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It was a long and very physical a single p
struggle, but in the end the USC came off
men's basketball team escaped an inspire
with a hard fought 87-75 victory Gamecocl
over a hustling Western Carolina "I didn
team. said Gra
The night air outside the allowed tl
coliseum was bitterly cold, and so Cedric jus
was the shooting inside the arena. Graziano
The Gamecocks hit only 47 percent crucial p(
of their shots from the floor while did it cor
their opponents could only manage rarity fo
to make a meager 40 percent of season,
their shots.
When that many shots are
missed, it means that there will be ^
many rebounds. This made the Mk
game an extremely physical one. j.^ ' -V '
The officials seemed to be letting [ many
fouls go, yet in the end
western Carolina naa uea a S-.y. y ;
Caroliuna Coliseum record by pjg||?p?'
committing 32 personal fouls.
THE GAME BEGAN as a L 1
seesaw battle. The lead exchanged
hands several times in the early
going. The Gamecocks began to M|i|?
pull away midway through the first ?
half, but a stubborn Western |Fa 5
Carolina team hung on and fought f*m
oacK into the game. ^
The Gamecocks were ahead by
six points at the half and came out "WHA1
at the beginning of the second half was good
Davidson's All-Americ
'No wat
By Mike Chibbaro fans in a<
G mecock Staff Writer sidered 3S
Phenon ia' tremendous, un- collegiate
stoppable, and unbelievable are Little Fal
just a few of the superlatives that points in I
are commonly used to describe the doing so
basketball ability of Davidson leading sc
College's John Gerdy.
In Davidson's 102-88 loss to USC
Saturday afternoon in Carolina
Coliseum, Gerdy showed the 6,879 ... 1
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es Catamoi
d performa
six unanswered points. team," Mike Doj
aronna closed the lead to playing like thai
oint before Jim Graziano helps "
the bench and turned in Zam Fredrick
:d performance to lift the strong game. II
ts to victory. points and conti
't do anything difficult," Gamecocks strer
iziano. "Their defense "They got away
le middle to open up and fouls and were bu
it got me the ball inside." air on my jump
had eight points at a said. "That throw!
>int in the game, and he Cedric Hordges
ning off the bench ? a game. He tossed
r the Gamecocks this had 17 rebounds.
pom us ana Jim s
down ebounds
was the different
\ / * Hi "THIS WAS th
; college game that
m [ Graziano comir
%r?._' m+s\ strumental in win
IiClZfCif IO he said. The stren
could be a key to
' GRAZIANO did tonight success or failure
I for the morale of the of this season.
ran
f to stop Ge
ttendancewhy he is con- "it's ((shootinj
; one of the nation's finest something that I'v
basketball players. The long time. Like a
Is, N.J., native scored 36 order to be a good:
the Wildcats' loss, and in to practice," Gerd
he became the 15th
orer in NCAA history. DAVIDSON'S L
who is currently Presently has a re
, oc r o Oerdy admitted
' ' ? . frustrating to plaj
ng scorer in Davidson , r. .?
id is also second on the l?^es,more often th
Southern Conference list. . 11 s toush,to 8
hu almncl ???r? P'?y Y<>Ur gUtS 01
n""the "country' he""ex- after time. This !
hy he decided to attend disappointing
have some good
ed to go to a small school here and things ai
yed a major college Da?'^0n\ h?SaK
and I wanted to go to a Although his
vhere the academic ^rienced its probl
were high," the 6-5, 190- Ge^V s perform;
ior said nothing short of se
p star at Prassiac Vallev Wildcats ^opening
K)l, Gerdy scored a total
career points which 4J. P?in^- p*
4 him as the third over thirty points
orer in New Jersey high season anc* has s<
story. His high school ev^ry game excep
Id have been even more
e if he had not missed the UUU,C, UU5 uuu>uu
of his sophomore year Performances, Gei
lonucleosis. Clte this season s 7
,vho is regarded as one of Wake forest as his
ier shooters in college 8ame- M was a I
I today, credits long
ractice as the key to his team,
;urate shooting ability. *
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ning the game," pursued by a Western Carol
igth of the bench 18 points to the 87-74 USC
the Gamecocks' Carolina gets back into act
down the stretch w|||ft_ rf>arhftri hu ni~~
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it aiiu iu.ic nine *
season has been ^ ^5^^
* for me, but we
young players rS
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team has exlems
this season, * " ?
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nsatinnal In thp 1
; game against
cored a career
erdy has scored .
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lthe has had '
iding individual
rdy was quick to Cl%-u ^ .
5-72 victory over Ol 1UII It?I 111 FB
5 most satisfying .. - .
great win for us now avaiiaDii
finally able to
"hesaid. Gerdy and milltaty
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