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Artesia
Johnson to leave post as public affairs head for CAFB
murders may
be related
to attempted
drug deal
Witnesses helped
deputies locate suspect
within hours of shootings
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Lowndes Coun-
ty court documents
show the man arrest-
ed for killing three
people in Artesia
Tuesday may have
been involved in an
attempted drug deal.
Clark Earl Allen, Allen Jr.
Jr., 20, of Oktibbeha County, has
been charged with capital murder
and felony conspiracy to commit a
crime of sale of a controlled sub-
stance. The suspect is accused
of killing Demario Snell, 31, of
Artesia, Mauricio Nance, 22, of
Columbus, and Tyshun Fields, 24,
of Crawford, in Snell’s home at 23
Mobile Dr.
According to arrest affidavits in
Dispatch file photo Lowndes County Justice Court, Al-
Air Force Maj. Sean Gustafson, a member of the Thunderbirds team, speaks with Sonic Johnson after landing len “attempted to persuade” Snell
at the base in this 2010 Dispatch file photo. Johnson, a retired lieutenant colonel and training pilot, was public
to “credit” Clark marijuana from
affairs director for the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base for almost 15 years. He will official-
ly retire on Jan. 25. him on the day of the murders.
See Murders, 3A

Retired lieutenant colonel known better as ‘Sonic’

served past 15 years in civilian capacity with CAFB Inside Sunday
By Slim Smith Now, at age 60, the retired Air job and 19 years after he arrived at
ssmith@cdispatch.com Force lieutenant colonel, will retire CAFB as a T1 trainer pilot.

W
hen Richard Johnson
assumed the role of public
affairs director for the
14th Flying Wing at Columbus Air
Force Base, even his nickname
seemed to make him a unique fit
for the job.
For almost 15 years, Johnson —
known by airmen and community
members alike as “Sonic” — used
his credentials as a training pilot
and his passion for sharing the sto-
ry of CAFB with the community.
one more time, this time for good.
“I have no plans, other than to
rest and enjoy time with my wife,”
Johnson said. “We were married on
a Friday and I went to pilot school
on the next Monday. She’s been
my wing commander at home ever
since.”
The Johnsons have been mar-
ried since 1981.
Johnson’s official retirement
date is Jan. 25, 14 years and 11
months after he took the civilian
That experience, Johnson said,
made his new role something far
more meaningful than a paycheck.
“I understood training pilots,”
Johnson said. “I spent 22 years
working every day with airmen.
I understood their needs, their
mission. Being a spokesman for
a mission that I understood and
loved was a privilege.”
In his role, Johnson came to be Look for The Dispatch’s companion
piece to the upcoming Smithsonian
considered as the face of CAFB, Water/Ways Exhibition in Sunday’s
See Johnson, 3A paper. The traveling interactive exhi-
bition runs from Jan. 25-March 8 at
the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Transportation Museum in Columbus.

Junior Anna
Beth Brock
Heritage regains Apple
uses Photo-
shop on her
iPad in her
Distinguished School status
graphic design
class at Heri- Academy pushes iPad use and submitted the school’s paperwork
last-minute.
tage Academy.
Heritage was into daily instruction “It was a close call,” Kidder said.” We
almost had to wait an entire year but it all
recognized as
an Apple Distin- BY MARY POLLITZ worked out. It was not easy. We worked
guished School mpollitz@cdispatch.com on this for months.”
Thursday after- Heritage’s high school, now one of
noon. Students Heritage Academy almost wasn’t only two Apple Distinguished Schools in
bring their recognized as an Apple Distinguished Mississippi, was awarded the distinction
iPads to school School this year. Thursday afternoon. The school houses
for classroom Nearly missing the deadline, director
instruction, as- students in grades 9-12.
signments and of instructional technology Janet Lewis Headmaster Greg Carlyle said admin-
production. and teacher Brad Kidder called Heri- istrators and faculty have been working
Courtesy photo tage Academy’s Apple representative See Heritage, 6A

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of the Enterprise on “Star Trek” — the miss The Jan. 22: OCH
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2 In 2000, what family-values Re- Council presents Memphis Jones & The City 2019 Center Board of
publican married his third wife —a Limits from B.B. King’s Blues Club on Beale Dining Trustees, 4 p.m.,
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Feb. 4: Board of
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5 What culinary school dropout made ■ Book signing: Stephanie Brewer signs Supervisors, 9
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Full forecast on Chefs?
page 2A. Answers, 8B at Lisa’s Christian Learning Center, 1605 County Courthouse
Gardner Blvd., Columbus. A representative Feb. 5: Board of
of Safe Haven will also discuss how to Aldermen, 5:30
Inside recognize signs of family violence. p.m., City Hall
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 2A ■ Symphony orchestra: The Starkville- Feb. 12: Plan-
Comics 4B Opinions 4A MSU Symphony Orchestra presents “Our ning and Zoning
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Friday
Did you hear?
Trump grounds Pelosi after
she imperils his big speech
President said it would be best if House Area obituaries
Speaker remained in Washington to Bertha Henry born Oct. 24, 1989, in McCoy of St. Louis, Mary Quinn
Columbus, to Linda Missouri, Daphne
negotiate to reopen the government WEST POINT —
Bertha Jean Henry, Dwyer and Randy Stewart of Florence,
WEST POINT —
Mary Curtis Quinn,
The Associated Press like to make your jour- 74, died Jan. 10, 2019, Selvie Sr. He attended South Carolina, Pleas 67, died Jan. 11, 2019,
ney by flying commercial, at North West Lowndes High Everson Sr. and Wil- in Tupelo.
WASHINGTON — She that would certainly be Mississip- School and was former- liam Everson, both Services will be at
imperiled his State of the your prerogative,” wrote pi Medical ly employed with ARD of Mansfield, Ohio, 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt.
Union address. He denied Trump, who had been Logistics. Freddie Everson of Hermon M.B. Church.
Center in
her a plane to visit troops smarting since Pelosi, the In addition to his Memphis, Tennessee Burial will follow at
Tupelo.
abroad. day before, called on him parents, he is survived and Jerry Everson of Palo Alto Cemetery.
Ser-
The shutdown battle to postpone his Jan. 29 by his child, Jayden Millington, Tennessee; Visitation will be from
vices will
between President Donald State of the Union address Selvie of Columbus; 19 grandchildren; and 3-5 p.m. Friday at West
be at 11
Trump and House Speaker due to the shutdown. Henry siblings, Asia Rog- 23 great-grandchildren. Memorial Funeral
a.m. Sat-
Nancy Pelosi is playing out Denying military air- ers-Dwyer of El Paso, Home in Starkville.
urday at St. Paul M.B.
as a surreal game of con- craft to a senior lawmaker Texas, Carl Dwyer III Thelma Gentry West Memorial Funer-
stitutional brinkmanship,
Church in West Point and Donovan Hill Jr.,
— let alone the speaker, EUPORA — Thel- al Home is in charge of
with both flexing their po- with the Rev. Eddie both of Osan, South
who is second in line to the ma Elliott Gentry, 89, arrangements.
litical powers from oppo- Longstreet officiating. Korea, Devante Dwyer
White House, traveling to died Jan. 15, 2019, in
Burial will follow at She is survived by
site ends of Pennsylvania a combat region — is very and Devin Dwyer, both Eupora.
Avenue as the negotiations Sturdivant Cemetery her children, Everett
rare. Lawmakers were of Round Rock, Texas, A memorial service
to end the monthlong par- in Caledonia. Visita- Quinn, Bobby Quinn,
caught off guard. A bus Jermaine Sherrod of will be held at 4 p.m.
tial government shutdown tion will be from 4-6 William Quinn, Andre
to ferry the legislators to Artesia and Harvey Sunday at First Pres-
remain stalled. their departure idled out- p.m. Friday at Carter’s Quinn, Frances Cun-
Sherrod of Crawford. byterian Church in
In dramatic fashion, side the Capitol on Thurs- Funeral Services in ningham, Lisa Mobley,
Trump issued a letter to Columbus. Carter’s Starkville with the Rev. Mary Alice Brown and
Pelosi on Thursday, just
day afternoon.
The political tit-for-tat Funeral Services is
Mary Tubbs Martin Lifer III officiat- Lillie Jefferson; sister,
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — ing. Visitation will fol- Elizabeth Crawford;
before she and other law- between Trump and Pelo- in charge of arrange-
Mary Louise Everson low after the service in and brother, Larry
makers were set to depart si laid bare how the gov- ments.
Humphries Tubbs, 81, the church fellowship Moore.
on the previously undis- ernment-wide crisis has Ms. Henry was
died Jan. hall. Welch Funeral
closed trip to Afghanistan devolved into an intensely born July 5, 1944, in 11, 2019,
and Brussels. Trump be- pointed clash between two West Point, to the late Home is in charge of Flora Patterson
at Gulf arrangements.
littled the trip as a “public leaders both determined Willie Lee Henry and JACKSON — Flora
relations event” — even
Coast Mrs. Gentry was
to prevail. It took place as Nettie Lue Henry. She Smith Patterson, 83,
though he had just made
Regional born Aug. 3, 1929, to
hundreds of thousands of attended Mary Holmes died Jan. 12, 2019, in
a similar warzone stop — federal workers go without
Medical the late Mollie Berry
Junior College, Missis- Center Jackson.
and said it would be best if pay and Washington’s rou- sippi Valley State Uni- Elliott and Robert Services will be
Pelosi remained in Wash- tine protocols — a presi- in Pana- Harrison Elliott. She
versity and Mississippi ma City, Tubbs at 11 a.m. Saturday
ington to negotiate to re- dent’s speech to Congress, University for Women. was a member of First at New Hope U.M.
open the government. a lawmaker’s official trip — Florida. Presbyterian Church,
She was formerly Services will be at 2 Church with the
“Obviously, if you would became collateral damage. employed as a teacher EPC. Rev. Otha Harlan
p.m. Saturday at Oak She is survived by
with the West Point Grove M.B. Church officiating. Burial will
School District and was her children, Mal- follow at Oddfellows
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Arts Council opens summer scholarship application period

Dispatch Staff Report
The Starkville Area Arts
Council has opened applica-
tions for its annual summer
scholarships program.
SA AC, according to a press
release from Executive Direc-
tor John Bateman, is offering
the scholarship for children
who are 11-18 years old.
The scholarships are geared
toward helping from $85 to $450. This year, the gram. Applications must be ber of scholarship-making
with art-focused organization has $9,000 avail- submitted by April 1. organizations. Most focus on
camps or sum- able, which Bateman said is Bateman noted that the pro- collegiate scholarships. How-
mer programs. more than last year, thanks to a gram’s students participate in ever, if we create access to art
“It’s not just private donation. can be located anywhere. How- education at an earlier age,
visual arts,” Applications for the sum- ever, he said the scholarships then we create greater long-
Bateman said. mer scholarships are available are only available for Oktibbe- term impact on the develop-
“It’s performing online at www.starkvillearts. ha County residents. ment of young minds and cre-
arts. It’s music, Bateman org. According to the release, “This is one of my favorite ative thinkers. This rare type
writing, it’s literature.” awards are paid directly to the programs that SA AC offers,” of award allows our community
Last year, SA AC provided 18 agency/vendor, so applications Bateman said in the release. to build a tremendous future
summer scholarships, ranging need to identify a specific pro- “I’ve worked with a large num- resource.”

The following arrests

were made by Lowndes
Area arrests
Man arrested in
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Jacob Conn, 25, was
charged with three counts
West Point stabbing
of felony taking of a motor
vehicle, three counts of Victims treated and released
burglary of a commercial
building, car, etc., four Conn Davis Jr. Cash Brooks Avant Harris from North Mississippi Medical
counts of arson and fleeing
or eluding in a motor vehi-
Center on Thursday
cle. DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
n Terrance Davis Jr.,
32, was charged with pos- One person is in custody and
session of cocaine and pos- two others were treated and re-
session of marijuana in a leased from the hospital following
vehicle. a stabbing in West Point Thursday.
n Stephanie Cash, 46, Purcell Bonner Jr. Haynes Hudgens Quinn Dooley Steve Lashun Swing, 40, has
was charged with obtain- been charged with two counts of
ing a controlled substance aggravated assault manifesting in
by fraud. extreme indifference to life. He was
n Shower Brooks, 40, arrested just before noon Thursday. Swing
was charged with third of- West Point Police Chief Avery Cook said Swing
fense domestic violence. stabbed two people during an altercation within
n Bradley Avant, 24, the city limits. He added police are still investi-
was charged with two gating what caused the altercation and why Swing
counts of burglary of a Lucious Bell Gatheright Mann Russell Butler stabbed them.
commercial building, car, Swing knew the victims, Cook said.
etc. phetamine. n Daryl
The victims were taken to North Mississippi
n Demonte Harris, 26, n Julius Quinn, 37, was Gatheright;
Medical Center in West Point where they received
was charged with posses- charged with burglary. 26, was
stitches and other medical treatment. They were
sion, sale or transfer of a n Aldoques Dooley, charged
both released the same day.
stolen firearm. 39, was charged with pos- with proba-
Swing is currently in custody at Clay County
n Joseph Purcell, 27, session, sale or transfer of tion viola- Jail. His bond has not been set.
was charged with burglary a stolen firearm and two tion.
and simple assault on a po- counts of failure to appear. n Jason
lice officer. Mann, 36, Smith Bradshaw Cribbs

n Jimmy Bonner Jr., The following arrests was charged charged with possession
30, was charged with pos- were made by the Oktibbe- with a MDOC hold and dis- of marijuana-more than 30
session of a controlled sub-
stance and expired driver’s
ha County Sheriff’s Office:
n Tina Lucious, 42, was
orderly conduct.
n Erik Russell, 20, was
grams.
n Stacy Bradshaw,
Mississippi graduation rate
license.
n Joshua Haynes, 26,
charged with malicious
mischief and probation vi-
charged with burglary of a
residence.
41, was charged with two
counts of malicious mis- hits new record of 84 percent
was charged with intent to olation. n Jeremy Butler, 32, chief. By JEFF AMY
defraud by credit card. n Geowonderlydon was charged with posses- n Tomia Cribbs, 23, was The Associated Press
n Christopher Hud- Bell, 41, was charged with sion of marijuana-more charged with possession of
gens, 50, was charged with perjury and obstructing than 30 grams. a controlled substance and JACKSON — Mississippi is graduating a
possession of metham- justice. n Jerail Smith, 34, was possession of marijuana. greater share of its students in four years than
ever before, with 84 percent of public high school
seniors earning their diplomas on time last year,
the Mississippi Department of Education said
Thursday .
Around the state The department said the mark for the 2017-
2018 is the highest on record in Mississippi, up
Bank to sell historic Mississippi Worley filed for personal bankrupt- A New Orleans real estate bro- from 83 percent in 2016-2017 and 74.5 percent in
cy last year, citing $107 million in ker has been trying to sell Dun- 2012-2013. The state’s graduation rate is equal to
home and inn at auction debts and $80 million in assets. leith, asking $5.95 million the most recently recorded national graduation
NATCHEZ — A southwest Mis- The house is among the most Worley earlier sold a Natchez rate of 84 percent in 2017. More recent nation-
sissippi historic home and inn will recognized antebellum structures business called Bowie’s Outfitters al numbers have yet to be released. Educators
be auctioned after a bank fore- in Natchez. to a different creditor. He also owns praised that as a notable achievement for Missis-
closed. A federal judge recently cleared Bowie’s Tavern, which could be sippi, where attainment has long lagged behind
The Natchez Democrat reports Natchez-based United Mississippi sold as part of the bankruptcy. the rest of the nation.
the Dunleith Historic Inn will be Bank to foreclose. The bank says Dunleith, built in 1856, has been The state says only 10.1 percent of seniors
auctioned Feb. 1. Owner Michael Worley owes $7.3 million. a bed and breakfast since 1976. dropped out of high school without earning a di-
ploma. The rest remain in school or earned an
alternate credential to a diploma.
State Superintendent Carey Wright called the

Johnson
Continued from Page 1A
working with media and
the community as a the
base’s primary liaison.
Lynn Robinson, who
has long been a member
of the Columbus-Lown-
des Chamber of Com-
merce Military Affairs
Committee, said it was
Johnson’s enthusiasm
that convinced him to
join the committee.
“When I joined the
chamber, they gave me
a list of committees,”
said Robinson, who had
no military background.
“Sonic was one of the
reasons I wanted to get
involved. He took the job
seriously. For him it was
personal. For a lot of peo-
ple, it would have been
easy to just meet the min-
imum requirements of
the job. But Sonic did so
much more than public
affairs. He went far above
and beyond in everything
and his passion for the
base and for the commu-
nity, it really rubbed off.
He was excited about
what was happening at
the base. It made every-
one else excited, too.”
Johnson said serving
as a go-between between
the base and the me-
dia was never difficult,
even when the media’s
requests did not always
align with what the base
could provide.
“It never really was
a problem,” Johnson
said. “One of my guiding
principles was always be
transparent. I never com-
promised anything about
myself or the Air Force.
Whether it was crashes
or tragedies or the good
things that happened,
my relationship with the
media was always good. I
enjoyed it.”
increase “a significant achievement.” She cited
several reasons for the improvement, including
efforts to expand career and technical education,
the increase in the number of Advanced Place-
Lt. Christina Conwell, ment courses and the rollout in some areas of ear-
who has worked with ly college high schools that offer dual high school
Johnson for the previous and college credit.
two years, will take over
as interim public affairs
director until a perma-
nent director is selected.
“It’s a civilian position,
but the wing commander
has a lot of influence with
what happens in the posi-
tion,” Johnson said.
Johnson said his deci-
sion to retire was pretty
simple.
“I was tired,” he said.
“I gave it my all, 24/7 and
365. I just want to rest.”

