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“I knew I had a lot of strong competition,” she said. “When they said my name, I stood there for a second. You’re like ‘Did that really just happen?’”
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Cameron University concluded “An Aggie Fairytale” Homecoming week with the coronation of the 2018 Homecoming King and Queen during halftime at the men’s basketball game on Feb. 10 in the Aggie Gym. Students voted to crown senior health profession chemistry major Marina Brown queen and junior mathematics and engineering major Noah Polynice king. Brown represented the Honors Students Society, while Polynice represented the Diversity Diplomats. Both said they felt overwhelmed by the support they received from their fellow students. Brown said the win exhilarated her – she shook as she walked to be crowned. “I knew I had a lot of strong competition,” she said. “When they said my name, I stood there for a second. You’re like ‘Did that really just happen?’ It made me feel like you work so hard for something and then you finally get it.” Polynice said he felt relief wash over him when his name was announced, like weights had been lifted from his shoulders. “I was stressing the entire week,” he said. “I was nervous. You put in all these hours of campaigning and talking to people […] All those people you spoke to and texts and social media, those votes actually mattered.” During the interview process, the panel asked potential candidates what their favorite fairytales are. Polynice answered with Aladdin, while Brown said Snow White and the Seven Drawfs. Polynice said he accepted the nomination because he felt he could accurately represent Cameron’s diverse student population. “From the outside, ethnically, I’m diverse from my background and culture,” he said. “My mom’s Puerto
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Rican and my dad is from Haiti, but also within academic and extracurricular activities, I’ve done ethics tournaments, I’m in the [CU] Percussion Ensemble, I’m a STEM student, and I also act on the side.” A member of Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Epsilon and the Cameron Honors Students Society, Brown said she campaigned for the title on social media, particularly on the Cameron University Group Facebook page. “I wanted to be able to connect with different people,” she said, “and I think that’s a big thing. You can’t go in just knowing one set of people. With my campaign, I tried to grab ahold of my resources in all areas.” The first runner-up queen and king were Haley Berry from the CU Aggie Club and Kristopher Mayfield from CU Model United Nations. In a Facebook post, Mayfield told his friends not to feel sorry for him. “Happiness isn’t a trade-off,” he said. “After I got runner-up, I received several congratulations, and even some sympathetic looks. Y’all should know me well enough to know I don’t like feeling like I’ve failed, but I also don’t wallow in it for long.” “That’s not how happiness works, and I couldn’t stand to take away from another person’s successes. Noah earned that crown, and I couldn’t be happier for him.” Second runners-up were Megan Magness from Chemistry Club and Suresh Sunuwar from the CU International Club. Other king candidates were Curtis Holmes from Psi Chi and Abhaya Poudel from the Cameron University Nepalese Association. The remaining queen candidates were Chavicia Flanders from the Student Alumni Association and Tiffany Sullins from the Health Professions Society.
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Marina Brown (left) and Sujana Rupakheti 2018 and 2017 Homecoming Queens
Noah Polynice (left) and Brandon Schmidt 2018 and 2017 Homecoming Kings
Kristopher Mayfield and Haley Berry Second runners-up
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Third runner-up for Homecoming Queen
Abhaya Poudel and Tiffany Sullins Homecoming Candidates
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PAC presents hypnotist
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In a trance: CU’s Programming Activities Council hosted professional hypnotist Chris Jones, who manipulated audience members with suggestions of the mind.
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Staff Writer At 8 p.m., Feb. 7, in the McCasland Ballroom, Cameron’s Programming Activities Council hosted an event featuring professional hypnotist Chris Jones. From Chicago, Jones performs for high schools and universities across the country. PAC member Darius Morris kicked the night off by introducing Jones as someone who resembles Canadian rapper Drake Graham. Before Jones began, he gave a disclaimer for what might happen and what to expect throughout the show.
