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Civil rights leaders speak at USM
ALYSSA BASS
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Several notable civil rights activists and speakers presented the Black History Month Forum: “Past Struggles, Current Challenges” at the LAB on Feb. 16. The Center for Human Rights and Civil Liberties (CHRCL) sponsored the event. Guests included civil rights leaders Peggy Jean Connor, Raylawni Branch, Bettie Dahmer and City of Hattiesburg councilwoman Deborah Delgado. Professor of political science and CHRCL co-director Bob Press introduced the guest speakers, beginning with Branch. Branch, who participated in the Civil Rights Movement and was one of the first African-Americans to attend The University of Southern Mississippi in 1965, began the forum by criticizing Black History Month. “There are many events during this month, and I’m one of those people who wants to change – to stop stuffing everything into one month,” Branch said. “This is not black history. This is USM history. This is Mississippi history. This is United States history.” Branch said America’s youth needs to become educated on how elections work and then participate in elections. “The one thing I want to live long enough to do now is make sure more names go on the ballot than one name
and one position,” Branch said. Connor, a former citizenship teacher and a founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, began her portion of the forum by sharing personal anecdotes with the audience. One of the stories she told involved clearing her own name. Following the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Connor took a bus home, according to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) website. Connor’s fellow party member and SNCC project director Lawrence Guyot remembered Connor threatening the police officer with the knife. However, Connor denied making this threat. “It’s in the history books, and I want to get this straight right now,” Connor said. “I really believe in nonviolence today. We kept moving as long as we were nonviolent. One of my co-party members said that I had a knife on the bus. That never happened.” Bettie Dahmer, daughter of activist and Forrest County NAACP chapter president Vernon Dahmer, told the story of her father’s assassination. According to Dahmer, the Ku Klux Klan attacked the Dahmer family’s Hattiesburg home Jan. 10, 1966. The KKK, led by grand wizard Sam Bowers, used shotguns and gas jugs to set the house on fire. Ellie, Bettie and the rest of the Dahmer children survived, but Vernon died of severe burns and smoke inhalation.
Shraddha Bhatta | Printz Civil rights panelist pose for photo after lecture on Feb. 16, 2017. “Everyone knew that we were about to be killed that night, but they didn’t care,” Dahmer said. “‘You know, you just gonna be another dead n*****.’ That’s how Sam Bowers put it.” Dahmer said her father received little support from the black Christian community. “My father was excommunicated from a Baptist church, and of course that was a black church,” Dahmer said. “Black people haven’t always been what they say they are, so you need to research your history so you will find out who has been supportive and who
has not. My daddy was kicked out of membership at Shady Grove Baptist Church because of his activity in civil rights.” Lastly, Delgado discussed her current struggles with redistricting and representation. “When you look at the challenges we face as a city, most of the time it’s because the decisions are not made on the best interest of the community,” Delgado said. “It’s because of a certain segment of the community.” According to Delgado, 52 percent of the population in Hattiesburg is
African-American, but efforts to redistrict to provide a greater chance of electing African-American or liberalminded officials have failed due to the amount of white men on the city council. When the event came to a close, sophomore and CHRCL intern Lindsey Hargrave said the event was a success. “I think we had some good conversation, and I think that we really helped connect some of the young people here at USM with people who paved the way,” Hargrave said.
