DailyMississippian thedmonline.com Vol. 100 No. 262 Tueday, March 06, 2012 The Hotty Toddy Taxi found itself face to face with the Oxford Police Department again Saturday morning when one of its buses ran over three University of Mississippi students. The incident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. at the Oxford Mall near the Malco movie theater, ac- cording to OPD Chief Mike Martin. Officers responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck by a bus. “Upon our arrival, we found over 300 people in the parking lot (who were) there waiting for pickup by buses for a fraternity func- tion,” Martin said. The fraternity function was Sigma Chi’s Ground- hog Day. Martin said the officers found three people, a male and two females, injured, with all injuries listed as “non-life threatening.” Each victim was listed as having had their foot run over. Both females were trans- ported to the hospital. One of the victims, Vir- ginia Ragland, has yet to be released. Ragland’s foot is not broken but she is miss- ing skin on her foot, which will require surgery, accord- ing to Baptist Memorial Hospital. Ragland is expected to miss class this week. Hotty Toddy Taxi sent three buses to pick up the passengers. Martin said when the buses arrived to pick up the passengers, the crowd rushed the bus, which resulted in the incident. The company was also shut down by OPD during a sorority formal last week- end for not having a proper taxi license. Martin said the drivers were issued citations for not complying with city or state ordinances. Bus runs over three students STAFF REPORTS [email protected]inside Kennedy, Barbee talk Thursday’s Ole Miss-Auburn first- round matchup P. 8 Diamond Rebels rise in the polls, host UT-Martin in mid- week contest P. 8 University Lions Club offers free vision screenings P. 4 The Bennie Abram trial is still under way, as the Univer- sity of Mississippi tries to get the case dismissed. Judge An- drew Howorth will rule on the motion to dismiss soon and is waiting on the plaintiffs to amend their complaints. Abram, a former Ole Miss football player, died Feb. 19, 2010 from complications in- volving sickle cell trait follow- ing a football practice. Abram’s parents, Bennie F. and Erma Abram, filed a law- suit involving 28 defendants, which includes current Chan- cellor Dan Jones, Athletics Director Pete Boone, former football head coach Houston Nutt and all of his staff at the time. Abram was tested for sickle cell trait following a medical evaluation mandated by the NCAA. Although he passed the medical evaluation, the results were positive for the sickle cell trait. Abram was never noti- fied by doctors, coaches, train- ers or the athletic department about his condition, according to court documents. The plain- tiffs allege that Mississippi law requires university defendants to follow NCAA standards and inform Abram of the results of his SCT test. The plaintiffs are currently working toward amending their original complaint. The judge will not look over the defendants’ motion to dismiss until the amended complaint has been filed. Representing the university is Lee Tyner, who believes the plaintiff ’s claims are inaccu- rate. “Mr. Abram’s death was a tragedy,” Tyner said, “But all of our employees and our sports health professionals fol- lowed all the best practices in trying to care for him.” The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Gene Egdorf, represented former Rice football player Dale Lloyd II in a wrongful death lawsuit following his death in 2006 from sickle cell complications. Following that case, the NCAA made it mandatory for all play- ers to be tested for SCT. The sickle cell trait is most commonly found in African Americans and Hispanics, ac- cording to the Sickle Cell Dis- ease Association of American (SCDAA). The association es- timates that the sickle cell trait occurs in one in 12 African Americans. The original lawsuit was filed May 17, 2011 at the First Ju- dicial District Court in Hinds County. It was not until Sept. 29, 2011 that the case was trans- ferred to the Lafayette County Circuit Court in Oxford. The case will continue following the judge’s ruling on the amended complaint. Abram trial on hold until complaint amended BY HOUSTON BROCK [email protected]FILE PHOTO | The Daily Mississippian Former UM football player Bennie Abram Oxford may not see a new farmer’s market until next spring. City grant writer Lynn Wilkins accepted the grant on behalf of the city at the Nov. 15, 2011 Oxford Board of Al- dermen meeting, and the grant was tabled at the Dec. 6, 2011 meeting. Mayor Pat Patterson said there were concerns about the grant and that they are still working on farmer’s market ideas and how to use the grant. “It may be next spring before it