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Junior forward Stan Simpson steps up off bench, swats 5 shots, posts 10 boards and 7 points in winsee page 8

Tigers Top JSU 70-45

Porter fired, Johnson to resignOne day after relieving head coach

Larry Porter of his duties as head foot-ball coach, University of Memphis ath-letic director R.C. Johnson announced his retirement at a press conference Monday in front of friends, fans, administration and supporters. His retirement not immediate, the 70-year-old Johnson will stay at The U of M until the end of the fiscal year, which is June 30, 2012.

“It’s been a great ride, but it was just time,” Johnson said. “I’ve been the athletic director here for 16 years. I’ve run out of ties, and I have no hair-pieces left – it’s time to move on.”

University of Memphis president Shirley Raines, who was also in atten-dance, said that efforts find a new ath-letic director and head football coach will be swift and aided by resources outside The University.

“I have decided to use a search firm that specializes in athletics in hiring the next head coach,” she said. “The timeline – which I know you all are interested in – is completing the search as soon as possible, but with time for the search firm to vet the candidates.”

Johnson will have no input in the hiring of the next head coach.

“I don’t want my future to take

away from anything we’re trying to accomplish,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of things going on and I don’t want any distractions.”

The Tigers football team posted a 3-21 record in Porter’s two years as head coach. The team won just one Conference USA game.

Hiring a new coach is the first step in reversing the Tigers’ losing ways and regaining the support of fans and students, Raines said.

“Obviously we want to win. That will help,” she said. “Having a head coach who will be interactive with the students, alumni and fans will be very important to us.”

Porter discussed his firing at a press conference held after Raines’ and Johnson’s remarks on Monday.

“Although I’m very disappointed in the decision of my firing, I under-stand it and respect it,” he said. “I am thankful for the opportunity that R.C. (Johnson) and Dr. Raines gave me. I wish I could have taken this program to a higher level.”

Throughout the press conference, Porter referred to the football program as “we,” and didn’t hesitate when doing so.

He said that he’ll remain a sup-porter and fan of Tiger football.

“I say ‘we’ because I will forever be a Tiger and forever want to see this program succeed.”

University of Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson announces his retirement, effective at the end of June 2012, in a press conference on Monday.

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BY ADAM DOUGLASSports Editor

As the holiday season arrives, University of Memphis students, faculty and student organizations that signed up to shop for the underprivileged in October are now able to bring their gifts to those in need.

Students and faculty who participated in The U of M’s Angel Tree program will

drop off their gifts from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 111 of Newport Hall today.

The program ran in conjunction with the Salvation Army, which pairs those in need with U of M participants. Students and staff of Loewenberg School of Nursing coordinated the donation drive, but gifts were received from programs across campus.

As University of Memphis adminis-trators wrap up the first semester at the newly acquired Lambuth campus, they’re also making preparations to add new degrees to its curriculum.

Previously, U of M Lambuth offered only eight undergraduate degrees in areas of business, nursing, liberal and profes-sional studies and education. In spring 2012, Lambuth will offer seven more degrees.

University provost Ralph Faudree said enrollment at Lambuth is increasing, and new majors will continue to be added to the school.

“Two factors were used to determine the new degrees,” he said. “The first was demand. Those were what we were told the demand was, what the people in Jackson said they needed for their students. The second was capability. Do we have the capability of offering those courses at this stage, and the

professors?” New degrees include BBA in account-

ing or management, Bachelor of Arts in psychology, English, entertainment music industries and communication, and Bachelor of Science in biology/pre-Med and nursing for transfer students.

Dan Lattimore, U of M vice provost of extended programs, said that Lambuth is ultimately a teaching school and the administration hopes to add a doctoral education program sometime in 2012.

“We hope to have 1,000 students in four years,” he said of the Lambuth campus, which currently enrolls about 300 stu-dents. “What we envision for the future, that will be a resident campus, mean-ing we are trying to attract typical 18 to 22-year-olds. Night classes will be geared toward degree completion and working professionals for the city of Jackson and surrounding areas.”

The University of Memphis acquired the 168-year-old Lambuth campus in Aug. 2011 after the school fell on hard times financially.

