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FIVE QUESTIONS1 Who is the only President to have been born on the Fourth of July?2 What is the name for the group of fibers that connect the brain’s left and right hemisphere?3 Who said: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accom-plishment.”?4 Who was known as “The Say Hey Kid”?5 In Norse mythology, who was the god of thunder?

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Today■ Kimono demonstration: The Mississippi University for Women International Series presents a kimono demonstration with Chieko Iwata, Japan Outreach coordinator at Mississippi State, at 7 p.m. in the Cochran Limbert Assembly Room on campus. Free. For more information, visit MUW Interna-tional Series 2016: Japan on Facebook, or email kmwhitehead@muw.edu.■ Evening with Dorothy Allison: The Mississippi State University College of Arts & Sciences Insti-tute for the Humanities presents “A Reading and Conversation” with best-selling author Dorothy Allison at 7:30 p.m. in the Colvard Union Foster Ballroom on campus,

sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council. A book signing and reception follow.

Thursday through Saturday■ “Blues for Willie”: The Colum-bus Arts Council presents events in honor of late bluesman Willie King: a March 3 Rosenzweig Arts Center reception at 5:30 p.m. for an exhibit by bluesmen Bill Abel and Big Joe Shelton; a March 4 show with The Black Prairie Blues Ambassadors and The Nellie Mack Project; a March 5 harmonica workshop, “Bikin’ for the Blues” motorcycle charity ride and concert by The Bill Abel Band and Old Memphis Kings. For information, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787, or go to columbus-arts.org.

DISPATCH STAFF REPORTS

A Lowndes County wreck this morn-ing led to a man being airlifted to a local hospital.

A car collided with an 18-wheeler on Highway 45 Alternate, near the intersec-tion of Highway 82, at about 7 a.m. today.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol did

not respond to messages by press time today.

WCBI, a local TV station, reported that MHP officials said the car pulled into traffic when the northbound 18-wheeler collided with it.

The driver of the car was airlifted to a hospital. The Dispatch was unable to determine which hospital by press time today.

Traffic at the Highway 45 Alternate and Highway 82 interchange was backed up in several directions while emergen-cy crews worked the scene.

Man airlifted after Lowndes accident

Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffDerrick and Becky Andrews, of Columbus, admire their new baby boy, Phoenix Andrews, born Monday, the only Colum-bus leap year baby at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.

MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

The Mississippi Histor-ical Society Awards Com-mittee has voted to award Mississippi University for

Women’s Department of History, Political Science and Geography the soci-ety’s Award of Merit.

The W’s Department of History, Political Science and Geography was se-

lected due to its “exempla-ry work in documentation and commemoration” of the 1966 racial integration of then-Mississippi State College for Women.

“It is good for the uni-

versity to r e c e i v e this rec-o g n i t i o n and (the award) will p r o v i d e m o m e n -tum to con-

tinue with the project,” said Derek Webb, univer-

sity archivist.Alongside Dr. Erin

Kempker, associate pro-fessor of History, Webb has worked with numer-ous students over the past couple of years to re-search, discover and pres-ent findings that bring to light the events that took place during the desegre-

gation and integration of the university. The inte-gration project has been student-directed from the start.

As part of the research, students have explored the university’s archives to find historical docu-ments that could be used

Miss. Historical Society awards The W for remembering integrationAward of Merit honors outstanding archival, museum, records management or media interpretation work

Kempker

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BY SAM LUVISIsluvisi@cdispatch.com

Columbus parents Becky and Derrick Andrews did not real-ize they had planned to induce

their second child’s birth on a leap day until after the little boy was born Monday. Still, they found the news

pretty exciting.Phoenix Nolan Andrews was

born at 12:23 p.m. Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, weighing in at 8 pounds and measur-ing 20.5 inches.

“I didn’t expect it, but I think it’s pretty awesome,” Phoenix’s mom Becky Andrews, 27, told The Dis-patch this morning.

The baby’s original due date was March 6.

Since most years won’t include February 29, Andrews said she plans to keep Phoenix a “Februarian” and

celebrate on February 28 on years that do not include the leap day, which occur every four years. The inclusion of the extra day this month marks 2016 as a “Leap Year.” The way of accounting for the extra day was started by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.

Andrews said she and Phoenix’s father, Derrick , 28 — they also have a 5-year-old daughter, Julianna — have simple plans for their first son.

“I just hope he grows up strong and healthy and to be a good per-son,” she said, adding the newborn is already “pretty calm.”

Phoenix graces hospital as ‘leap year’ baby

Mother: ‘I didn’t expect it, but I think it’s pretty awesome’

Wreck occurred on Hwy. 45 Alternate at about 7 a.m.

State funding could shore up SPD renovation budgetAldermen to discuss potentially outsourcing sanitation services, amended court collections contract todayBY CARL SMITHcsmith@cdispatch.com

Aldermen are expected to approve a resolution to-day asking state lawmak-ers to help fund upcoming Starkville Police Depart-ment renovations.

The Starkville Board of Aldermen learned last week renovations of the historic building could cost about $1.5 million more than the $3 million in bonds it set aside for the project. To help meet its budget and prevent losing signif-icant building improvements, Starkville will ask lawmakers for $2 million from the state’s Community Heritage Preservation Fund.

If approved, today’s resolution would be the first step toward securing the addition-al funds. A bill would later be introduced in the Legislature and sent to committee for debate.

“Our conversations (with area represen-tatives) have been good so far, but I don’t want to put odds on getting an appropria-tion bill passed since the process can be

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TuesdayCritics of Oscars show say diversity talk was too narrow

BY HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer

NEW YORK — As Fe-lix Sanchez watched the Academy Awards cere-mony, he kept wondering when all the talk of diver-sity from host Chris Rock and others would itself be-come more diverse.

“I was shocked that Latinos and Asians and Native Americans were not a part of this conversa-tion,” says Sanchez, chair-man and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foun-dation for the Arts, based in Washington, D.C.

“They have this idea that the paradigm is still black-white and they need to expand the conversa-tion. That it was so nar-row is indefensible.”

The all-white list of acting nominees led to widespread criticism in the weeks leading up to Sunday night’s show and to the hashtag movement OscarsSoWhite. Rock was praised for introducing an unusual level of candor about race to the telecast, but his comments were

almost exclusively about blacks, and the show over-all made only brief refer-ences to other minorities.

In one segment, three Asian children carrying briefcases walked out on stage and were introduced as PricewaterhouseCoo-pers accountants, an ap-parent reference to Asians being good at math.

“If anybody’s upset about that joke, just tweet about it on your phone, which was also made by these kids,” Rock said.

Mee Moua, president and executive director of the Washington-based Asian Americans Advanc-ing Justice, said in a state-ment Monday that the show was a setback for diversity.

“Last night’s ceremo-ny, and particularly the ‘joke’ involving Asian children, which played off more than one damag-ing stereotype of Asians and Asian Americans, ex-posed one of the failings of how we talk about race in America: race relations are not a black-white bina-ry,” she said.

‘They have this idea that the paradigm is still black-white and they need to expand the conversation’

CAMPAIGN 2016

BY JULIE PACE AND JILL COLVINThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican Don-ald Trump and Dem-ocrat Hillary Clinton are eyeing an oppor-tunity to pull away from their rivals on Super Tuesday, a delegate-rich dash across the country that could accelerate their march toward the general election.

Voters from Ver-mont to Colorado, Alaska to American Samoa and a host of states in between were heading to poll-ing places and caucus sites on the busiest day of the 2016 primaries.

The contests come at a turbulent moment for Republicans as they grapple with the prospect of Trump becoming the party’s nominee. Rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are engaged in a frantic effort to stop the billionaire — with Rubio in particular lobbing surprisingly per-sonal attacks — but it was unclear whether they’d made their move too late.

“This is a movement,” Trump told supporters at a rally Monday evening in Georgia. “I’m just a mes-senger, folks.”

Like Trump, Clinton has won three of the four early voting con-tests, including a thrashing of rival Bernie Sanders in South Caroli-na on Saturday. Her victory there was due to overwhelming support from black voters, putting her in position for a strong showing in several Southern states with large African-American electorates that vote today.

Clinton has increasingly turned her attention to Trump in recent days, casting herself as a civil al-ternative to the insults and bullying that have consumed the Republican

race.“What we can’t let happen is the

scapegoating, the flaming, the fin-ger pointing that is going on the Re-publican side,” she told voters gath-ered in Springfield, Massachusetts. “It really undermines our fabric as a nation. So, I want to do everything I can in this campaign to set us on a different course.”

Sanders, who has energized young voters with his call for a po-litical revolution, was seeking to stay close to Clinton in the South and pick up victories in states in-cluding Minnesota and his home state of Vermont. But Sanders faces

tough questions about whether he can rally minorities that are core Democratic voters.

Democrats will vote in 11 states and American Samoa on Tuesday, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Re-publicans will vote in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.

Trump was seeking to sweep the South, which would be a mas-sive blow for Cruz. The Texas senator, a favorite of the region’s social conservatives and evangeli-cal Christians, expected the South to be his firewall, but now is simply hoping to emerge with a victory in his home state.

Super Tuesday: Clinton, Trump look to pull away from rivalsLike Trump, Clinton has won three of the four early voting contests

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — As Bernie Sanders headed toward victory in New Hampshire, pundits not-ed the barrier he was about to break: Sanders would become the first Jewish candidate to win a major party presidential primary.

But since that Feb. 9 win, instead of the burst of communal pride that often accompanies such milestones, the response from American Jews has been muted. One reason: The Vermont senator, the candidate who has come closer than any other Jew to being a Democratic or Republican presiden-tial nominee, has mostly

a v o i d e d discussing his Juda-ism.

Sanders has baffled Jews by refusing to name the Israeli kibbutz where he briefly volunteered in the 1960s, sending reporters scrambling to solve the mystery. When they found the kibbutz,

he wouldn’t comment.In New Hampshire

after his breakout win, he described himself as “the son of a Polish immi-grant,” not a Jewish one. At a Democratic debate, he spoke of the historic nature of “somebody with my background” seeking the presidency, but didn’t use the word “Jewish.” A recent headline in the liberal Jewish Daily For-ward newspaper read, “We Need To Out Bernie Sanders as a Jew — For His Own Good.”

Sanders keeps his Judaism in background, irking Jews

Super Tuesday viewer’s guideTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A quarter of Americans get their say in the presidential nominating races to-day.

The timelineIf vote margins aren’t too tight,

expect rolling waves of race calls as polls close in various states: Georgia, Virginia and Vermont at 6 p.m. CST; Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Massachusetts at 7 p.m.; Arkansas at 7:30 p.m.; Texas, Minnesota and Colorado at 8 p.m.; Alaska at 11 p.m. A big chunk of the electorate votes early in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas, and those early votes will show up quickly in the count, increasing the chances for fast calls in those states. Sorry Sand-ers, your home state of Vermont tends to be slow to report. And Minnesota, Colorado and Alaska are caucus states that could ex-perience more hiccups than state-run primary states.

Caucuses are local meetings of registered party members or-ganized by the state party. Prima-ries, on the other hand, are run by the state government and are done by secret ballot at polling stations, similar to the general election.

Democratic demographicsWatch how Clinton does with

minority voters across the South and beyond. If she can replicate the resounding support that she got from black voters in South Carolina, where she was favored by 9 in 10 African Americans, she’ll be well situated to nail the nomination. Watch how Sanders does among young-ish voters — not just the youngest. He lost ev-ery age group but the under-30 crowd in South Carolina, which is not a big enough slice of the popu-lation to get him to a balloon drop at the Democratic Convention.

Cruz’s crown jewelIt’s all about Texas for Cruz.

After three straight third-place finishes in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, the Texas senator most likely couldn’t survive a Super Tuesday embar-rassment on his home turf. A big chunk of that Texas vote already is just waiting to be counted: More than 1.7 million voters cast early ballots in the state, representing 12 percent of registered voters in the two parties and about 7 per-cent of registered Republicans. Even if Cruz wins the state, he’s not guaranteed all 155 GOP dele-gates; the state awards them pro-portionally.

Vermont senator has come closer than any other Jew to being a presidential nominee

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The following arrests were made by Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office:

■ Joseph Huffman, 26, was charged with three counts of sale of marijua-na greater than 30 grams and two counts of sale of controlled substance.

■ Charles Hogan, 27, was charged with driving under the influence, third offense.

■ Eric Edmonds, 37, was charged with 48 hours.

■ Corey Collins, 40, was charged with 2 days.

■ Eber Jenkins, 21, was charged with sale of marijuana greater than 30 grams.

■ Lanorris Houston, 29, was charged with sale of controlled substance.

■ Jeremy Rice, 29, was charged with burglary of a residence.

■ Joe Jones, 67, was charged with assault on officer.

■ Anthony Wilkes, 22, was charged with sale of marijuana greater than 30 grams.

■ Brent Logan, 21, was charged with sale of marijuana greater than 30 grams.

