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By Willie T. Smith III
Gamccock Staff Writer
A last second shot by Gamecock
forward Cedrick Hordges gave
USC a thrilling 79-78 victory over
the South Carolina State Bulldogs
before an excited Carolina
Coliseum crowd of 9,861 Monday
night.
The lead shifted back and forth
the entire way. Neither team could
build or hold a lead.
One of the biggest factors for the
v Gamecocks was the strong performance
of Kenny Reynolds at
point guard. Reynolds ran the
offense enthusiastically with
several clutch shots and passes
down the stretch. "I'm just glad I
showed my coaches I can do
something to help this team. I'm
glad they had enough confidence in
me to put me in such a tough
situation," Reynolds said.
ANOTHER PLAYER which led
the Gamecock effort was backup
center Jim Graziano. "I like taking
the ball to the basket. Coach
McGuire has more faith in me now.
I m really enjoying what I m doing
for the team now," Graziano said.
"I like having my back to the
basket. I have a good first step and
now I'm dying to go to the basket
when I get in there."
The largest lead anyone had was
with 4:15 left in the first half when
the Gamecocks had a 33-26 lead.
S.C. State fought back and tied
the score at 39 on a lay up by Arthur
Snipes with. 1:27 left in the half.
After misses by both clubs the half
ended tied.
Midway through the final stanza,
with State holding a four point
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standing plays to tie the game. The
first came after a missed Joe
Robinson shot. Reynolds got the
rebound, drove down the left side
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of the court and double pumped an
underhanded layup over two State
defenders. The next time down the
court Reynolds threw up a 20 foot
jumper when everyone else was
covered to tie up the game.
Ail-American candidate Cedrick
Hordges, whose shooting had been
off for most of the game, hit
several key shots in the clutch to
keep the Gamecocks in the game.
"They were double teaming me all
nigh* and I took a lot of dumb
shots," Hordges said. "It was close
all the way and I knew I'd have to
start asserting myself if we were
going to have a chance to win."
WITH A LITTLE over a minute
to play and Carolina holding a 77-76
lead State decided to hold the ball
for one shot against the Carolina
end zone. With eight seconds left,
Marty Lane hit a shot from the left
corner to give State the lead at 7877.
Carolina quicklv called time-out
with two seconds left. When play
resumed Gamecock captain Mike
Doyle took the ball out of bounds
under the State basket. He heaved
it up the court toward Cedrick
Hordges. Hordges fumbled the
ball, picked it up and fired a 25
footer that swished through the
nets to give the Gamecocks the 7978
win. "They had three men on
me, but I just went up and got it,"
Hordges said. "Mike made a^good:
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didn't look at the clock. As soon as
it left my hands, I knew I had made
it. That's what you call home court
advantage."
The State players were
celebrating what they thought was
a victory for them. "Our man hit
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the ball first. I knew there were
only two seconds left, so I started
counting one thousand one, one
thousand two. At that point the ball
was still on the floor. Then I heard
the buzzer and he still hadn't
gotten the ball off," junior forward
Bryan Grice said. "I still can't
believe it."
"They know what the deal was,"
sophomore guard Joe Robinson
said. "Deep down in their hearts
they know we won. I'm not mad
because I'll always know we won."
"All I can say is that it was a
long two seconds," head coach Tim
Autry said. "But I don't want to
dwell on that. Our kids did a great
job. I also want to congratulate
South Carolina. Cedrick Hordges is
a whale of a ball player."
llORDGES AGAIN led the way
in the statistics for the Gamecocks,
with 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Mike Doyle and Jim Graziano
toiiowea with 12. Kenny Reynolds
and Zam Fredrick rounded out the
double figure scorers with 11 and
10 respectively.
"It's time we got lucky," Coach
Frank McGuire said. "Doyle threw
the ball well and Hordges is a good
outside shooter, but we were still
lucky."
McGuire also praised the play of
guard Kenny Reynolds. "Reynolds
played well. He's excellent under
pressure. He also has a good jump
shot. He killed them tonight. He's a
smart ballplayer."
Senior forward Cedrick Hordges
echoed his coach's praise of
Reynolds. "Kenny did a super job.
It was the best job I've seen by a
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By Michelle Burchettt
Gamecock Staff Writer
The Lady Gamecocks controlled tl
good scoring production from Sheilf
Jacobs and Jean Walling and went
win over South Carolina State Mondf
In their first home appearance o
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game against the tallest team they
far this year.
Despite her overall disappointmei
Coach Pam Parsons said she fel
contributing to Carolina's victory w
control by her three big girls, b
tainment of 6-3 Lady Bulldog <
English.
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what we wanted. She got her poi
rebounds," Parsons said. "We
English."
Parsons felt much of the credit for
went to 6-2 USC center Jacobs who h
game for the Lady Gamecocks.
"The strong board Dlav and entire
Jacobs was a bright spot," Parsons
in front of English all night very wel
really well against the zone. Jean
keying in on her also."
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English drew her fourth personal
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because she took our fakes. That
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said. "They were just real strong toi
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hoop in the Gamecocks' 79-7
State Monday night.
point guard since I've been here.
He's playing a role we need,"
Hordges said.
Another player singled out by
McGuire was Jim Graziano. "Graz
should get a hand. This is by far the
best he's played since his freshman
season. The main thing is that
he is playing with emotion,"
McGuire said. "It is a great thing
to see the improvement in him. I
love to see him play like this.
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great center.
"THE MAIN THING that helped
us was our veterans. They didn't
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McGuire said. 'If we had played
them on the road we would have
lost. Not because of the refs, but
because the crowd helped us.
Either team deserved to win. We
were the lucky ones tonight."
arks win
' hitting for 23 points. Not only did
ard score from the inside, but her
and percentage from the foul line
3r's 12 rebounds, Jacobs scored 14
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ids and hit for 10 points to round out
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zanne Woolston did not have an
e on paper, but Parsons was very
game and felt the forward is conrig.
ston is coming alive and doing a lot
in the statistics yet," Parsons said,
ing in to being a real support role?
vhere it should be and keeping the
Suzanne's head in the game."
Parsons, the attitude Woolston
ime is one she would like to see the
5 adopt. "The kind of calmness that
t is what I want out of the guards,
ig to find what she does well and how
game," Parsons said. "She's a very
othe team."
;s that her offensive game is imnd
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major contributions to the game,
my offensive shot down yet but I
th time," she said.
ron Rivers also sparked the Lady
ing off the bench halfway through
rith the score tied 19-19, the new
lick jump shots to start a Carolina
nated at halftime with USC leading
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