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Sport US( Froi By Rk S| MILWAUKEE ? Marq prised to see four freshir when they hosted USC Sat surprise they felt Carol Wisconsin night. After all, the Warriors v of the past ten years, ai twenty teams (Clemson an But two hours after Ca floor, those same fans wer form of a USC 91-89 victon of the season for Bill Fost won nine of its last 12 ballgi CHANGING DEFENSI taking advantage of 45 trip boosted their record to 9-6. "We played as well as v said after his team picked i four attempts on the road game was our offense, bee from scoring. "We got on the free throv points. But we had to b everywhere. Our offense ke Marquette shot 55 percen compared to only 43 perce Warriors found themselves Jimmy Foster. The 6-9 freshman center 1 and made five of seven fre He also collected nine reboi THE LEAD changed h? Marquette managed to ji vantage with six minutes 1 6-7 senior forward Oliver : half But Foster's three point within six of the 1977 NCA-A yy&v -?. -ii^BSMB" :: ' afBf * m HHHL M m Former assistant wot Gamecock basketball gi this month. J suri 4 irick, Fos :hard Meyers sorts Editor uette basketball fans were surlan starters for the Gamecocks urday. But that was the only real ina could produce on a cold yere the second winningest team id had already beaten two top d Notre Dame) this season, rolina's four freshmen took the e handed another surprise in the /. The win was by far the biggest :er's ballclub, a team which has ames. 5S throughout the game and ?s to the foul line, the Gamecocks Marquette fell to 11-4. /e can play tonight," Bill Foster up its third road victory in its last . "The thing that kept us in the ause we just couldn't keep them v line a lot and we scored a lot of jcause they were hitting from iptusin the game." it from the floor in the first half, ?nt for the Gamecocks. Yet the down 42-40 at halftime thanks to lit six of nine field goal attempts e throws for 17 first half points, inds in the stanza. inds nine times in the half, but imp out to an eight point adeft, behind the sharp shooting of Lee, who tallied 15 points in the play got the Gamecocks back to l champions. v .7v* {] -. v: Br %;--4 <flH . ;A-HT\ % _ *"-:"-:-';vv--:".'' jagy ,F Vt 4# ..^S| : i % Wk. w WF^^mHH men's basketball coach Kar ime from the bench. Brown t nrisc I iter lead Zam Fredrick, Kenny K score the team's last 17 poi two point lead. Marquette shut down Fo but they couldn't stop Fre pumped in 21 of his 31 poi career mark at Carolina foi "They were pressing m isolate Zam and he'd score, MARQUETTE'S SECOl cording to Fredrick. "The onmotimno - uvtitvuinco ijjiucaiicdo Vttll | can overplay too much. We The Gamecocks led 56-41 game. Led by freshmen guard G back to tie the game for the Carolina built its lead i shooting of Fredrick and Hi in the game. But Rivers pulled the W made a three point play as I USC, which had hit elev? went cold as three players r and-one free throw oppurtui Marquette used all of its t of Michael Wilson, Rivers a with Carolina ahead 88-87. TRAILING BY one point with thirty seconds rem Warriors would hold for I Terrell Schlundt opted for a left. The shot bounced off the guard Tony Davis failed, Zc and was fouled. "That's my shot," Schli wing. I felt I had to take i1 that." "I probably should have JL L .as ML ' ';^rofflfe*?ti|:;^^T lA HEBDHBHU^^Sw' ^?mmBI en Brown watches a Lac resigned her position ear/it is Ma Gamecocl lolmes and Foster combined to nts of the half to give Carolina a ster for most of the second half, drick. The 6-2 senior co-captain nts in the second half to tie his r most points in a game. ore in the second half, so we'd " Jimmy Foster said. SID half press backfired, acir guards were very quick, but \et you into trouble, because you i got a lot of back door plays." 