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MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Nearly 1,600 fans showed up to watch two special football teams play at Mountaineer Stadium Saturday. Mount Vernon was driving late in the first half as it trailed Seneca 21-13. The Mountaineers got down to the 22 of Seneca and then a false start pushed them back to the 27 for a 2nd-and-13 situation. Gavin Johnston rolled out to his left and fired a ball near the pylon but it was fluttering short and Ty Harris was able to cut in front of the receiver and make a diving interception at the 3-yard line with 1:17 left in the half. Seneca (12-0) went on to drive 97 yards to take a 28-13 lead into the half and grab momentum on its way to a 55-26 victory in the Class 3 state quarterfinal game. "It was a huge stop, for one. We knew we got the ball at half, and we got that pick and I'll be honest, we were content with going into halftime there," Seneca head coach Cody Hilburn said. "We weren't going to force the issue and then we got put into that third-down situation." "I felt good there at the end of the half. We got the ball with 2:35 or whatever it was (2:32) to go down and score and that's usually our strength is that two-minute offense," Mount Vernon head coach Tom Cox said. "Then they turned around and scored so that was a big deal." The Indians now host Lift for Life Academy Charter at 1 p.m. Nov. 30 for a shot to return to Columbia for a Class 3 state championship game. Lift for Life defeated Dexter 50-12 on Saturday. "Our community's going to rally behind us like they always do. It's going to be a special time for our kids," Hilburn said. Brodie Probert, a junior for Seneca, will be heading to his third semifinal in three years in high school and is going to be playing in his second semifinal game. "Last year (state championship loss) we had a bad taste in our mouth and we're coming back for revenge," Probert said. Seneca's Kaden Clouse ran the ball for a gain of seven yards to put them out at the 10 but then on a designed quarterback draw play, he was dropped for a loss of two to set up 3rd and 5. Cox called a timeout with about a minute left in the half. "I didn't want to punt down there in that condensed area. That made me nervous. So, we wanted to try and get a first down. At that point, if we're going to throw it, we might as well try to get vertical on them," Hilburn added. Hilburn took a risk from the 8-yard line as Clouse dropped back and sent one in the air for nearly 40 yards and Blaze Graham ran underneath of it as he beat his man off the line. Graham ran for another 45 yards down to the 5 of Mount Vernon before being tackled for an 87-yard play. The Mountaineers defended well and pushed the Indians back to the seven for a 4th-and-goal situation from there. Then two false start penalties had Seneca looking at 4th and goal from the 17 with 14 seconds left in the half. Hagen Ginger beat his man on a post to the corner of the end zone and Clouse found him for the 17-yard score to make it 28-13 at halftime. "Our kids were still extremely confident that we were going to find a way to get it in. Hagen Ginger is a veteran for us. He's caught a lot of balls for us and he's a tough matchup. We got him flexed out, got him one-on-one and he went and made a play for us," Hilburn said. "Huge. It got us momentum going into halftime." Seneca added a score to start the second half when Roman Miller caught an option pitch from Clouse and ran 50 yards for a touchdown to make it 34-13. The Indians missed the extra point kick wide right. Mount Vernon (9-4) played within two or three scores for the first three quarters before seeing turnovers give Seneca an opportunity to pull away in the fourth. The final score wasn't quite indicative of how the Mountaineers played all game. "I feel like that. But, in the end, the scoreboard doesn't lie. We turned it over a couple of times in bad situations," Cox said. Cox added that his team remained confident in the locker room at halftime and hoped to come out and get a stop and keep the game within two scores but didn't end up being able to do that. The Mountaineers turned the ball over on downs late in the third quarter while trailing 41-20 and Seneca turned it into a 78-yard drive in just under five minutes to go up 48-20 with 7:18 left to play. The first play of the next drive was a snap that got past Johnston and was booted around by the quarterback all the way back to the 8-yard line where Kye Adams of Seneca recovered. The Indians added a score on a 1-yard plunge by Probert to make it 55-20. Probert had six rushes for 60 yards and two touchdowns. He started Seneca's scoring with a 21-yard run in the first quarter. He also completed a pass to Clouse for 18 yards and caught a pass from Clouse for 12 yards in the game. "It's nice to come out with a bang and it all starts with those guys up front," Probert said of his touchdown to start the game. The junior quarterback/running back was a part of a trio of ball carriers that really punished the Mountaineers' defense by the end of the day. Clouse had at least 15 carries for 144 yards on the