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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
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rm na iTTrme rrre rrarryGamecocks
trailed
3 Southeastern Conference
Champions 36-33 after falling
behind by as many as six
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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
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points earlier in the first
half.
But the second half saw a
more determined,
aggressive Carolina squad.
Taking the court after
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Gamecocks looked like a
different team, outscoring
Auburn 58-33.
Ail-American Sheila
Foster, Rita Johnson and
Evelyn Johnson put on a
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the Lady Tigers.
RITA JOHNSON threw in
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son scores two of her 22
st the Auburn Lady Tigers.
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{ beats .
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) 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
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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
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15 4 1
13 4 1
ETSS (tie) 13 5 0
9 5 0
5 4 1
Strikers, Sigma Alpha Epsiton t
eat
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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
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more in the second half and \
we played more *
aggressively."
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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
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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
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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
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double figures. Guard Carry 0:
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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Morrow (33) fight for a
the match 91-69 which
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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
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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