gets off the ground,” Patter- son said. Patterson said he approves of the new market, and he thinks it would be great for the com- munity. He also said the plans include a veranda to provide shade and shelter from the rain. The $61,258 grant would pro- vide two years of management for the market, but it will not cover the cost of construction. The market manager would be responsible for finding vendors, advertising and the general functions of the market. Trey McCain, a member of the advisory committee pro- posing the new market, said the grant was tabled due to a miscommunication between members of the board and the aldermen. McCain said the group was formed because Wilkins saw an opportunity to apply for a farmer’s market grant. He also said the aldermen had not re- ceived sufficient information on what the grant would cover. “We thought it would be a good expansion of the markets we have in the area,” McCain said. Currently, the Lafayette area has two markets, Taylor’s and Mid-Town. McCain said the board ap- proached Mid-Town, but they declined at the time to join with the new market. He said they are looking for a good, balanced market that would serve the vendors and the community. “When we think of Oxford we think of the university, the Grove and the Square, but that’s not really an accurate depiction of what Oxford is,” McCain said. “Oxford has a lot of people who need access to local, fresh produce and don’t necessarily have access easily.” In December, the Mid-Town market sent a letter to the board of aldermen expressing concerns about the new mar- ket. One being that Mid-Town is a volunteer market and runs at a cost of about $2,000 a year whereas the new market would use taxpayer money to start up. Mid-Town also expressed con- cerns over the location of the new market and possible drain- age issues that might occur. Rob Boyd, executive direc- tor of the Oxford Park Com- mission, said OPC met with members from Mid-Town in an Concerns delay new farmer’s market BY BRACEY HARRIS [email protected]INFOGRAPHIC BY CAIN MADDEN | The Daily Mississippian See MARKET, PAGE 4
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Hotty Toddy Taxi found itself face to face with the Oxford Police Department again Saturday morning when one of its buses ran over three University of Mississippi students.
The incident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. at the Oxford Mall near the Malco movie theater, ac-cording to OPD Chief Mike Martin. Officers responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck by a bus.
“Upon our arrival, we found over 300 people in the parking lot (who were) there waiting for pickup by buses for a fraternity func-tion,” Martin said.
The fraternity function was Sigma Chi’s Ground-hog Day.
Martin said the officers found three people, a male and two females, injured, with all injuries listed as “non-life threatening.” Each victim was listed as having had their foot run over.
Both females were trans-ported to the hospital.
One of the victims, Vir-ginia Ragland, has yet to be released. Ragland’s foot is not broken but she is miss-ing skin on her foot, which will require surgery, accord-ing to Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Ragland is expected to miss class this week.
Hotty Toddy Taxi sent three buses to pick up the passengers. Martin said when the buses arrived to pick up the passengers, the crowd rushed the bus, which resulted in the incident.
The company was also shut down by OPD during a sorority formal last week-end for not having a proper taxi license.
Martin said the drivers were issued citations for not complying with city or state ordinances.
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The Bennie Abram trial is still under way, as the Univer-sity of Mississippi tries to get the case dismissed. Judge An-drew Howorth will rule on the motion to dismiss soon and is waiting on the plaintiffs to amend their complaints.
Abram, a former Ole Miss
football player, died Feb. 19, 2010 from complications in-volving sickle cell trait follow-ing a football practice.
Abram’s parents, Bennie F. and Erma Abram, filed a law-suit involving 28 defendants, which includes current Chan-cellor Dan Jones, Athletics Director Pete Boone, former football head coach Houston Nutt and all of his staff at the time.
Abram was tested for sickle cell trait following a medical evaluation mandated by the NCAA. Although he passed the medical evaluation, the results were positive for the sickle cell trait. Abram was never noti-fied by doctors, coaches, train-ers or the athletic department about his condition, according to court documents. The plain-tiffs allege that Mississippi law
requires university defendants to follow NCAA standards and inform Abram of the results of his SCT test.
