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w?dnesday, January 27, | GAMECOCK gS>?E? m;: -.-xv^H^lc: - t - !~t Duane Kendall scored 9 p by defeating West Virginia Losse. Plague L BY TIMGOCHNAUR SUff Writer "This is not the type of group that's going to give Epfslgii up." And so they didn't. Coach Terry Kelly knew what he was talking about. Down by 14 points early in the second half, flj Kelly's shrinking corps of ! Lady Gamecocks fought to within two points late in the , game before losing to Tennessee's Lady Volunteers, 87-81, Monday night at | Pranlf Mpfluiro Afono I M. A Uim lUVVJUli V 1 Al VIIU. iA topsy-turvy first half j reached a climax at the 14 ; v ' second mark when a j technical foul was called on toliSSlgf the Tennessee bench and ; Sharon Rivers canned the free throw to bring the Gamecocks to within two, 3634at halftime. \ zDown with 7:44 left in the contest, USC freshman | , Brantley Southers ignited a ; 7 rally with a steal, a basket, J ' . : and a perfect free throw to I pull USC to within 10 at 68-58, j She did it again at 6:34 and it was UT 70-66. Two minutes later, [ -7:; Gamecock freshman Marsi teg I V McAlister bounced one off It the glass to bring USC to ...Ukin t n A r?1 All wniiiii mi cc ai # -?-/ x. mi- B9N American Sheila Foster | _ canned two free throws with [ just over two minutes left. I USC was on the short end of I a 76-74 count and that was as1 I Gamecocks would get for the I Tennessee's offensive JH efforts were led by guard Sheila Collins with 18 points and forward Paula Towns Freshman witn 16. t or tne game, ui r. , See Losses page 10 ^amecoci oints as the Gamecocks' "home cc Tech, 101-63. s Contim ,ady Gan 1 MilrP Marsi McAlister had a career hig ks dropped their fifth game. ^Hi Tec the K?fr^^^alf^^ml?Sl?W%^ nigl ^^W##iHBiw^?^^E|l V\ ^K(i!5ip^8?3l|i^stfiiipiiffi1 - Mo] jl^Mftli^^'^BgBMHHBBB! Bea ^ea( ? E mmsmmm ^Sasm op,? SUH Ptioto by Dave Grimley >urt advantage" continued Plaj ded T m con ue To the ] _ tuuituivo t ent . cer - but the WmmSKKKBtKKKKtBBtttKtm Ea mf & JHHgnnMHHMHM| cor got bac sho (t wai L spr sav wil nes ?nr 15 th pi ne R< T< SUff Photo by Dave Grimlev a t h 10 points in a losing cause as the Lady bjj r jl? Di uaiiiecuenfc i taaicr j 'est Virginia Tech, 101-63 w By DENNIS SWITZER " SUM Writer SC got their running game on track and West Virginia h dug themselves an early grave with poor shooting as Gamecocks defeated the Golden Bears, 101-63 Monday tit. fVT took an early 11-8 lead on a 3-point play by Steve rrison, but that's when their troubles started. The Golden irs went scoreless for the next six minutes as the necocks scored 18 unanswered points to jump to a 26-11 3. The Golden Bears scored to close the gap to 13, but ^ i olina capitalized on WVT turnovers and missed shots to n n CI c a JI-JU uaiiiiiiic icdu. 14-foot jump-shot by sophomore Brad Jergenson started Gamecock rally which saw unmolested layups from the : break by Scott Sanderson, and Jergenson and a slam-1 ik by Mike Brittain. ergenson shared scoring honors with freshman guard imy Hawthorne with 12 each. Ty Thompson, Brittain and -old Martin followed behind with 11 each. Sophomore yard Kenny Holmes led the team with ten rebounds, eight istsand six points. uur transition game was open and our players were n," Holmes said. j Whatever develops for me, that's what I do. I'm a team ^ t per, whatever the team needs, that's what I do," he adhe Carolina squad dished out a season high 29 assists lpared to west Virginia Tech's six. The Golden Bears e also out-rebounded 55 to 35. rittain believed the rebounds were the key that unlocked South Carolina running game. When we rebound good like we did tonight, our running ne is there," he said. he Golden Bears were olacued with noor shontini? thp ire night, hitting just 31 percent from the floor. Junior ter Robert Price took scoring honors for the night with 21, r shot a dismal 8-for-22 from the floor. % . Vest Virginia Tech, an NAIA school from Montgomery, Va., fell to 10-5 for the year while the Gamecocks boosted ir record to 7-11 still hoping for a .500 season. They face st Tennessee State Jan. 30 and Georgia Southern Feb. 1 to nplete a three-game home stand. Our main concern is to take them one at a time, but we ve to build a streak," Coach Foster said. Wp haupn't haH ^nncicfonf cnnrrlift Whon Ilmm.i >? V ..? * V wouiuvvtiv k/VVilllg. Tf UVsll Ullllllijr LaiUC :k we got scoring inside. We still need that good outside oting." % I think we've accomplished some things, but I'm still iting for some players to emerge as clear-cut starters." wading scorer Jimmy Foster is still suffering from a ained ankle sustained against Southern Mississippi and v limited action Monday night. Coach Foster said Foster I run Tuesday and hopefully will be ready for East Tensee State. Newcomers Add Depth To Netters By CHRIS HUGHES "We don't have that one SUM Writer great player this year but ?? this team has more depth Although USC's men's than we've ever had," coach nnis team were ranked as Smarrsaid. gh as 10th in the nation ' i Zoran Petkovich continues ^ ^ lished last season ranked to play well and is expected th boasting a 27-5 record, to play in the No. 1 sintzles ey did not go to the NCAA position. Coach Smarr says lampionships. that five or six team With five of its top severt members are battling for the ayers returning and four No. 2 spot. Along with iwcomers that head coach Petkovich; Ulf Petterson, am Smarr says are all Trevor Raal, Jose Neto and ipable of playing in the top Daron Roberts all return six positions, the from their top positions on amecocks, ranked 14th in last years squad while e AMF Hea?.! National freshmen Kevin Campbell, tercollegiate l're-Season Sterling Cooke, Arthur % | jnnis Rankings, should Heller and Moe Kruger are | lain finish in the too 15 and nil M1? V/%p\yWV/U l-U Ui UUUl/C i It^lAt ittle for a bi^ t the NCAA away. tiampionships si Athens, Carolina did not do as well a- See Tennis page 9