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Sports Senior night fc U< By Tammy KHpatrick Staff Writer It was senior night at USC's Carolina Coliseum, and seniors Zam Fredrick and Kevin Dunleavy were warmly received by the second largest crowd of the season to watch Coach Bill Foster's freshman-dominated basketball team play. Fredrick and Dunleavy, along with their teammates, responded by putting on a ^jj^\ ^Hj^^^BHnP^B Carolina center Jimmy Fo rebounds in Monday nights Lowell) W /V xJ ? * f ? ? L.UUW UUI kindle he By Michelle I Sports E The Lady Gamecock has rampage in their last home f Monday night, easily deft Washington D.C., 97-63. Sheila Foster emerged as throwing in 20 of her 26 points t "Sheila has been a little held i double and triple-teamed so t< her straight one-on-one I thin^ could do," coach Fam Parsons The Ail-American forward i th<? cnnfpst whilr* F.vplvn Tnhnc AGAINST FOSTER and \\ Philicia Allen, D.C. didn't hav Carolina's ever-increasing lea( Parsons said DC worked her team's job a little easier, would be tonight," she admittc made it easy for us. I really exf "Bessie Stockard (DC. lie; there," Parsons added. "The ballplayers they just need to ge In a one-sided game such as winning team must make sure mnnh I)<i rcAni; 111UV.II, * ui OV/IIP OUIM. WHILE SHE was pleased Gamecocks played, Parsons v. to slack off once they built a su! "We played real well as far ; said. "We were not sharp on when we get a few points up we like to see us a little more disip USC shot 60 percent from Monday night and 50 percent < entire game, building a 55-34 hi challenged d HHBHI >r Fredrick, Du >C o' _ff ! ~l.A.? -T ?n ouensivt: siiuw ior iu,4!// fans by defeating Georgia Southern 106-69. USC upped their record to 17-10 and bettered their chances for post-season tournament play by defeating the struggling Eagles, 5-19 on the season. FREDRICK, THE nation s leading scorer with a 28.9 points per game average, scored a career high 43 ? IWiPjWlfe ster prepares to grab one 106-69 win over Georgia S 7i ecocks ypes for [ Jurchette ditor ketball team went on the Same of the regular season ?ating the University of the star of the first half o lead both teams in scoring, jp inside because she's been anight when they just played l sne snowen mem wnal sne ; said. ilso grabbed 16 rebounds in on brought down 12. le tall frame of 6-6 center e much of a chance to close 1. linst themselves which made "1 didn't know how good DC d. "As far as their play they )ected more. ekI coach) has some talent D.C area has a lot of good t it together." Monday night's contest, the they don't begin to coast too I with the way the Lady 'as critical of their tendency sstantial lead. as shooting percentage," she some areas but then again have a tendency to coast. I'd ' lined." the floor in the first half overall. They dominated the ilftime lead which was never ] .'V. i rtleavy verpi points to help rout the Fighting Eagles. Center Jimmy Foster added 20 points and 20 rebounds in leading the Gamecocks defensively. Coach Foster said he was pleased with the team's performance,, and said the win raised the possibility of USC being invited to either NCAA or National Invitation Tournament post-season play. OH . . . ; ,, ? 1 of his career-high 20 Southern. (Photo by Chip demolisl yost-seai Six of the eight Carolina pla with Allen dropping in 14, E Evelyn Johnson tallying 12. Sharon Rivers also left her points. NOW THE LADY Gamecoc f'nnfflrnn/m /->l-?<-? ?v-\?xiT !?: V/V/.I1 Vi VIIV^ UlUUlipiUUd UIllVC tesville Saturday to close out tl Parsons main concern is | consistent game against the I point is consistency. "Virginia scares me beca they're ranked in the top 20 a now," she said. "They're very patient. We h patient team that works the t stay disciplined through 40 mir TIIK FOIIlt VKAH <"'nrrklir her team is capable of pla; Virginia but feels USC must be "If we play 40 minutes of definitely will beat them," sh< that." "We've been playing bettc around. 1 expect to see some 01 see it so I'd say we haven't je) said. "We're not as tough men on the road." AFTER FACING Virginia th for ;i nlauftff hiH Uiflt mill i?? a* l^.v, J w,? ./IM . 1JIV4U VV III Ul Looking toward post seasoi competition will be very stifi toughest region," she said. The coach added that her I mental preparation for road playing consistently. "Our ma rteepfcf I miipr "I think we have to be some place. "You have to get 48 teams together (in the NCAA championship playoffs) and it gets sort of interesting. If we're not invited, then I'm going to start my own tournament!," Foster quipped. The fast-paced physical ballgame started off with a fast break lay-up for Jimmy Foster at 18:46 to set the tpmnn nf thp dame Thp closest the Eagles came the rest of the night to the Gamecocks was a 2-2 tie at 18:09 when John Rahn hit a 18-foor jump shot. From then on it was all Gamecocks, as they raced to a 10-point lead with 10:48 left to make the score 21-11 on a two free throws by Foster. THE GAMECOCKS built their lead steadily from then on, and a scoring spree in the last five minutes of the first half upped the score to a 4827 leadathalftime. FVf?Hrir?lr hit a Oft frvnt inmn jl a v/v?