The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 02, 1970, Page Page 5, Image 5

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L (am to bri SUSC stop halts seco By BRUCE HONICK Sports Editor Ahead by 21 at one stage in the game, Frank McGuire's nationally fourth-ranked Gamecocks saw their lead shaved to five Saturday night before downing ACC rival Duke at Durham, 67-55. Carolina upped their season mark to 15-1 and it was their 14th straight win after bowing to Tennessee in the third game of the season. 55-54. Frank McGuire explained the reason why his Gamecocks saw their impressive lead dwindle in the early part of the second half. "We tightened. We'll get better, that's all." 14 The Gamecock mentor, who won - his 350th college game against Virginia Tech last Wednesday night, said that he was "tempted to hold the ball when we held a 14 point lead. "Roche had a lot of shots he USC ex to rise i Frank McGuire's nationally fourth-ranked basketball Gamecocks are expected to jump to second when the wire services release their polls this week. The Gamecocks, with con secutive wins over Clemson, Virginia Tech and Duke, were ranked first at the start of the season before losing to Tennessee, 55-54 in the second game of the year. They moved up to third ter ging.rankeda"ow as eight ter -heir lone loss of the season. Last 'week, they dropped from third to fourth, exchanging places with St. lonaventure since Carolina was idle due to exams. When you know it's for keeps All your sharing, all your special memories will be forever symbolized by your diamond engagement ring. If the name, Keepsake is in the ring and on the tag, you are assured of fine quality and lasting satisfaction. The engagement diamond is flawless, of superb color and precise modern cut. Your Keepsake Jeweler has a choice selection of many lovely styles. He's listed in the yellow pages under "Jewelers." REGISTERED DIAMOND RINGS R.ngs komIIOO,oS00Ot o .0 T M Reg A H pond - r~ I HOW TO PLAN YOUR ENC PCea,c _edfo 0paebolt awkv certO NEEP KINGS ks ,ng set s Blue DE nd half ra passed up." McGuire said, referring to his All-America guard John Roche. the Gamecocks' leading scorer who finished with 12 against Bucky Water's Blue Devils. "It's terrific to get a 15-point lead in the first half," McGuire mused, "but in. college you can't put such good halves together." Carolina shot 63.3 per cent from the field in the first half against Duke to the Blue Devils' respec table 48.2 per cent. The Gamecocks committed four turnovers to Duke's seven in the first stanza and out-rebounded Bucky Waters' squad 13-9. One of the big battles on the court was the re-bounding duel between Carolina's league-leading Tom Owens and Duke's second-leading conference rebounder, Randy Denton. Owens won the battle easily, and with the added help of Tom Riker, John Ribock and Bobby Cremins, pec ted in polls St. Bonaventure dropped two games since the latest polls were released and Saturday night second-ranked Kentucky was upset by SEC opponent Vanderbilt, 89-81 on the Commodore's home court. The Gamecocks are now 15-1 for the season and have a winning streak of 14 games going. They are 7-0 in ACC play and are second in the nation to Army in team defense. New Mexico State lo .. e second ganic of - the 48, Saturday rlight, Jacksonville, lost to Florida State, and Wake Forest upset nationally-ranked Davidson, 74-73. The polls are definitely going to be reshuffled significantly. .4.1 -Ii AGEMENT AND WEDDING| oxc . sv A us .N.. 1 blast ison i !Vils, ily the board game was dominated by the Gamecocks. "Denton's tough," McGuire saidl thoughtfully. "He has a nice touch and moves very good." Tom Owens said that he respected Denton, but added that he "is not a graceful player." The Duke giant finished the night with a team high 17 points. Sophomore Don Blackman. who almost broke the game open in the eariy part of the second half with his board and scoring plays, finished with 13. Owens was asked if teammates Ribock and Riker tried to in timidate the opposition by acting tough and threatening to slug it out with them, the 6-10 beanpole agreed, saying, "This year we're trying not to let anyone push us around. We don't want to hurt anybody. Since the Tennessee game I don't think anyone has out muscled us." Asked if he thought he won his