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GA. Ladies < Brantley Southers shooi nights 10 point victory. Gamecocks win. Gai Fall By DENNIS SWITZEK B SUH Writer I*< K Just when everything h seemed to be going the w Gamecock's way ? a four- u game win streak, including C( two on the road ? somebody tl had to burst the bubble. K USC traveled to Greenville fj Thursday night to face the th Furman Paladins and tc played their type of game ? s\ running, scoring and dishing out assists ? in a 98-79 b< victory. d, But the road-game jinx struck again Saturday night th with a 52-51 loss to the ic Davidson Wildcats in m Charlotte. jjj The Gamecocks jumped m out to an early 11-4 lead i> against Furman with rc jumpshots by Harold Martin sc and Mike Brittain. Carolina increased their lead to 17 by a halftime with a 47-30 score. pi Jimmy Foster, Brad pc Jergenson and Scott San- g? derson increased the ot Gamecock lead to 22 early in f0 the second half. With 10 re minutes left in the game, MEC f: Jr ' .... laBK^i-^i^CTB"' Bfi ^Ji^>:-: -? ts over Kentucky's Tanya Southers contributed 20 mecocks Ti ni A ^nort Agai rittain fouled out and p< eserve center Duane th endall went in to replace tc im. But the Gamecocks, si ho had been plagued with >ul trouble all evening, w smmitted six fouls in less n ian one minute, including m endall's third, fourth and se fth. But the brief rally by le Paladins was not enough B > lift them past the hot- tli looting Gamecocks. G Foster, who did not start si scause he'd been sick jrine the week with thp flu (v lme off the bench to lead w le team with 21 points and D i rebounds. Kenny Holmes b< ided 17 points as well as shing out six assists. ai artin threw in 14 and Kevin y< armody contributed 12 to >und out the double-figure pi orers. cc The Paladins were led by bi ll-Southern Conference ayer Mel Daniel with 27 W IXFIli: ** ? * >uiu>. wuuaui names ana u eorge Singleton were the w her double-figure scorers al r Furman with 17 and 12, W spectively. The Gamecocks shot 66 bi :oc: O A e otrea tr ^ M a I ] I 5UH Photo by CHIP LOWELL Fogle in Saturday points in the Ladv ur aeiense was good, but e had trouble with Mel aniel. We had good danced scoring, good open lots and the people going in *e scoring," the second}ar mentor said. Foster said the team is aying with a lot more mfidence now than at the ^ginning of the season. Against the Davidson ildcats Saturday night, the amecocks' running game as stalled and were never )le to get inside the nacat's 2-3 zone. USC took an early lead, it saw it slowly dwindle to - %/ ip Furman nst Davids srcent from the floor while le Paladins were only able convert 40 percent of their 101S. "Everybody played real ell. We're more consistent, ot making young listakes," Jimmy Foster lid. Head Basketball Coach ill Foster was pleased with le win and with the amecocks late-season irge to break the .500 mark. "We shot very, very well. kl c5) c NHHHMHkonnnn k With By JOHNNY BO Asst. Sports Editor Sharon Rivers paced 1 Gamecocks with 22 points Southers added 20 as South ( llth-ranked Kentucky, 91-81 Saturday afternoon. Evelyn Johnson and chipped in 18 points each pulling down 17 boards as upped their record to 16-C. i 17-6. The Lady Wildcats of Kei by junior guard Patty J Louisville, Ky. Dative led ali points, with 20 of them comi holf nam Junior Lea Wise, a 1 product, added 22 for the Lai the first eight points for h game. South Carolina never tra test. Johnson hit at the 19:31 2-0 lead and never looked be began to pull away from Kei by a vocal crowd. Foster hit with 8:40 rema to give Carolina a 10 point a 29-19 score. Then USC began with 14 unanswered points sj minutes. USC continued to rack u{ Johnson blocked Lori Ed shot at the :01 mark to give laittime lead. The difference in the gar half. USC shot slightly over the floor while Kentucky s percent. The second half seeme football contest than a won game. The Lady Wildcats w personal fouls in the second l; on only one point at ir termission, 26-25. Carolin was holding on to the ball, u by three points, arid lookin for the last shot. Th Gamecocks lost the ball an Davidson was able to cor vert on a one-and-one from last-second foul by Bra Jergenson. The lead see-sawed in th second half before Jami Hall of Davidson scored th final points with 1:03 left i the game. Carolina held th ball, again looking for th last shot, and again it did n( happen. Jergenson was stripped c the ball and Kenny Wilso was fouled picking up th loose ball with just thre seconds remaining. The front end of the on< and-one was off and Carolin was able to call time-ou Foster was unable to mak the desperation 25-footer a time ran out. The Gamecocks dropp< to 11-13 with five gam< remaining. iP?m' i Kentuck GGS ntire game) am a technical foul < back to a referee the USC Lady !, and Brantley Kentucky beg Carolina downed heir wav back ir , before 750 fans half had already game. Sheila Foster USC cleared i with the latter took advantage o the Gamecocks to turn a blowoul Kentucky fell to the game Caroli Top 20 team in ; Penn State, als ntucky were led Monday. Hedges. The I scorers with 23 USC acting he ng in the second he did not know Carolina back int 4,I don't know - exington, Ky. feel we are a Toj dy Cats, scoring vote. er team in the "I don't care, & ick. USC slowly a"ymore ntucky, sparked ..what was imi and physically p ining in the half f'L1 ,th'nk,we hav dvantage with a and teke " one ga i a scoring spree Kelly explaine< canning over six capability of ge during the secon( and to keeJTthaUnter Saa5 didn,playawhc Sharon Rivers ne was the first gave her a 141 tot 60 percent from 10 assists under hot a dismal 27 Autry during the Lady Gamecocks d more like a v The Lady Gam len's basketball Wednesday night ere called for 16 Friday, USC fact I half (26 for the they meet Notre 1 e I'M wnBSt* n HHHyw 8 p. , 3- HHr oil^MH d The Gamecocks split gS weekend with a victory one point loss to the Dai gli :v Win f d Edgington was called for iarly in the half for talking an methodically inching ito the contest, but the first decided the outcome of the its benches and Kentucky if the inexperienced players . into a game. By the end of na had downed it? sp^nnH * a row. USC travels to face o ranked in the Top 20, ad coach Terry Kelly said if the victory would move o the Top 10. he said. "Personally, I 3 10 team, but I'm only one fnd I say that because when ere we only had six players, sn't important to be ranked * >ortant was to get mentally trepared for each game. I e to stick to that ohilosonhv * - - - - a ^ imeat a time." i the reason for Kentucky's tting back into the game \ half. jp on a team by 26, it's hard lsity," he commented. "We >le lot of defense the second 0 ' nine assists in the game al for the year. That is only the record set by Cheryl i 1978-79 season, when the ; went 27-10. ecocks' next home game is against Georgia State. On is Stetson and on Saturday Dame. p Staff Photo by CHIP LOWELL on the road this over Furman and a yidson Wildcats.