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USC tips* Leiberman h as Gamecoi By Michelle Burchette USC'S Tit Gamecock Staff Writer bflTfCd ODU fl "We're number one! We're inside where i number one!" were the shouts of Leiberman ar Carolina fans Monday night as Cotman could they were treated to an astonishing upset victory as their Lady A key fa< LramecocKs trounced number-one defensive pi. ranked Old Dominion, ODU, 73-49. guard Cher The Lady Monarchs suffered ?uarc^"? their first defeat of the season at ! alt?r ? the hands of a well balanced, ex- immensel_y cited, Carolina squad. ODU had famfu- Kver' won 25 consecutive games this or 6am season and 29 straight over the ^ , mori past two years. 1 ha<? to prov. coach that I c While not boasting any single number-one ra outstanding player, the Lady Gamecocks combined their talents only di to keep ODU under control. "They undefeated, tc Couldn't nlav thpir insiHp damp " - * ^ iney ueai inei USC coach Pam Parsons said court. "They about the squad she directed as j thought before coming to Carolina. "Our Foster said defense had a lot to do with it." Monarchs. ^bl -<*V$ww Dav Betsy Platte (Hand in the air) and Jaima usus upset victory over Old Dominion. Jt Gamecocks used a team effort to knock c women's college basketball team in the nat 2ts top-rani eld to six points :ks blitz ODU HIT zone defense added, "Leiberman is just like 'om working the ball everybody else.M (\11-American Nanrv id teammate Angela THE FIRST half of Carolina's easily score. surprising victory featured starters Jean Walling and Sheila ctor in Carolina's Foster top both scoring and ay was freshman rebounds. During a seven minute yl Autry. While stretch, four different players erman, Autry forced scored for USC, giving Carolina )ul amplifying the ten consecutive points as the Lady lysical aspect of the Monarchs went scoreless. ybody was psyched e " she said "We ^"e ^SC women allowed only e than anything else tw0 more points before romping to e to myself and my a halftimc score of 34-17. nknH Tp>am ,?ains a Katrina Anderson dominated the 1 " second half, scoring mostly from H p .. the middle of the lane. Sixteen of Carolina play an her game leading 2,0 points came in >p yanked team but secon(i half. She also pulled 2-5 u?uth 6 S ? down a total of 13 rebounds, didn t have as much leading both squads. they would," Sheila about the Lady t0 cap 0ff game in a style ivamiuaic rvuny fitting to the surprise of the victory, Gamecock Suzanne Woolston sunk a shot from midcourt as the buzzer went off. Poor passing, missed shots and excessive fouls plagued the Lady Monarchs throughout most of the match. Not only were they playing without 6-5 center Inge Nissen who was out as a result of an injury, but team leader Leiberman scored only six points, far below her average of 20 points a game. - " I- The U.S. Olympic women's team participant was^ held to only two game with nearly five minutes remaining after being ejected due to ^cr involvement in a fight which * I - I took place on the court. gamm "She (Leiberman) had a ^ SiSiF =^^^8 horrible game," Parsons stated. ThB A ^ew psychological things were involved. I knew she'd either Dlav very good or very bad." AS FAR AS Nissen's absence IPPPl' from the game, Anderson felt it m 4^ wasn't too important. "I don't d-II^P think it would've made much rfiffcronr'p if eh/> in-"- " 1? 11 JIIV. vv CJD IIICI C, Silt? stated. "We thought we could beat them." After winning her "biggest game of the season," coach Parsons stated, "I think we get stronger every game. They'd better rank us at least 20th." kA national ranking certainly seems in store for the I>ady Gamecocks as they handed ODU their only defeat this season, and e Roback ? oamecock upset sixth ranked N.C. State two __: ?1_ i ? r iiignis oeiore. Oxley celebrate ,. ... . 4 ..r> I aHw Tonight Carolina will host ie fired-up Lady vvinthrop College at 5:45 p.m. in )ff the top-ratea fjna| home game of the ion. season. >x #:1^F .>?e4^*"i^^W^Si(5Lj jMP ' "IlijWP u$-'* Br .^jM jjj^HBB^ VR -<:^B V'";vf "^^^':;;:S::-^B-'r:-'--;"f- 1 ' - j i"-Trr^invirv.-r-,;^?^ x =rr-^r JPBK] Dave Roback ? GAMECOCK Cheryl Autry reaches for a loose ball during the Lady Gamecocks 73-49 upset victory over previously undefeated and top-ranked Old Dominion Monday night. Autry controlled (JSC's offense and was instumental in shutting off the Monarchs high powered offense. ~ ^ WB^f j?K --/ "-^4--1\ jgj r_-~~_~V "| I ~~ i ^1 - c.>v<^: ~" . -.l. . >.. .i . _.'_ j l ^ .s'J-- -f-"j*-^ 'A'".- - r * ,-"T TlKy-. s<?N*.\-,-,ys. ;>S'"^P^^ :r. .1': r"l;itr^ -"-"x,--1 Dav# HobflCk GAMECOCK USC's Katrina Anderson drives to the basket aoain<;t nnn aii An??? " <0 ? ? nii-mimiiudn Nancy Leiberman. Anderson was high scorer for the Lady Gamecocks with 20 points, and she held Leiberman to the lowest scoring output of her career with six points.