joint Legislative Com-
mittee on Performance Evaluation and
Expenditure Review said the program
doesn’t track whether recipients are
making academic progress, and found
a third of scholarship-accepting schools
surveyed reported they employed no
special education staff. Students at some
private schools may be served by special
House committee changed the bill to
distribute the raise evenly across all a
teacher’s paychecks.
The package is projected to cost
more than $100 million over two years,
but some teachers and lawmakers have
derided it as paltry.
Education Committee Chairman
Richard Bennett, a Long Beach Re-
publican, says it remains possible that
lawmakers could settle on a different
amount, depending on how much mon-
ey is estimated to be available.
education teachers employed by local
public schools, the report found. Feder-
al law requires public schools to provide
special education services to some stu-
dents in private schools.
A survey of recipients found 91 per-
cent of participating parents satisfied
with the program.
Right now, the program gets $3 mil-
highlight the fact that there’s a wait list
and not everyone who applies gets fund-
ed.
“I think legislators are rightfully
concerned about how the program has
played out,” said Nancy Loome, execu-
tive director of The Parents’ Campaign,
which opposes the program.
It’s possible that even though law-
makers didn’t take up the bill, they will
choose to spend more in an attempt to
clear the waiting list.
Despite the waiting list, though, the
program hasn’t been spending all its
money every year. Some parents are
awarded money, but can’t find a school
to take their child. PEER also found that
the Mississippi Department of Educa-
tion fails to prioritize students on the
wait list with active special education
plans.
A plan that would have allowed broad-
er use of public money to pay private
school tuition for any students died last
year in the Senate. Senate Education
Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, an
Oxford Republican, proposed the same
bill this year, but amended it to just ex-
tend the current program.

Ethics
Continued from Page 1A
was the spouse of Williams’
parent, child or sibling,
rather than his wife.
Williams, who has re-
fused to comment on Rob-
inson’s employment to The
Dispatch several times
through the final months
of 2018, prior to Monday’s
meeting — including after
the county received the
advisory opinion in De-
cember — raised the mat-
ter voluntarily while road
manager Fred Hal Baggett
and District 4 Supervisor
Bricklee Miller were dis-
cussing road culverts. He
said he hopes the opinion
would be a “comfort” to
Baggett.
“I’m glad that we got
the (Ethics Commission)
report on how next of kin
is defined,” Williams said.
“That (spouses of) siblings
of supervisors are not rela-
tives based on what we re-
ceived in writing.”
Prior to receiving the
opinion, Williams had re-
cused himself on votes re-
lated to Robinson’s employ-
ment. He recused himself
from the vote to approve his
hire, which passed 4-0 on
Oct. 16, 2017.
Before receiving the
opinion, Roberson said he
wasn’t sure if there was a
problem with the hire or
whether Williams could
vote on it.
“I’ll be honest, my knee-
jerk was maybe there was
a problem,” Roberson said.
“I let them know that ev-
erything was fine and it
shouldn’t be an issue.”
Roberson sought the
Ethics Commission opinion
after the board knotted 2-2
on a pay raise for Robinson
in October 2018.
Robinson was one of
several employees Bag-
gett recommended for
a pay raise at the Oct. 1
meeting. He recommend-
ed raising Robinson’s pay
from $11.33 per hour to
$12.50 per hour — the
smallest of several raises
for road department em-
ployees presented to the
board that day, according
to meeting minutes.
The vote failed, with
Board President Orlando
Trainer and District 3 Su-
pervisor Marvell Howard
voting in favor, and Miller
and District 1 Supervisor the county wasn’t made
John Montgomery op- aware of Robinson’s rela-
posed. tion to Williams until after
Supervisors approved he was hired. She said the
the raise — this time to matter was raised through
$13.50 per hour — at the a federal lawsuit against
Feb. 1 meeting on a 4-1 Baggett and the county,
vote, with Miller opposed. filed by former road de-
In a document present- partment sign technician
ed to supervisors with the Justin Denson.
pay raise recommenda- “It would just be nice to
tion, Baggett wrote that know those things in ad-
Robinson had “earned vance,” Miller said. “When
the respect of his peers we hired your brother-in-
through work ethic and law, had that been told at
willingness to work on any the table — but it wasn’t.
project.” That information was not
However, Miller said shared.”

Pleas
Continued from Page 1A
based on his guilty plea.
Gardner was sentenced to 15 years
with four years to serve in MDOC. He
was indicted in 2017 for shooting at a
man he was attempting to rob. He also
shot at a woman in the same incident.
Neither victim was injured.
Two counts of aggravated assault
against Gardner were dismissed based
on his plea.

Around the state

Wife charged with killing man whose
body was found in a bag
ABERDEEN — A northeast Missis-
sippi woman is charged with killing her
husband after a body was found inside a
bag on the man’s back patio.
Local news outlets report 45-year-
old Ellen Marie Huebner of Aberdeen
turned herself in Monday after being
charged with one count of murder.
Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell
says Huebner is jailed awaiting an ap-
pearance before a judge. Cantrell says
Huebner is being represented by a law-
yer but didn’t give a name.
Co-workers at Columbus Air Force
Base last week reported that 54-year-old
Steven Huebner was missing.
A body was found wrapped in shower
curtains and a tarpaulin, inside a blue
tote bag on Friday.
Hearing set for 14-year-old girl
accused of killing mother
MAGNOLIA — A preliminary hear-
ing is scheduled Tuesday for a 14-year-
old Mississippi girl who is accused of
stabbing and shooting her mother to
death in January.
A judge is scheduled to decide if
there’s enough evidence to send Amari-
yona Hall’s case to a Pike County grand
jury. She was arrested and charged with
murder after the Jan. 5 death of her
mother, Ericka Hall. Amariyona Hall’s
12-year-old sister was arrested and
charged as a juvenile.
Under Mississippi law, children 13
and older accused of certain crimes are
automatically charged as adults. Judges
can later transfer cases to youth court.
Sheriff Kenny Cotton has said depu-
ties were called to the Hall home days
earlier after Ericka Hall reported her
daughters tried to run her over with a
vehicle. Hall declined to press charges.
Invasive aquatic plant found in
another Mississippi lake
JACKSON — Officials report that an
invasive aquatic plant has been found in
another Mississippi lake.
The Mississippi Department of Wild-
life, Fisheries and Parks said Monday
that giant salvinia has now been found in
Lake Okhissa in southwest Mississippi.
The plant had previously been found in
Pickwick, Bay Springs, Columbus, and
Aberdeen lakes, Ross Barnett Reservoir
and the Pascagoula River marsh.
The fast-growing aquatic fern is na-
tive to Brazil. It can form thick mats that
choke aquatic life and hamper swim-
ming and boating.
— The Associated Press

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Other Editors Cartoonist view

Identification of
officers involved in
shootings should be
a local issue
When a police officer kills a citizen should his
identity be kept secret? Jackson Mayor Chok-
we Lumumba thinks not. A special task force
appointed by the mayor on the issues agrees. But
the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which
investigates fatal police shootings, has refused to
assist Jackson with fatal shooting investigations
because of the disclosure of officers’ names. Now
the state legislature is joining the debate. The
Mississippi House of Representatives passed HB
1289 80-31, which makes such identification a
misdemeanor offense prior to 180 days.
A recent Washington Post investigation re-
vealed that throughout the nation police depart-
ments identified the shooting officer in 80 per-
cent of the fatal incidents. In 990 fatal incidents in
2015 there were only 14 times when an officer’s
name was withheld for fear of the officer’s safety.
Of the 210 times the name was withheld, the
breakdown of other reasons was: do not release
names unless charges filed, 17; department poli-
cy, 22; pending investigations, 60; other reasons,
32; and no response from the police department,
65.
This is a complex issue and there are pros and
cons on each side. There is no greater display
of government force than the fatal shooting of a
citizen by an armed law enforcement officer. If
there is any doubt, we should err on the side of
transparency, unless there is clear evidence that
a disclosure could bring immediate harm to the
officer involved. The fear and control of un-
checked government power is perhaps the most
fundamental concept embedded in our nation’s
Constitution. It should not be dismissed lightly.
But there is another issue here: Who should be
making this decision, the local or state officials?
The mayor and the city council are elected by the
people in that jurisdiction. The mayor chooses
the police chief, who then sets such policies.
These local officials are accountable to their
constituents. They are the best officials to decide
the appropriate policy. State officials should
not be overruling them, especially when Mayor
Lumumba’s policies are by far more mainstream
based on what most police departments are doing
throughout the nation.
The state senate should table House Bill 1289
and resist the temptation to usurp local demo-
cratic decision making. The governor should
order the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations to
cease punishing Jackson for its correct policy and
resume assisting Jackson in their police shooting
investigations.
Northside (Jackson) Sun

Today in history STATE OF THE NATION

Today is Tuesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2019.
There are 301 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On March 5, 1963, country music perform-
ers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw
Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper
Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with
pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager).
On this date:
In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as
British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of
colonists opened fire, killing five people.
In 1868, the impeachment trial of President
Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate, with
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding. John-
son, the first U.S. president to be impeached,
was accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors”
stemming from his attempt to fire Secretary of
War Edwin M. Stanton; the trial ended on May
26 with Johnson’s acquittal.
In 1933, in German parliamentary elections,
the Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote; the
Nazis joined with a conservative nationalist party
to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his
“Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in
Fulton, Missouri, in which he said: “From Stettin
in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ‘iron
curtain’ has descended across the continent,
allowing police governments to rule Eastern
Europe.”
In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died after
three decades in power. Composer Sergei Proko-
fiev died in Moscow at age 61.
In 1955, Elvis Presley made his television de-
but on “Louisiana Hayride” carried by KSLA-TV
Shreveport.
In 1966, BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707,
crashed into Japan’s Mount Fuji after breaking
up in severe turbulence; all 124 people on board
were killed.
In 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons went into effect after 43
nations ratified it.
In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found
dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in
Hollywood; he was 33.
— The Associated Press
Why Canadians rule the cannabis business
President Trump
routinely waves his fist
at alleged unfair trade
practices, including at
the hands of our good
neighbor Canada. But
what about playing
fields that are uneven
because the U.S.
government makes
them so? Witness the
cannabis industry. It’s
enjoying explosive Froma Harrop
growth worldwide, but
Canadians are running away with
the profits because Washington
has shackled their American
competitors.
It’s not that Americans are
unacquainted with cannabis in all
its forms. Cannabis is a family of
flowering plants that includes both
marijuana, which produces a high, ship marijuana between states.
and hemp, which does not. Most
states have relaxed their marijua-
na laws to various extents. Ten
states and the District of Colum-
bia have made pot fully legal.
Meanwhile, nonintoxicating
cannabis products — cannabidiol,
or CBD, oil in particular — are
flying off the shelves. Green
Growth Brands of Columbus,
Ohio, is about to open CBD stores
in family-friendly malls.
Whether CBD extracted from
hemp actually delivers relief from
depression, insomnia, pain and
acne has not been established.
These products remain largely un- banks and law firms able to handle
regulated, so consumers may not
know exactly what they’re ingest-
ing or rubbing on their backs.
But to see who’s prospering
most, look north. Canada last
year totally legalized marijuana.
Canadians have found gold in pot
and its non-toxicant
relatives.
Eight cannabis
companies are current-
ly listed on Toronto’s
main exchange. Tilray
Inc., the largest maker
of medical marijuana,
based near Vancouver,
just bought Manitoba
Harvest, the biggest
manufacturer of hemp
foods, for about $315
million.
Not only do differing state laws
hamper U.S. producers but so
does the enduring federal ban on
marijuana. As one can imagine,
this complicates Americans’ abili-
ty to build up a nationwide, not to
mention international, business.
For starters, it’s illegal to
Hemp-derived CBD is OK — but
Tilray plans to open processing
plants in the U.S. because it’s
illegal to move CBD over the
border with Canada. American
marijuana companies can’t deduct
wages or other business costs
from their taxes. The Hoban Law
Group, a Denver firm specializing
in the cannabis industry, says this
results in some U.S. competitors
paying effective tax rates of 85
percent.
As a result of these restrictions,
Americans don’t have a competi-
tive infrastructure of investment
marijuana- or hemp-related deals,
not to mention supply chains.
That’s why Martha Stewart has
linked up with a Canadian compa-
ny to develop CBD products.
Coca-Cola is said to have
explored putting CBD in drinks.
They would be non-psychoactive
and marketed as healthful. Stories
circulate that it has talked to Auro-
ra Cannabis as a possible Canadi-
an partner.
Other U.S. giants, such as Al-
tria (tobacco), have shown interest
in the business. Constellation
Brands (beer, wine and liquor)
last year added $4 billion to its
investments in the Canadian can-
nabis company Canopy Growth.
For decades, farmers in North
Dakota looked over the border
into Manitoba to see waving
fields of hemp, a profitable crop
they were not allowed to grow.
The U.S. banned its farming not
because hemp is any kind of drug
but because it is a biological cous-
in of marijuana. Hemp still grows
wild among the roadside weeds of
the farm belt.
Hemp is used for making paper,
oils and textiles. Car manufactur-
ers put it in car seats for insula-
tion. George Washington grew
hemp. Oddly, while U.S. farmers
were barred from growing the
plant, American manufacturers
remained free to import hemp
fibers, oil and seeds from other
countries.
This bit of insanity ended
in December, when a farm bill
passed by Congress and signed
by Trump let U.S. farmers again
produce hemp.
But the crazy quilt of American
laws governing cannabis remains
a hindrance to fully participating
in a hot market. Canadians obvi-
ously don’t mind.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.

