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Sports 7

index

Concert Ticket Prices 3For a

preview of Saturday’s game, see page 8

Egyptian Military History 5

Search for new U of M president continues as applications come in

Park Avenue campus requires permit

Black History Month is not only a time to remember the sacrifices of black people all over the world, but also a way for people to reflect and learn. One traveling museum is help-

ing people do all three by show-ing eye-opening exhibits and interesting artifacts that have their own story.

“I want to introduce the con-tributions African-Americans have made to this society, and how they have helped alter our culture into what it is today,” Angela Jennings, owner and

curator of the Sankofa; African-American Museum on Wheels, said.

Established in 1995, Jennings started her museum as a way to teach her family and young people about the experiences and heritage of black people throughout history. She encour-ages students, teenagers and

adults alike to take advantage of the museum and learn as much as possible from the exhibits.

“I’ve been collecting all these things my entire life,” Jennings said. “I’ve gotten most of my pieces from auctions and other outlets and have traveled the

Traveling museum shares African artifacts, history

The process to find the next University of Memphis president is one step closer to being complete, according to one member of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

“We don’t have a set date yet, but

there is definitely progress being made and we are getting excited,” communications director Monica Greppin-Watts said.

On Feb. 3, the Search Advisory Committee met to start review-ing the applications of the pros-pect candidates. Though the exact number of applications turned in is

unknown, only a select few of those who applied will be chosen to go on to the next step of the hiring process. The first round of interviews is set to begin Feb. 19.

The hiring process began in November when the Tennessee Board of Regents announced the search committee and scheduled

their first meeting. Around the end of March, the last phase of the selec-tion will be completed. The finalists will visit campus for a second round of interviews while participating in campus forums. A few forums will be streamed online.

By Mandy Hrachnews@dailyhelmsman.com

see SEARCH on page 5

By Brady Boswellnews@dailyhelmsman.com

Angela Jennings, the founder of Africa on Wheels, has been using a collection of artwork and memorabilia to share Africa’s story since 1995.

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see MUSEUM on page 6

Beginning March 1, a general parking permit will be required for those who choose to park at the University of Memphis’ Park Avenue campus, a rule which was previously not enforced.

In order to improve parking areas at the Park Avenue Campus, renovations to parking lots and security enhancements began in the summer of 2012.

According to Angela Floyd, director of parking and trans-portation services, the reason for this new parking change is so that requirements on the Park Avenue Campus will be the same as they are on the main campus.

Once registered for school, all students, as well as faculty and staff ’s general parking permits are good for general permit parking at the Main Campus, Millington Campus, Lambuth Campus and Park Avenue Campus.

While students previously did not have to hang their pass while at the Park Avenue Campus, the rule will now be implemented.

“Students who purchase a park-ing permit at either campus do not need a separate permit to park at each campus so most will be unaf-fected by this change other than to make sure their permit is visible,” Floyd said.

According to Floyd, revenue from student fees, permit sales, citations, meters and garages are used to fund the maintenance of parking lots on all four campuses, renewal, repair, salaries, benefits, debt retirement and all new park-ing projects and services.

Faculty, staff and visitors may purchase a permit for any

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Brand New show with the same endingWhat to do when a band’s concert sells out in literal seconds

For music appreciators across the globe, the conversation about “who exactly is the great-

est band of our gen-eration” is a much-argued one. For my friends and me, it’s Brand New. When they

a n n o u n c e d the tour on

their Facebook profile, over 3,000 people liked the status update.

There is arguably no moment sweeter than when a band announces tour dates, but it’s made that much sweeter when St. Louis, Miss., just four hours and six minutes away, has a spot on that list. It has been five years since Brand New has made their way anywhere near Memphis (a date I have committed to memory.)

One coy user commented, “May the odds be ever in your favor,” foreshadowing the strug-gle to come.

The tickets went on sale at noon. I ducked out of my class and my hands began to sweat.

My stomach twisted into knots. I was a mess.