■ Dalton Downs, 20, was charged with sale of marijuana greater than 30 grams.

■ Lennie Head, 32, was charged with bench warrant.

■ Elton Anderson, 40,

was charged with two counts of child abuse, possession of controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

■ Samantha Chandler, 32, was charged with sale of cocaine.

■ Ned McDonald, 37, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance.

■ Keith Jones, 30, was charged with care-less driving, driving on suspended license, no insurance, possession of marijuana and probation violation.

■ Eric Hedgepath,

24, was c h a r g e d with 2 days.

■ Mel-vin Bish-op, 39, was c h a r g e d with bur-glary of a residence.

■ Jaylyric Petty, 20, was charged with speed-ing and no seatbelt.

■ Erica Ray, 19, was

charged with possession of a controlled substance.

■ Joshua Moore, 25, was charged with parole violation.

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BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSThe Associated Press

JACKSON — A federal law-suit against Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant seeks to eliminate the nation’s last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem.

In the suit filed Monday, at-torney Carlos Moore of Grena-da, said the flag is “state-sanc-tioned hate speech” that makes him and other African-Amer-

icans fear for their lives. He is asking a judge to remove the flag and declare it unconstitu-tional.

Republican Bryant, who re-cently issued a proclamation naming April as Confederate Heritage Month, has said voters should decide whether to keep the flag used since 1894.

“This is a frivolous attempt to use the federal court system

to usurp the will of the people,” Bryant spokesman Clay Chan-dler said Monday. “The gover-nor hopes Attorney General Jim Hood will seek attorneys’ fees to reimburse taxpayers the cost of defending against this needless drain on state resources.”

The lawsuit was filed less than a week after Mississippi legislators killed several bills that would have either removed the Confederate emblem from the flag or withheld state money from schools and local govern-ments that refuse to fly the cur-rent banner.

The public display of Confed-erate symbols has been debated since the slayings of black wor-shippers at a Charleston, South Carolina, church in June. The white suspect had previously posed for online photos with the rebel flag, which has a red field with a blue X dotted by 13 white stars.

Moore’s lawsuit says the reb-el flag “has been shown to incite racial violence and terror.” It cites the South Carolina attack and two incidents in Mississippi.

In 2014 at the University of Mississippi, a noose and a

former Georgia flag that prom-inently featured the Confeder-ate battle emblem were draped on a statue of James Meredith, the black student who integrat-ed the university in 1962. In November 2015, a man known for flying large Mississippi and rebel flags from his car was charged with detonating an explosive after police said he threw a homemade device into a Wal-Mart store in Tupelo after the retail chain stopped selling Confederate flags. The device made a loud bang but did no damage.

Lawsuit seeks to remove Confederate-themed Miss. flag‘This is a frivolous attempt to use the federal court system to usurp the will of the people’

BY ALEX HOLLOWAYaholloway@cdispatch.com

The Mississippi Tour-ism Association will today bring its spring confer-ence to Columbus for the first time.

The conference — which runs today and Wednesday — is one of the largest gatherings of tour-ism professionals in the state and will bring more than 200 attendees to the city, according to a press release.

Columbus -L ow ndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Direc-tor Nancy Carpenter told The Dispatch Monday

that she’s attempted for several years to convince the MTA to bring the con-ference here.

“This is a tremendous opportunity,” she said. “We’ve worked hard to make sure the town looks great, and it always does,” Carpenter said. “We’re very proud of our city and very supportive.”

Carpenter said the spring conference is one of two major yearly confer-ences the MTA holds. The group also holds a fall con-ference; both move around to different cities across the state.

“We are thrilled to host our spring conference in

Columbus, and we en-c o u r a g e tourism in-dustry lead-ers and pro-fe s s ion a l s from around the state to join us,” said Kappi Allen, MTA president and execu-tive director of the Clarks-dale Coahoma Tourism Bureau. “We know that gathering as an industry is an excellent way to ex-pand our knowledge and connect with fellow profes-sionals in the industry.”

The conference will begin today with a jazz brunch at the historic Rosedale home, followed

by sessions at the Court-yard Marriott Columbus. Further events will show-case the town, including an afternoon reception on the pedestrian bridge.

Carpenter said the conference is a chance for the city to make a lasting impression, especially for those who have never vis-ited Columbus.

“Last week I hosted travel partners from the UK and from Germany,” She said. “They were so impressed with Colum-bus. They had never been here and they said, ‘We think the state conference should be posted here.’ They, like so many, are so impressed when they visit Columbus.”

Columbus to host hundreds today in state tourism conferenceCity to host MTA spring event for first time

Carpenter

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

The Columbus Police Department is looking for a Columbus woman accused of using fraudu-lent identification multiple times.

Natasha Henry, 36, of 2201 Third Ave. North, Apartment 7, is wanted for seven counts of fraud-ulent use of ID, according to an email from Captain Fred Shelton. Henry has spoken to officers with the CPD by phone and has

had opportu-nities to turn herself in. She spends time in Co-lumbus and Pickensville, A l a b a m a , according to the email.

Anyone with informa-tion on Henry’s where-abouts should call the CPD at 662-244-3500 or the Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151.

Columbus woman wanted for ID fraud

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OUR VIEW

Choose competenceBoard appointments are critically important to the health of a community

Today, voters go to the polls to decide who will represent Ward 5 on the Columbus City Council. Stephen Jones and Marthalie Porter are competing to fill the unexpired term of Kabir Karriem, who now serves in the Legislature.

But the council seat is not the only im-portant position that could be determined today.

As early as tonight, when the city council holds its regular meeting, three appoint-ments could be made. Positions on the Co-lumbus Municipal School Board of Trustees, Columbus Lowndes Convention & Visitors Board and the Columbus Light and Water board are open, and it is likely that the coun-cil will choose who will serve tonight.

Although elected positions such as city council are correctly perceived as important choices, in many respects the board appoint-ments made by the city are just as critical. All deserve careful deliberation.

The people selected to serve on these boards are entrusted with tremendous responsibilities. The decisions made by school board members touch the lives of our children in a profound way and help shape the future of our community. Likewise, members of the utilities board have a direct influence on vital services and the price we pay for those services. Those who serve on the CVB are entrusted with shaping our tourism efforts, a vital part of our city’s economy.

As the council considers its choices, we are pleased to note that there are well-quali-fied candidates for each position.

Given that, we strongly urge the council to set aside all considerations but one: com-petence.

At a time when our city, like many, faces complex issues, choosing the right people for these boards is imperative. We do not have the luxury of a decision based on race, relationships or patronage.

The choices must be made by answering one essential question: Which candidate is most competent to meet the challenges of the position?

To make a choice based on any other criteria not only is a disservice to our com-munity, it also serves as a disincentive for qualified candidates to make themselves available in the future.

We are blessed to have among us many well-qualified, intelligent, community-mind-ed people. But when appointments are made on the basis of race, friendships or factors other than ability, they are inclined to stay on the sidelines.

By that standard, the choices the council makes will have an impact on our commu-nity not only in the short-term but well into the future.

CAMPAIGN 2016

Last chance for America? The “Super Tues-

day” primaries may be a turning point for America — and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing in-ternational dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraor-dinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and per-sonal character to rescue America.

Instead, if the polls are an indica-tion, what we may get is someone with the opposite of all these things, a glib egomaniac with a check-ered record in business and no track record at all in govern-ment — Donald Trump.

If so, the downward trajec-tory of America over the past seven years may well continue on into the future, to the point of no return.

Democrat Susan Estrich says that it is “fun” watching Donald

Trump. She may be able to enjoy the spectacle because Trump is Hillary Clinton’s best chance of winning the general elec-tion in November. Even if the FBI’s investigation leads them to recommend an indictment, the Obama administra-tion is not likely to indict Hillary.

No doubt “The Donald” is enter-taining, and he has ridden a wave of Republican voter anger against the Republican estab-

lishment, which has repeatedly betrayed them, especially on illegal immigration.

But these political problems are a sideshow, in a world where Iran is guaranteed to get nucle-ar weapons and North Korea, which already has them, is developing long-range missiles that can reach American cities. Iran is also developing long-range missiles.

Then there are the interna-tional terrorist organizations from the Middle East — many sponsored by Iran — whose agents have had easy access to the United States across our open border with Mexico.

We will need the cooperation of nations around the world to keep us informed of these ter-rorist organizations’ activities, and to help disrupt the interna-tional money flows to terrorists.

Those nations know that helping the United States makes them targets of terrorism. So they have to weigh how much they can rely on America, be-fore they risk their own national survival by cooperating with us against the terrorists.

Is Donald Trump someone who would inspire such confi-dence among leaders of other countries? Already Trump’s irre-sponsible rhetoric has caused a backlash in Mexico and there has also been an attempt in Britain to ban him from setting foot on British soil.

We need all the allies we can get, from countries around the world, including Muslim allies in the Middle East. The

last thing we can afford, at this crucial juncture in history is a president who alienates allies we have to have in a war against international terrorists.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump’s theatrical talents, including his bluster and bombast, may be enough to conceal his shallow understand-ing of very deep problems. But that will not cut it in the White House, where you cannot clown or con your way out of problems, and where the stakes are mat-ters of life and death.

Trump’s acting like a bull in a china shop may appeal to some voters but, in the world as it is, he may well cost us our last chance to recover from the great dangers into which the Obama administration has gotten this nation.

We already have an ego-driv-en, know-it-all president who will not listen to military or intelligence agency experts. Do we need to tempt fate by having two in a row?

Despite Donald Trump’s string of primary vote victories, he has not yet gotten a ma-jority of the Republican votes

anywhere. But although most Republican votes are being cast against him, the scattering of that vote among so many other candidates leaves Trump with a good chance to get the nomina-tion.

Everyone understands that the best chance for stopping Trump is for that fractured ma-jority vote to consolidate behind one candidate opposed to him. But who will step aside for the good of the country?

When we think of American military heroes who have fallen on enemy hand grenades to save those around them, at the cost of their own lives, is it really too much to ask candidates — especially those who present themselves as patriots — to give up their one political chance in a zillion this year for the sake of the country?

Voters have a responsibility too. They might well ask them-selves: Do I plan to use my vote to vent my emotions or to try to help save this country?

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Visit his website at www.tsowell.com.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is due to meet face-to-face today with the Senate Re-publican leaders vowing to block his Supreme Court nominee — no matter who it is — with the hope of keeping the seat open for a Republi-can president to fill next year.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch

McConnell, R-Ky., and Judicia-ry Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are due at the White House midmorning for the sit-down with Obama, Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the rank-ing Democrat on the committee. It will be the first time the leaders have met since Justice Antonin Sca-

lia’s unexpected death last month set off a clash over the Supreme Court.

At another time, the gathering might have been a nod to the tradi-tion of at least limited cooperation in naming and confirming justices to the nation’s highest court. The president might have floated poten-tial candidates; Senate opposition might have come armed with their own preferred names.

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Jacqueline ThurlowCOLUMBUS — Jac-

queline Joyce Pulver Thurlow, 85, died Feb. 20, 2016, at West Flori-da Hospital in Pensaco-la, Florida.

Services will be Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Wesley United Meth-odist Church. Lowndes Funeral Home is in charge of arrange-ments.

Mrs. Thurlow was born Aug. 10, 1930, to the late Beatrice Elzina Holden Pulver and Ora Lewis Pulver. She was previously employed as a speech/language pathologist in Colum-bus Public Schools and the Columbus Rehabili-tation Center. She was a member of Wesley Unit-ed Methodist Church. She graduated from Corning Free Academy in New York, Syarcuse University and Missis-sippi State College for Women. She was also a member of Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Alpha Iota.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alan F. Thurlow; and brother, Gale Ora Pulver.

She is survived by her daughter, Gaye Thurlow Cox; son, David P. Thurlow; six grandsons; and nine great-grandchildren.

Thelma WellsABERDEEN —

Thelma Corbell Wells, 76, died Feb. 28, 2016, at her residence.

Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Van Moore and Rev. Dave Dowdy officiating. Burial will follow in Oddfellows Rest Cem-etery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

She was preceded in

death by her parents; husband, James Otis Wells; son, Ronald Jackson Wells; and two granddaughters.

She is survived by her daughter, Judy Wells Moore of Ab-erdeen; sons, Jerry O. Wells of Grenada and James H. Wells of Aberdeen; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Bertha GrayST. LOUIS, Mo. —

Bertha Lee Gray, 89, died Feb. 29, 2016.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes funeral home of Macon.

Harold HillCOLUMBUS — Har-

old Hill, 90, died Feb. 29, 2016, at Baptist Me-morial Hospital-Golden Triangle.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home.

Steven JonesCOLUMBUS — Ste-

ven Andre Jones, 57, died Feb. 29, 2016, at Alabaster, Alabama.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home.

Booker ThomasCOLUMBUS —

Booker T. Thomas, 79, died Feb. 29, 2016.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home.

