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sports. Pete Feheley Sports Editor The atmosphere surrounding the ticket distribution for Saturday's game with Marquette is evidence of how intense the Carolina-Marquette rivalry has grown in the past three years. Since Carolina left the ACC in 1971, the only real basketball rivalries we have built up are with Marquette, Notre Dame, Davidson, and probably Furman (returning opponent on future Gamecock schedules). Some Gamecocks fans do a better job with the McDonald's jingle than they do in pronouncing the names of some of Carolina's opponents. The Carolina Coliseum marquee even misspelled the name of next Wednesday's opposition, Canisius. I don't know if the hundreds of students that waited outside the Coliseum all night Thursday and throughout the early % morning hours of Friday are expecting to see a basketball classic on Saturday afternoon. Most people that I spoke with were veterans in USC ticket lines and could be classified as pure basketball fans. Some, however, were interested in selling their tickets and still others came just for the party. One group of students pitched a tent for their overnight accomodations and another misguided soul drove his car up to the front door. He was not so fortunate in his attempts to drive it back out. Earlier in the day, a group of law students, with visions of making their first million, talked of getting a keg of beer and selling cups of beer to those waiting in line. Better luck next year, guys. , Most students brought some form of alcoholic beverage to help them make it through the night. An occasional scent of something other than tobacco fumes also filled the air. The shuffling of playing cards, the blaring of radios and televisions added to the carnival-like atmosphere that prevailed. The hostile mood of last year's Notre Dame ticket pick-up crowd was not to be found irn this year's throng. The student workers received only a minimal amount of abuse from those in line. Except for one angry young lady, who suggested to one student worker that there hadn't been a marriage in his family for three generations, most of the people were well behaved. By 10:30 a.m. the lines had completely disappeared. I hope those who waited all night for tickets won't be disappointed with Saturday's game. Perhaps it might raise the question that has become painfully obvious throughout this entire basketball season. Where have you gone, Brian Win ters? Intramural Standings Fraternity Independent Chi Psi 6-0 Broadmoore 6.0 Omega Psi Phi 6-0 Sumter 5-1 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 6-1 Wild Bunch 6-I P. Kappa Phi 5-1 Shooters 5-1 Kappa Alpha Psi 5-1 Blossom St. 5-1 S Dorm Gamecock Snowden 6-0 St. Thomas Moore 6-0 Moore 5-i AFROTC 5-0 Woodrow 4-I Town Men 6-1 Pr-eston 4-2 Marrieds 4-1 Bates 4-2 Afro-Americnns 4-2 Screaming helps Rocko BY BILLY BAKER Of The Gamecock staff Carolina lost its seventh game of the season in one of the dungeons of college basketball, Toledo Field House, 78-72 before 4,000 screaming Rocket fans. The Gamecocks were bothered by the Toledo press throughout the game as they could not get their fast break attack started on most occasions. Often the guards were so intimidated that they could not see their open teammate standing alone by the basket at the end of the court. Carolina trailed at the half but a determined last ditch effort gave them a 68-64 lead with 3:51 remaining. A missed shot by Nate Davis and a 20 foot forced shot by guard Mike Dunleavey enabled Toledo to gain possession of the Gamecocks against Mai BY DAVID YARBOROUGH Of The Gamecock staff Carolina returns to the friendly confines of Carolina Coliseum Saturday for a nationall ised Alex English goes high in the first contest this home court. Carolina Marquette 69..60. Toledo crou ts defeat U ball and knot the score at 68 with 2:47 remaining in the game. Jim Kindle put the Rockets ahead to stay with a ten foot jumper at the 1:38 mark. From there on the Gamecock's had to foul and in desperation they made several turnovers that could have made the six point victory margin -less for Toledo. Mike Larsen played one of the best games of his career. The senior forward came into the game averaging just over 11 points but he made good on 12 of 16 attempts and three of five free throws to lead all scorers with 27 points. "We just got a good scouting report on them." said Larsen. "We knew they would probably start in a zone defense," he said. "Carolina has a great team," he said. "It was hard controlling Alex English because he's so quick for a have secono -quette in C1 game with ninth-ranked Marquette University. Marquette defeated Carolina 69 So at the Milwaukee Arena on January 14, not a difficult chore iince five different unranked 4 ag yera heWriV dropped then m 7d SC big man." English scored only 8 points during the game. When McGuire was told that Larsen was a questionable starter before the game due to a recent case of the flu he replied, "He should have the flu for the rest of his life if thats the case." "I am not so worried about us not being able to win 20 games in the regular season," McGuire said, "That was something the media wanted and built up in the press," he said. Carolina was paced by Mike Dunleavy with 18 points and Nate Davis and Tom Boswell had 15 and 14 points respectively. As a team USC shot a respectable 48.4 per cent for the game. Toledo was paced by Larsen and Larry Cole who had 17 points, most on long shots over USC's zone defense in the first half. i chance Oliseum teams were able to whip the Gamecocks at their homecourts. Marquette is led by 6-9 soph Bo Ellis, who scored 21 points and took down 10 rebounds in the first meeting of the two teams this year. Freshman guard Butch Lee scored 14 and junio forward Earl Tatum had 13 in that game. Marquette's shuffle offense made a shambles of Carolina's man to man defense and- un doubtedly Gamecock coach Frank McGuire would hope to use a zone for most of Saturday afternoon's contest. If Carolina expects to beat Marquette, the Warriors offensive rebounding will have to be neutralized better than it was in the first game. Marquette con verted many second and third shot opportunities against the in timidated Carolina frontcourt. Carolina will bring a 15-7 record into the Marquette game with a fifth consecutive NCAA tour nament bid on the line. A loss Saturday would probably eliminate Carolina from the NCAA postseason play. Marquette, a shoo-in for a bid to the NCAA's, takes an 18-3 record into tonight's game with Fordham at New York's Madison Square Garden. Carolina won last year's meeting in Columbia 60-58 on a last second jump shot by Brian Winters. Marquette leads the series three games to two and is one of the only five teams to have beaten the Gamecocks at Carolina Coliseum, winning 72-71 in 1972. Before the season Marquette coach Al McGuire said it would take a lot of work and some luck for the Warriors to win 20 games. "We've got some problems, hut we have three starters back, excellent qluickness, depth at guard and a little something extra," McGuire said. That little something extra will probably be needed in the Coliseum on Saturay aftrn..