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By Willie T. Smith III
Gamecock Staff Writer
The Gamecocks were defeated
24-14 in a rain marred Hall of
Fame Bowl eame Saturdav Dpp 99
by the Missouri Tigers before a
record crowd of 62,785 fans in
Birmingham, Ala.
Carolina started off with a bang
by winning the toss and driving 69
yards down the field in 11 plays to
score during the opening minutes
of the contest. Junior tailback
George Rogers led the attack on
the ground while quarterback
Garry Harper connected through
the air with senior wide receiver
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came on a 20-yard pass from
Harper to McKinney. The snap
from center was hobbled on the
extra point attempt, but the
Gamecocks held a 6-0 lead.
DEFENSE DOMINATED the
rest of the first quarter. Neither
side could generate much offensively,
but in the second quarter
it was all Missouri. The Tigers
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including a fumbled kickoff return,
a short punt, and missed field goal
with time running out in the half to
take a 17-6 lead in the lockerroom
athalftime.
The Gamecocks came out
fighting in the third quarter and
stopped Missouri on three plays
after the kickoff. Following a
Missouri punt Carolina went 62
yards in nine plays for their second
touchdown of the evening. Harper
hit McKinnev for a two nnint
conversion to pull the Gamecocks
within three at 17-14.
After the kickoff the Carolina
defense again rose to the occasion.
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By Tammy Kilpatrick
Gamecock Staff Writer
South Carolina's Lady Gamecock
defensive patterns and perimeter s
the outmanned Auburn Lady Tiger:
Memorial Coliseum Saturday.
The Lady Gamecocks, ranked te
and 9-2 on the season, scored the firs
game with 19:40 remaining. A ste*
Johnson from Auburn point guard M
USC momentum to build an 8-0 U
minutes left in the first half.
USC never relinquished their lea
managed to pull within six only once
the first half.
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off guard, shutting down their pov
tack which is led by sophomore
Hannah, averaging 15 points a ga
eight points for the game.
Auburn Coach Joe Ciampi said
ballgame was the quick tempo set
the changing defenses. 4 * When on
break down in the pattern offense wc
to have problems," he said. "In r<
back to South Carolina's changing
Carolina deserves to be number-10 ir
According to Lady Gamecocks ass
coach Karen Brown, Auburn's offem
work on different defenses. "We be!
defenses,'* she said. "It seems to
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Key steals by Rita Johnson incrc
and inspired the defensive play of
according to Brown. "She made s<
tonight to get the defense going."
Junior Jean Walling said the steal
in the first minutes of the first half s
"We came out fired up/' she said,4
went on, you didn't realize we wc
because they were playing a good ga
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Johnson and Becky Parker over At
3-2 pattern built the USC lead to 36<lot
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They stopped Missouri after only
one first down and forced them to
punt. It looked as if the Gamecocks
had things going their way as they
began to move the ball, but a
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Willie Scott was intercepted by
Missouri linebacker Eric Berg at
the Carolina 37 yard-line and
returned it nine yards to the 28.
MISSOURI running backs Gary
Ellis and James Wilder combined
to cover the 28 yards in six plays
with the touchdown coming on a
twleve yard run by Ellis. After the
extra point Missouri had a 24-14
lead which they held for the vie
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bowl game loss in as many appearances
for the Gamecocks.
440ur kicking game hurt us
tonight," coach Jim Carlen said.
"We fumbled a kickoff, mishandled
some punts, and had a few
short punts. We had an interception
that killed a drive in the
third quarter and led to their last
touchdown. We've been a team
that hasn't turned the ball over
much, but we did tonight. We're
not a team that can turn the ball
over and win."
"Turnovers hurt us, there's no
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Scott Wade said, "but I can't
blame the loss on our offense.
When you give up 24 points you're
pretty responsible yourself. We
had chances to make some big
plays when we had them backed up
andwedidn't."
'THEY HAVE an outstanding
offensive line and Wilder and Ellis
are outstanding backs," Wade
said. "The thing I like about them
the most is that they are second
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you better have someone backing
you up because they never quit.
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but we've had to play
against outstanding quarterbacks
all year long," Wade added. "My
hat is off to Missouri, I applaud
them. They have a good team."
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There were some bright spots in
the game for Carolina. Junior AilAmerican
George Rogers carried
the ball 25 times for 133 yards and
caught three passes for 18 yards.
He was named the Hall of Fame
Bowl's outstanding offensive
player.."I am honored to receivc
this award, but if I could trade it
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for a victory I would in a second,"
Rogers said. "I think this award
should go to everyone on the of
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together to make me look good."
Rogers ended the season with 1,681
yards rushing.
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amecocks in the 24- 74 defeat.
struggle
holidays
By Mike Chibbaro
Gamecock Staff Writer
isketball team won five games and
Christmas break. The Gamecocks
d Auburn-Montgomery 66-65 when
?ank an 18-foot jump shot with only
ig. The Gamecocks then handily
before heading to the Iron Duke
l.
ON DUKE CLASSIC
>st historic and famous arenas in
ill is Cameron Indoor Stadium,
npus of Duke University.
Cameron is very unassuming. Its
re and surrounding pine trees help
le rest of the Duke campus. But on
success and heritage of Duke
rly visible. Numerous banners hang
f Cameron which help to signify the
success that Duke basketball teams
ugh the years.
ball team had not appeared in
1971. On Dec. 28th and 29th, the
ned to the stoic arena to participate
mual Iron Duke Classic. The
*n to Cameron, however turned out
ment.
r PROMOTERS had hoped to see
eet top-ranked Duke in the cham>f
the event, but the Cincinnati
i any of those hopes on the opening
jfeated USC, 69-62.
>ed out to an early 10-2 lead in the
ttled back to pull within three at the
1 half, the Bearcats took advantage
lecock zone defense enroute to their
ory.
tous opportunities to change the
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game, oui iney were nampereo oy
d cold shooting in the final stages of
s scored 20 points to lead the
like Doyle added 14. Cincinnati was
vith 19 points.
LOSS, USC head coach Frank
ed a concern over his team's pere
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