Project: Lambuth

BY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

As demand for more diverse curriculum increases at UM-Lambuth, provosts announce addition of seven undergraduate degrees at Jackson campus

Holiday season highlights U of M’s charitable sideBY TRACEY HARLOWNews Reporter

see Charity, page 6

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A Weekly Devotional For YouThe Good News

The word “gospel” is actually a transliteration of the Greek euangelion, which means “good news.” The ancient Greeks often used it in the technical sense of “good news concerning victory in battle.” When the city-states went to war, the populace who waited at home were extremely anxious to hear news from the battlefront. If the battle were lost the women would be used in any way the conquerors desired, the old men would be killed, and the children would be removed from their homes and enslaved. You can imagine the intense joy that would fill the city if the messenger returned with the glad shout, “rejoice, we have conquered!” The glorious victory would have saved the people from a dreadful future. They had every reason to rejoice. There is a much more horrible future, however, which will be the lot of those who die in their sins and must face the intense wrath of the Holy God. Speaking of those whose sins have not been atoned for by the Lord Jesus Christ, Jude says they are “Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.” We have already seen in the past several devo-tions that it is impossible for sinful human beings to atone for their own sins. There is good news, however. Jesus Christ came as a mighty warrior, defeated Satan and atoned for all the sins of all His children. Did he do this for you? There are some ways to find out. We will examine them next time. Are you anxiously waiting for the good news?

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As the semester comes to a close, graduating seniors are completing their final projects as students at The University of Memphis. Soon-to-be graduates of the studio art program have compiled their farewell to The U of M in the form of an exhibition titled ‘fin.’

Twelve seniors of the program will display ceramics, paint-ings, photographs and sculptur-al installations as part of a final assignment in their yearlong exit course, the Bachelors of Fine Arts Senior Project.

“Students selected the title, ‘fin,’ as sort of a finale,” said art professor Greely Myatt. “It’s the exit course – the final project the studio majors do. They finish their project and will exhibit part of that project.”

The exhibit opens Friday with a reception at 6 p.m. at the Marshal Arts Gallery located at

642 Marshall Avenue. Students will give brief introductions to their work at 7 p.m., and the free exhibit will be on display through Sunday.

“It’s nice to know all the hard work has finally paid off and that I can sit back and enjoy what I have accomplished,” said senior Stacee Knouse, whose photography will be on display at the exhibit.

The 12 participating students will present slideshows discuss-ing the process of developing their artwork at shows on Monday at 5:45 p.m. and Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. in room 214 of Jones Hall.

Myatt said the soon-to-be grad-uates have mixed feelings about presenting their final projects.

“In some ways it’s exciting and celebratory, and other ways it’s probably a little sad,” he said. “In many cases some of their first exhibition experiences were not of the best degree as freshmen. It’s a mix of (them being) very excited for this final show, and nervous and stressed a bit. “

Arts

BY CHELSEA BOOZERNews Reporter

The final showcase

Several Memphis energy companies are meeting today at a sum-mit to consider changes to energy policy in Memphis.

Tennessee State Senator and Majority Leader Mark Norris is hosting the event in partnership with The

University of Memphis. Among those presenting at the summit, which

takes place in the Michael D. Rose Theater at 9 a.m., are representatives from The U of M Center for Biofuel Energy and Sustainable Technologies.Other companies represented at the sum-mit include Memphis Light Gas and Water,

America’s Gas Alliance, Clean Line Energy Partners, FedEx, Sustainable Shelby, Sharp Electronics Corporation and The Tennessee Valley Authority.

Booths and flex-fuel vehicles will also be featured at the event. Those

scheduled to attend the sum-mit include Shelby County

Mayor Mark Luttrell and State Senator Beverly Marrero, who will give opening remarks.

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Think for a moment about the emotional seesaw of some-one who has lost a loved one in Iraq and hears that the war is about to end.

At first, there is relief: Americans will finally stop dying in a distant desert. Then an indescribable sadness, because it comes too late.

Ami Neiberger-Miller was on a plane to Colorado filled with soldiers on the day before President Barack Obama’s October announcement that all remaining troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year.