Joan ReevesBECKER — Joan

Kay Trimm Reeves, 66, died Feb. 26, 2016, at North Mississippi Med-ical Center-Tupelo.

Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Apostolic Church in Amory with Coy Hill and Stanley Blaylock officiating. Burial will follow in Greenbrier Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. at Cleve-land-Moffett Funeral Home of Amory.

Mrs. Reeves was born Nov. 28, 1949, to the late Eugene Victor and Amanda Jane Sulli-van Trimm.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Jimmy Trimm, Joe Trimm, Junior Trimm and Richard Trimm; sister, Betty Stegall and Ann Lois Edwards; and one granddaughter.

She is survived by her husband, William Stanley Reeves of Beck-er; son, Mike Reeves

of Becker; daughters, Debbie Knight of Beck-er and Tiffany Crawley of Nettleton; sisters, Mary Bennett of Amo-ry, Barbara Mathis of Cordova, Tennessee, and Beatrice Palazzola of Florissant, Missouri; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchil-dren.

Pallbearers will be Darrell Benett, Keith Parham, Dennis Knight, Spencer Brock, Bo Barrett and Bo Knight.

Dorothy CoxSTARKVILLE —

Dorothy White Holland Cox, 83, died Feb. 28, 206, at The Beehive.

Graveside Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point with the Rev. Chip Ste-vens officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cox was born May. 14, 1932, to the late Dillard Smith and Robbie Evelyn White Holland. She gradu-ated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She was previously employed as a school teacher with Greenville Public Schools and was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Greenville. She was also a member of Alice Bell Garden Club.

In addition to her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Richard Cox.

She is survived by her daughters, Amanda Grimm of Dallas, Tex-as, and Elaine Cox of Birmingham, Alabama; son, Holland Cox of Starkville; five grand-children; and two great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745-9703.

Ricky DavidsonPHEBA — Ricky

Lynn “Big Rick” David-son, 58, died Feb. 28, 2016, at his residence.

Graveside services will be Wednesday at 4 p.m. from Pheba Cemetery with the Rev. Terry Rhodes officiat-ing. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrange-ments.

Mr. Davidson was born Dec. 3, 1957, to Thomas John and the late Jessie Kate Sims Davidson. He was a member of Pheba Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

In addition to his father, he is survived by his daughter, Jeanie Mi-chelle Laughlin of Ra-eford, North Carolina; son, Shane Davidson of Maben; sister, Christi Keeton of Pheba; broth-er, Johnny Davidson of Vardaman; and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39701.

Sadie WilliamsCOLUMBUS — Sa-

die Williams, 94, died Feb. 29, 2016, at Bap-tist Memorial Hospi-tal-Golden Triangle.

Services will be Saturday at noon at Shiloh Full Gospel MB Church. Carter’s Funer-al Service of Columbus is in charge of arrange-ments.

Demorris DismukeCOLUMBUS — De-

morris Dismuke, 37, died Feb. 27, 2016, at Phoebe North Hospital in Albany, Georgia.

Services will be Sat-urday at 11 a.m. at Zion Gate MB Church. Car-ter’s Funeral Service of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.

Reba WrightSULLIGENT, Ala. —

Reba Wright, 89, died Feb. 24, 2016, at Gilm-ore Memorial Medical Center in Amory.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Otts Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wight was born Sept. 3, 1926, to the late Homer and Ella Mae Johnson Aldridge. She was a member of Gatt-man Methodist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Walter Ray Aldridge, W.H. Aldridge, Bill Aldridge and Gene Aldridge; and sisters, Mary Lois Cole-man and Ruby Moore.

She is survived by her son, Terry Wright of Sulligent; and hus-band, L.B. Wright of Sulligent.

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Like earlier studies in the Midwest, the research based in Huntsville, Alabama, will include mo-bile radars, drones and other equipment that can measure tornado intensity. It is set to run through March and April.

VORTEX, an acronym for Verification of the Or-igins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, began in the mid-1990s with a large tornado study that helped inspired the Hollywood film “Twister.”

Another large study, VORTEX 2, took place from 2009-2010.

This spring, researchers hope to learn more about the mysteries of Southern tornadoes, such as whether the landscape in the South gives them added power, and how to warn people at night, when many tornadoes strike in the South.

The research aims to find ways of better fore-casting tornadoes, communicating warnings more effectively and finding out how the public responds to those warnings, according to documents from the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

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“The students are producing real work that really matters,” Webb added.

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rather unpredictable,” said Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman.

A timetable for the bill’s filing is not yet clear, and Wiseman said he was unsure which area law-maker would pen the leg-islation.

Aldermen are sched-uled to hear an update on the design process from architect Gary Shafer to-day.

Previously, Shafer de-buted two options that would each renovate 65 percent – about 18,330 square feet – of the former city hall.

Coming in at an es-timated $3 million, the cheapest plan would not provide numerous exteri-or fixes, renovate the for-mer youth court area and provide space for evidence storage. The more expen-sive option, a projected $4.2 million plan, would provide a secured parking area, new roof, sally port and make improvements to the building’s exterior.

Comparatively, a master plan that would renovate the entire 27,110-square-foot struc-ture, bring it up to code and provide for the de-partment’s future growth would cost the city almost $5.4 million.

At the last board meet-ing, Vice Mayor Roy A. Perkins urged his fellow representatives not to take shortcuts in solving the decades-long problem of finding SPD a perma-nent home.

Perkins, who usually opposes any major city spending, said the two cheaper options were

not satisfactory and chal-lenged the board to either fully fund the $5.4 million master plan, continue ex-ploring a purchase option for Cadence Bank’s Main Street property or acquire a different parcel and build a new police station from the ground up.

Documents included in the Tuesday’s e-packet contain breakout costs for the $5.4 million master plan.

Aldermen could use that information and de-cide upon a formal renova-tion plan today.

Amended AMS contract up for discussion

Aldermen will also hear a presentation by its delinquent court fines and assessment collector, the Texas-based American Municipal Services, and could amend its working deal with the entity, Tues-day’s agenda states.

Few details are known about the pending amend-ment as the city clerk’s office said it was not in possession of any pro-posed deal or related doc-uments. Other elected officials said they were unaware of the specifics that could emerge from the Ward 2 Alderman Lisa Wynn-authorized agenda item.

Wynn previously asked court administrators to study its outsourcing af-ter Starkville Municipal Court officials presented a report on its 2015 case-load.

In 2010, Starkville en-tered into a contract with AMS for collecting unpaid court fines and assess-

ments. Under the agreement,

SMC would refer uncol-lected fines and assess-ments to AMS, and the company would “use their best efforts” – tracking down defendants, mailing letters and placing phone calls – to secure the mon-ey.

In return, the defen-dant’s fine would increase by 25 percent, and that amount would go to AMS. The company, the con-tract states, would cover all expenses in the col-lection process, including labor, postage, telephone costs and skip tracing.

Board to broach RFP for sanitation collections

Aldermen could also begin a process privatiz-ing the core functions of the Starkville Sanitation and Environmental Ser-vices Department

Another Wynn-autho-rized agenda item asks the board to consider executing a request for proposals process for out-sourcing the city’s gar-bage collection and recy-cling services.

Discussions on out-sourcing occurred last year before aldermen in-creased residential rates and small business col-lection fees, and imple-mented the first monthly participation charges for recycling.

Ward 5 Alderman Scott Maynard, who chairs the city’s budget committee, said last year the city should execute a general outsourcing feasibility study as the board ap-

proached how to increase revenues, but no major initiatives were brought to the table.

August’s rate adjust-ment increased monthly residential services by 75 cents, while small busi-ness collection fees in-creased by $5.

The $2 monthly recy-cling fee was the first of its kind, as the city previ-ously did not charge for those services. The board also increased how often recycling is collected by instituting a once-a-week schedule.

The city’s policy of providing free residential garbage bag distributions went unchanged even though Maynard and oth-er aldermen suggested a voucher program.

When aldermen ap-proved the increases in August, Maynard said the adjustment should net the city an additional $171,300 per year.

Additional funding was needed to fund equipment replacements.

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Transition is an essential part of basketball.

The teams that get out and run and use their pressure defense to create easy scoring opportunities often have the most success.

Danny Crawford is used to coach-ing that style of play. The veteran coach had success with the girls and boys basketball teams at West Oktibbeha County High School be-fore that school and East Oktibbeha County High were closed at the end

of the 2014-15 school year.When Crawford was named the

new girls and boys basketball coach at West Lowndes High, he vowed to instill the same mentality in his players.

It helps to have leaders like se-nior Alexis Neely and sophomore C.J. Smith when you’re making that kind of transition.

Neely had 15 points in a victory against Ethel and 25 in a victory against Lumberton on Saturday. Smith and West Lowndes rolled past French Camp Academy in the first round. He had 15 points Sat-

urday in a victory against Piney Woods that sent both teams to Jack-son for the first time since 2006.

For their accomplishments, Neely and Smith are The Dispatch’s Prep Players of the Week.

“Their basketball IQs are very high,” Crawford said. “They are very intense and passionate about the game.”

Crawford said the experience of both players has aided in the transi-tion to a new school and new systems. It helps that Crawford has coached Neely, a 5-foot-9 all-purpose player,

BY BEN WAITbwait@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State men’s basketball players Gavin

Ware and Quinndary Weatherspoon were named finalists for the C Spire Howell Trophy, while wom-en’s basketball player Victoria Vivians was named a finalist for the Gillom Trophy on Monday.

The men’s award, named after former MSU great Bailey Howell, is presented annually to the top collegiate male player in the state of Missis-sippi. The women’s award, named after

former Ole Miss great Peggie Gil-

lom-Granderson, is presented annu-ally to the top collegiate female play-er in the state. Both awards will be presented Monday at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Jackson.

Vivians won the award as a fresh-man last season. The other two final-ists are Ole Miss’ Shandricka Sessom and Delta State’s Chelsea Rhodes.

The other men’s finalist is Ole Miss’ Stefan Moody, who won the award last year. An Ole Miss player has won the award each of the last three seasons.

A native of Kissimmee, Flori-da, Moody leads the Southeastern Conference (ninth in the nation) in scoring at 22.8 points per game. He became the fifth-fastest player in Ole Miss history to reach 1,000 ca-reer points this season, and posted a streak of 14-consecutive 20-point games, which is the third-best streak in school history.

Ware and Weatherspoon are the first Bulldogs named as finalists for the award since Arnett Moultrie and Dee Bost in 2011-12. Moultrie won the award that season. It marks the third time since the award’s inception in 2004-05 that MSU has produced multiple finalists.

Ware, a former Starkville High School standout, is having a career year as a senior. He has scored a career-high 412 points, which has helped him reach other career-best marks, including scoring average (15.6 ppg.), field goals made (167), and assists (24). The center leads the SEC and is 14th nationally with a field goal percentage of 61.9.

Weatherspoon leads the Bulldogs in scoring (14.8 ppg.) and steals in league games (23). The two-time SEC Freshman of the Week honoree is sixth in scoring average (12), sev-enth in steals (37) and 3-point field

BY BEN WAITbwait@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — A source confirmed Monday that Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen plans to hire longtime NFL coach Brian Baker as the team’s new defensive line coach.

The hire, which was first reported by Scout.com, is expected to be made official today or Wednesday.

Baker will take over for David Turner, who left for Texas A&M last week after being promoted to assistant head coach this offseason. Baker is the fourth defensive coach hired by Mullen this offseason after Manny Diaz, Deshea Townsend, and Tony Hughes all took other jobs. Peter Sirmon was hired as the new defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, Terrell Buckley was hired as the new cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator, and Maurice Linguist was hired as the new safeties coach.

Baker coached the outside linebackers for the NFL’s Washington Redskins in 2015. He wasn’t retained at the end of the season after Washington coach Jay Gruden hired a new defensive coordi-nator, Joe Barry. Baker didn’t work as a full-time coach last season.

The former Maryland linebacker was a student coach for the Terrapins in 1984 and a graduate as-sistant in 1985. After coaching at Army (1986) and Georgia Tech (1987-95), he started a 19-year run as a coach in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers in 1996. He also coached the Detroit Lions (1997-2000), Minnesota Vikings (2001-05), St. Louis Rams (2006-08), Carolina Panthers (2009-10), Dallas Cowboys (2011-12), and Cleveland Browns (2013). He spent 15 years as a defensive line coach with the Chargers, Vikings, Rams, Panthers, Cow-boys, and Browns.

Among the players selected to the NFL Pro Bowl from Baker’s units throughout his career are Jay Ratliff, Julius Peppers, Kevin Williams, Robert Porcher, and Luther Elliss. He also contributed to the Pro Bowl selections of linebackers DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer while overseeing the pass rush with Dallas.

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STARKVILLE — With a trip to California loom-ing, John Cohen wants the Mississippi State baseball team focused on the game at hand.

Later this week, the MSU coach will take his team to Los Angeles for games against No. 14 UCLA, Southern Califor-nia, and Oklahoma, but before that happens, No.