Update: Police report details Whaley’s death JACK HAMMETT
managing editor
On Feb. 11, University of Southern Mississippi student and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity member Cole Whaley died of “blunt force injuries” at the DoubleTree hotel located at 300 Canal St. in New Orleans, according to Orleans Parish Coroner Jeffrey Rouse. According to NOLA.com, NOPD reports stated Whaley fell through a closed 11th-story window and landed in an outdoor area located on the fourth floor near the hotel pool. According to the incident
report and NOLA.com, witnesses said Whaley was “highly intoxicated” and was ramming the window with his right shoulder as a joke. Whaley allegedly shouted, “Let’s go swimming,” before the window shattered. Whaley allegedly swore as he fell. Police found Whaley lying on his back near the swimming pool and a patio chair, according to the report and NOLA.com. Whaley was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:07 a.m. One witness said Whaley had expressed interest in getting a view of the pool. Another witness
alleged he warned Whaley to stop when the window’s glass began to bend, according to NOLA.com. A witness who claimed to have been in the room when the window broke said Whaley began “yelling and screaming and then out of nowhere [jumped] out of the window,” according to the report and NOLA.com. Police said the witness was “distraught.” “Findings from the autopsy performed by my office on Mr. Whaley reveal injuries consistent with reported circumstances including multiple skull fractures and subdural hemorrhage,” Rouse
said. According to Rouse, Whaley’s preliminary cause of death has been classified as “blunt force injuries.” Toxicology test results are pending. A spokeswoman for the the coroner’s office said New Orleans police had initially classified the death as unusual but later classified it as a Signal 29, or death. Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Burke said students may contact his office at 601-2665020 for related assistance. “Cole Whaley will forever be remembered as an intelligent, kind and valued member of the Southern
Miss community,” Burke said. “As we all try to make sense of this tragic accident, the university will continue to do all that it can to support Cole’s Pi Kappa Phi brothers, his family and friends and all affected USM students.” Funeral services for Whaley were held Feb. 15 at Spanish Fort United Methodist Church. Whaley is survived by his parents, a brother and a twin sister, according to an AL.com obituary. Whaley attended USM on a full academic scholarship and majored in finance and accounting.
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NEWS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Students, faculty discuss immigration LORA LAVIGNE
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The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Human Rights and Civil Liberties hosted a forum on immigration Wednesday, Feb. 15 to examine current issues facing immigrants in the United States. The forum, co-sponsored by the Southern Miss Muslim Student Association and the USM Speech and Debate Team, examined all sides – including the legal battles and implications – of the recent executive order made by President Donald Trump that bans immigration from seven Muslim -majority nations. Director of Political Science Robert Press, two Iranian faculty members, several Muslim students and the USM Speech and Debate Team overviewed the discussion. “We moved out here because we wanted to have a better life,” said Assistant Professor of Economics and Iranian faculty member Hadise Tavana. “With everything going on now, we’re not sure what may happen to us in the next few years.” Tavana was joined by Adjunct Instructor of Economics Mehdi Barati, who is also an Iranian faculty member. They spoke about their lives in Iran and why they chose to move to the United States. Individuals asked questions regarding immigrants’ feelings about the state of the US.
Tavana said they will now have to take precautions because of Donald Trump’s executive order and the impact it will have on their lives. “We are safe for three years, and we just hope by then, the Senate will take over and release these plans and stop this from occurring,” Tavana said. “We have to secure our lives here in the United States.” After the faculty members gave their insight on living in America as an immigrant, the USM Speech and Debate Team looked at both sides of the executive order. Junior Polymer Science student and debate team member Mason Dearborn was selected to argue on why the executive order is supported by some people in the country. “I split the debate up to focus mainly on its legality and the statistical evidence that the order is for the best interest of the nation, for instance national security,” he said. Junior communication studies and history major and debate team member Johnathan Bridenbaker was selected to argue on why the executive order is not supported by some people in the country. In his debate he said the order circumvented legal boundaries, upsets checks and balances and does not respect the most basic systems of government. “It’s something that we as a nation shouldn’t endorse,” Bridenbaker said. “We shouldn’t endorse closing
Courtesy Photo | Director of Political Science Robert Press lectures to students during the immigration forum on Feb. 15, 2017. people off, sending people away and detaining them arbitrarily. We need to have a country that is welcomed to all individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religion.” The USM Speech and Debate Team members said that the objective of the debate was not to overcome media biases but to present an informative case on people’s differing opinions on the executive order. “I think it’s great for people to decide
on what they want after listening to both sides,” Dearborn said. “Normally, people only really get to hear what they want to hear.” Once the debate was completed, Press opened the discussion to questions from the audience. Press helped provide answers from a political science sense but encouraged the attendants to think about the questions themselves and form their own opinions. This forum was one of the “Human
Rights Week” discussions being held this month. “Human Rights Week,” hosted by The Student Government Association will continue from Feb. 20 - 24. Other events include the Human Rights Fair on Monday, #IAMHuman Tuesday, Social Justice Day Wednesday, Thursday there will be a movie screening of “13th” and “The Wheel of Rights” game day on Friday.