“I do not pre-select people,” he said. “However, people in the audience listening to my voice will also get hypnotized. Even if you don’t volunteer and even if you don’t believe in it.” Jones continued the precautionary introduction by giving some ground rules for if a person next you does become hypnotized. He said some people might fall over onto the person next to them, and that nobody should freak out or mess with the person in any way. He also said that being hypnotized does not hurt. “It will feel like you are super drunk” he said. “It will feel like you have been asleep for three hours, kind of like a power nap.”
breath in and out.” As the students breathed in and out, their fists slowly moved up and down. Jones said this phenomenon Jones also explained how occurs through the hypnotism can be beneficial, manipulation of suggestions claiming it can ease to the mind. childbirth and help people Before he began the quit smoking. hypnotism, he chose a After a few jokes and member of the audience, discussion of preliminary Kris Mayfield, to represent measures and benefits of what Jones calls “team hypnotism, he began the woke.” process by showing the Mayfield’s job consisted audience how hypnotism of expressing how a “woke” works. member of the audience Jones asked audience would react to something members to stand if a hypnotized member is they were willing to be doing. hypnotized. According to Jones, he After they stood, Jones had met Mayfield previously asked the audience to hold that day in the Cameron out one fist as he painted the cafeteria and enjoyed picture. Mayfield’s expressive facial “Pretend you are holding movements. a string connected to a At one point in the helium balloon,” he said. performance, Mayfield sat “See where that balloon is in between two hypnotized your mind, and take a deep females who were told to
stare at him for an extended period of time. Mayfield said it freaked him out. “I didn’t want to do it,” he said, “especially when they were all asleep or staring at me.” Jones eventually told Mayfield that he could leave the stage half-way through the performance, and Mayfield received a t-shirt that said “stay woke” for participating in the show. Jones used the microphone to hypnotize anyone in the audience who had been willing or able. During that time period, several students standing and sitting became hypnotized. Jones asked several hypnotized students to come on-stage, with others left in their seats. The hypnotized students went through several scenarios including becoming zombies, felons
and superheroes. At the end of the show, he un-hypnotized the volunteers with a few last minute stipulations. “When I snap my fingers, you will not remember the show,” Jones said. “If your friends show you pictures, you will not believe that is you. When you wake up, you will believe that I am Drake, and you are at my concert.” Next, Jones hit the button on his remote to play the song “Hotline Bling,” and then snapped his fingers. The previously hypnotized members went wild by asking for pictures, singing along and being fully convinced Jones was Drake. For more information about PAC events or the organization, call the Office of Campus Life at (580) 581-2217 or email the PAC board at pac@cameron.edu.
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Tailgate and Chuck Wagon Cook-off
Homecoming fun: At 12:30 p.m., Feb. 10, on the lawn between the MCC and Cameron Village, the CU Alumni Association hosted a Tailgate and Chuck Wagon Cook-off, open to the public. Attendees enjoyed stew, cobbler and cornbread along with live music performed by CU student Dannie Carson.
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Aggies and Tiaras: On Feb. 4, Cameron University student Mariah Ellis won the 39th annual Miss Black CU pageant. Students Carissa Mitchell, Brianna Malloy and Ellis competed in four rounds, including swimwear, talent, evening wear and representation of a real or fictional black woman in pop culture, science or literature.