The plaintiffs are currently working toward amending their original complaint. The judge will not look over the defendants’ motion to dismiss until the amended complaint has been filed.
Representing the university is Lee Tyner, who believes the plaintiff ’s claims are inaccu-rate.
“Mr. Abram’s death was a tragedy,” Tyner said, “But all of our employees and our sports health professionals fol-lowed all the best practices in trying to care for him.”
The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Gene Egdorf, represented former Rice football player Dale Lloyd II in a wrongful death lawsuit
following his death in 2006 from sickle cell complications. Following that case, the NCAA made it mandatory for all play-ers to be tested for SCT.
The sickle cell trait is most commonly found in African Americans and Hispanics, ac-cording to the Sickle Cell Dis-ease Association of American (SCDAA). The association es-timates that the sickle cell trait occurs in one in 12 African Americans.
The original lawsuit was filed May 17, 2011 at the First Ju-dicial District Court in Hinds County.
It was not until Sept. 29, 2011 that the case was trans-ferred to the Lafayette County Circuit Court in Oxford. The case will continue following the judge’s ruling on the amended complaint.
Oxford may not see a new farmer’s market until next spring.
City grant writer Lynn Wilkins accepted the grant on behalf of the city at the Nov. 15, 2011 Oxford Board of Al-dermen meeting, and the grant was tabled at the Dec. 6, 2011 meeting.
Mayor Pat Patterson said there were concerns about the grant and that they are still working on farmer’s market ideas and how to use the grant.
“It may be next spring before it gets off the ground,” Patter-son said.
Patterson said he approves of the new market, and he thinks it would be great for the com-munity. He also said the plans include a veranda to provide shade and shelter from the rain.
The $61,258 grant would pro-vide two years of management for the market, but it will not cover the cost of construction. The market manager would be responsible for finding vendors, advertising and the general functions of the market.
Trey McCain, a member of the advisory committee pro-posing the new market, said the grant was tabled due to a miscommunication between
members of the board and the aldermen.
McCain said the group was formed because Wilkins saw an opportunity to apply for a farmer’s market grant. He also said the aldermen had not re-ceived sufficient information on what the grant would cover.
“We thought it would be a good expansion of the markets we have in the area,” McCain said.
Currently, the Lafayette area has two markets, Taylor’s and Mid-Town.
McCain said the board ap-
proached Mid-Town, but they declined at the time to join with the new market. He said they are looking for a good, balanced market that would serve the vendors and the community.
“When we think of Oxford we think of the university, the Grove and the Square, but that’s not really an accurate depiction of what Oxford is,” McCain said. “Oxford has a lot of people who need access to local, fresh produce and don’t necessarily have access easily.”
In December, the Mid-Town market sent a letter to the
board of aldermen expressing concerns about the new mar-ket. One being that Mid-Town is a volunteer market and runs at a cost of about $2,000 a year whereas the new market would use taxpayer money to start up. Mid-Town also expressed con-cerns over the location of the new market and possible drain-age issues that might occur.
Rob Boyd, executive direc-tor of the Oxford Park Com-mission, said OPC met with members from Mid-Town in an
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This past Friday, I had the pleasure of listening to Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activ-ist and wife of the late Medgar Evers. Evers-Williams has expe-rienced so much in her lifetime — witnessing the assassination of her husband, the integration of the University of Mississippi and countless civil rights and women’s rights events. However, Evers-Williams did not just wit-ness history; she helped create it.
I consider her to be a very pro-found and intelligent woman. I
respect her opinion and perspec-tive on life. In her presentation, Evers-Williams advocated for her generation and our gen-eration to work together for the common good. I think she made a wonderful point, and she struck a chord with many in the audience.
The older generations have so much that they can teach our generation. They have life expe-riences and wisdom that we are just too young to have obtained. Plus, they have a plethora of sto-ries that are usually really enter-taining.
