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Library exhibit airs out the dirty laundry of domestic violence In October 1990, visual artist Rachel Carey-Harper came up with a simple but symbolic concept — hang T-shirts on a clothesline to raise the public’s awareness of domestic violence. Carey-Harper and a group of women hung 31 shirts from a clothesline in Hyannis, Mass. Each shirt displayed a unique message written by a woman affected by domestic violence in some way. Visitors to The University of Memphis will find a similar display in the lobby of the Ned R. McWherter Library this week. The U of M’s Student Activities Council began its own Clothesline Project this week, with shirts signed by U of M students and faculty on display through Friday. Students and faculty who would like to design their own T-shirts can stop by room 227A of the University Center. Rachel Goodwin, Clothesline Project committee chair and sophomore political science major,
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BY MELISSA WRAY News Reporter
The Clothesline Project, an exhibit to raise awareness of domestic violence against women, is on display in the rotunda of the Ned R. McWherter Library. The SAC-sponsored event will run through Friday. said the project is an opportunity for victims of domestic abuse at The U of M to speak out. “It’s also an outlet for people to get creative and constructive with their emotions,” she said.
What: “A Streetcar Named Desire” Who: U of M Department of Theatre and Dance When: 8 p.m. Where: Theatre and Communication Bldg. Mainstage
Professor proffers ‘Desire’ discourse BY CHRIS DANIELS News Reporter
Before The University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” tonight, U of M assistant English professor Jeffrey Scraba will discuss the issues with which theater companies wrestle when putting together the production, a staple of the modern stage. The play opens tonight at 8 p.m. in The U of M’s Mainstage Theatre, in the Theatre and Communication Building, but Scraba’s dialogue will begin at 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Communication and Fine Arts Building. He said the main problems theater companies face are capturing the empathy, symbolism, art and characters of the original production. “Williams sometimes thought about ‘Streetcar’ in archetypal
terms, using his characters to convey large forces in a changing society,” he said. “And he uses some very heavy-handed symbolism within the play. How does a company balance this weighty symbolism with the very human characters in the play?” “Streetcar” features three strong characters in direct conflict with one another, and the audience may have trouble connecting to one of them, Scraba said. He said students who attend the session prior to tonight’s play will learn about the composition of the original production. “They will also have a chance to think about and discuss how the director, actors and designers would approach the challenges of putting on such an iconic play,” he said. Scraba’s event is free and open to the public and will include a question-and-answer session followed by a reception.
Goodwin said the shirts displayed in the library have already generated positive feedback. Angellika Campbell, junior English major, said being a member of the project has “definitely
been an eye-opener” for her. “There is a lot of abuse going on, and this is something students should know about,” she said. The shirts hung for the proj-
ect are color-coded to represent categories of that abused women face. Yellow and beige represent
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GIS seminar to extol benefits of data mapping technology BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter A geographic mapping system at The University of Memphis provides faculty with an eye in the sky — one that’s compiling research for the Department of Homeland Security. Graphing Information Systems at The U of M allows its users to analyze data for spatial research on campus, in the city and around the country. Brian Waldron, assistant civil engineering professor, serves as director of the Center for Partnership in Geographic Information Systems. He said the sophisticated software package has broad applications for mapping technology. “You’re able to map features like roads signs, buildings and historic battlefields,” Waldron said. “Anything that has a place on Earth, you can map it with other data.” CPGIS, located on the ninth floor of Wilder Tower, will host a GIS basics seminar Friday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Waldron said the seminar, which is free and open to the public, is meant to showcase the power of GIS so that people can incorporate it into their research and the decision-making process. “It’s a very powerful tool for decision making and understanding your assets,” he said. “A lot of people’s data has some spatial component to it. They are able to see what they have and where it’s located and look for things like trends in infectious diseases.” Waldron said although the software for GIS was created by California-based mapping compa-
ny Environmental Systems Research Institute, the Center for Partnerships in GIS is unique to The University and has been on campus for more than three years. Workers at the center assist clients not only from The University but also from the state and federal government and the Department of Homeland Security. Carrie Brown, associate professor of journalism and social media proponent, said she knows of the software and thinks the technology is cutting-edge. “At this point, I think people are still trying to figure out how to use it,” she said. “But you’re seeing more and more interactive maps showing up online.” Adjunct web publishing instructor Grant Smith said he’s used the GIS program for research and thinks its potential is great. “It’s really powerful in terms of taking a data set — instead of just looking at it in Excel or something, you can map the data out,” he said. “Patterns become clear that you wouldn’t be able to see any other way. I’ve used it at the Commercial Appeal to map out crime. You take something like crime and overlay info like demographics and see, ‘Does crime happen in poor or rich neighborhoods?’” The center also does its part to employ students. Waldron said between 20 and 25 students typically work at GIS during a fall or spring semester and 40 to 50 during the summer. He said employed students are trained to use the program for a probationary period, and students who attend Friday’s session and are seeking work may inquire about available jobs.