24 MSU (6-2) will play host to Alcorn State (1-7) at 4 p.m. today (SEC Net-work+).

After winning four games against the Uni-versity of Massachusetts Lowell and Nicholls State last weekend, Cohen

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Dillon Sudduth doesn’t recall how much Hunter Mullis weighed when he first noticed him on the recruiting trail.

Mullis’ weight really didn’t mat-ter to the Meridian Community College baseball coach because he could tell the then-Columbus High School standout could pitch. In many ways, Mullis fit the bill of a “crafty lefty” because he changed

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Freshman Quinndary Weatherspoon had 14 points Saturday in the Mississippi State men’s basketball team’s 68-58 victory against South Carolina. Weatherspoon and senior Gavin Ware were named Monday finalists for the Howell Trophy, which goes to the best men’s college basketball player in the state of Mississippi. MSU sophomore Victoria Vivians was named a finalist for the Gillom Trophy, which goes to the state’s top women’s college basketball player.

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zone to get hitters to chase his pitches.

Two years later, Mullis’ hard work in the weight room has helped him add 30 pounds since his senior year with the Falcons. The added weight has helped Mullis get off to a fast start in his sophomore year at MCC. Mullis (2-0, 2.92 ERA) is a key reason why MCC is off to an 11-1 start as it prepares for a double-header against Shelton State (Ala.) C.C. at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

“He definitely has got-ten more physical the last couple of years because he wasn’t going to be the most imposing guy on the mound,” Sudduth of the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Mullis. “The added physicality has improved his fastball ve-locity and tightened up his breaking ball.”

In 12 innings, Mullis has allowed eight hits and three walks. He has struck out 18. On Feb. 11, Mullis pitched a seven-inning complete game in a victory against Wallace-Selma. He scat-tered five hits, allowed one walk, and struck out 12 to help him earn Mississippi Association of Colleges and Junior Colleges (MACJC) Player of the Week honors.

Mullis credits the add-ed strength for boosting

his fastball into the 86-88 mph range. He said he worked hard with friend and former Columbus High baseball teammate Isaiah Farmer, who is now at Mississippi Delta C.C., in the weight room during the summer. He said they lifted every other day and did a lot of squats and baseball-specific exer-cises to strengthen their backs and shoulders.

“When I am pitching I feel I have a lot more pow-er and I am throwing a lot harder than when I came here,” Mullis said. “I just try to pitch the same way. The only difference now compared to before is I can get guys out with my fast-ball.”

Mullis went 6-2 with one save and a 2.89 ERA as a ju-nior at Columbus High. In 55 2/3 innings, he allowed 63 hits, walked only eight, and struck out 58. He also hit .352 with two doubles, one home run, 20 runs, and 20 RBIs.

As a senior, Mullis went 7-3 with a 1.02 ERA. In 13 games (68 2/3 innings), he gave up 55 hits and walked 23. He struck out 78.

Mullis was part of a group of players that helped Columbus go 23-8 in 2014. That finish helped the pro-gram make history under

former coach Jeffrey Cook and advance to the playoffs four-straight seasons.

Cook said Mullis worked equally hard to improve while he was at Columbus High. He might have been exaggerating, though, when he said he recalled Mullis as a 5-1 freshman who looked like he weighed 80 pounds.

Mullis has filled out a little since then and has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his baseball career at Missis-sippi College in Clinton. He earned that opportunity even after pitching 3 1/3 innings as a freshman at MCC. Sudduth said Mullis had a great fall and came back for his sophomore year with a different mind-set. He said Mullis’ ability to “pitch with an edge” came from a bullpen ses-sion late in his freshman season that showed his potential. Sudduth said he encouraged Mullis to bring that attitude to the mound every time he pitched. So far, Mullis has done just that.

“He is not some soft-toss-ing lefty,” Sudduth said. “He is able to keep hitters honest with his fastball. He probably has the best breaking ball in our league. That is his bread and but-

ter. The added weight also helps him go deeper in the game. His arm has always worked clean and he has been the type of kid who can get extended more than other starters and bounce back.”

Mullis agrees the add-ed weight hasn’t changed the fact that his breaking pitch is still the pitch he relies on. He said he hasn’t been tempted to change his approach on the mound to blow hitters away because he knows he still has to hit his spots and change speeds to be effective. Now, though, he has an added wrinkle — and a lit-tle more velocity — he can use in tight situations to get hitters out.

“Last year, we had a lot of pitchers and I didn’t have a great first outing,” Mullis said. “I wanted to come in this season with an edge and get out in front from the beginning.

“I just want to keep go-ing with what I have had success doing. I am sure there are going to be rough games in the season, so I can’t get a big head, and I have to keep on doing what I have been doing or else I will lose it.”

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West LowndesContinued from Page 1B

since the seventh grade. At West Oktibbeha, Crawford said Neely was a point guard. With plenty of back-court depth at West Lowndes, Craw-ford opted to move Neely to the post, where she has used her athleticism and versatility to make an impact.

Crawford said injuries to key guards have placed more responsibil-ity on Neely and eighth-grader Jakay-la Anderson. He said he has encour-aged Neely to be a leader on the court and someone Anderson can rely on.

“The leadership of both kids is the key to our success this season,” Craw-ford said.

Neely said she and her teammates have “bought in” to Crawford’s mes-sage. She said she enjoyed playing in a “go-hard-or-go-home game” Friday for a chance to go to Jackson. She said that goal was one Crawford set for the team early in the season, so it wasn’t surprising the Lady Panthers have realized it.

“Our team is so young, and they were one game away last year,” Neely said. “With the feeling of losing last year, it pushed us to go harder this year to get there.

“We don’t care how the ball gets scored. All we want to do is win.”

Smith has been making an im-pact at the point for three years. The change in styles of play might have been toughest for him to adjust to, according to Crawford, because he placed different expectations and responsibilities on his “coach on the floor.” Instead of being a big scorer,

Crawford told Smith he wanted him to get others involved and be more of a “true point guard.”

But that doesn’t mean Smith can’t score. His quickness and out-side shooting complement a team filled with weapons inside like 6-5 JaQuante Bell, Courtney Stovall, and Jeremy Dumas, 6-4 TyShun Spencer and guards like Marcus Farmer and senior Justin Blair.

“Casey is doing a great job now of understanding the offense, under-standing where the shots are coming from, getting is teammates involved, and helping us in the scoring col-umn,” Crawford said. “Right now, he is the balanced, complete point guard.”

Crawford said Smith’s transition was similar to the one the boys team had to make to his system, which he said was “easy” to follow because it is an up-tempo brand of basketball that relies on aggressive play. He said he has tried to give Smith more defen-sive responsibilities and has urged him to be a better leader. Crawford said he has been pleased with Smith’s maturation throughout the season.

Smith said Crawford told the boys team he was going to “break them down and rebuild them.” He said it took the first half of the season for that process to solidify. He admitted there were people who wanted to quit, but he said the players realized Crawford could help them realize their goals.

“I just have to keep everybody humble and keep everybody’s head

on straight and keep pushing every-body,” Smith said. “I have to keep pushing everybody on and off the court and hold everybody together.”

Last season, Crawford led the West Oktibbeha boys to a 72-71 vic-tory against East Oktibbeha in the semifinals of the Class 1A, Region 5 tournament. West Oktibbeha then made history by beating West Lown-des 72-71 for the first region title in school history. The team’s run ended in the second round of the Class 1A state tournament with a loss to Mont-gomery County. The Timberwolves finished the season 18-13.

This season, Crawford has two teams vying for state titles. The West Lowndes girls (17-15) will take on Biggersville at 9 a.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A State tournament at Jackson State, while the boys team (24-8) will play Biggersville in the quarterfinals at noon at Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.

The winners will advance to the semifinals Monday. The state title games will be Thursday, March 10, at Mississippi Coliseum.

To get there, both teams will have to continue to excel in transition. With leaders like Neely and Smith, Craw-ford doesn’t see that being a problem.

“When you have hard-working leadership and passion, good things are going to happen,” Crawford said.

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BY TERESA M. WALKERThe Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt’s poor crowd control has resulted in a $100,000 fine, and athletic director David Williams knows the Commodores need to do a better job af-

ter fans stormed the court following the men’s basket-ball team’s 74-62 upset of Kentucky.

“We didn’t take care of our business,” Williams said, “and the SEC did what they should do.”

What the Southeastern Conference did Monday

was levy the hefty fine on the school.

Fines start at $50,000 for a first offense and go up to $100,000 for a second offense and up to $250,000 for subsequent offenses. They were increased at the SEC spring meetings.

“Unfortunately, I’m go-

ing to be one that pays one of the penalties,” Williams said.

Vanderbilt was fined $100,000 because it was the school’s second of-fense. Vanderbilt fans also stormed the court after the men’s basketball team beat No. 1 Florida in 2007.

SEC fines Vanderbilt $100K after fans stormed court following win vs. Kentucky

Prep BasketballThursday’s Games

Mississippi High School Activities Association

Class 1A QuarterfinalsAt Jackson State University, Jackson

Girls: West Lowndes vs. Biggersville, 9 a.m.At Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson

Boys: West Lowndes vs. Biggersville, noonSaturday’s Games

MHSAA Class 6A QuarterfinalsAt Jackson State University, Jackson

Girls: Starkville High vs. Jim Hill, 5:30 p.m.Girls: Columbus vs. St. Martin, 7 p.m.

At Mississippi Coliseum, JacksonBoys: Columbus vs. George County, 5:30 p.m.Boys: Starkville High vs. Biloxi, 7 p.m.

Men’s College BasketballWednesday’s Games

Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.Arkansas at Alabama, 8 p.m.

College BaseballToday’s Games

Alcorn State at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.Alabama at Troy, 6 p.m.Southern Mississippi at South Alabama, 6:30 p.m.

TodayCOLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Kentucky at Florida, ESPN6 p.m. — Virginia at Clemson, ESPNU6 p.m. — DePaul at Villanova, FS16 p.m. — Tennessee at Vanderbilt, SEC Network6:30 p.m. — Dayton at Richmond, CBS Sports Network7 p.m. — Purdue at Nebraska, Big Ten Network7 p.m. — Baylor at Oklahoma, ESPN28 p.m. — Indiana at Iowa, ESPN8 p.m. — Texas A&M at Auburn, ESPNU8 p.m. — Georgetown at Marquette, FS18 p.m. — Missouri at LSU, SEC Network8:30 p.m. — San Diego State at New Mexico, CBS Sports Network

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNoon — Spring training, Toronto vs. Philadelphia, MLB Network3 p.m. — Cincinnati vs. Cleveland, MLB Network

NBA6:30 p.m. — Chicago at Miami, NBA TV9:30 p.m. — Atlanta at Golden State, NBA TV, Fox Sports Southeast

NHL6 p.m. — Carolina at New Jersey, Fox Sports South6:30 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Washington, NBC Sports Network

SOCCER1 p.m. — Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg at Hannover 96, FS11 p.m. — Bundesliga, Koln at Ingolstadt 04, FS21:45 p.m. — Premier League, West Bromwich Albion at Leicester City, NBC Sports Network7 p.m. — CONCACAF Champions League, Queretaro at D.C. United, FS29 p.m. — CONCACAF Champions League, L.A. Galaxy at Santos Laguna, FS2

WednesdayCOLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Michigan State at Rutgers, Big Ten Network6 p.m. — Davidson at VCU, CBS Sports Network6 p.m. — Miami at Notre Dame, ESPN26 p.m. — Texas Tech at West Virginia, ESPNU6 p.m. — Tulane at UCF, ESPNEWS6 p.m. — Mississippi State at Ole Miss, SEC Network7:30 p.m. — Seton Hall at Butler, FS18 p.m. — Wisconsin at Minnesota, Big Ten Network8 p.m. — Creighton at Providence, CBS Sports Network8 p.m. — Oregon at UCLA, ESPN28 p.m. — East Carolina at South Florida, ESPNU8 p.m. — Arkansas at Alabama, SEC Network8 p.m. — Boston College at North Carolina State, Fox Sports South10 p.m. — Colorado State at Fresno State, CBS Sports Network10 p.m. — Washington State at Washington, ESPNU10 p.m. — Oregon State at Southern California, FS1

GOLF10 p.m. — LPGA Tour, HSBC Champions, first round, at Singapore, TGC

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNoon — Detroit vs. New York Yankees, MLB Network3 p.m. — Los Angeles Angels vs. San Francisco, MLB Network

NBA7 p.m. — Detroit at San Antonio, ESPN9:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, ESPN

NHL7 p.m. — Chicago at Detroit, NBC Sports Network

SOCCER1 p.m. — Bundesliga, F.S.V. Mainz at Bayern Munich, FS11 p.m. — Bundesliga, Hamburg SV at Schalke 04, FS22 p.m. — Premier League, Manchester City at Liverpool, NBC Sports Network7 p.m. — CONCACAF Champions League, Seattle Sounders at America, FS29 p.m. — CONCACAF Champions League, Tigres UANL at Real Salt Lake, FS2

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL10 a.m. — Southeastern Conference tournament, first round, Alabama vs. LSU, at Jacksonville, Florida, SEC NetworkNoon — SEC tournament, first round, Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss, at Jacksonville, Florida, SEC NetworkNoon — Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, first round, Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina, at Greensboro, North Carolina, Fox Sports South12:30 p.m. — Big Ten Conference tournament, first round, Northwestern vs. Wisconsin, at Indianapolis, Big Ten Network2:30 p.m. — ACC tournament, first round, Wake Forest vs. Clemson, at Greensboro, North Carolina, Fox Sports South2:45 p.m. — Big Ten tournament, first round, Penn State vs. Illinois, at Indianapolis, Big Ten Network5:30 p.m. — ACC tournament, first round, Virginia Tech vs. Boston College, at Greensboro, North Carolina, Fox Sports South

CALENDAR

ON THE AIR

BaseballMajor League Baseball

Spring TrainingToday’s Games

Baltimore vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Pittsburgh vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, 2:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Pittsburgh vs. Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Washington vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Florida, 12:05 p.m.Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Florida, 12:07 p.m.Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Arizona, 2:05 p.m.Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Arizona, 2:05 p.m.L.A. Angels vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Arizona, 2:05 p.m.San Diego vs. Seattle at Peoria, Arizona, 2:10 p.m.Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesMiami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Florida, 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Houston vs. Philadelphia (ss) at Clearwater, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Philadelphia (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Florida, 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Arizona,, 3:05 p.m.Milwaukee (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Arizona,, 3:05 p.m.Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona,, 3:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee (ss) at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Arizona, 3:10 p.m.Oakland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Arizona, 3:10 p.m.Colorado vs. Arizona,na at Scottsdale, Arizona,, 3:10 p.m.Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Florida, 7:05 p.m.