CU art students make an impact their fields. At Cameron, all students Student Life Editor who are working to graduate @maddilinee with a Bachelor of Fine Arts must host two public speaking On Feb. 13, two Cameron events. The events revolve University art students took around having students discuss a trip to Tomlinson Middle their work with an audience; School where they presented this helps the creative process. graphic design techniques and The requirement is work to the middle school art designed by the university classes. art department to provide The two Aggies, seniors students with public speaking Kelly Coy and Tiana Buckner, experience when it comes hosted their presentations for to potentially featuring three eighth grade Tomlinson their work in future gallery Middle School art classes. openings and exhibitions. It is Coy and Buckner discussed about preparing students for a range of topics about graphic successful careers after they design they learned through graduate. their degree programs, as well It also gives students the as techniques that are used to opportunity to talk about create various forms of art in their work and publicly discuss their prospective processes, along with the
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personal meanings their work provides. During the event, both Coy and Buckner had the opportunity to speak to the classes about what graphic design is, how it is different from other fields of art, what it entails to be a graphic designer and what goes into the unique creative processes to create their art. Coy and Buckner also informed the students of different fields and job opportunities that they have the possibility of achieving with a degree in graphic design. Both students were given equal time to present what they have learned, as well as being able to present a graphic design portfolio with several works of art they have created. The portfolio ranged from works of art they have created for community businesses and
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events, Cameron University specific art a`nd various projects they have completed in their classes over the last few years. Coy, who will be graduating this spring, said the event meant a lot to her. “It was important for me to come and talk to them because I feel like there a lot of students who might be serious about art but don’t know that they have an avenue they can take to make it into a profession,” she said. “I wanted to let them know that there was something out there for them.” After the presentation ended, eighth-grade art students had the opportunity to ask Coy and Buckner some questions. The students were able to ask specific questions about graphic
design. Buckner said that she feels it was important to speak to the younger artists of the community. “When I started at Cameron, I didn’t even know what graphic design was,” she said. “We felt that it was important to educate students that are younger, before they even hit an age where it’s stressful and all in your face like high school. It’s like an incentive that yes, you can in fact go into art, there is lucrative business that you can do, and it is still a very, very up and coming field with tons of job
opportunities for you.” The middle school’s art class is taught by a recent 2017 graduate from the Cameron University Art department, alumni Theresa Reimer. Reimer said she wants to spread awareness to students about this particular field of study. “People don’t always see how much we use art and how it’s in everything,” she said. “Everything that you buy, everything that you see, you wear, an artist has touched it at some point. That’s important.”
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Florida Shooting
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America’s shameful apathy
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one of the safest places in the world, with the purpose of killing children. Voices Editor And, finally, I want to consider what it @YoureSoVanya means for all of us when we cease to care. A few years ago, the Academy for On Valentine’s Day, at a high school Critical Incident analysis conducted a in Parkland, Florida, a 19-year-old armed study on gun violence at schools around the gunman killed at least 17 people. world. There are many things people expect to The study collected data from 36 be said in the wake of a tragedy like this, countries. often political, and often mournful Between the years 2000 to 2010, the But nothing much is ever said about the speed with which we, the American people, study uncovered 57 incidences of shootings at schools in which there were two or more now seem to forget tragedies like this victims. almost as rapidly as they happen. Of those 57 incidences, 28, or more than Nothing much is ever said about how desensitized we have become to this kind of half, occurred in the U.S. That means that, in the U.S., more mass violence in America. school shootings occurred than in the other Nothing much is said about how little 35 countries surveyed combined. we seem to really care that things like I imagine readers are, by now, starting to this happen, because events like this have see a pattern. become so commonplace in this country But these statistics lead me to ask a that school shootings are business as usual. question I hoped I’d never have to ask: What do I mean by this? Have American’s become more callous So far, in 2018, there have been seven than anyone else in the world? school shootings in America, and it is only It has become my greatest fear, over the mid-February. course of the last few years, that perhaps, That means that so far, in 2018, the after years of pride and progress, America United States has averaged more than one has finally lost its soul. school shooting a week. And, as each shooting talked about I’d like to say that again, and give it a on the news becomes more twisted and chance to sink in: In 2018, America has averaged more than horrifying than the last in this country, and our response takes on a surreal, even more one school shooting a week. horrifying air of routine, I worry that my Most of these other incidents were fears are coming true. quickly forgotten about, such as the 17 deaths is a huge number. When I look shooting in Kentucky on Jan. 23, in which at it, I feel tears welling in my eyes. I feel a 15-year-old opened fire in the atrium of a deep, sickening anger and despair, too, the high school he attended, killing two because I know by next week, I will have students and wounding at least a dozen essentially forgotten this incident. others. I will have forgotten the faces of the And this most recent shooting, which victims that f lash across the screen on all occurred on Valentine’s Day, will be the major news channels. forgotten probably very nearly as quickly, I will forget the images of parents crying. after the gun control debate it will spark Parents who will now have to bury their dies down and the American people inevitably run out of room in their hearts to children. Images of parents who can’t imagine what horrible cruelty has allowed mourn the loss of 17 lives. Or until we move on to the next shooting this to happen to their children. I’ll forget all of this. which, at the rate we are currently going, And so will the rest of us, as we go to our will happen within a week. jobs and to our classes. But I want to consider, before we all In just a few weeks, it will be as though move on with our lives as if this never none of this ever happened. As though the happened, what it should mean to us, as victims and their parents never existed. citizens of this country, and as citizens of And the soul of this great country will the world, when 17 people have their lives die a little more. taken away from them. And we can continue to talk about gun I want to consider what it means when control, and we can continue to talk about a man with a gun goes into what should be
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our “thoughts and prayers” going to the families and friends of those involved, but the truth is, we do not care. The truth is that, for us, this is business as usual now. Seventeen people die, we get our coffee, we go to work, we go home, we go to bed.
