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BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 LSU’s Office of Research and Economic Development houses the Louisiana Business and Technology Center Innovation Park, a 200-plus-acre research park that includes a five-business incubator system and offers innovators the opportunity to perfect their craft before reaching clientele. In 1988, Charles D’Agostino, a small business owner and entrepreneur, signed an 18-month contract to construct the off-campus research park for community and University researchers and entrepreneurs to nurse their homespun products for the outside marketplace. The LSU Innovation Park raised $18 million in capital and approximately $4.3 million in revenue in 2015. The Emerge Center, spanning 3 acres of the park, employs 50 full time and 70 student interns for autism research and speech training. D’Agostino continues to serve as executive director for both the LBTC and LSU Innovation Park while maintaining his private enterprises. He said his original intent was to go back to his other businesses after starting the research park and incubators. “It’s been so much fun, I’ve come in every day for 27 years,” he said. The LSU business incubators include the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center, the Pennington BioTech Initiative, the LSU Student Incubator, the LSU AgCenter Food Incubator and ProtoStripes, the park’s prototyping lab. The incubators seek to commercialize University research by bringing ideas from labs to the market and creating funding grants and licensing/royalty revenue for the University, according to documents provided
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[Above] LBTC Business Incubator tenant Associated Terminals is developing an automated simulator for the shipping industry. [Below] Executive director for LBTC and LSU Innovation Park Charles D’Agostino displays the ProtoStripes Center’s 3-D printer, which can be used to create a variety of items, including chess pieces.
It’s that time of the year again — national signing day — when the Twitter universe centers around teenagers and fax machines suddenly become relevant again. For the first time since 2009, LSU is in position to finish with the No. 1 class according most recruiting outlets. The Tigers, who currently have 23 commits in their 2016 class, including five early enrollees, will look to bolster their class, which ESPN recruiting writer Jeremy Crabtree called arguably the best class in the modern era. “What makes the class so great is the depth at every position,” said Rivals.com mid-South recruiting analyst Jason Howell in an email to The Daily Reveille. “There’s a lot of speed and athleticism. There are blue chip studs ready to come right in and contribute and there are guys who
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New device to improve prostate cancer screening, detection BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano
Physics professor Guang Jia and medical physics doctoral candidate Joseph Steiner are revolutionizing prostate cancer screening by developing a device to increase accuracy. If successful, their device will produce more accurate CT scans of the prostate and improve prostate cancer diagnoses. Current screening methods, including the prostate-specific antigen test and the digital rectal exam, have a wider margin of error than Jia and Steiner’s proposed technique. PSAs can be released for a variety of prostate diseases,
not only cancer, and DREs may not detect small or obscurely located tumors, Jia said. The device involves attaching an intraoral sensor to an inner rectal coil to produce higher image resolution when used in conjunction with a CT scan. The intraoral sensor is used in dental radiography and inner rectal coils are traditionally used in MRIs, Jia said. “That’s the good thing about what we’re trying to do,” Steiner said. “Everything’s already been done, and we’re just mashing everything together.” Traditional prostate CT scans use a surface coil, which has difficulty producing a detailed image of the prostate because of the
organ’s small size and central location. An internal sensor will localize the CT radiation and produce a clearer image of the prostate, Jia said. “This is like during the day, if there’s a street lamp you might not identify it from the bright sky,” Jia said. “But if you put your eyes very close to the lamp, you cannot ignore it. The detector is our eye, and the prostate is the lamp.” The digital detector has 100 times smaller pixels than a CT scan, producing scans with 10 times higher resolution, Jia said. The device is being tested using an imaging phantom — an
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Physics professor Guang Jia and doctoral candidate Joseph Steiner’s x-ray technique and equipment serve to improve the detection and curing of prostate cancer.
