Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Freshi . IJUG. WILI~JAMs Ass. Sports Editor Carolina's Biddies go in search of their seventh victory of the season tonight, facing a strong Davidson freshman team. USC, who had won six games in a row before dropping two straight, will bring five players into the contest with scoring averages in double figures. Peterson tops scoring Ed Peterson paces the Carolina offense. Averaging 28.6 points per game, Peterson's scoring output as only recently slipped below the mark. His .538 percentage from the floor also ranks as tops on the The Equitable Life Assurance For a free 18" x 24" mien fac freshman team, as does his .919 from the free throw line. Joining Peterson in the Biddies'. one-two scoring punch is New York's Brian Winters. Not only does Winters score, he averages 23.6 per game, but he is also tied with Rick Mousa for the team lead in rebounds, grabbing an average of 10.3 a game. In addition, Winters has handed out 42 assists thus far in the season. Mousa, besides playing strongly on the boards, has also been an effective shooter, putting in just overi% points per game. Rounding out the frosh are non-scholarship players, Mark Little, who is aver-1ging 11 points, Marty Woolbright, who is pulling down eight loose shots a game, and Ben ........... ... .............. . . .... ..... ..... nti allme Bocsety of the United States. New York. N.Y. An Equail oster of this advertisement, write: The e Stroi Iteuther. another non-scholarship player, who is averaging just 3.1 points, but is grabbing five rebounds a game. Davidson improving While Carolina will be striving tc better a 7-3 record, Davidson's Wildkittens bring in an impressive group of statistics. In losing only to VMI, East Carolina, and Fur man, the freshmen have built up an excellent 10.3 record on the season. "I think we have been playing some fine basketball recently," said Wildkitten coach Neill McGeachy. "Our defensive effort has certainly been much better isfree niare fre :>ppoit empity po...F THEE Equitable. Dept. K. G.P.O. Box 1170,| Day ig Dav than it was earlier in the year. I wouldn't be surprised to see two or three of these players starting for the varsity next year. Falconi leads Kittens Davidson's statistics bear out McGeach's optimism. John Falconi. a 6-5 wingman from New York, leads Davidson with a 24.9 average. Falconi. one of five scholarship players, is also pulling down 7.4 rebounds in each game. Mike Sorrentino ranks second for the Wildkittens in scoring output, averaging 15.2 points per game. He is followed by Paul Wagner. at 13.5. T.J. Pecorak at 12.7. and Steve Gadaire, at 11.3. All five are on scholarship. e. S build a*, 2?UITABLE idSOn In the rebounding department, Wagner paces the Wildkittens with 9.4. After Valconi, Pecorak is pulling down an even seven per outing. Floor percentage good After a disappointing 3-2 start, Davidson's frosh has bolted to a streak that included six straight games, and seven wins in eight contests. This may be attributed to the fact that, as a team, the Wildkittens are hitting 50.6 per cent of their shots from the floor. The Biddies are outscoring their opponents by an average of 12.2 points per contest. 89.9 to 77.4. USC maintains a 48 per cent mark from the field, while holding op Position to under 40 per cent. The Biddies have.also. hit 16.2 of 21.6 from the charity stripe. State-Record high school trials are set High school trials for the ninth annual Carolina State-Record Relays will be held Tuesday, March :0. at the University's all weather Weems Baskin track. .John C. West. Carolina track coach and meet director, said high schools throughout South Carolina have been invited to send their top athletes to the qualifying trials for the Carolina State-Record Relays, which are co-sponsored annually by the University and Columbia's two daily newspapers, the State and The Columbia Record. High school qualifiers will return to Columbia Saturday, April 3, to compete in finals. University division trials and finals will be held Saturday. Last year, more than 1.000 athletes representing 28 colleges and universities from throughout the eastern half of the United States plus high schools throughout South Carolina participated in the Carolina State Record Relavs. High school athletes will com pete in three relays -- sprint medley. mile and 880 C arolina swimmers seek wins The Carolina Swimming team travels to Clemson today for a 4 p.m. meet with the Tigers in the last away meet, and return to Columbia Thursday night to swim against Georgia Southern at 7:30 to round out the regular season before post-season tournaments. In an earlier meet with Georgia Southern the Gamecocks out scored the novice team 100-10 at Statesboro, Ga. This will be the first meeting of Carolina and Clemson this season. "Clemson has a distinct ad vantage when swimming anyone in their pool, " said Assistant Coach Jim Pittington. "It's the only pool of it's type around here (20 foot long)i and they practice in It every day so they're used to It."