They were familiar com-pany. She works for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, known as TAPS, which aids the families of fallen members of the military.

The troops were on their way back from the war. They were dusty and tired. A homecoming with family and friends await-ed them at the gate.

As they exited the plane, the other passengers and crew applauded. Quietly, Neiberger-Miller began to weep.

“Do you know someone in the military?” the passenger in the adjacent seat said gently.

She nodded. Her younger brother, Army Spec. Christopher Neiberger, was killed in 2007 by a roadside bomb, three days before his 22nd birthday.

“Our homecoming was a cas-ket,” she said.

The war began on the night of March 19, 2003. It was just past 9:30 in Washington, near dawn in Baghdad.

Millions watched it unfold. It was supposed to be quick, surgical and decisive.

“This will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory,” President George W. Bush told the nation that night as the bombs began to fall.

But it became a slog; messier than anticipated, more costly in lives and treasure.

If an iconic image of the Vietnam War is people lining up for an evacuation helicop-ter atop a building near the American Embassy as Saigon fell, for Iraq, among many images, it might be the disturb-ing photograph of a prisoner at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison.

He was standing on a box in a twisted pose of crucifix-ion, arms outstretched, feet together. His head was covered in a dark pointed hood. His only clothing appeared to be a blanket, which hung from his shoulders. Electric wires were attached to his fingers.

It had an air of menace, like something out of a Wes Craven horror film, but also despair. You could not look away.

Somehow, it seemed that our moorings had shifted.

“It’s not the defeat we got in Vietnam,” said Larry Diamond, a Stanford University profes-sor and former senior adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority, which the allies cre-ated to rule the country after the invasion. “There were real achievements in Iraq, but at considerable costs and consid-erable skepticism on the part of the American public as to whether it was worth it.”

That question could haunt us for some time. Iraq has a fledgling democracy, but it’s still torn by religious and trib-al strife. It’s taken nearly nine years and the price has been high: almost 4,500 Americans dead and a nearly $1 trillion unpaid bill.

The Bush administration’s original projection was $60 bil-lion, tops.

Meanwhile, the fighting in Afghanistan continues.

But Iraq, because it inexplica-bly shifted our purpose — and the world’s support — away from avenging the 9/11 terror-ist attacks, helped to usher in a period of political unease and mistrust.

And as the economy soured, anxiety grew. Being declared a hero by a patriotic public and smiling political leaders could provide little comfort.

“I come to the food pantry because I don’t receive food stamps and my husband just got back from a tour overseas and is having trouble finding

Cindi Staats, a 54-year-old disabled former aerospace worker from Walnut, Calif., made it her mission to catalogue the war’s toll. Her website, fallen-coalition-heroes.com, is a roll call of every American fatality — nearly 4,500 deaths in Iraq.

Life in Wartime

As US troops leave Iraq, what’s the legacy of 8 years at war?BY DAVID GOLDSTEINMcClatchy Newspapers

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Walk&Talk What are your thoughts on the firing of Larry Porter?

“I don’t think they gave him a fair chance. Two years is not enough time to turn around a

struggling football team.”

— Adrian Mahin, Education freshman

“There is no point of him being fired. He isn’t the one out run-

ning on the field. You have to blame the players to some

extent.”

— Antoinette Smith, Chemistry senior

“We invested so much time and money into Porter and the football team, I don’t think we

should have fired him.”

— Breana Baker, Graphic design senior

“They should have done it sooner, and firing him is just

the start. There are more people to be fired, too.”

— Donald Hines, Graphic design senior

“We have to do what we have to do. We are putting a lot of money into (football) and if it is not yielding results, then we

need to make changes.”

— Cortney Richardson, Organizational leadership senior

by Aaron Turner

work,” a woman in line at a Kansas City mobile food pantry said in a note to the organizers. “And, the pantry helps so much in feeding our children.”

She wrote it on the back of a paper plate.

Now, as the 2012 presidential

election looms, a long war of ambiguous purpose and results has led to wariness about more foreign entanglements.

