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Gamacock Staff Writer
If you started watching women's
basketball at USC last year, now is
not the time to stop. With a ,
Women's National Invitational
Tournament championship behind
them, six returning players, four of
wmcn were siariers ana a preseason
ranking of 16th by the
Associated Press, the Lady
Gamecocks have nowhere to go but
up.
Starting the 1979-80 season with
inese siausucs, women's
basketball has the potential to
produce not only another 20-win
season, but also a shot at the
national championship.
A main force behind the Lady
Gamecock's success is coach Pam
Parsons. Going into her third year
as coach here, Parsons possesses
me recruiting ana coacning talents
necessary to build a winning ball
club.
IN IIER PREVIOUS seasons at
USC, the former Old Dominion
University coach has seen her
teams reach records of 24-10 and
27-10; something unheard of in
women s basketball history at
Carolina.
This year Parsons will be
starting five players who saw
considerable action last season.
Combining quickness and play
making at the guard position for
the Lady Gamecocks will be Rita
Johnson and Cheryl Autry.
Johnson, who is known for her
speed and ability to capatilize on
the fast break will have a major
role in Carolina's offense.
At forward again this year will
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Foster's aggressive game and
Walling's tremendous sky hook
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Gamecocks.
Finally, at center will be Cynthia
Jacobs. Although Carolina lost star
center Katrina Anderson to
graduation, Jacobs will not be
trying to fill her shoes. And, she
won't have to.
Instead of running the same
offense that Anderson fit so well in, I
the Lady Gamecocks will be
playing a different type of game.
They'll find out just how well it will
work when they get into the bulk of
their schedule.
THIS YEAR the Lady
Gamecocks face a schedule like
they've never seen before; another
credit to Parsons. Instead of
spending most of their time
playing small schools like
Columbia College, Claflin, and
Wheeling(who they beat by over 100
points last year), Carolina will be
up against teams of much stronger
caliber.
Such teams as Old Dominion. I.
who were fed their only lost last 5
season by USC; Cheyney State, ^
Tennessee, North Carolina, and t
N.C. State will play the Lady s
Gamecocks at home and on the i
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Georgia Southern, to the regional }
playoffs at home, they will face one t
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This year all of the women's Olll
home games wil be plyed in the WPB
Carolina Coliseum, mostly before
or after men's games to encourage For
more crowd support.
The idea is that if you can see
how exciting a women's game is,
you'll want to come back. This is a
very important factor, and one the
Lady Gamecocks feel they can j
capitalize on. I
ATTEMPTING TO reach evon
more prospective fans, four of the
women's games will be televised
locally. Only three years ago,
people would have laughed at the j
idea of putting women's basketball
on T.V. Now, however, it's a ,
reality. | (~rin<
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addition has been made to
(JSC women's basketball. This .
year Carolina will provide
cheerleaders to encourage more ( .
fan support. This is yet another | WUIC
benefit which is very rare in .
women's basketball. ' n
While most of the growing is
thanks to Parson's, it is also in
reaction to having a nationally ,
ranked team. As they have
steadily grown better and better,
ine L,aay uamccocKs have
received more recognition and
more benefits. Still they must be CreQI
careful not to grow too fast and
take on more than they can handle.
If they use the talent they
possess to it's utmost ability, a
national championship is not out of j
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