And next week, it’ll happen again, and our politicians will talk about their “thoughts and prayers,” and more gun control legislation will not be passed. Because, after all, this is just another day in modern America.
Despair becomes routine: (Above) Community members in Parkland, Florida, mourn the loss of family and friends killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day. (Below) A makeshift memorial by local residents for the 17 victims of the shooting.
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Neutral Milk Hotel
1998 album ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ turns 20 Payton Williams
of the speakers, captivating, affecting, and horrifying in equal measure. Voices Editor The most difficult thing to express about @YoureSoVanya the album is the dreamlike atmosphere it evokes, but it is key to understanding what In the incredible and varied history separates it from any album released before of Pop music in America, there are often or since. albums that are good, and there are often Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel’s albums that are great. reclusive frontman, has said that the album But few times in music history has any responded to reading “The Diary of Anne record ever changed the idea of what can Frank,” and having a series of compelling be expressed musically as much as Neutral dreams about saving her. Milk Hotel’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Mangum suffered from frequent night Sea.” terrors and would often write songs about The album released 20 years ago his dreams, but at no point did he find a Saturday, has left an indelible mark on the subject in them more powerful than his sound of indie music, influencing a diverse preoccupation with Anne Frank. list of popular The album expresses a indie acts deep range of emotions, often that ranges seemingly at the same time. “Brother, see, we are from The Mangum seems to short one in the same / and Decemberists circuit every rule of human to The Shins you left with your head communication to give the and Beirut. filled with flames / and images in his head directly to Really, the audience. The lyrics on the you watched as your almost any record feel very private, as if indie pop brains / fell out through people were never meant to hear band that your teeth / pushed the it. has recorded But the sound is carefully pieces in place / make in this orchestrated, and Mangum is century has your smile sweet to see.” a master of musical texture, taken some presenting the album’s sound influence with the same directness as his — Neutral Milk Hotel from “In the lyrics. “Two-Headed Boy Part 2” Aeroplane The songs are not complicated Over the in composition, often using the Sea.” same four chords, but at the The album same time, they sound unlike anything else. itself, however, has remained somewhat Several songs on the album feature little known since its release in early 1998, outlandish instruments such as the singing garnering a reputation more as a rite of saw, bagpipes, and accordion. The sound it passage among musicians in the worlds of creates is a madhouse blend of punk rock, Indie Pop and Lo-fi music than as a hit folk, circus music and everything imaginable record. is fitted into these songs, often seamlessly. The reason for this is because the record, The album is so odd, so immediately unlike many of its better-remembered engrossing, and so surprisingly personal contemporaries, is decidedly not a cool and moving that it very nearly defies record. explanation. It is an album whose mystique It is a dark, complex, and deeply cannot be separated from its sound. personal experiment in expression, a work Playing into this is the elusive mystique of poetic art and of dark, sepia toned of Jeff Mangum himself. At the end of the fairytales. Its sound is at once childlike, heart-wrenching final song on the album, sad, and immediate. Its sound swirls out “Two-Headed Boy Part 2,” Mangum can be
heard laying down his guitar and silently walking out of the studio. In many ways, that final sound expresses what he did with his life after finishing the album. After a few months of touring in support of the album, Mangum got tired of talking about himself, even going so far as saying, a few years later, “The experience made me realize that music couldn’t really save people.” Since then, even as the album has gained status as a legend, Jeff Mangum has remained almost entirely out of the public eye. Though he recently embarked on a reunion tour with the rest of Neutral Milk Hotel, he did very little press, and did not allow fans or journalists take pictures of him. His reclusiveness has become infamous, and he has occasionally been dubbed the “J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock.” This comparison is very apt, as Mangum has a stature in the world of Indie Rock as more of a literary giant than any sort of traditional rock star. Despite his reclusiveness, however, he remains a voice for the eccentrics and oddballs, and for thousands of kids, myself included, who once felt too ashamed to express themselves fully and directly. Though he has disappeared from the public eye, now possibly for good, his influence continues to be potent. Even now,
20 years later, there is not album, not even among all its imitators, that sounds like this. This album is one of a kind. It is a testament to the beauty and wonder and oddity of life, and an enduring masterpiece.
