The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 20, 1978, Gamecock Basketball, Page Page 3, Image 21
By Bob Juback
Oamocock St?H Writar
Pam Parsons' second season as
head coach of the USC Lady
Gamecocks promises to be an
improvement over her first, which
was remarkable.
The 1977-78 team finished with a
24-10 mark, and a first-place finish
in the consolation round of the
national AIAW regionals at Chapel
Hill, N.C. In 1976-77, USC was 8-18.
This year's team ? with the
addition of three outstanding
freshmen, a junior transfer and
SgiIsSfc.
Jean Walling may be c
Contact Lei
225. SOFT LENSES
*150. HARD LENSES
Dr. W. II
1409 Darnwell 1
@ (near cai
| * call 799
FULL REFUND, IF (
International Hon
1 HO 1 A r r rv* U l>i C*
i v/ \j i rs OJV7III uijf j i .
| Buttermilk Pan
! Now only $.3<
expire* N?v. 30
^ (Please present this coupon to tl
^ ? no carry outs)
1 Only at 1031 Assembly Street
/omei
Outlo
new assistant coach, Marie
Korecuk ? should be just as
powerful and exciting.
Carolina's strength revolves
around 6-1 center Katrina Anderson,
who is undoubtedly one of
the country's best centers. Anderson,
a senior from Timmonsville,
averaged 22.2 points per
game last year and played such
standouts at N.C. State's Genia
Beasley to standstills. Barring
A.J 1 1 J ? - * * '
11IJUI>, /uiueisuu siiuuiu iHi auie u>
duplicate those numbers.
A PRIMARY REASON for
K5M
-;':-:- ':':-:->vv":-: : v'-: "
me of the major factors thl
MMnwHHHnnnnn ^
ns Clinic
(IncL all exam, lenses,
training, supplies, tints, etc.
Insurance $24.00 per year) ]
rfoore
St., Columbia
npus) !
-7766
CANNOT ADJUST
ise of Pancakes I
cakes rcg $lKi |
I with purchase j
of beverage
I
he waitress before ordering ?
L
J | |
1
ok bright f
Anderson's success is a strong
forward line to assist her. Betsy
Scott is gone, but the Lady
?11 *
uamcvuviva m c weii-compensated.
Sophomore Jean Walling, a sixfooter
out of Barnwell, played a
major role in Carolina's stretch
drive last winter.
Walling, a hard-working and
aggressive forward, is a steady
rebounder and a good scorer. She
averaged 10.7 points a game and
pulled down 8.7 rebounds, both
second-best on last year's club.
The other front specialist on the
iBIIPB
l^^H - gBtiiiflr
-T. i j i ,_, Sp....: ' 'X:'
Is season.
j---?-?p__?_.
| i|r
^*^-r^X32
i I If Sun. (
or Lady G
team is slender Sue Shue, a
sophomore from Cherry Hill, N.J.
The 5-10 Shue is the best shooter on
the team. She is consistent within
20 feet of the basket. Provided she
gets enough playing time, she
should imorove her 10 4 nno
r?- - rro
average of last year.
Two freshmen recruits will also
play vital roles in the Lady
Gamecocks' success at forward.
Six-foot-one Sheila Foster, South
Carolina's AAA player of the year
from Boiling Springs, will see
much action. She may well start a
number of games. A strong
rebounder, Parsons will find it
hard to keep Foster's talent on the
bench.
SUZANNE WOOLSTON, a 5-9
sharpshooter from Spring Valley's
state championship team of 1978,
will be a valuable reserve.
The team also gets a late
rhriotmnc in
V..?>WM?UU |/> VOVlik 111 UIC 1U1 111 %Jl
junior Cynthia Jacobs, a 6-3
transfer from Florida Tech. The
aggressive Jacobs will be eligible
for play in January, when USC hits
the heart of its schedule. With a
front court of Carolina's depth,
Parsons will be able to substitute
freely.
Parsons calls Cheryl Autry
"potentially the best player I've
ever coached." That is saying a lot,
because Parsons once coached the
spectacular Nancy Lieberman
while she was at Old Dominion.
Autry, a 5-7 freshman from
Rome, Georgia, will run the Lady
Gamecocks' offense this season,
arolina lacked consistent guard
\y this past year, and she should
nedy the situation. An exA\
A A
Reg. $12.00 style NO^
with student I.?
/
3405 Forest Dr. 28C
782-6475 79S
"" 'clip this coupon"""""
Free Deliver
of Best Pi
D ^1- /
auuui I
Serving
more t
GE]
> 2772 R<
771-9447
Hours: v?
5at. 4 p.m.-3 a.m.
i p.m. -3 a.m. .
W1
fry until 3 a.m.
clip this-ooiipoiWMi
amecocks
ceptional ball-handler and an
outstanding lea per, Autry is the
all-around type of player Parsons
needed to make the team a serious
national power.
JOINING AUTRY in the backcourt
is Rita Johnson, a 5-5
sophomore from St. Matthews.
Johnson picked the team up many
times this past year with key steal's
and breakaway lay ups.
Sophomores Dawn Clark and
Jaima Oxley saw a lot of court time
this past year and should do so
again this season.
Clark is a talented but
sometimes inconsistent ballhandler,
while Oxley can shoot
with the best of them. Junior Joyce
Gilbert, the lone holdover from
Pam Backhaus' team, is a
talented, all-around player who
will be called upon quite often by
Parsons.
There is no question that this
year's team is better than this past
year's successful squad. The
schedule is tougher, though.
The Lady Gamecocks play the
likes of Ole Miss, Ohio State,
Ifonhiflrti M C o *
tkviivuvaij ) ll.V. outIC, O.L. i3LcllC,
Clemson, Old Dominion, and the
nation's number one team, Tennessee.
How well they do against these
new opponents and how effectively
the newcomers develop into the
system will determine how far this
year's club will go.
NOTE: All Lady Gamecocks
basketball games during the school
year (holiday excepted) ? home
and away ? will be broadcast live
by WUSC-FM, 91.9.
Good For
RK < y**; v
"^cu , V
Perming, \
litioning ^
X/ $10.50 ^ *
>. -;.: - 10
Devine v
>-5890 Your Head
y !
zza m i
Carolina... j
Columbia for si
;han 25 years I
MYS |
osewood Drive
254-5414 {
REE With Ad- I
ur first beverage jjj
th a Dine -in order
Jeer or Soft Drinks |