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Performing Arts
Tennessee Williams’ landmark ‘Streetcar’ opens tonight BY TIMBERLY MOORE News Reporter To prepare herself for her directorial role in The University of Memphis’ production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” theatre graduate student Susan Sanders went straight to the play’s heart — New Orleans. Sanders, in her third year of graduate studies, said the trip to the Big Easy allowed her to study the city and its people and get a feel for the town. She said all the miles traveled and hours of research and rehearsal are what will make tonight’s on-campus premiere a success. “This play is the ‘Hamlet’ of Southern theater,” she said. The U of M Department of Theatre and Dance opens its production of the Tennessee Williams classic at 8 p.m. in the Theatre and Communication Building’s Mainstage Theatre. Performances of the play are also scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings through Feb. 26. “A Streetcar Named Desire” is set in 1947 New Orleans and tells the tale of Williams’ narcissistic protagonist Blanche DuBois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which cause her to reject the realities of life. Ashley Clyburn, senior theatre performance major, plays DuBois. “What makes ‘Streetcar’ special is that it embodies the pride that Southern women carry within themselves,” Clyburn said. She said she uses personal experiences to help her accurately portray parts of Dubois’ character but has had to research aspects of the
role for some scenes — including one in which DuBois is raped. Sanders said this production is entirely student-run, the first such play at U of M in a very long time. Behind the scenes, third-year graduate student Daniel Mueller hopes to bring intensity and grit to the performance, he said. “You should feel like you are participating in a show in the French Quarter in New Orleans,” said Mueller, the production’s scenic and lighting designer. “You should feel like you have part ownership in what the play is.” He said the production has a “down-home realistic feel,” and its portrayal of the history of the South hits close to home. Sanders said the cast and crew spent hundreds of hours researching and rehearsing to make the audience experience an emotional connection with the characters, and she believes that devotion will make the play a success. Mueller called the play a challenging endeavor met with “amazing” effort by the actors. “It’s difficult for twenty-something actors to play characters with 30 to 40 years of life experience, and they are doing a great job of it,” he said. Clyburn said starring in “A Streetcar Named Desire” is something she’ll treasure. “It’s a classic, and to be able to be in a play that is considered a classic is an honor,” she said. Tickets prices range from $10 to $15 and are available at the Theatre and Communication Building Box Office, located in the lobby, or at 678-2576. Students are allotted one free ticket each with their student IDs.
