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PJ Haggerty finished with 17 points as Memphis (10-3) won for the third time in four games. Sean Pedulla led Ole Miss (11-2) with 13 points and four assists. Jaylen Murray scored 12 and Malik Dia 11 as the Rebels had their five-game winning streak halted. Memphis' defense caused early problems for the Rebels, and the Tigers extended their lead to double digits. But, Ole Miss made five straight field goals, including a string of 3-pointers, to get back into the game before halftime, trailing by just two points at the break. The Tigers opened the second half on a 14-4 run and extended their lead to as many as 13 points near the midway point of the second half. Ole Miss: The Rebels are 24-2 in non-conference games since Chris Beard took over last season, the only other loss to Purdue on Nov. 29. Memphis: The Tigers entered with two straight home losses, to Arkansas State and Mississippi State. From the start, Cisse played inspired. The first play was set up for a Cisse dunk, part of Memphis getting off to a good start. His inside game complemented Rogers' scoring from the outside. Ole Miss commits less than nine turnovers a game while forcing 16.7 per game for opponents. The Memphis defense caused eight Rebel miscues before halftime. While the Rebels cut down on the turnovers in the second half, Memphis defenders continued to cause problems. Ole Miss opens SEC play on Jan. 4 against Georgia. Memphis travels to Florida Atlantic on Thursday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballPercentages: FG .321, FT .833. 3-Point Goals: 5-19, .263 (Badru 2-4, Poser 2-5, Hamelin 1-4, McComb 0-3, Sunderland 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 3 (Okpomo 2, Sunderland). Turnovers: 11 (Hamelin 5, McComb 2, Badru, Middleton, Okpomo, Sunderland). Steals: 4 (Badru, Hamelin, McComb, Poser). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .419, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 4-19, .211 (Pascarelli 2-4, Daughtry 1-2, Price 1-6, Collins-Roberts 0-1, Kawa 0-1, Mackrey 0-1, Lewis 0-2, Roberts 0-2). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 3. Blocked Shots: 6 (Daughtry 4, Lewis, Schofield). Turnovers: 10 (Daughtry 4, Collins-Roberts 2, Kawa, Lewis, Pascarelli, Price). Steals: 3 (Lewis 2, Kabamba). Technical Fouls: None. A_1,659 (3,200).
Vincenzo Italiano insists he saw improvement , but admits ‘you will be punished for errors’ at the level of the Champions League. The Rossoblu knew this was a must-win game, but they crumbled to their fourth consecutive defeat and are now practically out of the Champions League. It was the same old story this evening, with an early Thijs Dallinga effort disallowed for offside, then giving away cheap goals at the other end. Ngal’Ayel Mukau managed to score twice for LOSC at the Stadio Dall’Ara by making the most of poor defending, around the temporary equaliser from Jhon Lucumi on a Charalampos Lykogiannis free kick. “Compared to the other games, I thought the team was more present all over the pitch, we were more aggressive, but gave away two such cheap goals,” “We should’ve also continued with that furore after equalising, but we fell for the same error again and that second goal knocked the wind out of our sails.” The joy and enthusiasm of the equaliser lasted only for three minutes before LOSC restored their advantage and from then on, Bologna crumbled. “At least we managed to score a goal at last, but the victory is still not coming. We had a few opportunities to improve that today, but we were up against a quality opponent and I thought the overall performance was an improvement,” added Italiano. “We could’ve done more seeking Freuler behind their strikers, as he had a lot of space to build out from the back in a different way. We only did it in fits and starts, but there were overall some good moves down the flanks, it was just a shame we gifted those goals. It felt from the touchline like a game we could turn around, but we lost that intensity that we needed.” With one point from five rounds, Bologna are practically out of the running for a play-off spot and their Champions League campaign should come to an end in January. “We have been able to get out of a negative period in Serie A, aside from the last game where we were down to 10 men. We’ve improved a lot with three consecutive victories, so our objective is to keep improving in the league and climbing a few more positions,” insisted Italiano. “The trouble in the Champions League is that games are won and lost on details, so you risk defeat with the slightest issue, and that is what happened to us tonight. In all five matches, we played well, but then lost due to details either with our finishing or in defence. You cannot afford those errors at this level, you will be punished. “We will now go home and try to prepare for the game with Venezia. That is on Saturday, so we don’t have time to work on these details in training and the team is not accustomed to that sort of schedule. I do feel we can improve and whittle down a few of these defects that are costing us dearly,” concluded Italiano.The Great Danes (5-1) improved to 2-0 in the tournament. After Babacar Diallo made a layup with 10 seconds left to help the Roos tie the score at 65, the Great Danes drove down the court. Langford grabbed his own miss shot before the buzzer to give the Great Danes their fifth straight win. "I thought we showed a lot of basketball character today,” UAlbany head coach Dwayne Killings said in a postgame interview. “Finding ways to win. It'll make us stronger, and we'll refer to this when we get in another one- or two-point game with a minute left. We've already been there. We got the experience, we got the poise that we need, and we know what to do." Amar’e Marshall led the Great Danes with 18 points. Langford added 16 points, and Justin Neely had 10. Anderson Kop had 20 points for Kansas City (3-4), Jayson Petty scored 18 and Kasheem Grady II added 16. UAlbany plays American in the tournament finale at noon Sunday.
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione's arrest on Monday when a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather's obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone's lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore; Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Michael Kunzelman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.