ground. He completed 4 of 8 passes for 140 yards as well. Clouse threw two touchdowns. The one to Ginger and another on a quick screen to Harris that went for 24 yards. Miller added at least 15 rushes for 169 yards and four total touchdowns. He ran for more than 100 yards in the second half and had three scores as well. His touchdown runs went for 1, 50, 19 and 6 yards. "It's awesome. We can all come in and we all have a fresh pair of legs. It all starts with that line up front. I think they're, personally, one of the best offensive lines in the state," Probert added. Mount Vernon's senior leaders and career milestone guys led the way. Johnston, the program's career leader in passing yards and touchdowns, threw three touchdowns while going 22 for 31 for 251 yards. He scrambled three times for 28 yards and a another score. He pushed his career passing touchdown mark to 68 and his yardage up over 7,400. He had 28 passing touchdowns this year and more than 2,800 yards. Braden Dodson ran the ball 18 times for 87 yards as Seneca's defense was pretty stingy in the run department all game. Dodson finished with 77 career touchdowns, more than 5,500 yards and had more than 1,500 of them this year. He scored 25 times on the ground in 2024. "Gavin Johnston and Braden Dodson have just excelled all the way through. They've played together for a long time — all 14 of these seniors. These guys are going to be hard, hard, hard to replace," Cox said. "They've meant a lot to this football program, to the school, the community and I hope to football in Southwest Missouri. I'm sad for them that are going out. It's over for them and I really wanted to get them a state championship. "I told them, sometimes you don't get rewarded for your hard work." There are no moral victories, although Mount Vernon played Seneca closer than anyone else has this fall when it lost by 21 back in September and it now has the most points scored on the Indians' defense with 26. They also had two of the bigger highlights in the game with some one-handed catches. One was by Hunter Dawson for a 20-yard touchdown and the other by Jarrett Zerby for an 18-yard gain.5 japanese words 。

Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday said the interim government could form a separate commission to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or marginalised communities. "If that is not possible, representatives from those communities and civil society could establish such a commission. And that commission should put forward its proposals to the interim government," he said. Sobhan was speaking at a discussion and book launch at the capital's CIRDAP auditorium. The event titled "End Discrimination, Celebrate Partnership with Marginalised Communities" was jointly organised by Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC), Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), and Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC). These organisations have long been working with different marginalised communities, including indigenous communities, tea workers, Harijan, Bede and Rishi communities. Eight books were also launched at the event as part of their ongoing research. Speaking at the programme as chief guest, Sobhan said he has been advocating for social justice and people's rights since the beginning of his professional career in the 1950s. He highlighted the socio-economic disparities in the region before 1971, against which he had worked. He said people of the country fought the Liberation War in 1971 to secure independence, and achieving independence was a massive achievement. "However, even after gaining independence, all forms of deprivation have not come to an end." Sobhan, a member of the country's first Planning Commission, said social and economic inequality still persists in various sectors of the society, and this inequality is increasing. The marginalised communities continue to bear the brunt of this discrimination. He regretted that nothing significant has been done over the years to end the discrimination. Hossain Zillur Rahman, a former adviser to a caretaker government and also the executive director of PPRC, put forward three proposals for the development of the marginalised communities -- increasing their presence, amplifying their voice, and ensuring their presence in discussions on national policies. People have high expectations of the interim government formed through the mass uprising, said Zillur, adding that the members of the interim government should listen to the concerns of the marginalised people with patience and interest. "The word 'reform' is being used a lot now. I want to say that reforms must be carried out to ensure justice." Reforms should focus on ensuring justice, as mere reforms would not be sufficient, he added. Philip Gine, executive director of SEHD, delivered the keynote speech. Prof Rounaq Jahan, senior fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue, Prof Syed M Hashemi of BRAC University, Supreme Court lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua, and Prof Zakir Hossain Raju of Independent University, among others, spoke at the event.