Top: Seniors Jerry Kimble and Lauren Scott play Stanley and Stella Kowalski. Above right: Third-year graduate student Susan Sanders brings new life to U of M’s student-run production. Left: Senior Ashley Clyburn plays Blanche DuBois, the disillusioned protagonist of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Far left: Daniel Mueller, thirdyear graduate student and designer, works with senior Ben Fichthorn to finalize lighting and sound cues. photos by Aaron Turner
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Dating service helps users find the Apple of their eye BY PATRICK MAY San Jose Mercury News It’s the first-date icebreaker, Apple-style: “Show me your iPhone apps, and I’ll show you mine.” Like thousands of fellow Apple fanboys desperately seeking fangirls, 27-year-old product manager Ayush Agarwal jumped on the Cupidtino dating site and began looking for love. Mac-centric messages started flying. A meet-up was arranged at, of course, an Apple Store. And just like the external mouse they were unveiling that day, things started to click. “The first thing we talked about was apps,” Agarwal said. “I was apartment hunting, so I showed her PadMapper. Then we talked about ‘Angry Birds’ for a bit. Meeting through Cupidtino told me she wasn’t just a Mac user — she was a passionate Mac user. So I didn’t feel awkward talking to her about my Mac for an hour, whereas other people might think I’m talking too much about my Mac.” Agarwal, who’s still friends with the woman, has a lot of company. With 28,000 active members, Cupidtino has become a gathering
place for the Apple-intoxicated to share their Mac passions, swap iPad stories, bad-mouth PC users and maybe, just maybe, find life’s ultimate app. It all started last spring, when founder Mel Sampat got into an argument with his girlfriend over, yup, his new iPad. “I was super excited, and I kept pushing it toward her over the dinner table,” said the 31-yearold San Francisco app developer. “She just didn’t get it. She’s such a PC. She punches numbers for PG&E and meets with regulators. I’m this geek startup guy developing iPhone apps at home in my PJs. We’re the typical PC-Apple couple.” To Sampat, the iPad was the portal to a new age of computing. To his girlfriend, it was a toy. “I said, half-jokingly, ‘I can’t be with you. Next time I date someone, I’ll be sure to ask if she’s a Mac or a PC.’” The next morning in the shower, said Sampat, a light bulb went off. “I realized if I were single and went on a date today, the first thing I’d ask is, ‘What apps are on your phone?’ ‘Angry Birds’? They have a lot of free time. AmEx?
They’re making sure their finances are in order. I rolled up my sleeves and started the site.” A day after he launched the site in June, more than 6,000 users had signed up. After a blogger picked it up, traffic started climbing. After all, it was free to join, free to set up a profile, free to reach out to other users and only $4.79 a month to receive messages back. “We pegged it,” Sampat said, “to the price of a venti mocha at Starbucks in Cupertino,” a reference to Apple’s hometown in California, which inspired the name. The site sports a clean Apple-like design, requires users to sign up through the Applecreated browser Safari, and gives devotees a forum to, well, bash PC users. “We needed a dating site like Cupidtino because I honestly think Apple people are a different kind of people,” said Apple person Ronni Estrada, a 23-year-old pharmacy assistant with Kaiser in Southern California. “PC people are kind of naive” ... but Apple people just kind of get it.” For now, Cupidtino remains largely a labor of love for Sampan and his co-founder, a Seattle pro-
grammer who remains anonymous to protect his job at a major e-commerce company. They say they’re talking with several angel investors, but for now the site pays the men a modest salary, though not enough to live on. Visitors are greeted on the home page with “Meet an Apple fanboy or girl,” then encouraged to post their photo and answer several profile questions, including “I became a Mac when “...” — to which user CuteT40 replied “I was BORN a ‘Mac’” ... but started ‘using’ in 1990. From there you’re on your own. “Sharing our love of Apple is a nice starting point,” said Lindsey Arasmith, a 25-year-old college student from Sunnyvale who was weaned on Apple products by her programmer dad. “It’s not like we’re just about Apple. But it’s comforting to have that base to fall back on, so that it’s not a completely blind date.”
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Some firms won’t hire the unemployed BY TONY PUGH McClatchy Newspapers As if finding work weren’t hard enough already, a federal agency warns that some employers are excluding jobless workers from consideration for openings. The practice has surfaced in electronic and print postings with language such as “unemployed applicants will not be considered” or “must be currently employed.” Some ads use time thresholds to exclude applicants who’ve been unemployed longer than six months or a year. Evidence of the practice has been mostly anecdotal, and information about how widespread it may be is sketchy. But with unemployment at 9 percent and millions of people struggling to find jobs, the practice has caught the attention of regulators, lawmakers and advocates for the unemployed. “At a moment when we all should be doing whatever we can to open up job opportunities to the unemployed, it is profoundly disturbing that the trend of deliberately excluding the jobless from work opportunities is on the rise,” said Christine Owens, the executive director of the National Employment Law Project. Members of Congress contacted the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year to see whether the practice violates federal employment laws. While the unemployed aren’t a protected class under civil rights laws, the practice could be legally problematic if it has a disparate or discriminatory effect on groups of job seekers who are subject to civil rights protections. In a public meeting Wednesday at EEOC headquarters, several witnesses testified that excluding the
unemployed from job openings could disproportionately affect African-Americans, Hispanics, people with disabilities and older workers — all federally protected groups whose jobless rates are well above the U.S. average. Blacks and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable, said William Spriggs, the Labor Department’s assistant secretary for policy, because they represent a large share of unemployed workers. “When employers exclude the unemployed from the applicant pool, they are more likely to be excluding Latinos and AfricanAmericans,” Spriggs testified. Most seem to agree that the overwhelming majority of job postings
don’t contain such language. Listings that exclude unemployed applicants would violate policies against discrimination at Monster.com, which posts hundreds of thousands of jobs. “We would flag that as a violation of our policy,” company spokesman Matthew Henson said. He said the website screened listings for such problems. Spriggs said the problem might still occur behind closed doors, without the explicit language. That’s because employers are looking for ways to cut through large numbers of applications quickly. On average, there are nine job applicants for every two openings, he said.
