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Chicks i By RONNIE HUTCHINS Assistant Sports Editor Carolina'8 women's basketball third game of the season Saturday Furman 111-68 at the Sol Blatt P Furman's Paladins stayed with tl a 6-6 tie in the first three minutes, I Furman 33-7 in the next ten minut< lead. Chicks? guard Edith Cook led taking advantage of fast breaks f "WE REALLY NEEDED a wi women's coach Pam Backhaus sa was going to let them score a hui Furman's offense failed to so steals by Cook and Maureen McC game, and the Paladin defense c ?shnnl(no nf T isr * ?w* vwv IVI vra&UO UCIilM? 1> Wolfe and guard Joyce Gilbert. 1 points in the first half, missing just floor. "They've got a lot more cor shooting new," Backhaus said, comfortable shooting because they confidence in the rebounding." Backhaus credited the defense get an early lead. "They get things off to such a fa wear the other team down," she sa in good shape and, although they sometimes, they don't get tired." A1.1 nr rAnm tw*'o ?? x/iii>uuiiiri o against Furman. The starters were Davis leads I By MATT WARD Gamecock Staff Writer Carolina won its second straight basketball game by defeating St. Joseph's 78-59 Saturday night at the Philadelphia Palestra. Hie Gamecocks wapa V ?WI MJ senior captain Nate Davis who scored 20 points on 10 for 16 shots and brought down a game-high 13 rebounds. Freshman center Jim Graziano, who had three fouls with more than 15 minutes left in the first half, scored 16 points and had eight rebounds. Klitzke? F rom page 8 ALTHOUGH HE qualified as a fres Klitzke was not satisfied and has im| "My freshman year was my . w dual meets and then didn't dive that "My sophomore year I did good in championship meets. Last year I di< think I'm diving better now than I ha A finalist in the National Indepenc 0 " * * ior me inuaa championships the p records in both one and three-metei the nation's top swim teams, he won second in 'one-meter diving. USC swim coach Alan Gentry h? divers we've had at South Carolina WETHERHOLD and Klitzke ag strength in diving is his strength," does his mechanics." "Ac a T t? -1 iu u unci i uiilin 1 III |>IVliy Bin have to have real strong stomach r strong or bulky in the arms-it's diffe (as in stretching for the water.)" Ttx score points with the judges. "A lonj said. Although a diver's national ran) season championship meets are c ivin third through the firsl when Gilbert's ji 5:31 remaining, team won their Karen Nolen night by defeating sistently hit she E. Center. basket by Nolen tie Chicks as far as Kennedy cut US( but USC outscored IabH frinnn ?V>o uaiivv iHC U(. S8 to gain an early first half, first-half scoring, or 19 points. Since Backhau n like this," USC Chicks have cont lid. "They knew I has noticed a stj idred." x and Gilbert that 1 are after several "They both h? auley early in the said. "They start ould not stop the most girls, and ci fanney and Janice get the shot off < Nanney scored 12 comeback down one shot from the GILBERT SA11 ifidence in their always shot like f "They're more had been practici 've got a lot more on that shot and with helping USC Cook led USCsc points. She was f st start, they just Gilbert with 18, V id. "Our girls are Candy Walker wi might not look it iber team played . Nol?n ,ed Fu taken out halfway L> l""** and JSCto2ndstr THE GAMECOCKS took their first lead of the game with eight ininutes left in the first half as Davis scored to give Carolina a 21-20 lead. But 4k. *-i iuc uoiiicvuciis i'ouio noi maintain the lead and St. Joseph's led 30-26 at halftime. During the first half, the Gamecocks shot poorly from tka froa thivtut Una bilVMVV UUVVT AlllCt Vlllll|JICUll{J four of 13 attempts. Hie Hawks were led by center Robert Valderas with 17 points. Valderas fouled out with 5:41 remaining in the game while Graziano returned in the second half, to score all hman for the NCAA championships, proved his diving each year. orst year. I dove pretty well in the well in the championship meets. dual meets, ana I did pretty well in i better than I did the year before. I iveever." lent Championships and a qualifier ast three years, Klitzke has school r diving. Against Tennessee, one of 1 the three-meter diving and finished is said Klitzke is "one of the best < ? ' Nl i ree on one success factor. "His Wetherhold said. "He knows and ] ong,"Klitzke said. "I'm diving you | nuscles. You don't have to be real i rent muscles in different positions 5 ft-0 diver said his height also helps I jer