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UM football player charged with assault BY CHRISTOPHER WHITTEN News Reporter

Derek Howard

Devin Clark

A University of Memphis football player was arrested on simple assault charges in connection with the on-campus attack of a student at the recreation center. Shelby County officers arrested Derek Howard, a defensive back, on Jan. 17 for the incident that occurred in November. He posted a $1,000 bond and has a court date set for March 23. Devin Clark, a former Memphis football player who is no longer a student at The U of M, has an outstanding warrant for his arrest on simple assault charges in connection with his alleged involvement in the attack. Clark was on the team in 2010. In compliance with University policy, Howard, who is still

enrolled at The U of M, has been suspended from team practices and competitions until the “matter is brought to closure,” said head football coach Justin Fuente. The policy states that if a student-athlete is arrested for and charged with a misdemeanor crime of violence, he or she shall be suspended immediately from all playing and practicing privileges. Pending a separate investigation by judicial affairs, Howard could face academic suspension or dismissal from The University if found to have violated a student code, according to Ben Morton, associate dean of students for judicial and ethical programs. Howard and Clark face misdemeanor charges, but according to U of M director of public safety Bruce Harber, the charges could be upgraded to a felony. He said the report was initially classified

as an aggravated assault based on the injuries obtained by the student victim, who was attacked after an argument over a basketball game. “The charges can be changed to aggravated assault at a later time if the courts/prosecution deem it appropriate,” Harber said in an email Thursday. Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft said assault is “when you cause someone bodily injury” and an assault becomes aggravated assault “when there is serious bodily injury.” Aggravated assault is a felony and carries three to 15 years in prison. Assault is a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 11 months and 29 days and a $2,500 fine. Freshman Brandon Transou, 18, identified Howard in a photo lineup as one of his attackers, according to a police affidavit.

The affidavit said Clark waived his Miranda rights and told police he hit someone who was “coming towards him.” In an interview Thursday, Transou said he was playing basketball at the recreation center with his friends on Nov. 8 when another group of students challenged him for the court. After the altercation, when he and his group of friends were outside the building, a group of 25 to 30 people jumped him and his friends, he said. The fight ended when Transou was knocked unconscious. He was transported to the Regional Medical Center with a broken nose and jaw and later had to have surgery, according to a police affidavit. “Yeah, I had to get a metal plate and a screw,” he said Thursday. Attempts to contact Clark and Howard were unsuccessful.

On an Impulse BY Timberly Moore News Reporter At the age of 20, Caitlin Cunningham received an unorthodox present from her parents — her own shop in Collierville. The former business management sophomore decided to take time away from school when she realized running the clothing store, Impulse Boutique, was more work than she anticipated. “When they told me, I cried. I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t expecting it before I graduated and I was nervous,” Caitlin said. She said she still gets nervous and a bit overwhelmed with her duties as owner and manager, but is extremely thankful for what she calls “a learning experience.” “I didn’t know that so many things went into running a business,” she said. “I had to get permits, licenses, and there was so much paper work.” She spends about 10 hours a day in the boutique, located in Suite 103 of 2130 West Poplar Ave.

After almost 25 business names, she decided on the “perfect” one for the shop. “I’ve always been an impulse buyer, so I thought it was a perfect name for my store. I still have clothes in my closet with tags on them because I just buy things on an impulse. I also think the name draws people in and promotes them to shop impulsively, so the name in itself is beneficial.” Joanie Cunningham, Caitlin’s mother, said she and her husband decided to give Caitlin the store on Mother’s Day. She said she doesn’t make a habit of giving her children gifts on Mother’s Day, but it was “so special” that she made an exception. “When I walk in the store every day I feel proud, and it is breathtaking to see her run this store the way she has,” Joanie said. “She has done a wonderful job, sacrificed so much and never complained.” By giving Caitlin the store, something that’s always been a dream of hers, Joanie was able to spend more time with her daughter, she said.

