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Maine falls 96-66 i Tcr> _ f uov-, wins tc By Brett Friedlander into the scoring cc Sport* Editor Ollt of a 10-10 The Carolina Gamecocks remaining in the i overcame their customary slow with the same it start Wednesday night, and finally been evident sine laid it on an opponent, as they game, the Gamec coasted to a 96-66 victory over an to their fourth cor outmanned Maine squad at the Although he w; n 1! n.i! - - " " v/ttiuuua coliseum. nis team s big With every USC player getting Frank McGuire ;'^vrTTtr-^- &rr^jg^,-^^WKjy HM 3 4 gHBBS jj^ or T "5 ^ & " # tt ^ 1 ..?. * '*? WW*. .: t >-x"; .: <?f s sh Lesll* Erich Cedric Hordges skys high for o i Tennis season opens Gamecocl By Kick Mohn Gamecock Staff Wrlttr With Anderson Junior College visiting the Sam Dai Tennis Stadium to open the 1979 USC tennis schedule Wednesday afternoon, it was generally expected that match would be a slaughter. After all, Carolina is return five of the top six players from last year's 26-7 team wli placed in the top sixteen teams in the nation. Even thoi Anderson has one of the best junior college teams America, the Gamecocks wouldn't even have to brea sweat, right? Wrong. Playing what USC Coach Ron Sm called "absolutely the best tennis they are capable c Anderson gave Carolina^* battle before the home te finally prevailed, 5-4. Despite the fact that only one of the top six Gameco< (All-American Chris Mayotte) played singles, Sm, reiusea to cite mat as the reason for the close final see "Anderson has some very good players, and they played just as well as they could. It wasn't who we playi it was how they played," Smarr said. Strangely, Mayotte was one of the Carolina losi >urth straigh )lumn, USC broke happy about their inability over tie witn 13:35 past few weeks, to get into the I first half. Playing of the game right from the opei itensity that has tap. e the Notre Dame "We have been starting s ocks then coasted and that's not good. We've got t lsecutive victory, ready from the locker room. I d as pleased about know what it is, whether i victory, coach physical or mental, but it's was less than good," he said. "There's no sweating or tensiveness in the beginnii |l * '' ' v': ; ' McGuire added. "When you pi; jg good team and you get beh you're in trouble. We've got to up and move." ; SLOW STARTS have indeed I pg' a problem for USC. Against IpljM top-ranked Fighting Irish, they behind 10-0, and against Willia; Hpllf;! Mary this past week, they scon Iflllal mere 19 points in the first half. j?|gjp while Carolina has been star / ';vfl slowly, they have finished tl games with a flurry. That mm again the case Wednesday. USC used its three-guard off( to outscore the visitors 58-34 < H the final 20 minutes. But in locker room after the game, tl seemed to be a mood of com WmvM among the Dlavers. "I guess it takes us a little 1 MlMaF Jg to warm-up," junior guard Ke Reynolds commented. Reyn thot hand from the ' f ;j throw line against Maine, as PHIIWmMB scored 10 of his 14 points from j[Jpfr .Mjjm gift lane. He also contributed assists and had four steals. "We're working hard to o come our slow starts. We seer .tifc? : be a second half ballclub. i#?1hPi we've got to get ready to play a ' % ** minutes," Reynolds said. &M i GAMECOCK CAPTAIN N I Doyle also had a good game. the 6-4 guard from the Bronx, vp had 19 points, agreed with backcourt mate Reynolds that] A nuo nau a pi UUIC1U Willi MOW SU ' J| However, he said that he sees team breaking out of the patter ver^ near ^utureV "I don't know what the prob , * % is," he said. "But tonight, son ? gamecock guards got the offense going 1 from the inside and the outs "ebound We're getting more confidenc each other and we're playing \ more intensity." I 1 14 * suds aei Wednesday, dropping a three-set decision number one player, a junir college all-Ameri niel Gamecock all-America, according to his coa on work. "Chris' shoulder injury is physically h the he needs to get some practice to help his si ling confidence. That's why I played him today tich lich AFTKR SPLITTING th*? civ cin?1oo K ? ?'? ?i in mostly substitutes, Smarr got serious and pu k a teams. They responded with two wins in wh arr total of four games. >i," iNeverineiess, smarr was less than satii am some of the guys play who don't usually, but have beaten them 8-1 with those players. I'r but we have to get ready to play next week.'' cks Today the Gamecocks face East Tenness urr City, Tenn., followed by Kentucky in thi re tomorrow. Then next week they face a serioi Madison, Wisconsin. There they will play in of the NCAA Indoor Championships agains Texas. ers Only twelve teams are chosen to participa m low ling low, o be lon't ' i| not A:Jj| in- [ rV'-'v'-vr-K;:^' ?-\r "vx;U.i;v ^v ig," WBBBW|8Bfr Am *y a ind, get >een HHB^^EBf ;> v*ip|Sill the gBBW^^BSt&s W/F{fi'' ver- Maine's Rufus Horr nBu? Mike Doyle's o 11 40 Zam Fredrick was USC's leading like scorer 22 points, Cedrick Hordges scored 16 and Jim who Strickland added 11 more, as Carolina had five players in double ygp figures for the third time in the t pasi lour games. Strickland also had 12 rebounds n in to ^eac* team *n category and added two blocked shots. ?lem PERHAPS THE MOST exciting the moment of the game came in the both , closing minutes, when McGuire ide. had his second unit in the game, e in With 16 seconds remaining to play .vith and Carolina leading 94-65, 6-8 sophomore Steve Harty, Dr. S., Feat Anc to Anderson's based on their perform ica. The senior earned one of the two Soi ch, needed the 1 against the best team ealed now, but Smarr indicated he v noothness and nessee and Kentucky as ." good team, and we only Columbia. I believe we1 natches using there," he understated, t in his regular Smarr noted: "We neec irh thpv Inct n Tpvas Hopaucn .x/wv U - ? ?MWMUOV/ UHJ y lid ified. "We let AND THINGS won't g we still should they do upset the I n not worried, Gamecocks will face nur round. ee in Johnson Singles players in tho e same place sophomore Chuck Hodg -.11 ... is ciuuiengc in junion all-America Ai the first round Dietrick, and junior Pet t ninth-ranked will be Mayotte and Ana and Hodgin at number tv te in Madison, number three. =7>. 7,"^- I Ltsli* Erickfoo ? is flips o pass over utstretched arm dribbled the ball in from midcourt, left the ground at about the foul line and swooped down for a crowd pleasing slam dunk. Those who remained from a crowd of 6,310 began chanting his name in unison. "Dr. S." was obviously pleased. "It felt good after two years, I feel like I've really contributed to this team," an excited Harty said after the game. "I want to tell all those people out there that it felt great and thank you for staying behind me even though I haven't been playing much." lerson ances in the fall season. Carolina itheastern regional bids by going 6s in the region. /on't be as gracious to East Ten> he was to Anderson. "E.T. has a beat Kt ntucky 6-3 last year here in 11 have to use our top six players As for the tournament in Madison, I every body at full speed to beat ve an excellent team." et any easier for USC, because if xmghorns, the sixteenth-ranked nber seven Berkeley in the second se big matches will be Mayotte, in, freshman whiz Ulf Petersen, ^thur Anastopoulo, junior Bob ei Macdonald. The doubles lineup stopoulo at number one, Petersen /o, and Dietrich and Macdonald at