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Carolina su ? ironi ueorg By Mark Gilliam Gumocock Staff Writer Key hits and impressive pitching gave the Gamecocks a crucial sweep this weekend over Georgia Southern to avenge an earlier double-header loss to the nationally ranked Eagles. Carolina, sixth in the nation with a :U-8 record, picked up its ninth consecutive win and a probably NCAA playoff at-large bid in front of a weekend crowd of over 83(H). SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Senior Bill Landrum, now 8-2, was a dominant factor in the 8-1 Carolina I In n nnlv nnn fnn An fiirrv 1 \/Ul. UV C4IIWVVVJV4 V/IIiy Ul IU 1 1411 UII IIVC I1IIO. Jim Curl led off for Carolina in the second inning and reached first base after the shortstop hobbled the ball. Mark Boatwright advanced Curl to second on a sacrifice bunt and Curl scored on Jamie Thaw's double to right field. Georgia Southern, now 29-14-1, came back to tie the game at one apiece in the third when catcher Marty Pevev smashed a homcrun over the center field fence. After an uneventful fifth, Carolina picked up two runs in the sixth to gain a 3-1 lead. Boatwright started the bottom half of the inning with a blooper fnr 'i M /%? ?/? iwi U uiii^iv. A 1\M iv/nvn* WJ >>1111 ci ?clif\. *?llll win." out. McCarthy beat out a throw from the second baseman to load the bases. Jonson chopped a pitch between the pitcher and the first baseman, and beat the throw to first, scoring Boatwright. Ktienne Farquharson followed with a single to bring in Tom Williams who was running for Taylor. AFTER PAUL ROLLINS retired Georgia Southern with a sensational diving catch in the seventh inning. Carraway started Carolina's two-run inning with a homerun. After Curl's line shot single, Boatwright layed down a sacrifice bunt to advance Curl to second. Thaw slashed a double down the right field line and Curl slid under the tag at the plate to give the Cocks a 5-1 lead. Nostalaic me By Richard Meyers players who had Gamecock Staff Writer USC Was 3 HUMl Carolina fans were treated to a and players who I unique experience Saturday night Carolina has been as 49 former Gamecock basketball players from the past 16 years ALTHOIGH T played what was hilled as the which was down I "Game of Games" to honor retired points in the gam< head coach Frank McGuire. result was clearly The two teams were composed of players. jv-S -,- - -' p^^ $>; - - IfcMKPiaS^^a^SjV ivriiflS^HB ^fe:_; ^ Dav< Tom Riker. a key to Carolina's 1971 ACC tsam, displays the form that produced six cons from the foul line in Saturday night's "Gam /eeps series [ia Southern I .iinfit'inn iJnt tjtrnniJpr :i? Iho u;?ini? nivioroccoH r?x'v bM1,,v f wf->* , striking out two in a row in the eighth. "I've been doing bad the last month, but everybody has been telling me to hang in. Now everything is starting to come aioUnd," Landrum said. "We've had great fan support, and that really means a lot. And now we're getting key hits." "I'm real proud of Bill Landrum. Lately he's been having a tough time. But he did a fine job today," Coach June Raines said following the win. EAGLE COACH Jack Stallings replaced Kilimonis with Phil Leisure in the eighth inning. Jonson started the offensive fireworks by lining to right field. "Farkie" singled up the middle, but the centerfielder fumbled the ball and "Farkie" raced to second and Jonson to third. Hollins walked to load the bases before Carraway doubled to right field, scoring Jonson and Farquharson. After Curl and Boatwright popped out, Hollins scored on a wild pitch for the final run of the game. "You have to feel good anytime you beat a Georgia Southern team. They're a tough team," Raines said. "We've got eight tough games left. We'll just have to play them daily. I