Caitlin got started in retail four years ago when she said she needed a job to occupy her time and earn extra money until she graduated from college, but it sparked her interest in building a brand. “The more hours I put in, I realized that this is something I have a knack for and this was my dream,” she said. Besides herself and her mother, Caitlyn employs two U of M students. She said she chose two of her friends because of their sense of style and will ability to bring in clients due to one’s involvement in a sorority and because the other being a former U of M cheerleader. Kara Young, junior education major and Impulse employee, said Caitlin inspires her. “I met her when I first came to college, I knew this was always her dream,” Young said. “I am really glad to come and work for her.” Caitlin sometimes uses the store for philanthropy projects that raise funds for various causes. “Impulse is all about giving

by Timberly Moore

UM business management major takes break from school to open fashion boutique in Collierville

Peyton Couch, Impulse employee and freshman journalism major helps model dresses for the boutique’s prom night event. back,” she said. “In one day we raised $10,000 for my little threeyear-old cousin to be able to go and have pins put in her legs so she can hopefully walk one day.” Impulse offers complimentary gift wrapping for their items that range from casual to formal clothing, accessories, and gifts specialty items. “People can come in here and see stuff that they won’t see across the street or at the mall,”

she said. “I don’t do a lot of reordering, so it is very much a specialty store.” Caitlin plans on opening another boutique in Nashville, but said she won’t do that until she has finished earning her degree. She said she will resume classes at The U of M in the fall. “I think there is a lot I don’t know that I could learn to better in my business, and my business will change as I learn,” she said.

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Campus Events

The UM Confucius Institute celebrates Year of the Dragon BY MICHELLE CORBET News Reporter The University of Memphis Confucius Institute invites students to enter The Year of the Dragon this Saturday at the Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art’s annual Chinese New Year festival. Former Belz Museum Director Nancy Knight and museum founders Jack and Marilyn Belz invited The Confucius Institute to join them in their Chinese New Year family day celebrations in 2004. “I’m not really sure how to describe our relationship with The Belz Museum. We’re like friends,” said Huihui Wang, Chinese instructor from the Confucius Institute. The dragon is the fifth sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the museum’s website, “people born under the sign of the dragon are energetic and warmhearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural-born leaders, good at giving orders

and doing what’s necessary to remain on top.” Since Wang was born under the sign of the pig, generally associated with laziness, she said she is not a fan of the characteristics associated with the zodiac. The Year of the Dragon started Jan. 23, and next year will be The Year of the Snake. Saturday’s festival is set to start at noon and last until 4 p.m. The main event, themed “Enter the Dragon to 2012,” is the judging of the 8th annual Chinese New Year Art Contest. Participants range from kindergarteners to high school students. The museum received 124 entries — all from Memphis city, Shelby county and local private schools. “The art is usually displayed at the public library, but this year we decided to display it at the museum. It brings more people downtown, and the tourists have really enjoyed the contest,” said Marie Dennan, the museum’s guest services administrator.

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Winners are determined through voting by the public. Terre Gorham, editor of Memphis Downtowner magazine, and Cat Tená, who works at The Memphis College of Art gift shop, are the guest judges who will pick the final winners. A number of prizes, including Grizzlies memorabilia signed by Mark Gasol and family passes to The Memphis Zoo, will be awarded to the winners, which are to be announced at Saturday’s festival. An Erhu (a traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument) musical performance is scheduled along with a storytelling session that will explain why animals are part of the Chinese zodiac. “We will be having a presentation of the dragon, paper cutting and will show cultural pieces of Chinese tradition. If you have friends who are interested, it will be a warm welcome,” said Yang Yiping, associate director of the Confucius Institute.

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Harris Concert Hall venue for opera competition BY WILLIAM YOUNG News Reporter

International Studies junior Ashley Bend and Business sophomore Christiana Gilles prepare their respective acoustic guitar and saxophone in preparation for a rendition of Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire” while enjoying the flash of warm weather early Thursday afternoon.

Music senior Michelle Bush sings and strums an acoustic while performing a self-composed, untitled song, with friend and Foreign Language junior Alan Johnson, enjoying a sudden bout of warm spring weather Thursday in open defiance of the groundhog’s declaration of an extended winter.

