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Misplacing things is a common occurrence in the busy life of a college student. A look at the 2017-2018 academic year lost and found list from the Mountainlair shows what some of most lost items are.
Keys
16 Phones
10 Credit/ Debit Cards
9 Wallets
9 Drivers Licenses
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What is your most misplaced item? Jewelry: 12%
Keys: 33% Phones: 37%
The most commonly lost items found in the Mountainlair for the 2017-2018 academic year were keys. There were 16 different incidents of keys found in the Mountainlair. Cell phones were the second most commonly lost item, with 10 in the Mountainlair’s lost and found last year. Some other commonly misplaced items were debit and credit cards, drivers licenses and student IDs. Students also In Thursday’s lost chargers, laptops edition, the DA and a calculator. published results of a Twitter poll for a question asking what item people misplaced the most out of the following four items: Phones, In the poll, 37 keys, wallets and jewelry. percent of people said they lost their phone the most, 33 percent said they lost their keys the most, 18 percent said they lost their wallet the most and 12 percent said they lost their jewelry the most.
Wallet: 18%
poll results
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A look at WVU’s lost and found Most commonly misplaced items:
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The lost and found log was received through a Freedom of Information Act request to the University.
BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR The West Virginia University football team is headed to a bowl game for the 18th time in the last 19 seasons. The Mountaineers will head to Orlando to take on Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl. “We’re excited to go to the Camping World Bowl in Orlando once again,” WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen said. “From a proximity point of view, it’s spectacular, it’s perfect for us. We’re pretty familiar with the state of Florida, with Orlando and how things work down there for the bowl game. We got a great old Big East matchup with us in Syracuse. We’re excited about that.” The bowl game will take place on Dec. 28 and kickoff at 5:15 p.m. Holgorsen mentioned that he did not know if outgoing offensive coordinator and new Texas State head coach Jake Spavital would be coaching in the bowl game. “I haven’t heard from Jake since his press conference,” Holgorsen said. “Obviously I talked to him throughout the process and was thrilled to death. He was a hot commodity to have at several schools that were talking to him as far as being the head coach and he settled on Texas State and that’s great for Texas State. Once he called me and he said ‘I like it, I’m taking it’, I said ‘congratulations’ and then we both started recruiting. He’s going to be buckled down with recruiting over the next three weeks, and that is 100 percent his decision.” Holgorsen said he would take
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over offensive coordinator duties for the bowl game should Spavital decide not to return for it. He also did not speak on what players, if any, would skip the bowl game. “I gave our guys a week off, and then next week is all about academics as they wrap up the semester,” Holgorsen said. “I got a recruiting weekend next weekend which is when we’re going to reconvene as a football team and kind of see where their mind is.” WVU will take on former Big East rival Syracuse, who finished the season with a 9-3 record and ranked 20th in the College Football Playoff rankings. Their only losses came to Clemson, Pitt and Notre Dame. Holgorsen said playing Syracuse would be a lot like playing a Big 12 team. “I don’t know a whole lot [about Syracuse] personnel-wise,” Holgorsen said. “Me and Coach Babers have known each other for a long time, grew up in the air raid system. [We’ve] been going to clinics since back in my early Texas Tech days and he was at Texas A&M. I know he spent a little time at Baylor and took that system and went to Bowling Green and then went to Syracuse and have had unbelievable success as a head coach running that type of system.” Syracuse holds a 33-27 record over the Mountaineers, with the most recent meeting coming in the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl in New York. The Orange won that game, 38-14. West Virginia and Syracuse were conference rivals in the Big East from 1991 until 2011. The Mountaineers left for the Big 12 in 2012; the Orange bolted for the ACC in 2013.
