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Assistant Sports Editor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Coacl
Frank McGuire's last trip up
Tobacco Road ended on a positive
note as his 16th and fina
Gamecock squad pulled out a 78-7'
overtime victory over Davidsoi
Saturday night at the Charlotte
Coliseum.
The Gamecocks endured ai
anxious moment at the end o
regulation time when with th*
score knotted at 71, the Wildcat':
top scorer Rich DiBenedetto threv
up a 12-foot jump shot that almos
dropped. In the overtime however
Carolina prevailed.
"You have to be good to win,'
McGuire said, "but you have to b<
lucky too."
Carolina dominated the contes
in the first half in much the sam
way they controlled East Carolin;
at home on Thursday night. Cente
[ Gamec
By Brett L. Frtodlandi
Sport* Editor
The sixth-ranked USC Lad)
I won the Lady Lion Classic i
j Park, Pa. this weekend as exj
j wasn't as easy as coach Pam P
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Iuuuugm 11 wuuiu ue.
USC fought back from a nir
time deficit to defeat host Pern
championship game 71-70.
featured a wild finish in
Gamecock guard Rita Johnsor
from the game. The pre
Carolina swamped Michigan
preliminary round contest.
SHEILA FOSTER, who pace
ooints and 14 rebounds, con
1 three-point play with 27 secon<
her team its first lead of the
seconds later, Johnson stole
| drove in for the layup that wo
the game out of reach,
j But the 5-5 guard was fouled,
whistle had been blown, a fig
between the two teams. Whe
! restored, Johnson was chai
technical foul and ejected frc
after she missed her free
nd jams it home for two point
made the key defense play
getsT<
Jim Strickland and forw
i Cedrick Hordges paced a Carol
) attack that in the early gc
? opened up a 17-8 lead. Gua
j Kenny Reynolds and Mike Dc
7 continually fed the ball inside
|- the big men who went to work
5 the smaller Davidson squad.
-) THOMAS WIMBUSH hit 01
f turn-around jumper with
? minutes left in the half
5 give Carolina the biggest lead t
v would have all night at 27-14.
I The Wildcats bounced b
behind the deadly perimc
shooting/Of Cliff Tribus (7-11,
points) and the inside moves
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lead to five at 29-24, but Strickl
I continued to pace an aggres;
e Carolina offense and
a Gamecocks held a 44-35 edge
r intermission.
ocks win
State's Corinne
foul shot and pi
r Gamecocks at 71-70. More
n University awarded to the I
!>ected, but it On the inl
arsons' team replacement Ch
stealing the pas
le point half- to preserve the >
n State in the The Lady Gai
The game the half, thank
which Lady Penn State. The
i was ejected shots in the op
vious night, which came froi
i 84-50 in a strong inside pi
to whittle the 1<
the Lady Lions i
d USC with 27
nected on a
Is left to give FOSTER WAS
> day. A few double figures a
the ball and field goal attenr
>uld have put State with 21 poi
Friday, the U
and after the easier time, dc
;ht broke out five players in
n order was ranked team in
ged with a Wolverines thei
m the game against just six \
throw. Penn With Parsons
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s against Davidson Jin
f in OT to iift the 77 vi
robot
abaccc
ard Davidson kept chipping ;
lina the Carolina lead by usinj
ling press and eventually tied tl
rds at 69 with 4:30 left in reg
>yle "We lost our momentun
; to they started the zone
; on Strickland said. "We just v
of our offense."
When the Wildcats fo
n a turnover at the four minuti
10 they went into a slow down
to to hold for the final shoi
ney several iouis, oiricKiana
key free throws which
ack matched by Wildcat guai
iter Perkey to send it into overti
, 14 In the overtime sessii
; of Gamecocks fell behind I
cks points quickly, but Strickl
and back two of them on a di
sive was fouled. He missed t
the throw, but Hordges grabl
; at board and put it in to tie th
at 75.
Lady Lu
Gulas made the technical ?
llled her team to within one (
importantly, the ball was t
>ady Lions. I
sounds play, Johnson's t
eryl Autry saved the day by i
5 and running out the clock
victory. ?
mecocks fell behind 43-34 at s
s to some hot shooting by <
home team made 20 of its 30 t
ening 20 minutes, most of I
n long range. But behind the
av of Foster. USC was able t
sad down until they caught t
n the closing seconds. 1
t
i the only Carolina player in t
is she connected on 12 of 17 r
ipts. Pam Martin led Penn i
nts. c
idy Gamecocks had a much r
Seating Michigan. Putting
double figures, the sixth ii
the nation dealt the Lady /
ir 16th loss of the season f
vins. s
using her bench liberally o
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ctory over Davidson. Strick/an
tnds in the OT victory.
