The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 14, 1980, Page Page 9, Image 11
rn a
ODn swee
to claim int
By Steve Riddell
Assistant Sports Editor
The Student Bar Association overcame some hot
first half shooting by KA to come back and post a 63
4ft virtorv in the intramural haslcpfhall finale at tho
p.e. center Tuesday night.
Bill Weeks of SBA dominated the boards and
worked inside offensively against a much smaller KA
squad to lead his team to the victory. Weeks popped
in 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the cham
pionship game and was named the Most Valuable
Piaver in the intramural tournament
"We took it to them inside," said the 6-10 MVP
"We were physically stronger. Our rebounding won il
for us. They did not get the boards."
"He played a Walton-type game," teammate
Stewart Feldrnan said of Weeks in reference to Bil
Walton of the NBA San Diego Clippers . "He was
awesome and just played a great game."
Feldrnan scored nine points for SBA and moved the
ball around wen. eraig Bower chipped in 12 points toi
SBA and pulled down eight rebounds while guarc
Mark Sumwalt scored eight to help the SBA cause
Billy Gause pumped in 17 points for the losers in
eluding five 3 -pointers.
"U K KiNKW that Gause was good/' Bower said
,4U//?\;n fidainct i?i tlw* Qtii/*lnn( U'n
IT V V V- piUJVU U^CIIIIOl >11111 111 IIIV k7 I UV.lv 111 I >C11
league, so we knew he'd be tough "
Cause hit toui of the seven three-point shots h<
threw up in the first half, but in the second half SB/
managed to shut him off. The aggressive SUA defensi
went out on KA's perimeter shooters and played then
tight. Gause hit only one three-pointer in the secont
half and was hekftoonly five points down the stretch
"We concentrated on stopping (]ause in the seconc
half," Sumwalt said. "We put our three front men or
defense right out on their guards to try to shut otl tha
Defeat 16th ran
Tennis tear
By Wiilie T. Smith ranked team
Gamecock Staff Wfiter AllOIlSaS Tf
Thp rhararter of a t?ood team is mntr?h nnintc
i supposed to show after adversity. ranked 11th
The USC men s tennis team lost 5-4 at Cler
I showed they had plenty of that as
I they shook off an early season TIIK (iA\
1 defeat to beat Kith-ranked Wichita their ability t
State 6-3 at the Sam Daniel Tennis they fought bi
a Center Tuesday to lift their record 3.0 jn the ma
(3^ to 8-1. time it looked
"I woe \nniTi?fl -iKmi 1 ( lhi? nmtfli ...? r <\ ? -J
It ?T U.J " . .v v. Up j -v; uun \vu
i especially after our disappointing the gUVS jlu,
loss at Georgia," coach Ron Smarr SmaiT said. '
said. "Some of the guys are still them."
feeling the effect of that match,
such as Ulf and Peter. They "This matcl
probably lost as badly as they ever a lot for our
have in singles today." Arthur Anast<
"It's really to their credit that guys were pla
they could come back and win in today and wi
doubles the way they did," Smarr fidence, but w
added. "Wichita State is a fine to win, which
team. They are now 10-4. They lost will give us
15-4 to Arkansas, wno is tne bin- goinginiome
Lady Garriec
dump Southet
i Bv Michelle Burchette
IGamacock Staff Wrttar
Riding on the strength of freshman Evelyn John:
Lady Gamecocks outlasted the Trojans of Souther
win the first round of the AIAW National Playoffs in
Scoring a career high 25 points, Johnson pa<
halftime lead with precise shooting and good ball c<
According to coach Piam Parsons, "Evelyn hit tl
than she's hit the open player all season."
USC Sports information Director, Lancia singer,
dominated the first half for Carolina. "The first
Johnson," she said. "She was driving in and pul
jump shots. They were all going in for her. She w
the first half."
IN THE SECOND half, however, Johnson be
Trojans played with more intensity, according to Si
With 7 25 left in the match Southern Cal closed tl
senior Cynthia Jacobs came alive to save the Lady <
Jacobs, who had only four points at the time, sai
and several free throws to widen Carolina's lead
game with 12 points and four rebounds, while f<
scored 17 Doints and crabbed a game high 11 rebou
According to Parsons the key to the match wa
Cal's press. "They had a hard time stopping our fiv
"They thought they could press us, but they were i
With a 27-5 record the I^dy Gamecocks will trav
fQ/io Mnrtliiiinc<tnrn ( Iniimrcif in th<> i;wnnH miln(I
*MVV Ml/I VII VY VOli/l ? \~J 111 T VI v"" ^
Saturday. ?
