Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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us IRk ' >;X , l^sts^ Carolina di ...Game< US Vi V ?^ By George Carolina, career high basketball i Wedenesdaj Spectrum. Carolina, the game, pi lead midwa; Villanova n me game s The Gam< season, ne? formance aj year's Holid got a big ea Wildcats 95 NATE DA ...scores ;c swim j - jC ] /' iTZ# ver Mike Roberts p !ocks beat Clemson, 74-38 jr ucais llanova Morris TTncflich \?/a led by Nate Davis' scorer with 33 points, won a 99-84 But V /ictory over Villanova was the Gai j at the Philadelphia The 6-4 ju about unsto which never trailled in start. Da\ ulledouttoa 25-11 some low p y into the first half, and once he t ever challenged after there was li opening moments. do to stop li icocKs, now iz-6 on tne Davis hac irly repeated a per- half, scoring gainst Villanova in this of jump sho lay Festival, when USC At one poinl irly lead and beat the half, Davis In that game Alex points. He a hanging, VIS Carolina'! i 33 points Temple at Carolina Co pf>Hz-n . ... ... t. r tilers? nat ;f.- C mat jms&mIP mm00^ ?***% ^ jm HH lea< jffm m the m swi cou swa 10 \ , ff By A sea *?oto by Johnny Drumming! ^ Poi con C clo: avc 76.] pos im] gar ha> sea is Carolina's leading av< 32 points. anc Vednesday night Davis cor mecock hero. ar inior forward was just JU1 ppable after a shaky Ma 'is started off taking the tercentage shorts, but ant >egan hitting his shots ttle the Wildcats could sta lim. bee 1 a an excellent first Poi \ 17 points on a variety nur ts and rebound shots. tha t midway through the int< scored eight straight is.' started the streak with Til twisting layup after a in t on pass. A few minutes the > snatched an offensive sta of the air and put in a a Soi shot. anc n moved outside, hitaight bank shots from Fn feet. The streak vie ed his play in the game. Chj va defense was unsure pos > would be next, and as ?ut', he was just about H i almost as impressive performance was the Kj na spread the offense K3 rticularly in the first jj^j niiiituivy, wno nnisnea &J ^ints, Bob Mathias, K4 )on and reserve us all contributed to ck point total. Gilloon 5 next game is against 3:10 p.m. Saturday at liseum. lown ( y Rex Gale arolina's men's team defeate mson 74-38 Tuesday at the US' atorium. arolina raised its duel mee ord to 5-4 with meets remainin inef Cf of A nnrl iinoi x iui iua uiaiu auu UCU1 glcl lemson took an early lead witl ictory in the 400-yard medle; ?y, and the Tigers took a 15i with USC was disqualified ii 1,000-yard freestyle. A1 mmers must have persons t nt the laps a swimmer ha im in the 40-lap even! olina's failure to provide on t them a first place finish b; iay Fhipps. he Tigers lead was short-lived rever, as Carolina won the nex events, and the Gamecock: wed Clemson only two secon< :e finishes in those events. US( ch Alan Gentry experimente< V omen's .1 , uaying u Billy Baker ifter spending most of th son trying to find the winnin nbination on USC's wome iketball team, coach Franki Her is confident the Chicks wi itinue to improve. larolina is 4-7 but has playe se games with most teams. Th irage score this season has bee I to 75.8 in favor of the oj ition. Despite considerabl provement in their last tw nes, the Chicks are in danger c /ing their first losing basketba son ever. 'Scholarships are mor lilable to women athletes nov 1 a lot of girls who would hav ne to a big school like Carolin : gumg piaces line Anaerso nior College or Franci rion," Porter said. "They kno^ y can get a scholarship ther 1 play right away. Carolina used to dominate th te in women's basketba! :ause of it being so large, rter said. "Now there ar nerous schools on our schedul t are putting as much mone 3 women's basketball as US l ijisviuus result is reflecte he team's overall record. Six c team's losses have come to ir te teams. The Chicks lost t ith Carolina State twice, 79-6 1 70-64. Clemson won over (JSC 51. Winthrop won 75-73, an : ~ n * *? * * ? mcis Marion nan a close 787 lory. Porter said College ( irleston is the quickest an sible the best team in the state |)[?]T] :J 18 anybody playing defense? .malfunctioning scoreboard inf Hems ' ? d The c Gamecocl g with his swimmers, p! i. in events they don swim. All-Americ U m p-i it ircesiyiei lum ocn y medium distance fre 0 and placed second in n butterfly. 