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LSU Hyperloop team to move forward with testing BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano The LSU Hyperloop design team is looking to revolutionize transportation in Louisiana — but first, they have to turn their concept into a reality. On Saturday, the team competed against more than 115 teams from 27 states and 20 countries at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend at Texas A&M University. Though the University’s team did not win, MIT claimed the award for best overall design, the members are confident their design is viable. Civil engineering senior and outgoing team leader Josh Manriquez began organizing the LSU team in September after being inspired by mogul and inventor Elon Musk’s proposal for Hyperloop, an innovative ground transportation system. Manriquez said he believes Hyperloop is a viable transportation option for Louisiana and could transform commerce and industry in the South. “Let’s say you want to be able to live in Houston and work in Atlanta — with the Hyperloop that really would be possible,” Manriquez said. The team’s pod design has an almond-like shape and will utilize a magnetic levitation engine from technology company Arx Pax to suspend the pod within a 10.8 psi internal
tube environment. The pod will use a wheel propulsion system to propel the pod throughout the tube in conjunction with the engine. Making their design as comfortable, safe and practical as possible was the team’s main concern, Manriquez said. “When you tell people you’re going to send them off close to the speed of sound in a closed tube, it’s not exactly something they’re thrilled to try right off the bat,” Manriquez said. Mechanical engineering sophomore Trent Andrus, LSU Hyperloop’s new team leader, said the team integrated several practical safety measures into the design to assuage community fear. The pod features a primary braking system that will grip a center beam within the tube, slowing the pod similar to how a car grips its brakes. The brakes will have redundancy and the wheel propulsion system can also be used to steer the pod in the case of total brake failure, Andrus said. The team also developed an emergency evacuation procedure and designed their Hyperloop tube with equally spaced exit doors to allow users to exit the system from any location, he said. Before they can persuade people to use their pod, however, the team must overcome more immediate challenges. Mechanical engineering
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junior Austin McMichael said the team’s main concerns moving forward are improving team communication and recruiting team members with backgrounds in programming and electrical engineering. Organizing the team of 16 engineers and ensuring project details were clearly understood was a challenge the team faced ahead of the Texas A&M competition, she said. A tiered communications system made it more difficult for the team to develop a cohesive design. “Teamwork, communication — those things are huge,” Manriquez said. “You can be amazingly intelligent, and if you don’t have those you can forget about it.” Additionally, the team struggled with a lack of involvement from electrical engineers and programmers. The team will need to recruit heavily from those departments to make their design a reality, McMichael said.
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Internal team dynamics weren’t the only challenge the team faced. “Communicating with LSU was rough too,” she said. “We weren’t able to get a whole lot of support from them, which was disappointing. But, we managed.” The University’s lack of support was evident in comparison to other teams at the competition, especially schools with strong aeronautical and aerospace programs, Manriquez said. Paying out of pocket for presentation materials and design literature limited the quality level the team was able to produce, Andrus said. Without funding from the University, the team is preparing to pitch its design to local companies and investors to procure funding to produce a scalable test model. Producing the sub-scale model will cost approximately $77,000, McMichael said. The team has already received support from GlobalE CEO Carl Guichard, who worked with the team as a mentor throughout the design process. Guichard is coordinating with the team to provide battery packs to support the pod’s braking system, McMichael said. The team is working personal connections to make funding a reality, and is already considering three build-out locations in Baton Rouge and New Orleans should funding become available, McMichael said. Manriquez said support from connections in southern Louisiana has been monumental in moving the project forward. “It’s just amazing,” he said. “These are the kind of people where one second you’re sitting around a table eating gumbo and the next building a Hyperloop pod.” If the team can procure funding, Manriquez said he is confident LSU Hyperloop’s design will succeed. “I have no hopes,” Manriquez said. “I just have something that I know for a fact. I know for a fact that when LSU goes out there to Hawthorne, California and puts the pod in the track, it will be the best design. I know we have the best design, I know that it’s the most practical and I know it’s the only one that will hold up over time.”
