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Fostei Gel By DENNIS SW1 SUH Writer After last season, Head 1 Bill Foster's main recruitii men, ana he came back ones. Six-eieht center Jimmj forward Brad Jergenson, up at cenior, were the tallc team. Foul trouble and ta Gamecocks last year. r situation, Foster recruited players and another ha Carolina. Foster's prize catch is 6 from Clearwater, Fla. Bri school team to a state c senior year averaging 2 rebounds per game. But Brittain does not thrust into a role where I expected from him. "I < pressure or anything. We guys. If I was the only one 1 biggest guy was 6-5, I \ pressure, but we've got oti the 210-pound freshman sai a ii r l Anoiner iresnman recri action at both the center ar positions is 6-10 Duane K Vegas, Nev. Kendall avera 15 rebounds per game, 1 school team to the state pla Vernia Strickland f Ala. is the third front 6-5, 200-pounder played fou Sanson High School and lec 1 record and the state sem season. He averaged 1 rebounds and 3.5 assists pei The final newcomer to th Thompson, a 6-9 forward v South Carolina and made walk-on after playing scholarship at Texas Chri out last year. "I didn't play much my that's going to hurt me, pli a year. 1 feel I'm just goin going to help out," Thomp! Iitv>nmin0 cpttcnn Hp aHH can make a contribute because otherwise Coach have brought me up." The front line will also h; Mnii ^ Vr W1 By JOH i In an attempt to get m< Carolina basketball pro coaches have formed a jui December. According to Coach Kurt met during the summer an started at Carolina. The 13 members of the J and, if the coaches feel the will be moved up in Januar If not, they'll have to wf because it would be too de on. Besides, there are onlj junior varsity teams, so I junior colleges. Kanaskie said those thai January would have to tr year, but added, "We wo sideration because they w to be expected of them." rne former Laaaiie pia> weakness of the team and r Hits Tt fs Big m ITZER faces in 6-7 jun 6-8 sophomore ??? Kenny Holmes. Basketball Coach Darmody is I ng target was big in the roster, ? with some good rebounds per sophomore. He r Foster and 6-8 height this yea who also backed of rebounding c ist players on the "We were i 11 teams hurt the rebounding las ro remedy this, height and siz three front-court addition of Mil s transfered to count on a lot side from then -11 Mike Brittain other aspects o ttain led his high Jergenson w; hampionship his last year, avi 2 points and 12 rebounds per { his strong defe feel he is being Manitowoc, Wi .oo much will be last year. don't really feel The other fr 've got the other year is 6-5, 20 here and the next Kenny Holmes vould feel some last year, sta ler big players," points and 5.2 d. set a school re nit who will see field goals id power forward Manhattan, endall from Las Last year's ged 22 points and Foster, is on i eading his high according to 1 yoffs last year. hard time woi rom Gadsden, lineup wneniie -line recruit. The "He's not goi r years at Emma right away. He i his team to a 27- and prove to t i-finals his senior better than tl 8.3 points, 11.2 Darmodysaid. -game. Most of the le front line is Ty will play a mc vho transfered to because of th the squad as a forward positic two years on "Now that u istian and sitting didn't have las worried, so se sophomore year, foul trouble. I us I've sat out for fouls they can ] ig to be one that's play for awhile son said about the "It will be a led, "I feel like I what we play in pvidpntlv sn hoiahf " Flarm -I j 1 Foster wouldn't Last year F( Jergenson se ave some familiar Chris Nastopo rlv Fnrm 1 m Jg WB HI INNY BOGGS >tzH Writer ore USC students involved in the gram, the Carolina basketball nior varsity team to play through . Kanaskie, the basketball coaches d worked on getting a JV program IV squad will get a chance to play iy can help the varsity team, some ylit until next year, Kanaskie said, manding to keep the season going . ei xi i. i A I / live cuuegus in me counuy wuii the Gamecocks will face mostly : did not make the varsity team in y out for the Jayvees again next uld give them a little more conould know the system and what is 'er cited inexperience as the main small hight as another. However, urget: I en I ior forward Kevin Darmody, Bj ; Brad Jergenson and 6-5 fm the most experienced player iveraging 10.7 points and 6.1 111 game last year as a Bp feels that with the additon in ||?| r will take the responsibility pi >ff the small forward. p K *equired to do a lot more H' ;t year because ot a lack ot i.;-.;; e," he said. "Now with the |?