Monday’s College Scores EAST

Messiah 9, E. Mennonite 6SOUTH

Lindsey Wilson 15, Culver-Stockton 1Virginia-Wise 7-6, St. Augustine’s 6-4

Southeastern ConferenceEastern Division

Team Conference All Games W-L Pct. W-L Pct.South Carolina 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000Florida 0-0 .000 7-1 .875Tennessee 0-0 .000 5-1 .833Missouri 0-0 .000 7-2 .778Georgia 0-0 .000 4-3 .571Kentucky 0-0 .000 3-3 .500

Western DivisionTeam Conf. All Games W-L Pct. W-L Pct.Arkansas 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000Texas A&M 0-0 .000 7-1 .875Ole Miss 0-0 .000 6-1 .857Alabama 0-0 .000 6-1 .857Mississippi St. 0-0 .000 6-2 .750LSU 0-0 .000 5-2 .714Auburn 0-0 .000 4-3 .571

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Today’s GamesAlabama A&M at Auburn, 3 p.m.Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.Charleston Southern at Georgia, 4 p.m.Florida at UCF, 5:30 p.m.Alcorn State at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.South Carolina at The Citadel, 6 p.m.Alabama at Troy, 6 p.m.Houston Baptist at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesAlabama A&M at Auburn 3 p.m.Austin Peay at Kentucky, 3 p.m.Memphis at Ole Miss, 3 p.m.Cincinnati at Tennessee, 3 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Arkansas, 3:05 p.m.Charleston Southern at Georgia, 4 p.m.Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri, 4 p.m.UCF at Florida, 6 p.m.Nicholls State at LSU, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Friday’s GamesBall State vs. Ole Miss, 11 a.m.Maryland vs. Tennessee, 11 a.m.Buffalo at Kentucky, 3 p.m.Eastern Illinois vs. Arkansas, 3:05 p.m.Wright State vs. Georgia, 4:05 p.m.Notre Dame vs. Alabama, 4 p.m.UIC vs. Missouri, 6 p.m.Clemson vs. South Carolina, 6 p.m.Troy vs. Auburn, 6 p.m.Dartmouth vs. Florida, 6 p.m.Yale vs. Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.Fordham vs. LSU, 7 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. Stanford, 8 p.m.Mississippi State vs. UCLA, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMichigan State vs. Auburm, 11 a.m.Alabama vs. Niagara, 11 a.m.Wright State vs. Georgia, NoonEastern Illinois vs. Arkansas, 12:05 p.m.Buffalo vs. Kentucky, 1 p.m.UIC vs. Missouri (DH), 1 p.m.Clemson vs. South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.Yale vs. Texas A&M, 2 p.m.Ole Miss vs. Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.North Carolina State vs. Alabama, 2 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. Stanford, 3 p.m.Dartmouth vs. Florida, 3 p.m.Tennessee vs. East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.Mississippi State vs. Southern California, 4 p.m.Fordham vs. LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesCincinnati vs. Ole Miss, 10 a.m.Southeastern Louisiana vs. Tennessee, 10 a.m.Dartmouth vs. Florida, 11 a.m.Wright State vs. Georgia, 11 a.m.Brown vs. Alabama, 11 a.m.Buffalo vs. Kentucky, NoonYale vs. Texas A&M, NoonUIC vs. Missouri, 1 p.m.Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma, 1 p.m.South Carolina vs. Clemson, 1 p.m.Eastern Illinois vs. Arkansas, 1:05 p.m.Southern Mississippi vs. Auburn, 3 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. Stanford, 3 p.m.

Baseball America Top 25 DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through Feb. 28 (voting by the staff of Baseball America): Rec. Prv1. Florida 7-1 12. Texas A&M 7-1 33. Oregon State 7-1 54. Louisville 5-2 25. Vanderbilt 8-0 76. Miami (Ohio) 5-2 67. LSU 5-2 88. Virginia 4-3 49. Texas Christian 6-1 1710. California 5-2 1111. Oregon 6-1 1212. North Carolina 5-1 2013. Ole Miss 6-1 2114. UCLA 3-4 1515. Florida State 5-1 1616. Louisiana-Lafayette 4-3 1017. Arkansas 8-0 NR18. N.C. State 5-2 1819. Coastal Carolina 4-2 1920. Michigan 5-2 1421. Houston 4-3 922. Oklahoma State 2-5 1323. Georgia Tech 7-0 2324. Mississippi State 6-2 2425. East Carolina 6-1 NR

Collegiate Baseball Poll TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through Feb. 28. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors: Rec. Pts Prv1. Florida 7-1 495 12. Vanderbilt 8-0 493 33. Texas A&M 7-1 490 54. Louisville 5-2 486 25. Miami 5-2 484 46. Oregon State 7-1 483 87. Oregon 6-1 481 108. North Carolina 5-1 478 139. Texas Christian 6-1 475 1510. LSU 5-2 473 711. Florida State 5-1 471 1112. Missouri State 5-1 468 1213. Georgia Tech 7-0 466 1714. Virginia 4-3 463 915. Florida Atlantic 7-0 461 1816. Arkansas 8-0 460 2417. Ole Miss 6-1 458 2918. South Carolina 8-0 456 NR19. U.C. Santa Barbara 7-1 453 NR20. Long Beach State 5-2 451 NR21. UCLA 3-4 449 1422. Alabama 6-1 447 3023. Mississippi State 6-2 445 NR24. New Mexico 6-1 443 NR25. East Carolina 6-1 442 NR26. Michigan 5-2 439 1927. Tulane 4-3 436 2028. Stanford 5-3 434 2129. Cal. St. Fullerton 4-2 431 2230. California 5-2 428 26

BasketballNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBToronto 39 19 .672 —Boston 36 25 .590 4½New York 25 36 .410 15½Brooklyn 17 43 .283 23Philadelphia 8 52 .133 32

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 33 26 .559 —Atlanta 33 27 .550 ½Charlotte 30 28 .517 2½Washington 29 30 .492 4Orlando 26 32 .448 6½

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 42 17 .712 —Chicago 30 28 .517 11½Indiana 31 29 .517 11½Detroit 31 29 .517 11½Milwaukee 25 35 .417 17½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 50 9 .847 —Memphis 35 24 .593 15Dallas 32 28 .533 18½Houston 29 31 .483 21½New Orleans 23 35 .397 26½

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 42 18 .700 —Portland 32 28 .533 10Utah 28 31 .475 13½Denver 23 37 .383 19Minnesota 19 41 .317 23

Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-Golden State 53 5 .914 —L.A. Clippers 39 20 .661 14½Sacramento 24 34 .414 29Phoenix 15 44 .254 38½L.A. Lakers 11 49 .183 43

x-clinched playoff spot

Monday’s GamesCleveland 100, Indiana 96Washington 116, Philadelphia 108Boston 100, Utah 95Milwaukee 128, Houston 121Memphis 103, Denver 96Oklahoma City 131, Sacramento 116L.A. Clippers 105, Brooklyn 95

Today’s GamesPhoenix at Charlotte, 6 p.m.Chicago at Miami, 6:30 p.m.Portland at New York, 6:30 p.m.Orlando at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesCharlotte at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Chicago at Orlando, 6 p.m.Utah at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.Portland at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Indiana at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.Detroit at San Antonio, 7 p.m.Sacramento at Memphis, 7 p.m.New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Men’s College Scores

SOUTHBethune-Cookman 62, NC A&T 52Chattanooga 67, VMI 65Hampton 79, Delaware St. 65Jackson St. 67, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56MVSU 58, Grambling St. 57NC Central 61, Savannah St. 44Nicholls St. 80, New Orleans 76Norfolk St. 84, Howard 66North Carolina 75, Syracuse 70SE Louisiana 84, Northwestern St. 82

MIDWESTIowa St. 58, Oklahoma St. 50

SOUTHWESTKansas 86, Texas 56McNeese St. 77, Lamar 74Prairie View 85, Alabama A&M 65Sam Houston St. 83, Cent. Arkansas 73Stephen F. Austin 84, Incarnate Word 58Texas Southern 96, Alabama St. 86

TOURNAMENTNSIC Conference Tournament

SemifinalsAugustana (SD) 83, Winona St. 62Minn. St.-Moorhead 89, Mary 65

WHAC Conference TournamentChampionship

Davenport 79, Cornerstone 69

The Associated Press Men’s Top 25 Fared

Monday1. Kansas (26-4) beat No. 23 Texas

86-56. Next: vs. No. 21 Iowa State, Saturday.2. Michigan State (24-5) did not play.

Next: at Rutgers, Wednesday.3. Villanova (25-4) did not play. Next: vs.

DePaul, Tuesday.4. Virginia (22-6) did not play. Next: at

Clemson, Tuesday.5. Xavier (25-4) did not play. Next: vs.

Creighton, Saturday.6. Oklahoma (22-6) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 19 Baylor, Tuesday.7. Miami (23-5) did not play. Next: at Notre

Dame, Wednesday.8. North Carolina (24-6) beat Syracuse

75-70. Next: at No. 17 Duke, Saturday.9. Oregon (23-6) did not play. Next: at

UCLA, Wednesday.10. West Virginia (22-7) did not play. Next:

vs. Texas Tech, Wednesday.11. Louisville (22-7) did not play. Next: vs.

Georgia Tech, Tuesday.12. Indiana (23-6) did not play. Next: at

No. 16 Iowa, Tuesday.13. Utah (23-7) did not play. Next: vs.

Colorado, Saturday.14. Maryland (23-6) did not play. Next: vs.

Illinois, Thursday.15. Purdue (22-7) did not play. Next: at

Nebraska, Tuesday.16. Iowa (20-8) did not play. Next: vs. No.

12 Indiana, Tuesday.17. Duke (21-8) did not play. Next: vs.

Wake Forest, Tuesday.18. Arizona (22-7) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 25 California, Thursday.19. Baylor (21-8) did not play. Next: at No.

6 Oklahoma, Tuesday.20. Texas A&M (22-7) did not play. Next:

at Auburn, Tuesday.21. Iowa State (21-9) beat Oklahoma

State 58-50. Next: at No. 1 Kansas, Saturday.22. Kentucky (21-8) did not play. Next: at

Florida, Tuesday.23. Texas (19-11) lost to No. 1 Kansas

86-56. Next: at Oklahoma State, Friday.24. SMU (24-4) did not play. Next: vs.

UConn, Thursday.25. California (21-8) did not play. Next: at

No. 18 Arizona, Thursday.