battle with Denton. Owens said, "It's hard to say. Overall, he got six and I got II (rebounds) so in that respect I guess I won." He pointed out that he did not guard Denton and Denton did not guard him so it was hard to say who was the better player between the two. "Overali, we did a good job of containing him," Owens said. McGuire was asked if he thought it was a physical game and he replied, "When you get people liker Riker, Ribock, Denton and Catherman out there, real big boys, naturally it's going to be a little physical. I thought the game was well officiated, however." The loud and hostile Blue Devil fans did not bother Owens significantly. "They affect me very, very little except at this place(Duke). It does tend to tigiwi us*' up when_ an official makes a call with the crowd. Psychologically. it does hurt a little." But Owens added that it made him feel good when he gets booed. He said that it makes him want to play better and that it is, in ac tuality, a supreme compliment. Asked if he thought during the liuke surge that Carolina might ose. Owens said. "If we get a 35 or ~I-point lead. I don't think I ever and a lead like that and lost. To do hat you have to play pretty toorly." Owens was asked if he thought 'arolina was the best team in the lation. "I feel on a given night we an beat anyone in the country. I ust hope we can ge through the WCC tournament." AlcGuiire lauded D)uke saying. "They have a lot of good bodies, a 03 of good talent." Carolina's next game is Wed aesday night at Temple in 'hiladelphia. KRA We have * NAVY PEA * NAVY, WOOl * BUSH JACKI * NAVY BELL * ARMY FIELE * ARMY KHAX * NAVY CPO \ * ARMY KHAM * ARMY FATI( * CAMOUFLAGI Come in and browse A] SUR] The Yell 1316 Assembly S Clen 0 Vmfl Ea t your he Swi'mn By JOHN GASH Sports Writer In the Jan. 28 swimming meet against Florida State here, Tround Williams, with a time of 21.8, qualified for the NCAA finals in the 50 yard freestyle and, while win ning the 100 yard freestyle, his time of 48.4 put him fourth or fifth in the nation in that event. Despite the antics of Williams, USC lost, 63-50 -to a strong and physical Seminole swimming team. Due to the scheduling of final exams several swimmers Eus column wanted Anyoe wo wshe tob u colmnit o th sprt paeso int atuas your haek cowumns Bhy Jshou N betpeaS 70 spac line Jan.d2 swimmingspaeet qaidfrthem NA nl in the Despite the enticofWlims, pic S minoemmn Gru.Tistest o columNAV wate [son, tal to ToM Normn art out, Denton zers fall leaving the squad somewhat un dermanned. Even though undermanned, the diversified attack of the Gamecocks complemented the power of the Seminoles in putting on a fine exhibition of superb Southeastern swimming. In many events the opposing swimmers were matched stroke for stroke. Typical was the aforementioned 50 yard freestyle event in which Carolina's Williams and Florida State's Dean Jerger were clocked at the identical time of 21.8. Williams lost the race on the judges' decision. The outcome of the meet left Carolina's record at 1-4 and the Seminoles at 4-1. Reflecting on the performance of his swimmers, head coach Pete Combes stated, "Our fellows swam well. I was especially pleased with Trond Williams. "We should do well in the ACC Championships," added assistant coach John Pittington, hinting that, it the team's display was indicative of things to come, there are better times ahead. L ooking to the next meet, coach Combes said, "Eastern Kentucky is a strong team. Their breast stroke and medley relay used to be number one and three, respec tively." Eastern Kentucky will be here Feb. :1. EMS! k for you )TTOMS Whites and Stripes SPECIAL MAXI-COATS * re you are looking for. Y RE tore at Ph. A L 3-4641 VPI, fiftee, Clemson, bow to '4 By TEDDY HEFFNER Asst. Sports Editor USC, behind All-America John Roche and Captain Bobby Cremins, came off a 12-day exam break with a pair of convincing wins over Clemson and VPI. Roche tossed in 31 points against the Tigers on long jump shots and driving layups while Cremins scored 11 of the first 15 Gamecock points to spur USC to a in surmountable lead over the Gobblers. "Roche played like himself tonight," Coach Frank McGurie said after the Clemson win. "He was the real Roche." The USC head coach also had praise for sophomore Rick Adylett who scored a season high 19 points. "Adylett