“Any president is really going to think twice about one of these foreign adventures,” said novelist Ward Just, whose stories can seem wistful for a time of more political clarity. “It would not be enough to say, if we don’t go into Afghanistan

the Taliban is going to run things. My guess is the next time that happens, some people might be entitled to say: ‘So what?’ “

The war has touched every part of America, from sprawl-ing cities to remote prairie towns, where a single death can reverberate like the rumble of distant thunder.

But unlike the Vietnam War,

which played in America’s liv-ing rooms every night, Iraq was a bewildering, faraway drama. For a lot of Americans without a personal investment, it was simply background noise.

“You won’t find anybody who says they aren’t support-ive of the soldiers, unlike with Vietnam,” said Cindi Staats, whose website, fallen-coalition-heroes.com, is a roll call of every

American fatality. “But when this war was just raging we’d have several dying a week, and no one seemed to really know unless it was a local soldier and it was local news. For people to really care, you have to get them involved. We didn’t have any of that.”

Staats is a 54-year-old dis-abled former aerospace worker from Walnut, Calif., who early on made it her mission to cata-logue the war’s toll. She built a website, got official casualty reports and searched for photo-graphs. She scoured the Internet and hometown newspapers, and reached out to families.

Her tally is so exhaustive that The New York Times and PBS rely on her for their own peri-odic chronicles of the fatalities.

The weight of personal sacri-fice that she — without fanfare — enumerates, the permanent emptiness that each of those nearly 4,500 deaths has left, can take your breath away.

Another 32,000 men and women were wounded in Iraq. Many face a lifetime of struggle.

Of the 28 Marines that retired Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, the Pentagon’s top operations officer dur-ing the planning for the war, spoke to during a recent visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital, “26 had traumatic amputa-tions, all but two had more than one amputation,” he said. “Arms, legs, eyes. That’s pretty tough.”Newbold, who left the service, in part, over his oppo-sition to the invasion, regular-ly visits the wounded at the hospital.

Other vets bear less visible scars. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress dis-order became signature injuries of the war. Suicides among vet-erans of Iraq and Afghanistan spiked.

At least 200 try to kill them-selves every month, accord-ing to estimates from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Less than 10 are successful. But those are just the ones the VA knows about.

Since 2009, the agency’s cri-sis line — 1-800-273-8255 — has received more than half a mil-lion calls.

Warfrom page 4

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The game, dubbed “The Black and Blue Bowl,” went one way – in favor of the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, as they crushed The University of Memphis (2-10, 1-7 in Conference USA) 44-7 on Saturday in Hattiesburg, Miss., the conclusion to the Tigers’ 2011 season.

“I’m very disappointed in the way that we played,” said head coach Larry Porter. “I thought with the preparation we had this week, I thought we’d come to play a much better game than we did.”

The Golden Eagles dominated from the start, finishing with 540 yards (255 rushing, 285 passing) and 25 first downs while averag-ing more than seven yards per

play. The Tigers averted a shut-out when safety Mitch Huelsing recovered a Southern Miss fumble in the end zone with 6:54 left to play.

M e m p h i s , ranked last in most C-USA offensive cat-egories, played without starting freshman quar-terback Taylor Reed, who suf-fered a frac-tured fibula in the team’s Nov. 17 home loss to Marshall. The U of M managed only 181 yards of total offense, including seven yards rushing.

“First and foremost, (Southern Miss) dominated the line of scrim-mage,” Porter said. “I don’t think

we had much positive (yards) rushing. We can’t afford to have three turnovers, especially pick sixes. That’s negligent when it

comes to football and that’s some-thing we kind of avoided for most of the season. It got us tonight.”

Summerlin, making his second start, was 21-of-45 for 174 yards and threw two interceptions. Both interceptions were returned for

touchdowns by the Golden Eagles, including a 100-yard return.

“We didn’t play up to what we are capable of doing and that

starts with me,” Summerlin said. “It’s frustrating. It hurts a lot to have this taste in your mouth. Unfortunately, I won’t get to get rid of it until early September.”

The loss marks the 19th

defeat in the last 21 games for the Tigers. After two seasons in his first head coaching position, Porter has a 3-21 career record. The Tigers finished with double-digit losses for the third consecu-tive season.

