Feb. 28, 2003

BATON ROUGE, La. - The University of Memphis men's golf team is tied with Mississippi State for 10th overall following the first round of the LSU Spring Invitational. Host LSU is tied with Lamar with the team lead at 289, while Arkansas State's Wixson Huffstetler leads the individual competition with a six under par 66.

Memphis is being led by junior David Jeans. Jeans is tied for 13th after firing par in his opening round. Jeans shot 34 on the opening nine before a back nine 38 relegated him to a first round 72. Sophomore Allan Thomas is tied for 20th overall one stroke behind Jeans.

The course, a 7190 yard par-72 found 12 golfers firing under par, while seven were even through the first round. The competition continues Saturday and Sunday.

Team Scores
1.	Louisiana State		289
	Lamar University	289
3.	Arkansas State		290
4.	Coll of Charleston	291
5.	Jacksonville State	292
	South Alabama		292
7.	South Florida		295
	Furman			295
	Middle Tennessee	295
10.	Mississippi State	296
	Memphis		        296
12.	UCF			297
13.	UALR			301
	UL-Lafayette		301
	Tulane			301
	Georgia Southern	301
	Rhode Island		301
18.	Maryland		303

Top 20 Players
1.	Wixson Huffstetler, Arkansas State	34-32	66
2.	Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama	33-35	68
	Shawn Stefani, Lamar			35-33	68
4.	Noble Judy, Furman			35-35	70
	Gareth Maybin, South Alabama		34-36	70
	Bruce McDonald, Charleston		35-35	70
	Kyle Bradley, Charleston		35-35	70
8.	John Humphries, LSU			34-37	71
	Patrick Williams, Middle Tennessee	35-36	71
	Aron Price, Georgia Southern		38-33	71
	Brad Quiri, South Florida		35-36	71
	Joe Deraney, Mississippi State		35-36	71
13.	David Jeans, Memphis			34-38	72
	Chris Wheeler, Tulane			37-35	72
	Chris Stroud, Lamar			33-39	72
	Matias Anselmo, Jacksonville State	36-36	72
	Shane Birckbichler, Furman		36-36	72
	Tucker Ervin, LSU			38-34	72
	David Pollet, LSU			35-37	72
20.	Codie Mudd, Mississippi State		36-37	73
	Jeremiah Shields, Arkansas State	36-37	73
	Charlie Gibson, Middle Tennessee	39-34	73
	Ryan Shears, South Florida		35-38	73
	Luke Bakke, UALR			37-36	73
	Ty Patterson, Jacksonville State	37-36	73
	Andreas Hoegberg, UCF		        39-34	73
	Allan Thomas, Memphis			34-39	73
	Patrico Cozzoli, Jacksonville State	37-36	73
	Jason Horrell, LSU			37-36	73

Memphis Scores
T13	David Jeans		34-38	72
T20	Allan Thomas		34-39	73
T42	Alan Weant		38-37	75
T56	Michael Prieur		37-39	76
94	Richard Jones		46-39	85