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Hordges guarding Ho Penspecti I returned to Clemson this pai right at home with the beautifi Ridge Mountains, but I also felt of the Gamecocks. No longer was USC the "big fc 1, ACC Atlantic Coast Conferen playing in a stadium seating ab< Stadium. USC was 5-4-1, coming off a 1 Forest and nowhere bound. .It Yet, what I saw on that sun-kis The score was predictable ? Carolina's Derformance. THE TIGERS scored 21 qui mistakes. Zion McKinney and Ri a punt before the largest crowc ween Birmingham and Philadel has done all season. A bad play selection as the ha goal when a Garry Harper bomt back Rex Varn. Take away those points and yo Clemson, however, showed i seventh-best team Saturday. CI ^^ng^HH^nB^pgs vv^j^H "jr m. fstra's Jack Barry... big night for the USC < ives By Mike Hunt _a n_ a i *ai. . .1 it # a si aaiuraay wiin mixea emotions. 1 ten ill countryside at the base of the Blue : somewhat lost when pondering the fate id" in the classic game. Clemson was 9ice champions, Gator Bowl bound and >ut 5,000 more fans than Williams-Brice ess-than-meaningful win against Wake look bleak. ssed afternoon was far from bleak. 41-za. wnac was not precuciawe was ck points on a couple of Gamecock ick Sanford each fumbled a kick off and I to ever witness a football game betphi a. That's something neither player ilf was ending resulted in a Tiger field > was intercepted by Clemson defensive >ii would have had yourself a ball game, yhy they are ranked as the nation's iemson had nothing to gain. They had See Perspectives, page 19 m . :^x^Bh f -1 .... iHiS'^^^j^iSBSWB isii^i#: BHmHnH center biv JrelrnfffiSfr [y-? 'w '^W :^^:..S<;v v'.:..r-x^jj|^^?-:: Garry Harper eludes Clenu Hord< agains B Scene from Carolina's last j offense, no size, no strength. N down to a frazzle with brute f< Invitational Tournament. Scene from Carolina's first g a lot of size, a lot of strengtt manding display of frontcour In one year the Gamecock basketball court, and one of th Hordges. THE 6-8, 220-pound junior ( Monday in more than a year tr&nsferrinff from AnKitm An/ Scoring 31 points and pull! Gamecocks on both ends jf t "It was a good night/' Hordj a great feeling. I've been lookii "In the second half I took ad Hordges said. That was an understatement Dutchmen defenders like a Hai as he pleased from anywhere 1 he was accurate. He hit 12 of 21 Carolina Coliseum. UADnr?i?a nnAtrvnnn ? nvituuEiO rnuviUEiU OiU Gamecocks have lacked for th up the middle of the lane, caus out and score only eight poin Come January, Hordges w Furman transfer Jim Strickli dynamite," Hordges said. "S When he comes, look out." USC coach Frank McGuire has done sparingly in the past Jim Graziano and Rich Wejnc Mike Doyle at guards, the Iris) players that later starred sut and Mark Connaughton at foi "Connaughton had an excel fortable with all of them." DUNLEAVY, picking up wh we into me team with us aggn "I was ready to play. Coach run. Personally, I love to run helluva year. We won't quit. Cc Dunleavy contributed six p* Also leading the Gamecocks Tom Wimbush with 12 and O This weekend USC plays Bis Doubleheader in Charleston. 3 ... ?-jgT 1 rJHIBIilwi ion's Randy Scott. . . Gamecock quarter bad jes sti i t t r ;i rtoii y Mike Hoot Sports Editor Same of the '77- '78 seat forth Carolina State wor xrce in the opening roui ame of the "78-'79 ^easoi i. USC wore Hofstra d t play 93-74. s have taken a new a{ e main reasons for the < >layed his first varsity after sitting out the re< 1 he played it with powei ng down 18 rebounds, he court. ges said grinning after t ag forward to this game vantage of some of the i The USC center used t ndi Wipe ?1001 ways. H rom eigm-teet-ta outsiti shots for the more than rolina with the size in I e past several seasons, ling Hofstra center Gar. is. ill be moved to forwi and to play center. "H Strickland is a great b did something against : he substituted freely, i trt at forwards, and Kei hman toyed with severs wtitutes Kevin Dunleai rward. lent game," Hordges s lere brother Mike did al EfcaoiifA Kali Knm/lliMflr wu iiaiiuiiu|} aim i McGuire feels our bes Dunleavy said. "I tl >ach McGuire won't let i Dints to the win. against Hofstra was Do; Dnnaughton with 8. cayne and Fredonia SU , 1*te? ^' >5fe Mi ;ZMBW "X, FroU I t drew praise froi stra ion: Three guard e the Gamecocks id of the National i: Three big men, own with a com>pearance on the ?ange is Cedrick baakethall oamp quired time after Hordges led the he game. "It was for a whole year, shots they gave/' he hapless Flying [ordges took shots le the basket. And 110,000 fans at the he pivot that the Hordges plugged y Cheslock to foul ird to allow 6-10 n? it*.. ~ i-7, ii o gutiiua ue asketball player. the Dutchmen he Starting Hordges, my Reynolds and kl combinations of ry at point guard aid. "I feel comt point guard, put running. t asset will be the link we'll have a is quit." yle with 14 points, ite in The Citadel mm ~ totllson ? GAMECOCK ii Jim Carlen.