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Monday, Feb. 20,1978 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXIV, No. 30 \
Notre Dame sho
Irish It
Carolii
By MATT WARD
Sports Editor
It was a classic confrontat
Notre Dame in the ninth gar
when USC's John Roche and
Carolina head coach Fran
luck in winning the big gam<
when the Gamecocks defea
Though McGuire had rur
Dame had not only been luc
consistent basketball teams
AFTER THE Gamecocks
Marquette two weeks ago
winning streak over USC t<
But they didn't. Carolin;
Coliseum.
Going into the game the
eluding a possible 20-win se
to the NCAA championship
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game. It had been so long sir
many people wondered if th(
Notre Dame began the
establishing a lead which u
After only trailing by two p<
foul was called on Carolin
Augustus. Notre Dame's H
throws and it appeared the
1977-78 season without too i
BUT THE GAMECOCKS
game was tied at 29 when Kj
luck was holding out thro
something to turn the game;
That something was the tl
USC's big man Jim Grazic
three-guard offense with apf
48-47. McGuire sent in Kei
structed him to keep the ball
to the basket.
"Coach just said to me I
Reynolds said. "I'm not a gi
and I knew that Notre Dam<
Mike (Doyle) and myself we
moving on them."
With the three-guard offe
lay up to give Carolina a 5C
worked again with Reynolds
lead to five, 52-47.
THE1 IDICII iimm rtAtir art 1
I iiu imoia wv/i u nuvv in
they hoped their luck in th<
minutes of the game.
Part of the luck return*
Graziano and Jackie Gilloon
before the Irish would capi
Tramj
By JANE SHEALY
News Editor and
BRYAN GLAZER
Gamecock Staff Writer
f "He wanted to go to
dridge, brother of UJ
Standridge. But a rece
left Standridge in ci
surmountable for the 2
eked
ick goes
la's way
ion of the Irish Saturday when C;
ne of a rivalry which goes back
Notre Dame's Austin Carr playc
K McUuire may be of Irish ancei
b had been missing since the 197
ted Marquette.
i into hard luck, his fellow Iris
:ky, but had developed into one <
? in the country.
lost a thrilling double overtime
it appeared the Irish would e
:> six straight.
a beat the 7th ranked Irish 6
Irish had everything going foi
ason and an invitation as an at
6.
j had only one meaning ? vict<
ice the Gamecocks had won the I
ey could ever win another impoi
game as expected by reboi
/ouia force Carolina to play cai
Dints early in the game, a doubl
a head coach Frank McGuire
telly Tripucka sank five conse
Irish would have their 18th vie
much difficulty.
did not fold and before the hall
arlton Hilton hit a 22-foot basket
ugh 20 minutes of action, but
around in Carolina's favor,
hree-guard offense. In the secor
mo in foul trouble, McGuire ir
>roximately nine minutes to go. C
rinv R#?vr?nlHc fnr Ri/>hio
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moving and wait for the right m
to get out there and get thing:
reat rebounder but I can dribble
i was not that quick. So if Jacki
re on the floor 1 knew we could k
nse working, Doyle scored an i
YA1 lead. Two minutes later the
?scoring a lay-up to increase the
the hole for the first time in th<
; first half would carry over in
ed when two of USC's top pi
i, fouled out. It seemed onlv a ma
italize. "See ?
poline a
the game," said Mark Stance's
head cheerleader Blair
nt trampoline accident which
ritical condition proved in1-year-old
athlete.
smI
arolina met >t K
the days
stry hut his
'3-74 season
?h of Notre
of the most JSflL It
decision to &3mJ& Hfifl
vfnnrl f Knit* ^ V
ai^HU men
5-60 in the
r them, in- \ y\]61i
-large team
)ry in a big gKlkfiSSISHl^^SH^^SP^^^I
big one that BH^^9|H|^Hg^B3
tant game.
inding and
tch-up ball.
le technical
and Golie
cutive free
the
f ended the
, McGuire's
he needed
d half with
istalled the
Carolina led
ert and inornent
to go
5 moving,"
pretty well H9|||
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eep the ball WHSL H
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to the final Up n in |
avers, Jim USC's Jim Graziano f
tter of time Dame's Bruce Flowers
USH, page 6 Saturday as Irish fon
ccident f ai
Hiair Hippy Standridge was pronoi
respiratory failure at 2 a.m. yesterda
Memorial Hospital, according to Dr. l\
Columbia neurosurgeon.
"At about 20 minutes to 1 a.m. hi
relaxant," Mark said. "His breathing
slower about 1 o'clock." Blair passed
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stretches above Notre hel
on a reverse lay-up sei
vard Kelly Tripucka ths
tal to ch<
unced dead of Standridg
ly at Richland dismount fr<
tobert Clark, a P. E. Centei
crash pad p
e asked for a trampoline
^away'short'y instantly pa
I, according to ALTHOU<
w . & wmm
Richai
Iplessly watches. The
/enth-ranked Notre Dam<
in 12,000 spectators at C:
eerlead
e, a media arts major,
>m a large trampoline in the
r on Sunday, Feb. 12, when
>laced eight inches from th
said Kent Bradford, one ol
lured his third and fourth ve
ralyzed him, according to <
JH STANDRIDGE was con
See STANDRl
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rd Vogel THE GAMECOCK
Gamecocks upset
5 65-60 before more
irolina Coliseum.
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ler
was doing a
Solomon Blatt
he missed the
e edge of the
' the spotters.
rtebrae which
:iark.
cious most of \
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