nc riact K A H
ramural title I
three point shot. We matched up with them outside HB
almost like we were playing them man-to-man." ppl
The two teams traded baskets in the opening BgJJ
minutes of thp mntpst hilt th#?n KA ant hn? fmm thoKUSi
perimeter and jumped out to a 19-14 lead. When they Bpj|
cooled off, SBA went to work. With 10 minutes leftRSS
' before intermission, SBA went on a rampage out-Kgl?
scoring the KAs 19-3 during an eight minute stretch. jpSl
W EEKS A ND Bower led the assault that catapulted K&
SBA into a commanding 33-22 lead with only two Bps
minutes left in the half. They consistently got easy
12-foot jump shots, and when they missed, they H?|
pulled down the rebounds and got second and third Bechances.
The KAs pulled together to halt the SBA run R|?
and fought back to within nine at 37 -28 when the half
' ended.
>
SBA lost the momentum and allowed the scrappy !;1
t W A o in /tlimK Konl/ inf/\ thn rlomn i ?"* Wolf
ivno iu V.UIUU ua^i\ uiiv/ iu\, ^011it in in^r otvuiiu nan.
With 14 minutes left in the contest, Gause hit a threefcg
I pointer for KA Teammate Brant Bahnmuller then hit Hgi
a turnaround jumper that was followed by a David 1;"^
Kstefano baseline drive that pulled the KAs to within I ': '
four at 41 -37 . SBA then ran off six unanswered points I
r\ nin I / \ i>t In ?-v\ *\ n rl Im i 1 r\ 4 K f\* n 1 t~v r\ r *\r I i t\
iaj u ^cuu tue i iiiFiiiv ii itini dim uuuu iii^ii icau uci^iv ffsafts:
TIIK KAS KAI.l.IKI) again with four minutes left
e? in the game and cut the lead to five at 53-48. but they !??
^ never scored again. SBA ran off 10 straight points toHgl
? end the game and clinch the championship. |^'52
i "I credit the KAs because they came out here to Bp?
1 plav and gave us a real good game." Bower said.^^
"They were shooting hot in the til'st half, but they
1 couldn't keep it up."
i "We are real pleased to win," Weeks said. "This is <
t what we all hoped for when t he season began." J J
iked Witchita State kj
sm 4
n wins match
$
in the country, at Peter MacDonald. who lost his I"
ley also had two singles match, came back to team I
on Clemson, who is up with Brian McDonald to win the jj
in the country, but fifth and deciding Doint in a close I
nson." three-set match 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. "It
was three-all after singles, and this j
1KCOCKS showed team is ranked 16th nationally,
0 come back when and we needed a win to break into
ick from being down the top 20." MacDonald said. "It
tch to win. "At one was really important, so there was
1 like they would be no way not to get psyched font."
i'd be in trouble, but
ug right in there," "I Jl'ST played poorly in
Tm really proud of singles," MacDonald said. "It was
not that 1 wasn't psyched -the guy
just soil of outclassed me today."
l is really going to do The Gamecocks continued to get
confidence." senior sumrisint?lv yood nlav from their
x o'?/ n I ./
ipoulo said. "A lot of number-one seed Arthur
ying a little tentative Anastopoulo. "The first set I really
ith a little less con- played badly," Anastopoulo said,
e played well enough "I think a lot of it had to do with
is good. I think this concentration. I've been staying up
a lot of confidence late studying for exams, and that
next match." hasn't helped any. I think right
f now i can piay Deuer man i nave
IE C? been playing."
One player who has shown
1| consistent play over the season is
*1fi C Chuck Hodgin, although he is still
* ? far from pleased with his play. "My
confidence is still not where it
? ti J mi _t:ii
aiiuuiu uc, nwigui saiu. i m j?uil
son, the sixth-ranked struggling."
ti California 70-60 to
California. Hodgin said he thought the \
ced USC to a 41-27 turning point in his doubles match
>ntrol. was caused by the Wichita State
ie open player better players. "I think the turning point
was when the Wichita State team
added that Johnson got Ulf a little riled up with some
half was all Evelyn questionable calls," Hodgin said.
u?rt urt rtr. oiaht-fnnt "He fcist nlaved unbelievably well.
up VII VIglli ?vvv J I ^
as the whole show in He really pulled me through."