‘It’s Illegal’: Rand Paul Breaks With Trump on Two Key Campaign PromisesWith the war exceeding more than 1,000 days, Joe Biden has greenlighted Ukraine using American-made ATACMS missiles to strike deep inside Russia. This sparked an angry reaction from Vladimir Putin, who retaliated by firing an intermediate-range ballistic missile in a warning to the West. But experts are divided on whether this is merely "theater" or if the threats are credible as Putin tries to exert his dominance . There are also concerns that NATO is suffering "Zelensky fatigue" from the Ukrainian President's repeated requests as Western nations begin a "reckless" game of "nuclear dice." "I think what's ultimately what's going on here in Moscow is the politics of nostalgia. Putin wants to recover what the Soviet Union once had in importance, in status, in global influence," Teddy Uldricks, an expert in Russian politics at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, told Daily Express US. The United States, on the other hand, is perhaps working to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in the meantime, said Sean McFate, a foreign policy expert and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a Washington D.C.-based think tank. "I speculate that the Biden administration is in the middle of secret talks, and they're doing these things on the battlefield to try to increase pressure on Putin for concessions," he said. Biden's decision seems to be in tandem with President-elect Donald Trump 's decisive victory in the 2024 US election. The Trump administration will probably "pick winners in two wars" that might lead to a "frozen conflict for Ukraine " that suits Putin's ulterior interests, McFate speculated, adding that Putin is simply "waiting out Biden" to either invade Ukraine completely or replace Zelensky with a Moscow-backed puppet. Uldricks is fearful of the incoming Trump administration in January 2025. Trump, who boasts of a close kinship with Putin, has previously stated that he will end the war in "one day" which is "unrealistic," Uldricks said. "I suspect that Putin will be emboldened, that as President, Trump, will be less likely to challenge him," Uldricks said. It will not be "surprising" if the US withdraws substantially from the conflict but it might be "disastrous," he opined. While Biden deserves credit for strengthening NATO, it has led to "an equal and opposite reaction," McFate said. "It created this axis of autocracies where China, Russia , North Korea, and Iran are all cooperating much more fluently and efficiently," he told Daily Express US. DON'T MISS: The problem with this "axis" is that it reverberates through the nations when either one is impacted. "I think it's a worst-case scenario threat. It's unfortunate but this conflict is indeed escalating and indeed going more and more global," McFate explained. However, both experts agree that it is a "bit of a stretch" and "premature" to call this the start of World War Three. "I suspect that Putin wants us to think that way so that we will be less inclined to give aid to Ukraine ," Uldricks said. While Russia has lost tens and thousands of soldiers since the start of the war, they have a larger army, also aided by North Korea that has baffled both experts. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supplied nearly 11,000 troops to Moscow in their war against Ukraine . The Ukraine war has seen ethnic minorities die disproportionately as Putin tried to keep from drafting more native Russians into the war. China, a pragmatic ally to Russia , might not prefer witnessing a closer alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang due to the latter's "client relationship" with Beijing, McFate said. "It [North Korea joining the war] could either be very laughable. They get slaughtered and go home to Pyongyang. Or it just increases and increases the war," he said. Uldricks blamed North Korea's "paranoia" for partaking in a war that will remotely not affect them. He agreed with McFate, taking a jab at North Korea's prowess or the lack thereof in the war. "I was shocked because what we heard on the news broadcast was that the North Koreans had sent some of their elite troops. Perhaps that wasn't true, because the quality of those troops seems to be very low," he said. The experts, however, differed on how the US should approach the war. Uldricks thinks the necessary aid came in too little too late. He echoed a Ukrainian commander who said that while he was happy about Ukraine finally getting access to the ATACMS missiles, like every other American weapons package sent to Kyiv, they have been six months late. After Russia launched the ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead, Zelensky condemned Putin's actions calling it a "cynical violation of the UN charter." He also called on the rest of the world to respond and stand together in the face of Putin's wrath, saying that the Kremlin is "testing" them, which, according to McFate, is quite exhausting to NATO nations. "I think everybody is tired of hearing him say these things. I think there's 'Zelensky fatigue,'" he said. He also blamed the outgoing Biden administration's "strategic blunder" to have failed to employ a "wedge strategy" from the start of the war "to put daylight between China and Russia ." Additionally, the Biden administration authorizing the weapons at this juncture is quite unnecessary and reckless and can lead to further escalation, he believes. "I think that the Biden administration is being very reckless. I think that they need to take the knee, which means they need to chill out and let the next administration take it over and that's what the American people have asked for. And trying to do these last-minute negotiations, trying to, you know, play with nuclear dice is reckless. They should not do this," McFate said.

