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By Brett Friedlander
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CHARLESTON ? USC traveled
to Charleston this past weekend for
the first time in 22 years to participate
in the Citadel
Doubleheader against Biscayne
College-and Fredonia State.
While the competition was not
the best in the world, coach Frank
McGuire's Gamecocks did concentrate
enough to beat both
outmanned opponents. USC
defeated the Bobcats from Miami,
Fla., 77-54 on Friday and then
downed the small division III Blue
Devils from New York 79-52
Saturday night.
"I'm very satisfied," the USC
coach said after his team's second
victory in as many nights. "These
fellows want to win, and these
games really were tough ones. We
were well scouted, and it was our
first experience away from home
this year, so I'm pretty happy."
THE OPENING game of the
weekend, against Biscayne,
featured a reunion for McGuire.
Ken Stibler, the coach of the small
Augustinian school was his first
assistant coach at Carolina.
Stibler's Bobcats have compiled an
impressive small-college record
over the past 10 years and took the
University of Tennessee down to
the wire a WM>k Affn hrf?fr?r#? Incina
to the Volunteers by four points.
Obviously, they were overmatched
against the Gamecocks.
Although the Bobcats jumped
quickly into the lead at 4-0, the
Gamecocks used their superior
size and talent to build a comfortable
29-12 lead halfway through
the first period.
Although Carolina looked as
though they were about to blow
Biscayne right out of the ancient
McAlister Field House, the game
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By Mike Chibbaro
Gamecock StaN Writer
USC track coach Charlie Strong,
unvieled his 1979 track team in an
intra-squad meet held at the
Weems-Baskin Track earlier this
month
The meet featured several
outstanding individual performances
George Thomas, owner
of three school records, captured
first place in the 200-meter and 100meter
dashes He also finished first
in the long jump competition.
Thomas ran the 100 meters in just
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Pete Dalton won first place
honors in the discus throw with a
toss of 159 feet. Dalton also captured
first in the shot put with a
throw of 13.61 feet.
Another dual winner was Jerome
Williams who finished first in the
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visitors made a surge to pull within
20 points at 36-26. But Zam
Fredrick and Mike Doyle scored
three unanswered baskets in the
final minute of the half to give USC
a 14 point cushion.
"OUR TRANSITION was bad
during the first few minutes," said
USC point guard Kenny Reynolds.
"I felt like if we .could slow it up
and play at one pace which we are
all used to, the offense would be
easier to run, and it was."
The Gamecocks used their
strong frontcourt in the second half
to build up a 23-point lead with
11:39 remaining. Newcomers
Cedrick Hordges and Tom Wimbush
scored 10 points over the
period as the Gamecocks outscored
Biscayne 17-8.
The last two points of that streak
were scored by Bobcat freshman
Arnie Montgomery. The 6-6 forward,
who scored nine points for
his team, rebounded a missed Rich
Wejnert free throw and shot the
ball back into the wrong basket to
score for Carolina much to the
delight of the 3,700 paying spectators.
Hordges finished as USC's
high scorer with 22 points,
while Wimbush contributed 14.
WHEN ASKED after the flame if
he had ever seen a man score at his
own basket before, McGuire said,
"I've never had that good fortune
before."
Against Fredonia State, Carolina
played a similar game to their
previous one. Carolina used a tight,
zone defense and a deliberate
offense to keep the score down
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against a team whose center was
smaller than one of USC's starting
guards
With Hordges. Fredrick and
Jimmy Graziano supplying most of
the scoring punch, the Gamecocks
lead at halftime 39-23.
The Blue Devils from New York, I
who lost the previous night to 1
Citadel 75-48, spent most of the
evening throwing the ball around |
USC's zone. They shot the ball only i
49 times in the flamP rnmnarpH 1
with 68 attempts for the
Gamecocks.
Carolina opened the scoring in
the second half with a Graziano
slam dunk and then team captain
Mike Doyle took over. The junior ,
from the Bronx scored 13 of his 17
points in the second stanza. Hordges
led USC in scoring for the
third time in a row with 18 points.
USC, now 3-0 on the season, will I
take on Harvard at home tonight j
before playing arch-rival
Clemson Wednesday night at the
Carolina Coliseum.
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HOO-meter and 400-meter runs
Williams' winning time in the 800meters
was 1:57.06.
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Veteran performer Steve m
?Vilson finished in a three way tie se
vith Gus Kirkland and Gary fir
*rown in the high jump event,
le holds the school record in the
ligh jump with an impressive leap fir
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lative, Max Minter. His winning
time of 9:41.2 was nearly four
?econds ahead of second place 1^
finisher Dave Schrader. In the po
1500-meter run senior Dan Szpak va
japtured first place with a time of
ft: 01 87. Kurt Peter finished second
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rdles with a time of 7 4 seconds trif
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ibrador finished in a tie in the Mo
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mile relay with a time of 4:45
K.MOK VKKNON WILSON
ned first place honors in the
)le jump with a leap of 47 feet
ve Wilson finished second and
rry St John finished third
n the javelin throw, John
dden captured first with a toss
a. rete uaiton and Steve
rgan finished second and third
pectively
Vith 28 members returning from
? past year's track squad,
ong is optimistic about the
roming season The Gamecocks
I begin their indoor schedule in
ly January and their outdoor
te in March