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battered or assaulted women, blue and green represent incest and sexual abuse victims, and purple is for women attacked due to their sexual orientation. Red, pink and orange represent survivors of rape and sexual assault, and black signifies women attacked for political reasons. White pays tribute to women who died at their abusers’ hands. Campbell said she gets emotional seeing the symbolic shirts. “Even though I don’t know that person, they’re still a part of The U of M family, and that’s my second family,” she said. Shadin Quran, freshman biology and pharmacy major, said the project “is the best idea that The U of M has had.” “If I hadn’t seen it, I never would have really looked at what was going on,” she said. Quran said a yellow t-shirt with the message “Stop It” painted on it got her attention because she thought it was geared toward rape and violence against women. Campbell advises people whose lives have been affected by domestic violence to speak out and find help because “it can be a large burden keeping something like this to yourself.” “(The Clothesline Project) might help someone else out there who’s afraid to speak up,” she said.
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World
Gadhafi next? Anti-government protests spread to Libya BY JONATHAN LANDAY, WARREN STROBEL AND SHASHANK BENGALI McClatchy Newspapers The anti-government protest wave unleashed in Tunisia and Egypt swept into Libya, where demonstrators battled security forces in a rare public outpouring of anger at longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to news reports and Internet posts and videos Wednesday. The tumult in Bengazi, Libya’s second largest city, came as antigovernment protests grew in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain and in Yemen, where one person was killed in a clash with police in the southern port of Aden. In Egypt, meanwhile, scattered labor unrest flared five days after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Activists called for major protests Friday to maintain pressure on the ruling military council to enact promised reforms. There was no sign that the turmoil inspired by the uprisings against Mubarak and former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was abating in a region ruled for decades by despots and monarchs, many of them supported by the U.S. and other Western powers. The Obama administration, caught unawares by the breadth and speed of the turbulence, reaffirmed a policy shift in sympathy with the mostly youthful protesters who have used Facebook, Twitter and other social media to organize the largely leaderless protests. The U.S. “supports democratic change,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at a State Department meeting with civil society activists from across the globe. “It is in line with our values and our interests. We support citizens working to make their governments more open, transparent, and accountable. We uphold the universal rights of every person to live freely, to have your voice heard
and your vote count.” The protests against the eccentric Gadhafi, the Arab world’s longest-ruling autocrat, erupted late Tuesday in Bengazi after the arrest of a prominent human rights lawyer, and raged past dawn Wednesday, according to news reports and accounts and videos posted on YouTube, Twitter and other websites. The reports, many of which couldn’t be independently confirmed, spoke of unrest in other cities. There were also reports of security forces using live ammunition and water cannons, and of numerous injured protesters. The Libyan protesters called for a “day of anger” Thursday. The unrest doesn’t appear to immediately threaten Gadhafi’s rule, and the regime mobilized large pro-government crowds to counter the demonstrations. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley urged Libya
to respond to the protesters’ demands, including the release of prisoners. “We encourage these countries to take specific actions that address the aspirations and the needs and hopes of their people. Libya certainly would be in that same category,” Crowley said. Asked if Gadhafi is a dictator, Crowley demurred. “I don’t think he came to office through a democratic process.” Gadhafi was among a group of junior army officers who staged a bloodless 1969 coup against the monarchy. In Bahrain, as many as 10,000 people filled Pearl Square in the capital, Manama, in a growing standoff with the dynasty of King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, a witness said. After two deaths earlier in the week, and a rare televised appearance by the king expressing regret, no violence was reported. But there was a large police
