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/ Jill Inconsistent in loss USC laps* By Brett Friedlander Sport* Editor CLEMSON ? On Dec. 6, the USC worm basketball team defeated its intra-state ri Clemson 77-60. Saturday night, the roles w reversed, as the Lady Tigers got revenge on co Dom Dnnnyvvtr.) L.. ? nA /?rt 1 am i ai suiia u uups uy a <iHVJ score. Although the Gamecocks held an edge in rebc ding for the game, the quicker Tigers took advant of some inconsistent guard play by USC to gain tl victory. Parsons acknowledged that her team I some problems at the guard position, and she mad quite evident that she was not happy about it. "We were not disciplined enough today, we're the same team we were a week ago," she said. 41 HnnU Un..? ' 1 - ? V4V/M i nave vzuiisisiency nuw. we re trying 10 nn guard who can control the tempo for us, but tl didn't play well." IN SPITE OF their inconsistency, the Gameco neld tough through the first 20 minutes. After fall behind 24-19 with 7:12 remaining in the half, Gamecoccks ran off 13 consecutive points behind iLvsJJ Free throws decfe JHy CLEMSON ? Oddsmakers c HK?** court advantage in basketball |f average, anywhere from two to 1( * 63 loss t0 (-;iemson Saturday, tl ^ home-court advantage to its max "We played well enough to w star Zam Fredrick said after the 1 If Fredrick was correct in ma JmBF then why were the Gamecocks 1( final whistle blew? THE ANSWER TO that questio |< f First of all, the Gamecocks v . tlejohn Coliseum, the "Tiger Dei screaming partisan Tiger fans. i&m was marred by inconsistent offic destructive force was Clemson's jjfflE " jggr.- which they employed in the clo; contest Bill Bollin ? GAMECOCK 2 aids Tiger wir hot snooting of Shelia Foster and Cheryl Autry. Bu the USC lead was short lived as the Tigers began ? streak of their own. !n s Scoring 10 out of the next 14 points, Clemson wa: iV^l able to cut the margin to two points. At intermission eiy USC held a slight 36-34 advantage. aeh Gamecocks opened the second half as if the} were going to run the home team right out of theii >un~ own arena. Autry scored on a 20-foot jumper an< a8e Foster hit a lay-up on a feed from Autry, and Carolina ie*r had a six point lead again. But the Tigers scored th( next 17 points to put Carolina in a position which i 'e could not recover from. BARBRA KENNEDY, Clemson's leading score not with 23, had nine points in the streak. d^a "We weren't ready to play," commented coach u Parsons. "We did not hustle; we were completely out ^ of it. We made a run late in the half, but we lapsed again. We beat Clemson earlier in the year, so we got . Rind ot overconfident. That's human nature to do . something like that, but it's not winning nature." * USC will try to get back to its winning ways Monthe at Francis Marion. Mackie stars /or O?m?cock Staff < Carolina's swim teams r; records to 5-2 Saturday as th Tigers. A large noisy Clemson crowd the USC teams as the women v the men had first honors in 9 of 1 Led by Kevin Schneider triumphs in the 100, 200 and 50< won by a 15 point margin, 64-49. E. J. Mercer, the outside lan( vard backstroke said. "It feeli Bother strong swims were recor National Collegiate Associatk qui uai y j, i; emson five s delay be< ?ro "It was a real lltor McGuire commei istimate the home- but I do not think is worth, on the the game." 5 points. In USC's 79le Tigers used that Tiger coach Bil imum. get the Gamecoc ? ttcv> u i * key factor in the C in, USC backcourt hard-fought contest. "THE KEY to king his assumption zone," Fostei ) points behind when . 8ame we were abl In the first ha . .. ... snooting of Fredr n is three-fold. Tiaprs vere playing in Litn," in front of 11,593 Clemson manag Secondly, the game half with 33 secont nating and the third on a lay-up to give j delay-type offense But then Fredi sing five minutes of use 1 mers arou iter "rit?r Athletics for Wo aised their seasons Pittsburgh later th ey beat the Clemson "This is the first everything togeth* was easily quieted by Mackie commente yon 14 of 15 races and Mary Ellen Bre 3 events. medley relay and 's three individual always fun to beal >-yard frees, the men happy with it." Head coach Sco 3 swimmer of the 200- ieams penormar s good to do it (beat Southern Intercoll weekend in Athens in both divine events swims at Georgia. ded by Steve Rieck in our training progr )oyle in the 50-yard said. 200-yard butterfly. The SIC's will b< >read out the winning Feb. 8-10. The SIC rklinger, Charlotte USC's pool the san They each won three As for the rest of vidual medley set a summed it up. **] t qualifies her for the National Indepenc >n of Intercollegiate We're going for it ? v3MMcuuur\ ? Kage n } *r its USC I good ball game," coach Frank ited. "They have a real fine team, the score was a good indication of II Foster cited Clemsoi^s ability to ks out of their zone defense as the lemson victory. the game was getting them out of r said. "When we went to the delay e to take control play our game." ilf, USC, paced by the dead-eye ick, refused to give in to the host ;ed to grab their biggest lead of the is remaining when Bill Ross scored them a six-point lead at 39-36. ick canned a free-throw and Jim See MEN. page 13 "' : R&l . '3 ,~ HM ^v.-1 /n Tigers men national championships in is year. time this year Carolina has gotten ?r J? llH chnuuvl llicj mKnt mn " ** unu ununvu JUJl WIIOI VY C liavc, d. en, who captured two firsts in the the 100-yard backstroke said, "It's t Clemson. I swam good and I was tt Woodburn was pleased with his ices, but was thinking about the egiate Championships, SIC's, next Ga. "I'm anticipating some great We're going down the other side of am and we'll be ready," Woodburn e held at the University of Georein - V O s diving competition will be held at le dates at 1 p.m. the season, freshman Mark Stover I'm really looking forward to the lent Championships in Las Vegas, t."