SEC Men Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Texas A&M 11 5 .688 22 7 .759Kentucky 11 5 .688 21 8 .724South Carolina 10 6 .625 23 6 .793Vanderbilt 10 6 .625 18 11 .621LSU 10 6 .625 17 12 .586Ole Miss 8 8 .500 18 11 .621Alabama 8 8 .500 17 11 .607Florida 8 8 .500 17 12 .586Georgia 8 8 .500 15 12 .556Arkansas 8 8 .500 15 14 .517Mississippi State 6 10 .375 13 15 .464Tennessee 6 10 .375 13 16 .448Auburn 5 11 .313 11 17 .393Missouri 3 13 .188 10 19 .345

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Today’s GamesKentucky at Florida, 6 p.m. (ESPN)Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Missouri at LSU, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)Texas A&M at Auburn, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Wednesday’s GamesMississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Arkansas at Alabama, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)

Thursday’s GameGeorgia at South Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Saturday’s GamesOle Miss at Tennessee, 11 a.m. (SEC Network)Vanderbilt at Texas A&M, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)LSU at Kentucky, 1 p.m. (WCBI)Auburn at Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m. (SEC Network)Alabama at Georgia, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)South Carolina at Arkansas, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)Florida at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Sunday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Conference USA Men Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.UAB 14 2 .875 24 5 .828Louisiana Tech 11 5 .688 22 7 .759Middle Tennessee 11 5 .688 19 9 .679Marshall 11 5 .688 15 14 .517Old Dominion 10 6 .625 17 12 .586UTEP 9 8 .529 17 13 .567Charlotte 8 8 .500 12 17 .414FIU 7 9 .438 13 16 .448Rice 7 9 .438 12 17 .414W. Kentucky 6 10 .375 14 15 .483North Texas 6 10 .375 11 18 .379Southern Miss. 5 11 .313 8 19 .296FAU 5 11 .313 7 22 .241UTSA 3 14 .176 5 25 .167

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

Wednesday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Thursday’s GamesUAB at FIU, 6 p.m.Middle Tennessee at FAU, 6 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Marshall, 6 p.m.Charlotte at Rice, 7 p.m.Old Dominion at North Texas, 7 p.m.Southern Mississippi at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Texas Southern 15 1 .938 16 12 .571Jackson State 12 4 .750 17 12 .586Alcorn State 12 4 .750 14 13 .519Southern U. 10 6 .625 18 11 .621Alabama State 7 9 .438 12 16 .429Prairie View 6 10 .375 6 22 .214MVSU 6 11 .353 6 25 .194Alabama A&M 5 11 .313 9 16 .360Ark.-Pine Bluff 5 12 .294 7 24 .226Grambling St. 3 13 .188 6 22 .214

Monday’s GamesMVSU 58, Grambling St. 57Prairie View 85, Alabama A&M 65Jackson St. 67, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56Texas Southern 96, Alabama St. 86

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

Wednesday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Thursday’s GamesJackson St. at Alabama St., 5 p.m.Grambling St. at Alabama A&M, 7:30 p.m.Texas Southern at Southern U., 7:30 p.m.Prairie View at Alcorn St., 7:30 p.m.

The AP Top 25 The weekly poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Rec. Pts Prv1. Kansas (63) 25-4 1,623 22. Michigan St. (2) 24-5 1,510 63. Villanova 25-4 1,479 14. Virginia 22-6 1,405 35. Xavier 25-4 1,356 56. Oklahoma 22-6 1,297 37. Miami 23-5 1,211 128. North Carolina 23-6 1,205 79. Oregon 23-6 1,065 1310. West Virginia 22-7 1,056 1411. Louisville 22-7 822 1112. Indiana 23-6 819 1813. Utah 23-7 751 2214. Maryland 23-6 733 1015. Purdue 22-7 613 2016. Iowa 20-8 572 817. Duke 21-8 495 1518. Arizona 22-7 450 919. Baylor 21-8 447 1920. Texas A&M 22-7 419 2121. Iowa St. 20-9 413 1722. Kentucky 21-8 405 1623. Texas 19-10 338 2524. SMU 24-4 196 2425. California 21-8 178 —Also Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St. 43, Saint Joseph’s 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Vanderbilt 3, UALR 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.

USA Today Top 25The weekly poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Rec. Pts Pvs1. Kansas (31) 25-4 799 22. Villanova 25-4 734 13. Michigan State (1) 24-5 733 74. Virginia 22-6 673 35. Xavier 25-4 637 56. Oklahoma 22-6 623 47. Miami 23-5 607 118. North Carolina 23-6 584 69. West Virginia 22-7 518 1210. Oregon 23-6 510 1311. Indiana 23-6 434 1512. Maryland 23-6 405 913. Utah 23-7 330 2313. Purdue 22-7 330 1915. Iowa 20-8 321 816. Arizona 22-7 307 1017. Baylor 21-8 288 1618. Texas A&M 22-7 261 2119. Kentucky 21-8 226 1420. Iowa State 20-9 221 1721. Duke 21-8 211 1822. Texas 19-10 187 2523. Wichita State 23-7 68 —24. Saint Mary’s 24-4 61 —25. California 21-8 58 —Also Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 52, Notre Dame 42, Seton Hall 39, Texas Tech 36, Providence 28, Pittsburgh 17, Saint Joseph’s 17, South Carolina 16, Dayton 14, Valparaiso 6, St. Bonaventure 4, Colorado 2, UALR 1.

Monday’s Women’s College Scores

EASTBryant 74, Fairleigh Dickinson 52CCSU 67, St. Francis Brooklyn 61LIU Brooklyn 71, Wagner 66Robert Morris 57, St. Francis (Pa.) 43Sacred Heart 60, Mount St. Mary’s 52Temple 78, UCF 64UConn 79, South Florida 59

SOUTHArk.-Pine Bluff 66, Jackson St. 59Bethune-Cookman 65, NC A&T 41Delaware St. 89, Hampton 81East Carolina 78, SMU 61Grambling St. 79, MVSU 55Howard 64, Norfolk St. 63NC Central 65, Savannah St. 61Pikeville at Bluefield St., ccd.Tulane 70, Cincinnati 51

MIDWESTCleveland St. 72, Valparaiso 65

SOUTHWESTAlabama St. 58, Texas Southern 48Baylor 74, Texas 48Memphis 77, Houston 64Oklahoma St. 59, Kansas St. 51Prairie View 93, Alabama A&M 72TCU 55, Kansas 52

TOURNAMENTConference Carolinas

QuarterfinalsErskine 87, Barton 71Limestone 91, Belmont Abbey 51King (Tenn.) 77, North Greenville 56Mount Olive 55, Pfeiffer 25

NSIC Conference TournamentSemifinals

Augustana (SD) 85, Winona St. 84Sioux Falls 71, Northern St. (SD) 63

The AP Women’s Top 25 FaredMonday

1. UConn (29-0) beat No. 20 South Florida 79-59. Next: vs. East Carolina or Cincinnati, Saturday.

2. Notre Dame (28-1) did not play. Next: vs. Duke or Virginia, Friday.

3. South Carolina (28-1) did not play. Next: vs. Auburn or Missouri, Friday.

4. Baylor (30-1) beat No. 6 Texas 74-48. Next: Big 12 quarterfinals, Saturday.

5. Maryland (27-3) did not play. Next: vs. Michigan or Iowa, Friday.

6. Texas (26-3) lost to No. 4 Baylor 74-48. Next: Big 12 quarterfinals, Saturday.

7. Louisville (24-6) did not play. Next: ACC quarterfinals, Friday.

8. Oregon State (25-4) did not play. Next: vs. Southern Cal or Washington State, Friday.

9. Ohio State (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Nebraska or Rutgers, Friday.

10. Arizona State (25-5) did not play. Next: vs. Utah or California, Friday.

11. Stanford (24-6) did not play. Next: vs. Washington or Colorado, Friday.

12. UCLA (22-7) did not play. Next: vs. Oregon or Arizona, Friday.

13. Kentucky (21-6) did not play. Next: vs. Alabama or LSU, Thursday.

14. Florida State (23-6) did not play. Next: ACC quarterfinals, Friday.

15. Texas A&M (21-8) did not play. Next: vs. Tennessee or Arkansas, Friday.

16. Mississippi State (24-6) did not play. Next: SEC quarterfinals, Friday.

17. Syracuse (23-6) did not play. Next: ACC quarterfinals, Friday.

18. DePaul (24-7) did not play. Next: vs. Xavier or Butler, Sunday.

19. Michigan State (22-7) did not play. Next: Big Ten quarterfinals, Friday.

20. South Florida (21-8) lost to No. 1 UConn 79-59. Next: vs. SMU or UCF, Saturday.

21. Miami (22-7) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh or North Carolina, Thursday.

22. Colorado State (26-1) did not play. Next: vs. Fresno State, Tuesday.

22. West Virginia (22-8) did not play. Next: at Iowa State, Tuesday.

24. Oklahoma (19-9) did not play. Next: at Texas Tech, Tuesday.

25. Florida (22-7) did not play. Next: SEC quarterfinals, Friday.

SEC Women’stournament

At Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Florida

First RoundWednesday’s Games

Alabama vs. LSU, 10 a.m. (SEC Network)Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss, 12:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Second RoundThursday’s Games

Auburn vs. Missouri, 11 a.m. (SEC Network)Kentucky vs. Alabama-LSU winner, 1:30 p.m. (SEC Network)Tennessee vs. Arkansas, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)Georgia vs. Vanderbilt-Ole Miss winner, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

QuarterfinalsFriday’s Games

South Carolina vs. Auburn-Missouri winner, 11 a.m. (SEC Network)Florida vs. Kentucky_Alabama-LSU winner, 1:30 p.m. (SEC Network)Texas A&M vs. Tennessee-Arkansas winner, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)Mississippi State vs. Georgia_Vanderbilt- Ole Miss winner, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

SemifinalsSaturday’s Games

South Carolina_Auburn-Missouri winner vs. Florida_Kentucky_Auburn-LSU winner, 4 p.m. (ESPNU)Texas A&M_Tennessee-Arkansas winner vs. Mississippi State_Georgia_Vanderbilt-Ole Miss winner, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

ChampionshipSunday’s Game

Semifinal winners, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)

The AP Top 25The weekly poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Rec. Pts Prv1. UConn (32) 28-0 800 12. Notre Dame 28-1 756 23. South Carolina 28-1 747 34. Baylor 29-1 704 45. Maryland 27-3 662 66. Texas 26-2 642 87. Louisville 24-6 578 108. Oregon State 25-4 550 79. Ohio State 23-6 549 510. Arizona State 25-5 499 911. Stanford 24-6 469 1312. UCLA 22-7 437 1413. Kentucky 21-6 415 1514. Florida State 23-6 414 1215. Texas A&M 21-8 356 1116. Mississippi State 24-6 326 1617. Syracuse 23-6 272 1818. DePaul 24-7 236 1919. Michigan State 22-7 233 2020. South Florida 21-7 157 21

21. Miami 22-7 150 1722. Colorado State 26-1 96 2522. West Virginia 22-8 96 —24. Oklahoma 19-9 81 2325. Florida 22-7 76 —Also Receiving Votes: Oklahoma St. 38, UTEP 23, Green Bay 12, Arkansas St. 8, Florida Gulf Coast 6, BYU 4, Army 3, Indiana 3, James Madison 1, Princeton 1.

AP Voting for Adam Minichino

Dispatch sports editor Adam Minichino is a voter on The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll. Here is his ballot for this week:1. UConn2. South Carolina3. Notre Dame4. Baylor5. Maryland 6. Texas7. Louisville8. Arizona State9. Kentucky10. Ohio State11. Oregon State12. Texas A&M13. Florida State14. Syracuse15. UCLA16. Stanford17. Michigan State18. Mississippi State19. South Florida20. DePaul21. Colorado State22. Miami23. UTEP24. Florida25. West Virginia

HockeyNHL

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 62 35 19 8 78 171 146Tampa Bay 63 37 22 4 78 175 151Detroit 63 32 20 11 75 161 163Boston 63 34 23 6 74 195 175Ottawa 63 30 27 6 66 185 196Montreal 63 30 28 5 65 173 175Buffalo 63 25 31 7 57 147 170Toronto 61 21 30 10 52 147 182

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 61 45 12 4 94 202 142N.Y. Rangers 63 37 20 6 80 180 159N.Y. Islanders 60 33 20 7 73 171 149Pittsburgh 61 32 21 8 72 165 157Philadelphia 62 29 22 11 69 157 168New Jersey 63 30 26 7 67 139 153Carolina 64 28 26 10 66 155 173Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167 196

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 153Dallas 64 38 19 7 83 206 184St. Louis 65 36 20 9 81 162 159Nashville 63 31 21 11 73 167 158Colorado 64 32 28 4 68 172 181Minnesota 63 28 25 10 66 164 159Winnipeg 61 26 31 4 56 159 183

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GALos Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 143Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144San Jose 62 34 22 6 74 188 167Vancouver 61 24 25 12 60 148 175Arizona 63 27 30 6 60 168 198Calgary 62 26 32 4 56 169 195Edmonton 64 23 34 7 53 156 193

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 2, Columbus 1Philadelphia 5, Calgary 3Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 0Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1Detroit 3, Dallas 2, OTSan Jose 6, Montreal 2

Today’s GamesCalgary at Boston, 6 p.m.Edmonton at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Carolina at New Jersey, 6 p.m.St. Louis at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Washington, 6:30 p.m.Dallas at Nashville, 7 p.m.Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Florida at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesToronto at Washington, 6 p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 7 p.m.Montreal at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