Around the World
UK, EU to hold more Brexit
talks as May woos opposition
By JILL LAWLESS
and RAF CASERT  new trading relationship is in place.
The Associated Press
LONDON — Senior European
Union and British officials were set
to hold more Brexit talks less than a
month before the United Kingdom
is scheduled to leave the bloc, as
U.K. officials denied Monday that
attempts to seal a divorce deal are
deadlocked.
EU and U.K. officials said the
bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Bar-
nier, will meet U.K. Brexit Secre-
tary Stephen Barclay and Attorney
General Geoffrey Cox on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s
spokesman, James Slack, said the
two sides have “definitely been
making progress” over the past
few weeks and negotiations are at a
“critical point.”
Britain is due to leave the EU
on March 29, but Parliament has
rejected May’s deal, raising the
prospect of a chaotic, economically
damaging departure from the bloc.
British lawmakers’ objections
center on a provision to guarantee
there are no customs posts or oth-
er barriers along the currently in-
visible border between the U.K.’s
Northern Ireland and EU member
Ireland. The mechanism, known
as the backstop, is a safeguard that
would keep the U.K. in a customs
union with the EU to remove the
Xi firmly in charge as China turns to
legislative season
BEIJING — A year since effectively
making himself China’s leader for life, Xi
Jinping appears firmly in charge, despite
a slowing economy, a trade war with the
United States and rumbles of discontent
over his concentration of power.
As China’s president and head of the
ruling Communist Party, Xi wields more
authority than any leader since Deng
Xiaoping in the 1980s and looms large
over the annual legislative session that
starts Tuesday.
Since assuming the party helm in
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Luke Perry, heartthrob on ‘90210,’ dies at 52
after stroke
LOS ANGELES — Luke Perry, who gained in-
stant heartthrob status as wealthy rebel Dylan
McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” died Monday after
suffering a massive stroke, his publicist said. He was
52.
need for checks until a permanent As May tries to build support for Perry was surrounded by family and friends
her deal before bringing it back to
when he died, publicist Arnold Robinson said. The
Brexit-supporting lawmakers in Parliament next week, she is being actor had been hospitalized since last Wednesday,
the U.K. fear the backstop could be accused of trying to bribe opposi- after a 911 call summoned medical help to his home
used to bind Britain to EU regula- tion politicians into voting for it.
in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.
tions indefinitely, and May wants The government has announced “The family appreciates the outpouring of sup-
to revise the deal to reassure oppo- a 1.6 billion-pound ($2.1 billion)
port and prayers that have been extended to Luke
nents that it would only apply tem- package of funding over six years from around the world, and respectfully request pri-
porarily. to help regenerate run-down com-
vacy in this time of great mourning,” Robinson said
EU leaders insist that the legally munities. in a statement. Those at Perry’s bedside included
binding Brexit withdrawal agree- Many are towns in areas of cen-
his children, Jake and Sophie; fiancée Wendy Mad-
ment can’t be reopened, and talks tral and northern England repre- ison Bauer; former wife, Minnie Sharp, and mother
are focusing on drafting an adden- sented by the opposition Labour
Ann Bennett.
dum or other additional words. Party, and the move is being seen
“We are happy to offer further as a bid to win support from their
clarifications and further assur- lawmakers for May’s withdrawal
Keith Flint, singer of electronic band
ances if that can help the U.K. gov- agreement with the EU. The Prodigy, dies
ernment get the agreement over But Labour lawmakers reacted LONDON — Keith Flint, the fiery frontman of
the line,” Irish Prime Minister Leo coolly to the announcement. Chris British dance-electronic band The Prodigy, was
Varadkar said Monday. Bryant called the money “corrupt, found dead Monday at his home near London, the
“But from day one we have been patronizing, pathetic” and “all to ap- band said. He was 49.
very straight about a few things and pease the Brexit monster.” Prodigy co-founder Liam Howlett said in an Insta-
among those is that Brexit cannot Labour legislator Gareth Snell gram post that Flint killed himself over the weekend.
lead, under any circumstances, to said the allocation for his area of “I’m shell shocked ... confused and heart broken,”
the emergence of a hard border central England was “less than the he wrote.
between Ireland and Northern Ire- total value of cuts faced by Stoke- Police confirmed that the body of a 49-year-old
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Tweaks and clarifications, how- the same period” because of the east of London. They said the death was being treat-
ever, are unlikely to satisfy Britain’s Conservative government’s auster- ed as non-suspicious and a file would be sent to the
most ardent pro-Brexit lawmakers. ity measures. coroner — standard practice in cases of violent or
Cox, Britain’s attorney gener- May’s spokesman denied the unexplained deaths.
al, dismissed media reports that money was a bribe, saying it was Flint was the stage persona of the band, whose
he had given up on securing sig- not conditional on support for May’s 1990s hits “Firestarter” and “Breathe” were an in-
nificant changes from the EU. He Brexit deal. cendiary fusion of techno, breakbeat and acid house
tweeted that much of the reporting As the stalemate continues, pres- music.
had been inaccurate, and “complex sure is growing for a delay to Brex- — The Associated Press
and detailed negotiations cannot be it, or a new referendum on Britain’s
conducted in public. “ EU membership. Somewhere down the road you’re going
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Carolina; son, Frank Mrs. Joy was preceded in death by 1 brother,
Sage McReynolds of Vickie Lynn Boone Murphree, age 48, of Co- Richard Edward “Rookie” Durham.
Ocean Springs; broth- lumbus, MS, passed away March 2, 2019, at her Survivors include two daughters, Sherri
ers, James Marion residence. Singh (Nav) of Lyons, CO and Dana Hudgens
McReynolds Jr., John Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 6, (Chris) of Millport, AL; one son, Kent Watson
Thomas McReynolds 2019, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chap- (Stephany) of Cedar Bluff stepdaughter, Sondra
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McReynolds; and two Blalock officiating. The interment will immedi- Richard Kinard (Debbie) of St. Louis, MO;
grandchildren. ately follow at Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery. granddaughter, Bella Singh of Lyons, CO; and
Memorials may be Visitation will be from noon until the time of the five grandsons, Joshua Watson of Brandon,
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Jackson, MS 39209 or Mrs. Murphree was born July 29, 1970, in Lou- Brandon; one brother, Ronald Ellis “Turkey”
to Veterans Outreach isville, MS, to the late James “Jimmy” and Mamie Durham (Dianne) of Brooksville; sister-in-law,
of Kosciusko, P.O. Box Nell Belle Boone. She worked a number of years Sharon Durham of Manassas, VA; brother-in-law,
172, Kosciusko, MS at Sunflower Grocery and Trinity Healthcare and John Watson of Cedar Bluff; a number of nieces,
39090. was a member of the First Pentecostal Church. nephews, and extended family; special family
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in friends, Gary Hillhouse (Mary) of Louisville;
Leon McClinton death by a son, Douglas Sterling Murphree. caretaker, Darlene Rogers of Crawford; and her
WEST POINT — Survivors include her husband, Douglas Mur- beloved canine companion, “Baby”
Leon McClinton, 65, phree of Columbus, MS; daughters, Amanda Pallbearers will be Joshua Watson, Bryan
died Feb. 25, 2019, at Murphree of Columbus, MS and Beth Murphree Robert Watson, Baker Watson, Jake Hudgens,
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sion for themselves and ness meditation calm the at Cleveland Clinic. To
someone they were close heart rate, switch off the live your healthiest, tune
to. Other groups lis- body’s stress response into “The Dr. Oz Show” or
tened to recordings that and enhance a person’s visit www.sharecare.com.

Report finds few seniors are getting

routine memory checkups
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Few seniors get their thinking and
memory abilities regularly tested during check-ups, ac-
cording to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association
that raises questions about how best to find out if a prob-
lem is brewing.
Medicare pays for an annual “wellness visit” that is
supposed to include what’s called a cognitive assessment
— a brief check for some early warning signs of dementia,
so people who need a more thorough exam can get one.
But doctors aren’t required to conduct a specific test,
and there’s little data on how often they perform these
cognitive snapshots.
About half of seniors say they’ve ever discussed think-
ing or memory with a health care provider, and less than
a third say they’ve ever been assessed for possible cog-
nitive problems, according to an Alzheimer’s Association
survey being released Tuesday.
Even fewer, 16 percent, said they get regular cognitive
assessments — a stark contrast to the blood pressure and
cholesterol checks that just about everyone gets routinely.
Just 1 in 3 knew cognition is supposed to be part of the
annual wellness visit.
Even though many older adults say they’ve noticed
changes in their mental abilities, “the majority of the time
seniors are waiting for the physician to bring it up,” said
Alzheimer’s Association chief program officer Joanne
Pike.
Why is this important?
About 50 million people worldwide have dementia,
and Alzheimer’s is the most common type, affecting
5.8 million people in the U.S. The disease takes root in
the brain decades before symptoms appear. There is no
cure, and today’s treatments only ease symptoms, not
blocking the disease from gradually worsening.
Still, it’s important to be alert to signs of mental de-
cline. Some slowing of memory is a normal part of ag-
ing, like temporarily misplacing your keys. But more
significant declines in memory, thinking skills or be-
havior can require medical care.
It might be something treatable like sleep apnea, de-
pression or a side effect of medication.
But if someone is developing dementia, knowing
early allows people time to plan for their future care —
and to participate in research studies of possible new
treatments, Pike said.
What’s involved in a cognitive assessment?
The doctor looks for any signs of impairment as the
check-up gets under way, asks the patient directly about
any changes over time, and asks any family members
who came along for the visit if they have concerns.
Then the doctor sometimes, not always, administers
a test, such as telling the senior to remember a short list
of words or to draw a clock showing a certain time.
Some written tests excel at spotting subtle problems,
but they’re too simplistic to rule out trouble in high-func-
tioning people. Nor does a poor score mean there’s re-
ally a problem, just that more sophisticated testing is
required.
Why don’t all seniors get screened?
Medical guidelines don’t say everyone needs a formal
assessment with those memory quizzes, cautioned Dr.
Sumi Sexton of Georgetown University’s School of Medi-
cine and editor of the journal American Family Physician,
who wasn’t involved with the survey.
In fact, you might be getting assessed and not realize
it, she said. Maybe a conversation with the doctor shows
that you’re pretty active and doing well. Or maybe the
doctor spots that you’re taking medications that can im-
pede cognition — and changes your prescription, waiting
to see if that solved any problem before looking for other
potential causes.

