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Three c USC bee By Michelle Burchette Gamecock Staff Writer It was the kind of game home-' town fans enjoy ? fast, exciting and close, but in the end the home team pulls it out in the clutch. The Gamecocks combined smart basketball and a killer instinct to beat Boston University 83-76. Playing a three guard offense, the Gamecocks set out to control the Terrier's unrelenting press and quickness. Acccording to head coach Frank McGuire, implementing the shorter, quicker ! offense was a spur of the moment idea, yet one which played a very important role in the win. "Boston Universitv is a verv I good pressing team and playing three guards was the answer," McGuire said. We had to get the ball inbounds and up the court. We had Cedriek come to meet the ball against the press and then give it back to the guards immediately. They were suprised." Starting with three guards brought Mike Doyle, Kenny Reynolds.and Zam Frederick in to pace the game while Cedriek Hordges and Jim Strickland tied up the middle FREDERICK agreed that stopping Boston's press was the reasoning ' behind the Gamecock's offensive lineup. "We knew their press is 40 minutes and and coach McGuire felt we should go with a smaller line up to handle the pressure." he said. "I think he inserted me because of my offense. I was getting the ball up against the press and adding a little offense to the team." Reynolds wasn't sure that the tall men could've kept up as well against the Terriers as the shorter players did. "They run up and down and I'm quite sure our big men couldn't have stayed with them. We couldn't have started a big lineup against their quick lineup," he said. W v >S Tfl|yrMr^nB Bft 1 ? fes? ' -'-.--P- - -['--. -Jr.-V -$?S J1 r c^iliHI Jlhj?H? j I 11 B^P^H vjajpr {ii& * Suzanne Woolston fires a pass QhiQ State defender looks on Monday. - juard offense aids its press, According to Doyle, breaking the Rnctnn nrncc \imic 1/nu (n (hn wvuvv/1 pi voo *? UO Uiu UVJ IV 11IVwhole game. "We knew they'd be pressing us and going into their running game and we felt with three guards we'd be able to keep up with them, but it turned out they had to keep up with us," he said. "Coach McGuire put me in the middle and told me to handle it," Doyle added. "He told me to dish it off because I had a guard on either side of me since we went with the three guard offense." In one of his best shooting nights ever, Doyle took control of the JBMBHg Mike Do y/e game, breaking the Boston zone with precise peri meter shooting. The 6-5 senior lead the team with 24 points-his highest scoring total on the season. "This year I haven't had the opportunity to shoot as much with Cedrick scoring a lot of the points and taking most of the shots," Doyle said."I feel I've been pretty unselfish the whole year by sacrificing shots inside. But, tonight I went out there and I knew that maybe if I increased my point production somehow it wouldn't be so close. Most of the games this mmm W III llBWH ijy!fim j. ninn' tt * "4^B to a teammate as a bewildered in the Lady Gamecocks win - i cause T erners year that I have scored well in we've won." "MIKE PLAYEI) very well tonight. He played with such intensity," McGuire said of the Bronx, N.Y. native. "He was hit, but boy he was tough, and he only lost the ball twice. I think he played one of his best games." While McGuire praised several team members for their individual efforts, he stressed that the game was a team endeavor-."Tonight was a team game. They all played well. Tommy Wimbush went in there and played well, Darmody played a few minutes and Mike had a great game," he said. "It was not a game you eould substitute in." The game was elose all the way. In the first half, the lead changed hands six times and no team held more than a five point lead. Mid-way through the second half,Doyle,Hordges and Frederick capitalized on three fast breaks to give the Gamecocks a nine point lead. Using the zone defense, Carolina tried to control Boston's one power shooter, Steve Wright, who was the scoring leader in the game with 27 points and 12 rebounds. "They only had one guy (Wright) who looked to put the ball up," Fredrick said. "He was shooting everything down the floor and we felt like if we could play zone and keep a hand in his face we'd have a good chance of winning the game." Reynolds said weakness in Carolina's man-to-man is one reason they employed the zone against Boston. "Our man-to-man is a little weak