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West Virginia Democrat launches 2020 bid BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR In what’s expected to be one of the most crowded Democratic primaries in recent history for the upcoming presidential election, state Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan, became the first candidate in the country to file papers to run. Six days after election day, Ojeda stood in front of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and said, “I’m Richard Ojeda, and I’m running for the president of the United States of America.” Ojeda, an Army paratrooper who served for 24 years in Afghanistan and Iraq, began his political career in 2014, when he lost in the primary election for the 1st Congressional District against 30year incumbent Nick Rahall. He was elected to the
“I like Richard a lot. He and I got to know each other on the campaign trail a bit and I think he’s actually got a ton of passion—he’s what you want in terms of a passionate advocate for West Virginia. It’s going to be a really tough road for literally anyone and everyone who’s running for 2020. I’m proud of him for putting himself out there.”
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-Kendra Fershee state senate, where he still serves today. He became a household name to West Virginians in his efforts to demand pay increases for educators during the 2018 teachers’ strike. Ojeda gained national spotlight when he decided to run for the 1st Congressional District again in 2018. He was the subject of many profiles about how a Democrat could win a district won by President Trump by 49 points in 2016. But Ojeda lost to state Delegate Carol Miller, R-Cabell, by about 22,000 votes, or about
13 points; 36 points higher than Hillary Clinton’s loss in the district. Ojeda won just Boone and Fayette counties, but he received more than 36 percent of the vote in every county in the 3rd Congressional District. Ojeda will be present in 2020, partly because of national media attention and his military record. Since announcing his run for President, he’s appeared in articles on Politico, CNN, The Intercept, New York Magazine, USA Today and multiple others. He said he voted for Trump
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State Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan in 2016 but became upset with the president’s performance since the election. Now, Ojeda’s vying to run against him and has repeatedly attacked him on Twitter since election day. Ojeda’s chance at making noise in 2020 is up for debate, but by his populist nature, he will be around, and he’ll be loud.
What redistricting could look like in 2022 STAFF REPORTS West Virginia is expected to lose a congressional seat by 2022 if the state doesn’t gain about 20,000 residents by the next census, according to a report from Election Data Services, a political consulting firm specializing in redistricting. If the population need is not met, this would lower the state’s number of representatives in Congress from three to two. The report projects it to happen, which makes future House elections much more interesting. The seats are currently occupied by Rep. David McKinley in the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Alex Mooney in the 2nd District and Rep.-elect Carol Miller in the 3rd District. All three are Republicans. The first question is how will the new districts be drawn. The current districts are drawn to create northern, central and southern districts. West Virginia has two options. It could appoint an independent redistricting committee or the lines could be drawn by the state legislature. If the districts are drawn in 2022 to create northern and southern districts, it could potentially pit two incumbents, McKinley from Wheeling and Mooney from
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A DA projection of how the congressional districts would be split. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the state of West Virginia as of July 1, 2017 is 1,815,857. The total population was divided by two to determine about how many people would have to be in each district. Then the populations of each county were added up to match that number. A line was then drawn to estimate where the two districts would be divided. The northern district includes 28 counties, the total population 904,993. The southern district includes 27 counties and its total population is 910,864. The difference between the two districts is 5,871. Charles Town, in a primary against each other. Redistricting could also
move Charleston, a current Democratic stronghold, into the southern district.
Fershee won’t enter 2020 race, to serve in supporting role
Charleston and Kanawha County currently vote in the central district.