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Junior guard Rina Hill looks at the crowd during LSU’s 63-53 loss to Auburn on Monday. BY JARRETT MAJOR | @jarrett_TDR Going into the half of the LSU women’s basketball team’s Southeastern Conference game at Georgia on Jan. 24, junior guard Rina Hill had tallied eight points and drew several critical charges, drawing boos from the Lady Bulldog faithful. But the crowd was unable to get under her skin. “Honestly, I didn’t notice that they were booing me, in the first half, until [LSU coach Nikki Fargas] told me during the halftime,” she said with a laugh. “Then I realized they were booing me. I really didn’t care about it. It actually got me going
in a sense.” In a season plagued by injuries, it wasn’t the first time Hill had to take charge. She has been a source of consistency and leadership for the Lady Tigers (8-14, 2-7 SEC). Hill has started all 22 games for LSU, averaging a team-leading 34.2 minutes per game. No other Lady Tiger has made more than 18 starts. “Rina is such a special young lady,” Fargas said. “She is logging every minute of every game and she has shown that not only is she physically strong enough to do that but mentally. That takes a
huge mental toughness to be able to do that” Hill has contributed more than just a multitude of minutes for the Lady Tigers this season. In three of LSU’s 10 away games, she led the team in points including a 10-point game at the top-ranked University of Connecticut on Dec. 21 and 14 points against Georgia. Hill thrives in hostile situations such as the road game against the Lady Bulldogs, said senior forward Akilah Bethel. When the Georgia fans
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Hambrick’s development key to team’s strong start BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR Her foot doesn’t leave the gas pedal. Since the first time sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick put on a Tiger uniform, it has been a road of constant improvements for the Temple, Georgia native. With a year under her belt, her distinctive work ethic and consistent focus fuels her growing confidence, which has been key to her progress. “She is such a great example of hard work and dedication,” said junior all-arounder
Ashleigh Gnat. “She competed on just one event in last year’s nationals, and now she’s thriving on all four. She’s such a strong all-arounder and such a staple on this team.” Hambrick’s freshman year provided many opportunities from early on, but inconsistency always seemed to leave its mark when she competed on all four events — especially on floor. Bad landings on passes dragged potential top all-around scores to average ones, seeing a 9.350 in last year’s season opener against the University of Iowa and a 9.050 against thenNo. 9 Georgia.
As the season went on, the team relied on her the most during vault and beam rotations, while competing in the all-around became more of an occasional sight. Hambrick’s growth became most visible in the 2015 final home meet against then-No. 16 Minnesota, which marked her last all-around competition as a freshman. After setting then-career highs on all events, Hambrick’s total score of 39.575 remains her career-high in the all-around to this day. She also received the SEC Freshman of the Week award for her performance.
“You just got to learn how everything works and that sort of thing,” Hambrick said. “I feel more confident about being consistent, because I put more numbers in and am more experienced. You never really know what’s going to happen, but as far as anticipation goes, I don’t feel like I’m going to mess up or anything like that.” Along with adding a double layout to her floor routine, Hambrick used the offseason to start the new year more consistent than ever. She leaves no room for
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LSU sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick performs on the bars during the Tigers’ 196.575-195.100 victory against Kentucky on Jan. 22 in the PMAC.
