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> GAME SCHEDULE CONTACT US WOMEN’S TENNIS vs. BYU, 12 p.m. Friday TRACK AND FIELD at SEC 5-Way in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday Story ideas? Questions? Comments? SWIMMING AND DIVING at Virginia, Saturday E-mail us at gamecocksports@hotmail.com MEN’S BASKETBALL at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. Saturday Gamecocks red-hot in rout 0 use 94 T Tennessee 60 Carolina makes more than half its shots, blows out Tennessee BY JASON NOLL THE (iAMECOCK The men’s basketball team bounced back'from a disappoint ing loss to Vanderbilt by crushing the Tennessee Volunteers 94-60 Wednesday night in Knoxville, Tenn., with the team showing their most dominant play of the season. The Gamecocks (12-6,2-3 SEC) were led by freshman forward Carlos Powell, who finished the game with a season-high 19 points. Chuck Eidson and Rolando Howell both added 14 points, with Howell contributing eight rebounds. USC head coach Dave Odom thought the outcome was a huge win for the Gamecocks though he wasn’t quite sure how they won so v “This convinced me I was right all along. I know nothing about basketball. Nothing. Anything I say is simply guess work. Anybody who could have predicted this need not worry about money,” Odom said. “It was not their (Tennessee) night. It was a South Carolina night from beginning to end. It’s one of those games you’ll see once a year. It’s inexplicable.” After USC jumped out to a 17-2 lead in the game's first five min utes, the Volunteers never had a chance to catch up. Carolina in creased their lead with spectacu lar shooting, sinking 60 percent Carlos Powell, right, was a surprise start in Wednesday night’s game at Tennessee, but he made the most of it. The freshman forward scored a career-high 19 points, including three 3-pointers, to help lead the Gamecocks to a 94-60 win. Powell only missed one shot all game and made all three of his 3 point attempts. The Gamecocks handed Tennessee its worst loss at Thompson Boling Arena and forced the Vols into a season-high 26 turnovers. USC also limited Tennessee to only 23 field goals. ^ PHOTO BY ROBERT | GRUEN of their field goal attempts and go ing 13-25 from the 3-point line. By halftime, the Gamecocks already had three players with double fig ures in scoring, and would finish the game with a total of five. The Gamecocks led 48-28 at halftime and continued the scor ing barrage in the second half, leading by 30 or more points for most of the period. Nothing seemed to go right for Tennessee as the Vols were plagued by sloppy play, commit ting 26 turnovers and converting only 12 assists. The Vols also shot poorly, making only 40.4 percent of their field goal attempts and making only 3-17 from 3-point range. The loss drops Tennessee (8 10,1-4) into last place in the SEC East. Powell, who was making his second start of the regular season, missed only one shot the entire game. He was 3-3 from 3-point range and 4-4 from the free throw line. Powell began his scoring spree after being knocked to the floor by Volunteer Vincent Yarborough in the first half. After collecting himself, Powell nailed two consecutive 3-pointers to put the Gamecocks up by 19. Yarborough led all scorers with 20 points and added seven re bounds. But he also had five turnovers. The most interesting point of the second half came when Yarborough’s knee accidentally connected with Aaron Lucas’s head, causing play stop and forc ing Lucas to temporarily leave the game with 12:27 left to play. The fans in Thompson-Boling Arena were angered and began throwing objects onto the floor when the ref . erees waited until Tennessee had set up an offense before calling for a time out. By this point in the game, the Gamecocks’ win was becoming imminent and the Volunteers of fered no real protest to the call. I Carolina on fire USC had its best shooting game all season Wednesday. ♦ USC shot 60 percent from the field (33 of 55) and 52 percent from the 3-point arc (13 of 25) in the game. ♦ In the first half, the Gamecocks made eight of 14 3-pointers and shot 62.5 from the field. ♦ Carolina started the game on a 17-2 run, a far cry from Saturday’s loss to Vanderbilt, where they fell behind 19-3. “It’s one of those games you’ll see once a year. It’s inexplicable.” DAVE ODOM use MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH Despite the minor setback, Lucas poured in seven points and pulled in three steals. Jamel Bradley had a huge night as he pulled within four 3 pointers of B.J. McKie’s all time Carolina 3-point record. All of Bradley’s shots were taken from behind the 3-point line, where he went 5-10. The Gamecocks finished the game with a total of 11 players scoring points. The Gamecocks improved their record in road games to 3-1, with the only loss coming against the Florida Gators. The men will be tested again on the road Saturday against Ole Miss at 1 p.m. The game will be televised by Jefferson-Pilot Sports. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail. com -1 Lady Gamecocks to face Arkansas without Geter 1 No. 7 USC at Arkansas 3 p.m. Sunday at Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Ark. Radio: Sports Radio 1400 AM BY JAMES STARNES theuamecock The USC women’s basketball team (17-2, 5-1 SEC) will be putting their No. 7 ranking on the line Sunday as it travels to Fayetteville, Ark. to take on the .Arkansas Lady Razor backs (10-7, 1-4), and they will do it without Senior forward Teresa Geter. Geter, who has started 16 of the 19 Lady Gamecock games this year, has a stress fracture in her left foot and will miss an indefi nite amount of time, according to team physicians. Geter’s absence will leave the Gamecocks with a 25.4-minute void per game to account for. She is also second on the team in re bounding (6.8) and third in scor I ine (9.41. On the loss of one of her key Starters, head coach Susan Walvius commented, “Teresa Geter is one of our leaders on the court and off. She plays a vital role in our offensive and defen sive schemes and we’ll need some of her teammates to step |lp and produce while she is put.” • “This team has demonstrat ed all season that it doesn’t de fend on just one player and Eieter’s absence will further test our versatility,” Walvius said. A Test Carolina will face against a struggling Lady Ra?-orback squad. I Petra Ujhelyi, shown here driving down the lane against Kentucky, will have to help No. 7 use compensate for the loss of senior forward Teresa Geter, who has a stress fracture in her left foot and Is out indefinitely. Ujhelyi is averaging 1 6.5 points H and 5.4 J rebounds a R game. 9 PHOTO BY ROBERT R GRUEN The two teams met two weeks ago on Jan. 13, in a contest where the Lady Gamecocks won sound ly, 91-66. Jocelyn Penn tied her career best 32 points in the game. The team also shot a season high 56 percent. The Lady Razorbacks’ lead ing scorer was Dana Cherry with 19 points. Following her was India Lewis with 17. Arkansas is currently com ing off a tough loss to LSU in which they only allowed the Lady Tigers 35 percent shooting from the field. The Lady ’Backs fell way behind thanks to some dreadful shooting in the first half, but made a brilliant comeback, only to fall short in the end by falling victim to some very cru cial turnovers in the closing min utes. LSU claimed the victory at 65-55. Arkansas has struggled shooting the ball all season and now are facing a defense that gives up less than 60 points per game, and only allows teams to hit 38 percent of their shots. Also look for the Lady Gamecocks to force a number of turnovers in this game, possibly more than LSU did. In their last meeting versus USC, the Lady ’Backs turned the ball over 14 times. This is an important game for Carolina, being only a half game out of first place in the SEC. Three of the next four games are on the road, including a contest against No. 18 Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The only home game in that stretch is against No. 16 Georgia, who will be look ing to avenge a 71-64 loss to the Lady Gamecocks in Athens, Ga. earlier this month. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com BRIEFLY USC’s Brown, Paige to play in Senior Bowl A pair of USC football stand outs — cornerback Sheldon Brown and offensive tackle Melvin Paige — are on the South Team and will play in this Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. The all-star game will be tele vised nationally by ESPN (5 p.m.). The South Team is coached by the staff of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. Brown, a 5-10, 190-pounder from Fort Lawn, was a 2001 All America selection (third-team by The Sporting News) and was a first-team AU-SEC pick (coaches team). He broke up a team-high 12 passes and was tied for the team lead with three interceptions. Brown had two interceptions in the win over Clemson and a cru cial interception and return in the Outback Bowl against Ohio State, which set up Daniel Weaver’s game-winning 42-yard field goal as time expired. Paige, a 6-5,305-pounder from Dillon, was a 2001 second-team All SEC selection by the league’s coaches. Paige finished his USC career having started 38 games at offensive tackle. He was a four-year starter for the Gamecocks and was the team’s most consistent linemen the past two seasons. Women’s tennis team starts season Friday The 21st-ranked USC women’s tennis squad opens the 2002 sea son Friday at the Maxcy Gregg Tennis Center when it plays host to BYU at 12 p.m. Facing off against the Cougars for the 14th time in school histo ry, the Lady Gamecocks hold a 7-6 advantage in previous meetings. 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