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5 a zone to miss that he wou
le score because he never sho
ulation. too hard on foul shots
1 when said. "I cut in quickly ?
press," the shot and just put in
yent out big lift to get those foui
tie it up."
reed a The Gamecocks tra
e mark, one with 30 seconds rt
offense the overtime period,
L. After Fredrick pumped in a 1
hit two shot to push Carolina a
i were winning 78-77 margin
d Rich then got back on defen
me. the play of the game,
sn, the Davidson brought the
Dy four court needing only a ba
and got it, but after a missed sh<
ink and ball was fought for on tl
he free then it bounced off
t>ed the player and headed out
le score but Fredrick hustled to
instead of trying to pas:
Dn Classi
ind substituting in units, th
Gamecocks put the issue to resl
lalftime intermission. On the
Michigan committed an unbelie1
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ntbe process.
Becky Parker, who came off U
ind played just 18 minutes, led her
(coring with 19 points. Rita ,
Cynthia Jacobs, Foster and Evelyn
iach contributed 10 points to the I
JSC attack.
Jacobs grabbed 12 rebounds to 1<
earns. The Lady Gamecocks outre
he Lady Wolverines 45-34. The wi
JSC's record to 20-2.
Wednesday, Carolina faces its
ask of the season as the Lady Gai
pquoI (a Unannlro \Tn Ia tnlrn
1CITVI W AWUIIVIVV, TO.I IU UIIKC
anked Old Dominion. Last seas
ipset the Lady Monarchs for their <
>f the year here in Columbia. ODIJ
national championship a year ago.
The Monarchs feature two All-Ar
n Nancy Leiberman and 6-5 Inge
i\so playing this year for ODU
reshman Anne Donnovan. Thai
hould test the USC zone defense
ne of the best in the nation.
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fl_ T-" LT ^[J^^(|p-i^--3-?y-v5S
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for a short jump shot i
d scored 28 points and
LOT \
K was going one ?1's ^
Id be short ?vei" every(
ots the bali backcourt.
Hordges scramble ba<
anticipating ranoutin.
It was a I wanted
r points and cou^ to mak
way back up
iled up by sa^- I was
?maining in any of our gi
but Zam clock to rune
7-foot jump * re^rick s
head by the game out of r
^ i?s?i. held on for
ri ITVJi .
se to make Davidson s r
16 mark.
ball up the STRICKLE
isket to win P'ay?r in ^
Dt, the loose ~ J
lebaseline, Carolina
a Carolina ree^un^:
of bounds, i J!1^' !
save it and l 2 l zone J
s the ball to Pretty much
first few ju
?| confidence."
J Hordges s
[| ^ pulled down
Wimbushad<
e Lady Scants. Wh
t by the ^ave to get
came Hordges sai(
t-able 36 triedtogettl
22 steals The guard
of the Gam
ie bench c0"tflit ,"E
team in and that m.
Johnson 8etting ope
"The guard!
>a la need real wel1 anc
shots."
ead both thit nav
bounded I this one tl
in raises I dropped a
. . . Carolina
toughest dominated ii
mecocks then had to Y
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{ T game comir
onty loss ||alf .. McGu
won the to get this eii
of a winning:
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r a188?1? b? at home 1
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height Eagles have
which is late and
Gamecocks.
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hauled down 10
imr\
win:.
'animates, he threw it
)ne's heads into the
Davidson had to
[?k to get it as the clock
to throw it as far as I 1
e them bring it all the
' the court," Fredrick
n't trying to get it to
jys. I just wanted the
?uton them."
heads-up play put the
each. The Gamecocks
their 14th win while
ecord dropped to a 7
VND WAS the key
2 game. He scored 28
a personal high at
and hauled down 10
rhe jumper was just
said. "They were in a
and, the middle was
open. When I hit the
mpshots it gave me
cored 19 points and
nine rebounds while
ded 16 points and eight
en someone is hot you
the ball to them,"
i. "Strick was hot so I
in Kail inoi/lo f A him "
sv man iiioiuc iu lit til.
5 accounted for only 11
ecocks points in the
veryone was moving
sans the front line is
>n," Wimbush said,
s were passing inside
I we were getting open
IECOCKS almost lest
le same way they
decision to East
Thursday. They
n the early going and
lang on for the win. "I ^
it of the East Carolina
ig out in the second
ire said. "We are glad
i because it assures us
season."
cocks next game will
'hursday night against
ssittippi. The Golden
! been playing well of ^
should test the
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