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jspo jdi I . Carolina Head I : of getting his teai | ching the Gamec night's 93-86 win a After leading b j Carolina committ half against a pre dwindle to four be "We didn't reco white shirts too of going to have our quipped afterwar< One player who eyes checked is Z 14 for 27 field goa line for 39 points. Fredrick boost* best in the nation the country's leac totaled only 22 po \ p^lgMBT 1 1 nf Carolina fri rebounds a Barry Newn Woi By M | The Lady Gain games on theii week beating M< Tennessee Tech i Foul trouble ai hurt USC in the < The Lady Gam going into halfti Tennessee Tech second half. The I>ady Te< they outscored I to a 42-42 tie. Te candidate Jerily put the Lady Tec Ctam Fredri as Ga By Richard Mayers Sports Editor basketball Coach Bill Foster w; m checked for color blindness :ocks commit 24 turnovers ir t Boston University. y as many as 19 points in the ed most of their 24 turnovers in ssing Terrier defense and sau fore settling for a seven point v gnize the garnet shirts. We thr ten, particularly in the second guys checked for color blindne is. Foster realizes probably doesi am Fredrick. The Carolina co 1 attempts and was 11 for 14 fr< id his season scoring average . Cal-Irvine's Kevin Magee, wl ling Division I scorer most of ints Saturday night against Pa <? . ' / *Ai.fl i|M :: *- ^ 7-"=-i|L" -1 "i-.7^--'.. ,'-; S? v - ~ V BBEfrx?$XvX ^ ^--'.^r-'ij'' 'x~r\-L> Mw'a:>- m:VlPft .'Mv-. i-SiTTI7>; 9shman Brad Jergenson game as a starting forw lan) rien sp ichelle Burchette Sport* Editor leeock basketball team split Tennessee roadtrip last ei.^his State and falling to 67-66. nd sessions of poor shooting closing minutes of the game tecocks held a ten point lead ime but saw it dissolve as hit on a scoring spree in the ;hster rally, during which JSC 16-6, brought the score nnessee Tech Ail-American nn Harper added a layup to hsters up 46-44. HSBHRHH ip.s Tpj ick becorri mecocks < average fell to belo as thinking CAROLINA HA after wat- Terriers' pressing ? Saturday score tied 5-5 four 1 jump out to a 18-7 t first half, and Fredrick each the second Boston Univer ' their lead Carolina's 2-3 zone /in. tallied six points i PW it to thp flamopruiL'c loorl } half. We're The 6-2 guard fr ss," Foster final seven minute his team a 49-35 ha n't need his The Terriers' ful -captain hit in the second hali am the foul numerous turnove Taking full adva to 28.4, the and with Fredrick 10 had been bruise for sever; the season, comeback behind icific as his ched six of his eig T^rtiMWP' ^<x*?? j|r a?k vJ-KW* **. .#^1 is averaging six points am ard for the Gamecocks. (Phi lit game TO MAKE matters worse foi Gamecoeks their second hal percentage dropped from 57 to S also found themselves deepe trouble. Down by five with a minute le Evelyn Johnson founled out of dimming Carolina's hopes of a iAlthoyglji j Jtycjy tightened the r Lady Gamecocks were never at up Evelyn Johnson lead the scor night with 25 points while Sharon only other USC player to scon figures, tallied 11. The Lady Gamecocks play regular season home game toni Washington D.C. College at 6 p.i McGuire Arena rriers ies nation's to capture loth i w 28 points a game. cut rem lD FEW problems adjusting to the B< defense early in the game. With the eigh ninutes into the game, USC proceeded to shrs advantage, with center Jimmy Foster Bi contributing four noints. sev< sity had trouble shooting against clos midway through the first half. Fredrick T1 n a three-minute period to increase the equ; o 18 with eight minutes to play in the half. The om St. Matthews scored 11 points in the B< ;s to total 22 points for the half and give Fosl lftime advantage. poin 11 court pressure began to affect Carolina F< [. as the Gamecocks began committing had rs. u; intage of Carolina's sloppy bailhandling, pare sitting on the bench with a minor elbow Bosl al minutes, the Terriers began their free the shooting of Gene Jones. Jones not- TJ ;ht points in two minutes as the Terrier. "osJ Jergensc an arlirar IULA1 UUVUIi By Tammv Kilpatrick Staff Writer Even a basketball playor can fi being tall has disadvantages as U starting forward Brad Jergenson cs to. 11 y u a. t_l ? i i nave irouuie geuing in ana cars, ' the Manitowoc, Wise., fr said, ^especially small ones. Anc always taller than the girls you date But the problems that come wit tall, including a four inch growth one summer, are overshadow Jergenson's ability to play basketba Ai;opa(find A rvnintc oriri ^ O pah I- U.U pvillio UI1U %J.?J I vu game, his height has been an advar the freshman-dominated USC tear first-year Carolina Head Coach Bill Jergenson, who was recrui Marquette, Tennessee and Pen among others, chose USC after vis campus and talking with the coachei "I thought they (the coaching staf be good for me and they wanted to same style of ball I wanted to play," "Plus T likp thp srhnnl tho atrrmcnl Kthe southern hospitality." THE TRANSITION from high center to college forward took som< usec* t0, but Jergenson feels h well in his new position. "A1 ^rst was hard to adjust b had to face the basket and learn irom ouisiae teet, jergenson gf think I'm becoming more ag ||| toward the basket because I'm lea Art take it out and drive into the hoop." ^ ^ He once