CSGS hosts lecture on slave trade, shipwrecks ANNIE JOHNSON
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The University of Southern Mississippi’s Department of History partnered with the Center for the Study of the Gulf South (CSGS) to welcome Rosanne Adderley from Tulane University for its annual spring lecture Feb. 16. Adderley presented her lecture “Shipwrecks, British Courts and Slave Emancipation in the Caribbean” on her research on the African slave trade on the Caribbean and the Gulf South. Adderley received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and her Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Adderley, who has always been interested in black enslavement across borders, read parts of her research aloud to the audience. Adderley was able to keep the crowd’s attention by mixing humor with key facts about specific legal debates that arose when shipwrecks brought slaves ships into British territories. Though Adderley was able to engage the crowd with jokes, she made sure everyone understood the seriousness behind the slave ship controversies. “Part of my argument is that
there’s nothing minor in these confrontations,” she said. Adderley was adamant that this subject which happened between 1830 - 1865 still deserves to be discussed amongst people today. “It’s important especially in places like Mississippi with so much [slave] history,” Adderley said. “We don’t know everything, and places like this are a good opportunity to talk about these things, and broaden the discussion of slavery.” Adderley used maps and other visuals throughout the lecture to illustrate different territories and paths described in her research. Casey said there was a need for Adderley’s lecture for the University of Southern Mississippi. “Sometimes we stop thinking,” Casey said. “We need to realize there are things further south than the U.S South.” Adderley ended the lecture by taking questions from the audience, who seemed quite engaged with Adderley and the topic. The lecture lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes. CSGS plans to host more events and lectures later in the semester at the USM Gulf Coast campus. For more information on CSGS, visit its website at usm.edu/gulf-south.
Abhishek KC | Printz Rosanne Adderley of Tulane University lectures to students and faculty on Feb. 16, 2017.
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‘Burg museum honors Black History Month PATIENCE JOHNSON
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For the African American Military History Museum in Downtown Hattiesburg, Black History Month is the busiest time of the year, as it yields 30 - 50 visitors per day. “Black History Month is special for us, and, obviously, we do extra programming,” said Alana Ledford, the museum’s collections and exhibitions specialist. “For example, we have story time with a soldier for the small children, where we have someone who is in the service read the kids a story. They get to know someone in uniform on a softer side of things. It’s a very human communication.” The museum opened in 1942, and the then-USO Club served as a home for African-American soldiers stationed at Camp Shelby when U.S. forces were segregated. This is the only remaining USO constructed building and is listed on the National Registry of Historic
Places as well as designated a Mississippi Landmark, according to the museum’s website. Ledford said the USO Club was constructed by community volunteers who invested more than 40,000 hours in the project. On May 23, 2009, the African American Military History Museum opened its doors to more than 700 people who arrived to commemorate the grand opening of this unique attraction. “This was a major place for Hattiesburg way back in the ‘40s, and when it was done being a USO, it was still an important place for the African-American community here,” Ledford said. “It’s important because it preserves this part of history for Hattiesburg, and certainly it tells the history of [African-American military], which is told in a limited capacity otherwise.” Hattiesburg resident James Bramlett said the museum tells a story not only for AfricanAmericans but also for United
States citizens as a whole. “I love the history, and the reason this museum is here as a separate African American History Museum is because it hasn’t always been adequately represented elsewhere,” Bramlett said. “They try to tell the local stories, too. This was [a soldier’s] home away from home, and the museum still tries to give that feeling and tell the story as a historical place, too.” All of the African American Military History Museum’s fees and donations for February are being donated to Hattiesburg’s tornado relief effort. Ledford said the museum’s employees are working to contribute in any way possible. In 2013, the museum suffered damage after a tornado destroyed the back part of the building. The establishment closed for a year due to renovations. “We recovered after that, but we remember what it felt like when the tornado hit this place,” Ledford said. “People volunteered right
Courtesy Photo | away by helping clear the debris and ghetto archives. Because of that, when the tornado this year hit everyone else, we decided that we wanted to be able to give back.” The African American Military History Museum is open
Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Patrons are encouraged to donate $1 for guided tours but are welcome to tour the museum individually.
