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Gi use Holmes Ti By 1 Before seven minutes 1 - UNC-Asheville game, had worked up a sweat Foster. "I'm just glad to get t Foster said later of the 7 we played a spurty gar typical opening game." ine uamecocKs meet 8:00(1 a.m EST)in the fii will face the University o Although Carolina ne> the Gamecocks were th led by as much as 11 poii halftime advantage shrii period. Enter Kenny Holmes. Holmes, after being c change of shoves with U j>i MiLn Rriftjin /dO\ i v ii rvv. via?tuiM rebound in Saturday Dixon Spo I By MIKE LOUGH SUH Writer Thanks to a loss by sc ranked Tennessee an< wins in the Converse Apple Classic, the women's basketball moved up to No. 3 i laf.PKt AssnriafpH 1 ratings of worn basketball teams, rel< Monday. Freshman sensf Medina Dixon scores kMTil IDowi riggers Surg rRACY HELMS Sports Editor nad expired in Saturday night's l , no less than 10 Gamecock pla; - as had head basketball coach :his one out ot the way," a relie '5-61 season-opening win. "I thoi ne; we were off and on. It wi Chaminade of Honolulu tonigh rst contest ot their Hawaii tour.' if Hawaii Friday night, /er trailed in the Asheville coni reatened at times. USC, which tits in the first half, watched its i nk to a 42-40 lead 5:11 into the sec rited for a technical foul for ar NC-A's Tom Haus, became a su< ^JWzSr 1 ?? '- ?- .flHH ^sfe?: All V^^VrV-:^>-^^v:^-- ':--^ i ^ Id- m 5 Staff photo by JOHN f and Vern Strickland go up f y night's season opener. irkles points in two games tc I the Lady Gamecocks t the Little Apple Clasf Manhatten, Kansas. jcondi two In the opening r Little Dixon scored 25 poin USC USC crushed William team 75-56 to advance to n the championship. Ev Press Johnson tallied 17 point en's seven other players en eased the scoring column fo Lady Gamecocks, ition Dixon captured d 49 tourney's most val COCl is Build redeemer for the Gamecock cau ft? Savannah, Ga., pumped in four aggression to give USC a six-pc onlookers at Frank McGuire A seats. Holmes, who would finish the JSC rebounds, sank two free throws fers attempt and dropped in a layup i Bill rescue the Carolina lead from Gamecocks comfortably contn ved contest. ight 4 '1 had to do that to show the gu is a aggressively," Holmes said oi anything dirty; he'd been throwi t at "It got the whole team going. JSC sonally, and I played a little bit h "Kenny Holmes did a great est, Foster commented. "He had 11 had for us. He was a tower of strengtl 7-28 Saying that a definite starting ond Foster noted that Holmes fills a ? "I like him coming off the ben< to really do something then, and ex- Freshmen Duane Kendall ant Iden in 12 points to round out Gameco I "Several players came thro Foster explained, adding, "We'\ We had a few too many turnovei spots in our zone. "Be patient, that's the bigges got to, and our coaches have to, young guys out there. Talk abou big learning experience for us." UNC-Asheville Coach Jerry G by USC over last season's squad "They are a much improved t whose team fell to a 4-1 on the s as aggressive as you can be." The Gamecocks were perhaj ? J A. TTfin I 1 1 ; j game s onsei. uat nau recora* four - as points 2:55 into the gar yj| began to play its type of game break baskets by Gerald Pea jp* Kendall lifted USC to an 11-3 lea* jaw! least a four-point upperhand for : After Holmes' outburst in th Jgig tained a large lead. Scott Sj breaking layup and Carolina j 1 I night at 75-55 with 44 seconds lef | displeasure, provided the only pn seconds. "It was a wasted minute as m 1 second-season USC coach said. P ^ like an intramural game. But we've gotta learn." Foster then looked ahead to Chaminade. "We're not really going to ha\ he noted. "All I know is tl arniu aggressive team." Foster added that the team Hawaii Monday night, when iiawan-Huo. uuiiauy J lead player award with 24 points r> win and 10 rebounds to lead ic in Carolina to an 81-65 win over host Kansas State. Sheila Foster srnrod 17 rinints Hind, Johnson contributed 14 and & as Phillicia Allen added 16. Penn Tennessee, who lost to the Stephen F. Austin, dropped elyn from second to No. 7 in the s and AP rankings. Old Dominion tered jumped into the No. 2 spot, r the just ahead of USC. The I>ady Gamecocks' the next game is against Hawaii jable Thursday. X ?I oas Ir ise. The 6-5 sophomore from fast points and some extra >int lead and allow the 7,826 rena to rest easier in their night with 15 points and 11 , stole the Bulldog inbounds n a matter of nine seconds to any endangerment, and the 3lled the remainder of the ly that I wasn't afraid to play I the technical. "It wasn't ng elbows all night. l Know* it got me going perarder." job coming off the bench," rebounds, and that was big h lineup has yet to come about, sparkplug role. :h," he said. "We expect him he expects it, too." i Harold Martin each to' sed cks in double figures. ugh at key times for us," re still got a lot of work to do. rs, and we've got to fill some t thing," he continued. "I've be patient. We've got a lot of t learning ? every game is a rwin coui cnmn imnrniumant ? VV1I OCA TT OU11IV Illft^JA U V vlllvlll , which defeated the Bulldogs earn from last year," Green, eason, cited. "They're about ps overly aggressive at the ed as many personal fouls ne. Then, however, Carolina - a fast one. Respective fasticock, Brad Jergenson and d, and the Gamecocks held at the rest of the first half, e second period, USC main anaerson lea ts.enaaii on a >osted its final points of the t. Asheville, much to Foster's scoring in those remaining far as I'm concerned," the "We can't get a lead and play it's just one of those things Wednesday night's opponent re a scouting report on them," lat they are an extremely planned to watch Friday foe the Rainbows were to play Til W@1M HraMRHHBHBMHMHinBSBH H* I/si f Mn&f 1 |W ^ - - -^y-->~ i -- ~"~-^?>'~*~ = :- & ^-* > fif&m t ^|M^| * if ?r^^B: B || Kenny Holmes lines up for twc k? & USC women's ; ^basketball players ^Evelyn Johnson an ' Medina Dixon Nj^^^^wo-page art fl^0^itionally in th magazine's poll. ???" # i ir . ^ Iw 1^ i mammm i Mf"' f #pt x... Ik mi ^ BSHfc < SUfl photo by CAPERS HAMMOND > of his 15 points. d are vf a ^ icle in veek's er 30) oi Sports y?i ICU. Lady cks are ^ third