Murders
Continued from Page 1A
However, the documents
do not specifically link the
alleged attempted drug
deal to the murder, nor
does it indicate whether
Snell cooperated with Al-
len.
Lowndes County Sher-
iff’s Office Major Greg
Wright, who is heading
the investigation, con-
firmed to The Dispatch
Friday that the drugs were
a factor in the murder,
but said the deal may not
have been the “concrete
motive.” He said investi-
gators are still searching
the area around the crime
scene, learning informa-
tion about the individuals
involved and going over
evidence.
Authorities rushed to
Snell’s home after a neigh-
bor reported hearing
shots fired at the address.
According to the affidavit,
multiple witnesses saw Al-
len in the area and provid-
ed law enforcement with a
description of his clothing.
Lowndes deputies found
Allen in the same area as
clothes matching those
descriptions and took Al-
len into custody less than
two hours after the shoot-
ing was reported.
Allen had his initial
appearance in justice
court Thursday. Judge
Peggy Phillips denied
him bond for the capital
murder charge and set his
bond for the conspiracy
charge at $5,000. Allen
will remain in custody at
Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center until his
scheduled court day in
May.
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In the wake of a tragedy, Artesia’s strength is shown

The triple murder that
shook the small town of
Artesia will leave an indelible
mark on the community for
years to come. While there is
nothing that will mitigate the
senseless killing of Artesia
resident Demario Snell,
Mauricio Nance of Columbus
and Tyshun Fields on Tues-
day afternoon, there is some
comfort in knowing that the
people of this town of about
500 people responded in a way
that helped law enforcement
in finding the person they
believe responsible for these
deaths.
Within an hour-and-a-half
after a neighbor made the 911
call that began the investiga-
tion, a “person of interest” had
been detained.
That person, Clark Allen Jr.
of the Sessums community,
was formally charged with
capital murder Wednesday.
While few details of the
crime have been made pub-
lic, law enforcement officers
commended Artesia residents
for their cooperation, which
was likely a major factor in the
swift progress of the investi-
gation.
We are reminded, sadly,
that all too often these kinds
of investigations do not receive
this type of cooperation. Often
people are reluctant to share
information, perhaps out of
fear or reprisal, a distrust of
law enforcement, a misguided
sense of loyalty to a suspect or
even a frustrating attitude of
“it’s not my business.”
That so many Artesia resi-
dents helped law enforcement
by sharing information says
something very positive about
the town. Part of the explana-
tion for that is the nature of a
small town. In a small town,
everybody knows each other.
They look out for one another,
help one another. Residents
are viewed almost as extended
family.
The tragedy also serves to
affirm the grim fact that none
of us, no matter where we live,
are immune from the scourge
of violence. What the people
of Artesia have shown, what
they have modeled for the rest
of us, is the proper response
when tragedy strikes. This
kind of crime can rip a com-
munity apart. But, as the
people of Artesia so honorably
displayed, it can also bring a
community together.
In choosing the latter re-
sponse, Artesia may be a safer
community today than it was
just a few days ago. People will
long remember the tragedy,
but they will also remember
how the community respond-
ed to it. The folks there look
after each other, which can be
a powerful deterrent.
Today, and for some time
to come, the people of Artesia
will share a common sorrow.
But if good can come from
tragedy, the bonds of brotherly
love displayed by the people of
Artesia this week have been
made stronger.

Letter to editor
Voice of the people
End Times
Peter, the Riverwalk in Columbus
might be a tranquil place to be at
the time of the Rapture, but what
comments I have, will not hasten or
delay it. Death and taxes are a giv-
en, the Rapture is in God’s hands. I
like to express my concerns for local
and national matters. I might even
say, I state my opinions, for the ra-
tional thinkers that read the paper.
I understand, we all have opinions
and freedom of speech in America.
Those that disagree with me, don’t
bother me. It is those that agree and
encourage me that makes me want
to write.
If I need to comment on the city’s
decision on new street lights, here
it is: A good idea, if we can pay for
it. But, the real challenge is money
for street maintenance, overtime
and drainage. If the savings for the
street lights can help with our mon-
ey problems in the city, I’m all for
it. But let’s not rush into it. There, I
feel I have done my part, does every-
one feel better now?
God Bless America.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus

Today in history
Today is Friday, Jan. 18, the 18th
day of 2019. There are 347 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On Jan. 18, 1957, a trio of B-52’s
completed the first non-stop,
round-the-world flight by jet planes,
landing at March Air Force Base in
California after more than 45 hours
aloft.
On this date:
In 1778, English navigator
Captain James Cook reached the
present-day Hawaiian Islands,
which he named the “Sandwich
Islands.”
In 1904, actor Cary Grant was
born Archibald Leach in Bristol,
England.
In 1911, the first landing of
an aircraft on a ship took place
as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought
his Curtiss biplane in for a safe
landing on the deck of the armored
cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San
Francisco Harbor.
In 1919, the Paris Peace Con-
ference, held to negotiate peace
treaties ending the First World
War, opened in Versailles (vehr-
SY’), France.
In 1936, Nobel Prize-winning
author Rudyard Kipling, 70, died in
London.
In 1943, during World War II,
Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw
Ghetto launched their initial
armed resistance against Nazi
troops, who eventually succeeded
in crushing the rebellion. The
Soviets announced they’d broken
through the long Nazi siege of
Leningrad (it was another year
before the siege was fully lifted). A
U.S. ban on the sale of pre-sliced
bread — aimed at reducing baker-
ies’ demand for metal replacement
parts — went into effect.
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who
claimed to be the “Boston Stran-
gler,” was convicted of armed
robbery, assault and sex offenses.
(Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was
killed in prison in 1973.)
— The Associated Press
The World
At age 70, time to rethink NATO
“Treaties are like roses
and young girls. They last
while they last.”
So said President
Charles De Gaulle, who
in 1966 ordered NATO to
vacate its Paris headquar-
ters and get out of France.
NATO this year cele-
brates a major birthday.
The young girl of 1966
is no longer young. The
alliance is 70 years old. Patrick Buchanan
And under this aging
NATO today, the U.S. is committed
to treat an attack on any one of 28
nations from Estonia to Montenegro
to Romania to Albania as an attack
on the United States.
The time is ripe for a strategic re-
view of these war guarantees to fight
a nuclear-armed Russia in defense
of countries across the length of Eu-
rope that few could find on a map.
Apparently, President Donald
Trump, on trips to Europe, raised
questions as to whether these war
guarantees comport with vital U.S.
interests and whether they could
pass a rigorous cost-benefit analysis.
The shock of our establishment
that Trump even raised this issue in
front of Europeans suggests that the
establishment, frozen in the realities
of yesterday, ought to be made to jus- crush the Prague Spring.
tify these sweeping war guarantees.
Celebrated as “the most success-
ful alliance in history,” NATO has
had two histories. Some of us can yet chines. At the Berlin Wall in 1988, he
recall its beginnings.
In 1948, Soviet troops, occupying
eastern Germany all the way to the
Elbe and surrounding Berlin, im-
posed a blockade on the city.
The regime in Prague was
overthrown in a Communist coup.
Foreign minister Jan Masaryk fell,
or was thrown, from a third-story
window to his death. In 1949, Stalin
exploded an atomic bomb.
As the U.S. Army had gone home
after V-E Day, the U.S. formed a
new alliance to protect the crucial
European powers — West Germany,
France, Britain, Italy.
Twelve nations agreed
that an attack on one
would be treated as an
attack on them all.
Cross the Elbe and
you are at war with us,
including the U.S. with
its nuclear arsenal, Stalin
was, in effect, told. Hun-
dreds of thousands of U.S.
troops returned to Europe
to send the message that
America was serious.
Crucial to the alliance was the Yal-
ta line dividing Europe agreed to by
Stalin, FDR and Churchill at the 1945
Crimean summit on the Black Sea.
U.S. presidents, even when
monstrous outrages were committed
in Soviet-occupied Europe, did not
cross this line into the Soviet sphere.
Truman did not send armored
units up the highway to Berlin. He
launched an airlift to break the Ber-
lin blockade. Ike did not intervene to
save the Hungarian rebels in 1956.
JFK confined his rage at the building
of the Berlin Wall to the rhetorical:
“Ich bin ein Berliner.”
LBJ did nothing to help the
Czechs when, before the Democratic
convention in 1968, Leonid Brezhnev
sent Warsaw Pact tank armies to
When the Solidarity movement of
Lech Walesa was crushed in Gdansk,
Reagan sent copy and printing ma-
called on Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear
down this wall.”
Reagan never threatened to tear it
down himself.
But beginning in 1989, the Wall
was torn down, Germany was united,
the Red Army went home, the War-
saw Pact dissolved, the USSR broke
apart into 15 nations, and Leninism
expired in its birthplace.
As the threat that had led to
NATO disappeared, many argued
that the alliance created to deal with
that threat should be allowed to fade
away, and a free and prosperous Eu-
rope should now provide for its own
defense.
It was not to be. The architect of
Cold War containment, Dr. George
Kennan, warned that moving NATO
into Eastern Europe and former So-
viet republics would prove a “fateful
error.”
This, said Kennan, would “inflame
the nationalistic and militaristic
tendencies in Russian opinion” and
“restore the atmosphere of the cold
war in East-West relations.” Kennan
was proven right.
America is now burdened with
the duty to defend Europe from the
Atlantic to the Baltic, even as we face
a far greater threat in China, with
an economy and population 10 times
that of Russia.
And we must do this with a
defense budget that is not half the
share of the federal budget or the
GDP that Eisenhower and Kennedy
had.
Trump is president today because
the American people concluded that
our foreign policy elite, with their
endless interventions where no vital
U.S. interest was imperiled, had bled
and virtually bankrupted us, while
kicking away all of the fruits of our
Cold War victory.
Halfway into Trump’s term, the
question is whether he is going to
just talk about halting Cold War II
with Russia, about demanding that
Europe pay for its own defense, and
about bringing the troops home — or
whether he is going to act upon his
convictions.
Our foreign policy establishment
is determined to prevent Trump from
carrying out his mandate. And if he
means to carry out his agenda, he
had best get on with it.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of
“Nixon’s White House Wars: The Bat-
tles That Made and Broke a President
and Divided America Forever.” To find
out more about Patrick Buchanan and
read features by other Creators writers
and cartoonists, visit the Creators
website at www.creators.com.
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A
Patricia Lane
BROOKSVILLE —
Patricia A. Lane, 42, died
Jan. 17, 2019, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Gold-
en Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Macon.
Andrew Culver
AMORY — Andrew
Scott “Andy” Culver, 38,
died Jan. 18, 2019, in
Monroe County.
Services are 4 p.m. to-
day at Cleveland-Moffett
Funeral Home in Amory.
Burial will follow at
Young Memorial Gar-
dens. Visitation will be
from 2-3:45 p.m. at the
funeral home.
Mr. Culver was born
on June 11, 1980, in
Amory to Russell and
Brenda Shelton Hall-
mark. Andy grew up
in Amory and attended
Amory schools.
He was preceded in
death by his mother.
He is survived by
his stepfather, Russell
Hallmark of Amory;
his fiancé and mother
of his children, Amber
Stanford of Amory; sons,
Hunter Culver of Mem-
phis, Tennessee, Preston
Culver and Jayce Culver
of Pontotoc and Bentley
Culver of Amory; daugh-
ters, Montana Culver of
Corinth and Olivia Cul-
ver of Amory; brothers,
Danny Allred of Smith-
ville and Jason Isbell of
Amory; sister, Angie
Henton of Pontotoc; and
one granddaughter.
Pallbearers are
Josh Chambers, Roger
Griffith, Jacob Zappa,
Hosea Magallon, Jason
Isbell, Roger Phelps and
Jonathan Gaston.
J.C. Smith
WEST POINT — J.C.
Smith, 57, died Jan. 8,
2019.
Services are 11 a.m.
Saturday at Siloam M.B.
Church in West Point
with the Rev. Elbert Lee
officiating. Burial will
follow at Siloam Mhoon
Valley Cemetery in West
Point. Visitation is today
father, she is survived by
her husband, Geterrick
Demon Williams of West
Point; children, Marcus
Murphy Jr. and Zarcayla
Murphy of West Point;
sisters, Terrica Hen-
dricks of Memphis, Ten-
nessee, and Marquita
Brown of Tuscaloosa, Al-
abama; brothers, Keivan
Weatherspoon, Marshall
Brown and Kenny Wil-
liams, all of Columbus;
and one grandson.
Tyshun Fields
CRAWFORD —
Tyshun Bernard Fields,
24, died Jan. 15, 2019, in
Artesia.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Demario Snell
ARTESIA — Demario
Snell, 31, died Jan. 15,
2019, in Artesia.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Mauricio Nance
COLUMBUS — Mau-
ricio Nance, 22, died Jan.
15, 2019, in Artesia.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Leola Sherron
STEENS — Leola An-
thony Sherron, 81, died
Jan. 10, 2019, at Slidell
Memorial
Hospital
in Slidell,
Louisiana.
Services
are 11 a.m.
Saturday
at Untied
Christian Sherron
Baptist
Church in Columbus
with Steven L. James
Sr. officiating. Burial
will follow at Memorial
Gardens Cemetery in
Columbus. Visitation is
Friday from 2-6 p.m. Car-
ter’s Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge of
arrangements.
son, Dennis Watson. Iven Russell In addition to her Mckenji Slaughter,
She is survived by her COLUMBUS — Iven parents, she is survived Tavoris Slaughter, Lish
children, Wil Watson of Russell, 69, died Jan. 18, by her husband, Ken- Chandler Jr. and Landis
Vancouver, Washington, 2019, at Baptist Memo- neth Ivy Sr.; children, Chandler.
Larry Watson of Atlanta, rial Hospital-Golden Kenneth Ivy Jr. and
Flora Watson of Slidell, Triangle. Myles Ivy; goddaughter, Bernice Jackson
Sandra Spraglin of New Arrangements are Marianna Ivy; siblings, NOXUBEE — Ber-
Orleans, Louisiana, incomplete and will be Evelyn Slaughter, Tavo- nice Smith Jackson,
Wade Watson of Pontiac, announced by Lown- ris Slaughter, Angelina 62, died Jan. 16, 2019,
Illinois, George Sherron des Funeral Home of Langford, Jamarcus at Noxubee General
of Columbus, Johnny Columbus. Langford, Cheryl Hub- Hospital.
Anthyony of Texas, Betty bard and Patrice Trayon Arrangements are
Sherron of Brandon, Young. incomplete and will be
Linda McDowell of
Joseph Adams Pallbearers will be announced by Carter’s
ETHELSVILLE,
Jackson, Xavier Sherron Kendrick Slaughter, Funeral Services of
Ala. — Joseph C. “Joe”
of Pearl, Natasha Skyes Bobby Slaughter, Macon.
Adams, 76, died Jan. 17,
of Columbus and Nakita 2019, at Baptist Memo-
Sherron of Byram; 31 rial Hospital-Golden
grandchildren and 43 Triangle.
great-grandchildren. Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
Antonio Reese Jr. announced by Lown-
WEST POINT — des Funeral Home of
Antonio D. Reese Jr. “Lil Columbus.
Yo,” 22, died Jan. 8, 2019,
in Midland, Texas.
Felicia Ivy
Services are 2 p.m. MACON — Felicia A.
Sunday at U.F.C.W. Slaughter Ivy, 42, died
Local #1529 Union Hall in Jan. 14, 2019, at her
West Point with the Rev. residence.
Donnell Wicks offici- Services
ating. Burial will follow are 11 a.m.
at Tibbee Community Saturday
Cemetery in West Point. at Pin-
Visitation is Saturday neywood
from 3-5 p.m. at the chap- Church of
el of Carter’s Mortuary God with
Services of West Point. Calvine
Ivy
Mr. Reese was Chandler
born Aug. 25, 1996, in officiating. Burial will
Starkville to Antonio follow at Stovall Ceme-
Reese Sr. and Kimiko tery. Visitation is today
Lane. He was a machine from 1-5 p.m. at Lee-
operator at RJ Corman. Sykes Funeral Home.
In addition to his Mrs. Ivy was born
parents, he is survived by Jan. 13, 1977, in Nox-
his son, Austin Gibson; ubee County to Diane
two unborn children;
Hardin and Howard
sisters, Jada Evans, Langford.
Akia Reese, ShaKerria She was preceded in
Lane and Zyiah Lane; death by her daughter,
brother, Ethan Reese; Peoria Ivy; brother,
great-grandmother, Eva Eric Slaughter; grand-
Reese; grandparents: mothers, Amanda
Jimmie Lane, Bonnie Slaughter and Bertha
Lane, Wallace Randle and Langford; and grandfa-
Cheryl Lenoir. ther, Will Langford.
You’ve always said you
wanted to be buried in
the dress you wore to your
Johnny Buster
granddaughter’s wedding.
Preplanning takes care of
all the decisions so your
John M. “Johnny” Buster,
family doesn’t have to.
age 72, died Tuesday, January
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15, 2019, at Baptist Memorial
1131 N. Lehmberg Rd. Hospital, Columbus MS.
Columbus, MS 39702
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from 3-6 p.m. at the chap-
el of Carter’s Mortuary
Service of West Point.
Mr. Smith was born
May 5, 1961, in West
Point to the late J.C.
Jackson and Lizzie Ran-
dle Smith.
He is survived by
his wife, Alane Hall
Smith; daughter, Jessica
Webber; stepdaughter,
Taquanda Hall Bush;
sisters, Bessie Patterson,
Linda Robertson, Mary
Jackson and Joyce Reed,
all of West Point, Joann
Heart of Oxford, North
Carolina, Eddie Pearl
Holton of Caledonia,
Michigan, Bettie Jean
of Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan, and Leatha Vurney
of Georgia; brothers,
Emmitt Smith of West
Point, Willie C. Smith of
Montgomery, Alabama,
and Jerry Taylor of In-
dianapolis, Indiana; and
two stepgrandchildren.
Demetrick Williams
WEST POINT —
Demetrick Shanneal
Murphy Williams “Dee,”
40, died Jan. 7, 2019.
Services are 3 p.m.
Saturday at Oak Grove
M.B. Church in Co-
lumbus with the Rev.
Therman Cunningham
Sr. officiating. Burial
will follow at Oak Grove
Church Cemetery in
Columbus. Visitation
is today from 4-6 p.m.
at Pilgrim Grove M.B.
Church in West Point.
Mrs. Williams was
born Sept. 18, 1978,
in Lowndes County to
Marshall Brown and the
late Gloria D. Weather-
spoon Godfrey. She was
a manager at Wal-Mart.
In addition to her
Mrs. Sherron was
born May 9, 1935, in
Columbus to the late
Dennis and Betty Antho-
ny. She was a member of
United Christian Baptist
Church.
In addition to her par-
ents, she was preceded
in death by her husband,
Jesse D. Sherron; sister,
Cornelius Hines; and
Bettye Bridges
Visitation:
Friday, Jan. 18 • 11-1 PM
Annunciation Catholic Church
Services:
Friday, Jan. 18 • 1 PM
Annunciation Catholic Church
Burial
Egger Cemetery
Caledonia
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home
College St. Location
Johnny Buster
Visitation:
Friday, Jan. 18 • 5-7 PM
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home
2nd Ave. North Location
Services:
Saturday, Jan. 19 • 1 PM
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home
2nd Ave. North Location
Burial
Bethel Cemetery
Near Vernon, AL
memorialgunterpeel.com
Christopher Spencer
Christopher Leo Spencer, 57,
of Port Orange, FL passed away
Thursday, January 10, 2019.
Visitation will be Saturday,
January 19, 2019, from 12:30
PM to 2:30 PM at Lowndes Fu-
neral Home, Columbus, MS.
A funeral service will follow at
2:30 PM in the Lowndes Fu-
neral Home Chapel with Rev.
Granville Wiggins officiating.
Interment will be in Living Faith Tabernacle
Cemetery, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral
Home, Columbus, MS directing.
Mr. Spencer was born September 21, 1961, to
Charles Spencer and the late Lois Foster Spen-
cer in Kansas City, MO. He married the former
Rebecca Melton at the MUW Carrier Chapel in
Columbus, MS on August 2, 1997. While former-
ly living in Columbus, MS, he attended Victory
Tabernacle Church. Mr. Spencer along with his
wife were the owner of United LP Tank Inspec-
tion in Port Orange, FL and has been in the pro-
pane gas tank inspection industry for the past 37
years. He enjoyed deep sea fishing, rafting on the
river and country dancing. He loved racing and
watching NASCAR. In addition to his mother,
Mr. Spencer is preceded in death by his sister-
Diana Burk and brothers- Chuck Spencer and
Terry Spencer.
Mr. Spencer is survived by wife- Rebecca
“Becky” Melton Spencer; step-children- Rev.
Bobby (Amy) Richardson, Cory (Amy) Rich-
ardson, Denver Wartes; grandchildren- Robby
Richardson, Austin (Randah) Richardson, Taylor
(Madison) Richardson, Laurel Richardson, Gar-
rett Richardson; great-grandchildren- Landyn
Richardson, Easton Richardson; father and
stepmother- Charles and Peggy Spencer; broth-
er- Tim Spencer; sisters- Sandy Frazier, Cheryl
Spencer.
Pallbearers will be Robby Richardson, Aus-
tin Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Paul Brown,
Isaac Lee, Keith Lee. Honorary Pallbearers will
be Ray Taylor, Roger Carruth, Brian Hitchcock,
Danny Hollis with Scotts Petroleum.
Memorials may be made to Christopher Spen-
cer Memorial Fund c/o Lowndes Funeral Home,
1131 N. Lehmberg Road, Columbus, MS 39702 or
online at lowndesfuneralhome.net.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Ave N. Chapel, with Bro. Jay
Street and Bro. Tony Lawrence
officiating. Burial with full U.S.
Air Force Honors will follow at Bethel Church of
Christ Cemetery, Vernon, AL. Visitation will be
held at Memorial Gunter Peel, 2nd Ave N. Chap-
el, Friday, January 18, 2019 from 5:00 PM until
7:00 PM and again Saturday one hour prior to
service.
Mr. Buster was born on Friday, August 09,
1946 in Augusta, GA, to the late H.C. and Avie
Murray Buster, Sr. He was a member of the High-
way 69 Church of Christ and a lifetime member
of the Mississippi Vietnam Veterans of Ameri-
ca. Mr. Buster retired in 1988 from the U.S. Air
Force, where he as a recipient of the Purple Heart
while serving in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam-
ese Cross for Gallantry, the Bronze Star and the
Silver Star. He went on to serve 12 years as a mil-
itary police officer in Spain, with his final tour of
duty as Columbus Air Force Base. He retired in
June of 2007 as an officer with the Aberdeen Po-
lice Department after 18 years of service.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his son, Benji Livingston; his grandson,
Dustin Lee-Benton Turk; and his brother, H.C.
“Buddy” Buster, Jr.
Survivors include his wife, Patsy Kaye Buster,
Columbus MS; daughter, Stacy Turk (Bradley),
Tuscaloosa, AL; grandchildren, Bradley Dillion
Turk and Elijah Jordan Turk (Brianna); great-
granddaughter, Kinsley Grace Turk; cousins,
“Aunt Jeannie” Caldwell, Nancy Caldwell and
Kevin Caldwell.
The Pallbearers will be Major Quinell
Shumpert, Corp. Richard Vaughn, John Robin-
son, Jr., Mr. Darrell Clay, Dillon Turk and Elijah
Turk.
The Honorary Pallbearers will be Bradley
Turk, Lt. Willie D. Jones, Robert Anderson, Rob-
ert Kendrick, Jovan Shumpert, James Johnson,
Dale Pierce, Tracy Red and Dr. Robert Howland
Memorials may be made to: American Cancer
Society, c/o Mott Ellis, 1557 Mac Davis Road, Co-
lumbus, MS 39702, St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN
38101 or the Columbus-Lowndes Humane Soci-
ety, P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS 39703.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
6a Friday, January 18, 2019
Starkville Public Library Librarian Loraine Walker reads a Winnie the Pooh story to children during story time at
the library on Tuesday. The library celebrated the birthday of Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne, which is today,
during the event.
Heritage
Continued from Page 1A
toward this distinction for
more than a year.
“All along the way, the
primary focus was to en-
hance the learning expe-
rience for our students,”
Carlyle said. “We were
blown away. I immediate-
ly sent (the email) to Jan-
et. It’s one of those things,
you work real hard and
did all the leg work and
you try to show what we
are doing matters to our
students. To have some-
one like Apple validate
what we were doing, we
were so proud. It just rises
our standards and expec-
tations. ”
In order to become
an Apple Distinguished
School, Heritage had to
be a “one-to-one” Mac
or iPad program for stu-
dent and faculty for more
than two academic years,
meaning each student
and teacher had one of
those devices.
Students and faculty
also had to incorporate
technological instruction,
while having more than
75 percent of faculty rec-
ognized as Apple teach-
ers. All administrators
and more than 85 percent
of Heritage classroom
teachers are now Apple
certified. Teachers went
through professional de-
velopment and training to
prove technological litera-
cy and incorporation.
“We did this as a team
together,” Lewis said.
“It’s a school-wide distinc-
tion. We did it together
and we learned together
and that’s what it made it
so successful.”
No stranger to this sta-
tus, Carlyle said Heritage
was recognized as an Ap-
ple Distinguished School
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CELEBRATING A.A. MILNE
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
in 2009 and 2010. Carlyle
said he has been working
tirelessly to return to that
level.
Each high school stu-
dent must supply their
own iPad to use for class-
room instruction. Junior
Lauren Short, 16, said she
couldn’t imagine going to
school any other way.
“You get to do research
instantly,” Short said.
“We use our
iPads a lot
to do our
broadcasts
and graph-
ic design
and I do
all that on
iPad. I use Short
it a lot for
online books and quiz-
zes. There’s no delay.
It’s definitely a privilege.
You look at some schools,
they don’t have any type
of iPad, so just to be able
to (do) immediate re-
Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff
search.” Heritage Academy Headmaster Greg Carlyle announc-
Primarily, Short uses es the high school’s status as an Apple Distinguished
her iPad to keep up with School Thursday afternoon at the school’s Student Life
her assignments, write Center. Heritage is now one of only two Apple Distin-
papers and hype videos guished Schools in Mississippi.
for the football team.
Kidder, who teaches Heritage as a student, Veteran Spanish and
art, journalism and graph- said he wished he had French teacher Hope
ic design, said without this opportunity in high Friesen tries to have iPad
this technology he could school. use every day in her class-
not feasibly teach his “If I had picked this up room, with videos, online
courses. With computers two years earlier, there’s assignments and game
and iPads, Kidder said his no telling what I would applications for students
students use nearly every have done,” Kidder said. to learn different languag-
adobe application, iMovie “Now, you’re really show- es.
and simply the internet to ing them what they can “I’ve been in education
gather sources and refer- do and what kind of jobs 35 years,” Friesen said.
ences for assignments. you can have. I see them “So I’ve seen from no
“As far as taking it to stepping out of school get- computers in a classroom
the next level to what ting their first job. They to one to one. It’s making
they’re going to be doing understand things like them prepare for their
in college, they could nev- that now. It’s real applica- futures. Their future is
er learn about this until tions. It exposes you to a technology. I believe if
college if we didn’t have lot more. You have all this they don’t learn to incor-
this,” Kidder said. information you need to porate it they will not be
Kidder, who attended put your work together.” successful.”
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: No. 7 Mississippi State 89, No. 15 South Carolina 74
SPORTS EDITOR
Adam Minichino

SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
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SECTION

BULLDOGS’ TOUGHNESS WINS OUT IN SEC BATTLE

Harris, Schaefer see No. 7 MSU responds
zone as timely move in fourth quarter
By Adam Minichino By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com aminichino@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — STARKVILLE — Vic

There’s always work to
be done when you’re the
hunted.
An hour before the
Mississippi State women’s
basketball team’s game
against Auburn on Mon-
day night, associate head
coach Johnnie Harris was
sitting in the retractable
bleachers at Auburn Are-
na with her feet propped
up. The pose allowed Har-
ris to use her legs as a ta-
ble for her laptop, which
was queued up to clips of
South Carolina. In front
of Harris, the Bulldogs
went through the warmup
paces with strength and
conditioning coach Marci
Hoppa to get them ready
to take on the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Harris pored
over the video in hopes of
finding ways to slow down
the Gamecocks. Harris’
study gave her an idea
she said she was going to
suggest to head coach Vic
Schaefer.
For those who know
Schaefer, the notion might
have sounded outlandish.
But Harris’ suggestion
to have the Bulldogs play
some zone as a changeup
to its full-court pressure
and its player-to-player de-
fense proved to be a valu-
able weapon Thursday in
No. 7 MSU’s 89-74 victory
against No. 15 South Car-
olina in a Southeastern
Conference game before
a crowd of 10,006 at Hum-
phrey Coliseum.
“We talked after watch-
ing film and I told him
my biggest concern with
See DEFENSE, 3B
Schaefer’s message was
clear: The Bulldogs need-
ed to be tougher.
After watching South
Carolina’s Bianca Jackson
grab an offensive rebound
off a missed free throw
and Te’a Cooper bank in
a 3-pointer from the left
wing at the end of the
third quarter, the Missis-
sippi State women’s bas-
ketball coach implored his
players to raise their level
of play and not give the
Gamecocks a chance to
build on their momentum
after cutting the deficit to
one point.
MSU responded to
Schaefer’s encouragement
with one of its best re-
sponses of the season.
Teaira McCowan had
26 points and 24 rebounds,
and Jordan Danberry had
20 points, six rebounds,
seven assists, and two
steals Thursday night to
lead No. 7 MSU to an 89-
74 victory against No. 15
South Carolina in a South-
eastern Conference game
before a crowd of 10,006 at
Humphrey Coliseum.
“I thought we just hav-
en’t been winning, in my
opinion, with the toughness
plays,” Schaefer said. “You
are sitting there thinking,
‘Is (Cooper’s 3-pointer) go-
ing to come back and haunt
you?’ But no, it didn’t. Our
kids really buckled down
on defense and held them
to 10 points in the fourth
quarter.”
Jazzmun Holmes (12
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch points, five rebounds), An-
Mississippi State senior center Teaira McCowan (15) goes up for a shot over South Carolina’s Alexis Jennings riel Howard (11 points, six
in their game Thursday night at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. McCowan had 26 points and 24 rebounds. See TOUGHNESS, 3B

McCowan answers call after

Bibby forced to leave game
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — team-high 26 points and
Teaira McCowan was ready
to step in and do her part.
After seeing teammate
Chloe Bibby go down
with an apparent injury
35 seconds into the game
against South Carolina
on Thursday night, Mc-
Cowan said she realized
her teammates needed
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch her “extra.” McCowan
Mississippi State sophomore Chloe Bibby reacts Thursday after falling to the floor and responded to Bibby’s
suffering an apparent injury 35 seconds into the game. absence by scoring a
Notebook
grabbing 24 rebounds to
help the No. 7 Mississippi
State women’s basketball
team beat No. 15 South
Carolina 89-74 in a South-
eastern Conference game
before a crowd of 10,006
at Humphrey Coliseum.
“My teammates found
me,” said McCowan,
who had 12 offensive re-
bounds. “I knew coming
in it was big game, so I
could not take the night
off. I had to go in and ex-
ecute the game plan my
coaches gave me through-
out the week.”
McCowan’s effort
helped MSU (17-1, 5-0
SEC) earn the largest re-
bounding margin (49-24)
against South Carolina
(12-5, 4-1) this season. It
was the fourth time this
season the Gamecocks
were outrebounded in a
game.
See NOTEBOOK, 2B

Alabama sends No. 20 Tennessee to fourth-straight loss; The W sweeps

From Special Reports
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Cierra John-
son had 17 points and seven rebounds to
lead five players in double figures Thurs-
day night in the Alabama women’s bas-
ketball team’s 86-65 victory against No.
20 Tennessee in a Southeastern Confer-
ence game at Coleman Coliseum.
Ariyah Copeland added 16 points,
nine rebounds, and three blocked shots,
while Shaquera Wade had 15 points, six
Roundup
rebounds, four assists, and two steals to
help the Crimson Tide (10-8, 2-3 SEC)
earn their fifth-straight victory against
the Lady Volunteers.
It is the first time since 1970 Tennes-
see has lost four consecutive games.
Tennessee (12-5, 1-4) missed its
first 12 shots of the fourth quarter. By
the time Evina Westbrook broke the
drought with 3 minutes, 21 seconds to
play, the Crimson Tide had put together
a 17-3 run and led 77-60.
Tennessee lost its first six games of
1970 but only have scores for four of
those games and no results for the next
four. The late Pat Summitt took over the
program in 1974 and coached the Lady
Vols to 1,098 wins before stepping down
in 2012 because of illness. Holly Warlick
has been the coach since.
The last three-game skid was in Feb-
ruary 1986 and included back-to-back
home losses for the first time since De-
cember 1996.
Jasmine Walker had 14 points and
nine rebounds, and Ashley Knight had
11 points to help Alabama earn its larg-
est victory against Tennessee in the his-
tory of the rivalry.
The 21-point win also was the largest
margin of victory against a ranked oppo-
nent since Feb. 14, 1998, and the biggest
See ROUNDUP, 4B