bombed the bottom out of that basket in the second half." Cremins turned in a tremendous job of defense against the Tigers, holding Butch Zatezalo without a field goal in the first stanza. "Bobby has been an unsung hero for us all season. His defense has been a big factor in our wins this season," praised Roche. Cremins turned into an aggressive sharpeshooter in the opening minutes against VPI. "Bobby is getting his confidence back," Roche confided." He may have lost some of it after missing some tough shots early in the year." Coach McGuire was very pleased with the play in the first half. "Those first ten minutes we Staff re Carolina's coaching staff has been realigned significantly this past month. Bobby Richardson, former New York Yankee infield great and a Sumter native, will succeed Jackie Powers as USC baseball coach it was announced at a press con ference Jan. 16. Powers will devote full time to football duties. For the past three years Powers has served in the dual capacity of head baseball coach and football assistant. Eviction n< (C'ontinued from Page U) Smith intended to go to a "G.I. Rights Conference" in Washington. Steve Essly, a representative of the UFO Offense Coalition, stated that the two incidents were tied together in that "UFO supports men in their stand against military system." "The UFO Coalition hopes to continue the idea behind UFO," he added. He also said that at present UFO officials are trying to find another ASOUTH a Students at Southami: encouraged to activel In any positive new effort things In this wobbi * Of course, Southampton, v climate, offers counties lighter types of inv< beaches. .. boating . .. g< art colonies . . . and otl Southampton a synonym f< should be all about, a This summer . ..I Southampton June 22 - July 24 July 27 - August 23 CORE N UAIISO UlCINC ENCE*EDCAT ONG ImIedgd offrin.. Southoam pnto vIamln ldnterwhtedein g esoon ha Cn tthI ollege . y Namueaptn I Amd reste n0s eso itten__________ . ....MPWe mesm m m.a..=.C ..... ....e..e Duke n VPI .4ocks looked like a pro team. We starti off beautifully." The game, highighted' by the antics of official Lou BelO, reached a climax when Torn RIA was ejected for a "flagrant foul". Riker.and VPI's Darwin Pippin became involved in a rebound battle ending with Pippin stretched out on the floor. "Before the game, I told Riker to be careful," commented Coach McGuire. "I felt it was a trap. 'hat guy faked it real good..He wasn't knocked out. He got up as soon as he heard Riker was ejected." The VPI win marked the Gamecock's 13th consecutive win and was the 350th collegiate career victory for Coach McGuire. F our-game Tech series to begin Carolina's football Gamecocks will begin a home-and-home series with Georgia Tech beginning Sept. 12 to take advantage of the NCAA allowance of an 11th game on all NCAA members' schedules. The first game with the Yellow Jackets will be played on Tech's Grant Field in Atlanta and in 1971 the game will be played in Carolina Stadium. It will alternate like this for four years, giving both schools two home games during the series. aligned Larry Jones, head football coach Paul Dietzel's first assistant, left Carolina to become first assistant at Tennessee under new head coach Bill Battle for a' reputed $23,000 salary. Bill Shalosky, offensive coor dinator, was moved up to fill the vacancy by Jones. Pride Rateree joined the varsity coaching staff to replace Shalosky and Powers will replace Rateree as freshman football coach. >tice place of business and that they also intend to fight the landlord in court. Deadline set Entries for the USC School of Journalism Writing Comjetition in the category of Investigation have a deadline of Feb. 25. Entries should be submitted to J. James McElveen, 4009B Coliseum before 3 p.m. Feb. 25. A MPTONI I 'ton College are y support and participate wrhich seeks to Improve ~ y world. rith Its delightful summer Is opportunities for >lvement, too ..,. like f . . . theatres . .. Nor activities which make r what summer 1 be where It is. College. IWO FOHI-Wif WSUCUSpg IN SCULPTUnE, CERAMICS. PAINTING AND FILMS Concerts and lectures will be given by* resident musi coins and visiting experts. are aiable for stde in acadmic courses and work rHAMPTON EGE L.AND UNUVESrTY N.Y. 11966 e (516) AT3-4000 bulletin. O 2nd Session