Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Consistet August in By STKVK BULLAKI) Gamcc.ock Staff Writer While Golie Augustus won't b among all the new faces croppin up on this year's basketball tean he will be one of the three ne^ additions to the Gamecocks ? starting lineup. "It wouid be very hard to kee Golie out of the starting lineup th way he's playing," said USC hea coach Frank McGuire. This is a dramatic change fron last vear when he avoraepH i 1 points and 1.7 rebounds per gairv but, "I put a lot more into my gam< this year," Augustus said. "And played in the Bob Douglas Surnme League in New York." Hustle and consistency hav been two of Augustus' bigges assets in his preseason pei formance. "Number one, I'm a team playe and, number two, I give 100 pe cent all the time," he said. "I jus i O lr/%o 4 ? ? A L uv onuivvbi u iai\ca iu iiuip til team." 9 i aBMHapgMpi roWW I8Sbw^3>/'. .: 5 I ; <9^^^ Hra^'- ' i &&.- - * ^jimi fc. IcimiiS^^ S6S?^> : : / t /'" W! mm vi g?TT^pT*T|MrT*y^ji | f {'BIIT Im *r icy, husth ? starting j Golie Augustus r it WITH AUGUSTUS in the st< e ting lineup, Carolina will probak play a one-guard offense. EffrXRP JV CBMWctwX V \\V\ BBRK aw?. ' rav 9 : jpp *JSk^ IWJk ,, y -gjd BE3M ! earn position "The one-guard offense will work well for us," Augustus said. "We have the best point guard in the nation (Jackie Gilloon) L "We may surprise some people this year. This seems to be an B extraordinary team-? we really E* /\ nil Ko rl ' ' A ??/-*? <-? ^ (j wtliil IU will UdU, nugusilis ScllU. "People aren't expecting us to be that good but we'll just play them one at a time?we are going to surprise some people." Some surprises may be necessary for Carolina to pull out of the early part of the schedule? the tOUehest sinrP thp Have nf APP I com petition. From December 1 to January 8 USC may have to play as many as eight teams that were V involved in post-season play last L year?depending on the outcome of P the tournaments they will participate in. we re not tnat big across the front line but we're very quick and ar- we're more aggressive than last )ly year," Augustus said. "I'm looking forward to a good year." Si SBIIHb ... IAMMIP w* IwHi vh i BBBB t WM jfiSST v^wBaBw Schedule-1 FEB. 5, TEMPLE AT THE PHILADELPHIA PALESTRA. Temple returns nine leltermen including four starters off last year's 9-18 team. The Owls will be lacking height as they are led by (j5 Bruce Burnett, G-4 Tim Claxton, and 6-4 Martv Stahurski Rurnptf averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game last year and Claxton averaged 13.9 and G.2 rebounds per game. Stahurski averaged 12.G points and 4.2 rebounds per game. FEB. 7 AT ST. BONAVENTUKE. St. Bonaventure returns six lettermen but will depend on 6-8 freshman Delmar Harrod for rebounding strength. Harrod averaged 20 points and 13 rebounds per game last year at Mt. St. Joseph High in Baltimore, Md. Other top returnees include Greg Sanders, the team's leading scorer last year and 6-6 Essie llollis. Sanders averaged 18.8 points per game last year and Hoilis averaged 17.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. FEB. 9 TIIE CITADEL. The Citadel returns eight lettermen, including three starters. Hovvrvpr the Bulldogs will have a tough time replacing Rodney McKeever the team's leading scorer and 6-8 Richard Johnson, the team's leading rebounder. Two junior jollegc transfers, 0-0 David Pendergraft and G-8 Bob Jacobs :ould fill these positions. KKB. 12 AT NOTKK DAMK. Mthough the Irish return eight lettermen, they will be without AllAmerican Adrian Dantley, who went to the pros. Dantley was the team's leading scorer last year with 28.6 points per game. Also, center Bill Laimbeer and guard Bernard Bencher were delared uvlgible and will not return. FREE * Bro/ier Burger with Cheese i or Fish Sandwich with Cheese j I with puichose of French Fries & M .-dium Soft Drink Offer Gc od thru NO Dec. 31 only o? Substitutions 1 366 Rosewood Dr. 1 eShecPi% I Wt'lUsamt CKnuuL\t 8 Fashion Discount W 6033 1 wo Notch R Thursday & Friday 'tii "rom Page 15 Don Williams, a 6-3 junior who, averaged 12.1 points per game last year. Other top returnees include 6-6 Bill Paterno and 6-9 Dave Batton. Paterno averaged 8.5 points and 4.0 rebounds tier p;?mo I O? - - last year while Ratton averaged 9.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game last year. FEB. 10 DUQUESNE. Duquesne returns seven lettermen including the leading scorer, Norm Nixon. Nixon averaged 20.9 points per game last year and set a new school assist record with 150. Duquesne lacks a big man and will have to depend on 6-5 freshman Pat Felix for rebounding strength Felix averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds per game last season. Another top freshman is 6-2 Baron Flenory who averaged 28 points per game his senior year in high school. FEB. 1!>, GEORGIA TECH Georgia Tech has only five lettermen returning but should get added depth from three freshmen and one transfer. Top returnees include 6-8 center Jim Wood and 511 Hay Schnitzer. Wood averaged 14.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game last year. Schnitzer averaged 6.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game last year. Other top prospects include 6-8 Bill Allgood, a transfer from Lenoir Rhvne and 6-7 hiPh - - O" "V.IWI All-American Lenny Morton. FEB. 2<>, SOlfll FLORIDA. South Florida returns six lettermen but will be without their two top scorers from a year ago, Doug Aplin and Eddie Davis. Top returnees include 6-5 Mike Dickerson and 6-1 Penny Greene. Dickerson averaged 15.5 points and .' .4 rebounds per game last year. Greene averaged 9.1 points per game. Junior college transfer 6-8 Jarvis Reynolds should add rebounding strength. FEB. 26, FOKDHAM. Fordham returns 11 lettermen including four starters. The three top scorers return off last year's 7-19 team. Stan Frankoski averaged 13.4 points per game and Devin Fallon averaged 11.2 points per game. Rich Dunphy averaged 9.8 points per game last season. Rebounding strength will come from 6-9 T.K. Tripucka who averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game last year. te cRack I m' OfJts R'i Jiffliot'S I v \ ipr arehouse 754-26"U, oad ? D^ntsvilU' 9 p.m. ? Daily 'til /