11:59 a.m. “One minute,” I thought to myself. And then it happened. The moment I had been longing for through so many back-to-back listens of their albums. I was finally going to see one of my favorite bands. I was going to see Brand New.

That is, until Ticketmaster’s website crashed. A minute into purchasing tickets, and it was a failed attempt. “High demand” repeated with every refresh of the page.

My entire Brand New-lovin’-friend group texted me right away.

“We made it through,” one wrote. “I can’t believe we’re final-ly seeing Brand New.”

Facebook was littered with the accomplishments of so many people that I knew. Twitter was flooded with all capitalized tweets of excited exclamation. But for me, and for many others, the odds were not in our favor.

Nearly 800 people commented on it, sharing similar problems about Ticketmaster’s faulty web-site. Some people, like Ashley Riehl, simply couldn’t get through to buy tickets.

“I tried getting STL tickets and they were gone in 30 seconds, “ she wrote on the band’s status.

Others, like Hannah Shue, refreshed their way to success.

“I finally got two tickets,” she wrote. “It took me 25 minutes of refreshing.”

On Ticketmaster, tickets sold for $29.99 a piece before an added service fee of $7.10. I could stomach $37.09 per ticket. I don’t understand it, but I’ll do it. Unfortunately, tickets sold out just as fast, so I turned to StubHub, a different beast altogether.

If I’m Mario, StubHub is Bowser. After 30 minutes of missing class and constantly refreshing the page, I turned to StubHub. Tickets ranged from $70 to a whopping $330.90 a piece. I didn’t have time to sigh. I bit the proverbial bullet and came out with a single ticket for $78. Looking at the website now, the lowest price for a single ticket is $101.95.

StubHub – “Where Fans Buy and Sell Tickets,” according to their website – isn’t illegal but it is unethical. It’s a home for greedy, grease-fingered scalp-ers that have no plans to see my favorite band. I imagine that they, much like me, stared like hawks at their computer screens waiting. They bought up to four tickets at a time – the maximum that Ticketmaster allows you to

purchase during one transaction – and I can see their Cheetos-puff-stained fingers selling my precious ticket.

These are not fans. These are not robots. These are not people who have spent so much of their lives delving into a musician’s work. What kind of fan buys tickets in bulk and ups the price? They want my money, and they want more of my money than Ticketmaster wants.

I can’t blame the band. How do you blame the band? You can’t blame the artist for having fans. You can’t blame the fans for wanting to see the band perform.

However, you can blame the faulty system that is online ticket sales. I wish I had the answer to fixing this, but, as of now, it looks like Ticketmaster’s imperfections and StubHub’s evil ways are more of an institution than an option. Perhaps I’m just upset because I was the victim on this occasion, but I’d argue that my anger is justified. I’d willingly pay $100 to see Brand New, but having to snake through secondary ticket marketplaces irks me more so than anything else.

At the end of the day, I’m see-ing Brand New with my friends, a moment I’ve long anticipated. I feel for the fallen fans that will not be joining me.

Still, we must find a solution. Generation Y is gifted with the luxury of not having to do much without the assistance of our computers and smart phones. It is integrated into our daily lives. So it’s natural that we all rush to the one place where we can buy tickets. We have to suffer through the fees and prices of scalped tickets. But I envy my 52-year-old father. An avid showgoer in his youth, he has many stories of camping out at concert venues for KISS tickets.

Those days are long gone.

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Solutions

What are you looking for in a new University president?

By Robbie Porter

Tigers’ Ta es

“I want a president who is concerned with the well-being of his or her students more than making the University money.”

Kristen Peterson,Art History junior

“I’m looking for someone who can represent the stu-dents and get our voice heard.”

Tevin Hicks,Undecided freshman

“It would be nice to have someone in office who gets us better quality teachers.”

Antirio Jackson,Engineering freshman

“I just want someone to party with me.”

Marquita Cubitt,Communications

freshman

“I guess I just want some-body to actually care about us.”

