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IU5LV By Bre,t,i,S.ri^!inder East Te SOUTH BEND, Ind. ? Statistics CNotrc are deceiving. Just ask USC screami basketball coach Frank McGuire COnsecul a**)Ut .. r i out scor Sntiirrlnv hie i;amon/v>lfo /v.?f f mmmkw vjuiiivvwiui i/ui. seven n shot and out rebounded the top- mandins ranked college basketball team in ^e QaiJ the nation and still lost the game by Mikp nr nine points. Notre Dame's full- three st court press caused 13 first half home t, turnovers, and the Irish took 14 half time more shots in a contest that was ..j h( closer than the 82-73 final score game tl would indicate. McGuiri Even though the game went into blown o the loss column of Carolina's and I dii record, there were several positive crowd ol aspects of it that had to make 10 Doint I Gamecock fans smile. Anoth* Saturda THE FIRST GOOD thing that play c came out of Saturday's game at the stricklai Athletic and Convocation Center Furman was the poise and determination three r shown by the USC squad. Lately, shots ai the team seems to have been intimida lacking in those two areas. After importa the Gamecocks dropped behind 10- those st. 0 in the first four minutes of the jn his I contest, it looked as though they far his 1 would be blown right out of the looked arena. average But behind the steady play of rebound Cedrick Hordges and Kenny Carolina Reynolds, Carolina stayed close ,4i wai and eventually took the lead at 19- big mar 18 with nine minutes remaining in y0U sho the half. But as was the rnsft in th?? 1 i;:W8Slll#M K;ms \ m _Ey| I i Jra BP' ra BP ? S Strick rejects N.D.'s Br irtim of nnessee State game, the the bench a s short lived. ready to plj Dame, spurred on by their what I'm he ng fans ran off three in thi tive steals and baskets and Strickland m ed USC 24-10 over the next Dame's Kel ninutes to take a com- the Irish's 1 113-point lead. Once again, noint* drovt lecocks refused to fold as fayup. How lyle and Zam Fredrick hit down the c raight baskets to cut the turned the eam's lead to seven at Dame star. "When I >PE THIS is the kind of Tripuka wt lat can turn us around," Strickland sj 5 said. "I didn't want to get me up bee ut, but we got behind 10-0 caU2ht him 1 in't know what to do. That over me e' r theirs was worth eight to mv thini? ha? s to them." was like the er encouraging aspect of for me toda y s game was the inspired mos 'f 6-11 transfer Jim about the ,0| nd. The big center from thp w?v thp scored six points and had th opponfi ebounds, three blocked niv rnnr t id a steal Hnwpvpr his . .. . _ , ? Diisiering t ition on defense was more game They nt to his team than any of from fn atistics. rebounded I ?0-minute appearance, by MORE \!?est ?f the year- stri=k moved with, like the player who and showe d over 14 points and 11 thusiasm an s a game before coming to in past l* "We play< nt to play some ball," the hicu SCOrer i said. "When you're 6-11, got too mai uld be able to play ball and we coul ere. Coach came down on That's why them on an t half." Fredrick 1 CEDRICK points to the with a gar rebounds. H< effort of the that they los "They're prayeo-nrem he said. "W? HH 1 nv mwm :, . i balanced sc ' them to an in over the Nor ir00?^:(M^^r ?- . ) 1BIISI Saturday at iyHMBH^9B| Katrina Johnson see wil - : - J H lead the Gar IHHHHI Jacobs and an(* 10 resp< Snfl^H {ML^ -'" BR^{% SBBS^bS^KBS^^] IliSfc "SlPi - - BWi Dawn Cla ?7 wJ? Gamecocks ym game. Althi ViKP , . . Doug Christian ? N.D. Observer THK LAD ? * an eight poin uce Flowers but jumped top-ran nd asked me if I was this year if we ay. I told him that is like this one. Th sre for." far as I'm conc S FIRST minute for Monday's g /as in thp onmp Nntpp HMMUHini ly Tripuka, who was eading scorer with 22 e past him 'or an easy ever, the next time ourt, the USC center 'M By_^Jj? tables on the Notre ' "-' t W?v/r-' first got in there, Ik V ~ ;nt right past me," -aid. "That sort of woke ause the next time I trying to slip a jumper ver since high school, ? been blocking shots. I school yard out there t encouraging thing ss to Notre Dame was I Gamecocks played. In ^ * half, USC committed urnovers and shot a sho?78 percent (11-14) *e throw 4ine and out their opponents 25-22. mm >jjy IMPORTANT, they ? ^ jut the ball on offense Kb Jag id much more en- \ d life on defense than ? jd pretty .well," USC's Fredrick said. "They ly offensive rebounds <,p dn't afford that today. ^8 we lost. We played .^ ?ven keel in the second HORDGES added 19 Carolina effort along ? ne-high total of six 5 was pleased with the team despite the fact it. . a good team and we like we 're capable," 2 would be undefeated balanced s< romen to 6 Gamecocks utilized a 14 point advar oring attack to lead second half, npressive 69-60 victory ^SC totally cc th Carolina Tar Heels against the Tai Chapel Hill. rebounded UNC fanf fKnf An/In iav,i uiai ruiuc Anderson and Kita red 18 points each to necock attack. Cynthia ig Sheila Foster added 12 J| f ectively. 9 rk provided the Lady is with a strong floor 3Ugh she only scored in the victory, Clark jjjg ree contribution with v/ /M ig and good leadership j >int-guard position. ml H Y GAMECOCKS held HS \wS t lead at intermission, i out to a commanding JO Ml ked Irish 'd played them all The Gamecocks will face Florida is is our first loss as f. . Q . ... # . erned. We're ready Southern at 8 tonight in the ;ame." coliseum. ^v,j * W> A' '''\)4&^W^ ' *' '7 & "' Doug Christian ? N.D. Otowrvtr [am puts on the brakes i coring leads 9-bU victory itage early in the Jacobs picked up three fouls in the _ _ . _ first half. Jacobs grabbed 11 introlled the boards rebounds and Jean Walling pulled r Heels. They out- clown 10. ' 52-35. despite the rson, Foster, and THE VICTORY gave the Lady . . jfek Gamecocks their 12 th win of the . ... 8k. season against six losses. The Tar Heels' record dropped to 10-7 with Hik the defeat. B W T^e Lady Gamecocks' next m game will be in the Collegiate gP Doubleheader at Raleigh, N.C. on Wf Jan. 26. On Feb. 3 they will face the ^ Lady Tigers of Clemson. J SOUTH CAROLINA (69) Anderson 18, ? jonnson id, jacoos vi, r-osier iu, waning /, W/ Woolston 0, Autry 0, Oxle BPif NORTH CAROLINA (60) McGlade U, Wm M Matthews 12, Shoemaker 8, Schaffer 6, Burch i 'jsS'Jr //SBBSrn 6, Whitney 6, Wolf 6, Roche 2, Boykln 2. i?/ - - rCHHI Halftime: South Carolina 36, North Carolina ^ 28. Total fouls: South Carolina 24, North tl S O If Carolina 26. Fouled out: Foster, Schaffer