So what does our generation have to offer? We know more about technology than any other group of people and we adapt to technological advancement quickly. We are quick-thinking and hard-working. We tend to think more out-of-the-box to
find solutions, instead of relying on traditional logic and think-ing.
Evers-Williams made a very good point during her presenta-tion, saying that older people are too worried about losing power and younger people tend to be stubborn and quick to action. Imagine the work that could be done if the two generations united.
Combining the wisdom and experience of the older genera-tion with the tech-savvy, non-traditional logic of the younger generation, the human race could solve many of the world’s current problems.
Evers-Williams has experi-enced this in her life. The Civil Rights Movement was one that also included the “young versus old” conflict. Had the two gen-erations worked more cohesively,
the movement would have been stronger and possibly even more successful.
Why is it that we aren’t able to unite at this time? For one, younger people are often not willing to listen to the advice of older generations. I certainly have this problem; many times, I don’t have the patience to listen or feel I do not need any advice. On the other hand, older people often consider the younger gen-eration to be stubborn (which is probably true) and too quick to act or thoughtless.
Personally, I feel both genera-tions need to give and take a lit-tle more. We can learn so much from the older generation. While I certainly think it’s important that we make our own mistakes, I also think it’s important to take their advice and life experience into account. Also, it’s important
that the older generation takes our opinion seriously and allows us to enter positions of power and authority.
Both generations deserve re-spect and should respect each other. So next time your grand-mother goes to tell you a story about her life (and I’m going to do this, too), take a deep breath and really listen. Try to under-stand how you can use the wis-dom of older generations to positively affect your life.
And — to take it a step further — start a dialogue with other generations and develop mean-ingful, powerful relationships. We can change the world; it just takes a little extra effort.
Adam Blackwell is a sophomore public policy leadership major from Natchez. Follow him on Twitter @AdamBlackwell1.
An article published in yes-terday’s DM, “Some ASB Elec-tions Were Won on Empty Promises” by Sean Higgins, called last weeks’ ASB elections “disappointing.”
Some of the statements made were unfair. All of the candi-dates who ran for president and vice president were certainly qualified for the positions they were seeking.
Mary Margaret Johnson has shown great leadership within the Associated Student Body throughout her time at Ole Miss. She served on elections commissions and on senate as parliamentarian, and she would have been more than capable of handling the duties of vice president if elected.
However, Emmalee Rainey has also shown leadership with-in ASB as well. She has been a senator for two years and served as chairman of the academics
committee in the past year.Ole Miss is extremely lucky to
have had three candidates who were extremely qualified and capable of running the senate. Samuel McKay did not make the run-off, but he could have brought great ideas and experi-ence as vice president as well. Any of the candidates would have done a good job if elect-ed.
The same goes for Kimberly Dandridge and Kegan Cole-man. Both candidates were extremely qualified as well as prepared to take office. Both Coleman and Dandridge served on President Taylor McGraw’s cabinet and have been presi-dents of other organizations on campus.
As far as “empty” campaign promises go, one could argue that Kegan’s iPad rentals con-cept is just as far-fetched of a campaign promise as clicker rentals or free printing. Every candidate made promises to
the student body, and I don’t believe they would make those promises if they didn’t believe there was a possibility of them being fulfilled.
President Taylor McGraw was criticized after his election for the “empty” promise of pro-viding scantrons to all students for free; however, he fulfilled it.
“Disappointing” is not the word I would use to describe last week’s elections. “Amazing” is more like it. Ole Miss is so lucky to have leaders like Mary Margaret Johnson, Emmalee Rainey, Kimberly Dandridge and Kegan Coleman.
I hope that Kegan, Samuel and Mary Margaret will con-tinue to share their leadership skills with the students of Ole Miss.
Sincerely, Ashleigh DavisJunior at University of Missis-
sippi Journalism/PR major
Dear Editor,
Response to “Some ASB elec-tions were won on empty prom-ises”
To be fair to the readers, it should be known that I cam-paigned for Emmalee Rainey. However, having been involved with both winning and losing campaigns during my years at Ole Miss, I know that elections are won and lost for many rea-sons. Accusing the newly-elected ASB president and vice presi-dent of campaigning on “empty promises” only one week after the first round of voting is taste-less, unprofessional, and reflects an inaccurate understanding of student government.