Tierra Perry,Journalism freshman

The internationally recognized Egyptology program at the University of Memphis is hosting a guest lec-turer from New York Thursday. Ellen Morris, assistant professor at Columbia University and Barnard College, will be talking about Egypt’s military takeovers.

Around 1500 B.C., Egypt’s militia were conquering and expanding into areas to the north and in the east. According to Morris’s research, ancient Egyptians took over territories and kept the foreigners as prisoners. Images of these captives can be seen in tombs

dating to this century. The drawings illustrate the “sud-

den appearance, activities and gradual disappearance” of a northern people, according to Morris. The impact they had on Egypt and its people will be explored in this discussion.

The Egyptology Graduate Student Association at U of M is coordinating the event. Ashley Stanton, the presi-dent of the organization, expects to help raise interest in the hopes that she and the other graduate students can educate people about what’s going on in Egypt now.

According to Peter Brand, the direc-tor of the Egyptology program, the U of M is a hub of extensive research.

“We have a large program in Egyptology through the art and his-tory departments and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology is a center of excellence,” he said.

According to Stanton, The lecture is a great way for more students to know just what all the school has to offer.

“U of M is one of the only places in the country where you can actually study Egyptology,” Stanton said.

A reception begins at 6:15 p.m. in the Bluff Room in the University Center, which will be immediately fol-lowed by Morris’ talk at 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Zach Curlin Parking Garage.

Lecturer to speak on Egyptian military historyBy James Smithnews@dailyhelmsman.com

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U of M location in Parking and Transportation Services at 505 Zach Curlin Parking Garage or online using the Tiger Park website.

There is no late fee for those who have not purchased a gen-eral parking ticket yet. However, at each U of M campus, the cost for a

replacement parking permit is $10.For those who have troubles

finding parking spaces, Floyd sug-gests that students, faculty and staff can park on Park Avenue campus and shuttle to the main campus.

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“It is important to understand the search committee doesn’t make the final decision,” Greppin-Watts said. “The committees role is to solely find finalists.”

After the finalists are selected, John Morgan, chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, will recommend a finalist, and the board of regents will vote on his recommendation.

“I just want a president who has efficiency,” Holly Hamby, a junior non-profit major said. “We need someone who is able to multitask and to fix problems when they arise.”

The committee’s ultimate goal is to select a president who will benefit the students of the university, and takes student opinions about the pro-cess seriously.

“Student opinions are crucial, and they will be able to have their own say in who they believe would be the best

decision,” Greppin-Watts said. While the dates have not been

set, students will be invited to open forums during the month of March to meet the finalists and give their opinions. There will also be an option online for students to share their thoughts.

“I’m really glad students will be able to express their opinions because it is going to be our president after all,” Blake Meeks, political science major, said.

Meeks is looking forward to meet-ing the finalists and plans to have his voice heard.

“I want someone who will be open to new ideas and someone who can make smart minded decisions in a timely manner,” he said. “Just a person who will be able to make good decisions based on populous of people.

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NEW YORK — Four people were taken into custody on drug charg-es after police investigating Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death executed search warrants, two people with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday, and the medical exam-iner’s office said more tests are needed to determine what killed him.

There was no timetable for Hoffman’s autopsy to be finished, said medical examiner’s office spokes-woman Julie Bolcer, who declined to discuss the pending tests. Toxicology and tissue tests are typically done in such cases.

Police believe the Oscar-winning actor may have died from a drug overdose, though his death is being investigated as suspicious pending a more definitive ruling by the medical examiner.

Hoffman was found dead Sunday with a needle in his arm, and tests found heroin — but no traces of the potent synthetic morphine additive fentanyl, which is added to intensify the high and has been linked to 22 suspected overdose deaths in western Pennsylvania — in samples from at least 50 packets in his apartment in

Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, law enforcement officials have said.

The four people were taken into custody Tuesday night after police executed search warrants at several city apartments based on a tip pro-vided by a confidential source that

they may have supplied Hoffman with drugs, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because inves-tigators have not obtained evidence to corroborate the reported connection.

