Follow https://twitter.com/RyanMooreMS for coverage. Nothing from the basketball team as of yet.

(01-21-2017 09:04 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Follow https://twitter.com/RyanMooreMS for coverage. Nothing from the basketball team as of yet.

CNN just reported that the campus was damaged. 4 people already reported dead. Let's hope the team was smart enough to stay inside their hotel this morning....or they were still asleep.

JP tweeted all were OK. A tweet quoting the USM AD said a female soccer player on campus lost a couple of fingers.

A couple of clarifications here.....the tornado came through around 4:00 am so thankfully many people were still in bed. Most of the damage to the university is in reference to William Carey University which is a NAIA school about 5-10 minutes south of the USM campus. Still though, lots of damage in Hattiesburg but a majority of it was away from where Rice team was staying as well as the USM campus.

(01-21-2017 03:15 PM)usm99 Wrote:  A couple of clarifications here.....the tornado came through around 4:00 am so thankfully many people were still in bed. Most of the damage to the university is in reference to William Carey University which is a NAIA school about 5-10 minutes south of the USM campus. Still though, lots of damage in Hattiesburg but a majority of it was away from where Rice team was staying as well as the USM campus.

Thanks for the update. Thoughts and prayers with all those affected.

The injury was at WCU to Taylor Gautreaux, from Baton Rouge, La. She is a defender, but apparently was also a goalkeeper in HS, not that her athletic career is the most important thing at stake. Apparently, a door slammed on her hand... there was no news as to whether they could reattach her fingers, but thankfully it wasn't worse.

WCU athlete loses fingers in tornado - wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather & Sports