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All All-A meric USC All-America Job Roche sets to score ori his record 56 points again! Furman last night. The ! points were a school, AC and Coliseum high. C .... 'Il Oa. .. 209Gen St The Gamecock S P O R S -Bob Milkosky] marcuse kites bidis nachouli electrocities grateful dead frankincense macrame hot pants stash kits bead curtains E RNATIVE ..at 5 Points. .. ....9 4e4oo .4 ,* , R oche Gameco past Fu John Roche went hunting last nic he came away with some very ni The 6-3 guard has experienced hi: this year but he put it all togethe spectacular display. Thirty-four times Roche took air times he found the mark. That's a . a school record for field goals. Fror of fifteen tries. In all 56 points we name in the final box score. That's ACC record. The past mark was 55 State in 1955. As usual, Roche tried to play dow resulted in a 118-83 win. '"I reall throwing me the ball," he said. "Th great. They wanted me to get the r what kind of guys we have on the tei "Some of the guys who don't get t off the bench and kept feeding me Gamecocks are trying to do some c trying to let me handle the ball a 1i two years. "The first game I handled it more I had a bad night and we lost. (He tournament is our goal. We're goin until then.'' Tom Riker may have given Roct honorable mention All-America sto his head and said, "I can't even ima "'We didn't try to run up the sc( Frank McGuire said. "But John.de record after the way he's played fc He could have scored 50 or more rr wasn't so unselfish." Roche's brilliant performance other fine performances. Bobby career high of 15 points, Tom Owen before becoming content to feed h time friend, Roche. Owens had 15 Riker only scored one point but th shot from the floor. Riker only pl game. He had six rebounds. lif nuns cks rman lht at the Coliseum and ce pelts. ; troubles from the floor r against Furman in a n from the floor and 21 17 percentage. It's also n the line he missed one' re placed beside his a school record and by Ron Shavlik of N.C. n his performance that ze that everyone was e guys on this team are ecord. That shows just 3m. a play very much came ." Roche said that the ifferent things. ''We're tIe more. Like the last 'was against Duke, but scored 28 points) The to try different things te the best tribute. The od by his locker, shook gine 56 points." 3re," USC head coach served to set a scorin%; ir the past three years. any times before if he overshadowed some Carver fired home a s hit 16 first half points is roommate and long rebounds. 6-10 ace only took one iyed 20 minutes of the E M;&A ar th P2 ot ino( Aeoe ir Paty Ra.