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MPT 'itfr ^^SraS j Wm %m H^J , ^ ^j^lj l^? / f . - ^ _ >^\ ^ c "* > fff ''^v\ ?- ' ? ' -'."y;;v w ^ *M; tfxScfc^v Russell Pace GAMECOCK Freshman Pat Duff icy makes a quick pass in the fane against East Carolina. Duff icy scored 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds against the scrappy Lady Pirates. USC beat the Lady Pirates 97-54. Slumping (JSC Loses by 15 Bv StfiVR Ritldpll Assistant Sports Editor The Marquette Warriors outclassed Carolina Saturday alternoon at the Frank McGuire Arena and walked away with an easy 80-?>5 victory. The loss was the first one ot the season at home for the Gamecocks and dropped their record to an !l-(i mark Marquette owns a 1() (> record. The game was close in the first half with the lead changing hands nine times, but Marquette ran off six straight points during the last three minutes of the halt to give them a 34-27 advantage at intermission. CAROLINA NKYKR got closer than seven points again, i no uamecocKs swncnea irom a /one aeiense to a man-to-man and the Warriors went to work. Marquette guard Sam Worthen was the plavmaker as the quicker Warrior team passed the ball around effectively and took advantage of the Carolina defense to get many uncontested shots. Worthen dished out eight assists in the game, and even when the Warriors missed a shot, they often kept it alive by getting rebounds on the offensive boards. The Gamecocks shot poorly hitting on only 39 percent of their shots from the floor. Cedrick Hordtfes took many shots from the outside, and although he did score 26 points, he managed to hit on only 10of the 23 shots he attempted. "We planned for him (Hordges) to shoot from outside because if he went inside they would have slapped the ball away," coach Frank McGuire said. "They have the quickest hands of any team I've seen in a long time." Gamecock center Jim Strickland agreed. "They were real aggressive," he said. "They were swatting and swinging ;it fhr> hall and nlnvpH tnnoh nil rlofnnco They are the most aggressive team we have played this year." THE GAMECOCKS did not do well rebounding. "We just didn't get the rebounds," McGuire said. * "We need to dominate the boards like we did against Marshall and East Tennessee to be effective," Hordgessaid. See Men, page IS USC express ? ? -?-o 1 ^ crubiieb JT lidie^ By Tammy Kilpatrick Gamecock Staff Wntif? CSC's Lady Gamecocks struggled against a physical East Carolina team in the early going, but moved out to a big lead at halftime and went on to defeat the Lady Pirates 97-54 Saturday at Carolina Coliseum. The players' aggressiveness threatened to get out of control during the game, especially during the second half as the Lady Gamecocks increased their lead and the Lady Pirates had scoring droughts of five minutes or more several times. COACH I*AM PARSON'S said the Lady llamecocks played well, without showing any signs of letup after defeating fourth-ranked Tennessee Wednesday. "They showed a lot of class when a young team. East Carolina, got frustrated and I felt had forgotten a little bit about basketball." she said. 1 * 'MlH l/'icl P'jrnlin'i Ir'irlnH Knol/rkK* cL\?f Lx v KUVt IJ1IOI Vy?* V/III1U 11 UV4V.V1 l7CUlI\dO (1HCI (1 3IW? MUl I III W I 11 I 1 UUl I I teams made turnovers. The first points of the game were scored three minutes into the half when Rita Johnson made a lavup after stealing the ball The Lady Gamecocks went ahead for good when Evelyn Johnson com erted two foul shots with 14 minutes left in the first half to make the score 8-6. East Carolina played man-to-man against the Lady Gamecocks, while ISC switched defensive ploys from collapsing zones to man-toman THK ISC DEFENSE caused numerous turnovers in the first half, resulting in \'.\ steals against the smaller East Carolina team. "We weren't really recognizing they were sending two players down iint hp in si hrivik " rH Si 17:1 nn<? Wnnlsf nn s.