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scarcity, and celebrity chef
Robert St. John, who will
discuss the “farm to table”
movement, which pro-
motes serving local food.
It will also feature De-
nise Horn, director of cor-
porate communications
for Turner Broadcasting
Systems; Barie Carmi-
chael from the University
of Virginia; Dana Bolden,
senior vice president and
chief sustainability officer
with Corteva Agriscience;
Ken Askew, of the Mitsubi-
shi UFJ Financial Group in
San Francisco; and several
other speakers.
Soltis said the festi-
val highlights the way in
which communication
is changing. The prolif-
eration of social media,
for example, has created
countless new channels
for organizations to share
their messages.
“This is more than a
festival,” Soltis said. “It’s
mostly a learning experi-
ence. The whole rationale
behind doing this is John
and I have had a lot of
conversations with mem-
bers of the advisory board
for the past three or four
years around the chang-
ing nature of specifically
corporate communication.
“But it goes beyond cor-
porate communication,”
he added. “It’s civic jour-
nalism. It’s the changing
nation of organizational
communication, political
communication — every
aspect of communication
is changing.”
The spread of those
new channels has made
communication easier for
everyone. The result of
that, Soltis said, is open to
debate.
“Everyone’s empow-
ered,” he said. “But then
you have to step back and
say, ‘Are we really saying
anything? Is it bringing
us together or is it causing
more division?’ I think we
could be up here debating
that for the better part of a
month, but the fact is that
it’s changing and we’re in
the heart of the change.”
Soltis said last year’s
festival was a “great suc-
cess” and drew a few
hundred people. He said
it attracted students, pro-
fessors and people from
the community, as well
as people who traveled to
Starkville from across the
country.
“We’d like to see it ul-
timately bloom into some-
thing that would attract
several thousand people,
but we also know we’ve got
to take baby steps and we
have to start right here by
making sure the Starkville
community has embraced
what we’re trying to do
here,” he said.
Registration for the
full festival is available at
https://w w w.newnarra-
tivefestival.msstate.edu/
and is $185 and $45 for
students. Registration for
individual days is $95 or
$25 for students.

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lane road to a single-lane
road, then abruptly dead-
ends at what appears to
be the edge of private
property. According to
online mapping, the road
should continue through
that property and con-
nect with Highville
Court.
Lowndes County Road
Manager Ronnie Burns
said the county hasn’t
maintained that section
of the road “in many
years.”
“It still belongs to
the county, though,” he
said. “It’s just been over-
grown, I guess. That was
before my time.”
District 3 Supervisor
John Holliman, in whose
district the road is lo-
cated and who proposed
the abandonment of the
road, told The Dispatch
that if the public did not
object to the abandon-
ment of the road, the
county would just leave
the road alone.
“It’s already grown
over,” he said. “If nobody
has objections, we’ll just
abandon it.”
The proposed section
of road is less than a mile
long.
A public hearing
has been scheduled for
April 30 during the reg-
ular board of supervisors
meeting.
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Moorhead, Bulldogs open spring practice Tuesday

Special to the Dispatch
STARKVILLE – Spring football prac-
tice has arrived in Starkville for the
second year of the Joe Moorhead era
at Mississippi State. The
Bulldogs, fresh off a No.
25 final national ranking
and a New Year’s Day bowl
berth, will go through
spring drills Tuesday and
Thursday afternoon to
kick off the first week at
the Leo Seal Jr. Football Moorhead
Complex.
State has spent the past two months
conditioning under the direction of new
head strength and conditioning coach
Cory Bichey, who served in the assistant
role during the 2018 campaign and owns
six years of Southeastern Conference
experience. Moorhead also tabbed five
new assistant coaches who bring excel-
lent resumes to Starkville.
The Bulldogs return over 50 letter-
winners and several key names, includ-
ing All-SEC performers linebacker Er-
roll Thompson and cornerback Cameron
Dantzler, in addition to running back
Kylin Hill and offensive lineman Darryl
Williams, who is projected as one of the
top linemen in college football in 2019.
Hill put up 82.7 all-purpose yards
per game last season and returns as
the starter. Moorhead will have several
talented faces to work with under cen-
ter led by junior quarterback Keytaon
Thompson, who is 2-0 as a starter with
18 career touchdowns. Redshirt fresh-
man Jalen Mayden and true freshman
Garrett Shrader – both four-star pros-
pects when they arrived – will also work
extensively this spring.
Defensively, State will have continui-
ty at the play-caller position for the first
time since 2014 as 2018 Broyles Award
finalist and National Defensive Coordi-
nator of the Year Bob Shoop enters his
second year with the program. Shoop’s
unit allowed a nation-best 263.1 yards
per game and only 4.13 yards per play.
Four out of the top eight tacklers return 2019 MSU Football
from a year ago, led by Erroll Thomp-
son’s 87 tackles.
Spring Practice Dates
Moorhead enters year two in Tuesday, March 5
Starkville after becoming just the sec- Thursday, March 7
ond MSU head coach to win eight or Thursday, March 21
more games in his debut season and Saturday, March 23
the first since College Football Hall of Tuesday, March 26
Famer Allyn McKeen in 1939. Moor- Thursday, March 28
head was also just the second coach in Saturday, March 30
Bulldog history to reach a bowl game in Tuesday, April 2
his first season, joining Jackie Sherrill’s Thursday, April 4
1991 squad. Saturday, April 6
In 2018 and behind one of the SEC’s Tuesday, April 9
most potent rushing attacks and the Thursday, April 11
nation’s No. 1 defense, the Bulldogs de- Friday, April 12
feated two top-20 teams, won four out of Saturday, April 13 – Maroon and
their last five regular season games and White Spring Game
qualified for a school-record ninth con-
secutive bowl. annual Maroon and White Game as part
Moorhead’s group will practice twice of Super Bulldog Weekend on Saturday,
this week, take off for spring break and April 13. Kickoff is 1 p.m. and admission
then return for four consecutive weeks to Davis Wade Stadium is free. The prac-
of spring ball that culminates with the tices are closed to the public.

Prep Girls Basketball Women’s College Softball

Mississippi University for

Women sweeps twinbill
Special to the Dispatch
The Mississippi University for
Women softball team finds itself
back on top after a long break with
back-to-back victories over Penn
State DuBois Monday. The W took
both games of the doubleheader
Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch 6-0 and 11-1 to improve to 8-2 on
Columbus Christian Academy’s girls’ basketball team, this year’s MAIS Class A district the season.
champions, posted a 20-13 record and made it all the way to the state tournament. In Game 1, senior pitcher Mad-
Members of the team are, front from left: Emma Easterling, Audrey Foreman, Celia Peal, ison Scoggin gave her best effort
Elizabeth Easterling, Emma Kate Griffin and Morgan Whitten; back from left: Caitlyn Long, in her final year wearing the Owls’
Taylor Tipton, Lily Barlow, Cayden Harding, Charity Yeates, Kylee Emerson and C.C. Devos. uniform. The Bay Springs native
The W broke the seal on the
game in the bottom of the first
when Heidi Matthews scored on a
wild pitch and Carolyn “Kendall”
Wilkinson booted a sacrifice fly to
center field to allow Bailee Watts to
score.
The Owls added an additional
run in the bottom of the second
when Megan James scored on a
bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
MUW completed its scoring ef-
fort when Emilee Watson scored
on a single by Anna Lloyd and then
Lloyd and Kandler Flora scoring

CCA wraps up most successful

pitched her fourth complete game on a single by Watts.
of the season with a career-high 11 Watts led the Owls’ scoring ef-
strikeouts. The left-hander pitched fort with a 1-for-2 appearance with
the entire seven innings with no two RBIs and one run, while Mat-

basketball season in recent memory walks and only two hits. Of her 74
pitches, 64 were strikes. See MUW, 4B

BY DON ROWE edged sword.

drowe@cdispatch.com
For far too many years, Columbus
Christian Academy’s less than stellar
girls’ basketball programs have suffered
through “the agony of defeat” on a regular
basis.
But based on this year’s results, both
team-wise and individually, the 2018-19
squad has turned the corner and finally
realized “the thrill of victory” so to speak.
And, as a result, this year’s team has also
set the bar high for future girls’ squads af-
ter its record-breaking year.
“Prior to this year, we didn’t win many
games,” said girls’ head coach Billy Thom-
as. “The last three years or so, there were
very few high school players to rely on,
with mostly 7th and 8th graders rounding
out the roster.”
Thomas said coaching a rebuilding
high school basketball team is like a two-
“Win and you’ll get the players out,” he
said. “Lose and you won’t get the players to
Women’s College Basketball
come out for the team, and if you don’t have
the players, you’re not going to win. And
when the girls in the stands have more fun
SEC Women’s basketball
than those on the court, you’re not going
to win. When the girls on the court have
more fun than those in the stands, then
tourney tips off March 6
you’re going to have a winning team. The Special to The Dispatch well as events such as WWE and
key is to get those girls on the court.” Disney on Ice. In the fall of 2012,
And once Thomas was able to convince The Southeastern Conference the Greenville City and Greenville
potential players to give it a try, the turn- Women’s Basketball Tournament County Councils approved funding
around came about over a very short pe- will be played for the third time in of $13.1 million for renovations to
riod of time. The Rams went from a team Greenville, S.C. when Bon Secours the Arena. In June of 2013, the first
which had few sure-enough veteran play- Wellness Arena plays host to the of a three-year renovation project
ers and one which everybody wanted to 2019 event. began with phase two starting in
play – one opposing coaches commonly The Bon Secours Wellness June of 2014.
referred to as ‘homecoming patsies’ which Arena is a state-of-the-art 15,000 Beginning with its inception
sometimes resulted in a rout, to a team seat sports and entertainment and through 1986, the tournament
which, by scheduling choice, often times venue. The Arena was opened on was held at campus sites. The
found itself pitted against much larger area September 13, 1998 and has host- tournament was then went to Al-
See CCA, 4B ed award winning musical acts as See SEC Women, 4B

College Basketball

State champion EMCC Lions to meet Holmes in NJCAA Region 23 tourney

Special to the
Dispatch
SCOOBA – Riding the
momentum of claiming
the school’s first MAC-
JC state championship
in men’s basketball since
the 1930s, the Lions of
East Mississippi Commu-
nity College will begin
play at this week’s NJCAA
Region 23 Basketball
Tournament in Clinton by
taking on the reigning re-
gional champion Holmes
Bulldogs during Wednes-
day’s quarterfinals.
Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. at
A.E. Wood Coliseum on
the Mississippi College
campus.
With women’s quarter-
final-round tournament
action set for Tuesday
in Clinton, Wednesday’s
men’s quarterfinals will
begin with a 1 p.m. con-
test between sixth-seed
Mississippi Gulf Coast
and third-seed Southern
University-Shreveport out
of Louisiana. The winner
will advance to take on
the EMCC-Holmes win-
ner Thursday at 5 p.m. in
the men’s semifinals.
The other side of the
men’s regional bracket
will pit fourth-seed Pearl
River against fifth-seed
Northeast Mississippi in
Wednesday’s 5 p.m. quar-
terfinals, followed by top-
seed Jones versus eighth-
seed East Central at 7
p.m. Those winners will
advance to face each oth-
er in Thursday’s 7 p.m.
semifinals. The men’s re-
gional championship con-
test is set for Friday at 7
p.m. and will follow the 5 JUCO Weekly.org/Courtesy photo
p.m. women’s title tilt.The East Mississippi Lions, fresh off claiming their first MACJC state championship in recent memory, will take
on the Holmes Community College Bulldogs in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at A.E. Wood Coliseum at Mississippi
See EMCC,4B College.
2B TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly CALENDAR College Basketball

Utah St. 70, Colorado St. 59
Wyoming 85, San Jose St. 56
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Houston at Toronto, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Monday’s Men’s Major The Associated Press Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Basketball Prep Baseball Scores