Police say undisclosed quanti-ties of heroin and marijuana were found in three apartments in a lower Manhattan building. The four sus-pects, three of whom live in the build-ing, face charges of criminal posses-sion of a controlled substance. Two also face charges of criminal use of drug paraphernalia. They were await-ing arraignment.

The New York Police Department hasn’t officially announced a con-nection between the arrests and the Hoffman investigation.

The NYPD has launched an inten-sive effort to determine the source of drugs in Hoffman’s apparent overdose even though courts have found that under state law drug dealers can’t be held liable for customers’ deaths.

A 1972 state appellate division case found a dealer can’t be found guilty of manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide for selling heroin and syringes to a customer who later

dies because, the court ruled, legisla-tion enhancing punishment for drug crimes didn’t redefine homicide to include the sale of an illicit drug that results in death.

And holding a drug dealer crimi-nally liable for a customer’s overdose death could prove difficult for the district attorney’s office, said James Cohen, a Fordham University School of Law professor who runs a clinic that represents federal criminal defendants.

“It’s not just enough that you know, if you will, theoretically or academi-cally, that heroin could kill,” he said.

Former NYPD detective Scott Prendergast, who worked on the high-profile investigation into the 1996 heroin overdose death of Jonathan Melvoin, a keyboard player with the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, said it’s not uncommon for investigators to track down dealers following suspect-ed overdose deaths especially when the drugs are stamped with telling names.

Some of the packets found in Hoffman’s apartment were variously stamped with the ace of hearts and others with the ace of spades. Melvoin was said to have used heroin called Red Rum.

Investigators have determined that the “Capote” star made six ATM trans-actions for a total of $1,200 inside a supermarket near his home the day before his death, law enforcement offi-cials have said. Investigators are exam-ining a computer and two iPads found at the scene for clues and recovered syringes, a charred spoon and various prescription medications, including a blood pressure drug and a muscle relaxant, law enforcement officials have said.

Hoffman’s relatives have planned a private funeral for Friday.

On Wednesday night, Broadway theaters were to dim their lights in memory of the Tony Award-nominated actor, and members of the theater community planned to hold a candlelight vigil.

Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz contributed to this report.

By Jake Pearsonand Tom HaysAssociated Press

Hoffman autopsy inconclusive

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, posing with his Oscar for Best Actor in the film “Capote” during the 2006 Academy Awards, has died at 46.

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world showing people my per-sonal museum.”

According to Jennings, it’s a great way to stay connected with the culture and help audiences take an adventure through black history.

The museum featured differ-ent pieces that stretched all the way from the 1860s to the pres-ent. There are articles from the Civil Rights Movement to Barack Obama becoming the President of the United States.

Some of the older pieces included authentic slave chains, whips, African spears and shields. According to Jennings, many of these items tell a story that a picture or text cannot, and she hopes students leave the museum with newfound knowledge.

“I think this is a powerful exhibit about African-American history,” Ekpe Abioto, a musi-cal philanthropist of African music, said. “If you don’t know the about the African-American history, you do not know about American history.”

According to Jennings, she hopes to travel the world and educate people about African-American culture and society. Tess Kolesar (left), childhood development sophomore, and Jordin Michelle (right), journalism sophomore, brave the elements on

the way to class.

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SOCHI, Russia — Despite all the anxiety over terrorism threats and criti-cism for anti-gay laws, poisoned stray dogs, and unfinished media hotels, the sun shined brightly Thursday on this temperate resort town, known as the “Russian Riviera,’’ sandwiched between the snowy peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and the pebble beaches kissing the Black Sea coastline.

The Olympic flame traveled to outer space and the North Pole, and now, ready or not, the 2014 Sochi Olympics are here.

The Games will not officially begin until the Opening Ceremony on Friday night, but competition got underway 32 hours earlier, with Thursday qualifi-cation rounds in snowboard slopestyle, ladies’ moguls and the opening night of team figure skating.