Lea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradise Island a week before Thanksgiving. About 5,000 miles west of the Caribbean nation, similar climes awaited Maui Invitational men's teams in Hawaii. They’ve often been greeted with leis, the traditional Hawaiian welcome of friendship. College basketball teams and fans look forward to this time of the year. The holiday week tournaments feature buzzworthy matchups and all-day TV coverage, sure, but there is a familiarity about them as they help ward off the November chill. For four decades, these sandy-beach getaways filled with basketball have become a beloved mainstay of the sport itself. “When you see (ESPN’s) ‘Feast Week’ of college basketball on TV, when you see the Battle 4 Atlantis on TV, you know college basketball is back,” said Miller-Tooley, the founder and organizer of the Battle 4 Atlantis men's and women's tournaments. “Because it’s a saturated time of the year with the NFL, college football and the NBA. But when you see these gorgeous events in these beautiful places, you realize, ‘Wow, hoops are back, let’s get excited.’” MTE Madness The Great Alaska Shootout was the trend-setting multiple-team event (MTE) nearly five decades ago. The brainchild of late Alaska-Anchorage coach Bob Rachal sought to raise his program’s profile by bringing in national-power programs, which could take advantage of NCAA rules allowing them to exceed the maximum allotment of regular-season games if they played the three-game tournament outside the contiguous 48 states. The first edition, named the Sea Wolf Classic, saw N.C. State beat Louisville 72-66 for the title on Nov. 26, 1978. The Maui Invitational followed in November 1984, borne from the buzz of NAIA program Chaminade’s shocking upset of top-ranked Virginia and 7-foot-4 star Ralph Sampson in Hawaii two years earlier. Events kept coming, with warm-weather locales getting in on the action. The Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Cancun Challenge in Mexico. The Cayman Islands Classic. The Jamaica Classic. The Myrtle Beach Invitational joining the Charleston Classic in South Carolina. Numerous tournaments in Florida. Some events have faded away like the Puerto Rico Tipoff and the Great Alaska Shootout, the latter in 2017 amid event competition and schools opting for warm-weather locales. Notre Dame takes on Chaminade during the first half of a 2017 game in Lahaina, Hawaii. Atlantis rising Miller-Tooley’s push to build an MTE for Atlantis began as a December 2010 doubleheader with Georgia Tech beating Richmond and Virginia Tech beating Mississippi State in a prove-it moment for a tournament’s viability. It also required changing NCAA legislation to permit MTEs in the Bahamas. Approval came in March 2011; the first eight-team Atlantis men’s tournament followed in November. That tournament quickly earned marquee status with big-name fields, with Atlantis champions Villanova (2017) and Virginia (2018) later winning that season’s NCAA title. Games run in a ballroom-turned-arena at the resort, where players also check out massive swimming pools, water slides and inner-tube rapids surrounded by palm trees and the Atlantic Ocean. “It’s just the value of getting your passport stamped, that will never get old,” Miller-Tooley said. “Watching some of these kids, this may be their first and last time – and staff and families – that they ever travel outside the United States. ... You can see through these kids’ eyes that it’s really an unbelievable experience.” ACC Network analyst Luke Hancock knows that firsthand. His Louisville team finished second at Atlantis in 2012 and won that year’s later-vacated NCAA title, with Hancock as the Final Four's most outstanding player. “I remember (then-coach Rick Pitino) saying something to the effect of: ‘Some of you guys might never get this opportunity again. We’re staying in this unbelievable place, you’re doing it with people you love,’” Hancock said. “It was a business trip for us there at Thanksgiving, but he definitely had a tone of ‘We’ve got to enjoy this as well.’” Popular demand Maui offers similar vibes, though 2024 could be a little different as Lahaina recovers from deadly 2023 wildfires that forced the event's relocation last year. North Carolina assistant coach Sean May played for the Tar Heels’ Maui winner in 2004 and was part of UNC’s staff for the 2016 champion, with both teams