EAST
Women’s Top 25 Fared
Monday
Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.
McCowan named co-player of the week for SEC title Today’s Games Md.-Eastern Shore 78, Morgan St. 73
Norfolk St. 74, Delaware St. 66
1. Baylor (28-1) beat West Virginia 63-57.
Next: Big 12 quarterfinals, Saturday.
Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 7 p.m.
2. UConn (28-2) beat South Florida 57-47.
efforts Starkville at West Point, 6 p.m. Virginia 79, Syracuse 53
SOUTH Next: AAC quarterfinals, Saturday.
Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
3. Louisville (27-2) did not play. Next: ACC
STARKVILLE – No. 5 Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan has Caledonia at Mooreville, 7 p.m. Grambling St. 77, MVSU 75
quarterfinals, Friday.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Liberty 72, Jacksonville 58 Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
been named SEC Co-Player of the Week for her performances as the Victory Christian at Tabernacle, 4 p.m. Lipscomb 86, Kennesaw St. 71 4. Notre Dame (27-3) did not play. Next: ACC New York at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
quarterfinals, Friday.
Bulldogs clinched a share of the SEC regular-season title then won it New Hope vs. Calhoun City, 6:30 p.m.
NJIT 83, Florida Gulf Coast 78
5. Mississippi State (27-2) did not play. Next:
Boston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
North Florida 76, North Alabama 66 Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
outright on the road. Prairie View 96, Alabama St. 69 vs. LSU or Tennessee, Friday. Thursday’s Games
The Brenham, Texas, native has now won 10 SEC weekly honors, Thursday’s Games Texas Southern 66, Alabama A&M 61 6. Oregon (27-3) did not play. Next: vs. Arizo- Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
na or Southern Cal, Friday. Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
including nine Player of the Week selections, which leads all active Starkville High at Kosciusko, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST
Jackson St. 57, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56 7. Stanford (25-4) did not play. Next: vs. Cali- Friday’s Games
fornia or Washington State, Friday.
players. It is her fifth award of the season, breaking the Bulldogs’ Caledonia at West Point, 6 p.m. Kansas St. 64, TCU 52
8. Maryland (26-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Texas Tech 70, Texas 51
single-season record she set with four selections last year. New Hope vs. Noxubee, 4 p.m. FAR WEST Northwestern or Michigan State, Friday. Cleveland at Miami, 8 p.m.
9. N.C. State (25-4) did not play. Next: ACC
McCowan recorded her 62nd career double-double on senior night Idaho St. 78, Weber St. 74 Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
against LSU with 25 points on 10 of 12 shooting and 13 rebounds. She
Hebron Christian at Grace Christian, 6 p.m. Montana 66, N. Arizona 64 quarterfinals, Friday.
10. Iowa (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Minne-
Philadelphia at Houston, 8 p.m.
Montana St. 90, S. Utah 83 Toronto at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
dominated the paint scoring 20 points in the lane and grabbing five West Lowndes vs. Columbus, 5 p.m. sota or Indiana, Friday. Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m.
offensive rebounds. Friday’s Games The Associated Press 11. Oregon State (24-6) did not play. Next: vs.
Utah or Washington, Friday.
Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
On Sunday at South Carolina, she posted 18 points and 17 re- Caledonia vs. Mooreville, 7 p.m. Men’s Top 25 Fared 12. South Carolina (21-8) did not play. Next:
bounds to help the Bulldogs win their second consecutive regular-sea- Saturday’s Games
Monday
1. Gonzaga (29-2) did not play. Next: WCC
semifinals, Monday, March 11.
vs. Georgia or Arkansas, Friday.
13. Kentucky (24-6) did not play. Next: SEC
quarterfinals, Friday.
Hockey
son championship. She grabbed a key rebound in the final seconds on NHL
a missed free throw with a three-point lead and was then sent to the Starkville High vs. Hernando, TBA 2. Virginia (27-2) beat Syracuse 79-53. Next:
vs. Louisville, Saturday.
14. Gonzaga (27-3) did not play. Next: WCC
semifinals, Monday. All Times EST
line with a chance to seal the game and made the final free throw of the Caledonia at Louisville, 1 p.m. 3. North Carolina (24-5) did not play. Next: at 15. Texas A&M (23-6) did not play. Next: SEC
quarterfinals, Friday.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Boston College, Tuesday.
night to claim her 126th career victory, tying the program’s all-time wins Starkville Academy at Central Hinds, 2 p.m. 4. Duke (25-4) did not play. Next: vs. Wake 16. Miami (24-7) did not play. Next: ACC quar- GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Forest, Tuesday. terfinals, Friday. Tampa Bay 66 50 12 4 104 258 174
record set by last year’s senior class. West Lowndes at Heidelberg, 1:30 p.m. 5. Tennessee (26-3) did not play. Next: vs. 17. Marquette (24-6) did not play. Next: vs. St. Boston 65 39 17 9 87 194 161
MSU holds the No. 1 seed in this week’s SEC Tournament and will Mississippi State, Tuesday. John’s or Seton Hall, Sunday. Toronto 66 41 21 4 86 239 188
have a double-bye. The Bulldogs begin play on Friday, March 8 at 11
West Lowndes at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. 6. Kentucky (24-5) did not play. Next: at Mis- 18. Syracuse (22-7) did not play. Next: vs. Montreal 66 35 24 7 77 201 193

a.m. CT on SEC Network against the winner of the No. 8 Tennessee/ Prep Softball sissippi, Tuesday.
7. Michigan (26-4) did not play. Next: at No. 9
Michigan State, Saturday.
Virginia or Boston College, Thursday.
19. Iowa State (23-7) beat Kansas 69-49.
Next: Big 12 quarterfinals, Saturday.
Buffalo
Florida
Detroit
66 30 28 8 68 190 211
65 28 26 11 67 207 224
65 23 33 9 55 179 223
No. 9 LSU game. Today’s Games 8. Texas Tech (25-5) beat Texas 70-51. Next: 20. Arizona State (19-9) did not play. Next: vs. Ottawa 66 23 38 5 51 195 246
at Iowa State, Saturday. Colorado, Thursday. Metropolitan Division
Victory Christian at Tabernacle, 4 p.m. 9. Michigan State (23-6) did not play. Next: 21. Texas (21-8) did not play. Next: at TCU, GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Baseball Starkville High at Starkville Christian, 6 p.m. vs. Nebraska, Tuesday.
10. LSU (24-5) did not play. Next: at Florida,
Tuesday.
22. Drake (23-5) did not play. Next: vs. Illinois
Washington 66 38 21 7 83 226 208
N.Y. Islanders 65 37 21 7 81 187 157
New Hope vs. Noxubee County, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. State, Thursday. Carolina 65 36 23 6 78 196 176
No. 9 Ole Miss Baseball Hosts Little Rock and No. 14 ECU Caledonia vs. Pontotoc, 7:30 p.m.
11. Purdue (22-7) did not play. Next: at Min-
nesota, Tuesday.
22. Florida State (22-7) did not play. Next: vs.
Duke or Pittsburgh, Thursday.
Pittsburgh 65 34 22 9 77 226 202
Columbus 65 36 26 3 75 203 197
The Ole Miss Rebels’ baseball team enters the midweek on a five- Philadelphia 66 32 26 8 72 201 219
Men’s College Basketball 12. Houston (27-2) did not play. Next: vs. 24. Rice (24-3) did not play. Next: at UTSA,
game win streak, halfway through a nine-game homestretch. SMU, Thursday. Thursday. N.Y. Rangers 65 27 27 11 65 190 218
13. Kansas (22-7) did not play. Next: at Okla- 25. UCLA (19-11) did not play. Next: vs. No. New Jersey 66 25 33 8 58 188 223
The Rebs will face Little Rock for the second time during this Today’s Games homa, Tuesday. 20 Arizona State or Colorado, Friday. WESTERN CONFERENCE
academic year. Ole Miss edged the Trojans 6-5 over 12 innings of fall 14. Florida State (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Central Division
scrimmage action on 10/27.
ECU head coach Cliff Godwin returns to Oxford, where he was
Mississippi State at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Kentucky at Ole Miss, 8 p.m.
No. 15 Virginia Tech, Tuesday.
15. Virginia Tech (22-6) did not play. Next: at
No. 14 Florida State, Tuesday.
Basketball GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 65 39 22 4 82 222 193
Nashville 68 38 25 5 81 202 180
an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2011-14. His tenure Auburn at Alabama, 8 p.m. 16. Marquette (23-6) did not play. Next: at NBA St. Louis 65 34 25 6 74 187 181
Seton Hall, Wednesday. EASTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 65 33 27 5 71 166 170
included the Rebels’ College World Series run before he left for his Wednesday’s Games 17. Nevada (26-3) did not play. Next: at Air Atlantic Division Minnesota 66 32 27 7 71 182 191
Force, Tuesday. W L Pct GB Colorado 66 28 26 12 68 216 208
current position. Southern Miss vs. Opponent TBD 18. Kansas State (23-7) beat TCU 64-52. Toronto 46 18 .719 — Chicago 66 27 30 9 63 220 250
No. 14 ECU is Ole Miss’ first ranked opponent of 2019, but it won’t Next: vs. Oklahoma, Saturday. Philadelphia 40 23 .635 5½ Pacific Division
be its last. The Rebels will face a gauntlet in league play—the SEC College Baseball 19. Buffalo (26-3) did not play. Next: at Ohio,
Tuesday.
Boston
Brooklyn
38 26 .594 8
33 33 .500 14

Calgary
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
66 41 18 7 89 234 192
placed a record 11 teams in this week’s USA Today Baseball Coaches Today’s Games 20. Cincinnati (25-4) did not play. Next: at No. New York 13 51 .203 33
Southeast Division
San Jose 66 39 19 8 86 238 206
Vegas 67 36 26 5 77 201 187
Poll. Including the Pirates, the Rebels have 25 of their remaining 47 25 UCF, Thursday.
UAB at Alabama, 5 p.m. 21. Wisconsin (20-9) did not play. Next: vs. W L Pct GB Arizona 65 32 28 5 69 176 183
games against ranked opponents. Iowa, Thursday. Orlando 30 35 .462 — Edmonton 66 29 30 7 65 187 216
The Rebels’ Ryan Olenek made it back-to-back National Player of
Southern University at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. 22. Wofford (26-4) did not play. Next: vs. VMI Charlotte 29 34 .460 — Vancouver 66 27 30 9 63 180 206
or Western Carolina, Saturday. Miami 29 34 .460 — Anaheim 66 25 32 9 59 144 203
the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball for the Rebels. Thomas Dil- East Carolina at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. 23. Villanova (22-8) did not play. Next: at Se- Washington 26 37 .413 3 Los Angeles 65 24 33 8 56 158 207
Atlanta 22 43 .338 8 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
lard earned the honor last week. Olenek and Dillard have both opened Little Rock at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. ton Hall, Saturday.
24. Maryland (21-9) did not play. Next: vs. Central Division overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi-
the 2019 season on 10-game hitting streaks. Dillard’s streak stands at Wednesday’s Games Minnesota, Friday. W L Pct GB sion and two wild cards per conference ad-
25. UCF (22-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 x-Milwaukee 48 16 .750 — vance to playoffs.
12, dating back to last season. Olenek has a hit and a run scored in all Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati, Thursday. Indiana 41 23 .641 7 Monday’s Games
10 games this season. Detroit 31 31 .500 16 Edmonton 4, Buffalo 3
The Rebels are sixth nationally with 16 home runs on the season East Carolina at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Monday’s Women’s Major Chicago 18 46 .281 30 Toronto 6, Calgary 2
Cleveland 16 48 .250 32 Tuesday’s Games
and are currently second in the nation in average attendance. The College Softball Scores WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Florida at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Rebels have held that spot for the past four seasons straight. Today’s Games EAST W L Pct GB Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m.
Baylor 63, West Virginia 57 Houston 38 25 .603 — Ottawa vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans
Penn State DuBois at Mississippi University for Bryant 69, LIU Brooklyn 54 San Antonio 36 29 .554 3 Memorial Coliseum, 7 p.m.
Soccer Women (DH), Noon
Delaware St. 59, Norfolk St. 56
Fairleigh Dickinson 66, CCSU 63
New Orleans
Dallas
30 36 .455 9½
27 36 .429 11
Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Morgan St. 57, Md.-Eastern Shore 53 Memphis 25 40 .385 14 N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Whitworth joins Mississippi State soccer program as Mississippi State at Tennessee-Martin, 4 p.m. Sacred Heart 54, Robert Morris 45 Northwest Division Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) 67, Wagner 58 W L Pct GB Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m.
volunteer assistant South Alabama at Alabama, 5 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn 69, Mount St. Mary’s 65 Denver 42 21 .667 — Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
STARKVILLE – Head coach James Armstrong has added another Wednesday’s Games SOUTH
Alabama St. 67, Prairie View 59
Oklahoma City 39 24 .619 3
Portland 39 24 .619 3
Wednesday’s Games
Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
former professional player to the Mississippi State soccer coaching Austin Peay at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Cincinnati 80, Tulane 65 Utah 36 27 .571 6 Toronto at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
East Carolina 67, SMU 61 Minnesota 29 34 .460 13 St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
staff with the addition of Allison Whitworth as a volunteer assistant. Mississippi Valley State at Alabama, 6 p.m. MVSU 79, Grambling St. 61 Pacific Division Calgary at Vegas, 10:30 p.m.
Whitworth will work primarily with the Bulldogs’ goalkeepers. Southern Miss at Southeastern Louisiana, 6:30 p.m.
Old Dominion 69, Longwood 48 W L Pct GB Thursday’s Games
Temple 84, Memphis 53 Golden State 44 19 .698 — Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Whitworth played three seasons
in the Women’s Professional Soccer League with the Atlanta Beat, Men’s College Golf Texas Southern 56, Alabama A&M 45
UConn 57, South Florida 47
MIDWEST
L.A. Clippers 37 29 .561 8½
Sacramento 32 31 .508 12
L.A. Lakers 30 34 .469 14½
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Red Stars and FC Gold Pride. She comes to Starkville after Today’s Games Iowa St. 69, Kansas 49 Phoenix 14 51 .215 31 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
serving as the head coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, for Alabama, Ole Miss at Querencia Cabo Collegiate Wichita St. 71, Tulsa 49 x-clinched playoff spot Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST Monday’s Games Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
the last three years. She was promoted to senior woman administrator Jackson St. 61, Ark.-Pine Bluff 41 Brooklyn 127, Dallas 88 Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
in December 2017.
(Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) Kansas St. 68, Oklahoma St. 58 Miami 114, Atlanta 113 Calgary at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Women’s College Golf