presence on one side of the square, a major traffic intersection, said the witness, who asked not to be named for safety reasons. The protesters, who are demanding democratic reforms, were attempting to recreate the role and the carnival-like atmosphere of the 18-day occupation of Cairo’s Tahrir Square that became the hub of the revolt against Mubarak. They camped in tents, made speeches, played music and even set up a media center. State-run television has downplayed the protests, portraying them inaccurately as the work of the Sunni Muslim-ruled country’s disaffected Shiite majority, the witness said. Bahrain is the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. In Yemen, the impoverished nation of 23.5 million at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, a sixth day of protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh spread to Aden. About 500 protesters attacked a
police station in Aden, prompting officers to fire live ammunition, witnesses said. A hospital official, who asked not to be further identified for safety reasons, said that one protester died and a second suffered serious injury. The violence could fuel a separatist movement seeking a return of the independence that southern Yemen enjoyed until 1990. In the capital, Sanaa, several hundred protesters clashed with government loyalists and police as they tried to march from Sanaa University to Saleh’s residence. Several hundred mostly young demonstrators also marched in the highlands city of Taiz, where roughly 20 held a sit-in in the main square. “We started to demand reforms, but now we are demanding the toppling of the regime,” Ghazi Assami, a lawyer and opposition activist, said by telephone.
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Softball
Tigers get historic win over North Florida
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Sophomore Carly Hummel pitched a no-hitter last weekend in a 3-0 win against North Florida in the Florida International Tournament. The Lady Tigers also notched a victory against No. 22/24 Ohio State, their first win ever against a ranked opponent.
The 2011 University of Memphis softball team has stormed out of the gate this season after a historic weekend at the Florida International University Combat Classic tournament in Miami. Sophomore pitcher Carly Hummel pitched her first career no-hitter in the Tigers’ 3-0 win over the North Florida Ospreys on Friday. Hummel’s was just the sixth in program history and the first seven-inning no-hitter since a 7-0 win over Alcorn State on April 12, 2007. Memphis scored all three of its runs in the first inning, as senior designated player Kailey Kassner drove in junior left fielder
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Lelani Bernardino for the 1-0 lead. Freshman first baseman Libby Goranson drew a walk with two outs to force in the second, and a catching error allowed redshirt senior shortstop Heather Mott to score. “It was amazing,” Hummel said. “I was so happy. I didn’t even know until after the game. I like to just kind of throw my game, and I don’t really worry about how many people I’ve hit or walked or how many base hits have been hit until after the game. It was an amazing feeling.” The Tigers then needed an extra inning to defeat the No. 22/24 Ohio State Buckeyes, 7-3, in eight innings Saturday. The victory was the first in program history over a ranked opponent. The Tigers led 3-0 at the top of the fourth inning before Ohio State freshman Julia Pecina stepped up to tie the game with a three-run home run. The Tigers scored four runs in the eighth to secure the victory. “I think every year we just try to get bigger and better,” coach Windy Thees said. “We have always, since the start of the program, played ranked teams and really tough opponents.” Junior first baseman Jessica Phillips, who took home C-USA Hitter of the Week honors after hitting a .462 batting average in four games, said the team didn’t realize how big the win was until afterward. “We really just played them like they were any other team,” Phillips said. “We didn’t play them like they were ranked. It was our opening weekend. We were just ready to play the game. That’s honestly how we’ve played every game this past weekend. We played each team as they were just some regular old team, not one that’s ranked in the Top 25.” Thees said the win displayed the growth of U of M softball. “We’re not a new program anymore,” she said. “We’re now just another program, and we’re playing these teams, and I think we’ve just got the right mix this year. Hopefully we’re gonna stay at it and keep winning and keep competing at the highest level against the highest opponents.” Thees said she expects the Tigers to make it into the postseason this year. “We’re gonna go to regionals and compete,” she said. “You never know what region you’re going to go to and who you’re going get matched up with. You get matched up with the right people and we peak at the right time, you keep playing.” The Tigers finished 3-2 overall in the FIU Combat Classic, with victories against North Florida, Ohio State and Kentucky. They dropped contests against DePaul and FIU. The U of M will travel to Atlanta this weekend to play in the Panther Invitational Tournament, hosted by Georgia State University. The Tigers will take on Appalachian State, Georgia State and Lipscomb in the two-day tournament. They will return home to face Alabama A&M in a double-header Wednesday, Feb. 23.