Candidates’ platforms reflect their understanding of the is-sues most important to students. They are promising to address these issues, not saying “I per-sonally have the authority to change this.” It’s true that some issues fall outside the ASB’s ju-
risdiction, and those that don’t must still be put to a vote. How-ever, addressing issues at the highest level of student govern-ment brings students’ concerns to the attention of University administrators – who put the most momentous decisions into effect.
Clearly, Rainey and Dan-dridge understood that students are highly concerned about the plus/minus grading system and printing costs. If, at the end of their terms, they have done ab-solutely nothing to make these concerns known to University officials, then, and only then, can Mr. Higgins allege that their platforms contained “empty promises.”
I hope Mr. Higgins realizes that his tawdry allegations are an insult to the candidates and voters alike.
Elizabeth YoungerSeniorInternational studies
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If you told me in September that I would be in a long-dis-tance relationship while study-ing abroad, I would have said you were absolutely crazy. I was single, happy and had ev-ery reason to stay that way, es-pecially with my year in Brazil drawing ever nearer.
But life has a way of turning on a dime, and it did just that when I started dating one of my best friends this past Octo-ber. Our first date to the sec-ond game of the World Series in St. Louis (standing-room-only tickets of course, like proper college kids) turned into dating, which grew into a full-fledged relationship with-in a matter of weeks.
We started our relationship on a distance basis (he goes to school in Tennessee, three hours away from Oxford) and made it a point to see each other nearly every weekend last fall. But even though that situation was inconvenient, we made it work and the con-venience of modern technol-ogy only made it more man-ageable.
People would always ask us if we were going to stay together after I left and our shared answer was always a strong, unwavering yes. Even in the way we talked together, there was never any doubt. There was never any talk of “we will see how it goes” or
“if this works out.” We always talked in certainties. We kept the dialogue open between us, discussed both our hopes and fears and stayed completely honest the entire time.
But when we said our good-byes at the St. Louis Inter-national Airport on Jan. 3, it quickly became clear just how difficult the distance was go-ing to be. Even though we had experienced “training wheels” of sorts in the fall with 150 miles between us, 5,000 miles is a completely different ani-mal.
I’m not going to lie, I cried like a little girl when we said goodbye. And for anyone who knows me well, crying is com-pletely out of the ordinary.
The first few days were the worst by far. I kept a brave face for those around me, but inside I was hurting. The modern technological mira-cles of Skype and Facebook made it easier, but blending culture shock with homesick-ness took a toll regardless. As days turned into weeks, things got easier. We found a flexible routine of emails, messaging and Skype that made us feel connected without being con-stricted. Now I can truly say I am excited about the chal-lenge of our “LDR.”
So far in my experience, the success of our long-distance relationship has depended on three things: compatibility, commitment and communica-tion. Without these three prin-ciples, our relationship would probably have hit a dead end within the first month.
I listed compatibility first because I believe there is a certain chemistry that needs
to exist for any relationship to work. The reason is pretty self-explanatory: if there isn’t that special “spark,” then there can never be enough energy to keep the relationship alive, especially over long distances. I have been in relationships in the past that I have bro-ken off because of distance, because I knew that it didn’t have the momentum to last. The second is another no-brainer: commitment. Both parties have to be completely and 100 percent committed to maintaining the relationship. If there is any unaddressed doubt or concern, those feel-ings can grow into a much larger problem that could lead to the end.
The last point is also the one I feel is most important: communication. Communica-tion is in many ways the foun-dation of not only romantic relationships, but every other kind of relationship as well. We lose touch with old friends easily because we stop talking and stop interacting. In long-distance relationships, the ex-act same thing can happen, but on a much more sensitive and emotional scale. As I said earlier, my boyfriend and I found a routine of communi-cation that allowed us to feel connected without being con-stricted. A call here, an email there. The little things add up. Best of all, the distance has forced us to work on the spiritual and emotional aspect of our relationship in ways that would have been impos-sible if we were both living in the same country, let alone the same state or town.
