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Sports Worn I Ijbauy By Michelle Burchette Sports Editor It took a lot of determination and a little I aggressiveness to spark the Lady Gamecock basketball team to a second-half comeback against Auburn Monday night. The 91-69 Carolina victory wasn't as easy to come by as m the score might profess. At - ? ri i U n 1 n A m. rm na iTTrme rrre rrarryGamecocks trailed 3 Southeastern Conference Champions 36-33 after falling behind by as many as six MkMHk&Bk iiiilHiiii m ^SM^feSBL ?B 1 jmmmjtm^mmmm I Carolina guard Rita John points with a lay up again (Photo by Chip Lowell) Intramural no SBA By Jim Staff |r~i rvappu fin nrnvt-s um Basketball Poll for the first ti last week's eight-ranked tear The loss dropped SAE to bono The Student Bar Associate the playoffs, running their re disposing of N.r f>4relied on front coui i power to Forward Brian Grevey was notching 21 points, while G-1 points for the winners. Navy I was the leading scorer in the \ SIGMA NU continues to hoi the Gamecock poll and also i playoffs. Sigma Nu raised tli following their 97-43 thrashing Deadeye guard Bill DeLa winners, with forward John Broome was the leading sc< I points. Intramural Bi 1. STUDENT BAR ASSOCiATK 2 SIGMA NU I, ,3 OMEGA PSI PHI j k. THE EMPIRE ' fe. THE WIZARDS 6. LAMACHINE 7. THE SPARTANS (tie) 7. THE CONFEDERATE PROPH 9 KAPPA SIGMA 10. PI KAPPA PHI HONORABLE MENTION: The Kappa Alpha 3 flHBHHBBH en def np# T lgers points earlier in the first half. But the second half saw a more determined, aggressive Carolina squad. Taking the court after V? o 1 ( f- i m a tho I.aHv Iiaii 11UIV, * V/ ms M v? j Gamecocks looked like a different team, outscoring Auburn 58-33. Ail-American Sheila Foster, Rita Johnson and Evelyn Johnson put on a avv/1 1115 OIIVW viactv nV/Vi the Lady Tigers. RITA JOHNSON threw in I Jm iH^I 5 . S '^MM^Kj^^Bajgiaa^BVv"^^j|i^,-: < son scores two of her 22 st the Auburn Lady Tigers. U { beats . Corbett vvruur ) the Gamecock Intramural me this season after upsetting n, Sigma Alpha epsilon, 56 44. rable mention status. >n continues to cruise toward cord to 0-0 on the season after Ml nf / I i 1 it / ? V1 i l r\i/\?l4_ -ti>. I u^iviiuiup, gain the win. ; again the top scorer tor SBA, 0 center Hill Weeks added 14 was led by Leo Mcintosh, who ?arne with 24 points. d down the second position in ippears to be peaking for the leir record to 4-0 on the year ; of Sigma Phi Epsilon che tallied 23 points for the Bailey chipping in 22. Jerry orer for the Sig Kps with 12 asketball Poll POINTS RECORD 50 6 0 45 4 0 ? I I 1 ' 4^ J J I I I Itj 1 I I I -j/t. f; n 15 4 1 13 4 1 ETSS (tie) 13 5 0 9 5 0 5 4 1 Strikers, Sigma Alpha Epsiton t eat % 20 of her 22 points during the second period, while Evelyn Johnson lead all scorers with 24 and Foster contributed 20 points. While their shooting I percentage increased so did 1 Carolina's attack on the | boards. Foster pulled down I 14 rebounds as USC I outrebounded Auburn 40-28. I According to Evelyn Johnson, Carolina's sudden burst of energy surprised Auburn and stopped the Lady Tiger's momentum. "We got them rattled," the 510 sophomore said. "We weni 10 me Doaras a nine i more in the second half and \ we played more * aggressively." 1 JOHNSON said their ? three-game winning streak, including a victory over second-ranked Old Dominion, was partly responsible for Carolina's extra effort in the second stanza. "We cot off to a slow start but by the second half we were ready to play. We were more determined to play," Johnson said. "Beating Old Dominion gave us confidence. If we nin Wait nni I pan nlav V.CI1I UVU V v/JL/U ?* V VM?. against anybody," she explained. We had a winning streak going and we didn't want to break it." USC Head Coach Pam Parsons said her team was thrown off originally by Anhiim'c fiuht /nnp "We had not played against a zone in several ball games," she said. ONCE HER squad had time to find the holes in the Lady Tiger defense they virhmllv unstonnahle. according to Parsons. "The first half was just there. The second half we knew what we wanted to do," Parsons NROTC <>MK(iA PSI Phi pulled awa; the second half to record their with a 61 -51 win. Neil lane's he ciose, out umega s aepm won Chi's to gain a the victory. Terry Scott, MVP of the eh; tramurai