FOOTBALL: NFL
Saints redeemed secondary confident vs. high-powered Rams
By BRET T MARTEL
The Associated Press
METAIRIE, La. — Mar-
shon Lattimore and the Saints’
secondary no longer look — or
sound — haunted by the “Min-
nesota Miracle” touchdown
pass that stunningly ended
their playoffs one year ago.
“We don’t panic. We don’t do
none of that,” Lattimore said.
“We adjust well.”
Lattimore backed that up
with his late-game interception
against Philadelphia last week-
end — his second of the game
— securing the Saints’ trip to
Sunday’s NFC title game.
Now the question is wheth-
er a Saints defensive backfield
that ranked 29th against the
pass this season is prepared to
do what it takes to slow down
the potent Los Angeles Rams
with the Super Bowl bid on the
line.
“We’re ready,” said Saints
cornerback Eli Apple, who was
brought in via trade to help
shore up a New Orleans pass
defense that was shaky early
this season.
“We’ve just got to continue to
be persistent in these meetings
with our questions, everybody
get on the same page and learn-
ing, just applying it on the field
and going hard.”
New Orleans gave up an av-
erage of 268.9 yards per game
this season, but Lattimore said
part of their unflattering rank-
ing as a pass defense stems
from a couple of poor perfor-
mances early in the season,
starting with a 48-40 loss to
Tampa Bay in Week 1 and a 43-
37 Week 3 overtime victory at
Atlanta.
See SAINTS, 4B
2B Friday, January 18, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Thursday’s Men’s
College Scores
EAST
Canisius 65, Quinnipiac 63
Delaware 76, James Madison 69
Drexel 72, Towson 66
Hofstra 87, UNC-Wilmington 72
Manhattan 58, St. Peter’s 56
Monmouth (NJ) 74, Fairfield 57
Northeastern 69, Coll. of Charleston 60
Siena 66, Niagara 57
SOUTH
Chattanooga 73, Mercer 70
E. Kentucky 97, UT Martin 73
ETSU 85, VMI 82
FIU 77, W. Kentucky 76
Georgia Southern 90, Troy 82
Georgia St. 69, South Alabama 66
Jacksonville St. 91, Belmont 80, OT
Marshall 96, FAU 84
Middle Tennessee 89, UTSA 86
Morehead St. 73, SE Missouri 69
Old Dominion 64, Louisiana Tech 63
Radford 75, Gardner-Webb 58
Samford 80, The Citadel 77
Southern Miss. 63, Charlotte 60
Tennessee St. 79, Tennessee Tech 62
UAB 76, UTEP 63
UNC-Greensboro 69, W. Carolina 60
MIDWEST
Austin Peay 79, SIU-Edwardsville 71
IUPUI 76, Green Bay 70
Michigan St. 70, Nebraska 64
Milwaukee 81, Ill.-Chicago 69
Murray St. 83, E. Illinois 61
N. Kentucky 91, Cleveland St. 76
Nebraska-Omaha 80, W. Illinois 71
Wright St. 80, Youngstown St. 74
SOUTHWEST
Oral Roberts 77, South Dakota 74
Texas State 80, UALR 62
Texas-Arlington 68, Arkansas St. 59
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 70, Oregon St. 67
BYU 87, Pepperdine 76
CS Bakersfield 74, UMKC 73
Cal St.-Fullerton 69, UC Riverside 61
Gonzaga 73, Loyola Marymount 55
Grand Canyon 80, Chicago St. 46
Hawaii 84, CS Northridge 79
New Mexico St. 87, Seattle 60
Oregon 59, Arizona 54
S. Utah 83, Portland St. 69
Sacramento St. 66, N. Arizona 64
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 75, Santa Clara 55
San Diego 76, Portland 55
San Francisco 53, Pacific 52
UC Santa Barbara 69, UC Davis 58
Utah Valley 82, Rio Grande 61
Washington 80, Stanford 64
Washington St. 82, California 59
Weber St. 76, Idaho St. 59
The Associated Press
Men’s Top 25 Fared
Thursday
1. Duke (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 4
Virginia, Saturday.
2. Michigan (17-0) did not play. Next: at
Wisconsin, Saturday.
3. Tennessee (15-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Alabama, Saturday.
4. Virginia (16-0) did not play. Next: at No.
1 Duke, Saturday.
5. Gonzaga (17-2) beat Loyola
Marymount 73-55. Next: at Portland, Saturday.
6. Michigan State (16-2) beat Nebraska
70-64. Next: vs. No. 19 Maryland, Monday.
7. Kansas (15-2) did not play. Next: at
West Virginia, Saturday.
8. Texas Tech (15-2) did not play. Next: at
Baylor, Saturday.
9. Virginia Tech (14-2) did not play. Next:
vs. Wake Forest, Saturday.
10. Nevada (17-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Air Force, Saturday.
11. Florida State (13-4) did not play. Next:
at Boston College, Sunday.
12. Kentucky (13-3) did not play. Next: at
No. 14 Auburn, Saturday.
13. North Carolina (13-4) did not play.
Next: at Miami, Saturday.
14. Auburn (13-3) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 12 Kentucky, Saturday.
15. Marquette (15-3) did not play. Next:
vs. Providence, Sunday.
16. Buffalo (16-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Eastern Michigan, Friday.
17. N.C. State (14-3) did not play. Next: at
Notre Dame, Saturday.
18. Mississippi (13-3) did not play. Next:
vs. Arkansas, Saturday.
19. Maryland (15-3) did not play. Next: at
Ohio State, Friday.
20. Oklahoma (13-4) did not play. Next: at
Texas, Saturday.
21. Houston (17-1) did not play. Next: at
South Florida, Saturday.
22. Villanova (13-4) did not play. Next: vs.
Xavier, Friday.
23. Iowa (15-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Illinois, Sunday.
24. Mississippi State (13-3) did not play.
Next: at Vanderbilt, Saturday.
25. Indiana (12-5) did not play. Next: at
Purdue, Saturday.
Southern Mississippi 63,
Charlotte 60
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (11-7): Harp-
er-Baker 5-6 2-2 12, Rowe 3-5 1-1 7, Griffin
4-13 0-0 10, Edwards 3-12 1-2 7, Holland 5-11
0-0 14, Hampton 1-2 0-0 3, Watson 0-2 0-0 0,
Draine 4-7 0-0 10, Daniel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-
58 4-5 63.
CHARLOTTE (4-12): Supica 1-3 2-4 4,
McGill 5-7 0-0 13, Robb 4-10 2-3 12, Younger
4-9 1-1 9, Davis 4-14 10-11 20, Blight 0-0 0-0
0, Mangum 0-1 0-0 0, Haslem 1-1 0-2 2, Martin
0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-47 15-21 60.
Halftime—Southern Miss. 27-22. 3-Point
Goals—Southern Miss. 9-22 (Holland 4-8,
Draine 2-3, Griffin 2-5, Hampton 1-1, Rowe
0-1, Watson 0-2, Edwards 0-2), Charlotte 7-24
(McGill 3-5, Robb 2-7, Davis 2-7, Mangum 0-1,
Martin 0-2, Younger 0-2). Fouled Out—Draine.
Rebounds—Southern Miss. 26 (Edwards 9),
Charlotte 34 (Supica 9). Assists—Southern
Miss. 16 (Griffin 6), Charlotte 7 (Robb, Young-
er, Davis 2). Total Fouls—Southern Miss. 16,
Charlotte 10. A—3,889 (9,105).
Southeastern
Conference Men
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Tennessee 4-0 1.000 15-1 .938
S. Carolina 4-0 1.000 9-7 .563
LSU 3-0 1.000 13-3 .813
Ole Miss
Kentucky
3-1 .750 13-3
3-1 .750 13-3
.813
.813
Auburn
Alabama
2-1 .667 13-3
2-2 .500 11-5
.813
.688
Miss. State
Arkansas
1-2 .333 13-3
1-3 .250 10-6
.813
.625
Georgia
Florida
1-3 .250 9-7
1-3 .250 9-7
.563
.563
Texas A&M 1-3 .250 7-8 .467
Missouri 0-3 .000 9-6 .600
Vanderbilt 0-4 .000 9-7 .563
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
Florida at Georgia, 11 a.m. (WCBI)
Arkansas at Ole Miss, Noon (SEC Network)
Alabama at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Missouri at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Kentucky at Auburn, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
South Carolina at LSU, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Sunday’s Games
No games scheduled
Conference USA
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Marshall 4 0 1.000 11 6 .647
North Texas 4 1 .800 16 2 .889
UTSA 4 1 .800 10 8 .556
Old Dominion 3 2 .600 13 5 .722
FIU 3 2 .600 12 6 .667
UAB
La. Tech
3 2 .600 11 7 .611
3 3 .500 13 6 .684
So. Miss. 3 3 .500 11 7 .611
FAU 2 3 .400 11 7 .611
Rice 2 3 .400 7 11
W. Kentucky 1 3 .250 8 9 .471
.389
UTEP
Charlotte
1 4 .200 6 10
1 4 .200 4 12
.375
.250
Middle Tenn. 1 4 .200 4 14 .222
Thursday’s Games
Southern Mississippi 63, Charlotte 60
Marshall 96, FAU 84
Old Dominion 64, Louisiana Tech 63
Middle Tennessee 89, UTSA 86
FIU 77, Western Kentucky 76
Alabama-Birmingham 76, UTEP 63
Saturday’s Games
FAU at Western Kentucky, 2 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Old Dominion, 4 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Rice at North Texas, 6 p.m.
UTEP at Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.
FIU at Marshall, 7 p.m.
UTSA at Alabama-Birmingham, 8 p.m.
Thursday’s Women’s
College Scores
EAST
Florida St. 91, Boston College 71
Marist 88, Siena 59
Ohio St. 76, Penn St. 71
Syracuse 82, Pittsburgh 50
SOUTH
Alabama 86, Tennessee 65
Auburn 72, Vanderbilt 70
Belmont 64, Jacksonville St. 41
Chattanooga 89, Wofford 82
Clemson 71, Georgia Tech 61
Kentucky 64, LSU 60
Louisville 91, Virginia 43
Marshall 72, FAU 67
Mercer 69, W. Carolina 67
Miami 58, Duke 50
Mississippi St. 89, South Carolina 74
Morehead St. 82, SE Missouri 54
North Carolina 84, Wake Forest 61
Old Dominion 70, Louisiana Tech 59
South Alabama 68, Georgia St. 59
Southern Miss. 65, Charlotte 54
Troy 97, Georgia Southern 81
UNC-Greensboro 55, Samford 54
UT Martin 87, E. Kentucky 61
W. Kentucky 94, FIU 82
MIDWEST
CS Bakersfield 67, UMKC 57
Chicago St. 50, Grand Canyon 48
E. Illinois 75, Murray St. 67
Iowa 75, Michigan 61
Michigan St. 77, Maryland 60
Minnesota 78, Wisconsin 50
Missouri 61, Georgia 35
Nebraska 77, Illinois 67
SIU-Edwardsville 69, Austin Peay 68
Utah Valley 57, Rio Grande 55
SOUTHWEST
Middle Tennessee 72, UTSA 52
Texas-Arlington 100, Arkansas St. 73
UAB 74, UTEP 48
UALR 62, Texas State 47
FAR WEST
BYU 70, Gonzaga 68
California Baptist 133, Westcliff 43
Denver 81, N. Dakota St. 54
Long Beach St. 61, Cal Poly 58
New Mexico St. 75, Seattle 55
Pacific 74, Santa Clara 70
Portland 69, San Diego 60
Portland St. 63, S. Utah 49
Sacramento St. 65, N. Arizona 61
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 80, San Francisco 65
UC Davis 75, Cal St.-Fullerton 51
UC Riverside 88, UC Irvine 72
Weber St. 55, N. Colorado 54
The AP Women’s Top 25
Fared
Thursday
1. Notre Dame (17-1) did not play. Next:
vs. Boston College, Sunday.
2. Baylor (14-1) did not play. Next: vs.
West Virginia, Sunday.
2. UConn (15-1) did not play. Next: at
Temple, Saturday.
4. Louisville (16-1) beat Virginia 91-43.
Next: at Wake Forest, Sunday.
5. Oregon (15-1) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 19 Arizona State, Friday.
6. Stanford (14-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Washington, Friday.
7. Mississippi State (17-1) beat No.
15 South Carolina 89-74. Next: at Florida,
Thursday.
8. N.C. State (17-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Virginia Tech, Sunday.
9. Maryland (15-2) lost to No. 17 Michigan
State 77-60. Next: vs. Penn State, Sunday.
10. Oregon State (14-2) did not play. Next:
vs. Arizona, Friday.
11. Texas (14-3) did not play. Next: vs.
TCU, Saturday.
12. Syracuse (15-2) beat Pittsburgh
82-50. Next: at Georgia Tech, Sunday.
13. Gonzaga (16-2) lost to BYU 70-68.
Next: at San Diego, Saturday.
14. Marquette (14-3) did not play. Next:
vs. Seton Hall, Friday.
15. South Carolina (12-5) lost to No. 7
Mississippi State 89-74. Next: vs. Missouri,
Monday.
16. Kentucky (16-3) beat LSU 64-60.
Next: vs. Missouri, Thursday.
17. Michigan State (13-4) beat No. 9
Maryland 77-60. Next: at No. 20 Rutgers,
Sunday.
18. Iowa State (13-4) did not play. Next:
vs. Oklahoma, Saturday.
19. Arizona State (12-4) did not play.
Next: at No. 5 Oregon, Friday.
20. Rutgers (14-3) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 17 Michigan State, Sunday.
20. Tennessee (12-5) lost to Alabama
86-65. Next: vs. Arkansas, Monday.
22. Iowa (13-4) beat Michigan 75-61.
Next: at Illinois, Sunday.
23. Minnesota (13-4) beat Wisconsin
Saints
78-50. Next: at Nebraska, Sunday. Continued from Page 1B
24. DePaul (12-5) did not play. Next: vs.
St. John’s, Friday.
25. Indiana (15-3) did not play. Next: at
“We had a big hole to climb out of
Purdue, Sunday. at the beginning of the season. We
SEC Women don’t really worry about that though,”
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Miss. State 5-0 1.000 17-1 .944 Lattimore said. “We’re winning. So,
Missouri
S. Carolina
4-1 .800 15-4
4-1 .800 12-5
.789
.706 we’re good.”
Kentucky
Auburn
3-2 .600 16-3
3-2 .600 15-3
.889
.833 Lattimore said he also has im-
Georgia
Texas A&M
3-2 .600 12-6
2-2 .500 13-4
.667
.765
proved individually since struggling
Arkansas
LSU
2-2 .500 13-5
2-3 .400 11-6
.722
.647
some at the beginning of the season
Alabama 2-3 .400 10-8 .556 and might be playing his best now.
Ole Miss 1-3 .250 7-11 .388
Florida 1-3 .250 5-12 .294 “I’m just making plays that come
Tennessee 1-4 .200 12-5 .706
Vanderbilt 0-5 .000 5-13 .278 my way,” Lattimore said. “I have to be
Thursday’s Games the one to make those plays. It’s a big-
Missouri 61, Georgia 35
Mississippi State 89, South Carolina 74 ger stage right now. So, I have to come
Kentucky 64, LSU 60
Auburn 72, Vanderbilt 70 up and do the job for my team.”
Alabama 86, Tennessee 65
Today’s Games
Saints nickel back P.J. Williams
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
said the Saints’ poor ranking against
No games scheduled
Sunday’s Games
the pass is misleading because New
LSU at Alabama, 1 p.m. (SEC Network) Orleans ranked first most of the sea-
Florida at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. (SEC Network)
Texas A&M at Georgia, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) son against the run before finishing
Monday’s Games
Arkansas at Tennessee, 6 p.m. (SEC Network) second. Meanwhile, Drew Brees and
Missouri at South Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
New Orleans’ high-powered offense
No. 7 Mississippi State 89, have staked the Saints to a lot of leads.
No. 15 South Carolina 74 And when teams fall behind, they
SOUTH CAROLINA (12-5): Herbert Har-
rigan 5-10 0-0 12, Jennings 2-7 0-0 4, Cooper
9-21 7-9 27, Cuevas-Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Harris tend to run less because it takes too
5-11 3-4 17, Grissett 2-2 0-0 4, Jackson 3-5 0-0
8, Cliney 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 27-61 10-13 74. much time off the clock.
MISSISSIPPI STATE (17-1): Bibby 0-0
0-0 0, Howard 3-13 4-4 11, McCowan 9-15 8-9 “They can’t run the ball. You got
26, Danberry 9-17 2-2 20, Holmes 4-11 4-4 12,
Carter 1-3 0-0 2, Espinoza-Hunter 1-2 0-0 3,
to pass the ball. You’re playing from
Scott 5-7 0-0 11, Taylor 1-1 2-2 4, Totals 33-
69 20-21 89.
behind,” Williams said. “So a team
South Carolina 23 20 21 10 —74
Mississippi St. 26 22 17 24 —89
might get 300 or so passing yards, but
3-Point Goals—South Carolina 10-25 at the end of the day, they’re trying to
(Herbert Harrigan 2-4, Cooper 2-7, Cue-
vas-Moore 0-2, Harris 4-8, Jackson 2-4), Mis- come back.”
sissippi St. 3-11 (Howard 1-7, Espinoza-Hunter
1-2, Scott 1-2). Assists—South Carolina 11 Williams said the Saints are more
(Cooper 6), Mississippi St. 13 (Danberry 7). Re-
bounds—South Carolina 24 (Cooper 5), Missis- concerned with opposing QBs’ com-
sippi St. 49 (McCowan 24). Total Fouls—South
pletion rate than how many yards
Carolina 18, Mississippi St. 14. A—10,006.
No. 16 Kentucky 64, they allow. On that front, New Orle-
LSU 60 ans ranked somewhat better, at 23rd,
KENTUCKY (16-3): McKinney 2-5 1-2 6,
Wyatt 4-5 0-1 9, Morris 7-12 4-6 20, Paschal allowing a 66.5 percent completion
1-6 0-0 3, Roper 4-9 2-2 10, Anyagaligbo 2-4
1-2 5, Green 4-7 0-0 9, Roach 1-1 0-0 2, Totals rate.
25-49 8-13 64.
LSU (11-6): Mitchell 6-14 2-5 14, Aifuwa
Rams quarterback Jared Goff com-
9-10 1-4 19, Norton 1-8 2-2 4, Pointer 0-2 1-4
1, Richard-Harris 6-10 0-0 16, Bidikuindila 0-0
pleted 28 of 40 passes for 391 yards
0-0 0, Brooks 1-5 0-0 2, Cherry 1-6 1-2 4, Spen-
cer 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-55 7-17 60.
and three TDs the previous time he
Kentucky 21 10 19 14 — 64 played in the Superdome.
LSU 14 11 23 12 — 60
3-Point Goals—Kentucky 6-15 (McK- Whether he’ll be as productive in
inney 1-3, Wyatt 1-1, Morris 2-3, Paschal 1-2,
Roper 0-3, Green 1-3), LSU 5-12 (Mitchell 0-1, the rematch depends on how Los An-
Richard-Harris 4-6, Brooks 0-2, Cherry 1-3).
Assists—Kentucky 11 (Paschal 4), LSU 17 geles decides to attack the Saints, and
(Norton 6). Fouled Out—Kentucky Wyatt, Re-
bounds—Kentucky 26 (Anyagaligbo 6), LSU 35 how New Orleans responds.
(Mitchell 10). Total Fouls—Kentucky 19, LSU
18. A—1,452. The Rams often favor the running
Alabama 86, game, and rushed 48 times for 273
No. 20 Tennessee 65 yards in a playoff victory over Dallas
TENNESSEE (12-5): Davis 0-5 0-0 0, Green
2-3 0-1 4, Jackson 1-5 2-2 4, Green 6-18 1-2 last week.
14, Westbrook 8-20 0-0 19, Collins 1-1 0-0 2,
Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Kushkituah 3-6 1-1 7, Burrell But Los Angeles largely aban-
5-17 2-2 12, Massengill 1-5 1-2 3, Totals 27-80
7-10 65.
doned the run during its midseason
ALABAMA (10-8): Copeland 8-12 0-1 16, Walk-
er 5-11 1-2 14, Abrams 4-7 0-0 8, Johnson 7-17
meeting with the Saints after New
1-1 17, Wade 6-10 2-5 15, Craig Cruce 0-0 0-0
0, Knight 3-5 5-6 11, Barber 1-4 0-0 3, Benja-
Orleans raced to a 35-14 lead in the
min 0-2 2-2 2, Totals 34-68 11-17 86. second quarter. The Rams wound up
Tennessee 18 16 21 10 —65
Alabama 22 14 24 26 —86 rushing just 19 times in a 45-35 loss.
3-Point Goals—Tennessee 4-23 (Davis
0-2, Jackson 0-3, Green 1-6, Westbrook 3-8, Lattimore said if the Rams aban-
Kushkituah 0-1, Burrell 0-2, Massengill 0-1),
Alabama 7-16 (Walker 3-5, Abrams 0-1, John- doned the run again, New Orleans’
son 2-5, Wade 1-1, Barber 1-3, Benjamin 0-1).
Assists—Tennessee 9 (Westbrook 5), Alabama secondary will have to be prepared
16 (Wade 4). Rebounds—Tennessee 49 (Green
11), Alabama 44 (Copeland 9). Total Fouls— for heavy doses of receivers Brandin
Tennessee 18, Alabama 9. A—2,392. Cooks, whose speed makes him an
Auburn 72, Vanderbilt 70 elite deep threat, and Robert Woods,
AUBURN (15-3): Howard 1-7 0-0 2, Thomp-
son 8-13 0-3 16, Alexander 5-15 2-2 14, McKay
9-18 0-0 19, Primm 3-6 2-3 8, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0,
who lines up all over the field.
White 0-0 0-0 0, Benton 2-3 3-3 8, Moore 0-1 0-0 And if the game is close, it could
0, Sanders 2-4 0-0 5, Totals 30-67 7-11 72.
VANDERBILT (5-13): Fasoula 5-10 be up to the Saints’ secondary to close
2-2 12, Newby 3-3 1-2 7, Carter 4-7 6-6 14,
Clemons-Green 3-6 1-1 8, Walker 8-12 1-2 25, out another high-stakes affair.
Horrocks 2-2 0-2 4, Gordon 0-1 0-0 0, Totals
25-41 11-15 70. Last year, that scenario ended with
Auburn 10 19 18 25 —72
Vanderbilt 20 22 11 17 —70 the Vikings’ Stefon Diggs making a
3-Point Goals—Auburn 5-18 (Howard 0-4,
Alexander 2-6, McKay 1-5, Benton 1-2, Sand- leaping catch near the sideline and
ers 1-1), Vanderbilt 9-13 (Clemons-Green 1-1,
Walker 8-12). Assists—Auburn 10 (McKay 6), running free to the end zone as time
Vanderbilt 19 (Carter 6). Rebounds—Auburn 27
(Thompson 13), Vanderbilt 30 (Newby 10). Total
expired after safety Marcus Williams
Fouls—Auburn 18, Vanderbilt 14. A—1,835. missed a tackle and took out team-
Missouri 61, Georgia 35 mate Ken Crawley in the process.
GEORGIA (12-6): Paul 0-2 0-0 0, Robin-
son 4-10 3-4 12, Cole 2-8 0-0 4, Connally 3-11 This year, the Saints’ secondary
0-0 6, Johnson 3-9 1-1 7, Staiti 0-1 0-0 0, Cald-
well 2-6 0-0 4, Hubbard 0-0 0-0 0, Morrison 1-2 has closed out one playoff victory and
0-0 2, Totals 15-49 4-5 35.
MISSOURI (15-4): Schuchts 0-2 0-0 0, sounds confident it will rise to that
Aldridge 2-4 0-0 6, Cunningham 9-15 3-3 23,
Roundtree 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 4-10 0-0 9, Berg challenge again, if needed.
1-1 0-0 3, Porter 1-3 5-6 8, Tahane 0-1 2-2 2,
Chavis 0-0 0-0 0, Levy 2-3 2-2 7, Troup 1-3 0-0 “We’ve done a great job finishing
3, Totals 20-43 12-13 61.
Georgia 7 6 15 7 —35 games, making adjustments, playing
Missouri 11 14 17 19 — 61
3-Point Goals—Georgia 1-9 (Robinson fast, physical, making great plays on
1-2, Cole 0-1, Connally 0-3, Johnson 0-1,
Caldwell 0-2), Missouri 9-18 (Schuchts 0-1,
the ball, just got to keep it going,” Ap-
Aldridge 2-3, Cunningham 2-4, Roundtree
0-1, Smith 1-3, Berg 1-1, Porter 1-1, Levy 1-1,
ple said. “Something we always talk
Troup 1-3). Assists—Georgia 7 (Cole 4), Mis-
souri 15 (Levy 5). Fouled Out—Georgia Staiti,
about is closing games. We want that
Rebounds—Georgia 27 (Robinson 8), Missouri on our shoulders and that pressure
32 (Cunningham 8). Total Fouls—Georgia 16,
Missouri 11. A—4,004. that comes with it.”

