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Gamecocks
Finally, USC wins
on opponent's court
BY STEVE PARKER
Sports Editor
On a day that the UCLA Bruins were setting a new col
legiate record for most consecutive victories. Carolina's
Gamecocks were busy establishing a streak of their own:
One consecutive victory on the road.
USC's 86-76 triumph over Illinois Saturday night in
Chicago, was the Gamecock's first road win in over a month
and their first regular season victory on an opponent's court.
Last month Carolina defeated Manhatten and Villanova in
the Holiday Festival tournament and earlier in the campaign
USC setback Utah in the latter school's classic.
Carolina's fourth road victory in nine attempts was
sparked by the trio of Kevin Joyce, Danny Traylor and
Alexander English, as all three scored in excess of 20 poin
ts... USC's shooters caught fire early in the first half and
built up a comfortable margin ove the Illini, leading by
ten points before that many minutes had elapsed in the
contest, and holding a halftime margin of 44-32.
While Carolina's scoring was successful, that of Illinois
was not. Permitted to remain in their zone defense for the
first game in quite a while, the Gamecocks forced Illinois
to bomb from the outside and the Illini shooters failed to
connect. Illinois shot only 35.5 percent for the game, includ
ing a pitifully low 27.2 in the initial half.
Not one of the Illini could hit over half of his shots, with
their dismal performances being lead by the team's high
scorer Nick Weatherspoon, who, while scoring 30 points
missed 22 of his 34 field goal attempts. Another notable
poor performance was handed in by Jeff Dawson, the
hot-shot scorer who transfered to Illinois from Duke, as
he hit six of his 18 attempts.
Conversely, Carolina had four players who connected on
over 50 percent of their attempts. Joyce was the leading
Gamecock scorer with 26 points, but Traylor and English
were close behind with 24 and 20 points respectively.
A major factor in the win was that Brian Winters was
finally able to play nearly a complete game at full strength.
Winters, who has been sidelined and rested from illness
throughout much of the season, was able to play 38 minutes
of the contest. For that playing time, Winters turned in
12 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
USC's victory enabled them to sweep their games with
competition from the Big Ten, as Illinois joined the ranks
of fallen Michigan State and Indiana.
Carolina's mark on the season is now 12-5, while Illinois'
dipped to 8-5.
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selected three USC players, but
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BY JIM HERSH
Asst. Sports Editor
Having destroyed the notion that it can't win on the road, Carolina returns
to the Coliseum Wednesday to face Marshall, and protect the idea that
it can't lose at home.
The Gamecocks, 12-5, haven't lost at home for the past 18 games, and
hope to make Marshall, 12-4, its nineteenth straight Coliseum victim.
The Fighting Herd is extremely talented at the four guard and forward
spots. Each position is manned by a senior. Only at center, where it starts
a sophomore, is Marshall short on playing experience.
Mike D'Antoni and Ty Collins are the Fighting Herd's backcourt starters
for the second year. D'Antoni, an Academic All-America, participated in
the Olympic trials during the summer. He also holds the Herd assist
records, and scored in double figures as both a sophomore and junior.
Collins is the scoring guard, however. He averaged 15.1 last year, and
surprisingly, for a guard, led the team in field goal percentage.
The Herd's top frontcourt player is 6-8 Randy Noll. A senior, Noll played
at Kentucky as a sophomore, transferred to Marshall, and last year scored
at a 16.8 pace and averaged 12.6 rebounds, best for the team.
Bill James, who can also play guard, is the other Marshall forward.
This is the first year he has been used as a starter, but in 1971-72 he
averaged 8.8 points while coming off the bench.
At center, Marshall coach Bill Daniels is using a sophomore, 6-7 Chuck
Jackson. Jackson averaged 14.9 points and 13.6 rebounds for the Herd
frosh last year.
Though it is not as strong as last year, when it was 24-4 and made
it to the NCAA play-offs, the Herd is good enough to give anyone a good
test.
Wednesday night they will test Carolina's home winning streak, and
the game should be among the best seen in the Coliseum this year.
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