Despite losing to incumbent David McKinley in her bid to take the U.S. House seat for the 1st Congressional District of West Virginia, WVU law professor Kendra Fershee says her days of public service are only beginning. Fershee, who threw her hat in the ring and ran for office for the first time in 2018, says her time as a major political candidate is over. She cited the rigors of campaigning, as well as her love for her current job, as major factors in her decision. “For me, I liked running for office, and being a candidate was thrilling in some ways, but I don’t see myself doing it again because I don’t want to leave my profession,” Fershee said in a phone interview. “I love my job — I need my job — and the amount of strain that it puts on running for an office like that, especially the amount of strain it puts on a family and on a career, is really, really tough.” “It’s doable in increments. It’s doable in smaller bites,” she said. “To do it over and over and over again just seems impossible.” Fershee said to best utilize her skills, her future lies in advising candidates on how to “tie their policy positions to values that are understandable, that are relatable.” “Does it matter if I personally am involved or that there’s some sort of branding or remodeling around me? Or is it more what I can contribute? I’ve been focusing more on the latter,” Fershee said. “It’s not necessarily about me as an individual. It’s more about what I’d like to do and what I can do well and be helpful to others who are putting themselves out there,” she said. Patrick Hickey, an assistant professor of political science at the University, believes Fershee will be able to benefit other candidates because she can relate to the constituency and the people of West Virginia. “Advising is helpful, but it has to be good advice,” Hickey said in an email. “The best advisers understand the state or district in which the candidate is running and tailor their advice to the area. Too often candi-
dates rely on advisers from the national party organizations and networks, and those people often don’t understand the district.” When talking about Fershee’s congressional campaign specifically, Hickey said, “I don’t think that happened in this campaign, but in the past I’ve seen advisers come from D.C. who have no understanding of West Virginia culture or West Virginia politics.” Recent data does say that Fershee could be of benefit to West Virginia Democrats because of her knowledge of the state. While McKinley has served West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District since 2011, Fershee’s campaign was able to regain some ground that was lost throughout political history. “Since David McKinley was elected in 2010, the percentage of voters that the Democratic opponent has gotten has dropped each year,” Fershee said. According to election data from the New York Times, Fershee, earning 35.4 percent was able to gain four points on Democrat Mike Manypenny’s 31 percent in 2016. Since McKinley took office, the highest a Democratic challenger has been able to reach is 37.5 percent. Fershee won just Monongalia County in the election, where Democrats across the board performed well. However, she was unable to gain more than 22 percent of the vote in four of the district’s 20 counties. “We pushed a little bit back against that sort of plummeting number for the Democratic candidates, but it’s going to take some time to really rebuild, I think, a brand for progressive and Democratic candidates — at the federal level especially — in West Virginia,” Fershee said. Ultimately, armed with new-found knowledge, Fershee said she is eager to get involved in her new role. “Obviously, there are lessons that you can take away from any experience—winning or losing—and so I’d like to help sort of process those lessons and make sure that everybody who wants that information or who is interested in my experience has access to it,” she said. “I think adviser or facilitator or something [as a new position]—I want to be helpful.”
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MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 2018
SGA looks to continue work on issues from fall to spring BY QUEST BABCOCK STAFF WRITER The semester is nearly over, which means there will be just half a year left for the current SGA administration. In an email, SGA Chief of Staff Bryan Phillips laid out some goals the organization will be working toward in the spring. Phillips said President Isaac Obioma and Senator Kareem Shammaa have been working to bring SPIN electric scooters, a ride-sharing scooter program used in larger cities, to campus and are currently waiting on a test scooter to arrive. In addition to this, Phil-
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SGA Preisdent Isaac Obioma posing after his election last year. lips said SGA plans to re-establish previously awarded scholarships in coordination with with Student Life and Student Engagement and Leadership. Examples
of these scholarships include funding the painted murals at the PRT and a tailgate with a couch burning. Phillips said SGA members recently met with the Monongalia County delegates to discuss a number of issues, including higher education funding and pedestrian safety. SGA presented a multiple-year plan in August aimed toward long-term pedestrian safety initiatives. Phillips said notes from the meeting with county delegates would be released at a later date. He also expressed that initiatives regarding textbook affordability, campus safety, higher education registration and diversity were in the works.
