Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I jgdSBBHBpL BL ^M 111111r. .p f Forward Jean Walling com Saturday against North Caro convincing win over the Tar h pressive 21-3 record. use losi not like th By Steve Riddell Assistant Sporis Editor It wasn't like the old days. The players weren't quite as good. The crowd was too small and much too quiet. The spirit and emotion just couldn't equal the memories of the past. r I -l tu.,< l.*?..... I, ivujiiv lail^ nupt-u inui riuun. McGuire's 16th and final Gamecock squad could pull off an upset and beat 12th ranked Notre Dame Saturday at the Carolina Coliseum. They hoped McGuire could go out with a bang. But it was not to be. The Fighting Irish went out on the court and whipped the Gamecocks handily 90-66. The margin could have been even greater had Irish coach Digger Phelps not substituted freely during the last four minutes of the game. Notre Dame came to Columbia expecting a tough game. "Two years ago down here we let Carolina dictate the tempo and got beat by five," Phelps said. "I^ist voar ;it Snnfh Hond woonlv won bv J ?'? ? nine. We know Carolina would be looking for an emotional win to use as an uplift for a possible NIT bid." CAROLINA STAVKI) close to the Irish in the early going. The two teams traded baskets during the first five minutes, but then the Irish broke loose and ran off.eight unanswered points to take a 16-8 lead. Carolina then started missing shots and gave the Irish second and third chances on the offensive boards. When t^e .balf c.n.clcjct ,t}ie Gamecocks had shot only 36 - ^Sil! '^"jra. i&fy5pte<1 ; m Mfc^Tj^^RHHC^Sra^^^MBFrPPilP, .3 Kusscll K. I'at e-<;AMKC (K'K nects on another hook shot Una in the Lndy Gamecocks fee/s. (JSC now sports an ims to Irish e old days percent from the floor and trailed by a 38-21 margin. The Carolina scoring drought continued in the second half. The Gamecocks scored only five points during the first five minutes of the half while Notre Dame scored 11 and opened up a 49-26 lead. The Irish continued to build the lead, but Carolina bounced back and made a run at them with 14 minutes left in the game. Trailing 58-30, Gamecock guard Mike Doylehit a 22-foot jumper to start a run that saw the Gamecocks,outscore the Irish 15-2 and cut the deficit to 60-45. The Irish.called a time-out, regrouped and then ran off eight unanswered points in a minute to restore their lead and once again take over control of the game. See Gamecocks, page 1 1 iEi^83^. HHte^. 1 Hp^r |i?]f SmV jJhPBS^ K^ ^1 Bsi 9 5^Kc9H& aHTj^L ' v |MHHI Lady Ga to defea By Tammy Kilpatrick Gamecock Staff Writer Sometimes losing by a big margin can help a team more than it harms them. It makes the players more determined to work together to win. The USC Lady Gamecocks benefited from their degeat at the hands of powerful Old Dominion last week by realizing that execution is the name of the game when it comes to winning, and win they did. defeating North Carolina 94-62 Saturday at Carolina Coliseum. The Lady Gamecocks, who shot only 28 percent from the floor in me ursi nan agamsl Old Dominion, shot 50 percent against UNC and jumped out to a commanding 12-3 lead when Sheila Foster hit a 20-foot jump shot with 14:06 left in the first half. USING GOOD perimeter shooting to open up the North Carolina zone, the Lady Gamecocks built their lead steadily throughout the half with fast breaks and hot outside shooting. The Lady Tar Heels attempted a comeback with a little over five minutes left in the half wnen iviereaun wnue, nign scorer for UNC. put in a jumper to make the score 29-23. But the Lady Gamecocks quickly recovered their poise and built the lead to a 16-point cushion at halftime. Coach Fam Parsons said her young team is growing with every game, and the Old Dominion defeat helped them realize the <iMs^b m mb ' * :T.; :' , |^p ^ <-\!%^r <^K??P?;S: i ''--^^ryfSFL Biillp HI 4 Hi it hMHHHk USC forward Tommy Wimbu watch as Notre Dame's Kelly i past him toward the basket duri mecocks it North C importance of execution. "I felt they executed," she said. "After playing basketball and were finding the person that was open." she said. SKMOR CYNTHIA Jacobs provided scoring power as well as rebounding strength against UNC by scoring 15 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. She agreed that execution is important. "We learned a lot after our loss to Old Dominion, and we learned that in order to win you must execute." : i?iiJ: J *?? A ? ? - A siit' vSaiu. weuiu very win lonigni. We were going to the boards much better and all around played a much better ballgame." A key to the Lady Gamecocks ry y'flML a* lliBBgfijfil j^r - >A*' W?X' ; ^Bjli^^BLjlBs#iiiiiwSiS|i ^nHH^fl|. gHSggtr a^gjj v Sri*.-- tr-z.jpj^jr . - - . . n mm m fsh can only 90-66 Ioss tc Tripuka drives Phelps (insert) ng Saturday 's that Old Dominion loss, they saw what execution was, because Old Dominion executed to perfection." The team has worked on team play since the Old Dominion game, and the results showed against North Carolina according to Parsons. "There were spots where we weren't organized, but basically tonight a lot of times our offense was clicking. We were 'There's not too many teams who can use the whole bench like we can...' Becky Parker rebound N * ~ .arolina success was the offensive and defensive strength in rebounding. USC outrebounded North Carolina 51-32 and shut down UNC's leading scorer and rebounder, Bernie McGlade. McGlade, averaging 14 points a game, scored only 11 points and pulled down three rebounds against the taller USC lineup. The Lady Gamecocks ran off 12 straight points at the start of the second half before UNC scored with 14:51 left in the game. USC,' continued to dominate the scoring and rebounding while building their lead to the final 32-point deficit. Parsons substituted freely during the game, often sending in five fresh players at a time to replace those on the floor. Starter Becky Parker, who scored 14 points and pulled down four rebounds, said substituton works to USC's advantage. "There's not too many teams who can use the whole bench like we can. It doesn't hurt us to put anybody in." she said TIIK CROWD of 2,672 came alive the second half when guard Sharon Rivers made two attempts to steal the ball from a determined \'orth Carolina ballhandler. The Lady Gamecocks had 14 steals to 10 lor North Carolina, with Cheryl Autry and Jacobs having three each. Sophomore Suzanne Woolston. who scored 12 points coming off the bench, said she has regained her instinct to win after sitting on the bench. "She (Parsons) has taken See Woman, page 10 rWMHK * " ' " V* ' \ ^38BaBBBMHBy**. A. ^ ^Hp'-: j| a ; JMg '? ' -.^jj^B tT ? I |j||| R r.;.! Ii ~~-\- '-"-='< --:~ ~-T-,-~ -: ~';? ' - - H ~ .',:. \V$?* ** > the Irish. R&jRWC>ach Digger looks on from ttjj&jfiidelines. I^HE'