Xavier aims to rebound from a tough week and get one more critical tune-up for a rivalry matchup when it hosts Morgan State on Tuesday night in Cincinnati. The Musketeers (7-2) were ranked No. 22 in the AP poll two weeks ago but fell out after a 25-point loss to Michigan in the Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament final on Nov. 27. Xavier then barely escaped with a 71-68 home win over South Carolina State on Dec. 1 before losing 76-72 at TCU on Thursday. Dante Maddox Jr. came off the bench to score nine points in 20 minutes on three 3-pointers against the Horned Frogs. He also grabbed six rebounds before fouling out. The Musketeers have been waiting for the Toledo transfer to add a punch to an underwhelming bench cast that many thought would be a strength for Xavier coming into the season. "I really feel like you can almost be baited into a false sense of how deep your team is because you're around guys every day and have a good, older group, which we do," Musketeers coach Sean Miller said. "You see the good in a lot of different guys. It's not until you get 8 to 10, 10 to 15 games in when you truly understand how deep your team is." Maddox hit a 3-pointer and started a fastbreak with a steal that gave Xavier a 60-54 lead with 7:28 remaining, but the Musketeers faded down the stretch and lost for the second time in three games. Maddox is averaging 4.7 points per game, while Ryan Conwell leads the team with 16.6. Tuesday's game will be the last chance for Xavier to straighten up before visiting No. 22 Cincinnati on Saturday for the teams' annual intense crosstown showdown. Morgan State (5-7) is coming off a 102-81 road loss at Bowling Green on Saturday. Preseason All-MEAC First Team selection Will Thomas led the Bears with 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field, while Kameron Hobbs scored 12 points off the bench. Amahrie Simpkins made all five of his field-goal attempts to add 11 points and Wynston Tabbs had 10 points, six rebounds and six assists. Tabbs leads Morgan State in scoring this season at 16.8 points per game, while Simpkins (12.8) and Thomas (12.2) round out the Bears' double-digit scorers. The Bears have struggled away from home, losing all five road contests this season. --Field Level MediaThrivent Financial for Lutherans lowered its holdings in shares of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA:UCON – Free Report ) by 54.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 275,090 shares of the company’s stock after selling 324,728 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF were worth $6,913,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of UCON. Navalign LLC increased its stake in First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by 7.0% in the second quarter. Navalign LLC now owns 506,463 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,383,000 after acquiring an additional 33,212 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 2,870,793 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,191,000 after purchasing an additional 177,889 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by 548.7% in the 2nd quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 88,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,170,000 after buying an additional 75,054 shares in the last quarter. Park National Corp OH lifted its position in shares of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by 15.4% during the 2nd quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 690,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,877,000 after buying an additional 92,004 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by 32.5% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 603,367 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,752,000 after buying an additional 148,152 shares in the last quarter. First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 % First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF stock opened at $24.64 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $24.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.76. First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $24.00 and a 52-week high of $25.34. First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF Company Profile The First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF (UCON) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund is an actively managed fund, which broadly invests in various fixed income securities of almost any sector, maturity, or credit quality. UCON was launched on Jun 4, 2018 and is managed by First Trust. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding UCON? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA:UCON – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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The Sudanese army said Saturday it had retaken a key state capital south of Khartoum from rival paramilitaries who had held it for the past five months. The Sennar state capital of Sinja is a strategic prize in the 19-month-old war between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as it lies on a key road linking army-controlled areas of eastern and central Sudan. The army said that Sinja had been "liberated... from the terrorist militia". It posted footage on social media that it said had been filmed inside the main base in the city. "Sinja has returned to the embrace of the nation," the information minister of the army-backed government, Khaled al-Aiser, said in a statement. Aiser's office said armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had travelled to the city of Sennar, 60 kilometres (40 miles) to the north, on Saturday to "inspect the operation and celebrate the liberation of Sinja". The RSF had taken the two cities in a lightning offensive in June that saw nearly 726,000 civilians flee, according to UN figures. Human rights groups have said that those who were unwilling or unable to leave have faced months of arbitrary violence by RSF fighters. Sinja teacher Abdullah al-Hassan spoke of his "indescribable joy" at seeing the army enter the city after "months of terror". "At any moment, you were waiting for militia fighters to barge in and beat you or loot you," the 53-year-old told AFP by telephone. Both sides in the Sudanese conflict have been accused of war crimes, including indiscriminately shelling homes, markets and hospitals. The RSF has also been accused of summary executions, systematic sexual violence and rampant looting. The paramilitaries control nearly all of the vast western region of Darfur as well as large swathes of Kordofan in the south. They also hold much of the capital Khartoum and the key farming state of Al-Jazira to its south. Since April 2023, the war has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 11 million -- creating what the UN says is the world's largest displacement crisis. From the eastern state of Gedaref -- where more than 1.1 million displaced people have sought refuge -- Asia Khedr, 46, said she hoped her family's ordeal might soon be at an end. "We'll finally go home and say goodbye to this life of displacement and suffering," she told AFP. Published - November 23, 2024 10:53 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Sudan