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'St rick' c use sub By Bruce Rftchto OsnMcock Staff Writer | When you can't stop them inside, \ and you can't stop them outside, I where can you stop them? i Rhode Island coach Jack Kroft i must have asked himself that i question after watching his team 1 lose to USC 84-75 Tuesday night at ] the Carolina Coliseum. The Rams 2 found no answer to the question of < stopping forward Cedrick Hordges and center Jim Strickland under the boards. The two Gamecock big 1 men controlled the tempo of the game for Carolina and with Mike Doyle's hot shooting, combined to give the Gamecocks one of their most balanced games of the season. CAROLINA AND Rhode Island played at an even pace through the first half. Both teams executed a patient working game plan. While USC was getting its scoring from Hordges and Strickland, Rhode Island's points were being divided almost evenly. among eight different players. The score was tied 12 times in the first half as the two teams continued to play evenly. With the score knotted at 26 and less than four minutes left in the half, Rhode Island scored six straight points to give the Rams their widest lead of the game. Guard Nick Johnson scored all eight of his first half points in the closing minutes to give the Rams the lead. Forward Jimmy Wright <provided defensive muscle uhder the boards for Rhode Island by pulling down four rebounds and % . I f A. 9 Al 0t A. 1 1# | DiocKingonesnoiinuienrsinau. Hr';- ',? " -mK Lady Gamecock forward Shoii to block the progress of a Tern i? lominate dues tou< Behind Center Jim Strickland, he Gamecocks were able to cut the six point Rhode Island lead before the half's end. Strickland ivas hacked while swishing a threefoot jump shot in the lane, and then made the free throw to close the lead to three, 34-31. Guard Kenny Reynolds hit a fast break jumper shortly after to put Carolina within [>ne. IN AN EFFORT to preserve their lead, Rhode Island stalled for 'Our outside game wasn't going well so we decided to go down low to Strick and Bush...' Kenny Reynolds the last shot of the half. With five seconds on the clock, Roland UfAiiof An t%?t a fii#a f aa! {nmnoi* fi*Ann AIV/UOW1I IIIV O JUlUpvl ilVllI the lane to put the Rams up by three, 36-33, going into the locker room. The Gamecocks came out strong in the second half, After two Strickland field goals on a rebound layup and a dunk, Carolina pulled into a tie at 37 with the Rams. The score was tied three more times _C r t _ _ jLaay ua a Foster uses her superior size tessee Tech play of s inside, D yii nmiid before USC took the lead for good with 15:39 left in the game. * It was then that Doyle and Strickland went to work on the Rams' 3-2 zone. When the Rhode Island defense tightened up inside, Doyle, a 6-5 senior, went to work canning long jump shots from the top of the key. Strickland, another senior, had his finest game ever as he neutralized the Rams' defense with short turnaround jumpshots and rebound layups. Carolina continued to widen its lead in the final 10 minutes with the help of good foul shooting. After a poor performance . at the line Saturday against Clemson, the Gamecocks shot an impressive 74 percent (20 of 27) against the Rams to open up a 14 point lead with three minutes remaining. BEHIND A FULL court press, Rhode Island pulled back into the contest by scoring nine straight points and cut Carolina's lead to five at 78-73. In the last minute of flia tfama TWiwIA onnlf ??v gouiv/t iivvrvf vi | iyvjiv; oaiuv four straight foul shots and made a last second layup on a pass from Strickland to give USC its 13th win, 84-75. The Gamecocks' win over Rhode Island showed that they could come back after a tough loss, head coach Frank McGuire explained. "I was worried about a letdown after the Clemson game, and the crowd was small," t*e said. "Our intensity wasn't good. You can't get away from emotion. We finally got excited and played better." Sm Gamecocks, pmgo 19 ,arolina now 18-2 mecocks By Tammy KHpatrick Qimcock Staff Writer Being ranked sixth in the nation set prime target for a lesser known team their mark in the