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Share Gamecoci Blue Devi BY HOWARD HELLAMS Sports Editor Carolina's surprising basket squad, fresh from a 94.91 dgj at the hands of Virginia, take Clemson tomorrow night in USC Field House, ringing up curtain on a seven-game "tou: ment" against ACC fois. Following t h e Clemson ga the Gamecocks meet N. C. St Duke, Wake Forest, Virgi North Carolina, and Maryland that order. The N. C. State tilt will played in Raleigh, Jan. 28, v Duke and Wake Forest will c, to Columbia Jan. 81 and Feb respectively. Could Be Tough After a slow start this sea Press Maravich's Tigers have perienced a recent upsurge, could be tough match for slumping Gamecocks, who 1 not won a game since the 4 South Classic over the Christ holidays. ,The 1 a s t person could get to admit this, howe would be Maravich himself, fa: for his extensive use of the " ing towel." Maybe he and Fr Howard are related after all! The hAtest plew- in the T harvest belongs to a diminu guard named Choppy Pattei at present. He is averaging c to 20 points a game, and ' he keeps his head, he's one of What is the futu without the corn Imore long range I a business, and tf ful life. Whatev protect it is thra 70' croppe s Also Meet ., Wake's De slickest ball handlers,in the loop. About t h e only. -other . potent offensive weapons - Maravich has ball in his silo are a pair of 6.7 !eat farmers, aenter Earle Maxwell on and forward Tom -Mahaffey. Both the are averaging in the double fig. ures, and Maxwell leads the the league in percentages from the na- charity line. me, Wolfpack Strong After the Clemson clash, Caro. at lina will meet three of the top ia' four teams in the conference in in State, Duke, and Wake Forest. The Wolves of State are currently be in fourth place on the conference hile ladder, with three of their players :me averaging o v e r ten points per 2, game. Captain Stan Niewierow. ski, a 6-4 forward, Is the team's big gun, but he is ably assisted by forward Bruce Hoadley and son, center Bob "Moose" DiStefano, a ex. pair of 6.6 performers. and The 'Pack will be out for the Gamecock blood when the two ave teams meet, for Carolina upset xulf the usually strong State squad mas both times the teams met last you season. ver, In the Duke game, however, it med will be the Roosters who will be cry- out for revenge, as the Blue ank Devils beat them all three times last season, and have already won iger from them again this year. son Second In Loop lose The Devils a r e currently in hen second place in the ACC, having the lost only one game, that to North I re? Well, to many it is only to plexities that plague many peo and well planned: it includes g Le many things that go to make u er the future, it is worth protect ugh Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Join at Spring Semester Registration ... > Saluda Ave. Columbia. rs Inv Wolfpack, mon Deacs Carolina. C o a c h Vic Bubas' troops have an excellent chance to repeat as conference champ ions, but Bob Stevens hopes to throw a monkey wrench into his plans. In sophomore Art Heyman, Duke has one of the finest cagers in the country. He is a high-hipped, awk ward looking guard who still man ages to lead the scoring parade in the loop with a 24-point aver age. Duke also has one of the best balanced ball clubs in the nation, as they combine height, speed, g o o d shooting and rebounding, and lively ball handling to pour in the points. Along the front wall, w h i c h averages 6-6, are Howard Hurt, Doug Kistler, and Carroll Younkin, backed up by Heyman and Johnny Frye. Deacs are Tall Wake Forest can boast of prob ably the tallest front line in the loop, as a pair of 6-8 stalwarts, Len Chappell and Jerry Steele, and 6-10 center Bob Woollard give them an average height of about 6-9. Chappell is currently the second highest scorer in the loop, and is also pretty close to the top of the rebound chart. His top competi. tion for all-star honors at Wake Forest is j u ni o r guard Billy Packer, a 5.11 dynamo, who aver ages about 15 points per contest, and dribbles the ball with the best of them. morrow, simple and pie. To others, it is raduation, a family, p a full and success ing; and one way to ?7FLA S. C.. ade Caroli .... ..... ... Carolina has a tough schedule for the remainder of the basketball.season, and three of the men who will make it tougher are shown here. The Gamecocks will face all three of them in the next few games. Directly above is Wake Forest's Jerry Steele, a 6-8, 225-pound forward who moves like a cat under the boards. Steele's efforts have been overshadowed by the fine work of team mates Len Chappell and Billy Packer, but, as Deacon Coach "Bones" McKinney puts it, "He gets the job done." In the upper right hand corner is the chief "sod buster" at Clemson, Choppy Patterson, a diminutive guard who is averaging close to 20 points per contest at present. Choppy was an All-ACC choice last season, and is headed toward a repeat performance if he maintains his present pace. The young man on the right Is probably the most unheralded player on the N. C. State team, but he is one of the "nobodies" that holds a team together. He is Bruce Hoadley, a 6-6, 200-pound senior forward, who barely averages in the double figures and is not known as an excellent rebounder. However, he is the team's play maker and has been known to pass up many an excellent shot In order to feed the ball to one of his team mates. 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The early sessions are actually a good thing, because the Birds will have plenty of time to prac- SnrBs tice without neglecting their stud ies. Also, Bass is allowing thethrwilbanirasadcr boys to go out for other sports--mg nCrlnaSaim n baseball, track, golf, etc. - inthpulciintetoaedth ordr t kep he inshae,as raTe newtuor a an e WeiantYo dris Usek ac atn Nextenomester