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WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FURRY FRIENDS! Twee Tweet us your pets and we’ll do our best to give them th the recognition they deserve for being so cute. Tweet us your pics @DailyAthenaeum A Celebration of West Virginia and West Virginia University Authors Friday, December 7, 2018 | 10:00 a.m. Charles C. Wise Library Atrium
Dean of WVU Libraries, Karen Diaz, will host a celebration to showcase West Virginia authors. Scheduled to appear are:
PRESIDENTS PANEL DISCUSSION
Nancy L. Abrams
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Natalie Sypolt Co-authors Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee
Books will be available for purchase at the event or you may bring one of their books from your own collection. Reception to follow
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Art exhibit puts a modern twist on classic comics BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Patrons of WVU’s Art Museum had the opportunity to warm up while looking at some super pieces of art on Saturday at an event called “Hot Chocolate and Heroes.” The museum is currently hosting the “My Hero! Contemporary Art and Superhero Action” exhibit. The exhibition shows a variety of contemporary artworks that put twists on classic superheroes. The purpose of the event was to allow families in the Morgantown community to check out the museum and enjoy some hot chocolate. Children in attendance on Saturday also had the opportunity to make their own superhero masks.
Heather Harris, education program manager at the Museum of West Virginia University, wanted to involve the community in the exhibition. “Because it’s something that is such a fun topic, we wanted to make sure that we did something that invited the families and communities in,” Harris said. Harris said the exhibition displayed a different side of some notable heroes. “It’s people taking the idea of superheroes and humanizing them,” Harris said. In the exhibit, superheroes are depicted in unusual ways. One exhibit depicts a crocheted Spider-Man caught in his own web. Another shows Superman delivering pizzas on his bike. One work of art shows superheroes getting old and
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playing cards while another focuses on representation by depicting superheroes as different races and ethnicities. “It’s artists taking an interesting twist on the superhero genre through their art and their creativity,” Harris said. She said the “My Hero! Contemporary Art and Superhero Action” is a traveling exhibition, and the museum has been planning for it for over two years. The exhibit was originally on display in Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek California. A note on display in the exhibit from Bedford Gallery curator of exhibitions and programs, Carrie Lederer reads “Every generation needs a hero. Through the eyes of contemporary artists today, My Hero explores the enig-
matic and iconic world of superheroes and the staying power of the extraordinary characters that inhabit this astonishing domain.” Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by the Friends of the Art Museum and by William and Linda Hagerty. “My Hero! Contemporary Art and Superhero Action” will be on display in the upstairs gallery of the museum until Dec 31. The Art Museum’s hours are 3:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursday and 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. To learn more about the Art Museum’s upcoming events, visit its website at https://artmuseum.wvu.edu/.
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MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 2018
Area schools attend coding event at WVU BY QUEST BABCOCK STAFF WRTIER WVU invited numerous middle and high schools to White Hall on Saturday to attend the WVU Hour of Code. Students not only received presentations from University faculty, such as Assistant Professor of Mathematics Zach Etienne, but they even had the opportunity to pres-
ent projects they developed to their peers. In the weeks leading up to the event, students developed their projects and rehearsed their presentations. One such project, portraying the way coding works, had participants work in pairs, one as the “programmer” and the other as the “robot.” The programmer received a picture of a pattern of cups and then had to write
a code using arrows for the robot to follow. The robot then had to follow the written code to correctly place the cups without any further communication from the programmer. Amanda Jelsema, who helped with the event, said coding can be treated just like any other major subject in school. “We’re really trying to push this as another course
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Students worked with WVU students and faculty in White Hall Saturday afternoon.
just like algebra, biology, or chemistry, that you learn in school,” she said. Je l s e m a also said anyone could code at any age, so the event was open to anyone ages four to 104. The students also received a visit from Trevor Kiess, which Madux Cutlip, a sixth grader from Webster County, said was an exciting opportunity.
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The students followed these directions in order to learn the process of coding.
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Madux Cutlip is all smiles standing next to the Mountaineer, Trevor Kiess.