Notebook
Continued from Page 1B
As much as McCowan was dom- McCowan’s play when she is “hooked That’s what you want in players that are
inant on the interior, South Carolina up” and “interested,” as MSU coach Vic coming off the bench.”
coach Dawn Staley praised Jordan Schaefer described.
Danberry, Jazzmun Holmes, and
Bre’Amber Scott for their contribu-
“Dangerous,” Holmes said. Numbers game
Staley’s teams at South Carolina
tions. She said the Gamecocks can Scott emerges without Bibby have been known for their defensive
withstand a 20-20 night from Mc- Bibby entered the game fourth on acumen since her first season at the
Cowan, but she said the Gamecocks the team in scoring (12.6 points per school in 2008-09.
have to do a better job to prevent the game). She was shooting 48.1 percent MSU’s 89 points was the most al-
Bulldogs’ other players from scoring from the field and 45 percent (36-for- lowed in a SEC game by South Caro-
above their averages. 80) from 3-point range. lina in Staley’s tenure. It eclipsed the
“(McCowan) is a huge challenge “I’m just going to tell you, everyone 87 points South Carolina allowed to
when we had (former All-American thinks you just go to the next one,” Kentucky in the 2016-17 season. Last
and SEC Player of the Year) A’ja (Wil- Schaefer said. “Chloe has worked her season, South Carolina surrendered
son),” Staley said. “I don’t want to see tail off to be where she is, and to see 80 or more points three times. Prior
her go. She is good for the game. She that happen to her just rips your guts to this season, South Carolina had al-
is good for our league, but I am glad out. It rips your heart out. It’s very dif- lowed 80 or more points in SEC play
there is an outlet for her to continue a ficult. I can’t answer anything (about only seven times under Staley. This
professional career here and abroad.” the possible injury) or (don’t have) season, South Carolina has allowed
McCowan was 9-for-15 from the any idea (about the extent of it).” 80 or more points four times. The pre-
field and 8-for-9 from the free-throw Schaefer didn’t have an update vious three came in losses to Mary-
line. The effort from the line was part about Bibby’s status Friday morning. land, Drake, and Baylor.
of a 20-for-21 night for the Bulldogs “It was a scary moment for any- Staley said people shouldn’t get
that was their best percentage (95.2 one who sees a teammate go down caught up in those numbers.
percent) of the season. McCowan had like that,” said Danberry, who had 20 “That’s not the real score,” Staley
arguably her most active game of the points, six rebounds, seven assists,
said. “We had to foul. We had to shoot
season. In the first quarter, McCowan and two steals. “I remember me and
rebounded a miss by Holmes through some threes. ... We will get back to doing
Jazzmun running back, trying to stop
the arms of South Carolina’s Alexis what we do. Just check the scores before
the ball so someone could go back
Jennings, who was called for a foul. this game, and that’s who we are.”
to see how Chloe was. You just have
Jennings continued to hold her hands to focus on the game even more. It
in the air as she turned her head to makes you want to win the game for Notes
look at the official. McCowan then hit Chloe. Bre’Amber stepped up big The crowd of 10,006 was the
two free throws. time. I knew she would. They have sixth largest in program history.
“I had a lot going into the game,” been practicing well this week, and ... McCowan and Holmes recorded
McCowan said. “I knew that my team- that showed well tonight.” their 116th win to move to 116-16.
mates were going to come inside to Staley praised the play of Scott, They need 10 wins to match last
me. ... I knew I had to pick up the slack who entered the game averaging 6.1 year’s senior class for the program
that Bibby had. I’m not saying no one points in 11.9 minutes per game. wins record (126). ... Scott also took
else would pick it up, but I knew I had “She did what she normally does,” her second charge of the year.
to stand up.” Staley said. “She hits corner threes Follow Dispatch sports editor
Holmes said it best after the game and direct-line drives to the basket. Her Adam Minichino on Twitter @
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Columbus Christian Academy boys basketball team BIATHLON
6:30 p.m. — IBU World Cup: Men’s 4x7.5km
wins relay, Germany, NBC Sports Network
STEENS — Jonathan Peel had 22 points Thursday night to lead COLLEGE BASKETBALL
the Columbus Christian Academy boys basketball team to a 63-55 5:30 p.m. — Maryland at Ohio State, FS1
victory against Winston Academy. 6 p.m. — Northwestern at Rutgers, Big Ten Network
Lawson Studdard added 10 points and Will Teague and Jeremy 6 p.m. — Ohio University at Toledo, CBS Sports
Emerson had eight for the Rams. Network
6 p.m. — St. Joseph’s at St. Louis, ESPN2
6 p.m. — Eastern Michigan at Buffalo, ESPNU
Pickens Academy boys basketball team wins 7:30 p.m. — Xavier at Villanova, FS1
Rafe Brown had a career-high 19 points Thursday night to lead WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS
the Pickens Academy boys basketball team to a 62-57 victory against
5 p.m. — Arkansas at Kentucky, SEC Network
Russell Christian. 6:30 p.m. — Alabama at Georgia, SEC Network
Seth Peeks had 13 points, an Hayden Dyer and Travis Dean had 8 p.m. — Florida at LSU, SEC Network
nine points for the Pirates (6-10). MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
n On Tuesday night, Pickens Academy defeated Patrician Acade- 8 p.m. — Notre Dame at Wisconsin, ESPNU
my 51-49. Peeks led the way with 14 points. Lane Goodman added 11.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
8 p.m. — Rutgers vs. Iowa, Big Ten Network, Big
Track and Field Ten Network
GOLF
Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Alabama, Southern 2 p.m. — Latin America Amateur Championship,
second round, Dominican Republic, ESPN2
Mississippi will compete at Commodore Invitational 2 p.m. — Desert Classic, second round, TGC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Alabama, 6 p.m. — Mitsubishi Electric Championship,
and Southern Mississippi indoor track and field teams will compete this second round, Ka’upulehu, Hawaii, TGC
weekend at the Commodore Invitational.
12:30 a.m. (Saturday) — Singapore Open, third
MSU will make the first of two scheduled trips to the Music City. round, TGC
The meet will kick off Friday and run through Saturday at the Vanderbilt 2:30 a.m. (Saturday) — Abu Dhabi HSBC
Multipurpose Facility. Championship, final round, Abu Dhabi, TGC
“This meet this weekend gives us a great opportunity to gain some NBA
more momentum,” MSU interim head coach Chris Woods said. “We
7 p.m. — San Antonio at Minnesota, ESPN
had a strong opening weekend in several areas, and I’m interested 9:30 p.m. — New Orleans at Portland, ESPN
to see how to take that success and continue to improve on it. Last SKIING
weekend was also a great learning opportunity, so I’m eager to see how 5 p.m. — FIS Alpine World Cup: Men’s combined,
we improve from meet to meet.” Switzerland, NBC Sports Network
The teams will get started at 4 p.m. Friday with the men’s and SOCCER
women’s high jump and the women’s weight throw. The first gun on the 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
track is set for 7 p.m. with the women’s 200 meters before closing out vs. Bayern Munich, FS1
the first day with the men’s and women’s 5,000. TENNIS
Competition will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. MSU’s Carly Terp will 8 p.m. — Australian Open: Day 6, third round,
compete in the women’s unseeded 3,000. The Bulldogs will finish up ESPN2
the weekend with the men’s and women’s 4x400 relays. 2 a.m. (Saturday) — Australian Open: Day 6,
On the women’s side, Alabama (No. 7), Kentucky (No. 10), and third round, ESPN2
Georgia Tech (No. 22) headline the field. There will be six Southeastern
Saturday
Conference teams at the meet.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MSU’s men face one ranked foe in No. 13 Alabama. There will be
five SEC men’s teams represented this weekend.
11 a.m. — Florida at Georgia, WCBI
11 a.m. — Michigan vs. Wisconsin, ESPN
Ole Miss returns two second-team All-Americans, four sec- 11 a.m. — North Carolina vs. Miami, ESPN2
ond-team All-SEC members, and three members from the 2018 SEC 11 a.m. — Tulsa at UCF, ESPNU
All-Freshman team. 11:30 a.m. — Richmond at Davidson, NBC
Alabama opened the season last weekend at the Blazer Invitational Sports Network
in Birmingham, Alabama. The team earned two meet records to go Noon — Arkansas at Ole Miss, SEC Network
along with two individual wins and eight top-three finishes.
1 p.m. — Cincinnati at Wichita State, WCBI
Several Alabama student-athletes posted strong marks to start the 1 p.m. — Kansas vs. West Virginia, ESPN
season. Sophomore Tamara Clark’s 37.01 seconds in the 300 ranks 1 p.m. — Alabama vs. Tennessee, ESPN2
10th all-time in NCAA Division I history. Sophomore Daija Lampkin 1 p.m. — Loyola-Chicago at Indiana State, ESPNU
(three) and junior Takyera Roberson (seven) also ranked in last week- 1 p.m. — Indiana at Purdue, WLOV
end’s national top-10 in the 300. 1:30 p.m. — Navy at Army, CBS Sports Network
On the men’s side, junior Shelby McEwen’s 7 foot, 4 1/4 in the high 1:30 p.m. — Rhode Island at La Salle, NBC
jump ranked second in the nation, while senior Skyler Bowden was Sports Network
ninth nationally in the 300 with a 33.75. 2:30 p.m. — Missouri at Texas A&M, SEC Network
3 p.m. — UCLA at USC, WCBI
Ole Miss 3 p.m. — Kentucky at Auburn, ESPN
3 p.m. — TCU vs. Kansas State, ESPN2
Women’s tennis team will face Hawaii, Washington 3 p.m. — SMU vs. Memphis, ESPNU
HONOLULU — The Ole Miss women’s tennis team will face 3:30 p.m. — St. John’s at Butler, WLOV
3:30 p.m. — Dayton at St. Bonaventure, NBC
Washington and Hawaii in the Weinman Foundation Invitational at the
Sports Network
UH Tennis Complex.
Ole Miss will face Washington at 7 p.m. Friday and Hawaii at 3 p.m. 4 p.m. — Pennsylvania at Temple, CBS Sports
Saturday. Network
n Rifle team rockets to highest ranking of season: At Murray, 5 p.m. — Virginia at Duke, ESPN
5 p.m. — Texas Tech vs. Baylor, ESPN2
Kentucky, the rifle team moved up six spots to No. 7 — the program’s
5 p.m. — Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, ESPNU
second-highest ranking — in the latest College Rifle Coaches Associa-
tion Top 20 poll, announced Wednesday. The boost followed a weekend
5 p.m. — South Carolina at LSU
in which Ole Miss recorded two victories against ranked foes and tallied
5:30 p.m. — Massachusetts at VCU, NBC
Sports Network
the second-best score in school history (4,685).
6:30 p.m. — Tulane at Connecticut, CBS Sports
The top eight schools will be selected for the NCAA National Network
Rifle Championships in March. Fifty percent of each team’s score for 7 p.m. — Houston at South Florida, ESPNU
selection is determined by averaging the three highest scores fired 7 p.m. — DePaul at Seton Hall, FS1
by each team at three different locations throughout the season. The
7:30 p.m. — Penn State at Minnesota, Big Ten
other 50 percent is comprised of how teams perform at special NCAA
Network
Qualifier matches. 7:30 p.m. — Mississippi State at Vanderbilt,
Currently, No. 7 through 12 are separated by a three-score average SEC Network
of less than eight points. 9 p.m. — Air Force at Nevada, ESPNU
Ole Miss’ all-time highest ranking came in 2005-06 when it finished WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
sixth in its only NCAA appearance as a team. 11 a.m. — Navy at Army, CBS Sports Network
Ole Miss will face No. 2 West Virginia at 9 a.m. Saturday in COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Morgantown, West Virginia. 4 p.m. — NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, FS1
n Volleyball team adds Guzik: At Oxford, the volleyball team WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS
added junior outside hitter Izzy Guzik, a transfer from Portland, for the 2:30 p.m. — Ohio State vs. Penn State, Big Ten
2019 season. The Rebels now boast four outside hitters to their roster, Network
including AVCA All-Region honoree Emily Stroup, who ranked second MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
in the country last season for kills. 4:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Michigan State, Big
Guzik, a six-rotation player for the Pilots, appeared in all but three Ten Network
sets during her sophomore campaign, tallying 328 kills. She averaged 6:15 p.m. — Western Michigan at St. Cloud
nearly three a set. She also recorded 278 digs, 43 blocks, and 25 aces, State, Big Ten Network
helping lead Portland, who received votes in the national polls during WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
2018, to the quarterfinals of the NIVC Tournament. 4 p.m. — Ohio State at Minnesota-Duluth, FS2
GOLF
1 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: Diamond Resorts
Southern Mississippi Tournament of Champions, third round, TGC
First Pitch Banquet Set for Feb. 2; Members of 2 p.m. — Desert Classic, third round, La Quinta,
California, TGC, TGC
College World Series team set as guest speakers 2 p.m. — Diamond Resorts Tournament of
HATTIESBURG — Former Southern Mississippi baseball coach Champions, third round, WTVA
Corky Palmer and members of the 2009 College World Series squad 6 p.m. — Mitsubishi Electric Championship, final
will serve as guest speakers for this year’s First Pitch Banquet on round, Ka’upulehu, Hawaii, TGC
Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Thad Cochran Center. Registration will begin at 12:30 a.m. (Sunday) — Singapore Open, final
5 p.m. The event will start at 6 p.m. round, Singapore, TGC
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Golden Eagles’
magical run to close out the 2009 campaign under Palmer’s leadership. 7 p.m. — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Cejudo vs.
The Golden Eagles earned their first regional and super regional Dillashaw, Brooklyn, New York, ESPN
championships to advance to the mecca of college baseball, Omaha, NBA
2:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Philadelphia,
Nebraska, for the College World Series. That team finished with a No. 8
WKDH-WTVA
final ranking and a 40-26 record in one of the most successful seasons
of any sport in Southern Miss Athletics history. 7:30 p.m. — LA Lakers at Houston, WKDH-WTVA
Tickets for the banquet are $25 per person and seating is limited to NHL
the first 400 people. To reserve your seat, call Collin Cargill at 601-266- 6 p.m. — NY Rangers at Boston, NHL TV
SKIING
6542 or email him at jared.cargill@usm.edu.
4 p.m. — USSA Freestyle Cup: Men’s and
n Inaugural beach volleyball schedule announced: At
Hattiesburg, the beach volleyball team will play its first match in program
Women’s moguls competition, Lake Placid, New
history against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 22 at Spring Hill College.
York, NBC Sports Network
SOCCER
Southern Miss will play its first matches at home March 5 against
6:25 a.m. — Premier League: Wolves vs.
Tulane in the Southern Miss Mardi Gras Challenge. Leicester City, NBC Sports Network
8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs.
Alabama Borussia Mönchengladbach, FS1
8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga: SC Freiburg vs.
Gymnastics team opens SEC Competition Friday at
Frankfurt, FS2
8:55 a.m. — Manchester United vs. Brighton,
Georgia NBC Sports Network
ATHENS, Ga. — The Alabama gymnastics team will hit the road
for the first time this season to take on Georgia at 6:30 p.m. Friday at 9 a.m. — Premier League: TBA, CNBC
Stegeman Coliseum. The SEC Network will broadcast the meet live.
11:30 a.m. — Arsenal vs. Chelsea, WTVA
11:30 a.m. — RB Leipzig vs. Borussia
Alabama went 5-1 at two home quad meets to open the season.
Dortmund, FS1
It will compete in its first dual meet of the season while also opening
Southeastern Conference competition.
TENNIS
Georgia is 1-1-0 after opening at home with a win over Ohio State
8 p.m. — Australian Open: Round of 16, ESPN2
and falling at Oklahoma last weekend.
2 a.m. — Australian Open: Round of 16, ESPN
— From Special Reports
CALENDAR
Prep Basketball Men’s College Basketball Florida at Ole Miss, 3 p.m.
Today’s Games Saturday’s Games
Tupelo at Columbus
Arkansas at Ole Miss, Noon
New Hope at Leake Central
Caledonia at Pontotoc Alabama at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Ole Miss at West Virginia
Starkville High at Madison Central
West Point at Grenada
Morris College at Mississippi University for
Women, 3 p.m.
Noxubee County at Kosciusko
Okolona at Aberdeen Southern Mississippi at Old Dominion, 3 p.m.
Michigan at Alabama, 1 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m.
Chattanooga at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Central Holmes Academy
Columbus Christian at Starkville Christian Women’s College Women’s College Tennis
Prep Soccer Basketball
Today’s Matches Saturday’s Games Ole Miss at Hawaii Spring Invitational
Morris College at Mississippi University for
Kosciusko at Caledonia, 5 p.m.
Women, 1 p.m. Ole Miss at Hawaii Spring Invitational
Louisville at New Hope, 5 p.m.
Columbus Christian at Pillow Academy, 5 p.m. Old Dominion at Southern Mississippi, 4 p.m. Mississippi State vs. Chattanooga (Birmingham),
Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Games 10 a.m.
Starkville High at Northwest Rankin, 5:30 p.m. LSU at Alabama, 1 p.m. Mississippi State at Samford, 4 p.m.
Toughness
Continued from Page 1B
rebounds), and Bre’Amber Scott (11
points) also scored in double figures
to help MSU (17-1, 5-0 SEC) move
into sole possession of first place in
the league. The team’s 21st-straight
SEC regular-season victory and
30th-straight win in the Hump didn’t
come without a cost, though, as Chloe
Bibby apparently was injured 35 sec-
onds into the game. The sophomore
starter crumpled to the court at the
free-throw line making a move from
the right wing. She appeared to favor
her left knee as she was helped off the
court. Bibby didn’t return.
“To have what happened to us to-
night, y’all, it’s really what you dread
as a coach,” Schaefer said. “To see our
kids, our bench, our team rally and ad-
just, as a coach, you can’t be prouder.”
Schaefer wasn’t as pleased after
Cooper’s trey gave South Carolina
(12-5, 4-1) the momentum entering
the final quarter. The Tennessee
transfer also hit a 3-pointer just before
the horn at the end of the first quarter
as part of a 3-point assault that helped
keep the Gamecocks in the game.
But the Bulldogs turned the tide in
the fourth quarter by turning up the
intensity on defense and getting con-
tributions from all comers. Danberry
attacked the basket and dribbled into
mid-range jump shots for six points
in the last 10 minutes. McCowan had
seven points by being a rebounding
monster (12 offensive rebounds). An-
dra Espinoza-Hunter hit a 3-pointer
from the right wing off a pass from
Danberry that brought the crowd to
its feet. Howard and Holmes also had
four points in the final stanza to help
MSU win on a night when it had a 49-
24 rebounding advantage, its largest
of the season. The Bulldogs had offen-
sive rebounds on 23 of their 36 missed
field goals (63.9 percent). They also
had a 44-22 edge in points in the paint.
Scott, a sophomore guard, also
played a crucial role in a career-high
27 minutes. She came on after Bibby
left the game and attacked the basket
and stretched the defense by hitting a
3-pointer.
“That just really says a lot about
Scott, and also about this group up
here,” Schaefer said referring to Mc-
Cowan, Danberry, and Holmes who
were with him in the post-game me-
dia session. “They really picked up
the pieces, and we moved on. We had
to adjust tonight, and we really strug-
gled with them off the bounce.”
MSU was 7-for-12 from the field
(58.3 percent) and held South Caro-
lina to 4-for-20 shooting in the fourth
Defense
Continued from Page 1B
transition,” Harris said. “They get out
and run on makes and misses, so I
think once he was able to watch some
film he saw it. I don’t know if I planted
the seed, but he saw it and he made
the call.”
Harris said Schaefer watched
the same clips of South Carolina’s
games to get a sense of what might
work defensively for MSU. For much
of the evening, the Gamecocks (12-
5, 4-1 SEC) pushed tempo and at-
tacked the basket. Coupled with a
10-for-15 effort from 3-point range
through three quarters, South Car-
olina trailed 65-64 with 10 minutes
to play. But the Bulldogs went to the
zone more in the fourth quarter in
an effort to throw the Gamecocks
off. Much like the decision to take
the full-court pressure off against
Georgia, the move helped MSU gain
control, as South Carolina missed
its final 10 3-pointers and shot 4-for-
20 in the final 10 minutes.
“We don’t work too much on
zone,” Schaefer said. “I thought, as
the game went on, we got more com-
fortable with it and became aware of
what they were trying to do to us.
It’s funny, we did work on it more
going into this game than I have all
year long. As it turned out, we sure
needed it.”
South Carolina coach Dawn
Staley said a lot of the game fea-
tured “back-and-forth” parries to
the basket with a lot of success on
both ends. She felt the Gamecocks’
success with Te’a Cooper (game-
high 27 points), Tyasha Harris (17
points), and others attacking the
basket forced the Bulldogs to take a
College Rifle UAB at Alabama, 10 a.m.
Saturday’s Meet Belmont at Alabama, 4 p.m.
College Track and Field
Men’s College Tennis
Saturday’s Matches Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Southern
Miss at Commodore Invitational (Nashville,
Tennessee)
Mississippi State at Samford Mult
(Birmingham, Alabama)
Today’s Matches
Saturday’s Matches Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss,
Southern Miss at Commodore Invitational
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Mississippi State at Samford Mult
(Birmingham, Alabama)
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quarter. The Bulldogs used more
zone defense in the final 10 minutes
in an effort to slow down the Game-
cocks. They also continued to attack
the basket in response to Schaefer’s
challenge.
“It was just a regular old drive,”
South Carolina junior guard Tyasha
Harris said. “We had to have protect
on the help side and the weak side and
we didn’t do too good on that part.”
Cooper, who also had five rebounds
and six assists, said some of her six
turnovers contributed to the Game-
cocks’ struggles down the stretch.
She also said there were a “few misun-
derstandings on the defensive play.”
Staley said the Gamecocks missed
several defensive assignments, espe-
cially when they helped too long and
gave Espinoza-Hunter too big of a
window to shoot from behind the arc.
South Carolina also didn’t have any
answers for McCowan, who scored in
double figures for the 17th time this
season. It was her 54th career dou-
ble-double (15th this season) and her
fifth game with 20-plus points and re-
bounds. She was one shy of matching
her career high in rebounds she set
last season against Louisville.
“I thought we did the best we
could,” Staley said. “Obviously we
have to figure something out before
the get back to us in March, but big T
is going to be big T.”
Espinoza-Hunter’s 3-pointer ac-
counted for her only points in 15 min-
utes. It gave MSU a 74-66 lead with 7
minutes, 12 seconds to go. She also
took a charge in the second quarter.
The Bulldogs didn’t allow the lead to
dip below eight points the rest of the
way.
“I thought we just rallied togeth-
er, and I thought we relied on what
we do every day,” MSU associate
head coach Johnnie Harris said.
“Bre(‘Amber) worked with the first
team. Andi comes in and works with
that first team, so they already had a
bit of chemistry. I just thought they
were prepared for it and did not let the
emotions (of the moment get to them).
Normally when (an injury happens)
emotions can take over. That’s where
the toughness showed. I thought they
really gathered together and took
care of business.”
MSU will return to action Thurs-
day when it takes on Florida at 6 p.m.
in Gainesville, Florida. The game will
be broadcast live on SEC Network+.
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different approach.
“I don’t think they could stop us. I
don’t think we could stop them,” Sta-
ley said. “I think it’s pretty evident
the type of adjustments he had to
make in this game. I have never seen
him play as much zone as he played.
You have to give it up to our players
for making him make that adjust-
ment. Obviously we will regroup to
come up with a different game plan
(for the rematch on March 3) just in
case they play a little bit more zone
than anticipated.”
Harris said Schaefer watched the
film Tuesday and the Bulldogs worked
on zone defense for the next two days.
She said MSU worked on its zone
defense prior to its game against Au-
burn. The Bulldogs also played zone
for a couple of possessions against the
Tigers. Harris said the Bulldogs’ abil-
ity to stop the Tigers’ penetration in
their 85-59 victory might have played
a role in Schaefer’s decision to play
more zone than he typically likes to
against South Carolina.
For a team that usually relies
on player-to-player defense as well
as full-court pressure, Harris was
pleased to see the Bulldogs respond
in extended minutes playing zone.
“I thought it was good,” Harris
said. “I thought we were talking. I
thought we were communicating. I
thought we tried to get everything
covered. I think most of the 3-point-
ers they hit were in transition or
against man, so I thought we did a
good job in the matchup (zone).”
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margin for an unranked Al-
abama team against a team
ranked in The Associated Press
Top 25.
“It was about getting back
to work after the embarrass-
ment on Sunday in College
Station,” said Alabama coach
Kristy Curry coach, referring
to a 70-43 loss to Texas A&M
on Sunday. “It wasn’t about who
we played tonight. It was about
who we needed to be. We went
back to work on Tuesday and
Wednesday and worked on Ala-
bama getting better. We broke
it down, we were persistent and
we were positive with them.
Tonight, I think we saw those
results.”
Alabama shot 50 percent
(34-for-68) from the field, but
it was 19-for-35 (54.2 percent)
in the second half. The Crim-
son Tide broke open a close
game by outscoring the Lady
Volunteers 26-10 in the fourth
quarter. Tennessee was 3-for-21
from the field (14.3 percent) in
the final 10 minutes.
Alabama will return to ac-
tion at 1 p.m. Sunday (SEC Net-
work) when it plays host to LSU
at Coleman Coliseum. It will
be the team’s annual “We Back
Pat” game.
Alabama also will celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the
1994 Final Four team.
n Mississippi University for Women 80,
Selma University 59: At Columbus, Qiayon Bai-
ley had 17 points and Tenazhia Hinkson had 15
Thursday to lead the No. 1 Owls (12-5) to their
victory at Pohl Gymnasium.
Bailey, a junior from West Point, was 7-for-14
from the field and went 3-for-5 at the free-throw
line. This outing marks the fourth time this season
the junior guard has led her team in scoring.
For Hinkson, it was her fourth-straight game
hitting double figures. The Owls’ only senior also
added seven rebounds, three assists, and four
steals.
Junior Keyahna Jones recorded her sixth
double-double of the season with 12 points and
13 rebounds. Autumn Taylor added 11 points and
10 rebounds.
Junior guard Starlandria Walton had 11 points
to round out the double-digit scoring for The W.
Leading 31-19 at halftime, The W used a 13-4
run with 3 minutes, 14 seconds left in the third
quarter to retain a 50-35 lead.
Selma (2-11) opened the fourth making two
free throws and a 3-point to cut the deficit, but The
W used an 11-5 run to make up the difference.
After a Selma foul and a rebound off a missed free
throw, the Owls took their largest lead, 72-50, with
3:44 remaining.
The W will play host to Morris College at 1
p.m. Saturday. The men’s team will follow with a
3 p.m. game.
n Earlier in the day, The W retained its No.
1 ranking in the United States College Athletic
Association poll. The W received 246 points. Uni-
versity of Maine-Fort Kent was second with 245.
Paul Quinn College was third with 243.
n Southern Mississippi 65, Charlotte 54:
At Hattiesburg, Shonte Hailes had 23 points, four
steals, and three assists Thursday to lead the
Lady Eagles past the 49ers in a Conference USA
game.
Hailes was 10-for-10 from the free-throw line
to lead Southern Miss (9-9, 1-4 C-USA).
Kelsey Jones and Megan Brown also had
good performances for the Lady Eagles. Brown
had 12 points and Jones had nine and a team-
high seven rebounds.
The victory snapped a five-game losing
streak against Charlotte.
Southern Miss will play host to Old Dominion
at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Men
n Southern Mississippi 63, Charlotte 60:
At Charlotte, North Carolina, Tyree Griffin hit a
3-pointer in final second to lift the Golden Eagles
past the 49ers in a Conference USA game.
“He said that if they opened the lane, try to
get fouled and score,” Griffin said of coach Doc
Sadler’s timeout strategy. “I saw that they over-
played Cortez (Edwards), so I took the shot. A win
is great, but on the road is even better.”
Sadler said the Golden Eagles wanted to go
for it with five seconds left.
“We put our two shooters right under the
free-throw line with the two bigs extended to
the corners, and Cortez being one of the bigs,”
he said. “If he had slipped like he was supposed
to, we would have shot the layup instead of the
three. You gotta give Tyree credit. He held onto it
like he was supposed to and jump in there with a
big shot. So many times he’s been in a situation
where we’ve asked him to do so much late. You
worry about him not having any legs left. It was
just a huge shot.”
The 49ers led 44-35 with 12:52 left, but the
Golden Eagles went on a 15-5 run to regain a
51-49 lead at 8:38, courtesy of two Leonard
Harper-Baker free throws. Kevin Holland’s fourth
3-pointer of the night pushed the lead to 58-51
with 5:12 remaining.
The Golden Eagles only scored five points
the rest of the way. Harper-Baker hit a fast-break
layup off a Holland steal for a 60-54 lead at 2:32.
After Charlotte’s Jon Davis tied the game with a
jumper with 1:15 left, he missed on his go-ahead
attempt with 28 seconds left. Davis led Charlotte
with 20 points, 16 of which came in the second
half.
The win marks the first time Southern Miss
has won back-to-back games against Charlotte in
the 36-game history of the series.
Southern Miss will face Old Dominion at 3
p.m. Saturday.
n Mississippi University for Women 86,
Selma University 80: At Columbus, Shon Wright
had 18 points Thursday night to lead the Owls (4-
12) to their home victory.
In a game that featured nine ties and eight
lead changes, The W ran its winning streak to
three games. Wright led the way of the bench by
going 5-for-8 from the field, including 3-for-5 from
3-point range.. He was perfect at the line to go
5-for-5 to add five additional points.
Tavonta Jones had15 points, Keith Harris had
13, Tre Pinkston and Josh Skinner had 11, and DJ
Clark had 10.
The Owls had a 38-26 edge in bench points.
The W gathered 23 Leading 39-38 at halftime,
The W used a 25-14 run for its largest lead of 12
points with 9:31 remaining. The Bulldogs tied the
game at 76, but The W hit six free throws in the
last two minutes.