UCF 59, Houston 50 San Antonio 104, Denver 103 Montreal at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
“We are thrilled to add coach Whitworth to our staff,” Armstrong FAR WEST New Orleans 115, Utah 112 St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
said. “She has played at the highest level collegiately and professionally Today’s Games Boise St. 70, New Mexico 66 Phoenix 114, Milwaukee 105 Friday’s Games
Montana St. 70, S. Utah 55 Sacramento 115, New York 108 Minnesota at Florida, 7 p.m.
and has familiarity with the SEC. She has national reputation as being Southern Miss at North Florida Collegiate (Jack- N. Arizona 82, Montana 65 L.A. Clippers 113, L.A. Lakers 105 New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.
an elite goalkeeper coach, but her head coaching experience also Nevada 79, Air Force 54 Tuesday’s Games Winnipeg at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
demonstrates her tactical acumen for all positions. Having her join our sonville, Florida) San Diego St. 59, Fresno St. 58 Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Bulldog staff is a real coup and we couldn’t be more excited!” Men’s College Tennis
Whitworth had a highly successful career both athletically and aca- Today’s Games
demically at Auburn University where she graduated summa cum laude
Southern Miss at Nicholls State, 1 p.m. Women’s College Basketball
with a degree in psychology and minor in exercise science in 2007. She
set the Tigers’ career record with 356 saves, and her 132 saves in her
senior season led the SEC and still stands as Auburn’s single-season
record. She collected 22 career shutouts, which is second in school
history, including eight in each of her final two seasons on the way to
Junior College Baseball
Today’s Games
Columbia State at Itawamba (DH), 2 p.m.
Mississippi State’s McCowan,
Junior College Softball
Schaefer earn SEC awards
All-SEC selections as a junior (second team) and senior (first team).
For her career, she won six SEC Defensive Player of the Week Today’s Games
honors and saw the field in 73 matches with a 1.13 career goals against Itawamba at Calhoun (DH), 1 p.m.
average. She was Auburn’s women’s sports nominee for the H. Boyd
McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship presented to
the league’s top scholar-athlete and completed her master’s degree in on the air By STEVE MEGARGEE South Carolina’s Tyasha Harris.
health promotion on the Plains. The Associated Press Robinson and Harris were both
Whitworth began her coaching career at Middle Tennessee in 2011 Today second-team selections last year.
and spent two years with the Blue Raiders. The program won a share AUTO RACING Mississippi State center Teai- McCowan and Schaefer helped
of the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title in 2012 after finishing 5 p.m. — NASCAR K&N Pro Series Racing: K&N ra McCowan has been voted the
Pro Series West, Las Vegas, Nev., NBC Sports Mississippi State (27-2, 15-1)
with the second-best record in school history. Whitworth recruited goal-
Network Associated Press’ Southeastern win the SEC regular-season title
keeper Kelsey Brouwer who finished her career holding school records
for wins and shutouts. Brouwer was second in school history in career COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Conference player of the year and and earn the No. 1 seed in the
saves and won the C-USA Spirit of Service Award in 2013. 5 p.m. — Xavier at Butler, FS1 Vic Schaefer is the SEC coach of conference tournament starting
She then headed to Ohio where she was the Bobcats’ goalkeeper 6 p.m. — Rhode Island at St. Joseph’s, CBS the year.
Sports Network
Wednesday at Greenville, South
coach and recruiting coordinator. In her three years at Ohio, Whitworth’s The 16-member
keepers recorded 322 saves and 10 shutouts. In 2014, she served on 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN Carolina.
staff with the Region II Olympic Development Program. 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2 media panel made “Winning the Southeastern
Her recruiting led to the signing of MAC All-Freshman Team 6 p.m. — Virginia Tech at Florida State, ESPNU McCowan a unani- Conference championship, I
selection Steph Rowland who led the team in five offensive categories 6 p.m. — South Carolina at Texas A&M, SEC mous first-team all- think it’s the hardest thing to do
in her freshman season while setting the Bobcats’ freshman record with 7 p.m. — Purdue at Minnesota, Big Ten Network SEC selection. She
five goals. She also drew Vanessa Cordoba to Athens. Cordoba won a 8 p.m. — East Carolina at Wichita State, CBS in the country,” Schaefer said af-
gold medal at the Bolivarian Games in 2015 as the goalkeeper for the Sports Network was joined on the ter the Bulldogs clinched the reg-
Colombian U-20 National Team. 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN squad by Mississip- ular-season title outright Sunday
MSU is coming off its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2 pi State teammate McCowan with a 68-64 victory at South Car-
2018 after finishing with a 9-7-2 record. Armstrong is looking to lead the 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU Anriel Howard.
Bulldogs back to the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2004 in his 8 p.m. — TBA, SEC
olina. “I’m awfully proud of this
first season at the helm. Other first-team all-SEC picks team.”
10 p.m. — Nevada at Air Force, ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL included Texas A&M’s Chennedy McCowan is Mississippi State’s
Softball 7 p.m. — Houston at Toronto, TNT
9:30 p.m. — Boston at Golden State, TNT
Carter, Missouri’s Sophie Cun-
ningham and Georgia’s Caliya
first AP SEC player of the year
Bulldogs open home slate with midweek tilt against since LaToya Thomas earned the
NHL HOCKEY Robinson.
7 p.m. — Minnesota at Nashville, NBC Sports honor in back-to-back seasons in
UT-Martin This marks the second straight 2002 and 2003.
STARKVILLE – Returning to Starkville for a five-game home Network
swing before opening Southeastern Conference play, Mississippi State SOCCER (MEN’S) season that Carter, Cunningham The 6-foot-7 senior center
softball readies for a midweek contest, welcoming UT Martin to Nusz 2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid and McCowan have earned first- ranks third among all Division I
Park at 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday. vs. Ajax, TNT team AP all-SEC honors. Schae- players in rebounding (13.4) and
Over the weekend, MSU traveled to North Carolina for the Duke fer has been named coach of the fourth in field-goal percentage
Invitational, picking up victories over Kansas and the host Blue Devils.
In her return to her home state, sophomore Mia Davidson led the
Wednesday year two straight times and three (.654). McCowan also averag-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) of the last five seasons.
Bulldogs at the plate. Davidson closed Saturday going 6-for-11 (.545) 5:30 p.m. — Marquette at Seton Hall, FS1 es 17.3 points and is the SEC’s
with one double, two home runs, two runs scored and six RBIs. She 5:30 p.m. — Missouri at Georgia, SEC Kentucky freshman Rhyne fifth-leading scorer.
held a 1.182 slugging percentage to lead the team. 6 p.m. — Penn State at Rutgers, Big Ten Net- Howard was named the SEC McCowan was the lone SEC
With the first month of the season in the books, Davidson currently work newcomer of the year and also player included among 10 semi-
leads the SEC in batting average (.531), slugging percentage (1.306), 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2
on-base percentage (.643), home runs (12) and total bases (64). Her 12 earned second-team all-SEC hon- finalists for the Naismith Trophy
6 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU
total home runs also leads all of Division I softball.
7 p.m. — Providence at Creighton, CBS Sports ors along with teammate Maci given annually to the nation’s
Not far behind is junior Fa Leilua, who ranks third in the conference
Network Morris. The second team also in- top player. She owns Mississippi
and fifth nationally with 10 home runs this season. The duo has
7:30 p.m. — Georgetown at DePaul, FS1 cludes Tennessee’s Rennia Davis, State records for career rebounds
combined for 22 of MSU’s 25 home runs over the 2019 campaign and
both are already on MSU’s single-season home run chart with just 19
7:30 p.m. — Arkansas at Vanderbilt, SEC Arkansas’ Chelsea Dungee and (1,404) and double-doubles (63).
games under their belts.
8 p.m. — Ohio State at Northwestern, Big Ten
In the circle, MSU is led by junior Alyssa Loza’s 1.74 earned run Network
8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2
average, which ranks 17th in the SEC. Loza holds a 5-1 record with two
shutouts to her credit and has struck 26 batters this season. Sophomore 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU Racing
9 p.m. — Fresno State at San Diego State, CBS
New NASCAR rules package
Emily Williams (4-2) leads the team and ranks sixth in the conference
with 63 strikeotus this season. Sports Network
10 p.m. — Oregon at Washington State, FS1
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Golf
gets early passing grade
12:30 p.m. — Big-10 Tournament: Teams TBD,
Ole Miss in seventh heading into final round in Mexico first round, Big Ten Network
CABO SAN LUCAS – The No. 48 Ole Miss men’s golf team 3 p.m. — Big-10 Tournament: Teams TBD, first
completed the second round of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate Monday round, Big Ten Network
GOLF By JENNA FRYER attract new fans and needed an
in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The Rebels are tied for seventh as a team,
with Beau Briggs in the top-15 individually heading into the final round. 1:30 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf: The Associated Press overhaul.
Ole Miss shot a 10-over 294 in the second round and sits in sev- Qatar Masters, first round, Qatarm GOLF The result was a package
enth with No. 12 LSU and host Houston, while remaining ahead of three 5 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf: Qatar HAMPTON, Ga. — The ver- that reduced horsepower and
SEC teams. The Rebels are fourth in the field in par-5 scoring, going Masters, first round, Qatar, GOLF dict is still out on NASCAR’s new
MLB BASEBALL
increased downforce, efforts to
5-under on the first two days on the longest holes on the course and are competition package following its
third in the field with 115 pars. 12 p.m. — Spring Training: Pittsburgh at Boston, bring the cars closer together and
No. 1 Oklahoma State, the defending national champions, ESPN innocuous debut at Atlanta Motor present more passing opportuni-
leapfrogged No. 9 Arizona State to grab the lead at 22-under following NBA BASKETBALL Speedway. ties. What that actually meant on
a second round 269 (-15). The Cowboys also have the individual leader 7 p.m. — Philadelphia at Chicago, ESPN The race was not the best in the track was a mystery before
in Austin Eckroat, who is 10-under for the tournament. No. 36 Baylor is 9:30 p.m. — Denver at LA Lakers, ESPN NASCAR history, nor was it un-
nine shots back, and the Sun Devils are 10 strokes behind the leaders. NHL HOCKEY Sunday’s race at Atlanta, won by
Briggs put together an even par 71 second round with four birdies, 6:30 p.m. — Washington at Philadelphia, NBC watchable. Brad Keselowski following his
14 pars and four bogeys. The senior leads the team in pars with 26 after Sports Network It was, if nothing else, better brief bout with a stomach virus.
two rounds. At 2-under through 36 holes, Briggs is one of 21 golfers 9 p.m. — St. Louis at Anaheim, NBC Sports than last year’s race at Atlanta The trouble with the debut is
under par. Network and that is a win for NASCAR that Atlanta is unlike any other in-
The final round began today with a 10:00 a.m. CT shotgun start. SOCCER (MEN’S)
Ole Miss will be paired with players from No. 27 Florida State, No. 12 2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Paris right now. Series officials final- termediate track in NASCAR and
LSU and No. 3 Vanderbilt. Saint-Germain vs. Manchester United, TNT ly conceded last season that the the asphalt on the 1.54-mile quad-
— Special to The Dispatch on-track product was failing to oval is the oldest in the series.
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College Basketball