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MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 2018
Trees: Our personal lifeline SUBMITTED BY COLTON FRINK, ANDREW HIRSCH, SIMEON SPOTTSWOOD, HUNTER CLEMENTS AND JASON KING FOREST & HYDROLOGY STUDENTS Every year, we see the green of our trees’ leaves retreat into their branches, leaving a slew of colors, signaling the arrival of autumn. Trees and woody-stemmed plants come in all forms, shapes and sizes, with each having its own unique features. They present a beautiful mosaic in our forests as the season’s change and they mature. Aside from the aesthetic value we gain through these woody plants’ life cycles, they provide a much larger benefit to society. There are many ecosystem services provided by the nutritional cycle and growth of trees. These ecosystem services can range from maple syrup harvested in the spring to pour over your warm pancakes in the fall to shade over a park bench on a hot summer day. These are luxuries to have throughout our life, but the nutrients transported and seasonal growth plays bigger
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Trees provide larger benefits to society than just scenery, and we must work toward sustaining and conserving them. roles in society’s well-being. Carbon sequestration and precipitation interception are two of the most crucial roles of tree yearly growth. These processes act as nature’s filter to provide us clean water to drink and air
to breathe. It is important to not take these forests and their functions for granted, and through good stewards, we can even manage them to be more productive and beneficial to our daily lives. Sustainable forest man-
agement and conservation can be the key to the most productive forests, respectively. These will be large factors in the future for our nation’s forests and private lands.
Changes should be made to control Greek life SUBMITTED BY TAYLOR WHITE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING STUDENT Greek life has always been one of the biggest organizations that a student can join when coming to college. Multiple factors go into this decision, such as: wanting a social life, wanting to have some fun, wanting to be a part of something, etc.
However, more often than not, we see in the news that something has negatively impacted the students that join Greek life. Maybe it is a predisposition society has for fraternities and sororities that we see all the things displayed in the movies and instantly dislike the idea of them, or maybe it’s possible that all the awful things that we see and hear on campuses set the stage. Alcohol problems, hazing
and even death are some of the biggest issues that seem to come out of the organization meant to be a safe, philanthropic environment. In the case of Nolan Burch, one excessive drinking spell lead to his death. Greek life came to a halt with the passing of this student. The events leading up to this were a pledging ceremony known as Big-Little Night. Members known as pledges began to drink large amounts of alco-
hol which lead to his BAC being .493, which is more than six times higher than the legal limit to drive. There needs to be some reform in the system to regulate and actually enforce the rules. If the rules were actually applied, like in the sorority system, then there would be a lesser chance of death in Greek life and a way to control member’s actions.
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Improved passing key during WVU’s recent uptick BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER
MEN’S BASKETBALL West Virginia is noticeably better in one area during this four-game winning streak: passing. That was a massive problem early on in the season and a big reason why WVU got off to a shaky 1-2 start after entering the Preseason AP Poll at No. 13. There were careless passes and little ball movement. It was evident in the final box scores — 16 assists and 19 turnovers in the season-opening loss to Buffalo, 13 assists and 18 turnovers in an ugly win over Monmouth to begin the Myrtle Beach Invitational, and twice as many turnovers (22) as assists (11) in the loss to Western Kentucky. “I think it was team chemistry,” said WVU redshirt freshman guard Brandon Knapper. “We really didn’t play with each other a lot, guys was injured, guys didn’t get to play in summer.” In a lot of ways, Knapper is right. Starting point guard James “Beetle” Bolden has been banged up, leaving the Buffalo game early after a
21-point display, not playing in the Saint Joseph’s and Valparaiso contests, along with not playing the second half versus Rider on Wednesday due to precautionary reasons. But Bolden will not let the injury bug be any reason why the passing numbers were not up to par in the first three games of the season. “We don’t really even want to use that as an excuse, so I’m not even going to say that,” Bolden said. “We’ve just got to play hard. If we play hard, everything will fall in place.” Getting the chemistry together might be the most important part of what Knapper said. It’s one thing to have players like Bolden out for extended periods of time. That affects the time it takes to mesh on the court because they are not participating in practice or games. Instead, you are game planning and working without one of your top players and scorers (Bolden averages 13.4 points on 53.5 percent shooting and 47.8 percent from three-point range this season). WVU added seven newcomers to its roster. It lost two of the faces of the program — Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. — to graduation and professional basketball, a duo that