page 4 SCREENING, from page 1 object used in scanners to evaluate imaging devices — and a kumquat at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Steiner said. The kumquat is similar in size and shape to a human prostate and provides greater imaging potential because it is made of biological tissue. After perfecting their technique on the kumquat, tests will begin on canine prostates donated
INNOVATION PARK, from page 1 by D’Agostino. “Our job is to really help these individuals form the business that they want to, and if not, find an existing company that will license that technology and take it to the marketplace,” D’Agostino said. Associated Terminals, a cargo handling and logistics company, reserves office space in the LBTC incubator to develop an automated simulator for the shipping industry. Curtis Blank, who is working on the project, said shipping companies only use operators about 20 percent of the time. He said the simulator would allow users to control cranes on the river by simply maneuvering a steering wheel and touching a screen. “We hope we can send a crane overseas and operate it from the office,” Blank said. D’Agostino said the company will likely boast 100 employees within a couple of years. Tucked in the park’s student incubator, marketing graduate student Ben Nguyen operates Cyber Fision, a website and mobile application development company that services private businesses and nonprofit organizations. Nguyen designed D’Agostino’s
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by the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. A 3-D printer will be used to produce a model of either the canine or human lower body to test the detector using more naturalized dimensions, Jia said. It will likely be two years before testing is complete and the device moves on to human trials, Steiner said. “Because this has never been done before it’s kind of exploratory research,” he said. “You have to
start at the bottom and work your way up.” Exploration includes optimizing the CT scanner to produce the best image for the lowest dose of radiation, Jia said. This requires testing radiation levels, exposure, tilt angles and additional factors to produce the most efficient results. Outside of screening, Jia and Steiner’s method can be used to target cancer treatments such as brachytherapy treatment, which
uses radioactive seeds to provide low-dose radiation to a small area of the body. Detailed screening will allow doctors to target the brachytherapy seeds’ injection to ensure correct placement and improved treatment, Steiner said. The device may also be used to screen higher risk cancers including cervical cancer and rectal cancer, Steiner said. Though more expensive and uncomfortable for
the patient than a PSA or DRE, Jia and Steiner’s technique could reduce the number of procedures a patient undergoes and minimize associated medical risks. “If the benefits outweigh the costs, it’ll be a viable solution,” Steiner said. Jia and Steiner submitted a patent application for their device through the LSU Office of Innovation and Technology Commercialization on July 29.
pasta manufacturing company’s website before moving his workspace to the incubator one year ago. Since the website’s facelift, D’Agostino said, internet sales have tripled. For startups and small businesses, Nguyen said keeping the overhead cost low is crucial. He said the LBTC provides the ideal forum for his startup. “Right here we have the opportunity to connect with a lot of different businesses in the South,” Nguyen said. “Business in general is about relationships and connections, knowing the right people.” D’Agostino said LBTC’s application process includes an extensive interview, mapping out a business plan and developing funding strategies to make the pitch a reality. Incubator residents are required to meet for checkups every three months to ensure they remain on target. Though the number of annual applicants is sandwiched between 50 and 60, D’Agostino said they only accept around 12 on average. He said the ultimate success of a business idea depends on the individual behind the dream. “If you’re starting a company, we look for your passion,” D’Agostino said.
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cornerback from Pompano Beach, Florida, will be the first LSU target to announce his decision between LSU, FSU and Clemson at 8 a.m. on ESPNU, Mullen is ranked as the No. 2 cornerback in the country and No.18 overall prospect according to ESPN 300 rankings. The No. 1 player in Louisiana, according 247sports.com, fivestar cornerback Kristian Fulton from Metairie, Louisiana will have LSU, Florida and Arkansas fans holding their breath when he makes his announcement at 11:45 a.m. at Rummel High School. Fulton, an Under Armour All-American would be the icing in the cake for LSU’s top ranked class. Throughout the Miles’ era, the Tigers have pulled off last-minute commitments from Chidi Okeke and Maea Teuhema in 2015 and Sione Teuhema in 2014. LSU will be pushing hard for a flip from defensive end Sci Martin from McDonogh 35 High School. Martin, a current TCU commit recently had a visit with Miles and new
LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda on Jan. 28, according to NOLA.com. While majority of the commits in LSU’s class are solid, the Tigers will be fighting off the University of Texas for current commit Erick Fowler, a four-star linebacker from Manor, Texas has received pressure from family members to stay home and Texas has been putting the pressure on him, with Texas head coach Charlie Strong making an in-home visit on Jan. 29. The 6-foot-1, 226 pound linebacker is one of three linebackers currently committed to the class. Another Texas native will also be on the Tigers’ radar, four-star safety Deontay Anderson could pick up a LSU hat today as he decided between LSU, Texas and Ole Miss. When signing day comes to a close, LSU could break history with the most signees ranked inside the ESPN 300 player rankings. The Tigers currently have 19 commits.