Aspiring opera singers between the ages of 20 and 30 will compete at the Harris Concert Hall in the first round of the Metropolitan National Council District Auditions Saturday at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “I think it’s a really good idea,“ said Andrew Cook, music education major. “I feel like opera has been pushed back in our society. It’s good for students our age to have a chance to see this.” Last year, two U of M students won the district competition. Famous tenor and former student Adam Diegel started his career at the competition. Former winners Jeremiah Johnson, baritone, and Stafford Hartman, soprano, are currently students in the music program. “This is the most prestigious competition for opera in the world,” said Assistant Professor of Music Evan Jones, director of the Metropolitan National Opera Auditions. Saturday is the first round of the district auditions, which includes Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Winners of the first round will compete in the semifinals, which are also held in Memphis this year. First-time national semifinalists, finalists and winners are eligible for scholarships from the National Council Education Fund over a period of up to three years after the competition. “In some ways its like the

‘American Idol’ of opera,” said Mark Ensley, chairperson of regional auditions. Volunteers and council members make the competitions possible across the country. Each District and region raises funds locally to award to the respective winners. The singers selected will compete for the semifinals, and if victorious, they travel to New York for the finals. “It is good that we have the competition here at The University of Memphis, so our students don’t have to travel,” Jones said. Two of the three judges have previously competed on a local scale, while the third is a classically trained vocalist. “The competition has been held here for a number of years by many of the faculty members,” said Jones. There is no limit for how many times a person can audition as long as contestants meet the eligibility criteria. To be eligible, contestants must be able to sing in more than one language, have musical training and be a citizen of Canada or the United States. At the district level, cash prices vary. The regional level awards an $800 prize for first place. The awards are funded from donors across the country. Winners will receive $15,000 each, and the other finalists receive $5,000 each. The semifinalists each receive $1,500.

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Walk&Talk

What are you doing for Superbowl Sunday? by Brian Wilson

“I’m a big Packers fan, so I’m still really sad, but I’ll still at least tune in and watch.”

“My fiance is a firefighter, so I’m going to make a bunch of snacks and bring them out to the fire station and watch the game there.”

“Absolutely nothing. I’m going to stay in my room and play video games all weekend.”

“I’m just going to watch for the commercials like always.”

“Go to Buffalo Wild Wings, eat, get drunk and root for the Giants.”

— Sebastian Rostig, Electrical engineering freshman

— Dayna Haywood, Biomedical senior

— Kristen Kelly, Advertising senior

— Caitlin Follansbee, Advertising senior

— Joshua Book, Criminal justice senior

College of education adds to its name BY NATAlIe leDOUX News Reporter The College of Education is adding “Health and Human Sciences” to its name to include all of its offered degrees. “No one knew that the College of Education offered all these other programs, so now, hopefully, they do,” said Dean of Education Don Wagner. Originally a teaching college, the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences now offers 57 degree programs in not only teaching, but educational administration, nutrition and dietetics, exercise science, health promotion, leisure and sport management, different areas of psychology and counseling, and administration in higher education. “The college name didn’t really represent those other departments,” Wagner said. The CEHHS contains more than 3,000 students and holds outstanding awards in departments other than teaching. The college is also attempting to use the name change to reconnect with its alumni. Wagner said those who received degrees such as sports management or mental health counseling can now connect more easily with the college they spent so many hours in.

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International

BY TIM JOHNSON MCT Organizers in this verdant hill town in Veracruz state have coaxed a tiny economic experiment on the citizenry: They created an alternative local currency. It’s called the “tumin,” which means “money” in the local Totonac language. Each tumin is the equivalent of one peso, but it can only be spent in the region. The aim: Urge merchants to accept payment in a combination of pesos and tumin, which would spur more spending. After more than a year, about 100 storeowners, tradesmen, doctors, dentists, salon owners, pharmacists, butchers and food vendors are on board. It’s also stimulated local handicraft makers. But there’s been a snag: Even though alternative currencies are used legally all over the world, including in towns in the United States, Canada and around Europe and Asia, the Bank of Mexico said that Espinal may have committed “monetary rebellion” in violation of the constitution, usurping a right of the state. Residents are flummoxed at the scrutiny of federal investigators into their town’s little experiment. “It’s not a substitute for the peso. It’s a lie what the Bank of Mexico says,” said Jose Perez Cruz, a 42-year-old electrician who reckons that the alternative money has increased economic activity. Espinal hardly seems an incubator for conspiracy. Set in hills near the Gulf of Mexico, the region got sidestepped in the state oil development that took place elsewhere in Veracruz. The closest it’s come to mutiny was back in the 17th century, when a Dutch mulatto pirate known as Laurens de Graff hid out among its glens. Otherwise, Espinal’s history has been as unpretentious as the vanilla beans endemic to this region rather than piquant habanero peppers. The brain behind Espinal’s experiment is Juan Castro Soto, a graying community organizer who wanted to give community currency a stab. Castro and fellow organizers decided to hand out 500 tumin to a group of citizens and set a rule that the local currency would be used for only 10 percent of the value of transactions. If a vendor had a kilogram of fruit to sell at 50 pesos, he or she would collect 45 pesos and five tumin. Slowly the system cranked into service, and since its inception in November 2010 some citizens are clear on its benefits. “I feel that it is a way for us to support each other,” said Ana Bertha Escalante, a local dentist who takes partial payments in