MSU’s men’s hoops travels to SEC co-leader and No. 5 Tennessee

Special to the Dispatch
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee – Mississip-
pi State will wrap up the road portion of
its regular season schedule with a trip to
defending Southeast Conference regular
season co-champion and this year’s SEC
co-leader No. 5 Tennessee on Tuesday.
Tip time is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT
televised by SEC Network and available
online through the WatchESPN plat-
form. Dave Neal and Dane Bradshaw will
serve as the announcing team.
The Bulldogs head into the final week
of the regular season tied in a five-way
tie for fourth place and the final double
bye at next week’s SEC Tournament.
Mississippi State would be currently
seeded fifth and is all square with Au-
burn, Florida, Ole Miss and South Car-
olina. The five teams are one game clear
of Alabama.
MSU has dropped four of five meet-
ings with the Volunteers under fourth-
year coach Ben Howland. Tennessee
emerged with a 62-59 win during last
year’s SEC tournament quarterfinals.
Lamar Peters and Quinndary Weath-
erspoon combined for 39 points for the
Bulldogs. The last win in the series for
Mississippi State was a 64-59 decision on
Feb. 4, 2017 in Starkville.
The Volunteers (26-3, 14-2 SEC) held
the nation’s No. 1 ranking earlier in the
season and returned to the top five after
a 71-52 rout of Kentucky on Saturday.
Tennessee is tied with LSU, and both
teams are one game ahead of the Wild-
cats heading into the final week of action.
Grant Williams (19.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG,
1.2 SPG) and Admiral Schofield (16.4
PPG, 6.4 RPG) fuel an explosive Tennes-
see attack. Williams, the reigning SEC
Player of the Week, has reached double
figures in 27 of 29 games, followed by
Schofield who has dialed up 10-plus in
26 of 29 outings. The duo has secured
a combined 10 double-doubles on the
season. Williams has come away with 13
games of 20-plus points, most recently a
24-point effort against then No. 4 Ken-
tucky on Saturday.
Jordan Bone (13.8 PPG, 6.1 APG),
Lamonte Turner (11.0 PPG) and Jordan
Bowden (10.3 PPG) give the Volunteers
five players averaging double figures
for the season. Tennessee leads the con-
ference with 27 games of 20-plus points
on the season, and Bone racked up a ca-
reer-best 27 points on 11 of 15 shooting
during the Kentucky game. He is a final-
ist for the Bob Cousy Award and his 6.1
assists per game hold the top spot on the
SEC leaderboard.
Kyle Alexander (7.7 PPG, 6.5 RPG,
1.8 BPG), John Fulkerson (3.5 PPG) and
Yves Pons (2.8 PPG) give the Volunteers
one of the SEC’s deepest frontcourts. Al-
exander has shot over 50 percent from
the field in 19 of 29 games and ranks sec-
ond on UT’s all-time list with 172 career
blocks.
Asked to comment on Schofield, Wil-
liams and Bone, Howland said: “There
are lot of good players in this league, and
there are lot of teams that have multiple,
really good players on their teams es-
pecially when you look at the top of the
league. You have a number of teams that
do. Those two guys have been very con-
sistent. They’ve been really good here
the last two years. They have them in a
position to have a second SEC [regular
season] championship with two games
left. They’re playing for a lot. Those guys
are good winners, leaders and competi-
tors – [They have] unbelievable bodies.
They’re special, no question.
“Bone is playing great. He had an un-
believable game against Kentucky. He’s
a great point guard and a really good
player.
“Too, I also think [Lamonte] Turner
is very dangerous. [Jordan] Bowden is
a great sixth man, he comes off of the
bench. Their perimeter has a lot of depth
– [Yves] Pons is very good. They have
good depth up front. [John] Fulkerson
and [Derrick] Walker come in. They’re
a team that is built to make a long run in
the NCAA Tournament. I know that they
got knocked out last year by Loyola Chi-
cago. That was a huge upset. I think this
team that we’re playing tomorrow has a
chance to get to a final four.”
The Bulldogs conclude the 2018-19
regular season and play host to Texas
A&M on Saturday. Tip time is scheduled
for 1 p.m. from Humphrey Coliseum,
with Senior Day ceremonies preceding
the game. The matchup will be televised
by ESPN2 and available online through
the WatchESPN platform.
n The Matchup: Mississippi State
(21-8, 9-7 SEC) at No. 5 Tennessee (26-3,
14-2 SEC)
n Where: Thompson Boling Arena –
Knoxville, Tennessee
n When: Tuesday, March 5, 8:00 p.m.
CT
n Live Stats: StatBroadcast (https://
hailst.at/MBKLiveStats)
n TV: SEC Network
n Talent: Dave Neal, Dane Bradshaw
n Online: https://hailst.at/MSUv-
sUT0304
n Radio: Mississippi State Sports
Network – Powered by Learfield/IMG
College
n Talent: Neil Price, Richard Wil-
liams
n Affiliates: WKBB-FM 100.9
Starkville/West Point (Full List: https://
hailst.at/MBKAffiliates)
See MSU Men, 5B

Bulldogs a No. 2 seed in latest NCAA committee Top 16 rankings

Special to the Dispatch
STARKVILLE – With its
second consecutive SEC reg-
ular-season title in hand, Mis-
sissippi State would be a No. 2
seed in this year’s NCAA Wom-
en’s Basketball Tournament if
the season ended today. The
selection committee adjusted
its top 16 teams Monday, with
State dropping to the second
seed in the Albany region and
sixth overall.
MSU (27-2, 15-1 SEC),
which is ranked fifth in the
latest Associated Press Top 25
poll released today, is behind
top-seeded UConn (27-2) in the
Albany Regional. Defending
champion Notre Dame (27-3),
Baylor (27-1) and Louisville (27-
2) round out the No. 1 seeds.
The Bulldogs won the SEC
College Women’s
Basketball
title outright on Sunday night
with a 68-64 win at South Car-
olina. The Gamecocks are No.
12 in the committee’s rankings.
The win was No. 126 in seniors
Jazzmun Holmes and Teaira
McCowan’s careers, tying the
program’s all-time wins record
set by last year’s senior class.
Head coach Vic Schaefer’s
squad is the first women’s team
in MSU history to claim con-
secutive regular-season confer-
ence championships. State is
6-2 against top-30 teams in the
RPI and is 3-1 against teams in
the committee’s ranking.
The Bulldogs are tied with
UConn for the most wins in the
country (97) since the start of
the 2015-16 season. The two
programs last met in the 2017
Final Four when MSU snapped
the Huskies 111-game win
streak with a 66-64 victory in
overtime.
The first and second rounds
of the 2019 NCAA Division I
Women’s Basketball Champion-
ship will be played March 22-25
on the home courts of the top 16
seeds. Regional action will take
place March 29-April 1, with Al-
bany, New York (Times Union
Center) and Portland, Oregon
(Moda Center) hosting on
March 29 and 31, while Greens-
boro, North Carolina (Greens-
boro Coliseum) and Chicago,
Illinois (Wintrust Arena) will
host regional games on March
30 and April 1.
The 2019 Women’s Final
Four will be held April 5 at
Amalie Arena in Tampa, Flori- 8. Iowa
da, with the national champion- 9. NC State
ship game to follow on April 7. 10. Maryland
Monday’s early reveal will have 11. Oregon State
no bearing on the 64-team field 12. South Carolina
for the 2019 championship that 13. Miami (Fla.)
will be announced on Selection 14. Iowa State
Monday, March 18 on ESPN at 15. Syracuse
6 p.m. 16. Texas A&M
NCAA Committee Top 16 Regional Assignments
Reveal Albany: 1. UConn, 2. Missis-
1. Baylor (No. 1 seed – sippi State, 3. Oregon State, 4.
Greensboro Region) Miami (Fla.)
2. Louisville (No. 1 seed – Chicago: 1. Louisville, 2.
Chicago Region) Stanford, 3. Maryland, 4. Iowa
3. Notre Dame (No. 1 seed – State
Portland Region) Greensboro: 1. Baylor, 2.
4. UConn (No. 1 seed – Alba- Iowa, 3. NC State, 4. Texas
ny Region) A&M
5. Oregon Portland: 1. Notre Dame, 2.
6. Mississippi State Oregon, 3. South Carolina, 4.
7. Stanford Syracuse
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EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
As men’s regu- decisions dating back making four straight
lar-season champions to Jan. 14, with the only trips to Hutchinson,
of the MACJC’s North setback during that Kansas for the NJCAA
Division for the first stretch coming at home Division I Men’s Bas-
time since the 2012- to Northeast Mississip- ketball Championship
13 season, coach Billy pi, 68-65, on Jan. 28. under the guidance
Begley’s EMCC Lions Guided by Jason of former head coach
advanced through last Flanigan, the Holmes Mark White.
week’s MACJC State Bulldogs enter region- Begley previously
Basketball Tournament al play as the tourna-
served as White’s as-
in Ellisville by knock- ment’s No. 7 seed with
sistant coach during
ing off East Central a 15-9 overall record
the 2010-11, 2011-12
(70-53), 15th-ranked after dropping a 60-48
Pearl River (62-57) and decision to Pearl River and 2012-13 seasons
host Jones (61-58) on during last Tuesday’s before coming back
consecutive days. state tournament quar- to the Scooba campus
Defense was the terfinals in Ellisville. in 2015 as the Lions’
key for the EMCC men Holmes finished third head coach. EMCC’s
during last week’s suc- in the MACJC North other four recent re-
Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch cessful run through the Division’s regular-sea- gional tournament
As a reward for capturing their district championship, five Columbus Christian Acad- state tournament, as son standings with a 7-5 appearances have re-
emy starters were named to the all-district team, four of whom are pictured above sulted in a runner-up
the Lions held all three division mark.
front left to right: Kylee Emerson, Audrey Foreman, Celia Peal and Taylor Tipton. Not
shown is Elizabeth Easterling. opponents under 40 per- EMCC and Holmes finish and subsequent

