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While the top three team!
remain the same, there have beer
several major changes in thii
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rankings.
On the strength of two victories,
Sigma Nu remains the top team for
the third consecutive week. The
Sigma Nu's check in with a perfect
3-0 record. Kappa Alpha and
Omega Psi Phi both claimed easy
wins and remain in the numbertwo
and three positions.
The alteration in the order of
teams begins with the fourth spot.
Pi Kappa Phi moves up from their
fifth spot with a 37-point victory
over Sigma Phi Epsilon. Columbia
Hall, which drops from fourth to
seventh this week, split in its two
games. The dormitory division
team defeated Wade Hampton
Hotel and suffered its first defeat
of the season 38-36 to Snowden.
MOVING UP three notches to
number five is Kappa Alpha Psi.
The Kappas have been improving
with each game and this week
bombed Phi Kappa Psi by a huge
100-21 margin. Occupying the sixth
spot is another improving ball
club, Thorn well.
Air Force ROTC, which dropped
to the 10th spot last week, moves
.back up to Jthe number-eight spot j
this week on the strength of two |
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v?o/ nuu. mdAcy, a perennial
dorm powerhouse makes its first j
appearence in this year's ratings'^
at number 10 with a convincing win ,
over previously unbeaten Douglas,
There are two firsts in this
week's ratings. For the first time
ever, a Gamecock league team has
cracked the top ten. Checking in at
Lady Gamecocks
win 18th
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jt,veiyn jonnson, wno was nign
scorer for the Lady Gamecocks
with 19 points and pulled down 12
rebounds in a well-rounded performance,
said the win was a
matter of determination on the
part of USC. "Everybody was
determined they weren't going to
ourtrebound us, they weren't going
to outplay us and they weren't
going to win."
JOHNSON SAII) defense was
important in the game. "We got a
little sloppy with our defense, but
we came back the second half and
got it all together.'' .
Hita Johnson and Suzahne
Woolston provided offensive punch
and floor leadership for the Lady;,,
Gamecocks during the game.
Woolston scored all of her eight
points in the first half to spark
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and pulling down four rebounds.
Johnson had 16 points and seven
assists coupled with three steals to
put the Lady Gamecocks in control
of the game,
USC shot only .43 percent from
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Eaglettes shot 62 perc6ttt'. Tennessee
Tech still outshot the Lady '
Gamecocks in the second half 48
percent to 45 percent, but only
connected on 10 baskets compared
to 19 for USC.
Jacobs said after halftime the
team was more intense. ''We came
out with more intensity and we
were hitting the boards a little
harder. We made some key steals
and some key rebounds at just the
right time."
Pleased with the number-six
ranlriricr Pnrsnns sniri thp tfjim is ,
now shooting for the top live.
"We're one notch away from five,
but this team can do it."
USC travels to Penn State to play
in the Lady Lion Classic Feb. 8 and
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changes
ly ratings
5 number nine is Irmo Alumni. Also,
i for the first time in four years,
> Alpha Phi Alpha does not appear
1 among the ten best teams in intramural
basketball. The Alphas
have been disappointing as they
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.uai uoin oi ineir contests this
season.
Also missing from this week's
rankings is AFRO, which dropped
a 57-55 decision to Beta Alpha Fsi.
1. Sigma Nu (3-0)
2. Kappa Alpha (2-0)
3. Omega PsiPhi (2-0)
4. Pi Kappa Phi (2-0)
5. Kappa Aloha P.?/
6. Thomwell (2-0) j
7. Columbia Hall (3-1)
8. AFROTC (3-0)
9. Irmo Alumni (2-0)
10.Maxcy (2-1)
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everyone goes out on the
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and Saturday is a joke. You
literally have to walk in the
streets. It seems even more
crowded than New York to me."
Argentina is a military state,
and, according to Gilloon, this has
its advantages. "There isn't murh
crime. People are not scared to
walk the streets. The only pain is
that there is always someone
checking your documents. They'll
stop a whole bus and check
everybody out sometimes."
There are two other former USC
players in South America. Karlton
Hilton and Billy Truitt are playing
on a team in Cordorba. "It's in the
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