*i iri " \Vi? nirk i?H j in nn I h.*i I - - -? - * * " - r,v,,x v' v,f ? ? in the second hail, and wo were able Jo pull off steals just by anticipation. " The Lady (iamecocks gained their biggest lead of 88-4:1 when Sharon Kivers hit a "JO-foot jump shot with 3:33 left The defensive struggle on the court was physical, and both teams committed "21 personal fouls. I SC shot .?<> percent from the floor and pulled down 54 rebounds, while Kast Carolina shot 29percent from the floor and had 46 rebounds. Freshman Pat Dufficv, who scored lUpoints and had 8 rebounds, said East Carolina was a rough team. "They were mean. They were really j out to kill." she said. "Hut instead of fouling, I tried to get position and I let them foul me. 1 can keep my temper." Parsons said Kast Carolina is known for perimeter shooting, which helped them stay close to USC at the beginning of the game. "They've been real close to some other opponents, but we again showed our strength." (il'ARI) CHERYL Autry, who had six points and three steals, said the Lady Gamecocks played well. "East Carolina was a scrappy team. It took us a while to get under control and do what we wanted to do." See Women, page 13 I 1 ^828' r - .>J^B nUT ^SBS :Wm IK m ^YiJff 1 i 1 Bff 1MHW^gg^^ ir iffl BHHH |^HI__ ' JHH^^H $ *s3B BBB8. v1?!?? USC forward Thomas Wimbush goes up for the dunk, but is rejected by two Marquette defenders. USC lost to the Warriors 80-65. B 1 ^ Bf ^ FrWH||^^KB^^Vr^W||H _ nK^MUKij^L t? j ' -f i> r Mtflt ^Sff;.; M^k, * ^1 ^^BEg&v?b^^kb^BbS&*& af JHftv.i; M ^^MSH?fc& a^^umASBHHB'v K^vj . BBHHMBgj^^^. - gflpBBB?w va^BBH||89H ~ <_- '; r-i ^ ,t5"r7 ;"- -. i ' : > " ? , \? Dove Rol)iick GAMECOCK Lady Gamecock forward Cynthia Jacobs goes up for a shot during the women's 9754 victory over East Carolina on Saturday night. Jacobs and her teammates own a 15-2 record and are ranked eighth in the nation. S Lack of money (worries fencers 3y Steve RidcJell Assisiant Sports Editor Although three members of the I SC Fencing Club have been invited to participate in the Junior Olympic Nationals on Feb. I(>-18 in Portland, Ore., they may not be able to go because the club doesn't .........<u L.wi/mi t? i:.......... .u .. Iiiavi: i'liuuf^n intJiicv mi incii miuf;ri iu iiiuiucc :>ucii a William Shuford, Ricky Thompson and Catherine Caruso all placed high in regional competition and as a result were invited to the national competition. SIIL'FOKI) IS A sophomore who is ranked as the top epeeist at USC and placed 11th in the under-20 nationals last year. Thompson is a freshman who placed as the top under-20 foilist in South Carolina at the Junior Olympic Regionals held in December. Caruso is ;i frpshmnn whn nl:w?f?W first in tho nnHur-1)!! ? ..w . .. ... V..^ V..V?^. -V? women's foil at the December competition. But the Fencing Club does not have any money in its budget to send the three fencers to the nationals, so the trio has applied to SAC for the money. "We are shooting to get enough money so that our coach (Charles Thompson) can go with us," Thompson said. "He's not our official coach because we can't afford to pay one, but he helps out in the spare time ^ for no pay." ft "KKN HAUSKK of the intramural department is f helping us out in dealing with SAC," Thompson said. I "He knows the ins and outs of the system and really I has been a great help to our club." I The club has about 30 members and every semester I offers a short course in fencing through Free | University according to Thompson. "Fencing is a growing sport," he added. s ThomDSon said the club is honine to boromo ;i 5* varsity team, but he added that it may take a long (K time to reach that status. "If we were varsity, we could compete with area teams and get a lot more recognition and experience," he said. "We also would have a bigger budget and be able to do more things."