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Basketball
Late fouls allow Blazers to take Tigers to wire; UM, Southern Mississippi victories place Tigers atop Conference USA standings
by Ross Minkin
Tigers hang on to topple UAB in 62-58 thriller University of Memphis sophomore forward D.J. Stephens (top) dives for a loose ball in the Tigers’ 62-58 win against UAB on Wednesday at FedExForum.
BY JOHN MARTIN Sports Editor UAB coach Mike Davis wanted University of Memphis freshman guard Joe Jackson to shoot the free throws with 21 seconds left. Jackson had been in a rut. His confidence was shaken. The pressure would prove to be too much for Jackson, Davis thought. Instead, Jackson nailed both and pushed the Tigers’ lead to three, 61-58. It proved to be insurmountable. In what later turned out to be a free-throw shooting contest, the Tigers (20-6, 8-3 Conference USA) defeated the UAB Blazers, 62-58, in front of 16,818 at FedExForum. The win was the Tigers’ 11th straight against the Blazers. With the win, the Tigers took sole possession of first place in C-USA as Southern Miss knocked off UTEP in Hattiesburg, 74-61. “For us to be able to win these close games, it’s a tremendous credit to the players,” U of M coach Josh Pastner said. “The bottom line is defense. We’re defending now. That’s the difference. We lead the league in field goal percentage defense. You’ve got to hang your hat on defense.” The Tigers took a 28-24 lead into halftime after freshman guard Will Barton hit a 3-pointer
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at the buzzer off an assist from Jackson. After the break, the Blazers used an 8-0 run sparked mostly by forward Ovie Soko, who filled in for injured UAB forward Cameron Moore, to pull ahead 40-33 with 14:45 left in the game. The U of M responded with nine straight points and took the lead, 42-40, after freshman forward Tarik Black finished inside. “We just never give in,“ Barton said. “We know how to win these tight games. You’ve just got to stay focused, get stops and make free throws.” The Tigers led by six, 58-52, with 44 seconds left, but they allowed the Blazers to hang around by fouling. Two Soko free throws with 23.1 seconds left trimmed the Tigers’ lead to one, 59-58. Soko led all scorers with 18 points. “We’re young. We’re the seventh youngest team in the country,” Pastner said. “At the beginning of the year, if I would’ve told you that Angel Garcia was going pro, Jelan Kendrick was going to transfer and Wesley Witherspoon was going to be out five weeks with an injury it’s going to take some time. That’s what happened.” Jackson finished with 12 points in 20 minutes, the most
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he’s logged since Feb. 2 in a 68-65 loss against Tulsa. “I’m just trying to make plays every time,” Jackson said. “When the lane opens up, I’m either finishing or passing. It’s a very simple game, and you just have to play it that way.” The Tigers shot 44 percent from the field and held the Blazers to 38 percent. UAB senior guard Jamarr Sanders, who was guarded mostly by freshman guard Chris Crawford, was held to six points on 2-of-13 shooting. In the teams’ last meeting, Sanders was 0-for10 from three. “It’s a big plus for me because I’m a freshman — he’s a senior,” Crawford said. “I just put all my focus on defense. Offense will come to you. I just keep my mind on defense.” While UAB lost one of its best players, Cameron Moore, to a broken hand last week, the Tigers got back one of theirs in Wesley Witherspoon. In his first game since Jan. 12, Witherspoon finished with six points in 15 minutes. Wednesday’s victory was the fourth straight for the Tigers. “I think we’ve grown as a team,” said junior guard Charles Carmouche, who finished with 10 points and six rebounds. “Our young guys have got a lot of experience. We’re just sticking together and leaning on each other. If we lean on each other, I think we’re going to be alright.”
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