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by two alternating guards, Jim Orr
and Barry Faith. Orr, who is ex
pected to start, is averaging 11.8
ppg. Faith is no stranger to the
crowds at Carolina Coliseum,
having played two games there
while with Winston-Salem Junior
College against the USC freshmen
team. Since transferring to Stet
son, Faith has become the third
leading scorer on the team, while
in a reserve role, scoring at a 9.6
pace.
Starting for the Hatters at for
ward will be Anthony Hill, 6-3, who
is averaging under five points per
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game and Lewis Williams, who is
the team's leading rebounder with
an average of 8.8 rebounds per
game.
Carolina, at home for this game
before hitting the road again, was
recognized by the UPI pollsters for
their fine recent performances,
jumping to sixth from eighth in the
rankings.
Tom Riker, by virtue of his
scoring binge over the past week in
which he produced 78 points,
became the thirteenth player in
Carolina's basketball history to
score over 1,000 points.
Riker, who upped his per game
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scoring average to 19.5, continues
to lead the Gamecocks in that
department. He is followed by
Kevin Joyce (17.2), Danny Traylor
(14.2), Rick Aydlett (10.1) and
Brian Winters (9.3), who started
both the Fordham and the Nor
thern Illinois games.
In other statistical categories:
Traylor leads the rebounders with
an 11.7 average; Riker, by hitting
33 of his attempted 43 shots the last
two contest, upped his field goal
percentage to .569, second behknd
Traylor's .584; and sophomore
Winters leads the team in free
throw percentage, hitting at a .830
clip.
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Eye
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Keyhole
By Doug Williams
Sports Editor
Sometime Monday, Caroli
man of any position reach
public's initial reaction is t
behind it. No one quits a i
unquestionable success witi
The press releases fly ab
the process, things could ve
not the least bit difficult to a
out of hand. The results can I
John West resigned as hei
simple, and a bit ridiculous
has all of the answers. "'I
have no ill feelings toward
this university whatsoever.
In fact, I really feel bad
about leaving. People don't
understand the timing
factor. They think I'm
leaving the team out in the
cold. That's just not the
case. We've worked
together all fall, and this
team is ready. It was best to
leave now so that a new
coach would not be a year
behind in recruiting."
West also confirmed that
he and Athletic Director
Paul Dietzel had no dif
ficulties that might have led
to West's resignation. "Coac
fairer. I could not, in all honE
say about him.
"I first met Coach Dietz
LSU in 1965. Then I transfer
I was coaching at Furman,
hand picked me. That's one
leaving . I just hope I'm not
comes to finding a new coi
Yet the question still stan<
"There was nothing bets
department," said one of
Dietzel offered him some alti
it. It came down to being a cc
All of the press releases clI
way. The release from the
''...in the best interest of my:
it is time to leave.'' West
years, I thought I'd try to fil
in life.''
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id track coach. It is just that
to search for a reason. West
John West
h Dietzel could not have been
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red to East Texas State. When
you might say Coach Dietzel
of the big things I hate about
putting him on the spot when it
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is as to why West left his post.
veen him and the athletic
West's performers. "'Coach
ernatives, but that just wasn't
>ach or raising a family."
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a athletic department reads,
self and my family, I feel that
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