later winning the NCAA title. May said “you just feel the peacefulness” of the area — even while focusing on games — and savors memories of the team taking a boat out on the Pacific Ocean after title runs under now-retired Hall of Famer Roy Williams. “Teams like us, Dukes, UConns – you want to go to places that are very well-run,” May said. “Maui, Lea Miller with her group at the Battle 4 Atlantis, that’s what drives teams to come back because you know you’re going to get standard A-quality of not only the preparation but the tournament with the way it’s run. Everything is top-notch. And I think that brings guys back year after year.” That’s why Colorado coach Tad Boyle is so excited for the Buffaloes’ first Maui appearance since 2009. “We’ve been trying to get in the tournament since I got here,” said Boyle, now in his 15th season. And of course, that warm-weather setting sure doesn’t hurt. “If you talk about the Marquettes of the world, St. John’s, Providence – they don’t want that cold weather,” said NBA and college TV analyst Terrence Oglesby, who played for Clemson in the 2007 San Juan Invitational in Puerto Rico. “They’re going to have to deal with that all January and February. You might as well get a taste of what the sun feels like.” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo argues a call during the first half of a Nov. 16 game against Bowling Green in East Lansing, Michigan. Mi zzo is making his fourth trip to Maui. Packed schedule The men’s Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas, got things rolling last week with No. 11 Tennessee routing No. 13 Baylor for the title. The week ahead could boast matchups befitting the Final Four, with teams having two weeks of action since any opening-night hiccups. “It’s a special kickoff to the college basketball season,” Oglesby said. “It’s just without the rust.” On the women’s side, Atlantis began its fourth eight-team women’s tournament Saturday with No. 16 North Carolina and No. 18 Baylor, while the nearby Baha Mar resort follows with two four-team women’s brackets that include No. 2 UConn, No. 7 LSU, No. 17 Mississippi and No. 20 N.C. State. Then come the men’s headliners. The Maui Invitational turns 40 as it opens Monday back in Lahaina. It features second-ranked and two-time reigning national champion UConn, No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 10 North Carolina. The Battle 4 Atlantis opens its 13th men’s tournament Wednesday, topped by No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 16 Indiana and No. 17 Arizona. Michigan State Hall of Famer Tom Izzo is making his fourth trip to Maui, where he debuted as Jud Heathcote’s successor at the 1995 tournament. Izzo's Spartans have twice competed at Atlantis, last in 2021. “They’re important because they give you something in November or December that is exciting,” Izzo said. Any drawbacks? “It’s a 10-hour flight,” he said of Hawaii. Mike Tyson, left, slaps Jake Paul during a weigh-in ahead of their heavyweight bout, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal serves during a training session at the Martin Carpena Sports Hall, in Malaga, southern Spain, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) A fan takes a picture of the moon prior to a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Uruguay and Colombia in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. 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Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!RJ Thompson scored 23 points -- including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56 seconds left -- as Charleston Southern shocked host Miami 83-79 on Saturday afternoon. Miami entered the game as a 23.5-point favorite. Charleston (2-7) won its first game of the season away from home after losing its previous six road or neutral-court contests. The Buccaneers also got 21 points from Thompson Camara and 20 points and 11 rebounds from Taje' Kelly. Camara match his previous career point total. Miami (3-4), playing at home for the first time in two weeks, lost its fourth straight game. Brandon Johnson led Miami with 23 points and freshman Austin Swartz scored a career-high 15. Swartz entered the game averaging just 2.3 points For the first time this season, Miami was without Nijel Pack, who has a lower-body injury. Pack leads the team in scoring (15.2) and assists (4.7). With Pack out, five-star