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Sensational David Thompson of
North Carolina State has retained
his lead in the East but speedster
guard Maurice Harper of St.
Mary's (Calif.) hustled past a
basket full of more heralded senior
performers to take the West voting
lead as balloting for the fourth
annual Pizza Hut Basketball
Classic reached the halfway mark.
The top eight votegetters on each
squad are extended automatic
invitations to participate in the
NCAA and NAIA-sanctioned
charity contest to be played April
15 in the Las Vegas Convention
Center. The other two performers
on each squad are named as at
large selections by a national panel
which includes 1975 game coaches
Norm Sloan of NC State and Mary
Harshman of Washington.
Thompson, who has held the
East lead since balloting began,
has amassed 56,821 votes to lead
the nation. His nearest com
petitors are Steve Green of No. 1
ranked Indiana (49,783), John
Garrett of Purdue ((44,504), Kevin
Grevey of Kentucky (39,839) and
Joe Meriweather of Southern
Illinois (36,460). The second five in
the East consist of Thompson
teammate Monte Towe ((33,965),
Bowling Green rebounding
specialist Cornelius Cash%(31,893),
Notre Dame quarterback Dwight
Clay (30,315), Indiana's John
Laskowski (29,775), and Michigan
center C.J. Kupec (28,219).
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Meyers topped the pack for the
first portion of the voting period
with Tulsa's Grasshopper Smith
and Kansas' Roger Morningstar
his closest rivals. But the past two
weeks have-seen Maurice Harper,
a 6-foot product of Berkeley, Calif.,
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Davidson heavyweight Jack
Summe, squirming for his life
against USC ace Ike Houck, eluded
several potential pins and enabled
the Wildcats to slip away with a
thrilling 26-25 wrestling win on
Friday night.
For awhile, however, it didn't
appear as if it would go down to the
one-point nail-biter. Charlie
Parker's Wildcats, a well-drilled,
disciplined crew, started as if they
would claw Booker T. Washington
gym to shreds as they waltzed
through the Gamecock ranks by
scoring pins or lopsided decisions.
Phil McKee (134), however,
dumped a little sugar in the
Davidson gas tank by downing
Glenn Ballard, 14-12. But Davidson
continued to roll and took pins in
the 126, 150, and 158.
Carolina was aided by a late
forfeit which set the stage for the
Summe-Houck finale. The USC
captain, red-hot all year, wasted
little time in dominating his op
ponent. Houck surged to a 7-1 lead
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move from the middle of the
candidates to annex the top spot
with 56,309 votes. Meyers (53,726),
Smith (41,840) and Morningstar
(37,919) hold positions two through
four with newcomer Jimmy Moore
of Utah State fifth at 33,658.
.aten 26-25
in the first period, and only the
buzzer saved the gasping Summe
from being nailed. The margin
swelled to 11-2 at the end of two.
Summe revived somewhat in the
third period, but once again, the
relentless Houck claimed the
advantage and continued to drive.
As the final seconds ticked away,
with spectators screaming wildly,
Summe miraculously hung on.
Houck won a convincing 14-5
decision, but the pin was incredibly
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The men's .nd women's
swimming team. ooth went down
to the last event in their meets as
the women downed Georgia
Southern 71-60 and the men were
beaten 63-50 by 15th ranked Auburn
Tigers.
The women's team ended their
season on a happy note downing
Southern and giving themselves a
9-0 record for the swifn season.
Nancy Grim was a double winner
for the Chicks as she captured both
the 200 and 400 yard freestyle
events. Both of the Chicks relay
teams were victorious and they
qualified for the nationals in both
events.
The men's meet was a different
story though as the Gamecocks lost
in the final event and with that loss
dropped the meet. The deciding
event was won by 75 one
hundredths of a second.
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took first and second place in both
diving events. For this per
formance Ray Klitzke and James
Tingen were - both ' voted
Gamecocks of the meet. The only
other first place the Gamecodks
could take was the victory in the
200 yard backstroke. Team cap
tain Casey Clafin won the event
and then qualified for the NCAA's
in his leg of the relay event.
Assistant coach Gary
Weatherhold said, "The Auburn
pool wasn't very fast so the times
weren't very fast. The meet was
close all the way and we stayed in
it by taking seconds and thirds and
our divers doing so well."
The Gamecocks, now 6-3 on the
season, have their final home meet
against Florida State Feb. 22 at 4
p.m. following the Marquette
basketball. game.
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