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Gameccks' 93-78 victory over the Mc
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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points and pulled down nine rebounds,
ored 16 points and Cedrick Hordges
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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.
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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.
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