* aaiv m fciv i v/v/v ju'iip shot and then stole the ball for a slam-dunk to raise the score to 35-22 with 4:09 in the half. Foul shots by Kenny Holmes, followed by a Holmes jump shot and layup by Kevin Darmody built the score to 41-23 before the Eagles were able to score again on a layup by Bobby Jahn with 1:36 left in the half. Both teams had trouble connecting in the first half, with Georgia Southern shooting only 25 percent and USC shooting 46 percent. But USC raised their shooting percentage to 62 percent in the second half u/HUa Georgia Southern managed t UDC, ?on bid yers scored in double figures tita Johnson adding 13 and mark with 11 assists and 10 ks must face Atlantic Coast rsity of Virginia in Charlotle regular season. getting her team to play a jiidy Cavaliers whose strong luse they're a good team, md they're the ACC champs ave not done well against the )all around and continues to lutes," she added. ta coach has confidence that ying a solid game against mentally prepared, basketball on the road we ? said. "But we haven't done t ball since Christmas all I tnat on the road but I didn't lied completely yet, Parsons tally as we have to be to win le Lady Gamecocks will wait icided March 8th. n play Parsons admits the f. "Region II is by far the team will work on building games, while they practice lin problem is digging down v. .. : s Ea< 4 34 percent. The second half was all Fredrick, as he scored 23 of his 43 points before leaving the game to a standing ovation with 3:33 left in the game. Walk-on Terry Small's 20 foot jump shot put the Gamecocks at the 100 mark, and he added another 18 foot jumper to raise the score to 104-69 after two free throws by Billy Bessoir. WALK-ON HENRY Atkins ended the scoring for the night by hitting a 10-foot jump shot with one second left in the game as the Gamecocks closed out the regular season campaign. Georgia Southern Coach John Nelson said Carolina was the most physical team they've faced all year. "There were bodies all over the court," he said. "We're not used to that much physicalness, plus we shot extremely poorly." Georgia Southern did not try to slow down USC's running game, despite the scoring deficit. "The kids came to have fun and play basketball, and it's not going to affect us greatly if we win or lose now," Nelson said. "I'm not really fond of people who slow down all the time, anyway." THE BALLGAME was one of the most physical played by USC, with 56 fouls called on both teams. USC turned tho hnll nvor IB timoc t n Georgia Southern's 14, but outrebounded the Eagles 57 to 42. Fredrick's career high helped keep him the numberone scorer in the country, mPM I ?| hr ^k^^^HBSvIHE y> >#5S^kT w W^j^K -x Gamecock forward A/a/1/1 - ? - - - ? ?- ? y t her 12 points in IJSC's University ofD. C. (Photo h WMMMW ' BBHbHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHk ales but did not add extra pressure on him despite his last regular-season home appearance, he said. "I think about it (his scoring average) before the game, but once we're out there playing I don't have time to think about it," he said. Fredrick said his teammates help him score by encouraging him and feeding him the ball. "They like to see me score. I think they're more excited about me scoring than I am," he said. "It's a mutual thing. It always works out for the best for us." Co-captain Dunleavy, who scored six points with two assists and three rebounds, said he hopes the Gamecocks will be invited to post-season play. "BEING A senior, I want to try and extend my career as long as possible. It was a great way to go out if it is our last game at home," he said. Dunleavy feels the year has been his most successful at USC. "This year I had my confidence and Coach Foster rpallv hnlnoH mo a 1 /it iirifVi ? VMIIJ >IVI|/VVI IHV U IVl UII my game." Jimmy Foster, who collected a career high 20 rebounds is confident the Gamecocks will receive a bid. "Coach Foster said if we won 17 they just can't keep up out of a tournament," he said. "We set high goals. We may have surprised some people, but we've played really well this season." w*m % X W ' : . tkm r 'M sV". '"' > ; Johnson lays in two of 97-63 triumph of the 1y John Parnell)