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I l^sT ufnr By Michelle Burchette game Gamecock Staff Writer PHrSO saved KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? expe Fighting off "freshman Game 11 n -i " juiers ana a nine-point tneir * deficit, Carolina's Lady Gamecocks came from behind to defeat Morehead Jj State 70-64, in the first round of the Association for jfl |j Intercollegiate Athletics for jUpJpg Women, AIAW, region 2 HHB basketball championships ||j|f Thursday. flaying unusually slow, Splffi; Carolina remained scoreless until five minutes had ticked off the clock. A If lay-up by Katrina Anderson ft broke the ice for the Lady ? Gamecocks and contested i Morehead's four-point lead. use COACH PAM Parsons felt Carolina's r<irnQi 1 i i 11 I v^IIldJL nrnhmm u/qc nortiollw UW1V111 " "kj put nailj npn 4- 4-1 emotional. "Mentally we seemed afraid to make any moves. We started off slow but then got the feeling of what it's like to be on top 5*011 again." with 4 Gamt The psychological factor again of playing a championship 16 mil |l||^ nen advance was not unexpected. Cynthia Jacobs con ns explained that she from seven feet to pi most of her time outs, Carolina's first bas cting the Lady the final half. cocks to overcome 'freshman jitters." THE GAME GOT t< for the Gamecocks, a Eagles Donna Murpl Robin Harmon shot > 1 the outside to Morehead State a nim to Irene Moore (More S nWorcAn the most was the 1-3 iflucroUfl got some steals off of it helped us move a li ough the score was moreiveral times, Carolina nvpr -a npriod of ned in the driver's minutes, shllia Fost iroughout most of the Anderson worked i the Morehead defei achieve a one n 1 1 I *** i< Carolina ieaa. worKi ag into the second half layups by Foster, Am i 34-31 lead, the Lady and Jacobs, the jcocks were once Gamecocks built i held scoreless. With much as a 10-point k lutes left in the game, guarantee the victory USC's tennis claimed two victorie week. Ulf Pettersson serves against_^[enn I Chattanooga In Gamecocks' 8-1 victor the Mocs. Bob Detrich 1 leaps to return a shot I William & Mary i J Wednesday. USC wot Bill Mlift'OAMECOCK !, beat Moi nected Anderson led USC with 20 roduce points and 10 rebounds m< ket of before fouling out of the wi game in the dying minutes, th after the Lady Gamecocks nu [Higher had sealed the victory, co sLady tir and Ec from *i We * - 1 ' it and rosier m ttle bit W( Foster made numerous long-range jump shots and re seven contributed 18 points to the , er and victory. 9^ jround tn ise to PARSONS, WHO wanted point the big freshman to take ins un more outside shots, was G< derson pleased with Foster's se Lady performance. "Foster na lp as made some key baskets for fa >ad, to us> an(j that's what we T< needed from her,'' she said, ga ;B:y; # ; :; vSISISIte:. ' . :Ift'-l - , ' ' lif ? /'?*: + ;> <#V,'l7#( ? ,j? 'T/xWv team s this (left), 9 sseethe : H * ' ^ ;; - v wmm < :< - > ? :.:'...- '>: rehead Morehead State's Haron was the high scorer th 24 points in a game at was marred by mprnilQ tnrnmmrc TTCr1 VMM vmaiavtvau. W UV/ mmitted a total of 22 nes, while the Lady igles gave the ball up 23 nes, mostly in the second If. The Lady Gamecocks *re without the services of iphomore guard Rita >hnson during the game. >hnson. who was nnkpH in , .. ? .. ? I ? e eye earlier in the ason, had the injury ;gravated this past week the state championship ime against Clemson. arsons described her jury as serious, and said ie did not know if Johnson [)uld be able to play for the iiiauiuci ui uic &cd?iUli. "Johnson's absence finitely hurt our play," e USC coach explained. TONIGHT, the Lady amecocks advance to the mi-finals of the touriment, where they will ce the winner of the jTTTTessee?vs:Clemson me. Ill Bollln