Students compete in Special Olympics at Payne Center KELLY BRAHMBHATT
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Hattiesburg Special Olympics hosted its annual Spring Local Games on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Games were played at the Payne Center on campus and consisted of basketball contests. According to specialolympicsms. org, the Special Olympics were established in August 1975.The Hub City region hosts Spring, Fall, Winter and Summer games in accordance with the State Games. The local games are required to have their games about a month before the state games. The athletes and coaches meet about once a week for six weeks leading up to the local games. Assistant Director for the Hattiesburg region of the Special Olympics Mississippi Allison Hinz has been volunteering for them for just over a year. Hinz said a lot of the athletes are her students, which gives her the opportunity to get to know them on a more personal level. Hinz said the
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best part of her job is seeing the joy of the athletes when they accomplish something they otherwise thought they could not. She said she thinks it is a unique way to bring the community together. “It is probably [the athletes’] favorite thing,” Hinz said. “Many of them do not have extracurricular activities that they are involved in and so they pretty much look forward to every practice and every game. It builds their self-confidence, increases their social skills and helps them to make friends.” After the Spring Games, track and field is on deck. Hinz said that those include relay races, 200-meter dash and shot put. Maria Lejeune, an athlete in the games, was born in Ukraine but moved to America when she was two after being adopted. Lejeune said she looks forward to the local games all the time and would never miss a games. “My favorite thing about the games is that I get an opportunity to do a sport,” Lejeune said. “Summer is my
favorite games because I get to do track and field and swim.” Monday, Feb. 20, Southern Miss students will play with Special Olympic athletes together. It is an inclusive activity for people with and without disabilities. The program
was started by USM Rec Sports with football and basketball. These games will take place at the intramural fields at 5.30p.m. every Monday. If you are interested in playing and signing up, contact USM Rec Sports. Students interested in
volunteering for Special Olympics Mississippi in the Hub City Region, its next event is the Keesler State Games on May 19 at Keesler AFB in Biloxi. For more information, check its Facebook page at facebook.com/ HubCitySpecialOlympics.
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OPINION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Mental illness should not eliminate gun rights ALYSSA BASS
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On Feb. 15, the Senate voted 57 - 43 to approve H.J.Res.40, a bill which makes the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ineffective. The right to bear arms is a constitutional right, meaning the government is responsible for protecting it. However, that right and other constitutional rights can be taken away when a crime is committed, and America often associates mental illness with crime. According to The Trace, an independent organization devoted
to informing the public about gun violence, mental health adjudication is the eighth reason Americans fail background checks. Ashamedly, I feel safer knowing there is an effort to stop mentally ill people from possibly harming others. Because the mentally ill have often been publicized as the perpetrators of mass shootings, I associate mental illness with danger. Of course not all mentally ill people have committed crimes. In fact, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that less than five percent of the 120,000 gun-related killings in the United States between 2000 and 2010
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were committed by those suffering from mental illness. Though that number is a low statistic, it is still alarming. Mental illness itself is not a crime – a crime implies that a choice was made to commit it. Those with mental illnesses certainly did not choose to be affected, so for that reason, we should not blame them when something as rare as a mass shooting occurs. The ACLU seems to agrees with this logic. “There is nothing that indicates any gun violence, or greater propensity toward violence at all, for this population,” the ACLU said in a statement in support of Congress. “A disability should not constitute grounds for the automatic denial of any right or privilege, including gun ownership.” I think the few who have terrorized this country are definitely mentally ill, but the government is more at fault for allowing homegrown terrorism to occur. The current federal law requires state judges to declare the mentally ill unfit to own guns. This is to ensure due process. However, after judges rule in mental health cases, they must report their ruling to NICS, so that those unfit will fail their background check. But those in the service can be
careless. John Houser, the gunman in the Lafayette movie theater shooting in 2015, was able to buy his gun because psychiatrists did not send him to a mental hospital in 2008. The presiding judge then decided that Houser was eligible to buy a gun despite report of his severe bipolar disorder and violent threats to family members. His previous arrests for arson and selling alcohol to minors did not stop him from purchasing a gun in 2014. In the case of Dylann Roof, the man responsible for the Charleston church shooting in 2015, Roof confessed to the illegal possession of Suboxone, a prescription drug usually prescribed to recovering addicts. That should have stopped him from the purchase of his Glock, but his addiction was not reported to NICS. While those are just two examples, it is safe to say that America is inconsistent on reporting to NICS. The New York Times reported in January of 2016 that the number of mental health records submitted per 100,000 residents by the states varies from 718,334 to one with Pennsylvania in the lead and Alaska and Massachusetts far behind. Furthermore, the states have varying gun laws, proving even more discrepancy on gun safety in America. Depending on where you
live, you may be allowed to buy a gun from a private seller without a background check, ordered to an outpatient treatment, or if a person is a danger to themselves or others be admitted to a mental institution. If America as a whole is as tired of praying after times of gun violence, I believe that the states should give up the power of gun laws to the federal government. In issues of public safety, the states need to be a united front and face consequences for not cooperating with the federal government’s policies. Mentally ill people should not be automatically disqualified from buying guns. H.J.Res.40, which will most likely be made law by Trump, stopped the discrimination of the mentally ill. However, the knowingly mentally ill as well as the supposed mentally stable should be subjected to more extensive psychiatric evaluations due to the large responsibility of owning a firearm. Those who fail should be reported to the nation government. Those approved should be required to undergo annual mental health checkups. Extensive precautionary measures should be taken for gun purchases, for fear that there are more people suffering and going untreated from mental illness than we know.