Even if you are not in a
relationship at all, everyone could stand to reflect upon how important communica-tion really is, especially in to-day’s society. With tools like smart phones, the Internet and Facebook, simply being someone’s “friend” on a social networking site doesn’t mean you truly are. A simple phone call or message can go a long way.
Of course, all of these points are just my own personal ex-perience. I am no relation-
ship expert, and I will never pretend to be. But by focus-ing on maintaining a constant and open line of communica-tion, the distance between me and my boyfriend doesn’t feel quite so long. Even though I miss him more than words can say, I know that this year is making us stronger, both in-dividually and as a couple.
Lexi Thoman is junior interna-tional studies and Spanish double-major from St. Louis, Mo.
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In an effort to combat vi-sion loss and blindness, the University of Mississippi Li-ons Club will host two free vi-sion screenings this week.
The first vision screening will be at the HealthWorks Employee Health Fair in the Johnson Commons Ballroom from 8 a.m. to noon Wednes-day, March 7. It will be avail-able to the employees in at-tendance.
The second vision screen-ing will be held Thursday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union lobby. This screening is open to everyone.
“For those who don’t have 20/20 vision and don’t real-ize it, these free vision screen-ings are a great way to pro-vide a quick and easy vision check,” said Marie Wicks,
president of the University Lions Club.
Wicks said members of the University Lions Club will be conducting the screenings and that these evaluations should not substitute an eval-uation with an eye doctor.
“Instead, they may indicate a potential need for further assessment,” she said.
There will be portable screening machines provided by the Mississippi Lions state office, along with informa-tion on the University Lions Club and membership bro-chures for those interested in joining.
Club member Abby Loden said being a Lion gives her the opportunity to help oth-ers locally and globally.
“I am excited about the screenings because the screen-ings (allow) Lions to serve our university and community,” Loden said.
Wicks said the University Lions Club has held several vision screenings on campus in the past, and she said they are always fun and generate a lot of interest.
In addition to the vision screenings and fundraisers, the club has helped lay down textured tape to assist visu-ally impaired students navi-gate hallways at Lafayette El-ementary School. Members will also speak to children at the Leap Frog after-school program about proper eye care.
“The Lions Club and its sight programs have become a platform on which we can reach out to our community,” Wicks said.
“I have been truly inspired to be surrounded by indi-viduals who are committed to ridding our community of preventable blindness, one person at a time.”
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attempt to include them in the new market.
Boyd said he is looking for-ward to the project, especially as another way to serve the Ox-ford community.
“I’m not a farmer and most of our staff aren’t farmers and we’ve never facilitated a farm-er’s market, but we’re all will-ing to learn to do whatever we need to do to serve the public,” he said.
In a statement released to The Daily Mississippian, the Mid-Town board made four points on the new farmer’s mar-ket. The first that they have not taken a stance for or against the market and that right now their vendors are their priority. The letter mentions that a previous market operated by the city is no longer in business and that they wish to see the develop-ments of the new market before deciding to act for or against the market.
The letter said, “If we join the new market and it fails too, then we have failed in our primary responsibility to our vendors.”
The Mid-Town board ac-knowledges that it has commu-nicated with OPC, but that it was after discussions had begun about a new market.
The board said that Boyd and the chairman of the OPC board attended a Mid-Town meeting in July 2011 and that Mid-Town was not included in plans of bringing in a new mar-ket. However, members of Mid-Town were invited to serve on the advisory committee for the new board and did for several meetings before stepping down.
The statement also expresses concerns about the location and operation of the new mar-ket on Bramlett and University Avenues, as well as whether the new market will be a Mississip-pi-certified Farmers’ Market, meaning all goods sold at the farmers’ market have been pro-duced in Mississippi.