CCA
Continued from Page 1B
schools such as Colum-
bus, West Lowndes and
Caledonia simply for the
competition those games
provided.
As a result, his team‘s
more notable accomplish-
ments this past season in-
cluded winning 20 games
(20-13) for the very first
time; going undefeated
(6-0) in winning the dis-
trict for the first time; be-
ing the first team to reach
the MAIS Class A Final
Four; and the second
team to reach the North
State Tournament where
the Rams finished third.
Individually, five girls
made the All-District
team – Celia Peal, Kylee
Emerson, Audrey Fore-
man, Elizabeth Easterling
and Taylor Tipton; two
were named to the North
State tournament team
– Peal and Emerson; and
one to the All-State tour-
nament team – Emerson.
After many years as
the school’s boys’ coach,
Thomas is currently in
his second year working
with the girls’ team, and
he threw all the credit for
this year’s breakthrough
season to his 13-girl squad
and its relentless work ef-
fort and to his assistant
coach Barbara Yeates.
“Our turnaround
can be attributed to all
the hard work these girls
put in during the sum-
mer months,” said Thom-
as. “We played some 40
games last summer and
that takes a lot of com-
mitment from the players
and the parents. It took a
lot of work on everybody’s
part.”
Too, the Rams hosted
a camp during which his
team played four games
a day all four days of
the camp which attract-
ed over 300 girls from
Celia Peal (left), Columbus Christian Academy’s all-time
leading scorer, was named to the North State All-Tour-
nament team and was selected to play in the MAIS
All-Star game Friday in Jackson, while Kylee Emerson
(right) was selected to the North State all-tournament
team as well as to the All-State all-tournament team.
throughout the area. In
addition to the Columbus
Christian camp, the Rams
also traveled to Arkan-
sas and to Tishomingo
County for games against
teams from Alabama.
Thomas said he sched-
ules teams from higher
classifications “to get bet-
ter and see exactly where
we are at.”
This past season,
the Rams only lost four
games to schools in their
own classification -- Mar-
vel (Arkansas) in North
State and State tourna-
ment play, Claiborne
(Louisiana) at State and
Delta Academy during
the regular season.
“All-in-all, these girls
cent field goal shooting split the regular-sea- NJCAA tournament
and below the 60-point son series by winning berth during Begley’s
mark. Collectively, the on their respective first season (2015-16)
Lions limited ECCC, home floors. On Jan. as head coach as well as
PRCC and JC to just 10 in Goodman, Czar semifinal-round show-
34.1 percent (59-for- Perry’s 37 points lifted
ings in 2009, 2014 and
173 FGs) shooting from the Bulldogs to a nar- 2015. Overall during
the field, including only row 75-74 home victory that eight-year span
24.3 percent (18-for-74 over the Lions. During
from 2009-2016, the
treys) from beyond the last month’s rematch
Lions posted an im-
three-point arc. The Li- (Feb. 4) in Scooba,
pressive 17-4 composite
ons ramped up their de- EMCC snapped a nine-
record (.810) during re-
fensive efforts against game series losing skid
gional tournament play.
the MACJC South Di- against Holmes that
East Mississippi’s
vision’s top two teams had dated back to the
regional tournament
by holding Pearl River 2013-14 season with a
action this week in
to 31.5 percent (17- 70-59 triumph. Along
Clinton will be live
for-54 FGs) shooting, with claiming last
streamed at www.EM-
including 2 of 21 (10%) year’s NJCAA Region
3-pointers, in the semis 23 men’s tournament ti- CCAthletics.com/live,
and then limiting Jones tle and participating in with Austin Buchanan
to 31.8 percent (21-for- the 2018 NJCAA tour- set to call all of the play-
66 FGs) from the field nament, the Bulldogs by-play action.
and 24.2 percent (8-for- also previously won the The men’s winner
33 treys) from the arc in region and advanced of this year’s NJCAA
the finals. to the national tourna- Region 23 Basketball
Looking for their ment during the 2014- Tournament in Clinton
first 20-win season 15 season. will qualify to partici-
since last qualifying for This week’s postsea- pate in the 72nd NJCAA
the Region 23 tourna- son action in Clinton
Division I Men’s Bas-
ment during the 2015- will mark East Missis-
ketball Championship
16 campaign (Begley’s sippi’s ninth men’s ap-
to be held, March 18-
first year as EMCC’s pearance in the NJCAA
23, at the Hutchinson
head coach), the 19-7 Region 23 Basketball
Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch Sports Arena in Kan-
and second-seed EMCC Tournament in the last
sas. The EMCC Lions
Lions bring a nine- 11 years dating back
previously participated
game winning streak to the 2008-09 season.
in five men’s basketball
that dates back to the During that span, the
national tournaments
end of January into this Lions claimed four con-
week’s regional tourna- secutive regional tour- (2010-13 and 2016)
ment. They have also nament championships during a seven-year
worked their tails off,”
won 12 of their last 13 (2010-13) en route to span.
said Thomas. And be-
cause we only lose two
seniors to graduation, I
feel like we’ll compete for
a state title next year.”
Thomas’ quest for a
state championship will
depend on 11 returning
players, as his current
roster lists only one ju-
nior, seven sophomores
and three freshmen -- all
of whom will move up a
grade next fall.
Thomas’ turnaround
effort didn’t go unnoticed
by his peers, as he was
named Girls’ Coach of the
Year, as was the Rams’
boys’ coach, Greg Wat-
kins.

SEC Women
Continued from Page 1B
bany, Ga., which served as the site for
six years from 1987-92. The tournament
then moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee,
where it was held from 1993-2000, with
the exception of 1998 when the tourna-
ment moved to Columbus, Ga.
Since 2001 the tournament has en-
joyed many new sites, including Mem-
phis (2001), Nashville (2002, 2004,
2008, 2011, 2012, 2018), Little Rock,
Ark. (2003, 2006, 2009, 2015), Green-
ville, S.C. (2005, 2017, 2018), Duluth, Ga.
(2007, 2010, 2013, 2014) and Jackson-
ville, Fla. (2016).
The winner of the 13-game tourna-
ment will receive the league’s automatic
bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tour-
nament seeds and conference champion
will be determined by the 16-game regu-
lar-season SEC schedule.
The 2019 SEC Women’s Tournament
will once again enjoy live television cov-
erage. The SEC Network will televise
all first, second and third round games.
The semifinals will be aired on ESPNU
for the sixth consecutive year, while the
championship game will be televised on
ESPN2.
The event has helped set the stage for
SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament, as
32 of the conference tournament cham-
pions have advanced to at least the Sweet
16. Three of the last 11 SEC tournament
champions have gone on to win the na-
tional championship. The SEC tourna-
ment champion has failed to win at least
one NCAA Tournament game only twice.
Tennessee leads the league with 17
SEC Tournament titles. Vanderbilt is
second with six, while Auburn, Georgia,
and South Carolina each have four. LSU
has two with Kentucky and Texas A&M
each winning one SEC Tournament
championship.

MUW
Continued from Page 1B
thews and Lloyd led the W in hits with
two each. fielder Kristen Martin paced MUW at
The Owls’ bats caught fire in the sec-
ond game against Penn State DuBois,
striking for 11 runs on 10 hits in the 5-in-
ning victory.
Senior pitcher Ciara Steward is still
undefeated on the mound allowing only
one run on one hit with one walk.
Freshman Donna Douglas entered
the game in relief to pitch one inning and
gave up one hit and fanned two.
Infielder Kendall Wilkinson and out-
the plate, racking up three RBIs each.
Wilkinson went 2-for-3 with one run,
while Martin went 1-for-2 and also
scored once.
Heidi Matthews scored three runs to
lead the Owls in scoring..
Up next, the Owls will return to the
field today to complete the 4-game series
against Penn State DuBois. First pitch of
the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m.

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Five things to know
n Mississippi State has con-
nected on 244 three-pointers
through 29 games. The 244
treys are the third-highest in
program history at this point in
the season. The Bulldogs have
dialed up 10 or more treys in
nine games this season, most
recently MSU 10 triples at Au-
burn last Saturday. A win on
Tuesday would snap a two-game
losing streak to Tennessee and
give the Bulldogs 10 SEC wins
for the first time since the 2007-
08 season when MSU secured a
12-4 mark.
n Quinndary Weatherspoon
was named a finalist for the
Bailey Howell Trophy earlier
today which is awarded to the
top college basketball player
in the state of Mississippi. He
has averaged a SEC-best 20.1
points per game in conference
games and racked up seven of
his 13 outings of 20-plus points
since the calendar turned to
February. Weatherspoon has
amassed 1,929 career points
which holds the top spot among
SEC active players and is third
on MSU’s all-time scoring list.
He has recorded double digit
points in 27 of 29 games and 101
times during his career. Missis-
sippi State has posted a 26-4
mark and has won 18 of the last
20 games when Weatherspoon
produces 20 or more points.
n Reggie Perry has pumped
in 14.2 points and 9.0 rebounds
per game over his last 11 games.
The streak is highlighted by 10
games in double figures and
six double-doubles. Perry tal-
lied 10 points and equaled a
career-high with 14 rebounds
at Auburn. For the SEC season,
Perry has dialed up 11.6 points
and 8.1 rebounds per game.
The 8.1 rebounds are third on
the SEC leader board and holds
the top spot among freshmen.
He is a two-time SEC Fresh-
man of the Week, most recently
on Feb. 25.
n Tyson Carter has worked
his way to 16.2 points and 2.4
assists per game over his last
five appearances as a starter.
He has posted consecutive
games of 20-plus points for the
first time since the North Da-
kota State and Dayton games
last season. Carter poured in a
season-high 22 points against
Missouri and followed that up
with a 21-point effort at Auburn.
He dialed up a season-high six
treys during the Auburn game.
The Bulldogs are 25-5 over
the last two seasons and have
won 14 of 17 games this season
when Carter scores 10 or more
points.
n Aric Holman and Lamar
Peters have scored 980 and
975 points, respectively … The
duo is in pursuit of becoming
the 38th and 39th players in
program history to surpass
1,000 career points … Peters
has collected multiple steals
in six straight games and has
totaled 19 steals in MSU’s last
six games … He is one of eight
major conference players to
notch at least 300 points and
150 assists on the season, ac-
cording to Stat Pass … The
Bulldogs are 15-3 this season
when Peters distributes five-
plus assists … Mississippi State
is 36-13 when Holman turns in
double figures, the last time he
reached double digit points was
a 12-point performance against
LSU on Feb. 5 … Abdul Ado is
third in the SEC with 2.1 blocks
per game in conference games
… He has tallied 11 blocks over
his last three games and his 116
blocks over 62 career games
is listed ninth in the MSU re-
cord book … Robert Woodard
II has recorded eight of his
10 games with seven or more
points during SEC play … He
has upped his scoring average
to 7.0 points per game in his
last 10 outings … Nick Weath-
erspoon is fifth on the team
with 9.6 points per game … He
is scheduled to miss his sixth
straight game after being sus-
pended indefinitely from game
competition for a violation of
team rules on Feb. 16.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: comes out, the eryone had even been invited,
I am a liar looks foolish and her answer was, “He’s a
15-year- and untrust- growing boy.”
old girl. I have worthy. I thought what he did was
been friends with Unfortunately, rude and uncalled for. Am I
“Amanda” for two there is nothing too old school, or am I out of
years. She helped you can do to touch with the new “way”? —
me through a fix Amanda. You GRANDDAD IN KANSAS
really tough time, tried and it didn’t DEAR GRANDDAD: You are
which is how we work, so step not out of touch. Your grand-
became friends. aside. This is a son’s behavior was selfish and
Recently, she lesson she will insensitive. Someone should
has been going have to learn on have mentioned that fact to
ZITS around telling her own. him. He’s not a growing boy.
people she is DEAR ABBY: He’s an adult with boorish
dating someone My daughter manners.
famous from a invited me to a DEAR ABBY: My husband
band and claiming Dear Abby celebration of life and I have been trying to have
she gets to hang for a schoolmate a child for a while now. I am
out with them all of hers. Everyone finally pregnant, but he is on
the time. It is really stressful. gathered outside at a park the fence about wanting to
My other friend and I don’t pavilion to listen to a minister keep the pregnancy because of
understand why Amanda is do- and friends or family speak the possibility of it being twins.
about the deceased. What should I do? — WORRIED
ing this. We think it’s wrong to
Twenty minutes before LOVESICK WIFE
tell people these lies. When we
the last speaker was done DEAR WORRIED: It’s a
have asked her about it, she
I noticed my 22-year-old little late for your husband to
always gets defensive and lies
grandson had gone inside the be waffling. He should have
to us. She blocked my friend
building where there was food considered this possibility
GARFIELD and me on Instagram, and that
for everyone. When I asked my when he put you on the path
really upset us as well.
daughter where he had gone, to motherhood and be grateful
We don’t know what to do. she said he had gone to the if the baby/babies are born
We know you give great advice, bathroom. Abby, there were no healthy. Remind him that
and we hope you can help us restrooms in the building. regardless of whether there will
with this. — STRESSED OUT When the speakers were be one or two bundles of joy,
IN IOWA finished, the minister invited your husband will be respon-
DEAR STRESSED OUT: Peo- everyone to go inside for food sible until he, she or they are
ple lie for various reasons — and refreshments. When my adults. If he can’t accept that,
to make others think they are daughter and I went inside, then what you should do is
important, popular, smarter there sat my grandson eating marry someone mature and
or more successful than they away. He was the only person stable enough to accept his
really are. Sometimes it works. doing so. I asked my daughter responsibilities as a husband
More often, when the truth why he was eating before ev- the next time around.

CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March
5). You’ll spend time with peo-
ple who, though they are from
different parts of the world,
seem to be made from the
same soul material as you are.
Doing well on an intellectual or
academic test in April helps you
to leap forward in your purpose.
Financial gain comes from com-
municating your ideas very well.
Sagittarius and Aquarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
BABY BLUES 30, 14, 22 and 36.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
While worrying alone does not
solve problems, realizing that
there’s something that could go
wrong is step one. Step two is
figuring out what to do to about
it: How to avoid it, or how to
better prepare for that possible
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
outcome.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). You’re interested, and
now there’s an opportunity to
dip your toe into the proverbial
pool. You won’t have to totally
immerse yourself to satisfy
your curiosity and gain some
experience.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Not everyone is comfortable
sharing feelings. Some people
you know are very encouraging
and supportive and yet not de-
monstrative. Still, you can feel
the love and compassion when-
ever you’re in their presence.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It’s your goal to be compas-
sionate and respectful, though
you may not have articulated it
quite like that. There are people
you admire that embody those
qualities and you want to be like
them. In fact, you already are.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Ev-
eryone is observing something
different at any given moment.
You’ll share memories, compare
notes and be surprised at
which details stand out to other
people.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
To enjoy and be friendly with
people without feeling com-
pelled to spend a lot more time
with them than necessary is
the definition of “acquaintance-
ship.” Who crosses to the next
level? Choose carefully.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You have a complaint. You’re
right about it. But it’s not
something that you’ll be able to
change today. Accept it, and log
it in your mental banks for now.
Solutions and opportunities will
come. Stay positive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If you assume the door is
locked, then you won’t be able
to open it. Don’t assume. Watch
the others. Maybe the door is
heavy and needs a shove, or
temperamental and needs a
jiggle of the handle. Watch and
copy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). A live streaming camera
can tell you what life is like now
on the Las Vegas Strip, a city
square in Madrid or the jungle
of Costa Rica. Looking around
helps you appreciate both the
world and what’s going on in
your part of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Sometimes it feels like
you’re the only one around using
rational thought in a culture that
prefers letting the person with
the biggest ego call the shots
regardless of what’s logical.
Stay rational.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Maybe it looks like the
side you’re on doesn’t have
a chance, but this is early in
the game. Besides, if you’re
confident enough to take action,
then you’ve already won.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). To get things done your
way at the price you’d prefer
would be wonderful, but it’s not
in the offering. The good news
is that the compromise that is
in the offering will be better in
the end anyway.

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room Apts/Townhomes.
Stove & refrigerator.
$335-$600 Monthly.
In Monday to Sunday.
Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 3/04
work, etc. Any work! Credit check & deposit.
CLASS A CDL DRIVER Coleman Realty,
Mike @ 662-242-5099. with Truck & Lowboy 662-329-2323.
Trailer experience to
RETAINER WALL, drive- load, haul, & unload 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- CLASSIFIEDS
heavy construction ments & townhouses. www.cdispatch.com
crete, masonry restora- equipment. Overnight Call for more info.
tion, remodeling, base- travel required. Only 662-328-8254.
qualified applicants with
ment foundation, re-
clean MVR, current Houses For Rent: South 7140
pairs, small dump truck
hauling (5-6 yd) load &
demolition/lot cleaning.
medical examiner’s
certificate and no acci-
COLEMAN 2BR/1BA Gas stove
& heat. Move-in ready.
dents need apply. Fax RENTALS
Burr Masonry
662-242-0259. resume to 662-492-
4490 or email to jm.site
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
417 17th St. S.
$450/mo. $450 dep.
masters@yahoo.com 1 BEDROOM Call 662-327-8712.
WORK WANTED: 2 BEDROOMS
Bargain Column 4180 Houses For Rent: Caledonia
Licensed & Bonded-car-
pentry, painting, & de-
3 BEDROOMS 7160
molition. Landscaping, MOTORCYCLE JACKETS,
leather, $50 each, large LEASE,
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gutters cleaned, bush 2BR/1BA. Caledonia
hogging, clean-up work, & xl sizes. 662-275-
pressure washing, mov- 0343. DEPOSIT area. 1 yr. lease. $650
rent. plus dep. No pets.
ing help & furniture
Farm Equipment & Supplies AND No smoking. 662-574-
repair. 662-242-3608 0227 or 662-356-4958.
4420 CREDIT CHECK
Lawn Care / Landscaping 2016 CAT Skidsteer w/ Houses For Rent: Other 7180
1470 mulcher. <1,000 hrs, 662-329-2323 3BR/3BA, Brick, 2640
$88,500. 2016 John
sqft, 32x32 LR/DR
C & T LAWN Deere 5100E Tractor,
210 hrs. $39,500. 2411 HWY 45 N combo, 25x25 library, lg
SERVICE
205-329-1790. laundry room, new appl,
COLUMBUS, MS custom drapes, dbl car-
port, security system.
Furniture 4480
$149,500. Will trade.
BLACK BEDROOM set,
Commercial Property For 615-849-5597.
$700. New mattresses, Rent 7100
For all your lawn still in plastic, $275.
services. Bissell carpet cleaner, COMMERCIAL PROPER- Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
Call 769-0680 for TIES/Retail/Office
free estimate.
$100. Two sets of black
Toyota Camry floormats, Spaces starting @ 2BR/2BA CH/A, W/D,
Mowing, Blowing, $285/mo. Downtown & Caledonia School Dis-
$80. New fabric steam- trict. Nice condition.
Weed-eating, er, $40. 662-242-2884. East Columbus loca-
Pressure Washing, tions. 662-435-4188. $450/mo. plus $200
Leave a message. dep. 662-356-6413 or
Tree Trimming.
662-251-5003.
General Merchandise 4600
OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
JESSE & BEVERLY'S square feet. 294
LAWN SERVICE. Mow- FOR SALE. Wood frame Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-
ing, cleanup, landscap- bunk beds. US em- ing terms. Available 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
ing, sodding, & tree cut- bossed in wood. As- now. 662-328-8254. Hope school dist.
ting. 356-6525. semble w/ square head $500/mo & $500 dep.
nuts & bolts. Philco HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Call between 10a-7p.
Painting & Papering 1620 Ford old record console
Columbus Office, Retail, 662-386-4292.
w/ tubes. Make offer.Restaurant Space avail- NO TEXT MESSAGES.
SULLIVAN'S PAINT 662-361-0070. able. Call 662-328-
SERVICE 8655 or 662-574-7879.
Certified in lead Sporting Goods 4720
RENT A fully equipped
removal. Offering spe-
RETAIL SPACE Available camper w/utilities &
cial prices on interior & 2012 HUNTVE Game
in Historic Downtown. cable from $145/wk -
exterior painting, pres- Changer. 4x4 electric
sure washing & sheet side-by-side. Runs good. 404 Main St. 3,000 $535/month. Colum-
rock repairs. Great hunting or street sq. ft. $1,300/mo. bus & County School
Free Estimates vehicle. $3,200 OBO. Call 662-328-8655 locations. 662-242-
or 662-574-7879. 7653 or 601-940-1397.
Call 435-6528 Call 662-251-8921.
Business Opportunity 6050 Houses For Rent: Northside
Plumbing 1680 Commercial Property 8050
7110
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDING & LAND for
ACME, INC. Columbus: 411 Main
2BR/1BA 1419 sale. 5,000 sq. ft. met-
Stan McCown St. Office, Retail, Res- Sanders Mill Rd. Old
Licensed Plumber al Ceco building. Loc-
taurant Space available. country house in ated on 8.5 ac. of land.
"We fix leaks."
662-386-2915
Call 423-333-1124. Steens, Caledonia Building includes 700 ACROSS
schools, new carpet & sq. ft. heated & cooled 1 Sighing cry
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 paint inside. $685/mo. office, kitchen, bath and
Stump Removal 1790 $685 deposit. No pets.
FOX RUN COMPANY LLC Call 662-356-4764. tool room. Behind 5 Glisten
1 & 2 BR near hospital. house at 6901 Hwy. 12 10 Edna Ferber
$595-645/mo. Military E. Steens. $150,000.
2BR/1BA. 94 Harris Dr. 662-574-8437. book
discount offered, pet
area, pet friendly, and $450/mo. $300 dep. 12 Cruise vessel
Caledonia Schools.
furnished corporate Houses For Sale: East 8200
apartments available. Near CAFB. 13 Boys’ school VIP
ON SITE SECURITY. 15 Print units
ON SITE MAINTENANCE. 2BR/1BA 49 Ruthie Dr. 3BR/1BA Brick home.
ALLSTUMP GRINDING ON SITE MANAGEMENT. $450/mo. $300 dep. 221 Robinwood Circle. 16 Faucet
SERVICE Columbus Schools.
GET 'ER DONE!
24-HOUR CAMERA
Near CAFB.
Approx 1200sqft. Single 17 Mex. neighbor
SURVEILLANCE. carport, natural gas
We can grind all your Benji @ 662-386-4446 heat, window ac, stove, 18 Try to get, legally
stumps. Hard to reach Call 662-889-1122.
places, blown over
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. fridge, dishwasher & 20 A party to
Sat/Sun by appt only. ceiling fans. $41,000.
roots, hillsides, back- CHARMING 3BR/3BA 662-329-2917 or 21 Haughty
yards, pastures. Free home for rent. Hard- 662-251-9708.
estimates. You find it, wood floors, granite
22 Mailed
we'll grind it! countertops, central air, 23 City of New York
662-361-8379 two master suites, Lots & Acreage 8600
basement for storage, 25 Turnpike cost
Tree Services 1860 quiet neighborhood. 1 16.9 acres on Self 28 Mass units
year minimum,
A&T Tree Service $1,295/mo.
Creek Rd. 11.3 acres 31 Refinery rocks
Bucket truck & stump Call 662-425-3817.
on New Light Rd. (Both
32 Sports summa- 3 Addict, e.g. ’70s Show”
Let your off of Maben-Sturgis
removal. Free est. Rd.) $1,500/ac. Call ries 4 Bro’s sibling 26 Baltimore player
Serving Columbus fingers do the COLONIAL TOWN- 662-465-7611, 662-
since 1987. Senior HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- 34 Sty resident 5 Open-handed hit 27 Pea or peanut
walking. 418-9096, 662-323-
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ room w/ 2-3 bath town- 1237 or 662-418-4176. 35 Possessed 6 Towel word 29 Slugger Mickey
242-0324/241-4447 Find your houses. $600 to $695.
"We'll go out on a limb 662-549-9555. Ask for 36 “The Matrix” hero 7 Harmonious 30 Ignores the limit
for you!" dream job in
Glenn or text.
SPRING SPECIAL 37 Vacationer’s help 8 “Taken” star 33 Tender spots
the classifieds!
FIRST FULL MONTH
1.95 acre lots.
40 Fudd of cartoons 9 Straying 35 Towel word
VICKERS TREE Good/bad credit.
SERVICE, LLC FREE! 2BR House, 10% down, as low as 41 Spanish squiggle 11 “Shoo!” 38 Salt, to Simone
Tree trimming and re- $485. 3BR House, $299/mo. Eaton Land. 14 New Orleans 39 Director Burton
$550. 1BA, stove, re- 42 Film units
moval. Fully insured. 662-361-7711
Free estimates. frig, electric heat, win- 43 Clutter celebration
dow a/c. 1 yr. lease.
*Now Accepting Credit
Credit check. Coleman Mobile Homes for Sale 8650 19 Game no-nos
& Debit Cards*
Call Curt 662-418-0889 Realty. 662-329-2323.
DOWN 20 Scientist Newton
05' 16X80. 3BR/2BA.
or 662-549-2902
“A cut above the rest” Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Exc. cond. 1.8 ac of 1 Grill waste 24 College unit
land. Ethelsville, AL. 25 Grace of “That
Brick unpinned, covered 2 Appear suddenly
General Help Wanted 3200 front & back porch, car-
port, storage bldg.,
OUR COMPANY is seek- backup generator,
ing an experienced car- storm cellar, shingle
penter. We specialize in roof. 662-364-1208.
home remodels & new
construction. The ideal
candidate will have Campers & RVs 9300
transportation & basic
tools. Please call TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
662-570-9464 for located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
more information.
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328-
EXPERIENCED ELECTRI- 8655 or 662-574-7879.
CIAN needed for light
commercial and service
calls. Golden Triangle Five Questions:
Area. 40 hour work
week. Pay based on ex-
1 Heath
perience. Insurance &
Retirement Benefits.
Ledger
Drug testing required.
Courteous, kind de-
meanor, neat appear-
ance and ability to work
2 Cigarettes
well with the public.
Email resume to:
job101@cdispatch.com
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
SERVICE MECHANIC
3 Eponym
with verifiable experi-
ence, own tools and
clean MVR. Submit
resume by fax to
4 Arm
662-492-4490 WHATZIT ANSWER
or email to: jm.site
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