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Today, we discuss a new committee formed to study a possible state lottery, students learning CPR techniques and Tupelo seeking volunteers for its community shelters. And in sports, Mississippi State will take on UConn in the women’s basketball Final Four.

Chinwe Okorie, left, and Jazzmun Holmes go through practice drills on Thursday ahead of tonight’s Final Four game with UConn. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

By Parrish Alford
Daily Journal
OXFORD – Mississippi State rallied from three runs back to tie the game in the seventh then made the key pitches to beat No. 19 Ole Miss 4-3 before 8,521 at Swayze Field Thursday.
MSU’s Jake Mangum, who doubled with one out in the ninth, scored the winning run with two outs when Ole Miss catcher Cooper Johnson couldn’t catch a swinging third strike with Cole Gordon at the plate.
Dallas Woolfolk had hit 95 and 96 on the gun to get Gordon in a hole.