freshman Jalil Bethea made his first start and had six points. The game featured quite a contrast in coaches. Miami's Jim Larranaga, 75, has won 743 games in 41-plus seasons. Charleston Southern's Saah Nimley, 31, is in his full first season as a head coach. He was named interim coach in November 2023. In the first half, Miami raced to a 17-10 lead. However, Charleston Southern posted an 11-0 run to grab a 21-17 advantage. The Hurricanes lost control late in the first half as Miami's Johnson hit a 3-pointer and was hit with a technical foul for taunting. Later in the first half, Larranaga was also hit with a technical. By the end of the half, the Buccaneers led 45-37. Camara led Charleston Southern with 16 first-half points on 6-for-7 shooting, including 4-of-5 on 3-pointers. Johnson scored 12 for Miami in the opening half, all on 3-pointers. In the second half, Charleston Southern stretched its lead to 13. Miami rallied as the clock wound down. With 38 seconds left, Miami called a timeout while trailing 81-79. With 15 seconds left, Swartz missed a 3-pointer and the Buccaneers got the rebound. Daylen Berry made two free throws with 11 seconds left to ice the game. Up next, Miami will host No. 19 Arkansas on Tuesday night as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Charleston Southern will return home to face Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday night. --Field Level Media

'Unbelievable' Odegaard transforms Arsenal and gets Saka smiling againIt’s not uncommon for a former sporting favourite to appear on a reality show well after their career is over, but it seems that snooker star Kyren Wilson is keen to be on one during the prime of his. The reigning world champion takes on Stephen Maguire in the first round of the UK Championship on Monday, where he is bidding to go all the way at the Triple Crown event for the first time. Although Wilson, the current world No.2, knows exactly what he’d want to be doing if he wasn’t competing in York. The popular ITV series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is currently airing on ITV, with the likes of boxing great Barry McGuigan and Coleen Rooney - wife of ex- England captain Wayne - having ventured into the jungle. And now Wilson, 32, has admitted to having his own ambition to enter the Australian outback in Murwillumbah, New South Wales. In fact, he’s even discussed the prospect of three weeks Down Under with his wife. “I’d love a stint in the Jungle,” he told SportsBoom . “It’s quite funny actually. I’m a big fan of the show and I was watching it with my wife, and it was the episode where their families were giving them a luxury item each...Sophie said she would give me a game of UNO.” The timing of the show does not fall kindly for professional snooker players though. It takes place each year at around the same time as the tournament at the York Barbican, but that’s seemingly not the only issue ‘The Warrior’ would have to confront. “The only problem for me is the UK Championship will always take priority,” he added. “I always like testing myself, so I’d definitely give it a go. I’ve sky-dived from 13,000 feet before so I’ve ticked that one off. But I think fear wise it would be spiders, I’m not a fan of spiders.” Two snooker greats have previously taken taken part in the show, Jimmy White in 2009 and Steve Davis in 2013. ‘The Whirlwind’ made it to the final day, finishing in third place, while four years later Davis was the fifth person to be voted out. Wilson is not the only current star who has stated his desire to follow in their footsteps though. Back in 2022, current world No.1 Judd Trump echoed similar sentiments, and also shared the same drawback with the animals involved. “I’m a Celebrity is the real big one,” he told Eurosport . “Never say never to that one, it’s one that I would probably want to give a go but I absolutely hate any creepy-crawly things, spiders and snakes. So I would struggle with the challenges.” Sporting figures to have been crowned the ‘King or Queen’ of the jungle include cricketer Phil Tufnell, motorcycling icon Carl Fogarty, football manager Harry Redknapp and ex-Lioness Jill Scott. The former England international was the last of the quartet to prevail, winning in 2022.‘Wicked’ Spoiler Interview: Jon M. Chu on Expanding ‘Defying Gravity,’ Cutting Lines and Splitting the Musical in Two — Plus, Will Dorothy Pop Up in ‘Part 2’?