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CU Theatre Arts presents a classic tragedy
Photos by Madison Lyda Curtain call: Cameron students and members of the Lawton community present two one-act plays “Letters From Cuba” and “Manual for a Desperate Crossing,” at 7:30 p.m., on Feb 22-24; and at 2 p.m., on Feb 25. The first play focuses on the life of a young Cuban dancer who moves to New York to study dance and writes letters to her relatives in Cuba. The second play is based on interviews from thousands of Cuban rafters who come to America to escape their economic desperation.
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team with 15 points, while junior guard Tyler Williams Sports Editor put up the second most with On Feb. 10, the Cameron 11 points. men’s basketball team lost Aggies head coach Andrew their homecoming game Brown said Jones brings a lot against the UT Permian to the team, particularly with Basin Falcons (UTPB), 73-66. his ability to be a true teamWith their final home player. game being a loss, the Aggies “He’s experienced, efficient drop to a 9-15 overall record and reliable,” he said. “The and 5-10 within the Lone Star team can count on him, and Conference (LSC). his attitude towards the game The 13th ranked Falcons, is great.” however, advance to a 20-3 Williams also led the overall record and 12-2 in the Aggies with five boards and LSC. three steals, with fellow junior For the Aggies, junior guard JV Long rounding up forward Delano Jones led the five assists and three steals.
Aggies came out strong, scoring seven unanswered points and putting themselves within reach of a comeback. However, the defense for Cameron became stagnate, and the Falcons went on an 11-5 run to rebuild their lead by double-digits. Brown said the offensive prowess the team showed coming out of halftime was important. “We looked better scoringwise,” he said, “but defensively it was the same deal: we just couldn’t stop them long enough to catch back up.” Each time the Aggies scored, the Falcons bounced right back, never letting up on the large leads they established. UTPB’s offensive consistency won them the game. At the game’s final twominute mark, Jones and Aggie sophomore guard Jordan Lewis both managed to score three-pointers. However, UTPB protected the ball too well on offense, Photo by Mike Mazzo allowing time to expire and granting them the win. The Aggies’ season is close UTPB’s Daeshon Francis percent, allowing UTPB to performance as a team just to being finished, as they pull ahead and dominate the wasn’t up to par to contend led the Falcons with 13 have just three away games with them. rebounds and 21 points scored. court. From beyond the perimeter, “If we had just come to play, remaining on the schedule. Brown said the loss was a Their next match-up is the Aggies only made four out shoot well and get everything tough one to take, and that against Western New Mexico there are things to do better of 22 three-pointers, letting the going, this was a winnable on Feb. 15. Falcons take their largest lead game.” on. Brown said the team wants Brown also said the early “The team played as well as of the game at 14 points. UTPB held large amounts lead by UTPB seemed to drain to close out the season on a they could,” he said, “but there high note. of the momentum, and Brown the Aggies. are many things they need to “It isn’t easy heading onto said that was a crucial part of “That early lead dug us into improve upon as a unit, such the road for three games in a the loss. a hole, and it’s a tough hole to as better execution of things “The way they [UTPB] get out of. Being down fast like row,” he said. “We’re going to we practice, and more efficient played was exactly the way that is a real motivation killer.” keep working on our gameshooting.” we wanted them to play,” he Cameron managed to chip plan in practice, and try to get The Aggies struggled with said. “They’re a really good away at the lead by just a little as prepared as possible for a scoring in the first half. good final stretch. team, and we held them to bit, ultimately being down by By shooting at just 28 “The team is talented and only 73 points in the end; all 11 points at the half, 38-27. percent, Cameron could not knows how to win.” that is great, but our offensive In the second half, the measure up to the Falcons’ 48