SoftballSEC

Team Conf. All Games W-L Pct. W-L Pct.Alabama 0-0 .000 15-1 .938Florida 0-0 .000 16-0 1.000Texas A&M 0-0 .000 17-1 .944Auburn 0-0 .000 15-1 .938Georgia 0-0 .000 13-1 .929Kentucky 0-0 .000 13-2 .867LSU 0-0 .000 13-2 .867South Carolina 0-0 .000 13-2 .867Mississippi St. 0-0 .000 12-2 .857Ole Miss 0-0 .000 14-3 .824Missouri 0-0 .000 9-2 .818Tennessee 0-0 .000 11-5 .688Arkansas 0-0 .000 7-7 .500

Monday’s GameTennessee 3, Dayton 1

Today’s GamesWestern Carolina at South Carolina (DH), 3 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe at LSU, 6 p.m.Auburn at UAB, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesOklahoma State at Arkansas, 5 p.m.Alabama at Jacksonville State, 5 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesMichigan vs. Missouri, 12:30 p.m.Missouri vs. San Jose State, 3 p.m.Illinois State vs. Florida, 5 p.m.Murray State vs. Auburn, 5:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesAlbany vs. Kentucky, 10 a.m.Lehigh vs. Kentucky, NoonUAB vs. Tennessee, 2 p.m.Western Carolina vs. Georgia, 2:30 p.m.Buffalo vs. Arkansas, 3 p.m.Kennesaw State vs. South Carolina, 3 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe vs. Alabama, 4 p.m.Penn State vs. Ole Miss, 4 p.m.Missouri vs. California, 4:30 p.m.Green Bay vs. Tennessee, 4:30 p.m.FIU vs. Florida, 5 p.m.Memphis vs. LSU, 5 p.m.Jacksonville vs. Georgia, 5 p.m.Northern Iowa vs. Arkansas, 5:30 p.m.Indiana vs. Auburn, 5:30 p.m.North Dakota State vs. Alabama, 6 p.m.Chattanooga vs. Mississippi State, 6 p.m.Boston U. vs. Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.Belmont vs. Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Tennessee Tech vs. LSU, 7:30 p.m.Northwestern State vs. Mississippi State, 8:30 p.m.Texas A&M vs. San Diego State, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesSouth Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m.St. John’s at Tennessee, 11:30 a.m.Kentucky vs. Charlotte, NoonMichigan State at South Carolina, NoonMurray State at Auburn, 12:30 p.m.Longwood at Mississippi State, 1 p.m.FIU at Florida, 1:15 p.m.Minnesota at Georgia, 1:30 p.m.Texas A&M vs. Grand Canyon, 1:30 p.m.DePaul at Alabama, 1:30 p.m.TBD at Tennessee, 2 p.m. OR 4:30 p.m.Wright State at Arkansas, 3 p.m.Bryant at Auburn, 3 p.m.Connecticut at South Carolina, 3 p.m.Central Arkansas at Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m.Austin Peay at Georgia, 4 p.m.Massachusetts at Ole Miss, 4 p.m.Kentucky at Winthrop, 4 p.m.North Dakota State at Alabama, 4 p.m.Liberty at LSU, 5 p.m.Northern Iowa at Arkansas, 5:30 p.m.Texas A&M vs. San Diego, 6:30 p.m.Penn State at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Louisiana Tech at LSU, 7:30 p.m.Missouri vs. Arizona State, 7:30 p.m.Missouri vs. Baylor, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesKentucky at Winthrop, 9 a.m.Illinois State at Florida, 10:15 a.m.Texas A&M vs. Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.TBD at South Carolina, 11:30 a.m. OR 2 p.m.Tennessee Tech at LSU, NoonWright State at Arkansas, 12:30 p.m.Belmont at Ole Miss, 12:30 p.m.TBD at Tennessee 12:30 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe at Alabama, 1:30 p.m.Florida A&M at Florida, 1:30 p.m.Texas A&M vs. Utah Valley, 1:30 p.m.Minnesota at Georgia, 1:30 p.m.Western Kentucky at Mississippi State, 2 p.m.Georgia State at Auburn, 2:30 p.m.

TennisWTA Abierto Monterrey

AfirmeMonday

At Sierra Madre Tennis ClubMonterrey, Mexico

Purse: $226,750 (Intl.)Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SinglesFirst Round

Heather Watson, Britain, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-4, 6-7 (0), 6-3.Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 7-5, 6-4.Johanna Konta (4), Britain, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-3, 6-3.Alison Van Uytvanck (6), Belgium, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

DoublesFirst Round

Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Paula Kania (4), Poland, def. Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-2, 6-0.Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, and Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. An-Sophie Mestach, Belgium, and Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, 2-6, 6-2, 11-9.Elena Bogdan, Romania, and Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 4-6, 6-1, 10-6.

WTA BMW Malaysian OpenMonday

At Royal Selangor Golf ClubKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Purse: $226,750 (Intl.)Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SinglesFirst Round

Hsieh Su-wei (7), Taiwan, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4.Sabine Lisicki (3), Germany, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-4, 7-6 (5).Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-6 (4), 6-4.Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (10).Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Wang Yafan, China, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.Duan Ying-Ying, China, def. Nao Hibino (5), Japan, 6-4, 6-2.Wang Qiang, China, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-2, 6-1.Eugenie Bouchard (6), Canada, def. Zhang Ling, Hong Kong, 6-3, 6-1.

DoublesFirst Round

Marina Melnikova and Alexandra Panova (4), Russia, def. Peangtarn Plipuech, Thailand, and Kotomi Takahata, Japan, 6-2, 6-1.Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, and Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, def. Valentyna Ivakhnenko, Russia, and Lidziya Marozava, Belarus, 7-6 (5), 6-4.Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, def. Naomi Broady, Britain, and Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 11-9.

ATP World Tour Rankings Singles

Through Feb. 281. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 165802. Andy Murray, Britain, 87653. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 82954. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 63255. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 48106. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 40307. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 39008. David Ferrer, Spain, 35059. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 295010. Richard Gasquet, France, 271511. John Isner, United States, 258512. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 255513. Milos Raonic, Canada, 245014. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 243015. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 206516. David Goffin, Belgium, 197017. Gael Monfils, France, 195018. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 193519. Gilles Simon, France, 189520. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 188521. Benoit Paire, France, 165122. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 163023. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 158024. Jack Sock, United States, 157025. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 1510

TransactionsMonday’s Moves

BASEBALLMajor League Baseball

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Texas 1B Trever Adams (Frisco-Texas), Toronto RHP Andrew Case (Vancouver-NWL), Cleveland RHP Jordan Dunatov (Arizona League Indians) and free agent RHP Dan Urbina 50 games each for violations of baseball’s minor league drug program.

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with OF David Murphy on a minor league contract.TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Ian Desmond on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Tanner Scheppers on the 60-day DL, retroactive to Feb. 18. Named Steve Mintz manager of Hickory (SAL), Brian Shouse pitching coach for Frisco (Texas) and Joey Seaver pitching coach for Spokane (NWL).

National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES — Named Andruw Jones special assistant to baseball operations.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled F Jarell Martin from Iowa (NBADL).MIAMI HEAT — Waived G Beno Udrih.SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Waived G Ray Mc-Callum. Signed G Andre Miller.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS — Placed the franchise tag on WR Alshon Jeffery.MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DL Cleyon Laing.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Agreed to terms with QB Tom Brady on a two-year con-tract extension.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released WR Marques Colston.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed P Marquette King to a long-term contract extension.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Acquired F Jamie McGinn from Buffalo for a conditional third-round draft pick. Acquired F Brandon Pirri from Florida for a 2016 sixth-round draft pick. Traded LW Patrick Maroon to Edmonton for a 2016 fourth-round pick and D Martin Gernat.ARIZONA COYOTES — Acquired F Sergei Plotnikov from Pittsburgh for F Matthias Plachta and a conditional 2017 seventh-round draft pick. Acquired F Alex Tanguay, F Conner Bleackley and D Kyle Wood from Colorado for F Mikkel Boedker. Acquired F Matia Marcantuoni from Pittsburgh for F Dustin Jeffrey, F Dan O’Donoghue and D James Melindy. Recalled F Craig Cunningham from Springfield (AHL). Assigned F Tyler Gaudet to Springfield.CALGARY FLAMES — Traded RW David Jones to Minnesota for G Niklas Backstrom and a 2016 sixth-round draft pick.CAROLINA HURRICANES — Acquired F Anthony Camara, a 2016 third-round draft pick and a 2017 fifth-round draft pick from Boston for D John-Michael Liles. Recalled D Ryan Murphy and Fs Brock McGinn and Derek Ryan from Charlotte (AHL).CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired G Drew MacIntyre from Carolina for D Dennis Robertson and assigned MacIntyre to Rockford (AHL). Acquired F Tim Jackman and 2017 seventh-round draft pick from Anaheim for F Corey Tropp and reassigned Jackman to San Diego (AHL).COLORADO AVALANCHE — Reassigned G Reto Berra to San Antonio. Acquired F Taylor Beck from the New York Islanders for C Marc-Andre Cliche.DALLAS STARS — Acquired D Kris Russell from Calgary for D Jyrki Jokipakka, F Brett Pollock and a conditional 2016 second-round draft pick.DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids (AHL).EDMONTON OILERS — Claimed F Adam Cracknell off waivers from Vancouver and D Adam Pardy off waivers from Winnipeg. Re-signed D Brandon Davidson and G Laurent Brossoit to two-year contract extensions.LOS ANGELES KINGS — Traded RW Scott Sabourin to Minnesota for C Brett Sutter.MINNESOTA WILD — Traded LW Michael Keranen to Ottawa for D Conor Allen. Activated D Jonas Brodin from injured reserve. Assigned D Christian Folin Iowa (AHL).MONTREAL CANADIENS — Claimed RW Mike Brown off waivers from San Jose.NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Acquired D Corey Potter from Arizona for future considerations and assigned him to Norfolk (AHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Traded D Eric Gelinas to Colorado for a 2017 third-round draft pick. Recalled F Stefan Matteau from Albany (AHL) and traded him to Montreal for F Devante Smith-Pelly. Acquired a 2016 fourth-round draft pick and a 2017 second-round draft pick from Boston for RW Lee Stempniak. Recalled F Joseph Blandisi, F Reid Boucher and D Damon Severson from Albany (AHL). Claimed D David Warsofsky off waivers from Pittsburgh.NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Acquired Shane Prince and a 2016 seventh-round draft pick from Ottawa for a 2016 third-round draft pick.TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned D Matt Taormina to Syracuse (AHL).TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled C William Nylander, RW Kasperi Kapanen and F Nikita Soshinkov from Toronto (AHL). Loaned Fs Mark Arcobello, Brendan Leipsic and Josh Leivo to Toronto.

SOCCERU.S. SOCCER FEDERATION — Elected Carlos Cordeiro vice president. Reconfirmed Donna Shalala as an independent director.

Major League SoccerFC DALLAS — Signed G Ryan Herman and M Timo Pitter.LA GALAXY — Waived D Dan Gargan and F Ignacio Maganto.NEW YORK RED BULLS — Waived M Mael Corboz.

North American Soccer LeagueNEW YORK COSMOS — Signed D-M Gabriel Farfan.

COLLEGESOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE — Fined Vanderbilt $100,000 after fans stormed the court following the Commodores’ 74-62 victory over Kentucky on Feb. 27.CHATTANOOGA — Named Adam Ross offensive line coach and John Srofe video coordinator and defensive quality control assistant for football program. Added the additional title of recruiting coordinator to corners and dimes coach Rod West.CONNECTICUT — Named Dave Benedict athletic director.HAMLINE — Announced the resignation of football coach Chad Rogosheske to accept the same position at Capital.LA SALLE — Named Bill Bradshaw inter-im director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation.MISSOURI — Announced sophomore F D’Angelo Allen has left the men’s basketball team and plans to transfer at the end of the season.TENNESSEE TECH — Announced the retirement of Jim Davis, women’s basketball coach.

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Comics & PuzzlesDear AbbyDILBERT

ZITS

GARFIELD

CANDORVILLE

BABY BLUES

BEETLE BAILEY

MALLARD FILMORE

FOR SOLUTION SEE THECROSSWORD PUZZLE

IN CLASSIFIEDS

FAMILY CIRCUS

DEAR ABBY: I’m 39 and seven

months’ pregnant with my hus-band’s only child. Since becoming pregnant, I have become some-what withdrawn due to depres-sion. My doctor prescribed Paxil, but my husband won’t allow me to take it. I don’t leave the house unless I absolutely need to because he accuses me of cheating on him daily.

Two nights ago he took a single female friend out to dinner and they were gone for five hours. It hurt my feelings because in my view it was disrespectful on both their parts. When they got back, I was sitting outside and she wouldn’t even come to say goodbye to me. When I asked my husband why I hadn’t been invited, he said, “Neither of us wanted you there.”