could really develop with the right guidance. The defensive line is incredibly strong and the Tigers also add some big targets in the receiving game.” A loaded crop of homegrown talent has helped LSU reach the top ranking. Unlike in previous years when LSU lost top ranked in-state recruits to the likes of Alabama and Ole Miss, LSU has been able to keep most recruits home. Louisiana was stacked with talent this year producing 21 ESPN 300 commits, with 13 of them verbally committed to LSU. LSU football coach Les Miles and his staff have secured commitments from eight of the top 10 players in Louisiana, with two of them being early enrollees. By the end of the day, the Tigers could end up with nine of the top 10 players in the state. Although the nation’s fourthranked cornerback Saivion Smith is already enrolled, LSU continues to embrace the moniker “Defensive-Back University” as it chases commitments from three of the top five ranked cornerbacks in the 2016 class according to ESPN rankings. Trayvon Mullen, a four-star
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Clinton’s pragmatic positions will win her Democratic nomination BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES @GarrettH_TDR Monday night’s Iowa Democratic Caucus attendees had a dynamic choice in front of them. On one hand was a divisive grandstander of epic portions, whose policies would dismantle core American principles and put a system in place which, by some estimates, could eliminate six million jobs. On the other hand was a principled, pragmatic progressive realist who refuses to promise a pie in the sky when only a slice or two could push through a contentious U.S. House of Representatives controlled by Republicans. The delegate counting, tabulating and recounting went on until noon the next day. It was then that the Associated Press officially called the race for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. While the result was not an outright rebuke of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the caucus was still a stunning letdown for his campaign. With all of the fervor surrounding his effort, the angsty youth in Iowa’s various college towns were excited to dip their toes in politics for the first time. The expected turnout made this race his to lose.
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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at her caucus night rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 1. Sanders’ voters did turnout in full force, but more reasoned, experienced and moderate voters who understand what’s really at stake in this election counteracted Sanders’ highly impressionable allies. This was the right course of action and these people quite possibly saved our democracy. If Sanders had #ComeThru, not only would slacktivists have gone on an agonizing Bernie
meme-sharing bonanza, real world implications would have started to take effect. The next president will control and shape the Supreme Court for the next generation, which is the most important issue of this campaign. We shouldn’t leave this election to hopes, wishes and a real life political science experiment. Time and time again, Republicans have shown their
willingness to repeal the Affordable Care Act. So ensuring universal health care becomes a full reality and not another contentious gridlocked debate is vitally important. We shouldn’t laugh this off as an untrue barb from the Clinton campaign. The most ardent of Sanders’ supporters are my liberal, white college peers. They flounce around in bongo circles and earnestly
believe America needs a revolution. Any note of this mass restructuring’s repercussions are wispy at best. They believe hard work, determination, personal responsibility and the gusto to get things done must be overlooked when evaluating their lot in life. I feel this is the central reason Clinton’s message falls on deaf ears. She does not wrap their well-being in a cozy blanket. Instead, she is honest about the work required to get somewhere in life. She is tough as nails, and that is why I cannot wait for her to be my president. Contrary to the #Berners scurrilous assertions, she always believed and fought for every person to be given equal access to opportunities. It still does not occur, and making this true is a central theory behind her reason for wanting to become president. She will not however, kowtow to the belief that hard work does not eventually pay off. Sanders’ fantastical proposals will give way to Clinton’s sane and reasoned approach as Democrats and Independents make up their minds post Iowa and New Hampshire and the voting states begin to actually represent the racial makeup of America. Garrett Hines is a 21-year-old political science senior from Monroe, Louisiana.
