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Gamecocks Still Unbea 4. Tep4Cud Guie mbrkd po hs edyea a Co( bu fildn tongue n'cheek Neetees,wa teti aynthveaddt oAs hew ''aols um ead <bwnt onl (arlin Fraskell Cnh\Guire are uonc more fa'cd year a h -nt of b iI(il a startm ru -stuide stiiarting d ve.dn 1)1 sp(ihr ILilowever his yelar's ophasi va graatl erd theicrop of'fur Laind igns ao. ( ilrg diswt Tomer hwenes. .lohatth trio an.on havce are alo htuent landoo are mc ore ncmiedu for oxen the s clasroeom se a r lws on ( 'rhenr basket ball,cut (Iahte( r is lgin orsue hadt the ylemma pla ae. I rateeby thi T>as sophs ory breeal dffromewhatp fsrooth raszeizll aggrtessivseessl o rtpst. a T[he key w rd fo r this team will be finesse. With big nu n like 6-in Owens, and 6-8 ltiboek up front (('\ventu1al' to b .ioined by f roih lhenlom 6-li) Tom IRiker) i\leG;uire wil niot have to restrt to tic(ky playma1~kinig a la .Jack 'Thompson ii to keep opposinig te'arms off balance. Instead he can now uise his guiardIs to set up more con ventionral pattIerns andl met hod ical ly move the ball inside where thle big men can take ov'er. Mc(Guire will tell you winning comries a lot easier t hi., way. Nonet he less, ( art li na fans will p robdab)ly never again see a more exciting brand of basketball than was p)rodluced by Tlhomphlson, I larIlicka and Stand(ardl. It almost seemied like the Field I louse had been built for them. lBut the "('oliseum sophs"' are also in well-suited sur roundings. The N( 'A A championships next year and the year after will not. be played in 's,200O seat field houses. * * * Once again U!S( studien'its apeatr to ha ve finished secondl best as far as the I S( 'lTic ket I )elartmne'nt is ('o1ncernedl. Apparently someone ini the Ticket I )epartment feels that students tann see better and( cheer harder from "'end zone' seats and( "stratosplhere levels." Otherwise why woil they' repe(at the on'ie piredullre of giving the studl(ents less dlesirab)le 2eats ~'as was (lone (luring the football season) ani t bi n 'img ihe choicer seats to the general public fo r the bw; ketbarll ga mes'.' Such action will not make rip for the failure to teilevise basketball games, and will only causie ad ded fru st rat ion to( the student body. frip Terps, ten After ;~ ~4 ~4 ~ Staff Photo by John David Spadi t Stop Roche 4 ~2j RD A -~ Staff Photo by Elliott Borenstel LC(I Iii I?CIU)II1i(IS I~4~I~I5'% ( .!4111111M. (s'2. led iii. ( ;~tIIIeeovk~4 III I4l54)tIII4lEI1 g ~iiiIi 15 Phi De~ II'~ ~I ['I 'ii.-i i tI ft I alit I ii I Ii ;t, a iii, I'~tiI~'i I I P It: II,t:i nj lIc(, u ire 79-67, Three BY STEVE CRICK Staff Writer Carolina stayed on top of the ACC with a 79-67 win over a de termined Maryland team in the Coliseum Saturday night before a partisan crowd of 12,131. The Gamecocks are 2-0 in con ference play. Scrappy Bobby Cremins' 15 de fensive rebounds teamed with of fense-m i n d e d John Roche's 31 points led USC to victory. The 6-2 Crenmis agaiii gave up crucial inches, this timo to 6-7 Maryland center Will liietzel who tied with Pete Johnson for eight rehouids apiecc. In addition to controlling the boards, Cremins also scored eight points. John Ribock followed with 11 rebounds and also contributed 10 points. As at Wake Forest, it was Roche who stole the offensive show for the Gamecocks as he hit from most every spot from the floor. Roche was