BY ADAM DOUGLASSports Editor

Football

Tigers’ abysmal season ends much as it began

“I thought with the preparation we had this week, I thought we’d come to play a much better game

than we did.” — Larry Porter

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“People can specify if they want to adopt a certain age, male or female,” said Sheila Hall, assistant dean of nursing and student affairs. “They may have lost a parent and they want to buy for an adult.”

Katherine Golding, senior nurs-ing student, said she enjoyed being involved with Angel Tree dur-ing her last semester as a U of M student.

“This is one of our biggest proj-ects, but it is a lot of fun,” she said. “It’s great because it’s not just for little kids, it’s for adults too.”

Academic services coordinator Brenda Fortney has been involved with the Angel Tree for 10 of the program’s 21 years.

“The gifts are a little bit of every-thing,” she said. “There are lots of bikes and toys for the kids. There are also blankets, clothing and dishes.”

The Salvation Army provides the information of each donation recipient on a tag, including their first name, age, clothing size and a small wish list of items they would like to have.

The drop-off is today only, but those wishing to help can still get involved, Fortney said.

“We only do a one-day gift drop-off, and anyone who misses the drop-off will have to go to a Salvation Army,” she said. “But people can still adopt an angel through an area mall if they missed signing up at The U of M.”

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SolutionsLeftover Thanksgiving

turkey is not a good Christmas present

The holidays are a time of giv-ing, and in The U of M women’s basketball team’s 77-60 win over the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks (1-4) on Sunday, the Tigers (5-1) seemed to fully embrace that sentiment, record-ing 18 assists on 27 made shots.

Junior forward Nicole Dickson continued to tear through the competition, becom-ing the first Lady Tiger to record a double-double in five straight

games after finishing the night with a team high 20 points and 11 rebounds. Tamika Whitmore, who recorded four-straight in 1999, held the previous record.

“I wish I could take credit for Nicole Dickson and say she is a tremendous post player, but she’s just an outstanding player, very smart,” said assistant coach Brett Schneider. “She does most of her damage outside the lane, picking and popping and hit-ting treys. She really did a nice job tonight finding gaps in their zone where she could slip off a

down screen.”The Mavericks’ zone defense

gave the Tigers trouble, forcing a season high 28 turnovers by The U of M. The Tigers made in-game adjustments, however, and finished the night shooting 46.6 percent on 27 of 58 shots while holding the Mavericks to 39.3 percent on 24 of 61 shots.

The Mavericks capitalized on eight second-chance points in the first half to keep the score close. The Tigers held a six-point advantage at halftime, 35-29, after struggling on the boards

and on the offensive attack.“We are going to do better

against the zone,” said senior guard Ramses Lonlack. “I thought today though we played good against the zone because we got the ball in the middle which gives a lot of chances for Nicole to hit that mid-range jump shot.”

After trailing in rebounds for the first half of the game, the Tigers picked up the slack to fin-ish the game with a 42-31 advan-tage on the glass. Defensively, they racked up 18 steals and

forced the Mavericks into 23 turnovers.

Aside from Dickson, the Lady Tigers were paced by senior guard Brittany Carter’s 13 points and senior post Jasmine Lee’s 14 points. Sophomore guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir led the team in assists with seven

The Mavericks were led by Chauntandra Williams’ 11 points and Sabreena DeNure’s 10 points.

The Lady Tigers host Tennessee State on Thursday at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

BY BRYAN HEATERSports Reporter

Women’s Basketball

Tigers hold off UT-Arlington Mavericks 77-60 for fifth win

The NBA season, shortened from 82 to 66 games by a con-tentious lockout, will begin play on Christmas Day with a slate of games that will feature some of the league’s best teams and brightest stars in an all-day bas-ketball smorgasbord.

The Dec. 25 nationally tele-vised triple-header will begin with the Boston Celtics at the New York Knicks, followed by the Miami Heat at the Dallas Mavericks — a repeat of the 2011 NBA Finals — and conclude with a nightcap pitting the Los Angeles Lakers against the Chicago Bulls.