feel good about a NCAA bid," Raines added. Friday night the Gamecocks defeated Georgia Southern 7-4 in the opening game of the weekend series. Freshman Joe Kucharski was the winning pitcher and upped his record to 4-0. Bobby Kish took the mound in the sixth and recorded his fourth save. HOLLINS ANI) CL'KL each had two-run homers in the first inning. Hollins now has seven homeruns on the year, and Curl has 11. Keith "Redlight" Taylor hit his second homerun of the season in the eighth inning before a standing room only crowd. The Gamecocks travel to Macon, Ga., this afternoon to take on Mercer College. Carolina split a two game series with the Bears two weeks ago. Ribock leads ACC team t< imories revived i s(>cn Hctinn while "It was a eroat pxnpripnpp " iber of (he ACC, former three-time Ail-American lave played since John Roche said. "I really enjoyed an independent. myself. We were all really surprised how well everyone played, KIK ACC squad, because we were all out late by as many as 1H Friday night at our reunion party. ;, won 117-115, the Both teams played well, and the r secondary to the referees helped us out a bit, which is only rightful so, because we were the old guys." RgjgSBfiSHHI "This is too difficult to describe," McGuire said in the pre-game ceremonies which lasted 40 minutes. "This has never happened at any university in the United States. This could only happen in Gamecock country." THE "GAME OF GAMES" was rwl pwjyi-u uuut'i pi u rums, wnicn H featured a 30 second clock, the f; H three point basket and four 12minute quarters. The first two baskets were scored by the ACC's Kevin Joyce and Roche. After that, the younger Independent team jumped out to grab the lead. fy- tchbsrh Ihe first quarter ended with the Bugl ACC squad trailing 38-2B. P^' jSiliBiBB In the next quarter, with second, hEPI third and fourth stringers playing for the A(X\ the Independent team extended their lead to .. During the hall time, Roche |M! swished a mid-court shot to win a j|||^ jj|Mg colortelevision tor a tan and bring (17 points) and Mike hunleavy <10 points* along with Tommy Wimbush (10 points) and Jim >Hoh?ck gamecock BUT FOIt ALMOST three and a championship ha'f minutes, the Independents did . . not score a point while the ACC ecut/VQ misses squad mounted a comeback. I^ed e of Gomes> " hy the outside shooting of John [ 111 -1 ' -^ jj|f|||:^ .'.,xl^SSI' P""%-| ;?t :\-w- ^r ^nffl -f '-/^- "\,, , -i-iw* v~\ i '-ir"-."'- - -; I -~p :^j. r j P.?-a -c 'V-.tV^>V.? 1 -1 ' .'. -"; Vr.^^ArT.r:7fr -/v i Dave Robnck - GAMECOCK Happiness is a two-run homer. First baseman Jim Curl (foreground) and right fielder Paul Hollins are all smiles Friday night after they slammed two-run homers in the first inning to lead Carolina to a 7-4 victory over Georgia Southern. o victory n Game of Games Ribock and Gary Gregor (20 ended. points), the Independents lead was "At the halftime, we all voted to cuiiuo4-Hi. piay wun me oesi piayers we A John Roche layup put the ACC possibly could and try to make a back on top mid-way through the game out of it for the fans, winfinal quarter. Some charitable nin8 player/coach Bobby Cremcalls by the referees and the mins said- thought we came shooting of Mike Grosso (10 back well, and we had the refs on points), Hick Aydlett (12 points) our side." admitted the former and Bobby Carver (10 points) put two-time captain of the the ACC on top when the game Gamecocks, see Basketball.page 13 m SaH WtetyJL?Bp: ff| i I^Fmam* sy?. S* < SB^SSL..?}??t iS^.:ic% InEMraSal^K7:1^^: * ^1* ~ ?*? xf: ^r P^wS^ W ^ :()(; K Former All-American guard Kevin Joyce drives by a defender with the aid of a pick set by Mike Grosso in the "Game of Games" Saturday night. Over 9,000 fans attended the contest to honor Frank McGuire.