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USC's Tom Riker (51) ar
Jim Hegmann (55) converge
basket after score by Care
Aydlett (not shown). The
Biddies %
by Ander
BY STEVE PARKER
Sports Writer
Anderson Junior College
defeated the Carolina freshman,
84-83, when Tom Higdon scored a
short jump shot with just 15
seconds remining in the contest,
Wednesday night at Carolina
Coliseum.
Higdon's winning basket came
just seconds after Biddie center
Clyde Agnew missed a layup which
McGuire:
one of the
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in scoring, followed by Aydlett's 13
and Winters' 11. Traylor hauled
down 20 rebounds and blocked nine
shots to pace both teams in those
departments.
Wingate scored 19 points for
Niagara, Al Williamas added 15
and Hegmann 13. Hegmann alsot
grabbed nine rebounds while .
Williams and Royster nabbed eight
apiece for the losers.
"1 really felt this one tonight,"
said USC head coach Frank
McGuire. "It was a great
comeback, but this is the quickestL
way I know of to kill a coach. One h
time they'll get caught. h
"As long as I have coached," the s
Gamecock mentor continued, "I
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id Niagara's scored 49 se
under the Purple Eagle
lina's Rick the half.
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would have propelled the frosh into
a commanding three-point lead.
Following Higdon's basket
Biddie guard Jimmy Walsh
managed to take one final shot
which would have given Carolina a
victory if successful. His attempt
failed when the ball hit the rim and
rolled off.
The loss brought the Biddies' six
game victory streak to a halt, and
'Niagara
fastest'
iave never seen two games in a
'ow like this," alluding to
,arolina's 61-59 victory over St.
3onaventure. "These boys got a
vorld of guts. But see, once our
ellows get behind, they get more
Iggressive. That's what happened
n the second half.
"This team is one of the fastest
eams we'll ever play against.
'hey have got to have the quickest
lands I think I've ever seen. And
elieve me, they'll have an awful
>t of wins. They are a real tough
sam.3
"We had some trouble with our
layups early. I think the boys may
ave been trying to push a little too
ard for the home crowd. And our
phomores did another fine job
ut there tonight." (
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cond half points to rout the
s after being down by ten at
halted
4-83
left them with a 6-3 record.
The Biddies had trailed
throughout most of the game but
refused to allow Anderson to break
the contest open, never trailing by
more than the seven point deficit
which they held at halftime, 54-47.
The Biddies came back late in
t he second period and captured the
lead. The lead then switched hands
several times before Anderson
eventually grabbed it with the
game's winning shot.
Pacing all scorers was An
derson's Jim Clark with 30 points.
rhroughout the game Clark had
success slipping in between Agnew
playing the high post and forwards
'ommy Cox and Greg Ward
playing under the basket.
Hidgon and Donald Davis also
scored in double columns for
Anderson , hitting totals of 18 and
L3 points, respectively.
Agnew once again paced the
freshman team in scoring, the
sixth time he has done so in the
Biddies' nine outing, with 23 points.
30xc followed with 22 points. Walsh,
Ward, and George Felton rounded
xit the frosh scoring with totals of
5,13 and ten points, respectively.
The battle for the Biddie scoring
ead remained clse. Cox still leads
vith a 22.2 average, Agnew drew
~loser to the lead with 21.8, and
V/alsh remained close with a 19.2
coring mark.
Joyce hero
in comeback
Kevin Joyce played one of the finest basketball games of
his collegiate career Wednesday night against Niagara
when his second half heroics helped lead the Gamecocks to
their second straight comeback victory.. .
The 6-3 guard totaled 33 points in the game, of which he
poured in 26 in the second half. Joyce connected on 14 of 21
field goal attempts in the Gamecock comeback, including
an outstanding II of 14 in the second period.
In similiar fashion to the St. Bonaventure game the
Gamecocks tumbled behind early, but Joyce's brilliant
second period play guided Carolina back from a ten point
halftime deficit to their eventual 80-69 victory.
Joyce cited, among other things, "'the great fans" at
Carolina as being responsible for the win. "They're super
for a comeback like that," he said.
Joyce also had praise for the ball handling abilities of
teammate Brian Winters, "Brian did a great job of
bringing the ball up the court against their press. 1. per
sonally think Brian is a better ball handler than myself."
Joyce narrowly missed individually outscoring the
-entire Purple Eagle team in the concluding period, but fell
two points short of Niagara's team total of 28 points. He did
succeed in outscoring his Gamecock teammates who
collectively mustered 23 points in the final half.
After experiencing some very low scoring outputs of
late, including only a single point in the entire Marquette
encounter, Joyce's play also represented a comeback
effort for himself.
Joyce explained the difference in his scoring per
formance, "I don't think I was taking a good shot in those
other games, I was forcing my shots a lot. Now the coach
has me out of it. Now I'm not forcing my shots, I'm taking
my time."
Carolina faces
Iowa in Chicago
BY GARY WEST inside tandem of Danny Traylor
Sports Writer and Tom Riker is 6-9 Collins, a
Carolina, after two second half sophomore with a .531 percentage
comebacks in a row over St. from the floor. Kunnert and Collins
Bonnaventure and Niagara, musthaeplddon1.ad69
hit the road again against Iowa at rbud epciey oso h
Chicago Stadium Saturday af-tem
ternoon in a double header which Thgaemywlcntrote
mat ches Long Beach State against btl ftebcbad ihbt
Loyola in t he firs t game.temfilngosofhgtad
The Hawkeyes having posted a egto lvnopnnsadi
record of 6-5 are coming offavrgn471ebudagmes
semester exam break and shouldatem
be ready for the Gamecocks. Iowa TeHwee r neetda
is being paced by 7-0 Kevin Kunert hm ihwn vrKna n
and 6-3 guard Rick Williams who Daehg
lead the team in scoring both withlihngtercm
17.2 averages.pag,bthvbenicsset
Rounding out the top six playersaninsukestDqes,
are Jim Collins (11.9), HaroldIoaStendWsni.
Sullinger (7.5), Glenn Angelino
(7.6) and Neil Fegebank (7.1). CahShlzhsbe m
Iowa has been averaging 79.7 to pesdwt i emspr
lheir opponents 78.8. frac fltl."er
Coach Dick Schultz who employs aeaigaot8 ons n
sight or nine players in his usualwergtingodblc.Ife
lame plan, says, "South Carolinacaimrvoudensw'lben
v'ill be the toughest opponent go hp.
w'e've faced since UCLA. I saw
ome of t heir game with Marquette ThGaeos,wo er
m TV argl I was impressed with rsudb ei oc' 3pit
heir size and poise. They have aagisNaarWendyngh
mart team with excellent per- wl evstn hcg tdu
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