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Villan( I Quake By JIM HERSH Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA- Tom Ingelsby capped an outstanding individual performance by sinking two crucial free throws with six seconds left in the game to propel Villanova past Carolina, 77-76, in the championship game of the Quaker City.Tournement here Dec. 30. In a game packed with tremendous plays, Ingelsby provided the spark which allowed the Wildcats to stop the Gamecock's win streak at seven games. The junior guard scored 28 points in the final game and was named the MVP of the tournement. Kevin Joyce, who was in strumental in keeping the Gamecocks close in the final stages of the game, almost pulled the win out for USC but his last second shot from the corner bounced around the rim and out. Early in the contest the Gamecocks held the upper hand, and several times appeared to be pulling away from the Wildcats. With only two minutes gone the Gamecocks jumped ahead 6-0. But Villanova rallied and three minutes later tied the score at six Then with Villanova up 20-17 Carolina reeled off 14 of the next 1. points and with 5:32 left in the hall led 31-21. Ingelsby and forwarc Chris Ford got the Wildcats back ir the game by hitting from outsid4 the USC zone defense, and wher Ford hit a shot from 15 feet at th4 buzzer, Villanova moved into a ti at 39 apiece. For the first ten minutes of thi second half the game was tight But then Ingelsby scored threi straight baskets and with eigh minutes left in the game Villanovi was up by nine, 64-55. However, USC came right bac and following Joyce's shot fron the baseline with under a minute ti go the score was knotted at 75 Villanova took possession an4 at tempted to wait- for the last shot Warrior 4 glad Joy( (Continued from Page 9) fight, which obviously did n disturb him in the slightest. "j meant nothing. That fight wouldn even bother a bar room bouncer.]I was bad that Riker and Lacke were in there and had to leave. "They threw me out and I wanted to know why," Lackey sai in the locker room, as the trainer were sewing three stitches into hi face. "It's all right head to head. don't mind that. But he hit nm when I wasn't looking." McGuire then cited a key facto in the contest that provided hi team with the win. "We came ou real lucky with Chones. He had tw fouls with less than a minute gone and only ended up with three. Thel when that Peterson came in, I looked down the bench and salt 'Who in the hell is he?' "South Carolina is truly a grea team," Chones stated. "They jus >va cap r City t Jack Kraft But Rick Aydlett causea a Wildcat turnover and with 37 seconds to go the Gamecocks had the ball. Villanova took a gamble when Coach Jack Kraft ordered the Wildcats to foul in order to get the ball back. Joyce went to the foul line with 27 seconds left and made the tie breaking shot. The Wildcats allowed the time to roll down and with ten seconds left set up one final play. "The credit for this play goes to Coach McAte (a Villanova assistant)," Ingelsby said. "He put it in just before the tournement and we saved it for a situation like this. I go inside, then I set a fake pick for Hank (Siemiontkowski) and roll back to the goal. It's a great play." The play worked to perfection and Bobby Carver, who was guarding Ingelsby, had to foul him t with six seconds left. Ingelsby hit both free throws to give Villanova the lead at, 77-76. 1 After a time-out Joyce dribbled the full length of the court and tried a jump shot from deep in the corner. The ball hit both sides of I the rim before spilling out. Tom Riker, who had 28 points and a aoach ye cold keep coming at you. Traylor has to ,be the biggest man I think I've faced in two years. And this also t has to be the roughest team we've t played in my two years. I don't t mind being pushed, so long as they ( let me push back. "Riker is a very good player," he continued. "I was surprised he swas so quick. He is just the kind of s player that the pro teams are I looking for. And I had heard e Peterson was their best shooter. It was lucky Joyce was cold. We r started to overplay Peterson s then." It , "I would have liked to have won ri t his one," Frank Mkcuire said. "It was a great game and we came I back well after playing poorly in t he second half. L osing to Al is like t,* losing to my brother., S9me you t win.. nnd some yu loe. tures itle game high of 15 rebounds, tipped the ball, after the buzzer. "We knew they were going to get a shot. What I didn't want was a tap-in," Kraft said after the game. "They surprised me all night with their outside shooting. It's the best South Carolina team I've seen since I've been around," added the Villanova coach. Meanwhile the losing coach Frank McGuire commented on the game. "What made it a great game," McGuire said, "was the way they came back and the way we came back." Carver, who covered Ingelsby, had nothing but praise for the tourney MVP. "He's just great. I've played against them all...John Roche, Austin Carr, Charlie Davis. Outside of Roche, he's as good as anybody." In the first round of the tour nement, Carolina upended Fair field, 87-69, behind Riker's 23 points. Joyce chipped in 21 while Danny Traylor had 18. Boston College fell before the Gamecocks, 86-64. in the semi-finals. Gamecocl in thrillin By TEDDY HEFFNER Sports Editor Carolina started off the Christmas break with a thriller as oft -beaten Virginia Tech, a team USC has had trouble with in the past, played the then third-ranked Gamecocks to a standoff and had a chance to win with 11 seconds left to play. USC was clinging to a one-point, 77-76, lead when Tom Riker's pass intended for Bob Carver in the backcourt went out of bounds. Tech brought the ball in and set up for the final shot. Un fortunately, from a Gobbler point of view, ace shooter Allan Bristow had fouled out earlier in the game. Six-six Charlie Lipscomb was forced to lake the shot and although he was wide open his 12 footer hit the rim and bounced away. Danny Traylor got the rebound for USC and was immediately fouled, set ting the stage for an interesting finish. Coach Frank McGuire told his players to let Traylor shoot and stay away to be sure not to foul. Traylor's shot rimmed the basket and VPI got the rebound. Traylor stuck his hands up in front of the Tech player and blocked a desperation shot away. However, the move gave Carolina fans some anxious moments as Tech contested the slight contact as a foul. "It's a good thing we weren't on the road," McGuire said. Traylor didn't let the experience bother him. "It was reflex," he said. "I just stuck my hands up, he ran into me. Most of the Gamecocks had high praise for Virginia Tech's Bristow, who bombed the nets for 31 points. Also, T1om Trice seemed to play over his head against the taller -Gd1motocks.2.. "Bristow and Trien nre fine 741" kw Peterson drives USC's Ed Peterson drives against Manhattan's Richie Garner in Carolina's 116-78 triumph Wednesday night. Peterson scored 13 points in the Gamecocks' eighth triumph. cs nips Va. Tech g home opener can shoot and they were both hot players," McGuire said. "They tonight. I'm just thankful to get a were pressing and trying too win. This was our first home game hard." and the boys wanted to look good "Bristow is a great one-one-one before our fans, so they probably player," guard Bobby Carver said. RENT-TV's or STE R EO's WITH PURCHASE OPTION Furniture Also Available with Student Discount METRO LEASE 2738 Devine St. Columbia, S.C. ....:..:yeashe-.253....