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For toe Wake Forest Dei
McCloskey the Carolina G
pling block every year his ti
He had dropped eight str
before coming into last r
McCloskey dropped his ni
University of Pennslyvanii
'"I think South Carolina F
well," said McCloskey.
The 84-64 defeat dropped'
and left them with a 14-8 4
McCloskey paced the si
team's effort. At half, Wake
down by nine, 46-37. But the
as the inaccuracy of the Dei
of a comeback.
The Deacon's locker roon
a 20 point deficit.
"We got beat," was Mc
team's effort.
"Roche played well. Owe
McCloskey went on. "Roch
way?"
-When questioned oh his g
sure as hell aren't going ii
"We're a pretty good ou
"I don't know," was the
they will play the Gamecoci
6.
"We've got other things
Swim tE
By CHARLIE SENN
Hparts Writer
The Carolina Swimming tea
continues to improve with ever
meet, but it's lack of depth I
glaringly evident in tournamer
competition.
The 18 Gqamecocks traveled .
Athens, Ga. last week and pulle
out a fourth place tie with iaa
in the tough competition' of th
Southern Intercollegiates.
Plorida University, Souther
Illinois, and Florida State took th
first three places ahead of th
Gamecocks whileGr is
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norh Deacons head coach Jack
amecocks have be;en a stum
am hat played them.
aight games to the Gamecocks
ight's struggle. 1USC won as
nth, 10th counting one at the
3.
ilayed very well, exceptionally
Wake Forest's ACC mark to 5-6
)verall record.
delines as he engineered his
was still in the game although
seconcthalf proved disasterous
icon's sh'ots shattered any hope
i reflected the sober realism of
Closkey's assessement of his
ns and Aydlett really hurt us,"
0l How many did he have any
ame strategy he replied, "We
iside on that.
tside team.
Deacon's coach reply on how
s at Wake's. home court March
to think about now."
am.'s lack
Oklahoma. Texas, and Georgia
Southern trailed the field.
n Despite their fairly low placing,
Y the Carolina swimmers broke
B three freshman, four sophomore,
ot one senior, and two school records.
They also recorded ten career and
0 season best performances.
d In championship meets, other
8 teams such as Florida State just
e have to much depth," said coach
Alen Gentry. "We can perform
n well against them in dual meets,
e but in the tournaments they can
e get three or four men qualified
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Roche for the last time in Car4
of depth be
two. , ,o.
"We had some real good efforts 1a the
from our people in Athens and we thadt the g
were pleased with their per- t hey reg
formance." said Gentry. are capa
Charles Shoemaker was - Vefe
'Gamecock of the Meet' for his shape ai
school record performance in the rested en
I.5 yard freestyle. ,ack 01
Turning his thoughts ahead. toll on ti
Gentry has begun thinking of the jos. of
most important meet of the season- National
-the ACC tournament. thev will
"The SIC's are behind us now left.
and we have to concentrate on the ..ik
conference championship and thehiap
Kastern regionals later. hnlh
"We should be ready for it (the over." st
ACC domin
tough battle
But when it comes to league warfare it
entirely different story. Through game
Monday no league team has escaped with
than two defeats. All of which adds t4
already burning Interest in the confers
tournament that determ ines-the champion
The tournament is set for the Greensboro
Coliseum, March 11-13.
The tournament first-round. pairings
determined on the final standings of the ti
in the regular-season race. Most of the
chups almost certainly will be in doubt
after the final games on March 6. Then, ses
coin tosses may be needed to determini
pairings.
North Carolina, whiehIleads the race wit
2 record, continues to set the pace Ih Sc
offense while Clemson, the bottom club ii
standings with a 2-9 record, has the
Ldefensive mark. The Tar Heels are avere
87.6 pnts 'mlr -oinet w t man leni.
>er Again
John Coliseum as Frank
olina All-America guard's
comes ol
rne -v. This is the meet Thod(
LIys have been waiting for through
e a lot of confidence that cronic I
oing to do thejob that they otit tc
Ale of doing. year.
4 that everyone is in good Iualifie
d hope that they are AC' ch
ugh. (Gentry continued. handici
depth will again take its
ie Gamecocks. with the Exar
wo divers of the four strengtl
qualifying boardmen. ('arolih
only have 16 members looks I
team I
layfield is still out from Carolin
ndicitis opcration. and a good
der's career is probably get in t
id G;entry. ''vel
Etes outsi
0
rages m11
s an defensive figure stande
s of The Tar Heels also I
less team categories. They
the percentage mark at .~
rnce the best in the nation.
ihip. average scoring marg
scoring margin Is 13.
-Maryland has the top
ae at 45.8 while Duke col
rams throw percentage with
a. keeps it among the na
feral Wake Forest ranks s
th categories. The Deacor
with an 81.3 overage,
percentage at .487 ani
1a a9- percentage at .753.
bring
w the Carolina has the a
best average at 66:0 as we
uging average scoring marn
p .,rerjnryp to /syyled
-Iill Milk.4MkV
McGuire retires the
number 11.
S tacle
r. who has been plagued
out his diving career with a
ack injury has been held
)mpetition for much of this
three year nati*r,a&
r. the st.-nior was last year's
ampion despite his painful
p.
riining the conference's
i. Gentry speculated on
ia's chances.' "Maryland
ike the second strongest
oehind N.C. State. North
ta could beat Maryland with
4fort. We have a chance to
here for second place.
ryone is going to be tough.''
rders;
iide
at 66.3 points per game.
ead In a couple of other
have the best field goal
~35, which is still one of
They also have the best
in over opponents. The
i points per game.
team rebounding figure
stinues to lead in free
a mark of .766, which
tIonal leaders.
econd in three different
is are second in scoring
second in field 9061
d second in free throw
econd best defensive
til a the secolhd best
in at 9 0. Duke is the