the currency. Escalante said she once shopped mainly at chain stores in Poza Rica, a city 25 miles away that she visits on weekends to see her parents. “I now buy meat from the butcher on the corner, and it’s fresh,” she said, noting that she uses tumin to do so. The price difference isn’t much, but her local butcher and hairdresser are happy with the new business. Experts on alternative local currencies say they emerge with vigor during hardship, matching unused resources with people short on cash. “These systems are countercyclical. When a global or national economy is in decline, then people naturally find these survival systems to help keep their businesses going,” said Stephen DeMeulenaere, an expert in new currencies and executive director of the Complementary Currency Resource Center, a digital resource center for alternative currencies. During the widespread bank closures of the Great Depression, scrip emerged in some parts of the United States to substitute for governmentissued currency and keep local trade going. Since then, dozens of communities in Europe and elsewhere have turned to local currencies as utopian or green experiments, or to allow local communities to boost business and build social ties. The oldest ongoing system in the United States is in Ithaca, N.Y., where for two decades “Ithaca Hours” have circulated — each one worth $10, or roughly one hour of labor. “There are a lot of people who don’t have enough dollars because the formal economy doesn’t employ them at all or employ them fully,” said Paul K. Glover, the founder of Ithaca Hours, who now resides in Philadelphia. Thus, for example, independent music teachers can tutor students, or carpenters can do odd jobs, taking their Ithaca Hours in turn to be spent at a variety of local businesses. “We have increased sales tax collections in the city due to millions of dollars in increased trade,” he said. Glover said an intangible side effect of local currencies is connecting residents to one another, invigorating local spirit alongside the economy. “A sense of community has an economic value in and of itself. People feel they are surrounded by people who they can trust,” Glover said. Other U.S. local currencies include the Plenty in the Piedmont region of North Carolina and BerkShares in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts. Canada’s Salt Spring Island near Vancouver also uses Salt Spring Dollars, and it even has an ATM that

issues them in exchange for regular currency. In many countries, governments recognize the worth of community currencies, even taking tax payments in them or allowing them to operate formally. In the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, some businesses and consumers use an exchange system known as C3 CompRaS, a variation on the Portuguese word “comprar,” meaning to buy. Under the system, members make transactions without having to transfer real money, leaving deals on a computerized ledger and freeing cash for dealings outside the state. Many community currencies are far humbler, operating among a few hundred people, struggling with accounting concerns and mismatches in supply.

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Mexico town creates own form of currency

Juan Castro designed an alternative currency plan for Espinal, a small town in Mexico’s Veracruz state. But the Bank of Mexico now claims the local currency, called the tumin, may be illegal.

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Football

BY TYLER DUNNE MCT A perfect storm is brewing, and Dave Merritt doesn’t like the forecast. The New York Giants’ secondary coach played under Buddy Ryan. He was taught to use his hands, to drill receivers. Now flags fly freely. Unlike Buddy, he’s teaching his players safe, specific “target” points in tackling. And here comes the new-age tight end full steam ahead. “All the rules are for the offense and I’m not afraid to say it,” Merritt said. “You can’t even touch a guy anymore. If you let these behemoth guys run off the line that are athletic, it’s tough. With these guys coming in that are 6-5, 6-6, it’s tough to cover them.” Welcome to the next great challenge for all defensive coordinators in football. They’ve been Gronked. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski (ankle) didn’t practice Wednesday and he may wear a specialized shoe in Sunday’s Super Bowl. He’s easily the biggest news story this week. Gronkowski is having an instant — possibly everlasting — effect on the NFL. The 6-foot6, 265-pound tight end has a vice-like grip, a wide receiver’s stride and a garage-sized receiving radius. In his second NFL season, Gronkowski caught a tight-end record 17 touchdowns. He has company, too. New Orleans’ Jimmy Graham had 99 catches for 1,310 yards and 11 touchdowns. Not far behind, San Francisco’s Vernon Davis and Green Bay’s Jermichael Finley are used in similar roles. “Without a doubt,” Merritt said Wednesday. The hybrid tight end is the next trend in the NFL.

