Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In the end, though, IF Valdosta State was able to hold on to a 98-91 victory. c~..?u cy * -- - ouuui v>ai unria neia a 48-47 lead at halftime, led by Katrina Anderson's 22 points. Valdosta's Susan Taylor scored 20. (JSC had the height, Valdosta had the speed, and the battle between the two evened out Hlirincf tha cnan rvf ?...Q viiv Bf/ull 1/1 IIIC ^ctlllt*. This, however, was a "psyched up" Carolina team. MWyj Only coach Pam Parsons remained calm, knowing fully well that her team was prepared. THE TEAM played so well that Lvndal Worth coacn of Valdosta State, currently ranked 16th in the nation, said, "South Carolina has a great team. She (Parsons) uses her personnel so well that she really < attacked us at our weakest, which was our size. 1 have to hand it to them, they did a super job. We had to do something to change the mementum of the H* w game around. We were just walking up and down the fS^ floor and nnr IriHc inct H\r\ o :"L i~ ' ? ..? ? Ricai juu in picKing up timzmmm some defense," she said. "WE'VE MOT fn havp a oruvi rom>ni?:?.~ a ? ? ? iwiuiuii^ year 10 noot hang with people like this," Worth added." They're a defend \7MIinrt foam onrl T foil urn tKnt'x ? L.,. . juung kvuni ???u a t-v-ii juu, mai a llic IIIOSI pOtCntlcll SCOFQ I See WOMEN, page 16 Victory, jamecocks ma-;t past outmanned R~r.+ir-+ /^?11 Liup L19 L 'OUlICyiJ By John Swift Gamecock Stall Writer nbining superior inside strength with sharp outside shoo iina rebounded from two consecutive losses as it soun 3ed Baptist College, 100-67, at the coliseum Monday night. Dtist College entered the game with a lowly 2-20 record, b red by opponents an average of over twenty points per g? a starting center who stands just 6-5, the Bucs have experiei long evenings against major college teams. olina made it another tough night for the Bucs from the i ninrf T *'? -1* mug. uamg an odvious Height advantage, the Gamecocks jun early 10-2 lead as 6-11 center Jim Strickland pulled down nds in the first three minutes of play. y led by as many as 24 points before going into halftime nhpaH \RI)S ZAM Fredrick and Mike Doyle led the first half offen; e as they hit for 22 and 12 points respectively. Fredrick ; ht the crowd of 4,119 to its feet with a steal and resounding s >arly in the half. second half was not much different as Carolina dominated 5 and continually hit from the outside against Baptist Collei rick Hordges did most of the damage as he scored 18 points in i half, most of them from the perimeter. Fredrick added just points but gave the fans a repeat performance of his gi lg ability. f Ha CI O rvi r\ ' 1 ? - w.v- neurit ieu me scoring attack with 28 points, follow xlges with 23 and Doyle with 16. Strickland added 10 rebounds Jraziano, in a starting role, contributed nine more. Ke Ids, though playing just twenty minutes, handed out 10 assists. coach Frank McGuire was understandably pleased witl ?performance. i played well on defense. The way to get them started is to ope -to-man and then go to a zone. Hordges got started in the sec id Zam had a good game. Reynolds came in and settled us d( so had a lot of assists," he said. ruire, however, was upset at his reserves wh A nrnr ? f?.?v pi VOOCU V na leading by 30 points. AS embarassed we pressed at the end. I told them not to do t u can rest assured that they won't do it again. I guess that i >t caught up in the enthusiasm of the crowd," he added. See MEN, page 1 [ *H SJ^HBRSk ^Bl ssjlEL' I^^Hk W \V''%sBHP'w ^kI ^^Bgr -#? \%:'~ IS '! &* oj cricKton ? OAMECI jrve forward Steve Hariy dribbles past a Baptis er in Monday's game. Dr. S came off the bench t four points on two jump shots in the resounding ting> I dldy jf!S / ':v':^//:U:'V:';;:t ' eing HBBHHfSl ime. Ig^lgg^^Wylr lced i^PPWyj/' I.. 4?W sive Hra|^^B ;; ; Tm , , |i i i the *? the ? KjB LI r six j^BRirTBiTOiHwB^MMnB wm^fEa HBwi?Hp8*^PBHB^^i"- ~~ - on<l ' ''' * ^ Sam Hick* ? GAMECOCK Jim Graziano, in a starting role Monday, fith pulled down nine rebounds and scored four points. Here, the 6-9 Junior reaches for a tiphat in Over a fruKteatoH o..^ ? w?uivw uui? yji&ytjr* I fl& our Gamecocks won the game 100-65. Squash Club I hosts tourney, support asked By Rick Mohn Gamecock u/.h.. I Squash is not just a yellow vegetable which kids hate to eat. It is, at least in this area, a seriously underpublicized indoor sport. Hopefully, this weekend that situation will change somewhat, as the USC Squash Club hosts the South Carolina c - * * utaic oquasri uacquets Championship B Tournament. On Saturday and Sunday at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center, thirty of the best players in South Carolina will meet to determine which of them is the best in his or her category. According to club nnMi * ** , viKuiiiuiu riarry Miley, I all of the state's top players will be present for the competition, which begins at 10:30 Saturday morning. "Our top four seeds are, in order, Van Drake of Greenville, the defending champion; John Simon of I Spartanburg, Kim Brown of Greenville, and Lisa Griffin Drake of Greenville." Besides being Van Drake's wife, Lisa Drake was recently the third-ranked women's snnach ro~..? U>]UULIII III I me united States. MILKY SAII) of the tournament format: "There will be three divisions, A, II, and C, in descending order of ability. Men and women compete tntfpthor . 0~V..^. >11 pp. cacu mvision, and a trophy will t>e given to each division winner." The publicity man noted the ab t sence of USC players from the ranks of the top 0 tourney players. "Unfortunately, none of the _ Columbia players qualified for the A division, but we have several in the other two groups," he said. See SQUASH, page 15