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CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
18). Soul nourishment is com-
ing to you, and you will become
spiritually healthier than ever
this year. It’s right to be a little
commitment-phobic in the early
part of the year because you
need to be free to investigate
and experiment. Your options
are exciting! By May, you’ll be
ready to sign a stellar deal that
will hold for years to come. Aries
and Taurus adore you. Your
BABY BLUES lucky numbers are: 9, 30, 27, 1
and 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When your truest desire is to
assist, the first step is to get to
know the person and under-
stand what needs, wants, fears
and beliefs are in play. Only
then can you figure out the best
way to serve and support.
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re in no mood to be told
what to do, however well-mean-
ing the other person may be.
Even if they are just trying to
protect you, show you love or
share a skill, they’d better have
total respect and manners or it
won’t go well.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Your pet project is like a friend.
You love to spend time with it,
speak up for it, go through the
ups and downs with it, and do
what it takes to loyally see it
through. It’s not just business
or recreation. It’s a representa-
tion of you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You have no problem delivering
on your promises to others.
When it comes to fulfilling
your own orders, you’re not as
vigilant. Make your wishes for
yourself a top priority. Let your
actions reflect this.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ve had enough experience
with certain types of social
situations to know what you’re
likely to enjoy. You need a little
enjoyment now so you may
as well steer clear of anything
that’s not that.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Subtle, discomforting forces at
play make you feel as though
you’re sitting too close to the air
conditioning vent -- a cool wind,
and too direct. You’ll feel better
after you pick up and move
somewhere warmer and quieter.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
When you feel the sandwich
needs a dill pickle, a sweet pick
le won’t do. Sure, they are both
pickles, but the flavor profile is
entirely different. Bottom line:
You want what you want. Apply
it across the board.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The fact that humankind
needs entertainment and beau-
ty in order to thrive is nothing
new. Even the cave dwellers
painted pictures and played
instruments. Let yourself relax
and have fun. It’s part of what
makes you human.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec
21). There’s a certain urgency
to matters, as you’re starting
to realize that if the job is done
right and quickly you just might
pull off the feat you’ve been
working on for weeks.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). The feeling behind a deal
matters. People spend money
emotionally. They react to the
situation, go with what feels
easy given the circumstance,
taking on a “when in Rome”
sort of attitude.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). In police work, resisting
arrest is a serious crime.
There’s an authoritative voice
in your head that’s a little like
an officer upholding your own
personal laws. It doesn’t like to
be resisted either.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). As your signmate Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow said,
“All things must change, to
something new, to something
strange.” You agree and look
forward to the new day, though
it may feel like it’s not coming
quite quickly enough.