More specifically, defenses must devise ways to stop them. “These tight ends they’re starting to bring into the league, these hybrid guys,” Merritt said, “when you have guys who can run like wideouts and have shake and wiggle and hips like slot receivers, that’s tough to cover.” All eyes are on the Giants. They’re on the front line of this counterattack. All season, no single scheme effectively neutralized Gronkowski or Graham. New York has one theory. It’s nearly impossible to defend such mutant gazelles in the open field. So the Giants don’t fuss with that. Instead, they center their game plan around confusing the quarterback. Coaches can’t simply cloud a tight end with three players — not against deep receiving corps like New England’s. So the Giants will constantly jumble their coverages. In a 37-20 win over Finley and the Packers, it worked. Finley had just four receptions for 37 yards, and Rodgers’ 78.5 passer rating was a season low. “The quarterback was the most dangerous person,” Merritt said. “It’s the same with Brady. We have to make sure we give them different looks. Who’s on him? Who’s doubling him? Who’s not doubling him? That’s what we did and that’s what we plan on doing this Sunday. . . . We’re trying to play the game with the quarterback. You have to.” Added linebackers coach Jim Herrmann, “You can never stay in the same thing twice. You have to keep them off balance. We have to move our chess pieces one step ahead of theirs.” As Finley would attest, nailing the tight end off the line helps, too. New York’s Jason

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‘Gronk,’ the newest word in NFL

Players from the New York Giants take photos as they walk on the field during the NFC Championship. Pierre-Paul bruised the tight end throughout Green Bay’s playoff loss. That’s what defensive architect Bill Parcells emphasized to his teams, former Dallas Cowboys safety Darren Woodson said. No free releases. A hit — subtle or submarine — can force the quarterback and receiver to re-route. “JPP hit (Finley) off the line of scrimmage and knocked him off his (butt) a couple times,” Woodson said. “It knocked the timing off of his route. That’s what you have to do to a lot of these guys. If they’re close to the line of scrimmage, or close to the tackle, bump him. If you have a linebacker that can knock Gronkowski off his route, bump him at the line of scrimmage.” But, of course, don’t get your hands too dirty. Rules against defensive backs continue to tighten. Quarterbacks now

have inalienable rights. Merritt joked that his former Phoenix Cardinals teammate — and Packers safety — Chuck Cecil could never survive in today’s game. He’s a headhunter. Leave it to Bill Belichick to see this coming. In the 2010 draft, he took Gronkowski 42nd overall and Florida tight end Aaron Hernandez 113th overall. The middle of the field would become a gold mine. “(Belichick) recognized with rule changes what was going to happen,” said Gil Brandt, the vice president of the Dallas Cowboys’ player personnel from 1960-’89. “In the old days, you didn’t have guys coming into the middle catching the football like you have now.” In 1960, Brandt said the Cowboys’ tight end caught 13 passes all season. Gronkowski could catch that many Sunday.

The game is always changing. Brandt is confident coaches will find a way to adjust. When Parcells’ outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor redefined outside linebacker, Bill Walsh and others redefined the left tackle position. The redefinition of the tight end position began at Radio City Music Hall on draft day two years ago. To cheers of “Gronk! Gronk! Gronk!” Gronkowski chest-bumped family members and screamed into a camera. He’s not going anywhere. And there’s probably more on the way. Offenses are bound to turn over every rock for the next Gronk. “They’re football guys that have an attitude out there,” Woodson said. “They’ll fight you. If I’m a scout, that’s what I’m looking for. I’m looking for a guy with an attitude that I don’t want to take off the field.”

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Basketball

BY DAVID CAFFEY Sports Reporter During Saturday’s basketball double-header at FedExForum, The University of Memphis men’s and women’s teams will don a color that isn’t blue or gray. Both Tiger squads will be wearing pink to support Play 4Kay, a breast cancer awareness program named for Kay Yow, who coached at North Carolina State for 34 seasons before losing a 22-year battle with breast cancer in 2009. The women’s team will take on Central Florida at 4 p.m. for their annual Breast Cancer Awareness game. Fans that wear pink will receive free admission to the game, and the first 700 entrants will get a free pink beanie. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Network. Elaine Hare, executive director for the Memphis-MidSouth Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, said sports teams wearing pink helps remind a large audience of the importance of early detection of cancer.