diver may look better," Klitzke < Ling is not determined until post- ] ompieted, dual meet competition I I game I t half and again in the second half jmp shot made the score 101-61 with led Furmar's offense as she conirt inmn bKa?o f?? ? * ? oiimo iui uic rmuuins. A and two three-point plays by Abby ?'s lead to 41-29, the Chicks' smallest ?ening minutes, with 4:00 left in the s' request earlier in the season, the inued to shoot more often. Backhaus rle in the shot selections of Nanney las been an advantage for USC. ive real high releases," Backhaus their shot high, not at the waist like irry it through. This way they either jver the other girl's head, or she'll on her and draw a foul." [) the shot was natural for her. "I've hat," she said. But Nanney said she ng the shot. "I've been working a lot following the shot through." :uring wun ner game-high total cf 26 bllowed by Nanney with 22 points, tolfe with 16, McCauley with 10 and th eight. nan with 22 points. The Paladins' Jenny White scored 11 points each. aight win of his 16 points. Hie Gamecocks increased their lead to 60-47 with 3:23 remaining as Gause and freshman guard Mike Doyle broke the Hawk's press, giving Davis and Graziano access to inside baskets. THE GAMECOCKS made 14 straight free throws in the second half and hit 26 of 56 from the floor for 46.4 percentage. The ' Gamecocks outrebounded St. Joseph's 4824. Hie win increases Carolina's record to 7-9. USC will play Rhode Island tonight. prepares divers for the championsh "The more meets you're in, the b said. "That's one reason why I think the past. Meet experience really h "THE MAIN objective in a meet is yc just be consistent; A lot of times tl spectacular dives but was Diving, like gymnastics, is a perfec are judged on a one to 10 scale. A Comaneci, would agree a perfect scor "It gets very frustrating because ev you can always do it a little bit better concentration, but it's something I've gotten more experience. I don't get as although I do get frustrated. Maybe I c WHETHER OR not he reaches his g Rhodes scholar candidate and 3.85 plans to continue with diving as a ho iiion^o !? 1 * * nrcanto w avv^nu IOW MJIIUOl, pOSSlDiy 81 "It'll (diving) will be sort of a hobbj )c sort of frustrating to try and take i levote that much time to it." Klitzke said diving has kept him fror Jiving also kept him from swimming >ecome even more rewarding if Kliti " M M n ft B I' - J - JS Si n " >. IS ^ ? y. ?jj Mtj>|g. j B * ^ WwM / ^BiSllSi! HH fill ^PBliiM. * ^| W '. ^B?wS& 'T jJ? ap : JkI ^ ';. ^ Jjj^gjk' ' J^' . k I TVtr iMBM^^^^: ^^HlilS^HftW. ^M. ^?r^. USC guard Maureen McCauley dr White (20((, Lynn Looney (35) an basket as teammate Janice Wnlfo points as the Chicks defeated the F at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. t lips. j etter you're going to do," Klitzke Q my diving is better than it was in clps" u m don't have to do every dive well, JC, w guy wno maybe didn't do the comes out on top." tionist sport in which competitors nyone, excluding maybe Nadia m e is difficu It to attain. Ui en if I do a real good dive, you feel fu Klitzke said "It takes a lot of Ct been able to do a lot better as I've i frustrated as easily as I used to, al control better." wl fii oals in diving this year, Klitzke, a mechanical engineering major, as bby after graduation in May. He fli Marauette. next fall f," Klitzke said. "For me it would ba t seriously when I really couldn't pL ex n doing a lot of things-like skiing, six years ago, a choice that could wl Jce reaches his goals this spring. Sa ] -v '. v' .*'.Vv -.v I I . -Ay \ $) '; & $ $*? >/*<". v >> *' v "? V* V-A>'V-?;--'^->^'.< ' .vw/'V >?; v V. ->vv'? * W M. >V*? / S?': p"4?^^#SS yv'm- n'^vjS' , jHE ^&SR| Jr ' ,'* < ' ? <i*^' * > ';/y Bl , c .-v.. V in d sSMB^A n i?, B|^|b* ^BrlT '* "" Staptwn TMB 9AMm^ Ives through Furman'g Jenny d Abby Kennedy (30) for the looks on. McCauley scored 10 'aladins 111-68 Saturday night fSC gymnasts efeat Duke, iast Carolina USC's gymnastic team won a trieet Saturday afternoon at Duke aiversity with 73.7 points. Duke lished second with 63.6, and East irolina was last with 53.5. Carolina s Lone warbutton won l-around honors for the meet, tiile USC's Laura Kostyshyn lished second. Warbutton won vaulting, bars td floor exercise events and lished second on the balance >am. Kostyshyn won the lance beam competition and acea second oo tiie Mure and floor erdNS. The Chicks, with a 3-3 record, ill meet Jacksonville State iturday afternoon.