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SOLUTION:
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Religious briefs Freed by court, Pakistani

Usher Ministry Program
New Zion Pilgrim M.B.
Church, 5253 New Hope
Road, hosts its Usher Ministry
Program at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 20.
Special guest will be the Rev.
Charles Brown of Pine Grove
M.B. Church. The public is
invited to attend. For more infor-
mation, call 662-327-5590.
Ordination Service
Canaan M.B. Church, 2425
Bell Ave. hosts an Ordination
Service for Min. Willie Moody
Sr. at 3 p.m. Jan. 20. The public
is invited to attend.
Pastor Anniversary
Program
Sixth Ave. M.B. Church,
1519 6th Ave. N., hosts its Pas-
tor W.C. Talley and First Lady
Barbara Talley 3rd Anniversary
Program at 11 a.m. with guest
speaker Min. Tiryan Roby of Mt.
Ary M.B. Church in Brooksville
and at 3 p.m. Jan. 20 with
guest speaker Pastor Leroy
Shelton of Greenfield M.B.
Church and First James Creek
M.B. Church of Brooksville. The
public is invited to attend.
Prayer Lunch
St. James U.M. Church, 722
Military Road, hosts its 2nd
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Day Prayer Lunch at 1 p.m.
Jan. 21. The public is invited to
attend.
Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Celebration
Davidson Chapel C.M.E.
Church of West Point hosts its
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Celebration Jan. 21. The
March will commence at 9 a.m.
from East Half Mile Street and
Hwy. 389 in Starkville, hosts
its Unity in the Community Cel-
ebration in honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. at 11 a.m. Jan.
21. The public is invited to
attend.
Women Conference
Truevine Baptist Church,
1719 Sessums Road in Arte-
sia, hosts its Annual Women
Conference at 10 a.m. Jan.
26. Guest speakers will be
Evangelist Shavell Rice, Evan-
gelist Clarrissa Hickman and
Evangelist Pam Roberts. Lunch
will be served. The public is
invited to attend.
New Orleans Baptist
Seminary
The New Orleans Baptist
Seminary will begin the Winter
session at 7 p.m. Jan. 28
at First Baptist Church, 106
E. Lampkin St. in Starkville.
Intense eight-week student
of the book of Matthew. All
former and new students
encouraged to attend. For fees
and more information, call Dr.
Bill Duncan, 662-323-6448.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., invites the
public to join its Gospel Book
Club from 6-7 p.m. beginning
Jan. 25 and then the fourth
Friday of each month to study
and discuss one chapter of
the King James Bible each
month. For more information,
call Lillian Murray, 662-570-
1974 or 662-570-5595.
Worship Services
Open Doors M.B. Church
invites the public to Sunday
Morning Worship Services
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every 1st,
Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Cen-
ter, 923 Ridge Road, Colum-
bus, hosts a fellowship dinner
and youth service every third
Sunday.
Prayer for Youth
Every second and third
Saturday, Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center hosts a prayer for the
youth from 2-3 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery
Calvary Church, 514 Lehm-
berg Road, and Meadowview
Church, 300 Linden Circle
in Starkville, host Celebrate
Recovery at 6 p.m. every Sun-
day at Calvary and at 6 p.m.
every Tuesday at Meadowview
Church. Get help, healing and
support for any habit, hurt or
hang-up using the Christ-cen-
tered 12 steps.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach
service from 8-9 a.m. every
fifth Saturday. For information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-
328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in to
WTWG, radio 1050 AM for Per-
fecting the Saints Broadcast,
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlast-
Christian woman still a prisoner
By K ATHY GANNON
ing Outreach Ministry invites
The Associated Press
the public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
ISLAMABAD — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Chris-
9843.
tian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of
Praise and Worship a prisoner, nearly three months after her release
Service
from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate.
She spends her days in seclusion for fear of
Sulfur Springs MB Church being targeted by angry mobs clamoring for her
holds a praise and worship death. In her hideout, she longs for her children
service the last Friday of each who were taken to Canada for their safety.
month at 7 p.m. For informa- Pakistani security forces guarding the
tion, call Pastor Henry Mosley, 54-year-old Bibi prevent her from opening a win-
662-328-1035.
dow in her hiding place, let alone go outside, a
friend said.
Prayer Service Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is weighing
Church of the Eternal Word, a petition by Islamist extremists and right-wing
106 22nd. St. S., Columbus, religious parties that rallied against her acquittal
holds prayer service Thurs- and demand her execution.
day nights 5-6 p.m. Contact Her case goes to the core of one of Pakistan’s
Marie Nabors, 662-549-4322. most controversial issues — the blasphemy law,
Church service times: Sunday
often used to settle scores or intimidate follow-
school 10 a.m.; Sunday
ers of Pakistan’s minority religions, including
worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday
minority Shiite Muslims. A charge of insulting
Bible study 7 p.m. For informa-
Islam can bring the death penalty.
tion, call Pastor District Elder
Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234.
Fitness
Transformations
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
day. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
available. For information, call
Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Women Prayer, Worship Watch Night Service

Dr. Martin Luther King Street
at Navastar and the Old B &
W Parking Lot. The program
will commence at 10 a.m. at
Mar Holmes College with guest
speaker, the Rev. Lesha Agnew
of Chandler’s Temple C.M.E.
Church in Verona. For more
information, call Anna Jones,
662-494-1024 or 662-494-
1173.
Unity in the Community
Mt. Peiler M.B. Church, 840
Women strive for larger roles
in male-dominated religions
By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
Women have been
elected heads of national
governments on six con-
tinents. They have flown
into space, served in elite
combat units and won
every category of Nobel
Prize. The global #MeToo
movement, in 15 months,
has toppled a multitude
of powerful men linked to
sexual misconduct.
Yet in most of the
world’s major religions,
women remain relegated
2nd & 3rd Sunday of each
month at the Travis Outlaw
Sportsplex Center, 405 Lynn
Lane in Starkville. Sunday
School is from 10-10:30 a.m.
For more information, call 662-
263-7102.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m. every
second Thursday of the month
at United Christian Baptist
from women’s-rights ac-
tivists, concluded a re-
cent Vatican meeting by
declaring that women, as
an urgent “duty of justice,”
should have a greater role
in church decision-mak-
ing.
Many feminist scholars
are challenging the right-
fulness of long-standing
patriarchal traditions in
Christianity, Judaism and
Islam, calling into ques-
tion time-honored trans-
lations of verses in the Bi-
ble, Torah and Quran that
Rockhill community watch
Service night service is 10 p.m.
Church of the Eternal Monday at Sand Creek Chapel
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds M.B Church, located at 3818
a prayer and worship service Rockhill Road in Starkville. The
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. Rev. Jerome Wilson and the
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549- Rockhill U.M. Church will be
4322 or 662-329-1234, for the special guest. The public
prayer requests. is invited to attend.
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to a second-tier status. a male-dominated hierar- Over 50+ Years Of Combined Experience
Women in several faiths chy.
are still barred from ordi-
nation. Some are banned
from praying alongside
men and forbidden from
stepping foot in some
houses of worship alto-
gether. Their attire, from
headwear down to the
length of their skirts in
church, is often restricted.
But women around the
world in recent months
have been finding new
ways to chip away at cen-
turies of male-dominated
traditions and barriers,
with many of them em-
boldened by the surge
of social media activism
that’s spread globally in
the #MeToo era.
Millions of women in
India this month formed
a human wall nearly 400
miles long in support of
women who defied con-
servative Hindu leaders
and entered an important
temple that has long been
off-limits to women and
girls between the ages of
10 and 50.
In Israel, where Or-
thodox Judaism has long
restricted women’s roles,
one Jerusalem congrega-
tion has allowed women
to lead Friday evening
prayers. Roman Catholic
bishops, under pressure
6B Friday, January 18, 2019
Legal Notices 0010
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the follow-
ing tenants entered in-
to leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES for stor-
age space in which to
store personal property
and
WHEREAS, default has
been made in the pay-
ment of rent and
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES pursu-
ant to said Leases is
authorized to sell the
personal property to sat-
isfy the past due and
any other charges owed
to it by the following ten-
ants.
NOW THEREFORE, no-
tice is hereby given that
Legal Notices 0010
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the follow-
ing tenants entered in-
to leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES for stor-
age space in which to
store personal property
and
WHEREAS, default has
been made in the pay-
ment of rent and
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES pursu-
ant to said Leases is
authorized to sell the
personal property to sat-
isfy the past due and
any other charges owed
to it by the following ten-
ants.
NOW THEREFORE, no-
tice is hereby given that
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Tree Services 1860 Farm Equipment & Supplies Apts For Rent: Caledonia 7060
4420
VICKERS TREE 3BR/1BA Duplex. No
SERVICE, LLC 2016 JOHN Deere Smoking. No Pets. 1 yr.
Tree trimming and re- 5100E Tractor, 210 lease. $550/month +
moval. Fully insured. hours. $40,500. deposit. 662-356-4958
Free estimates. Also, 2016 15ft or 662-574-0227.
*Now Accepting Credit Kubota Bush hog avail.
& Debit Cards* 205-329-1790. Apts For Rent: Other 7080
Call Curt 662-418-0889
or 662-549-2902 1BR/1BA Apts for rent.
“A cut above the rest” HAY FOR SALE. Some
stored in barn and out. College Manor Apts, dir-
ectly across from MUW.
662-386-9122.
General Help Wanted 3200 Completely renovated,
incl granite countertops,
PART TIME OFFICE Estate Sales 4490 SS appls & W/D. 12 mo
ADMIN/SECRETARY lease, dep req, $650/
ESTATE SALE. 323 Willi- mo. 662-425-3817.
needed for amsburg Rd. Thurs., Fri.
small church.
& Sat. 7a-4p. New
Monday & Wednesday, items, jewelry, propane 2BR/1BA located in
16 hours per week. Historic Downtown
skin cooker, 10 gal.
Tech and social media milk cans, dishes, fur- Columbus. 2,000 sqft.
skills required.
niture, bar stools, walk- Hardwood floors
For more info, call ing sticks, pictures, throughout. Open floor.
662-574-1972 Very nice. Incl W&D.
many more items.
Position Announcement $1200/mo. Call
662-328-8655.
Town of Caledonia, MS Garage Sales: East 4510
Chief Marshal
PORCH&INSIDE Sale. DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA,
The Town of Caledonia 84 Grace Dr. Sat. 1/19 CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
is seeking a full time historic district, 1 block

FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale, and will sell at
auction to the highest
bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in stor-
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale, and will sell at
auction to the highest
bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in stor-
Sudoku
8a-until. Furniture,
Chief Marshal to work glassware, books & from downtown, $625/ YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
mo. + $625 dep. NO
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
Find Sudoku
days and nights as more. 662-570-1412.
needed, and is respons- PETS. 662-574-8789. YESTERDAY’S
ible for supervising all Peaceful & Quiet area. Sudoku is a number-
marshal department General Merchandise 4600
placing puzzle based on
Sudoku is a number-
9 5 6 7 2 4 8 1 3
personnel. The candid-

What agiven 4 8 2 1 3 9 7 6 5
age units leased by the age units leased by the APPLE COMPUTERS FIRST FULL MONTH
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placing puzzle based on