Why did it take 16 years to cast first black ‘Bachelorette’? TICHINA WILSON
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“The Bachelorette,” one of the most popular reality television programs in the U.S., recently cast an African-American lead. Many people are raising the question of why it took so long – 16 years, to be exact. According to BBC News, Monday night’s announcement of the show’s newest lead was, in the words of its producer Mike Fleiss, “historic.” The reveal of the Bachelorette, which was announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live, got positive feedback from Twitter users, causing the site to go “wild.” Thirty-one-year-old lawyer Rachel Lindsay is the ABC franchise’s first black Bachelorette in the series’ 33 seasons. Lindsay is a civil litigation lawyer and the daughter of Sam Lindsay, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be a federal judge in Texas. The Dallas lawyer was first seen in season 21 with Nick Viall. While on the show, she represented herself with the utmost
class and sophistication. The reveal of Rachel Lindsay resulted in the trending hashtag #BlackBachelorette. In the meantime, Lindsay’s Twitter following nearly doubled (@ therachlindsay) and within a matter of moments there were more than 36,000 Twitter mentions of Rachel. America’s most popular reality TV dating show franchise received praise and support for Lindsay. However, not everyone was pleased at how long it took. “And it only took 16 years,” one Twitter user wrote. “We had a black president before we had a black bachelor/bachelorette.” Lindsay became the topic of interest after being the only black female contestant to make it to the top four on “The Bachelor.” In 2012, two potential black contestants brought a lawsuit against the franchise for under-representing minorities. According to BBC News, the suit alleged that ABC deliberately cast fewer people of colour in the pool of contestants and was nervous that interracial romance may “create controversy among its audience.” In addressing questions about the show’s lack of diversity in the past, host Chris Harrison said the show’s
Courtesy Photo | producers would never pick its lead for race-related reasons. “I’m obviously nervous and excited to take on this opportunity but I don’t feel added pressure being the first black Bachelorette, because to me
I’m just a black woman trying to find love,” Lindsay said in an interview for People magazine. “Yes, I’m doing it on this huge stage, but again my journey of love isn’t any different just because my skin colour is.”
Lindsay will not only be the first African-American woman to lead the Bachelorette but the first black lead on either of ABC’s reality dating competitions
SPORTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017
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Golden Eagles silence early critiques JULIUS KIZZEE sports editor Several questions surrounded the Golden Eagles season, including how USM would replace the pitching rotation, could this potent offensive lineup produce runs and others. Those questions were answered against the Northeastern Huskies in their three-game series, ending it in walk-off fashion from Storme Cooper in the last contest. “I felt getting one run at a time, getting a few runs at a time, that helps most – not [trying] to get five runs at a time. Last inning walk off, it’s always good to end on a walk off. Pretty exciting for the team as a whole.” The starting pitching for Southern Miss was one of the biggest question marks after seniors Cody Livingston and Cody Cockrell graduated. But despite the seven-run barrage that the Huskies put forth in the last contest on Sunday, the Golden Eagle pitching staff performed admirably. USM surrendered 12 runs in the three-game series, led by a Kirk McCarty pitching performance on Saturday that could set the standard for future pitching performances not just by him, but the staff as a whole. “We lost 315 innings last year, we’re trying to figure this out,” Berry said. “With Hayden [Roberts] and Kirk McCarty, that’s a one-two that’s pretty good, either way you go. With the third spot, Cody [Carroll] is going to learn. I have a lot of confidence in that young man. He’s earned it.” The runs were of minor concern this weekend as USM blasted the
Julius Kizzee | Printz Head coach Scott Berry watches Huskies pitcher Kyle Murphy on Feb. 19, 2017 at Pete Taylor Park. Huskies for 14 runs on Saturday scoring in every inning. That is not always the case, although. Instead of having a continuous offensive showcasing, Southern Miss has a tendency to have offensive bursts. In the second game where Southern Miss scored nine runs, those came in just the third, sixth and seventh innings. On Sunday, the Golden Eagles racked up five runs in the third inning. The wild nature of the scoring is something that Coach Berry has no other choice but to rely upon. His