Holiday Basketball points, while Center Derrick points. Neil Lane on Lambda points. THE EMIMKE holds down tl week. The Empire rolled over their record to a perfect 5-0. Er the leading scorer for the Emp on the night. Three other players scored mnnrt i niJ W i 11 i :i m w llnhfwwi n vjv... hitting on three three-point si high '25 points for the Taste Hud THK WIZARDS ran their triumph over J.R.'s Gang. Th lead at the intermission befor them a comfortable advantq ge 'l'!,,. U.. ,1 n. lilt" VYUdlUA IUlU Dilldiuni Jy double figures. Guard Carry 0: 1 pbln&) OTulelffoHvaVtliJihi KtAJ each had Hi points. Randy Jai fifteen points apeice for J .It.'s < LAMAUI1NK moves up to idle durinc the week l^alV Tuesday night. The Spartans jumped to se\ week. They romped over the demolished the Haiders 73-20 fensive star, scoring 18 points i . !v>Xv.s : v . ...... ; ....v;; . : ,i: " ' - | x . .;'v*; ' ' '**' ' *> ' J USC center Philicia A lit rebound in Monday nigi pushed them to twelfth it said. As Carolina overtook Auburn and climbed toward a more comfortable lead Parsons began telling hei team not to lose their momentum. She warned stays / from Lambda Chi Alpha in fourth win against one loss it shooting kept Lambda Chi ? down the smaller Lambda umpionship game of the InClassic, led Omega with 11 . Pinckney chipped m ten ('hi led all scorers \\ ith if> lie fourth spot in the poll this the Taste Buds (>0-41 to raise ic 'Rico' Williams was again lire, as he recorded l.~> points six points for the Empire, au continued his hot scoring, tiots while tallying a gameIs. tn *7 1 fir. t vi v4 i/ v/ ? ini c? #1 ?;?* le Wizards held a slim 31-28 *e a second half surge gave and the win. coring, with three players in swald led the winners with 17 y* t^nd feivnngtotojH CbHeM K^lo Ties and Gary Dwyer tallied Liang. the sixth spot despite being lachine returned to action ^enth after their double win Bootleggers 80-34 and then . Derek Daniel was the ofin the second half, 20 overall, %' * JS8T V* <;.: ^tittSgtara^ &&*> MT m ^H^s^ffifflgSa^g'-.-^jHRnffiT^Bpl^B Ilpip' IP? I ' '*':'< ' ~ c?> *? -^#1 tn and Auburn's Maureen it's contest. Carolina won ? the AP Division I poll. (Phot Ihpm not tn fall anart yelling "Let's play ball." Carolina hit on yet another scoring spree. USC led by as many as 32 points as time ticked off the game clock. I Although Auburn cut the atop rai against the Raiders and Bootleggers. THE ('ONFEI)EKATE Pro alter a 73-52 victory over t custom, the Prophets broke < half after holding an eight po shooting Craig White led the eluding four three-point goah tor thi? winners Kappa Sigma remains unbe Alpha Tan Omega. Guard I) Kurt Kemper each scored 1forward liickv Curtis adding l Brian Hill was high man t'< guard Mike Scaturo chipped n Golf team By Tracy Helms Staff Wnntf Tho I TW moii'c crnlf fmim falling to tough competition 1 and the flu, finished 12th in the 23-team field of the Gator Invitational college golf ..((.urqa^nUSfYvUiy,, 1 he golfing Gamecocks three-dav total of H7K was l.l strokes shy of tourney victor Florida State, who edged North Carolina State by four shots. Joey Graham led USC individually with a 74 74 71219 combination in the noinnp.lilln I.' I .? v i' ia., cvciii. . - nvtfr 00 Morrow (33) fight for a the match 91-69 which o by John Parnell) lead by ten, it was too late in the game for any kind of substantial comeback to evolve for the Lady Tigers. The victory upped Carolina's record to 17-6 while Auburn slipped to 21-5. nkings clipping in 11 against me iphets now sport a 5-0 record lie Trojans. As seems their open the game in the second int halftime lead to a in hot 1'rophcts with 2H points, m > Jim Hatchrii chipprd m 24 aten .il'tcr a i vid >r\ ov er i*nnis Crocket and ti V ccnter I points"(or the victors, with 3 pointy di* ATO with i:i poinis. while ) 12 points. < places 12th KresHftnan Web Hrintzolman mrdert a ono-undcr-nnr 70 for the stjuad's lowest single round. "We played consistently mediocre," observed I SC head golf coach H<??.by .4 4 4 /-fit I , < . rosier. i ne mi f\n\ m-oisi were the real improvement! of Joey Graham and Davijc Tolley The team is eagerly waiting for George MacDonald to play as well as he did this time last year Foster added that every member of the team was hit with the flu at some time during the tourney