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following tenants at
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus,
MS, at 8:30 am on the
1st day of February,
A.D. 2019. All auctions
are with reserve and
therefore all units can
be withdrawn from the
sale at any time by the
auctioneer/manager.
Title to the personal
property to be sold is
following tenants at
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus,
MS, immediately follow-
ing sale on Alabama
Street on the 1st day of
February A.D. 2019. All
auctions are with re-
serve and therefore all
units can be withdrawn
from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/
manager.
ate will plan, schedule, RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
coordinate, and direct Two 2009 iMac com-
room Apts/Townhomes. a 9x9 grid with several
numbers. The object 3 1 7 5 8 6 9 2 4
the daily activities of the puters available. Good Stove & refrigerator.
You’re 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
given numbers. The object
officers while providing working condition. is to place the numbers
for the protection of Would be good for ba- $335-$600 Monthly.
is to place the numbers
6 9 4 3 5 7 2 8 1
Credit check & deposit.
lives and property, pre- sic web browsing or 8 3 5 6 1 2 4 9 7
word processing. 2Ghz; Coleman Realty, 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
Looking column and each 3x3 box
vention of crime and en- so that each row, each
2 GB RAM; 250 GB HD. 662-329-2323. so that each row, each
forcement of laws and
ordinances within the Computer and built-in 7 2 1 4 9 8 3 5 6
monitor only; mouse column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
2 6 3 8 4 5 1 7 9
For
town limits. The Chief
Marshal will be held ac- and keyboard not in- ments & townhouses. contains the same number
only once. The difficulty
countable to the Mayor cluded. $50 each. Call for more info.
only once. The difficulty 5 4 9 2 7 1 6 3 8
and Board of Alderper- Call 662-574-1561 662-328-8254. level increases from
sons for the effective
delivery of police ser-
vices to the town.
H&H tool box for stand- DOWNTOWN LOFT.
ard size truck. $195. Very big, nice 1 bed-
In Monday to Sunday.
level increases from
Monday to Sunday.
1 7
Difficulty Level
8 9 6 3 5 4 2
1/17

believed to be good, but
at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES will convey
only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its
lease with the following
and its allowed under
Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121
et seq (Supp 1988).
Carrilla Stallings
—E32
Michael Baggett
—E347
Title to the personal
property to be sold is
believed to be good, but
at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES will convey
only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its
lease with the following
and its allowed under
Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121
et seq (Supp 1988).
Christopher T Robertson
—N100
Call 662-889-2116. room. Wood floors, lots
Submit applications, of windows. $700 per
complete with resume
BASS BOAT, 15ft, 70hp month. Call Stewart,
and salary require- 662-364-1610.
ments to:
Yamaha.
Riding mowers - 2.
CLASSIFIEDS
Garden Tiller. www.cdispatch.com
Town of Caledonia
Attn: Lindy Thomason 662-418-8984 or 662-
552-1400.
COLEMAN
PO Box 100 RENTALS Investment Property 8550
Caledonia MS. 39740 TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
townhall@cableone.net STARKVILLE HABITAT GRAVEL FOR SALE on
fax: 662-356-4117 for Humanity ReStore is 1 BEDROOM private property. Approx
open this Saturday, 6 acres. Will sell or
Deadline for applica- January 19 from 8-11 2 BEDROOMS lease property located
tions is January 23, AM. Located at 1632 3 BEDROOMS in NE Noxubee County.
2019. Rockhill Road in 601-405-3717.
Starkville. Come by for
LEASE,
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Deborah Donald CONTRACTOR SEEKING bargains on furniture, Lots & Acreage 8600
Ramona Frierson —N257 experienced carpenter appliances, building DEPOSIT
—E43 with lots of experience. materials, and more! 1.7 Acres on Hwy 12.
Kitty Davis Please call: AND Excellent building site,
Ruby Sunievelle —N64, N65
—E218
662-570-9464 for info. Lawn & Garden 4630 CREDIT CHECK cleared. Close to gas
plant, Caledonia school
Sandy Taylor HEAVY EQUIPMENT RED OAK & White Oak district. $15,000.
Sammy Tramail Harris
—E94
—N143 SERVICE MECHANIC Firewood For Sale. Pull
behind leaf rake for
662-329-2323 662-356-6035.
with verifiable experi-
WITNESS MY SIGNA- ence, own tools and $150. 662-242-7455. 2.28 +/- Acre Lot.
Shareka Tillman TURE on this the 2nd
—E3 day of January, A.D.
clean MVR. Submit 2411 HWY 45 N 149 Tanyia Lane. Off of
resume by fax to Sporting Goods 4720 Lake Lowndes Road.
2019. 662-492-4490 COLUMBUS, MS Has asphalt drive &
Thomas Morgan or email to: jm.site ED SANDERS Gunsmith parking, 1200 ft. shop
—E8, E10 FRIENDLY CITY masters@yahoo.com Open for season! 9-5, w/ living area, septic
MINI-WAREHOUSES Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. Commercial Property For tank & water meter. No
WITNESS MY SIGNA- By: L.O. Over 50 years experi- Rent 7100 trailers. $45,000. Call
TURE on this the 2nd QUALITY CONTROL
MANAGER NEEDED. ence! Repairs, cleaning, 662-574-0345.
day of January, A.D. Publish: 1/4, 1/11, & refinishing, scopes COMMERCIAL PROPER-
2019. 1/18/2019 Immediate opening at TIES/Retail/Office
Columbus Air Force mounted & zeroed, LAMAR CO. 99+/-
handmade knives. Spaces starting @ acres. Near Kennedy.
FRIENDLY CITY Building & Remodeling 1120 Base. Construction $285/mo. Downtown &
experience required. Located: Hwy 45 Alt, Paved Rd. Small creek,
MINI-WAREHOUSES North of West Point, East Columbus loca-
By: L.O. HOME REPAIRS & CON- Email resume to: tions. 662-435-4188. timber. $198,000.
josh@gsiconstruct.com turn right on Yokahama 662-327-2656.
STRUCTION WORK Blvd, 8mi & turn left on
Publish: 1/4, 1/11, & WANTED. Carpentry, eric@gsiconstruct.com
Darracott Rd, will see OFFICE FOR RENT.
1/18/2019 small concrete jobs, LOWNDES COUNTY 45
sign, 2.5mi ahead shop 30x15. Separate air
electrical, plumbing, Medical / Dental 3300 acres on Sobley & Dav-
Notice to Creditors on left. 662-494-6218. conditioner & bathroom.
roof repairs, pressure is Rd. Excellent hunting.
$400/mo. Located in 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
washing and mobile HELP WANTED Caledonia. Call 662-
State of Mississippi home roof coating and Business Opportunity 6050 Small creek runs thru
County of Lowndes 574-0082. property. $1375 per
underpinning. No job CARE CENTER OF
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN acre. 205-799-9846 or
too small. 549-7031. ABERDEEN
Letters Administration Columbus: 411 Main OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 205-695-2248.
have been granted and SUGGS CONSTRUCTION St. Office, Retail, Res- square feet. 294
RN SUPERVISOR
issued to the under- Building, remodeling, taurant Space available. Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- WINTER SPECIAL
M-F, 8A-4:30P
signed upon the Estate metal roofing, painting Call 423-333-1124. ing terms. Available 1.95 acre lots.
of Corey Kinder, De- & all home repairs. LPN 3P - 11P now. 662-328-8254. Good/bad credit.
ceased, by the Chan- 662-242-3471 LPN 11P - 7A Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 10% down, as low as
cery Court of Lowndes HISTORIC DOWNTOWN $299/mo. Eaton Land.
County, Mississippi on Tom Hatcher, LLC Apply in person at 520 11TH Street North- Columbus Office, Retail, 662-361-7711
the 16th day of Novem- Custom Construction, Care Center 2BR/1BA, updated, Restaurant Space avail-
ber 2018. This is to Restoration, Remodel- 505 Jackson St, brick, central H&A, ap- able. Call 662-328-
give notice to all per- ing, Repair, Insurance pliances, flooring, paint. Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
Aberdeen 8655 or 662-574-7879.
sons having claims claims. 662-364-1769. EOE $450/month. NO pets. NEW 2017, 16x80 MH
against said estate to Licensed & Bonded NO HUD. Credit check. Houses For Rent: Northside @ The Grove, Colum-
probate and register Call Long & Long, Re- bus. 3BR/2BA, never
same with the Chan- General Services 1360 Professional 3500 altors @ 662-328-0770. 7110
lived in, can be moved.
cery Clerk of Lowndes Available NOW.
EXPERIENCED MS NOTARY seeks an 2BR HOUSE. Stove, ref., New Hope Sch. Dist.
County, Mississippi w/d hookup, window $29k. 662-769-2565.
within 90 days of this CAREGIVER attorney to collect her
personal files, notes, FOX RUN COMPANY LLC a/c, heat electric.
date. A failure to pro- in need of work. 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
*Day/Night and court orders. Addi- $485/mo. Lease- Autos For Sale 9150
bate and register said $595-645/mo. Military dep.+credit check. Cole-
claim will forever bar the Contact 662-574-5181. tional tasks may be
needed. Respond: discount offered, pet man Realty. 329-2323. 1965 MUSTANG, Red,
same. Ref. on Request. area, pet friendly, and
ATTORNEY Automatic, 6cyl, A/C &
PO Box 2031 furnished corporate power steering.
This the 10th day of FREE TRAINING for COLONIAL TOWN-
January 2019. JOB SEEKING WOMEN; Columbus, MS 39704 apartments available.
HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- $16,000. ACROSS
ON SITE SECURITY.
COMPUTER TRAINING, ON SITE MAINTENANCE. room w/ 2-3 bath town- 662-386-2367. 1 Polite refusal
Shane Kinder RESUME WRITING, & IN- Truck Driving 3700 houses. $600 to $695.
Administrator of the Es- TERVIEW SKILLS;
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
662-549-9555. Ask for 1991 MERCEDES 500 6 Ranch guests
24-HOUR CAMERA
tate of Tues & Thurs Evening CLASS A CDL DRIVER SURVEILLANCE. Glenn or text. SL. Serviced as re- 11 City on the
Corey Kinder, Deceased classes start February with Truck & Lowboy quired. 106k miles,
5th. Enroll now at Chris- Trailer experience to
Benji @ 662-386-4446 2 tops. Excellent buy! Mohawk
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. HOUSE WITH APART-
PUBLISH: 1/11, 1/18, tian Women's Job load, haul, & unload Sat/Sun by appt only. MENT NEAR MUW. $12,500. 662-356- 12 “The truth —
& 1/25/2019 Corps. Min H.S. Dip- heavy construction 323 13th St. N. 3 Blks 6035. there”
loma or Equivalent re- equipment. Overnight from MUW. L/r, d/r,
IN THE CHANCERY quired. Call 662-722- travel required. Only PEAR ORCHARD APTS
b/r, kitchen, large f/r 2013 CHEVY Cruze. 13 Sounds
2BR Townhouse - $585,
COURT OF OKTIBBEHA
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
3016 or 662-597-1030 qualified applicants with
W/D incl. Great loca- w/ fireplace, 2BR/3BA. Good condition. 100k 14 Draw out
clean MVR, current Laundry room, outside miles. Black, 4-door.
RETAINER WALL, drive- medical examiner’s tion. $200 processing
fenced patio, screened $5,450. Call Ed @
15 Marshy area
IN THE MATTER OF THE way, foundation, con- certificate and no acci- fee & $50 application 16 Fit to drink
fee. 662-328-9471 or side porch & work room 662-574-0082.
ESTATE OF KENNETH crete, masonry restora- dents need apply. Fax
MORGAN, DECEASED tion, remodeling, base- resume to 662-492- 662-889-7565. WITH ATTACHED APART- 18 The whole
MENT B/r, d/r, kitchen SUPER CHARGED 2004
ment foundation, re- 4490 or email to jm.site & bathroom. NO HUD. Monte Carlo SS. Dale amount
CAUSE NO.:18-cv- pairs, small dump truck masters@yahoo.com Apts For Rent: West 7050
00039-DWC hauling (5-6 yd) load &
Ref. req. Dep. req. Jr. Signature Edition. 19 Easy victim
Pets allowed w/ extra

VIP
$3500. 662-570-2601.
demolition/lot cleaning. Bargain Column 4180 dep. $1075/mo. 20 Chapeau
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Burr Masonry 662-386-7506. Campers & RVs 9300 21 Lively folk dance
Rentals
662-242-0259. 4 TIRES from Chevy
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- truck. 17". $100. TOMBIGBEE RV Park, 23 Did galley work
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
EN that on February 26, WORK WANTED: 662-364-2498. located on Wilkins Wise 25 Poker prize
2018, Letters of Admin- Licensed & Bonded-car- Apartments 3BR/2BA Trailer, New Rd & Waverly Rd. Full 27 Spot to jot
istration were issued by pentry, painting, & de-
the Chancery Court of molition. Landscaping, ALL WOOD King size
bed, frame w/ tall hdbd,
& Houses Hope school dist.
$500/mo & $500 dep.
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328- 28 Dyeing art DOWN 24 Simple card
Oktibbeha County, Mis- gutters cleaned, bush
sissippi to Lynn Morgan, hogging, clean-up work, rails & ftbd. $50. Long 1 Bedrooms Call between 10a-7p. 8655 or 662-574-7879. 30 Take a breather 1 Protein-packed game
Administratrix of the Es- pressure washing, mov- wood dresser. Heavy.
Lots of room. $50 neg. 2 Bedroooms 662-386-4292.
NO TEXT MESSAGES. 33 Soviet space snack 26 “I remember
tate of Kenneth Morgan, ing help & furniture
Deceased. All persons, repair. 662-242-3608 Call 662-364-0606. 3 Bedrooms station 2 “Becket” actor when ...”
resident and non-resid- NICE 3BR/2BA MH in 34 Sue Grafton’s 3 Dads who date, 28 Mississippi port
ent, having claims, ma- Lawn Care / Landscaping MICHELIN TIRES, 2, Furnished & West Lowndes school
“— for Malice” e.g. 29 Family
tured or not, against
this Estate are required
1470 235/50, 17". Good
condition. $80. Unfurnished district. $485/mo +
$485 dep. 662-242- 36 Hole in one 4 Sculpting medium 31 Uncommon
to file the same with the JESSE & BEVERLY'S 662-364-2498. 1, 2, & 3 Baths 7653 or 662-308-7781.
37 Tin or tungsten 5 Coarse files 32 Contacted, in
Clerk of the Court with- LAWN SERVICE. Mow-
in ninety (90) days fol- ing, cleanup, landscap- TALL ADJUSTABLE book- Lease, Deposit RENT A fully equipped 39 Indulgent 6 Lo-cal quaff a way
lowing the date of the
first publication of this
ing, sodding, & tree cut- shelf. 4 shelves. Light & Credit Check camper w/utilities &
cable from $145/wk -
40 Thus far 7 Meat-rating org. 33 Yard plus a bit
ting. 356-6525. color wood. $30 neg. 8 Experts in 35 Work group
Notice, otherwise their Lg. rectangle oak dining viceinvestments.com $535/month. Colum- 41 Watchful
claims will be forever
barred.
Painting & Papering 1620 room table. $70 neg.
Call 662-242-3518. 327-8555 bus & County School
locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397. Reuse
43 Superfluous
44 Physical power
duplicity
9 Noted geometer
38 Additional
amount
SULLIVAN'S PAINT
Respectfully submitted, 45 Gets up 10 Spirited horse 42 Singer Reed
the News
SERVICE Apts For Rent: Other 7080
Certified in lead Rooms For Rent 7450 46 Combined by 17 Lifeboat need
LYNN MORGAN, Admin- removal. Offering spe-
istratrix cial prices on interior & WEST POINT: melting 22 Fate
exterior painting, pres- Room - $120/wk. Recycle
By Her Attorney: sure washing & sheet Furnished w/ furn.,
/s/ Reginald Paul Harri-
on
rock repairs.
Free Estimates
appl, utilities & cable.
662-295-4701.
this
Date: November 13,
2018
Call 435-6528
Houses For Sale: Northside NewspapeR
Stump Removal 1790 8150
OF COUNSEL:
Reginald Paul Harrion,
Bar #101053 CONVENIENT 3BR/2BA
SCHWARTZ & ASSO- 512 Lincoln Rd. New
paint, flooring, brick
CIATES, P.A.
162 E. Amite Street shop, fenced backyard Five Questions:
Jackson, MS 39201 & patio. Zoned commer-
Telephone: 601-988- cial, can be home/of-
8888
Facsimile: 601-353-
ALLSTUMP GRINDING
fice. Call 662-328-9634
for more information. 1 The Goa’uld
SERVICE
0217 GET 'ER DONE! Houses For Sale: Southside
2 Newt
We can grind all your
PUBLISH: 1/18, 1/25, stumps. Hard to reach 8300
& 2/1/2019
Gingrich
places, blown over
roots, hillsides, back- 2BR/1BA Gas stove &
yards, pastures. Free heat. Move-in ready. 1
estimates. You find it, BR Apt. attached that
we'll grind it! needs work. $21,000.
Let your 662-361-8379 417 17th St. S.
Call 662-327-8712.
3 Frank
fingers do the Tree Services 1860 Gehry
Houses For Sale: West 8350
walking. A&T Tree Service
Find your FSBO: 3BR/2BA in May-
4 San Diego
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est. hew, 1551 Garth Rd.
dream job in Serving Columbus Close to Columbus,
the classifieds! since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
Starkville & West Point.
New HVAC, 1.7 acres,
Zoo
242-0324/241-4447 large metal bldg incl. WHATZIT ANSWER
"We'll go out on a limb $139,000. 662-418-
for you!" 8984 or 662-552-1400. 5 Mario Batali Log cabin