instrumental in stop ping a Terrapin rally during the secomi half as he scored a total of lline of 11 shots fronm the foul line to insure a USC victory. IlIe is now averaging 23.7 points per game. Leading at the half 41-13, Coach MeGuire said to the team, "I don't have much to say that could im prove the way you played the first half." But the upset-minded Terps re fused to fold and cut the lead to CO-57 at the 7:32 mark. Continuing to knock at victory's dor, Maryland again shaved the lead to tliree points. 62-9, with 6:17 remaining before USC called time out. 1twhe scort-d with a jump sht wil 5:48 left and 11illy Walsh, Ito em4l up uitlh 15 points, dil likewimse at tle 4:33 poit t) put tie COwks at-ad by six poinits, 66-60. C o a e h leGuire's charges con tinued to pull away, forcing the Terp1s to foul. Carolina scorod 10 of 10 Shots from the foul line in tl closing minutes to finally put the4 game out of reach. M.\aryland's 11 e t z e I w a s thw 'IV-rps' high point man witli 19, fol liow-d4 by Johnson with 17. 'sc (ow has a 3-0 overall ree 1rd. Satirday night's loss left the Terps with a 1-2 m a r k for the young basketball season. Box Scores MARYLAND Player FGM-FGA FTM-FTA Rob PF TP He. .l 9.17 1-2 8 4 19 H-rst 2-4 0-0 7 2 4 J-hnson 6-21 5-7 8 3 17 Milroy 2-3 0-0 2 4 4 Wiles 1-7 2-3 1 4 4 Sullivan ~ 3-5 0-1 5 2 6 W-rlhingtons 3-10 2-2 3 1 8 We-r-e' 1-1 3-4 5 2 5 TOTALS 27-68 13-19 37 22 67 SOUTH CAROLINA Ployer FGM-FGA FTM-FTA Rob PF TIP Cremins 3-8 2.4 15 3 8 Owens 5.13 3.5 7 3 13 Ribock 3-7 4-4 11 4 10 R-che 12-22 9-11 8 4 33 Wahh 6-12 3-3 2 1 15 TO TA LS 29-62 21-27 43 15 79 Maryland 33-'14--67 South Carolino 41-38-79 N. Greenville S. C. Frosh FGFT P FGFT P McReanor 1 0-0 2 Aydlett 0 2- 2 2 Styles 1 2-2 4 Cherry 3 0- 0 6 Hafer 7 0-0 14:Riker 15 1- 2 31 McCarson 2 0.0 4 Carver 8 I- 4 17 Davis 1 0-0 2 Grimes 4 2- 2 10 Mull nox 1 0-2 2 Jenkins 4 1- 2 9 Casiner 1 0-0 2 L-v. 0 0- 0 0 Fisher 1 0-0 2 Onvies 1 0- 0 2 Bullard 2 0-1 4 Howell 0 0- 0 0 Vest 0 0-0 0 Schsil 1 0. 0 2 DeCom,illo 1 0- 0 2 TOTALS 18 4-9 40 TOTALS 37 7-12 81 N, Greenville 18-22 -40 S C Froth 43-38 8i in Supe Its Take ill., t I IiIl.,nI 9/ /a Staff Photo by Elliott Boremsteis Led All Scorers John Roelie, wo is n(ow aieratginhg better thain 25 poiits pe-r gaiie led all scorers Satirday night against Mairyland. The soph Iackcoirt man averaged 21.5 pj)g. last year as a freshiman w hile hitting on 52.6 per cent of his shots. Riker Led Frosh Roll To Victory BY STIAE CllCK Staff Writer I'-m 1iker ince aga n ltd the Cartilina freshmen tt vict,ry as the ~~ '\ linblies demoltlishled '. u t ' :1 a s s e Notht Grenvnilh-' .1unior Ioliege Xni-l II a~turday niighit mi the (Ctli Thie I.ong Islandi F'rtsh tirnd 31 houtrnds tot take team hon rs in both idaytroiugh the' fir,' half, iike hit d navtrre tpintnt ha the snivek .\dylde tt th at a rout paoi nt durig w tt h debatrlet. Tihal ithes were nev.tl rtl behin in ' he scor .ig depat mint, a n Ud Iwa nu s sco ig whe %thIey rk i red ait'f then~ haf wlith Ir the scrard reg Itrng th -lnns1.-i 8Caf nalad. I C's l ofen .in net, co~tntnt ill In burig(n ln in te, c . ha l tefn (;I'i,,neh Wal himercifullyiremove. * It A ~ ~ aot of i t he nat -.ati n fin i-'r t e \,o ntis, .b.irH fe ii / -p i th as ;i- ngIn NIre wnithi l ponts and I ;-t,I li ultards effo rs toahlry sei i I i. . ln t I NIi II- s -g n Ilum.Lii t'~ * - ii'iiiIIitIitlttri Bowll