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By Bruce Rltohto
Qtnwcock Staff Wrttor
When you can't stop them inside,
and you can't stop them outside,
where can you stop them?
Rhode Island coach Jack Kroft
must have asked himself that
question after watching his team
lose to USC 84-75 Tuesday night at
the Carolina Coliseum. The Rams
found no answer to the question of
stoppiing forward Cedrick Hordges
and center Jim Strickland under
the boards. The two Gamecock big
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
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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 under
the boards for Rhode Island by
pulling down four rebounds and
blocking one shot in the f irst half.
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the Gamecocks were able to cut
the six point Rhode Island lead
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was 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
one.
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
Houston hit a five foot jumper from
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
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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
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senior, naa nis unesi 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 bv scorinff nine straitfhf
points and cut Carolina's lead to
five at 78-73. In the last minute of
the game, however, Doyle sank
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," l*e said. "Our
intensity wasn't good. You can't
get away from emotion. We finally
got excited and played better/'
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Carolina now 18-2
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By Tammy KHpatrick
Gamacocfc 8t?M Writer
Rpiriff rankpri sixth in th?? nation se
prime target for a lesser known tear
their mark in the basketball world
The USC Lady Gamecocks, now si?
Associated Press, found being rai
vantages as well as advantages a:
against Tennessee Tech before winn
night at Carolina Coliseum.
USC, up by 10 points at one time
succumbed to sluggish defensive pk
half and fell behind Tennessee Tec
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Guard Cheryl Autry, coming off th
needed offensive punch, said the t
together to win. "We were surpris
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TENNESSEE TECH. led by the a
point guard Pam Chambers, stage
with 13:57 when a three-point play
pulled the Eaglettes within five. When
USC tried a three-guard plo;
stop Tech's quick, small line-up
capitalized to gain the lead 23-22 wh?
hit a ten foot jumpshot. The lead the
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. hand and jumped out to a four point!
USC coach Pam Parsons said '
ranked in the top twenty pre-;
developing into a stronger team. "I
half was incredible because Tennec
percent from the field/'
Autry, who had 10 points in the f
ranked does affect the team. "We ca
being confident of the win and K
(realised at halftime we have to pis
game, no matter if it's the number
or An unranked team."
USC switched from a man-to-mar
zone in the second half, using a
1 * riefons*? to shut dnwn the nerimet
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i points.
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needed to control Chambers with t*
whole difference was the zone," Par
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ts a team up as a "Our zone was much n
n trying to make cutting their outside shot
anything inside."
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3 they struggled lead back to the Eaglet
ing 87-73 Monday who scored 20 points, mac
Using the zone defense
in the first half, Kiia jonnson ana uv
ly midway in the Gamecocks retook the le;
h 41-38 at the in- again.
USC's biggest lead was
e bench to supply a layup with 42 seconds o
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ed because they heaved a 25-foot jump she
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gained the upper ' the second."
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Tennessee Tech, FOSTER WAS boxed ir
season polls, is the first half, but adjustec
thought the first second and finished the
?ee Tech shot 62 rebounds and four steals.
Although Tennessee T?
{ame, said being Meadors said they conce
itie into the game "We had to match up w
guess everybody game in order to win U
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one ranked team Parsons said Tenness<
their quick point guard.'
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more aggressive when Chambers was Cont
er attack of the Meadors said USC w;
[h scorer with 21 balkiub, especially unde
used to playing.'"Iliey pu
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ro people, and the play like that in Tennesse
sons said.
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helped USC defensively,
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ook the lead 44-43 when Rita
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tes when Jerilynn, Harper,
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elyn Johnson, the Lady
id and never relinquished it
16 Doints. when Autrv marfp
n the clock. Autry made the
>uzzer sounding when she
>t to make the final score 87improving
with each game,
on. She's never been known
Marynell Meadors said the
Lrol the tempo of the game
on the inside. "We came out
luth Carolina take over, and
> felt like we needed to shut
lid the firg^ half, but didn't
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I to the Tech coverage in the
game with 16 points, four
sch relies on quick guards,
ntrated on the inside game,
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le game,-and we didn't do
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