In his eyes he has done nothing wrong. He tells me I’m crazy and I need mental help. Am I wrong for being so upset? — NOT CRAZY IN TEXAS

DEAR NOT CRAZY: Not at all. It appears you are married to a controlling, emotionally abusive man who may be cheating on you. One of the hallmarks of philanderers is that they will accuse the inno-cent partner of cheating. Feeling depressed during a pregnancy under these circumstances

isn’t surprising. (If you felt any other way, you WOULDN’T be normal.)

That your doctor would pre-scribe an antidepressant and your husband would “not allow” you to take it is alarming. If you have close friends and family, I urge you to tell them what’s going on. And while you’re at it, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) — the phone number is 1-800-799-7233 — because you may need help to get safely away.

DEAR ABBY: I currently live in a situation where my hus-band, our two kids and I share a home with my parents, two

sisters and younger brother. Sometimes it seems crowded because there is no privacy and a lack of respect.

Lately I am having a prob-lem with my sister. Despite the fact that she and my family share the upstairs level of the home, she continues to walk around nude or in her under-garments throughout the day because she “hates” wearing clothes. At various times my family members and I have had uncomfortable encounters with her over this. I have talked to her about it repeatedly, but she refuses to cooperate.

I think it’s rude, inconsid-erate and inappropriate, not to mention a completely avoidable problem. What do you think? Am I wrong for being upset that her behavior doesn’t change and the message doesn’t seem to get through to her? — CLOTHES-MINDED

DEAR CLOTHES-MINDED: I agree that your sister’s behav-ior is inappropriate. She should not be parading around in a state of undress in front of your husband and children. Because she has chosen to ignore your requests, enlist the help of your parents to get the mes-sage across to her. It’s their roof she’s under, and perhaps they will have better luck.

Dear Abby

HoroscopesTODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March

1). You know that you deserve goodness and you gladly accept the bounty that drops into your life over the next six weeks. April brings a different kind of love. May features a re-versal, and it likely has financial implications. Lifestyle moves don’t have to be expensive. Find a more economic way and you’ll be glad five years from now. Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 28, 33, 2 and 50.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may engage in bargaining without even realizing it, as there are deals to be struck that don’t require any exchang-ing of words. Decisions will count; actions will speak.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Be careful not to get caught in the middle of warring parties. There won’t be a winning side, for starters. And when the two reconcile they will surely turn on anyone who was involved in the conflict.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The laundry list of qualities to make up the perfect partner may go out the window as it becomes clearer to you what really matters now: namely, chemistry and compatible lifestyles. Have faith in your intuition.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Privacy is always your prerog-ative. Those who ask probably don’t deserve to know, and you have no obligation to tell,

either. Besides, loved ones respect you more when you reveal less.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s not hard to be part of the good stuff now. You’re aware; you look around, see what needs doing and act immediately. The simplicity of your choice will keep you in an exciting flow of life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are certain issues you feel strongly enough to stand firm on, and therefore you’ve a few unbendable rules -- the chief one of the day being to remain flexible in all matters at all times.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you don’t yet have what it takes, don’t worry; you will. Your ability will swell when the challenge at hand invites it to. This is especially true on an intellectual level. You’ll grow smarter in a demanding learn-ing environment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes the deadline, bustle and hurry bring out the best in you, but not now. So go ahead and take off the pres-sure. Stroll through life instead of running around.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your teachers have been stellar, but that’s not to say you couldn’t use a few fresh influences. Reach out and you’ll learn what you need to know to take your career to the next level.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’re a natural-born cheerleader, inspiring and motivating all who come near, though most won’t show it. In fact, you would never guess how energizing your support really is.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your intensity level may be too much for today’s situation, so hold back. The restraint you show will be admired. Then, when the drama boils over, you’ll still have plenty of energy left in you to carry on produc-tively.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Of course you want to succeed! The question now is, at what cost? Doing your best is one thing. Then there’s the above-and-beyond efforts you could make. Would they be worth it?

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wants his team to remain focused pri-or to its first road trip of the season.

“That’s something we’ve talked a lot about and to their credit this weekend, I didn’t hear one person talking about a trip to California,” Cohen said. “All of our kids were really focused in on the task at hand.”

MSU is expected to start junior left-handed pitcher Vance Tatum (0-0, 3.00 ERA) today. Alcorn State, whose win came against Southern U. on open-ing weekend, hasn’t announced a start-ing pitcher.

Outside of losses to Florida Atlantic, MSU hasn’t played a team that looks like a NCAA tournament contender. That will change this weekend, which is why the Bulldogs are eager for the challenges.

“I think it’s going to be a good test, but we view our opponents the same ev-ery time we go into a game,” junior cen-ter fielder Jacob Robson said. “We are playing against ourselves really, and the team in the other dugout doesn’t matter

too much other than a couple scouting report adjustments we have to make, if necessary. We’re going to go out there and play hard no matter who is in the other dugout. We’re not afraid of any-body.”

After going 2-2 in the first weekend, MSU beat UMass Lowell 4-2 in both games and defeated Nicholls State 5-0 and 8-0. Junior right-hander Dakota Hud-son, junior right-hander Austin Sexton, junior left-hander Daniel Brown, and ju-nior right-hander Zac Houston delivered quality starts to support an offense that scored 21 runs and had 36 hits.

“I think we needed this weekend,” Cohen said. “Last weekend, we just felt out of sync and just didn’t play our best baseball. I think we got a lot done this weekend, and we sorely needed to put some things together.”

The wins gave the Bulldogs confi-dence they hope to bring into this week-end’s games.

“As an athlete, nothing’s better than winning,” Robson said. “Even last week-

end when we took those losses early in the year, I don’t think our confidence changed. I think we’re a great group in that aspect, a bunch of hard-working guys and we’re going to have some more wins this year.”

Last season, MSU lost to Arkan-sas-Pine Bluff 3-2 in a mid-week game after winning its first 13 games. The Bulldogs went 11-29 following the loss. Cohen doesn’t want that to happen again, so he has encouraged his players not to overlook Alcorn State. He will rely on captains Robson, Hudson, and Brent Rooker and other upperclassmen to set the tone.

“Your older kids lead and the young-er kids are experiencing everything for their first time,” Cohen said. “You have to have older kids who can step forward and bridge that gap for you.”

n In related news, MSU stayed at No. 24 in Baseball Amer-ica’s poll, at No. 20 in D1Baseball.com’s poll, and at No. 22 in Perfect Game’s poll.

MSU moved from No. 24 to No. 19 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll and entered the Collegiate Baseball poll at No. 23.

Follow Dispatch sports writer Ben Wait on Twitter @bcwait

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goals made (36), and ninth in points (336) and field goals (124).

Vivians will try to become the third back-to-back winner of the Gillom Trophy. She helped MSU (24-6) finish the regular season tied for sec-ond in the SEC (11-5).

The Carthage native is second in the SEC in scoring at 16.7 ppg. and sixth in league play (15.4).

Fan voting started today and will end at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Fans can vote for their favorite play-er by visiting www.csopavoting.com, providing an email address and name, or connecting through Facebook or Twitter. Once an account is created, voting can begin and fans can choose their first-, second-, and third-place winners. Fans will be able to vote via Facebook, Twitter, and text mes-saging and can submit up to three votes per day during the six-day voting period.

n In related news, Vincent (Ala.) High School’s E.J. Datcher commit-ted to MSU on Sunday night.

The three-star power forward becomes the seventh player in the 2016 signing class for the Bulldogs and coach Ben Howland. MSU has received letters of intent from the six others.

This past season, Datcher averaged 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 3.1 blocked shots. It was his first full season since his sophomore year as a torn meniscus kept him out of most of his junior season. He chose MSU over Alabama-Birmingham, South Alabama, Troy, Chattanooga, and others.

Follow Dispatch sports writer Ben Wait on Twitter @bcwait

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Houses For Rent: Starkville 7170

I'M LOOKING for Houseto lease with option tobuy. Lg 2-3 BR/ 2BA inStarkville area. Niceneighborhood, nothingover $700/mo. Seriousoffers ONLY, 662-617-3049

Houses For Rent: Other 7180

2BR/1BA, office, newappliances, washer, &dryer, 2 car garage,storage, deck, no pets.Application, references,& lease reqd. Close toColumbus, Starkville, &West Point. $650/month $400 dep. 662-494-5419.

Mobile Homes 7250

2, 3 Bed. 2 Baths.Porch, range, refrigerat-or, dishwasher, & W/D.Safe, quiet. New HopeSchool District. Leavemsg at 662-435-9140.

3BR/3BA. 16X82. InSteens. $500/ mo.$500 dep. MUST MAIN-TAIN 2 ACRE YARD.No HUD. Call 662-245-1048 after 5p.

MOVE IN TODAY! 3BRstarting at $525/mo.Close to MSU. Nicecommunity. Call 662-268-2107. www.universityhillsmhp.com

RENT A fully equippedcamper w/utilities &cable from $135/wk -$495/month. 3 Colum-bus locations. Call 662-242-7653 or 601-940-1397.

Office Spaces For Rent 7300

3,000 sq ft office spacewith warehouse and rollup delivery door in back.3,500 sq ft office/ware-house w/ storage atdock height. Inexpens-ive mini storage unitsavai also.Call 662-574-0147.

Office Building - greatBluecutt Rd. location,reasonable rent. Call662-328-1976, leavemessage.

OFFICE SPACE forlease. Would you like tobe in the heart of thebusiness sector ofStarkville? Walking dis-tance from many res-taurants, shops & theCourthouse. Reservedparking incl. 662-418-6465

Storage & Garages 7500

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Waterfront Property 7600

SMITH LAKE, ALABAMA10.3 Acres Direct Dock-able Waterfront. Was$69,900 NOW$59,900. Reduced forQuick Sale! Establishedlakefront community.Abuts Bankhead Nation-al Forest. Utilities inplace and ready forbuilding!Call 866-221-3747

Houses For Sale: Northside 8150

508 19TH Street North-4 bed/2 bath, Brick,Central H&A, Updated.Lease option available,Qualified applicantsonly. $750.00 mth.Lease, Deposit, Refer-ences. Call Long & Long@ 328-0770.

Houses For Sale: New Hope 8250

3BR/2BA FSBO. Com-pletely Remodeled.1500 sq. ft home onquiet street. 1 acre. 45S Justin Rd. Steens.Above ground pool.121,500k. No renting.No owner financing.386-1287.

REDUCED! 3BDR/2BA.1560sq. ft. 9ft ceilings.Vaulted L/R. Trey ceil-ing in Master BR w/ W-I-C. Close to school.$144,500. 662-386-6036.

Houses For Sale: Caledonia 8450

3BR/2BA home. NewlyRemodeled. Caledoniaschool district.$89,900. Call 662-244-8718.

Houses For Sale: Caledonia 8450

4BR/2BA (with home of-fice) 2,000 sq. ft. Solidsurface counter tops,stainless appl., garage,9' ceilings, new const.,very nice neighborhood,2 acre lot. $199,999k.Will work with buyersagent. 662-386-1887.

3BR/2BA. Completelyrefurbished. Central Air.Lot 1.3 acres. NewFence. Guest House.Price reduced. 662-574-0082.

Houses For Sale: Other 8500

OLD WAVERLY Golf Clubat Azalea Court. FSBO.3 BR/ 2.5BA on LakeAzalea. This beautifulhome was built in 1992and has been com-pletely remolded insideand out. The screenporch across the fronthas a gorgeous view ofLake Azalea, hole #1and the clubhouse.662-494-1350.662-295-2852.

Lots & Acreage 8600

28.5 ACRES in N.H.w/25 yr. old pines.$3500/ac. Will divideinto 10 ac. plots. Own-er financing avail. 662-386-6619.

LAND FOR sale.Hamilton MS. 9 acres.Road frontage. Housesite. 662-343-5619.

RIVERFRONTPROPERTYCamp Pratt

Call 574-3056Ray McIntyre

Blythewood Realty

WINTER SPECIAL. 2½acre lots. Good/badcredit. $995 down.$197/mo. Eaton Land.662-726-9648

Mobile Homes 8650

1994 28X66 3BR/2BA.Formal dining, kitchenw/ bar & island, largeliving room w/ fireplace.Shingle roof. Pleasecontact me: forsalebyowner16@gmail.com.

Autos For Sale 9150

1994 DODGE Ram1500 w/ 5.9 V8 engine.Factory air. Good condi-tion. 181k miles.$5,500 OBO. 662-329-3259. or 662-364-3259

2004 FORD F350 Truck.Diesel. And trailer with2 8000 lb axels. Soldseparately or together.Call for prices.205-329-1790.

2014 Dodge Ram. Takeup the lease w/Chrysler Credit. $500lease payment. 16800mi. 23 months left onthe lease. 662-386-5829

98 HONDA Accord EX.A/T, A/C, A/W, M/roof,CD, well maintained,driven less than 10K miper year. 162K mi.Great car! $3500. 662-425-0600

99' CAMARO. New paintjob. New A/C. New com-puter module. RunsGreat. $4,000 OBO.662-364-6991.

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