basketball world. The USC Lady Gamecocks, now six Associated Press, found being ran vantages as well as advantages as against Tennessee Tech before winni night at Carolina Coliseum. USU, up Dy 10 pomis at one nine succumbed to sluggish defensive pla half and fell behind Tennessee Tech termission. . Guard Cheryl Autry, coming off the needed offensive punch, said the t< together to win. "We were surprise were out to get us." > TENNESSEE TECH, led by the a* point guard Pam Chambers, stage* with 13:57 when a three-point play I pulled the Eaglettes within five.. When USC tried a three-guard ploy stop Tech's quick, small line-up, capitalized to gain the lead 23-22 whe hit a ten foot jumpshot. The ieaa tne four times before Tennessee Tech g hand and jumped out to a four point 1< ??ITST roarh RftroRarenns s?iri 1 ranked'in the top twenty pre* developing into a stronger team. "I half was incredible because Tennes; percent from the field." Autrv. who had 10 ooints in the fl ranked does affect the team. "We cai being confident of the win and 1 f * realized at halftime we have to pla 5 game, ho matter if it's the number-* I or Anunrankedteam." g USC switched from a man-to-man i zone in the second half, using a i I * defense to shut down the perimet 3 Eaglettes and Chambers, their hig | points. ? "We had a better strategy in the needed to control Chambers with tw whole difference was the zone," Pan % ?[ HHlRj (JSC center Jkn Strickland drives i caraer-hioh 25 points in Mondi Island. mme hnn CYNTHIA JACOBi rebounds, said the ; s a team up as a "Our zone was muc i trying to make cutting their outside anything inside." th ranked by the T he Lady Gamecoc iked has disad- Johnson connected o they struggled lead back to the Ea ng 87-73 Monday who scored 20 points, Using the zone def in the first half, Rita Johnson and -- ?J--.-... ?* r,QtYiA/^A/?lrc rofAnb frVi h scorer with 21 ballclub, especially i used to playing."The second half. We elbows, which we're o people, and the play like that in Tenn ions said. y IHIUWcSy III IIIC VUMivvvvna .vvwn i 41-38 at the in- again. USC's biggest lead i i bench to supply a layup with 42 secon ?am had to pull final bucket with tl Jd because they heaved a 25-foot jumj 73. Parsons said Autn {gressive play of "Cheryl Autry is con i the comeback as a shooter before/' t>y Holly Hoover Tennessee Tech co Eaglettes wanted to in an attempt to and control Sheila Fo , the Eaglettes ' th^second* half and 1< n Robyn Markey that was the key. We n changed hands down Foster, which ;ained the upper the second." Bad. the adjv thought the first second and finished see Tech shot 62 rebounds and four stc Although Tennessc ame, said being Meadors said they c< me into the game "We had to match i juess everybody game in order to wi y our best every that," she said. Mie ranked team Parsons said Ten their quick point gua to a one-two-two taken away. Especia more aggressive when Chambers was er attack of the Meadors said US< ' tb ^ iH Bk V m#1!^ Ifr&&4&. ,^B& - m <?&; the basetfne for two of hfs fy's game against Rhode k to win S, who had 14 points and 12 zone helped USC defensively, h more effective. We started shot off and they couldn't get ?ks fnnk (hp 1p?H 44-43 whpn Hit^i n two free throws, but lost the glettes when Jerilynn^ Harper, made a 15-foot jump shot. v ense and some quick layups by Evelyn Johnson, the Lady ie lead and never relinquished it ivas 16 points, when Autry made ids on the clock. Autry made the fie buzzer sounding when she p shot to make the final score 87/ is improving with each game, ling on. She's never been known ach Marynell Meadors said the control the tempo of the game ster on the inside. "We came out et South Carolina take over, and also felt like we needed to shut we did the fir^t half, but didn't I T ^ ?r Kted to theTSl^verage in t he the game with 16 points, four ;als. ;e Tech relies on quick guards, >ncentrated on the inside game, ip with South Carolina's inside in the game, and we didn't do nessee Tech's game keyed on rd. "In a zone, quickness can be illy the kind of zone we were in, Controlled." 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