Lady Aggies win in triple-overtime slugfest Zack Crow
and 7-7 in the Lone Star Conference (LSC). Staff Writer Cameron head coach On Feb. 3, the Cameron Emma Andrews said she was satisfied by her team’s women’s basketball team performance in such a rallied to defeat the Texas physical draining game. A&M-Kingsville Javelinas “I was especially proud in a triple overtime contest, of the way we played in the 92-91. overtime periods,” she said. Redshirt junior guard “Throughout the game it Parfitt McNair and was kind of up and down, sophomore forward Jamie Bonnarens led the Aggies in but against those physical teams, that’s how it goes.” scoring, with both racking The Aggies and Javelinas up 20 points. had equal footing in every The win for the Aggies statistic, except for in points puts them at 9-3 overall
off turnovers. The Aggies outscored the Javelinas 26 to 12 on that front, forcing Kingsville to give up the ball 24 times. Although neither team shot above 40 percent from the field, the Aggies saw five players score in double figures, compared to just four from Kingsville. Kingsville’s Angelica Wilson led the game in scoring with 31 points on 10 of 22 shooting, but eventually fouled out of the game. Not far behind McNair and Bonnarens for the Aggies, junior guard Amaka Nwakamma scored 17 points. She made eight free throws and shot four of ten from the field. Coach Andrews said McNair and Bonnarens both played their best at the right time. “I think they stepped up really when we needed them to,” she said. “Overall, our shooting was really down for the night, but for us to Photos by Mike Mazzo
win, those two have to have games like that together.” Bonnarens went perfect from the free throw line, making a total of nine free throws. McNair also made nine out of twelve. The majority of McNair’s points came from her five of nine shooting from the field. A big key to the Aggies’ forced turnovers had been sophomore Ava Battese’s four steals. She also added 13 points on the offensive side of the ball. The game started off back and forth with both teams being tied throughout most of the first quarter, and eventually finishing the period knotted up at 13 apiece. Very little changed in the second quarter as both teams ended the first half tied up at 30. Once the third quarter started, the game continued its back and forth, physical play with Kingsville leading by one at the end of the third. The final quarter saw much of the same, as Kingsville lead 61-58 at the halfway point. The score remained stagnate until, with just 40 seconds left, Battese tied the game with a three-pointer. At nine seconds left, the Javelinas rebounded a missed Aggie shot, called a time out, and eventually missed the game-winning shot at the end of regulation. In a back and forth first overtime, Aggie junior Amaka Nwakamma missed the game winning three-
Driving for layups: (Above) Junior Parfitt McNair finishes strong against physical defense. (Left) Sophomore Jamie Bonnarens goes for a layup over Javelina defender Tatyana McFarland. pointer to force a second overtime. With 1:30 left in double overtime, the Javelinas led 77-75. Nwakamma went to the line to shoot two free throws after missing a shot with ten seconds left. She made both of them, tying the game and giving possession back to Kingsville. With six seconds on the clock, junior forward Lejha Smith forced a Javelina turnover, but the Aggies missed the shot that could have won them the game, causing a third overtime. After the third overtime
tipped off, the Aggies took control of the game, offensively and defensively. With under 20 seconds to go in the third overtime, the Javelinas cut the Aggie lead to just one point. The Javelinas came up with the ball with under ten seconds to go, but Kingsville’s Victoria Salinas missed the potential winning basket, allowing the Aggies to hang on and win the game, 92-91. The Aggies’ next major conference game is against Western New Mexico on Feb. 15 in Silver City, New Mexico.