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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Alyssa Ustby and Lexi Donarski scored 14 points apiece, and Ustby added 14 rebounds to lead No. 16 North Carolina to a 53-36 victory over Villanova in a semifinal game at the Women's Battle 4 Atlantis on Sunday. The Tar Heels (5-1) play Indiana in the championship game on Monday. The Hoosiers upset No. 18 Baylor 73-65 in Sunday's first semifinal. Ustby made 6 of 8 shots from the floor with a 3-pointer for North Carolina on the way to her first double-double of the season. Donarski hit 6 of 10 shots with a pair of 3-pointers. Maddie Webber led the Wildcats (4-2) with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Lara Edmanson pitched in with 11 points and seven rebounds. The Tar Heels held Villonova's leading scorer Jasmine Bascoe to two points after she came in averaging 16.6 per game. Bascoe missed all seven of her shots — three from distance — and made 2 of 4 at the free-throw line. Ustby had seven points and Donarski scored five to guide the Tar Heels to a 17-7 lead after one quarter. Donarski scored five more in the third quarter to help North Carolina turn a 30-18 lead at halftime into a 44-23 advantage heading to the final period. North Carolina shot 40% from the floor, made 5 of 17 from beyond the arc (29.4%) and 4 of 6 at the foul line. Villanova shot 23.5% overall but made 5 of 18 from distance (27.8%) and 7 of 10 free throws. The Tar Heels scored 15 points off of 21 Villanova turnovers. They turned it over 14 times but it led to only three points for the Wildcats. North Carolina outscored Villanova 30-14 in the paint and never trailed. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketballShares of Eli Lilly and Company ( NYSE:LLY – Get Free Report ) were down 0.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $780.30 and last traded at $788.19. Approximately 2,714,656 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 16% from the average daily volume of 3,217,376 shares. The stock had previously closed at $789.32. Analyst Ratings Changes LLY has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of Eli Lilly and Company from $1,025.00 to $1,015.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Eli Lilly and Company in a research note on Friday, November 15th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $1,000.00 target price for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Eli Lilly and Company from $1,050.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Redburn Atlantic raised shares of Eli Lilly and Company to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Bank of America lowered their price objective on shares of Eli Lilly and Company from $1,150.00 to $1,100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,007.94. Get Our Latest Analysis on LLY Eli Lilly and Company Stock Up 0.9 % Eli Lilly and Company ( NYSE:LLY – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.52 by ($0.34). The company had revenue of $11.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.09 billion. Eli Lilly and Company had a net margin of 20.48% and a return on equity of 71.08%. Eli Lilly and Company’s revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.10 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Eli Lilly and Company will post 13.2 EPS for the current year. Eli Lilly and Company Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a $1.30 dividend. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. Eli Lilly and Company’s payout ratio is 56.22%. Insider Buying and Selling at Eli Lilly and Company In other news, CAO Donald A. Zakrowski sold 900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $803.38, for a total value of $723,042.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 5,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,402,522.40. This represents a 14.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink . Company insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock. Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Eli Lilly and Company by 87,091.7% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 12,463,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,041,631,000 after buying an additional 12,448,888 shares during the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC boosted its stake in Eli Lilly and Company by 92,759.9% in the third quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,022,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $905,774,000 after acquiring an additional 1,021,287 shares during the last quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. grew its position in shares of Eli Lilly and Company by 90,438.0% during the 2nd quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. now owns 937,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $848,403,000 after acquiring an additional 936,033 shares during the period. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC increased its stake in shares of Eli Lilly and Company by 37,140.7% during the 3rd quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 694,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $614,990,000 after purchasing an additional 692,303 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Comerica Bank raised its holdings in shares of Eli Lilly and Company by 71.6% in the 2nd quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,512,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,369,825,000 after purchasing an additional 631,312 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.53% of the company’s stock. About Eli Lilly and Company ( Get Free Report ) Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity. 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