Cut rich from TOPS for bipartisan budget solution SMASH THE HATE
JACK RICHARDS @jayellrichy The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students is one of the most bloated entitlement programs in the state. If true conservatives comprised the Louisiana House of Representatives and State Senate, they would support serious spending reform. How long can we as taxpayers keep supporting these moneysucking leeches? I’m talking, of course, about rich people. According to The Advocate, from 2003-2014 112,722 TOPS recipients came from families with annual income under $100,000. In that same time period, 54,680 TOPS recipients came from
incomes above $100,000. Stop and think about that for a second. The richest people in the state send their kids to school on the backs of hiked cigarette taxes and welfare cuts. Let’s do some math real quick. Don’t worry, English majors, I won’t make you break out the calculator. I assume most of the wealthier TOPS recipients attend LSU or a private university like Loyola University New Orleans or Tulane University. For the sake of argument, however, let’s just look at the average amount of money awarded to TOPS recipients from 2003-2014: $3,085.40, according to a date from the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance. So, a low-ball estimate of how much money TOPS would’ve saved by cutting off those families
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who earn $100,000 or more ends up at nearly $169 million. Even if the state cut off only those recipients whose families make $150,000 or more, the state would’ve saved $71 million. That’s nothing close to the almost $2 billion expected deficit in the state budget for fiscal year 2016-2017, but it’s nothing to sneeze at. With average TOPS awards rising as colleges continue to raise tuition, those savings could be much higher in the future. I’m not saying wealthy TOPS recipients didn’t earn the benchmark standardized test scores or get a good enough GPA to deserve the money. They probably worked hard to get where they are. However, to pretend that wealthy students don’t have an advantage when it comes to
standardized tests is to ignore reality. According to data from College Board, which designs the SAT, college-bound high school seniors from wealthier families can have a nearly 400-point advantage on the SAT. It makes sense, those students have the money to afford tutors and free-time to study for the test. This is not class warfare. This is a matter of what we ought to prioritize as a society: subsidizing the rich or keeping our government financially solvent. There has to be an understanding the state cannot supplement the incomes of its wealthiest citizens while so many poorer citizens live paycheck to paycheck. This is nearly the same argument why Louisiana should get rid of business tax credits to large corporations. Unlike large
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started heckling Hill, it boosted the whole team. “It was good. We took it as a confidence booster,” Bethel said. “We like when other teams boo us. We like hostility. It fuels us rather than bring us down.” In SEC play, Hill elevated her game against tough opponents. She averaged 6.7 points per game going into conference play, but increased her production to 7.2 points per game against conference foes. Hill’s ability to adjust has highlighted her development as a leader from her sophomore year to her junior year. When sophomore guard Jenna Deemer was sidelined with an illness, Hill struggled in the first few games without her, but she averaged 10.7 points in the last three. The absence of Deemer and junior guard Raigyne Moncrief required Hill to become the goto guard for LSU, building her confidence. “It is definitely boosting my confidence in taking shots,” Hill said. “I know I’ve got to knock shots down and be more aggressive on the offensive end since our team is struggling to score the ball.” For her part, Hill has put in plenty of extra hours and effort into game preparation. Her teammates and coaches agree that she is one of the hardest working players on the Lady Tigers’ roster. She is the first player to get into practice and the last one to leave, Fargas said. Along with scoring, senior forward Anne Pederson said Hill has really stepped in to her role as a leader for the team. “[Hill] has developed a lot from her freshman year,” Pederson said. “She was very quiet and didn’t really want to say much. She always works hard; she is one of our hardest working players, and you can always count on her and her effort. She’s more outspoken now.”
distraction and controls her emotions. Freshman mistakes are left behind. “I call it ‘The Eye of the Tiger,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “It’s the ability to remove the clutter and only focus on the things that are the most important. She does that week in and week out and she certainly does that every day in practice.” All of Hambrick’s work has translated into a break-out start to her sophomore campaign. In the Tigers’ season opening win against then-No. 1 Oklahoma on Jan. 9, Hambrick
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Junior guard Rina Hill shoots a freethrow during LSU’s 63-53 loss to Auburn on Monday.
finished first in the all-around and came close to a new career high with a total of 39.450. In the home meet against then-No. 20 Kentucky two weeks later, Hambrick’s 39.325 topped the all-around again. Though her focus for the remainder of the season will rest on perfecting her routines, Hambrick looks to lead by example and continues to tackle heavy workloads. “You want to be able to back up what you’re saying,” Hambrick said. “If you’re a leader by what you’re talking about, that’s awesome, but you also need to be able to do it by example.”
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LSU sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick performs on the bars and beam during the Tigers’ 196.575-195.100 victory against Kentucky on Jan. 22 in the PMAC.
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