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'' "**" SsggL \ *11 W XSS|: fl| 1 w M/Um - ^ # : v % y %< stcpna Zam Fredrick leaps to grab a re night's game against Florida Souther looks on. Fredrick scored a career-hij Gameccks' 93-78 victory over the Mc scored a total of 76 points in USC's last I Intramural basketball t Omega P From Staff Reports OMEGA PS umega f The 1979 intramural basketball surprise wii season began Monday and this play-offs a s season should be one of the most however, th exciting and competitive ever, take anothe This past season, Omega Psi Phi Returning was an upset winner in the again this championship game over Alpha layoff are rni /upna in overume. Maurice Sai This year some familiar teams more than n are missing from the pre-season of this pas top ten. Teams such as Afro, ODE, Barber, and Kappa Alpha Psi will not be Victor Ad competing, so some new teams will Derrick Pin have a chance to move up in the lot of firepo rankings. scoring Que Here are the top ten teams in nrHor r\( ranlrinrt a w tin a *-?*i "?"v* "* i n miUTARV if C; RGHT-^Llst ^3P ' 1 RENTS Refrigerators M L~ 2 cu. ft. $9.00 per mo. H ^ g 5 cu. ft. 10.50 per mo. I Columbia Ba r\ 1201 Percival Rd. W^nOK 782-4590 | By Ste> Gamecoi As the USC Gamecock off against Florida Soutl crowd didn't know whal Thp flamAPnplrc nro h? 'iv^ :,a/ -^r ;->iS by ups and downs. The; pi?1 they should have won, South Bend against Noti that maybe, just maybe things together. JIM STRICKLAND wc Carolina turnaround. Th start playing the kind o playing at the center pos first start as a Gameco added three blockc rebounds in USC's 9. I IT>-5T Hi! IB gnnttiorn kA/UtliVI II. "I needed this. It was n have a good game," Strk a I play lackadais Tliat didn't happen tonif Strickland may have f|/ ";'v^ ' k; - guard Zam Fredrick Pi; ' -: v'.-pumped in a career-higl B moves that imPressed e :. ;\=- He's a natural. He's tak v Doyle. Zam is going to br i mmmWm points before the year is "I think I'm a prett; n mccormack ? oamecock commented. "It was iu bound in Monday ^ up. Coach tolc n a? Rirh WpWH and that hel^d' 1 wish m n as tvicn wejnert ^n't want any letdown. gh 31 points in the The Gamecocks' scorin ICS. Fredrick has five starters hit for doubl three games. played a strong game at tegins si Phi picked I PHI For the past two sea* si Phi, Ques, were a Alphas have had to s iner in the intramural runnerup in the int eason ago. This season basketball playoffs. Thi ey are the favorites to they will again shoot to i r championship. final game. ; to the Ques lineup Back for one more s season after a year championship are Leroy Ollie Lowery and and Aaron Hightower. ' riders. The pair should who were two of the top s lake up for the absence the fraternity division a t year's leader Nate will lead the Alpha's fa offense. ams, Lydell Eason and Two years ago, the Alp kney should also add a defeated by Kappa Alph wer to the already high championship game whil ;s. it was the Ques who did This year could be differ [I ALPHA f?ieria? 11 Oerv.l.St, I Kt\did?l til n^-n-... 1:15 fc4:4S-t:00 | C iV ( lill 111-2:15 ft4:00-1:00 rantry Steak :e of Two Vegetables $1.7 marnamrnm oo ou hmheb BHBa iwiw-iwn BHBHBnBB , Strick lea< ivinated US /eF. Kiddell contributed 17 ck staff writer Mike Doyle sc s lined up for the opening tip- added 10 more lern Monday night, the small t to expect from their team. HORDGES 1 iving a strange year marked played very i y had lost some games that McGuire, he p yet their strong showing at also had seven e Dame had people thinking get the rest of , they were beginning to put said. "I'm pla used to it. We p same confiden< >uld be the key to any kind of of scoring from e Gamecocks needed him to worry about rr f ball that he is capable of USCcertainl ition. Strick responded in his Dame by hittir ck by scoring 14 points. He the floor in the ?d shots on defense and 13 fold and kept 5-78 victory over Florida Gamecocks rai with a 12-point ly first start and I wanted to The Gameco :kland said. "I wanted to get open if they ha< ucal against shorter teams. They managed jht; I was ready." the charity str had a great game, but 6-2 stole the show. Fredrick THE STOR1 i 31 points and made some showed everyo ven coach Frank McGuire. the basketball "We have it pr hat I've never seen before. "He's a natura ing a lot oi pressure off of he iooks iiKe eak loose and score 40 or 50 better, and I V > over," he said. one." y good shooter," Fredrick st a matter of getting my GAMECOCK i me if I had the shot, take it the big man's re were playing tomorrow. I "He's a big he " and know that 1 g was spread out evenly. All start running i e figures. Tommy Wimbush With thirteer both ends of the court. He still time to m l lu topcaL a sons, the KAPPA ALPHA ettle for Kappa Alpha, KA, who won th< ramural intramural title in 1977, lost onl] s season one player off of this past year's 10 make the 1 team which finished third in th< final rankings. hot at a Even though that player is bif Buttone Frank Pollock, 1977 intramura The duo, player of the year, they are stil corers in loaded with talent. Key returneei year ago for KA are Brant Bahnmuller ist break David Estefano. Lee Richards an< fi-fi Phil Suttnrt has were la in the -y e in 1978, them in. '\>> "1 ' l J [ "^" Buy <}l I 1208 Main < "B 1 (Across from WjmI i attack, >C wins points and pulled down nine rebounds, ored 16 points and Cedrick Hordges k HAD NINE assists in tha game and mselfishly on offense. According to layed almost too unselfishly. Hordges turnovers in the contest. "I tried to the team into the game tonight," he ying outside now and I've got to get >layed as a team; we came in with the ce we had in Notre Dame. We got a lot i our guards and we needed that. Don't le, I'll still get my points." y picked up where they left off in Notre ig nearly 64 percent of their shots from first half. Florida Southern would not the game relatively close until the i off six straight points to close the half : lead. cks would have blown the game wide i hit their foul shots in the second half, to only make half of their shots from ipe during the game. If of the night was Strickland. He ne in the stands what he could do with when he plays with some inspiration, etty well figured out," McGuire said. 1 center and we need one in the lineup, he's coming around. If Strick gets mow he can, this team can beat any CAPTAIN Mike Doyle summed up presence in the Gamecock lineup, lp. You can gamble more on defense le will be there to reject the shot. We'll Tiore too, this team is ready." i games left on the schedule, there is ane tnis season a success. s champs Ed Helms (6-5) will also give KA ^ strength inside. / u MAVPV 5 Maxcy should once again be the powerhouse among the dorm I teams. They will return several 1 players from this past year's fifth 1 ranked team. Top returnees ins elude 6-2 A.D. Underwood and 6-2 ? Mike Gage. See TOP TEN, Page 9 u,. \V J nny Draft \ one Schlitz lie for a Ponnyh 1 71 Street / 4^ *'' hi le Hampton Hotel) |