PETTERSSON AGREED with
gan to tire and the Hodgin that some bad calls got him
inger. fired up for the match. "We were
he score to 56-50, but down love 40 on my serve," Pet- I
CJamecocks. tersson said. "He called mv serve
nk two quick baskets 0ut, and it was clearly in. After that
. Jacobs finished the i just got mad and really played
Drward Sheila Fbster well for that game. Chuck and I
inds. hadn't been playing well at all
s breaking Southern before today, but I think from now :
'e big girls," she said. 0n we'll beg lot better."
neffective." The Gamecocks will be back in
al fa GNianctnn T11 tr? a! i ?- ? 2 ?
iu u?., vw acnon tomorrow me
of the tournament on University of Virginia at the Sam I
tianiel Tennis Center at 2 p.m. .
mpi^H l^fiaBBWxiBBEwPWBB^BBBB^^^ff^^^^SHBKf.: . jHfl
l^^>r>: ' - '
s,j; l ^j^-; VXecs';s*
'^^^BffiSHi?fei^>'-': !im , MPMMWM
SB A guard Mark Sum wait fights for the rebound with KA s
ee Richards under the boards in the intramural championship
jame. SBA won the title with a solid 63 48 victory.
?.? .
Women netters
keep winning
By Tammy Kilpatrick
Gamecock Staff Writer
The USC women's tennis team combined consistent singles play with
confidence to defeat the College of Charleston 8-1 Tuesday. j
Ranked second in Division II, College ot Charleston struggled against
the stronger Division I UvSC team. The Lady Gamecocks, upping their
record to 7-0, easily handled the College of Charleston in singles playbut
had to battle to win two of the three doubles matches. ;
Coach Jeff Kefalos said College of Charleston is a good team ?a power
in their division. "It's sort of deceptive when you win 8-1 because some
of the matches were close." he said.
He believes the team is playing better as the season progresses and
their confidence builds. "We're building toward the Florida trip," he
said. The Lady Gamecocks will take on four top 20 teams during spring
break on a road trip to Florida.
Number-one seed Susan Smith struggled in the first set before
overpowering Dianne Gilruth 6-4,6-2. Smith was leading 4-1 in the first
set when Gilruth won three straight games, tying the set, but Smith
regained her composure to win the match. "I shouldn't have let her
come back," Smith said. "I got a little sloppy and didn't concentrate."
Smith, who has beat Gilruth three times before, said she used lobs to
break Gilruth's consistent baseline play.
College of Charleston coach Billy Silcox said USC played a higher level
of tennis than his team did. "We're not tough enough to play this team
yet," he said. "They 're fast and in shape, witn gooa concentration in me
close matches."
Second seed Collette Bennett defeated Ram MUcfcrU for the fourth
straight time 6-4, 6-2, while fourth seed Ellen GBfteider struggled
through the first two sets before defeating Maggie HaSftftigs 4-6,6-4,6-0.
Carol Flillerton, seeded third, defeated Evelyn Castillo 6-1,7-5 in the
first set before Castillo gained momentum. "The second set I began to
lose my concentration," Flillerton admitted.4i relaxed a little bit." j
Her confidence in matches is increasing as the season progresses, she
said. "That (confidence) will come with playing matches and being
under pressure a little more," she said.
Fifth seed Carol Renz handled College of Charleston's I^ee King easily
6-1, 6-3. Although she has a powerful first serve, King had trouble
? _n :? i_ i i.i ?
Keeping ll in, ailUWlllg iuui*. lu ui^iin. IICI vc win uuni 9CU).
"I was surprised that I was able to break her serve as much as I did.
The games I lost were when I was serving," Renz said.
Sixth seed Grace Barrie beat Ali Wall 6-0,6-0 in em easy match. "I was
playing well," Barrie said. "I made her work forthe point if she won it."
College of Charleston, now 3-1, proved tougher in doubles matches.
First seed doubles Ggilruth and Castillo beat USC's Bennett and
" ??? ? ? ? ? ? :- _11 .t?I 1 ? t 1.. .
ruiienon o-t, t-o, o*h in *.<uneg?M?i icaiuu ? umy vitmiy. oinmi auui
Ikffinoai l/\/\l *\r\f*\*\ g\t \ IJf aof in rfc an/l W in (f ? 41 _.l tlrhllo Rah 7 QnH UqITIO I
IVLld^^ IVkllUUI UC1UUICU 1 laoi 11150 aim VI ?i , W t , V? miv IIMU. UII\? ? IV I
defeated Mitchell and Spain 6-2,6-4. 'j
USC also defeated Alabama 9-0 on March 8 Their next match will be I
against Virginia today at 2 p,ro. at Maxcy Gregg I'ark ;
fc'.W