called himself the "i Ik consistent" player on the tea .TprtJpn?;nn thinlrc hp's ^nnniiprpH consistency problems. ijT Starting every game excej % Jergenson also said he's gained co as the season progressed and he lea f||p|lll differences in college ball. ?11111111 ~ "I'm doing better. I had games v ,4 score 12 (points) and then I'd scoi . the freshman said. "But I'm get Jto by confidence now. I'm playing mi sistently, and I think the whole tean consistent." . _ nr&r m ti* ^ fllOU uy Lady Game> USS ' ' z'Z '" J ir in foul VH USC's men and women's Sat ft Hita and tennis teams were on the sinj the game road this weekend, and comeback. finished with mixed results I nargin the in the win columns. j waj )le to catdh Carolina's men's team the upped their record to 3-0 to the ing for the protect their 16th ranking in lnv Kivers, the victories over The Citadel I ; in double and College of Charleston. Sta The Citadel fell to the pla their last powerful Gamecocks Friday nia ght against 8-1. The Citadel's only win dia n. at Frank was in number three sinj doubles. dot] >p scor nctory the Gamecock lead t aining in the game, xston stole three consec it unanswered points th ink to four at 71-67 with it FrwJrirk rptwrnpd ti ?n points in four minut er than the final margir HE VICTORY KAISE1 aling last year's victor} Terriers fell to 12-11. ;hind Fredrick in the s< ler with 14 points, forv t guard Kevin Dunleav; >ster collected 17 rebo 11 and Holmes had eigh >C shot 52 percent froi ?d to 39 percent for ther on University 50-45, wh throw line, compared t le Gamecocks close oui ?n/t PAnx/tin '"B UCU1 gjd OUUII1CI II in'shi iLcty<? % ALONG problems ind that tributed tl SC's 6-8 didn't mo\ in attest really kno but I'm lef out of eshman I you're Jergenso college am h being aggressive spurt in "The gai red by there's fas 11. explained, ounds a play a nu itage for games are n under USC's vc Foster. the high & ted by started wit n State year that p iting the "It's a 5. younger gi f) would improved play the what we h he said. but I think lere and top ten." it \Kic i<"n i school Jergenson i time to He anchor e's done All-Ameri< decided to ecause I centrateoi to shoot Besides said. "I Jergenson gressive life far a\ rning to despite or year. nost in- "I'm ve im, but wasn't thj his in- experienc< is that we >t one, together, nfiripnrp Itnpw rned the Looking Invitation /here I'd pleased w e zero," team this; ting my "I'm vei >re con- far,"hes? \ is more should ha learning.'1 in two it oocks pi he Gamecocks defeat lege of Charleston ! urday without dropping *le set the entire match ISC'S WOMEN'S tei ; not as successful ir male counterparts Indiana University-Pe itationalat Indianapoli SC defeated Michig te easily 8-1 in Frida; y, hut lost their fi tch of the season to na 5-4. Tied at 3-3 afl ?les play, USC lost t ibles matches to fove t er of CI _11 tinUi in m i m if ac V IV U I UI *J M. YYUII IV/ IUII1UVVO utive inbound passes and scored iree minutes later as USC's lead less than six minutes to play. ) the lineup and responded with es. Boston University never got 1 of 93-86. I) USC's season mark to 16-10, r total with one game left to play. orinP rnlnmn fnr C;irnlin;i fard Kenny Holmes with 13 and y with 11. unds, forward Kevin Darmody it. n the floor for the game, comrerriers. Carolina outrebounded lile shooting 70 percent from the 0 79 percent for the Terriers. 1 * 1 - 1 4 i uieu reguiai ; jiiigiii ??t 3 p ni eight 3n court WITH the scoring troubles came with fouling, but Jergenson atlem to his lack of experience. "I /e fast enough." he said. "1 didn't w what 1 could get away with yet, irning." in said the differences between i high school ball center around ness and quickness. ne is much more aggressive and iter movement of the ball." he "The fans and the coaches really tjor part in the game, and the more fun to watch." >ung team reminds Jergenson of chool team he played on, which h younger players his sophomore layed together until graduation, good situation to build with jys," he said. "Next year we'll be a lot. Right now I only look at ave to do as far as the next day, we'll eventually be up there in the WALL is not the only sport excelled in during high school, ed his school's honorable-mention :an mile-relay team but he i give up track in college to coni basketball. the adjustment to basketball, has found the change to college vay from home relatively easy, ily making two trips home this ?rv r?lrvco tn mv farnilv hut it at bad," he said. "One thing I 2d that other freshmen don't have 're ail a team and we do things I had an advantage because we i other." forward to a possible National Tournament bid, Jergenson is 'ith the accomplishments of the year. ry happy with what we've done so lid. "We lost a couple of games we ive won, but that's all part of i S.C., 1 ace, third ed win to Indiana. [M) However, the Lady ?a Gamecocks came back Sunday afternoon to defeat Wisconsin 5-2 to capture im third place in the Inas vitational. The victory in raised thr team's record to 3 nn 1 this season. s. tJSC men's team will play an lender College at 2 p.m. y's Monday at Sam Daniel rst Tennis Center, while the In women will return home for ter a match Wednesday against wo College of Charleston at he Maxcy Gre^fi Park at 2 p m