Hometown favorite Evgeny Plushenko, the three-time Olympic medalist and 2006 champion, brought down the house at the Iceberg Skating Palace with his dramatic short program set to tango music. Russia’s rich bal-let culture was evident in Plushenko’s every move, and is expected to be highlighted again during the Opening Ceremony with an appearance by St. Petersburg prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina.

Large groups of athletes checked in to the Olympic Village on the eve

of these $51 billion Games, while the Jamaican bobsled team awaited its lost luggage and equipment after having to make an unplanned stop in Philadelphia due to bad weather. Friendly volunteers in colorful jackets resembling the tradi-tional matryoshka nesting dolls are all over the city, directing visitors.

Russian organizers and leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee were

hoping the storylines would switch to the athletes now that competition has begun, but questions about security continued Thursday morning as news broke that the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned airlines flying directly to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes.

Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, asked about the toothpaste threat, said: “I don’t want talk about specific responses to spe-cific threats because I think it actually impairs our security plan to do that. But I will say that we were made aware of it, and I can’t really say anything beyond that.”

He said the USOC is in close con-tact with the State Department and they will react to situations as they arise.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Sochi is ready for a safe Olympics, and that the “security level in Sochi is equitable with New York, London, Boston and any other world spot as terror threat has no lim-its,” he said. “Based on information we received from our intelligence services, there’s no reason to believe Sochi is under more threat than any city on the planet.”

Islamic insurgents nearby have threatened to disrupt the Games, so the Sochi area has been turned into a fortress with tens of thousands of 40,000 law enforcement officers and troops – seven times the number at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, a city much larger than Sochi. Two U.S. Navy warships – the USS Mount Whitney and the USS Taylor – are stationed in the Black Sea in case of emergency.

Kozak also responded to ridicule and criticism regarding the media accommodations, which remained under construction on Thursday. Los Angeles Times reporters, and oth-ers with rooms reserved at the Gorki Grand’ in the mountain venue, arrived earlier this week and were told their hotel was not finished. They were instructed to ride a ski lift gondola in the pitch dark with their luggage up to a temporary hotel, the Panorama. When they got to the top, they found a ghost town before eventually finding the hotel, which had opened hours earlier.

On Wednesday night, dozens of travel-weary reporters were camped out for as long as seven hours in the lobby at the Ekaterininskiy Kvartal media dorm in the city, awaiting rooms

that were still being finished and fur-nished. When they say they are “mak-ing the bed’’ here, they may, in fact, be MAKING the bed. Many of the rooms are missing light bulbs, closet rods, shower curtains and hot water.

“We are trying to react quickly and deal with the admonitions coming,’’ he said. “We are not neglecting the criticism.’’

The next challenge for the Russian organizing committee is to try and live up to spectacular Opening Ceremonies of recent years. The London 2012 extravaganza included well-known British rock stars, James Bond, and the Queen of England. Beijing’s 2008 gran-diose show featured 14,000 performers and a precision likely never to be seen again. Vancouver four years ago had snowboarder Johnny Lyall jumping through Olympics rings on fire.

Sochi’s ceremony plans are a well-guarded secret. The only thing that has leaked out is that the event will showcase the diversity, size and history of Russia. Viola player Yuri Bashmet and Russian pianist Denis Matsuev are expected to perform.

The U.S. delegation will be led into the Parade of Nations by 37-year-old flag bearer Todd Lodwick, a six-time Olympian in Nordic Combined who won a silver medal in 2010. The American athletes will be wearing patchwork cardigans by Ralph Lauren, white fleece pants and red leather boots.

“Going into my sixth Olympic Games, it feels like I have already won a medal, and to cap off my career by rep-resenting the United States of America and Team USA is truly a privilege,” Lodwick said.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King was scheduled to be among three openly gay athletes to attend the Opening Ceremony at the invitation of President Barack Obama, but she announced she will not travel to Sochi because of the failing health of her 91-year-old mother. Brian Boitano, the 1988 Figure Skating gold medalist, and for-mer Olympic hockey player Caitlin Cahow are still scheduled to be in the delegation, a symbol of diversity by the Obama administration in response to Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws.