Last the Mid-Town board ac-knowledged that they think the grant would be better suited to other areas that are faring worse economically than Oxford.
“If Oxford accepts this grant some other town, one with greater need but without the services of a professional grant writer, must do without,” Mid-Town said in their statement.
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fought game in Oxford, where we led by 10 or more for the ma-jority of the game and couldn’t hold on at the end,” Barbee said during the SEC coaches telecon-ference’ Thursday.
Barbee said Auburn must crash the boards to be successful against Ole Miss Thursday.
“Their size presents a chal-lenge for us (with) their size, athleticism and versatility, and the way they use that,” Barbee said. “They’re one of the best rebounding teams in the South-eastern Conference and a big way they manufacture points is off the backboard.”
Kennedy said Auburn has its own set of players the Rebels must be sure to keep an eye on.
“They have a combination of inside-outside firepower,” he said. “They do a good job of de-fending. Kenny Gabriel is having an all-league-caliber year and is a matchup problem. Frankie Sul-livan, as a combo guard, is as ex-plosive a scorer as there is in this league. They have size and phys-icality at the rim. We’re going to have to do a good job defending inside and hold our own on the glass. They present a number of difficult matchups and we know that Thursday is going to be a big challenge for us.”
No update on KendrickCoach Kennedy was asked
during Monday’s teleconfer-ence if there was any update on freshman guard Jelan Kendrick’s status with the team after he did not play Saturday for what Ken-nedy said after the game was a coach’s decision.
“I’ve not had the opportunity to meet with Jelan, so that’s still pending,” he said. “I’ll meet with him this afternoon. At this point, because I’ve still not had the opportunity to visit with him face to face, I’ll do that prior to taking the next step.”
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bats this season to go along with a .447 on-base percentage.
“I’m not your average third baseman,” Mistone said. “I’m not going to go up there and hit double-digit home runs. I’ll run into a couple here and there, but I’m more of a guy who will reach base for you, get hit by any pitch — I don’t really care where it’s at. If I have to lean into a pitch, or whatever, I’ll do what I’ve got to do to get on base. That’s just my style.
“I’ll take a walk, a hit, get hit by a pitch. I’ll just do whatever I’ve got to do to sacrifice my body for the team.”
Knight answers the callIn the series opener on Friday
against Miami (Ohio), freshman catcher Austin Knight came in to replace sophomore catcher Will
Allen, who fractured his pinky in the 9-8 loss. Since then, Knight started Saturday’s and Sunday’s game behind the plate.
“It was a lot of fun getting out there and getting a shot to play,” Knight said. “I thought I played pretty well for the most part. I feel like I was ready for it. The coaches prepared me for every-thing throughout the fall and the spring.
“You hate the circumstances with Will getting hurt, but he was really encouraging and helpful throughout the weekend. It was fun.”
Knight was the last of the Ole Miss freshmen to sign with the Rebels this past summer after waiting to see if there was a spot for him, and now he’s playing a vital role in the first three weeks of his freshman season.
“I’m just going to continue working hard on and off the field,” he said. “I’m going to con-tinue my routine and going about
whatever I need to. I need to con-tinue to play defense really well and be solid back there.”
Moving up the pollsAfter going 4-1 over the past
week, Ole Miss has moved up in all the major college baseball polls. In the Baseball America poll, the Rebels moved two spots to No.
14. In the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll, Ole Miss jumped eight spots from No. 25 to No. 17. The Rebels broke into the top 20 of the National Collegiate Base-ball Writers Association’s rank-ings at No. 19 and moved up one spot to No. 22 in the Collegiate Baseball rankings.
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Six Ole Miss athletes have been selected to compete in this year’s NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which are sched-uled for Friday and Saturday in Nampa, Idaho.
Headlining the group is junior All-American Ricky Robertson, who was recently selected as the 2012 SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. The other Rebels invited to the NCAA Champion-ships include junior All-American sprinter Mike Granger, senior All-American long jumper Caleb Lee and senior sprinter Isiah Young for the men, along with sophomore pentathlete Fabia McDonald and junior pole vaulter Neal Tisher.