vs. Valparaiso (88-76 win): 17 assists, seven turnovers vs. Rider (92-78 win): 21 assists, 14 turnovers vs. YSU (106-72 win): 20 assists, nine turnovers
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Guard James “Beetle” Bolden trying to work his way into the paint. played in three Sweet 16s and won 25-plus games in each of their four college campaigns. “Our backcourt is very young,” Knapper said. “We’ve got freshman, redshirt freshman and James “Beetle” Bolden is a junior. We’re young, and we’re just working on taking care of the ball every day. We’re getting better at it.” The results have greatly improved since the Western
Kentucky debacle. Bolden has played in each of the last two games. Knapper is starting to find his footing following a redshirt year due to a knee injury in 2017-18 and health issues over the summer, scoring a career-high 10 points Saturday. Highly-touted freshman Jordan McCabe is showing signs of what made him such a big recruit, dishing out a career-best eight assists Wednes-
day and finishing at +14 in the plus/minus. Almost everyone on the roster is beginning to find a role. And that shows in the box score, not just individually, but as a team. Here is a look at WVU’s passing totals during this four-game winning streak: vs. St. Joseph’s (97-90 win): 19 assists, 12 turnovers
“In practice we emphasize just sharing the ball, making the one more pass and we’ll get good shots,” said WVU senior forward Esa Ahmad. As Ahmad said, it all started in practice. WVU went back to the fundamentals and worked on getting the assist numbers up and the turnover totals down. Making those extra passes and making a commitment to ball movement is key to every great team’s success. Because of that, the shooting numbers are much better, as WVU has converted 50 percent of its shots twice in the past four games and never shot below 42.9 percent during that stretch. “Our ball movement and our movement, in general, is all better,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “We were taking hard shots, and we don’t need to take hard shots. We’ve got enough guys who can make shots that we can spread people and get [a] step in shots.”
WVU plays Florida at Madison Square Garden in Jimmy V Classic BY MATTHEW GOLD ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
MEN’S BASKETBALL Bob Huggins and West Virginia have rattled off four straight wins after a 1-2 start to the season. On Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum, WVU beat Youngstown State 106-72. Esa Ahmad and James “Beetle” Bolden led the way in scoring with 15 points each. Sagaba Konate added 14 of his own. On Tuesday, the Mountaineers are back in action and return to Madison
Square Garden to play the Florida Gators. The last time WVU was at the Garden was in 2015. Then ranked No. 14 in the country, it lost to No. 10 Virginia 70-54. In the same season, WVU lost to Florida in the Big 12/ SEC Challenge. The Mountaineers were ranked No. 9 and were upset by the Gators 88-71. Florida is 4-3 on the season. They have losses against No. 14 Florida State, Oklahoma and Butler. Still up on its non-conference schedule is No. 9 Michigan State. Once SEC play starts for the Gators, they play Kentucky and Tennessee twice.
In the Big 12/ SEC Challenge, Florida travels to Ft. Worth to play TCU. The last time out for head coach Michael White’s team was a 98-66 win over North Florida on November 27. There were six Gators in double figures in that game, including 18 from guard Noah Locke. That was a season high from the freshman. “No one on our team plays any harder than Noah,” White said. “I’m very proud of his progression.” In that game, Florida tied an NCAA record by having nine players hit a three pointer. Behind the arc against North Florida, UF shot
a season-high 56.5 percent. Sophomore guard Deaundrae Ballard had 15 of his own. He has scored in double figures in five of seven games. Keith Stones, Kevarrius Hayes, KeVaughn Allen and Keyontae Johnson were the other scorers in double figures. Andrew Nembhard recorded 11 assists. He had seven assists in two other games in 2018. Ballard leads the Gators on the season with 10.9 points per game. Hayes averages six rebounds per contest and Nembhard averages 6.6 assists per game, which is good for 15th in the country.
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Guard James “Beetle” Bolden posing at the beginning of the game. Notre Dame and Oklahoma are the other two teams participating in the Jimmy V
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