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spoi Clafli By RONNIE HUTC Assistant Sports K< USC's women's College 88-81 Tuesc Center. The loss w; giving USC a 1-! The Chicks came second half, and n; with 4:()9 remaining comeback was due halftime. "WK HAD, been ii ujc uit:cii\ i d^cu 11 change," Backhaus since they were ta outside." After scoring 27 j took more shots ir points. Forward scoring with 20 poii attempts, while pi scored 15 second-h "We decided that good enough to w putting the ball u^ said. "That's been made. For a whil afraid to shoot or s somebody else. Game< Carolina will pla; in a regionally tele> Coliseum. The Wildcats ha losses have been by by one point. In the 49 to East Carolin; DAVIDSON'S starti at center, John Ger Rod Owens and M Owens and Hickerl Four of the five double figures. Gei 20.3 average. He': both with a 10.5 , average. Hickert Two USC rugby game played last season with a 1 :ts n defeat iiir\j> [liter basketball team lost to ( iay night at the Sol Blatt as the second to Claflin this 5 record. 1 from a 4#-27 deficit early arrowed the point deficit tc Coach Pam Rackhaus sa to defensive strategy chai i ;i i -:M zone the first half, ai le girls if they thought we s said. "We decided to go to < king all of their shots froi )oints in the first half, the ( i the second half and scoi Denise Nanney led secor its, hitting her first six fiel ay-making guard Joyce C a If points. 27 points at the half woulc in many games, so we s ) in the second half," Bat fino rtf llin Kirt QrliiiL'ftnnntc e it seemed like everybod ;omething--they'd just thro> ^ocks pla) y Davidson at 4:10 p.m. Sal /ised basketball game at Ci ve a 3-12 record but two two points and another two ? last two games, Davidson 1 :? and beat Dartmouth 59-5' ng lineup consists of Pat 1! ty and Ernie Riegel at guar arvin Lively at forwards, t are 6-7. starters' scoring averages rty leads the team's scoring s followed by Owens and H average, and Lively with leads the team's reboundir I players battle for the b: fall. Carolina finished I -4 record and will op ;s Chicks, 8 "NOW WE'RE trying t 10 feet closer to the net, ai off, they know they can w "laflin Backhaus said. "This hi P. E. justment we've made sinc< year. USC controlled the pace ii the first half, playing a slow, in the Claflin took advantage of se ) 80-75 out-scored the Chicks 13-2 ii id the Claflin's scoring attack was ige at and Anita Harper, who shot respectively. nd at "1 never really felt that tl >hould but they had the fast break a 2-1-2 score up on us in a hurry," 1 m the problem is that it takes a lead than it does to build ( -hicks "AFTER COMING within red 54 minutes, the Chicks had se id-half their score, but steals, tui d goal jump shots by Accronette Gilbert win. Nanney led the Chick's ln't be followed by Janice Wolfe wi tarted Maureen McCauley with li khaus we've Clat'lin's scoring was led y was Hannah with 22, Loretta B ,v it to with 12. The USC women w State at 7 p.m. at the Sol 1: T Davidson Sa turday eight per game, followed irolina The last time Davidson by 70-59. Carolina won las of the losses lost 51- Going into last night's ga 4. man center Jim Graziano with a 13.8 average. Senio lickert second with a 13.5 average ds and Gilloon was third with an Both GRAZIANO was also the le? average. Davis was secor are in senior forward Goalie Aug ; with a average. lickert, a 10.0 The Gamecocks had 200 lg with their opDonent's 172. .a* * Mi ill in a spring season at home the fall dale. en the 5 8-81 | o advance the ball down i if fnon'f clnf n chnf IU II 1X1 V^CAII I C* OlIUl ork it to someone else," < is been the biggest ad- | ? those earlier losses." j n the first 10 minutes of low-scoring game. Then j ?feral USC turnovers and j l a three-minute period. ! ; led by Barbara Hannah ! from outside and inside, j tie game was out of hand, j s there that really ran the ! Backhaus said. "And the H lot longer to erase a big 1 five Doints in the final i veral chances to increase j movers and several fast j Cooper gave Claflin the | scoring with 30 points, th 20, Gilbert with 125 and by Harper with 24 points, n rown with 16, and Cooper ill play South Carolina 1 llatt P. E. Center tonight. iturday 1 bv Owens with fivr beat Carolina was in 1974, t year's game 84-70. ime against Toledo, freshwas USC's leading scorer fl r forward Nate Davis was ; and junior guard Jackie 11.0 average. || uling rebounder with a 6.5 lH u/ith n fi 9 Qvorartn inH ?Ti ?V? fT?v*i v* v/.?J U VV1 Ugv UIIU * I ustus was third with a 5.6 CI | turnovers compared with ^ fi ?rk Alexander THE OAMECOCK P IV ' Jan. 30 against Allen- y * I * a*V, ^Eju ?r SC forward Betsy Scott goes up rancis Marion in a game played , ?- m ? - lauin i uesaay nignt, and now J SC's ragby c strength in nu y JOHN GREEK Dl _ 1_ ? f ? S A - - uiueciM-K siuii wriu'r hj| of Although Carolina's rugby club cks individual piay size, USC CI lnQn.Piori<n i ,UV? uvun > ivnt viiaiMUda lIllIINb D1 ie club will make up the dif- d< rence with its large membership. t' This semester 15 players joined el ie club, that finished its fall eh jason with a 7-4 record. USC won cl 11 its home games. m "We have double manpower," de hambas said. "I have a lot of laterial, and there's a lot of on [jmpetition for one post." th HE AVERAGE sized USC rugby layer is 150 pounds. (JSC's ai . ni ound Geroge Miles competes with E layers weighing more than 200 in ounds. "It's not how big you are," B like said, "it's how big you think C ou are." G Chambas said to compete with ai iams such as Indiana, Notre tt HHHhHHHD i*l' joj Jk ttJ for an inside shot against Jan. 12. The Chicks lost to have a 1-5 record. " T? lub gets mbers ime and Ohio State who have g players, Carolina must play fensively. "We will be an offensive team," hambas said. "When you have a g team (numerically), the best aense is 10 attack." IIAMKAS is optimistic about the ub's spring season. He said USC lould be better than last season's lib because the new players have atureri. arid thf? pIiiK Wmc , ?v? a-w v? v??/ IIUO IliOi V ;pth. "I can foresee the club becoming le of the best, if not the best, in e Southeast," Chambas said. The club opens its season against Uendale Jan. 30 on one of the P. . center's fields. USC has been vited to the Easter weekend udweiser International Kugby lassie Easter weekend in alveston, Tex. French, African id U. S. teams will participate in le tournament.