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Freshman catcher Austin Knight looks to the dugout in Sunday’s 2-1 win against Miami (Ohio). Knight started Saturday and Sunday’s games and is batting .375 this season.
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The Ole Miss men’s basketball team will enter the Southeastern Conference Tournament this week back on the NCAA tour-nament bubble after winning three games in a row.
Due in large part to that win-ning streak, the Rebels finished the regular season with an 18-12 overall record and 8-8 in league play. After a road win at Ar-kansas followed by a home win against Alabama, the Rebels’ only RPI top-50 win this sea-son, Ole Miss has seen its own RPI rise to 58th in the nation. The Rebels still have work to do in order to make the NCAA Tournament, but they have giv-en themselves a chance to play meaningful basketball in New Orleans this week.
The No. 10 seed Auburn Tigers will be the first test for
seventh-seeded Ole Miss. The two teams are set to play each other for the third time this sea-son Thursday night. If the first two meetings this season are any indication, Thursday’s game is sure to be close. The Tigers won the first meeting in Auburn 69-68 in double overtime. The Rebels returned the favor with a 61-54 win in Oxford.
“I don’t think they’ve made any vast changes,” said Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy dur-ing the SEC coaches’ teleconfer-ence Thursday. “You get to this stage of the season and you are what you are.”
Auburn head coach Tony Bar-bee said he is looking forward to the rematch.
“(It’s an) interesting matchup, given the two contests we had with them, having won the first game in double OT then a hard-
Kennedy, Barbee talk Thursday’s Ole Miss-Auburn first-round matchup
Junior guard Nick Williams is third on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg) and leads the team with 31 3-pointers made and 76.7 free throw percentage this season.
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The No. 14 nationally ranked Ole Miss (9-2) baseball team hosts the UT-Martin Skyhawks (3-9) tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Ox-ford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. The Rebels clinched a se-ries win against Miami (Ohio) with a 2-1 win Sunday and the Skyhawks are coming off a sweep at the hands of Arkansas-Little Rock this past weekend, includ-
ing a 12-11 loss in extra innings Sunday.
As a team, UT-Martin is hit-ting .271 with 10 home runs and scores an average of 4.9 runs per game. Senior outfielder Jor-dan Owens leads the Skyhawks at the plate with a .413 average, four home runs and 11 RBI this season while three other batters enter today’s game hitting over .300. For the Rebels, freshman right-hander Sam Smith will get his third start in as many weeks
today. Smith holds a 1-0 record with a 2.61 earned run average with six strikeouts and one walk in 10.1 innings pitched this sea-son. UT-Martin probable starter Dalton Potts, a freshman left-hander, will make his first start of the season. In four relief appear-ances, he holds a 24.30 earned run average after giving up nine runs on 10 hits in 3.1 innings pitched this season.
Mistone steady at thirdJunior third baseman Andrew
Mistone is in his first season with the Rebels after spending a couple of seasons at Rio Hondo Community College, but the transition from junior college ball in California to SEC baseball in Oxford has been an easy one so far for the La Verna, Calif., na-tive.
“It’s amazing,” Mistone said of Ole Miss and Oxford. “Where I’m from, you’re lucky to play in front of 100 people. The atmo-sphere here is not even to its full extent, I feel like, but it’s greater than anything I’ve ever felt in my life. The fans are awesome. It’s just a great town to be in, a great college atmosphere and a great baseball town for sure.”
Mistone was nominated for SEC Player of the Week honors after hitting .400 this past week. In the series clincher against Mi-ami (Ohio), he drove in the de-ciding run with a sacrifice fly and made a diving catch with the tying and go-ahead runners in scoring position to preserve the win. He is hitting .375 in 32 at-
No. 14 Diamond Rebels rise in the polls, host UT-Martin tonight in mid-week contest
Freshman outfield Auston Bousfield slides into third in Sunday’s 2-1 series-clinching win against Miami (Ohio). Bousfield is one of many newcomers contributing this season.