and we need to work on it. Playing the zone we cut down on fouls, he said. Reynolds added that the zone was more effective thanks to the presence of Fredick and Doyle. Aam ana Mine arc excellent shooters. When you have Zam in the game you have See Gamecocks, page 13 Foste Women ft Bv Tammw Kilnatrink Gamecock Staff Writer The last few games of the seaso derestimated by some teams looki regional playoffs, but the success! overlooks a young team hungry for an The USC lady Gamecocks kept tl during a second-half scoring run by defeated them easily 75-47 in atune-u| playoffs. Freshman Evelyn Johnson said US to overlook any competition even tl are right around the corner. "We doi concentrating on any game becaust team could come in and beat us, so v team at a time," she said. ISC MKASL'HKI) up lo the Lady B quickly gaining the lead after tradir the visitors in the opening minutes ( The Lady Gamecocks built the lea( spread of 23 with the help of hot outsid Cheryl Autry and Johnson. "We were working on trying to swin side." said Autry, who scored eight half to give USC momentum. "The sink off the middle, so we'd pass to th they'd be open." Ohio State's Kim Jordan coupled formance with good defense, but was her team to null Hns** tho i ;?rK; -- - - g V V/ Vl?*_ ?iUV4J Vi an The second half was a little rough Gamecocks in the beginning. USC d three minutes whilp Ohio ran points, managing to pull within 17 be the hot hand again. Sparked by a 20-fc Johnson, the Lady Gamecocks rebuii to 21 points with a turnaround jur Foster with 6:51 left in the game. T? the tempo once again, USC used bu< Becky Parker and Cindy Ilawl to buil points against the visibly tiring Ohio S Coach Parsons said Ohio Sta v? if." k J M ?*? ?^?Sfci$*e?eiBl^:, ^wfcJ'MHWI^^^ USC guard Zam Fredrick leaps o\ defender for two points during Mor Terriers. r, Johnson lead rout ine up with percentage wise, but g< lead gave the Lady Gai n might be un- flat in the second half ii y%rt Mrl I Urt 14 mil ~ 4 ' ti? luwdi u me ii^i mi wt'ii liuill lilt* (. ul team never when you're up by 20." i upset. heir composure SKNIOK CYNTIIIA J Ohio State and grabbed eight rebour p for the coming defensive play. "Cynthi ballplayer since Old Do C can not afford started driving to the b lough regionals for us inside. I think that n't have trouble Johnson, who had 11 p e we know any Ohio State had a good I /e're taking one USC's early lead hurt tb the first half they couli game." uckeyes attack, lg buckets with The Lady Buckeyes : )f the first half. percent from the floor, b \ to a halftime and turned the ball over I ? _ l. ^ A * - i* - - ? le snooung irom trie Lady Gamecocks. Foster led the Lady (1 g the ball to one points and had seven rel points the first Walling contributing ten defense would Parsons has started d e other side and weeks in order to utilize l to interchange the star a lfi point per- vinced it doesn't matter unable to spark now." she said. lecocks. er for the Lady The critical stage in id not score for cording to Parsons, wil ii vi^iii anaigm ruauy ut'iicvc now lo sn fore USC found out strong against a teai >ot jumper from especially in the first rou It the lead back The I^ady Gamecocks nper by Sheila State tonight in Orangeb iking control of over the 11179 Division II < :kets by Autry, Walling said the game Id the lead to 28 Orangeburg. "It's going l tate. there because of the cro te outshot USC can beat them," she said S ? - 'iM > : ^ Jsn EST iL^flf Mtkai* i/er a Boston University 'day night's win over the big win )od rebounding and the early iiecocksthe victory. "We fell ) their two-three zone. We did tutside, but that can happen acobs scored five points and ids in sparking the USC a Jacobs has been a different minion," Parsons said. "She asket and doing more things was a factor tonight." ioints and four rebounds, said team, especially Jordan, but em. "They were so far behind :ln't really get back into the shot 47 percent to USC's 43 ut were outrebounded 40 to 29 29 times compared to 13 for amecocks in scoring with 16 bounds, with Autry and Jean and nine points respectively, ifferent line-ups the last two the bench fully. "We're going ting roles because I'm conwho starts on the team, right the team's maturity, acl'come in the regionals. "I ow our maturity is to come n we beat by over 20 points, nd." s will face South Carolina >urg. USC won the last game champions by over 20 points. will be difficult to win in to be tough to beat them over wd, but there's no doubt we i I