For the first time since 1988, there will not be a current or former U.S. president, vice president, or family member at the Opening Ceremony.

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The University of Memphis Friday, February 7, 2014 • 7

ESPN’s College GameDay crew will be at FedExForum on Saturday, but it’s the other visitors that mat-ter to the University of Memphis men’s basketball team – Gonzaga University.

The No. 24 Tigers hope to add another top-25 win to their resume, and the 23rd ranked Zags provide the perfect opportunity.

The Tigers (17-5, 7-3 AAC) are excited for the high-level game and buzz GameDay creates. Senior guard Michael Dixon Jr. enjoyed being around the GameDay crew the first time and expects Saturday to be no different.

“It’s going to be fun,” Dixon, a Missouri transfer, said. “This is the second GameDay game I’ll get to have played in – the first being Missouri vs. Kansas two years ago. The GameDay crew is really funny. It’s going to be great.”

The Bulldogs (21-3, 11-1 West Coast) march into FedExForum off an emotional come-from-behind win over West Coast Conference foe Portland. The Zags jumped ahead to a 22-point first-half lead, but a shooting drought allowed Portland to snatch the lead late in the second half, until timely shooting lifted Gonzaga to a 71-66 win.

Memphis rebounded from their embarrassing loss to Southern Methodist last Saturday by disman-tling Rutgers 101-69 on Tuesday evening. Freshman forward Austin Nichols continued to bust out of his slump in the Rutgers game, lead-ing the Memphis attack with 18 points on a near perfect 8-9 shoot-ing night.

Nichols said much of the Tigers success springs from pounding the ball inside, and they should con-tinue the inside attack throughout the year.

“If me and Shaq (Goodwin) con-tinue to post up and get fed down low, when we’re not able to get a shot we pass it back out and get it to the second or third side, and that’s when our offense really starts to open up,” the 6-foot-8, 212-pound forward said after the Memphis win.

Gonzaga’s attack begins and ends with a steady stable of small guards. Kevin Pangos, a 6-foot-2 guard, plays 34.7 minutes per game and scores 15.3 points per game. Pangos has been nursing various leg inju-ries but has yet to miss a game.

David Stockton, the son of NBA great John Stockton, splits the guard duties with Pangos, scoring 7.4 points per game to along with 4 assists.

Drew Barham – a former Tiger – makes his return to FedExForum with the Bulldogs. The senior trans-ferred to Gonzaga following his sophomore season at the U of M. He plays around 19 minutes per

game, scoring 7.1 points.The Tigers’ shooting, which suf-

fered early in the season, has trend-ed upward over the latest stretch of games. Memphis has shot 33.6 per-cent from three on the season, but they’ve shot 43 percent from behind the arc over the last seven games. They shot a particularly great clip against the Scarlet Knights, going 12 of 19 from deep.

Senior guard Geron Johnson believes the good outside shooting only makes the Blue and Gray’s inside-out attack more dangerous.

“I feel like we’re a great shooting team, and the further we get into the season the more it will show,” Johnson said after the Rutgers game. “I think this is one of the best shooting nights we’ve had this season. We know the shots will eventually fall.”

Memphis Head coach Josh Pastner wants Memphis fans to show the country how great they can be starting Saturday morning.

“We need to pack that place out,” the fifth-year coach said. “I’ll put our fan base up against anyone in the country. It’s going to be a great game, and we’re playing a great team in Gonzaga. We’ve had some great battles with them, obviously, a tremendous tremendous coach in Mark Few – future hall of famer.”

The game tips off at 8 p.m. on ESPN, but the festivities associated with GameDay begin early in the morning. Doors open at 6:30 a.m., and the show begins broadcasting at 9 a.m. on ESPNU and switches to ESPN at 10 a.m.

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The Tigers have been emphasizing playing thought the post. The starting frontcourt of freshman Austin Nichols and sophomore Shaq Goodwin combined for 31 points and nine rebounds in the Tigers’ 101-69 win against Rutgers on Tuesday.

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