team had not produced a run first as the Huskies jumped out to a 7 - 0 lead early. “I think today we weren’t satisfied in winning the series,” Berry said. “What we can’t do is get complacent. Even though we fell behind 7 - 0 today, I think it was a great test of our team to see what we were about.” One takeaway form this series is the mental toughness of this team. It is very easy to be up and keep the pressure on a team when you are the more talented foe. It becomes a task when you face such a deficit and are
able to fight the odds and climb back. On Sunday, the Golden Eagles showed resiliency in being down 7 - 0 in the third, to come around and to make it a Golden Eagle victory 8 - 7. The Huskies exploded for all seven of their runs in two back-to-back innings during the second and third periods. “I think this team never wavered,” said first baseman Dylan Burdeaux. “We never really put pressure on ourselves when we were down because we knew what our offense could do. They got up 7 - 0, nobody
really blinked an eye. We knew we just had to get in our rhythm of our offense. We knew we could take off from there.” This year’s version of the Golden Eagles will have their fair share of offensive prowess as this lineup is as highly as touted as one as Southern Miss may have ever seen. But, it will take a total team effort to beat teams of a higher caliber. USM will get their first chance to flex their muscles against Alabama on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
Golden Eagles overwhelmed by FAU offense ANDREW ABADIE
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The Golden Eagles dropped their final home game of the season and senior day against Florida Atlantic 94 - 82, behind the Owls’ 61.2 field goal percentage. The Golden Eagles found the strong start they had been looking for the past several games. Yet, the team soon found themselves in a battle of runs against the Owls. “Tonight we really struggled defensively,” said Head Coach Doc Sadler. “I can’t think of another time that we have. We just missed a lot of assignments and how to guard and gave them open looks.” At the start of the first half, the Golden Eagles experienced several lead changes and ties totaling to four ties and six lead changes by the end of the half. However, the Owls broke the stalemate going on a 7 - 0 run at 23 - 16. But, the Golden Eagles fought back into the game with a 10 - 3 run
to eventually tie the game at 26. The Owls responded again as they took advantage of a Golden Eagle field goal drought lasting over three minutes by extending their lead before the end of the half at 41 - 36. Despite winning the early rebound battle 21 - 15, the lack of Golden Eagle shooting helped keep Florida Atlantic in front. Sophomore guard Cortez Edwards helped put the Eagles up early with his 11 points and Michael Ramey hitting a pair of three-pointers to get his total up to eight points. The Golden Eagles could not slow down the efficiency of FAU’s offense, led by Gerdarius Troutman who hit seven three-pointers totaling 25 points for the night. The Owls began to wear on the Golden Eagles and rebuilt their lead to 11 points after the Golden Eagles cut it down to five points. Once the Owls got their lead back to double-digits, they continued to pour it on building their leads by as
much as 17 points. The Golden Eagles managed to close the gap to within 11 points at 89 - 78, but could not overcome the deficit. “We just couldn’t stop them,” Sadler said. “You got to give them credit, but when you score 80 points at home you are supposed to win.” Edwards had a career-high 26 points and ten rebounds, making him the first Golden Eagle to achieve back-to-back doubledoubles since 2015. Along with Edwards’ career night, three other Golden Eagles scored in double-digits; senior Quinton Campbell had 17 points, Ramey had 12 points and sophomore Eddie Davis had 12 points with seven rebounds. Notably, the team only had two turnovers the entire night. The Golden Eagles will start their final road trip against Rice on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in hopes of qualifying for the conference tournament. Adriana Garcia | Printz Guard Cortez Edwards dunks the asketball to capitalize his performance against Marshall on Feb. 2.
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