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Sports Carolin; to baske By Greg Davie Gamecock Staff Writer For the second time in a: giant in the world of colle Fighting Irish of Notre Dar Coliseum. Notre Dame sports a 16by the Assocted press P ternational. In three of the two minutes remaining. The Irish have suffered c San Francisco79-70, and Su Notre Dame's Richard ' flamboyant and charismatic to South Bend in 1971. He wa his team went 26-3. Phelps' team this year is loaded with depth. He uses he says, "Everyone is a sf The leading returnees fi Williams, Bruce Flowers a Batton, a6-9 senior He is second in scoring (14.7 Williamswas last year's 1 Nicknamed "DuckV the 6-3 this year. His failure to prod Williams to the bench on oc top scorer with Flowers, a 6-7 junior, wai rebounding with tht gradua 6.7 and 4.8 marks are both lc Branning is one of Notre an outstanding frpshman c --0 ? w playmaker while scoring a Laimbeer, a 6.11 sophon because of academic profc somewhat this year and he Notre Dame's sixth man i! primarily for ball-handling Dame's second game agaii Irish victory. ALL FIVE OF Notre Dam time.Kelly Tripucka, Gil Si among the nation's top 40 h men Stan Wilcox and Orla -s ui|iucAii i? averaging iu. formance against Kentuck; Notre Dame is hitting 53.4 also have scored over 100 Notre Dame leads the ser Notre Dame game came e nament where the Gameco win in overtime 84-83. In the 1974 Irish freshrm game homecourt winning * Last year Williams hit I sscored 14 points apiece to 1 use s Jim uraziano and K USC bowler By CHRIS MYERS Asst. Sports Editor The bowling team fell si qualifying for the nationa nament this past weekei finishing fourth in their conf tournament in Blacksburg, A major setback for the cli Incino fr?r? frpchman IvmvIoi i? VUI?lllUli MU TTIV1 Shaner for the tournament. J broke his hand three days leaving for Blacksburg. "We wound up using a who had only bowled two 01 games for us, and he ju nervous," club member Bellinger said. a plays host itball giant s many weeks Carolina will be hosting ; ge basketball. The Gamecocks play th ne this Saturday at 4:lo p.m. at Carolin: 4 record and is currently ranked seventl oil and ninth by the United Press Ir ir four losses the Irish led with less thai lefeats to Indiana 67-66, Kentucky 73-68 tnday against Depaul in overtime. 'Digger" Phelps, one of college's mor< : coaches, has a 130-62 record since coming s named the '73-'74 coach of the Year wher a mixture of youth and experience and ii different players for different reasons, ai >ecialist." 9r the Irish include Dave Batton, Doi nd Rich Branning. averaged 12.2 points per game last year ) and is the team's top rebounder (7.1). eading scorer with 18.8 points per game senior has been an inconsistent performei luce in the clutch causcd Phelps to demot< cassions. However remains the Irish'! i*.y points per game s counted on to help with the scoring an< tion of Toby Knight and Bill Paterno. Hii >wer than last year's 11.3 and 7.6 however Dame's more dependabl- e players. Aftei eason, the 6-3 Branning has become th< lmost 12 points a contest. lore, returns after missing last seasoi riems. A leg injury hampered his pla^ is just getting back in the starting lineup 5 Jeff Carpenter.The six-foot senior is use< and defensive purposes. He started Notri ist UNCLA and contributated to a 75-7: te's freshman have seen extensive playinj ilinasand Tracey Jackson were all listen JrtK caUAAI ~.l ...141. -41 ? '- ? ign hvui |najrci? wim uiiier insn iresn ndo Woolridge also being highly rated. 6 points per game including a 15 per y earlier this year. percent from the field this season. The; points four times. ies with Carolina. The first Carolina sight years ago in the Sugar Bowl Tour cks withstood 43 points by Austin Carr t< in Adrian Dantley helped snap USC's 3 itreak with a 72-68 victory. For 19 points and Branning and Flower ead the Irish to a 84-66 win at South Bend arlton Hilton each scored 17 fm Carolina s forth in tourney "IT WAS A TOUGH BREAK iort of us but we can't use that as i tour- excuse. It was an accident," nd by said. erence Bellinger, who finished numl Va. one in all events individual lib was qualified for the national sing: * Mike tournament for the 3rd time