| ze and Duane and Ty we can pg? of rebounding and power in- pig n and concentrate on all the pj| four game." |jjg as the other starting forward B| eraging 6.3 points and 5.2 ?ame, but is noted more for IB snsive play. Jergenson, from pgr is. started all but one game fl| ont court holdover from last pg O-pound sophomore forward te| He Dlaved in all 27 names tei rting 11, and averaged 9.6 H rebounds per game. He also fcpji ;cord last year by making 11 tag in 11 attempts against pi starting center, Jimmy pi suspension until Jan. 1, and I lis teammates may have a te 'king his way back into the IB returns to the team. ing to come right in and start HB ; has to work his way back in in he coaches that he's playing 1 ^ ...I M it; people wnu are mere, players feel the Gamecocks fe? >re physical game this year teg e depth at the center and 1 >ns. /e've got the depth that they Hh t year these guys won't be so lf-conscious about getting in th f they get one or two quick le put another guy in and let him a< i," Thompson said. little bit more physical than 6ed last year because of the B lody said. )ster fouled out nine times and w ven, leaving 6-7 freshman s< ulos as the next tallest man on s< ed JV he expects the team to improve b "There are three things we ar< want them to play together, to be "We play all the time and w< added. "The guys don't care wl we accomplish what we set out to Offensively, the team will rel offense because the players an small size according to Kanaskie On defense, Kanaskie said, ' make the big players stay away lot of man-to-man, and a lot of zor we ii jiisi iry ana mix up our c Using the fast break on offens< lot of turnovers. But he is stressir "Any time you run a fast-breal little more turnovers than you back," he said. "We're going to i or below which is a tough goal, bi Making up tne j v squaa are: n guard from Virginia Beach, Va. 6-3 forward from Jacksor West, a 5-10 guard from Cha Scully, a 6-1 forward from McL ISiiliiiMBfiBi^ &n HIHW SiBBS* by: 'iifl e squad. Nastopoulos has since decided to ave the team to concentrate on iademics. "Instead of having a 6-8 center, we've got 8 forwards. We can match up a lot better," rittainsaid. Darmody doesn't feel that any one person ill have to take over where national coring champion Zam Fredrick left off, jying it will be "the whole team combining Team Bee % y December. Kirkland, a e working on," he said. "We Betts, a 6-2 unselfish and to hustle. tain a 5.11 3 play together," Kanaskie Parker, a 6 io gets the credit as long as Wright, a 5 do." derson, a 6-C y on a fast-break oriented a 6-7 center 3 pretty quick due to their Waters, a 6-< With two ? 'We'll use our quickness to to USC-Lan from the basket. We'll use a College Tu< le and some run-and-jump. remaining. >pponents," he added. Kanaskie 5, Kanaskie expects to see a come out i ig not to commit turnovers. publicity an < oriented offense you'll seea "But thesi would if you walk the ball would mear try to keep the number at 10 rooting for t it that's what our goal is." The Jayv reshman Keith Bright, a 5-11 Saturday a ; sopnomore jonn snieias, a uonege rue iville, Fla. ; freshman Steve against Nor irleston; sophomore Adam Union Pre] x?an, Va.; freshman Travis preliminari I I * 1 x':| - 1 * r |1N.:- p'fTr>v~ ? |K' ]H their efforts to* the scoreboard. Darmody is k year and said tJ the NCAA tourn "We set our g expectations of accomplish ou enough." tins I 6-3 forward from ] guai*d from Pendl guard from Can -4 forward from S] -10 guard from Cc > forward from Carr ' frAm r\no?*Knrn J L A U1II l/cai UUI II, 1 1 forward from Lexi James already undc caster and an 84esday), the Jayv< concluded, "It wo rinrl nimn/vM^ f U /. ??U nuppui l IIIC&C d recognition the va e guys came out of t i an awful lot if the hem." ees travel to Nor nd then piiay hos sday. They close tl th Greenville Junio f> on Dec. 19. Th es 10 ine varsity gar i -r;'4" 1 j ...f::Xj -t_" j I j SHfiKSjHS^^HPSx: ::<-"^^S^B":^V"-'; ?ether" to put the points on >oking for a good season this^ le team has their goal set on ament. oals high and we've got high ourselves. I think we can r goal if we work hard ai_.. ri uj Lamar; and freshman Derek eton; sophomore John Founlbridge, Mass.; senior Bob partanburg; sophomore Dan ilumbia; junior William An?den; sophomore David Rich, Vlich.; and sophomore Kelly ngton. ^ :r the team's belt (a 68-57 losflP 76 loss to Columbia Junior jes have only four games ..1 J 1 a r At.. _4 uiu ue great 11 me siuuenw guys. They won't get the rsity receives. he general student body and it y see their fellow classmates th Greenville Junior College t to Brewton-Parker junior leir season with home gamej^ >r College on Dec. 16 and KorK e latter will be played as nes.