The games will feature the league’s brightest stars, includ-ing Kobe Bryant, winner of five world championships with the

Lakers, reigning Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas, last year’s regular-season MVP Derrick Rose of Chicago, and LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat.

Considering that there was talk that the entire season could be cancelled less than a week ago, the loss of 16 regular-season games doesn’t look that bad.

“The reason for the settle-ment was we’ve got fans, we’ve got players who would like to play and we’ve got others who are dependent on us,” NBA Commissioner David Stern said.

In hammering out a 10-year agreement that will allow the $4 billion annual enterprise to resume operation, both sides agreed to a 50-50 split on bas-ketball revenues. Under the old collective bargaining agreement

57 percent of revenues went to players. And while the debate will rage for days over wheth-

er management or the players won, it is hard not to recognize a management victory when play-ers salaries have been reduced by approximately $300 million, the length of contracts have been reduced, and teams that continue to spend lavishly for free agents will receive harsher penalties.

There is a clause in the deal that allows either side the option of opting out after six seasons.

“I think it will largely prevent the high-spending teams from competing in the free-agent mar-ket the way they’ve been able to in the past,” said NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver. “We feel ultimately it will give fans in every community hope that their team can compete for championships.”

The lockout ends officially when the union, which decerti-

fied earlier this month, re-forms and gets a simple majority vote of its players to ratify the deal, which is a foregone conclusion. After this happens, a frenzied free agency period, expected to begin Dec. 9, will commence as teams try to rapidly sign players who have been in limbo since the lockout began at the conclusion of the 2011 playoffs.

Some of the players who will garner the most attention are unrestricted free agents include Dallas’ Tyson Chandler and Caron Butler, Atlanta’s Jamal Crawford, and New Orleans’ David West. Unrestricted free agents can sign with any team of their choosing.

For the 76ers, unrestricted free agents include Tony Battie, Antonio Daniels, Jason Kapono and Darius Songalia.

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Men’s Basketball

After two losses in the Maui Invitational that dropped the No. 8-ranked Tigers to No. 21, Memphis was looking to rebound – in every sense of the word – against a Jackson State University team that they were supposed to dominate. Though the Tigers (3-2) won handily, 70-45, there seemed to be a lack of effort from the team Monday night.

“We were lackadaisical in the first half,” said head coach Josh Pastner. “I ranted, raved in the locker room but without curse words. I don’t know if it was a Maui hangover or what, but we have got to play better against Austin Peay on Saturday. I can tell you that.”

The Tigers had only two scor-ers in double figures.

Sophomore guards Joe Jackson and Chris Crawford led Memphis with 15 points and 14 points, respectively. The main problem still plaguing the Tigers is rebounding. Jackson State out-rebounded The U of M 36-29, and converted 90 percent of their free throws, shooting 10 of 11 from the line.

“The biggest thing is that we have got to rebound the ball better,” Pastner said. “We do all these drills; we emphasize it. But we’ll get it corrected.”

The Tigers started the game lethargic and careless, turning the ball over seven times in the first half while scoring only 25 points to JSU’s 19.

But the second half was a different story, as The U of M opened with a 15-0 scoring run with Crawford at point guard and Jackson off the ball.

Jackson State was unable to close the gap, and the Tigers won by 25 points.

“I really liked Chris (Crawford) at the point today,” Pastner said. “He did some really good things as well as Joe (Jackson) did. Joe had three assists to just one turnover, but he still has to make the right plays and the right passes.”

Junior forward Stan Simpson filled in for Tarik Black in the starting lineup. Pastner said that he sat Black in the beginning of the game to keep him out of foul trouble, and possibly motivate him.

Simpson responded by nearly posting a double-double, scor-ing seven points, snagging 10 rebounds and blocking five JSU shots.

“Coach said that whoever rebounds will play,” Simpson said. “And I just figured that if I rebound, then we will be a better team.”

The Tigers play Saturday against the Austin Peay Governors. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m at FedEx Forum.

Tigers bounce back at home to trounce Jackson State 70-45BY ADAM DOUGLASSports Editor

Sophomore guard Joe Jackson crosses up a Jackson State defender near the baseline during the Tigers’ 70-45 win at FedEx Forum on Monday night.

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