1 g Carolina swim me i victories in the meet w e in the 200-yard butterfl mke in the 50-yard frei Midwinter in the 4 dividual medley, Clark one-meter diving, Ban , the 200-yard butter t Breiter in the 100-yar s Dean Hamilton in tl i backstroke, Mike Phipj ^ yard freestyle, David 3 the 200-yard breaststrc > basket nunrli or e 'We might not n another game ll rest of the sea d but I feel we a n playing much )e basketball nou 0 j[ ~ Frankie e They defeated USC, 1 "Even though we h e attitude of the team h a good," Porter said. "! n this is my first year, t s awhile to get to learn iV pnar<hintf " T ?r.? xjcioi y e posted a 12-8 record Bacl^haus. e The Chicks had a 11 losing streak earlier " "It's almost unreal tc e attitude is so good e record." Porter said y adjustment for th< C relationship I have witl a good one." d THE CHICKS are a v >f this year, three of the i- seniors and have pla^ o three or four years. ,7 i- - v^tii uuiict s leading rebounder is Denise P d has started for US( 7 sophomore year. She >f 18.2 points and mo d rebounds per game. ^Charlene Dubose Hated score in Qmegans-AF on, 7 L SPI lacing many Simmon: 't normally diving, a distance. midt swam Giese , eltynJaQOl the meet, the 200-yard The wii rs posting f? ^Jnnei ere Schmidt ? en'r ly, Fred Eh- *el1- ? estyle, Greg f?rmance 00-yard in was the I Hare in the ley Giese in Caroli fly, Steve compete; d freestyle, when the in Itnxr) Ctntn IV. ^vrv-jruiu OIUIC dlH as in the 500- however, Gribble in Southern >ke and Don pionships ball tei > ill nri i 1 played fo win 14.3 poinl has bee; the operatioi season," SOtl9 moved he could get re offense, i The on! better double 9 veteran IV 7. 25 points State. Si . Porti?r per gamc ' r orier "Suber, our best l(j-93. "They an ave lost, the lot of tea as been real the high [ guess since college no he girls took they were my style of ALTIK 'ear's team field a t under Pam prefers li "For tea three-game carry 15 this upar "Nnrm oil > believe our where yc despite our seven pe< "I'm an way in 3 em. The substitute h the team is anymore.' "We ar eteran team with some starters are our sched yed for USC young pla the future scorer and losing ta ^Janney, who confidenc > since her play Clei is averaging College ai re than 12 "Wemij ^ the rest ol 4-38 > arts 5 in the three-meter vas voted Gamecock of i followed a weekend loss ?acc in wiiKrn, according y, neither team swam entry said Giese's per in the 200-yard freestyle jest Gamecock effort. ina swimmers will not ipain nnfil on 01 -o - ?' y travel to face Florida i Georgia. The divers, will compete in the i Intercollegiate ChamFeb. 12-14 in Athens, Ga. am tion r four years, is averaging :s per game. "Charlene n slowed by a knee n she had after last Porter said. "I recently r tn thp nnint tfnnrH cn ??>? ~ w..v ^ vr..iv ^uiui u ou nt more movement in our ind it has helped a lot." ly other Chick scoring in figures is three-year lartha Suber, who scored against South Carolina iber averages 10.4 points' , Nannev and Dubose are shooters," Porter said. 3 our better players but a ms have talent because school tiirl eoine into w is better prepared than J three or four years ago." I )UGH PORTER could earn of 15 players, she miting the squad to 12. m morale, it's hard to players," she said, y, basketball is a game >11 usually play five to aple unless the score is four favor. You can't f with a 12 point lead )} e ending ud our season ! of the toughest teams on ! ule," Porter said. "Our yers have to think about . In the learning process, ikes away from your e." The Chicks must rison, Anderson Junior id College of Charleston, ght not win another game the season, but I feel we BASKETBALL, Page 12 lSSSj Piwrt* by Andrew Harrtll story.