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BY TIMGOCHNAUR
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"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 |
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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 | ,
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rally with a steal, a basket, J ' . :
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pull USC to within 10 at 68-58, j
She did it again at 6:34 and it
was UT 70-66.
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a 76-74 count and that was as1 I
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Sheila Collins with 18 points
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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
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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
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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.
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to build a streak," Coach Foster said.
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:k we got scoring inside. We still need that good outside
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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
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ittle for a bi^ t the NCAA away.
tiampionships si Athens, Carolina did not do as well
a- See Tennis page 9