“In the state of Tennessee, 900 women died from breast cancer last year and 5,000 were diagnosed.” Hare said. “It’s a reminder for those of us that have the insurance to get screened, and a reminder for those of us who can to fundraise.” The men’s team will play their final non-conference game of the season against Xavier at noon. They will show their support by wearing pink T-shirts and warmups. Head coach Josh Pastner and the rest of the coaching staff will be wearing pink Polo shirts. Pastner has been an advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness locally since accepting the head coach position. He served as the 2011 honorary chair for the Susan G. Komen Memphis-MidSouth Race for the Cure. The Breast Cancer Awareness game is an annual tradition for the Memphis women’s team and for women’s basketball programs across the country. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association started the initiative, originally called Pink Zone, in 2007 to raise

awareness during games played in February. The WBCA renamed the program Play 4Kay this season in honor of the late coach and in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Saturday will not be the first time this school year a University of Memphis team has supported the fight against breast cancer. During the 2011 football season, the football team wore pink socks, wristbands and athletic tape for their Oct. 15 matchup with East Carolina. The Tigers have been undefeated in home Pink Zone games since their first in 2008 against Tulsa. In last season’s Breast Cancer Awareness game, Memphis beat Southern Miss in a decisive fashion, 78-58. The game against UCF will be the first time the two women’s teams have met this season. The last time the Tigers faced the Knights was in the semifinals of last years Conference USA tournament in which Memphis lost 81-63.

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Tigers proud in pink

Senior guard Ramses Lonlack drives with the ball during last season’s Pink Zone game against Southern Miss.

Tigers staying on course for NCAA tournament bid BY SCOTT HALL Sports Editor Last year, Memphis needed to win the Conference USA tournament to book their place in the big dance. This year, they are determined to get in regardless. Saturday’s noon game against Xavier (15-7, 6-3 A-10) will be the Tigers’ last chance to strengthen their NCAA tournament resume with a significant non-conference win. Memphis missed out on multiple chances for quality, non-conference wins earlier this season, dropping games to Louisville, Michigan, Murray State and Georgetown. A win tomorrow could do wonders

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for the team’s postseason hopes. “This game is important,” head coach Josh Pastner said. “There’s no question about that. I just know that we’ve got nine games before the C-USA tournament. We just need to do our job in the next nine.” The Tigers (15-7, 6-2 C-USA) are 1-6 all-time against the Musketeers, with a 1-2 record in Memphis. The sole victory in the series came Feb. 1, 1955 when the Tigers played in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Junior Mark Lyons and senior Tu Holloway lead Xavier in scoring, with both of them averaging more than 16 points per game. Lyons is shooting a blistering 45.9 percent from the

floor, and 43.5 percent on the season. The team as a whole is shooting 45.7 percent from the floor and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. Pastner said Holloway is the best guard his team will face all year. “They’ve got a really good team,” he said. “Earlier in the year, they looked like one of the five best teams in the country. They’re a dangerous team, and an NCAA tournament team as well.” Pastner said the Tigers will need strong efforts from their forwards, Tarik Black in particular, to stay in the race for the C-USA title. “(Black) needs to be at the level like he was against

Marshall,” he said. “When he’s at that level, it just opens everything up for us. Guys need to step up, and I think over this next stretch, we’ve got to have major production from our interior guys.” Black recorded only four points and two rebounds in 29 minutes against Southern Miss before fouling out late in the game. He said he recognizes that he needs to play well for the team to continue to win. “Everyone has bad games,” Black said. “If I play good, we have a better chance. At the same time, it’s just bouncing back and understanding that’s part of basketball. Your game’s not going to be perfect, your game’s not going to be a

double-double. You just have to play.” Pastner said the Tigers are still squarely in the hunt for an NCAA tournament bid. “You look at our RPI, strength of schedule, Sagarin ratings — you look at what the NCAA tournament talks about – we’re in good shape as of today,” he said. “We’ve just got to stay the course and not have any blips in the radar.” At the end of the day, Pastner said, the Tigers just need to continue to win games. “Every game is so meaningful,” he said. “The best thing we can do to control our destiny is to win as many games as we can. If we can do that, we’re going to be in great shape.”

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