3 with 15 minutes to play in the Jlenn Rivers, the Warriors came last time in the contest. lp back up to nine behind the olmes and led 86-77 with 2:03 left 'arriors within six points as he Foster fouled out of the game. ;n foul shots in a row, suddenly nissed the front ends of four onenities. imeouts and behind the shooting nd Lee closed the margin to one, and having possesion of the ball aining, it seemed likely the the last shot. Instead forward 115-foot jumper with 15 seconds rim and after a tip-in effort by ~i 1 - I * mi r i cuncK. snareu ine reDOuna mdt said. "I was open on the t. I couldn't pass up a shot like s told my players that I would Conflict I caused1 iBy Jim Corbett Staff Writer Karen Brown is no long women's assistant basketball Brown the Lady Gamecocks team. "I feel very much a part of tl said, who resigned her positio coach and Women's Athletic I Parsons effective January helped bring the girls aloi (Parsons). I've helped them ii on and off the court. We've i close." I BROWN STATED the reaso resignation were philisophica of opinion in many areas bel and Parsons that "obviously resolved." The former Lai basketball standout cited d game strategy, starters, and and "communication with pi; off the floor." Their opposing views came t Carolina upset two top ten tear N.C. State on consecutive straw that broke the camel's day after the N.C. State gar (Parsons) forbid me to go on tl Tennessee trip," Brown sai< Gamecocks dropped both of t in the absence of Brown. (Following the N.C. State g* and the team had a loeke Ifrontation that was not resol1 hours later after an emotion? the Coliseum parking lot. "It was a confusing night," the team encounter in wl reportedly threatened to re* some of the incidences that h; fv the ball game I thought wei called for." ar BROWN WOULD NOT elal rquel ks to 91-8 have prefered for them to drive almost hit that shot. But like w horseshoes." With 12 seconds showing on the the free-throw line and calmly s? ning points. WHAT WAS Fredrick thinking of 11,052 in Milwaukee Arena s could for him to miss the shots? "I was thinking victory, victon had them. We could go home with Behind Fredrick's team-leadi with 20 and Holmes with 17. H Averaging better than 19 turnoi contest, Carolina threw the ball a^ For Marquette, Lee had 28 Wilson each had 23 points and six s with Pc Brown tc meeting, but said er the iicp shouldn't have ha Z I!\ .. no need for it." coach, but to are still her Brown sajd she team since her j _ f . i> # " ? aennue aiiterenc the Lady Gameco )i rector P^m C?"ege Friday ni TnTh "Tvo game losine strca -tu u in tlle fact tha n man unheralded Ohio S n many ways Tennesspe a to* 111 ***" very beaten. Brown also poi ns behind her difficulties of the I il differences behind Mercer bj :ween herself before taking cont: could not be second twenty min ider College ifferences in Brown said hei substitutions, directly responsib avers on and said "I think definitely has a b the scouting for P , * ... quite a bit with the 0 a head after 1 ns, UCLA and "The players co nights. "The well," continued ] back was the young and this wa ne when she learned a lot he tie Ohio State- areas." These are 1 The I^ady how to run a progr; hose contests ANOTHER ST1 former assistant s ime, Parsons during her stay at r room con- people. "I'm not gt zed until two or negative, but il meeting in things and how n< organization." . . , When asked wlu Brown t\( lich Parsons rsons- f,rown 8 iiRn. "Maybe I'r,l!rn comment uppcned after anV *!"8 else. 1 <1 re totally un ?nythln8 But Bi Parsons would coi that Brown has p )oratc on the tte 9 upset "I was thinking ctory, victory! / as elated tcause we had em. We could 7 home with a in." -Zam Fredrick for that last shot. Terrell e all know, almost is for clock, Fredrick stepped to ink two shots for the winwhile the capacity crowd creamed as loud as they /! I was elated because we i a win." ng 31 points were Foster olmes added four assists. /ers a game going into the >vay only ten times. points, while Rivers and assists. i rsons > quit "It's just something that -A -11 mt ipycneu ai an. mere was can see a difference in the departure. "There is a e," Brown said following cks 82-54 win over Mercer ight that broke their two ik. "I think that shows up t they lost to a very Itate team and they lost to m they also should have inted out the first half ^ady Gamecocks, who fell t as many as ten points rol of the game during the utes. * departure may not be le for the differences, but that (her resignation) earing on it because I do am Parsons and I do help game strategy." mmunicate with me very Brown. "Of course I am S mv first rr?;ir?hincj inh I ---j * re in a lot of different as included strategy and am she said. EtATEGY in which the lays she gained expertise Carolina, is dealing with f\nna i* * t tf f V* I/mm ciaj 11 lIUll S J?);)lllVL" I've learned how to do it to do things within an it lessons she has left with ave a soft laugh and said, s in the newspapers or on't think I've taught her "own expressed hope that utinue to respect the work ut into a program which Seo Brown, page / 4