Shaner rolling a 695 set, high for t before conference tournament. This is only the second time bowler collegiate bowling history that * three bowler has qualified for t st got nationals three times. * Jeff The only other bowler ever See BOWLERS, page El . wr r Notre Dame head < | to face the Gameci . Can Imp: * Will Saturday be the day v 3 Carolina claims the big win ag? a top ranked opponent? s Fighting Irish of Notre Dame i coming to Columbia to take or Gamecocks in a region televised game at Caro Coliseum. Though this season has not I y a memorable one in terms of win record or a possible N tournament bed, this ye Carolina team has accompli 0 much in some areas. 4 But since their victory Virrtinio Tn/iK fur/v ^ U?1f ? V II 0III1U A VVII I wu ClIIU ct I let 11 W ago USC has played the i I consistent basketball of the sea Though the Gamecocks \ beaten by Duquesne on a hi questionable call, Caro bounced back for a win over Rl Island at Providence and surv two overtimes before succum to the defending NCAA cham menqueue warriors. for TO TOP that off USC manag< an beat the intrastate rival Fur he Paladins doing the thing Fur does better than any other teai >er the nation. Shooting free throwi ly, what about Notre Dame? les Carolina give the same kirn by effort they gave agaim Marqi he and for once come cut on to think so. in Though the Irish are highly r a for this season they have be< he team whu*h likp lisr hoc o f - ?^ liuo U nated between flashes of great to and sluggish 11 ioach Richard Phelps will icks this Saturday at Cart roved USC /hen And the Fighting Irish M linst looking past Carolina The upcoming home games are North Carolina St. and Ms l the BUT THE MOST im ally factor in Saturday's gam< lina wants the game more. A guard and co-captain been Gilloon said after the M a 20 game, "It's getting CAA monotonous that everyti ar's play extremely well we ar shed in the end." Notre Dame is USC's las to finally achieve the big over this season. The Gamecoc eeks *10W cl?se ^ey came to d nost ison. lina ^' ived ^ bing ggggggl pion the number two ranked Wt id to Week and a half ago. T1 man recogniae their role as s\ m^n Notre Dame's chances of m in an at-large bid to the 5. So tournament. Can ^^0 Fighting Irish havf " U1 record with 16 wins ai jet* feats but h'S is nV. P^ because they have been u defeat a team of national ated or caliber except for UCL ?n a have been defeated by a v, Iter- ^0p twenty teams such as Ptey Kentucky, San Francis DePaul. ? \ JjH Hi. bring a 16-4 Notre I ttlina Coliseum. ] defeat ightjust NOTR DAM to their depended gre* against because of th irquette. starters Don portant Bruce Flowers 2 is who One thing the s senior advantage is ; Jackie year which arquette acquisition of b to be All-Americans imp u/p Tracy Jacks< e beaten Woolridge. Y< depends too mi t chance mictakes do Y win for inexperience, ks know Against the efeating established the ? and managed t most of the gar j I must do this wi alK the Biggest fa< game are cont w/ , and avoiding f< w ara Notre Dame' comes from < fensive and def< Irish are able tc shot at the bas irriors a The Gamecot Hey also control the boa toiler to best reboundei getting and Jim Grazi; NCAA THIS SEASO surprises and d ! a good Carolina show nd four Augustus and G heading victory over Fi naKlo " ' w ii mignt be n ranking Saturday's oi -A. They Carolina's goo ariety of Marquette am Indiana, over Furman tl 1C0 a"d potential. On ! USC to defeat 1 Dame squad Irish ? E has also itly on its bench e inconsistency of "Duck" Williams,. and Bill Laimbeer. IJ Irish have to their J' a strong recruting 1 included the lue chip high school 5 Kelly Tripucka, on and Orlando it when a team ich on its freshman If lappen because of j Warriors Carolina tempo of the game o keep the lead for ne. The Gamecocks th Notre Dame. But :tors in Saturday's rols of the boards duI trouble. s greatest strength :ontrolling the ofsnsive boards so the get more thatn one ket. ;ks will be forced to rds and keep their rs Golie Augustus ciuu ill lilt; gciiuu. ?N has been one of lisappointments but ed ability without irazianp in its latest urman. azardous to predict utcome but with d showing against d in-state victory le Gamecocks have Saturday Ilook for Votre Dame