Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I WB&mam In two years, the USC women's THIS SEA basketball team has been tran- even better sformed from a below-average another gr squad to one of the top 20 in the three of thi nation. After struggling to a ? combined 15-33 record over the attacked it; years 1975-77, the Lady Gamecocks confidence i K QtrA 4i to f tllC IHHHDOI ac*vv* juoi Luinpicicu uicu acvuuu - , , consecutive 20-win season and trip included 11 jy' to the National Collegiate Athletic season rec< Association, NCAA, regional top-ranked > playoffs. number-six There is but one explanation for fh^^ejr now ^ this sudden turnabout, and that is *J)?.,sam?1 Wm coach Pam Parsons. While entht She came to USC from Old "^ve ? l?l J Dominfcm University where she doesn % was also successful as a coach and they are no : as a recruiter. In her first season **anj\ as the Lady Gamecocks' coach, desire, ana Parsons promised to make the talent and c team into a winner immediately, . ?.n, ? : and she did. potential, t far Parson: BRINGING IN SUCH stars as their Katrina Anderson from Anderson e.v.en Junior College and freshmen Jean * rai Walling, Rita Johnson, Jaima teams djdn Oxley and Dawn Clark, the new Y?ars ? USC coach stunned most of the champions! experts by finishing 24-10 and ^ going to the NCAA playoffs for the > first time in the school's history. In the process of playing such a [ '' fine season, Parsons' charges broke or tied 26 school records, including most wins in a season B| and most points scored in a season. : More important though, the team g'HS brought women's basketball out of L /.4 the dark ages at USC. B Before Parsons' arrival, the women played their home games in the P.E. center before almost no spectators. Now, the Lady Fgagbgg Gamecocks play all of their home l games in the coliseum. Attendance figures rose with each game. _Pi^zxa _E*?T?ss_ E| Free: Delivery ^ Free: 16 oz. Coke with any whole sub rj:'^ vac Willi Small Pizza " Free: 2 Qts. with B Large Pizza 1 256-0301 MB The GAMECOCK I* the student B&wmr j newspaper at the University of South |^H A I Carolina and Is published three times a 5 . week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday HlKF :M during the fall and spring semesters end HKr *8& once weekly during the fall and spring KaV fml somestars and once weekly on Thursdays ft v| Hurln/i Kn(K mama* ???...?* L. wMiuiy will OUIIIIIIVI OUOOIUIIO Willi IIIO exception of university holiday* and HsBjfiH : examination periods Opinion* axprasaad In tha QAMECOCK era those of tha adltors end not those of M. tha University of South Carolina. N : ?? Tha University of South Carolina Is an equal opportunity Institution. The Boerd of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the Si I QliMcnr.li Tha Hliuknl MaHI* fMIIra la tha parent organization of tlx* Qamacoch. HHtt Chang* oI addrass forma, subscription Mp| , raquaata and othar corrospondanca f should bo oant to tha GAMECOCK, Box HwV 86131 Ruaaali Houm, University of S.C., Columbia, 8.C. 29208. Subscription ratas ; mo pm itmtPBivr ana vor mo J ^ Third class postage paid At Columbia, I ? kSON, CAROLINA was E^SM^HK . With Parsons having eat reoruitine vpar s past year's starters ear on the bench. USC B > tough schedule with B " i V=si and came through it as I ? -18 team in America. [. v. i their 23-8 regular- ; >rd are victories over | | ;|?||?^ "18 Old Dominion and f ' ^gJP^ jS? N.C. State. |gj?| face the playoffs with ! fPJf BP attitude and intensity, f J jsiasm and confidence B'v o do with who wins atitf t in college basketball, Br v it thp nnlv faftnrs Thp I jcocks have the needed they also have superior oaching. laying up to their Qy# Qt here is no telling how i s' troops can go. With and ability, they might rfl . p. e to bring USC the only 11 nk McGuire's men's 3itGr COll 't achieve during their CdllOCl OU reatness ? a national 5-0 in baS "P gllgllll; second arolina's Randy Styns (han< iding with (JSC's second bt t and Williams was carried o eball action yesterday. Dav# Roback ? OAMCCOCK Is on knees) looks at the umpire iseman Tom Williams. Styns was ff the field as the Gamecocks won niiiiiiiinnirrrirw^-<MMm- HI1 mf1 ifcuHII'inF 1 ^yMKz?sHBBMhe i ] ! ? ?J J -?- . ? I country cousins! The newest thing on the fashion scene! They've been around for a long time, but the newest are ! jfc^slimmed down into a sleek, narrow look. Choose classic blue denim or smooth :,x PAilr\n ehootinn ( _ f ,j: .. UVKUII OllOOllliy 'n bright pink and blue (Denims also in white). Sizes 3-13. Some have a ||Pyliu spender pant look. Pull them over all your classic cotton check or plaid shirts. left. 36. nyiii. Z(. Jr. Sportswear, all stores located Downtown I EDDVQ i Richland Mall I UtnrilQ I Dutch Square V OH RIOM J rand new Woodhill Mall!