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GAM I E|pH i ?K?Hn^HH I WtoJBlt "V; ;c;:-^V^----' " " ^ ^ ^ ^ Staff Photo bj Brantley Southers goes up for a jum 'Luck Of The Iri Notre Dame E By JOHNNY BOGGS Asst. Sports Editor The luck was with the Irish Saturday afternoon as Notre Dame came from behind to beat South Carolina 59-55 before 11,200 A A .1 _ _ A 1 A _ 1 spectators ana a national television audience. USC led 50-46 with 5:43 left in the contest when game MVP John Paxson sank a 17-foot jumper. After a Gamecock timeout and a later free throw by Brad Jergenson, Paxs' ^ hit another jump shot in the lane witny four minutes remaining to pull the Fighting Irish to within one, 51-50. Then, with 2:55 left, Paxson sank a pair of free throws to eive Notre Dame the lead for good. Reserve Cecii Rueker entered the contest and sank a short jumper with 1:29 to go, to boost the Irish lead to three, 54-51. USC Head Basketball Coach Bill Foster quickly called timeout. With : 51 left, Jimmy Foster sank a pair of free throws to give USC a chance, but 23 seconds later Barry Spencer sank two foul shots to make it, 56 53. Carolina called its final timeout and Gerald Peacock sank a 14-foot jumper with 21 seconds to go to pull Carolina to within one. With 17 seconds left, Kevin Darmody fouled Spencer who sank one free throw, but missed the second to give USC one last chance to grab a win. Harold Martin tried a baseline jump shot, but had his shot rejected by Hucker. Kucker grabbed the loose ball and was fouled by a nrl f hn ?IQ cAnhnmnrii r VJIIO lliui/ aiiu iiiu u u ov/piu/iiiui v sank both foul shots with six seconds remaining to give Notre Dame a 59-55 victory. With neither team owning a winning * ? i i I 11 1 ^ record, tne coniesi was utjneveu iu m a terrible choice for CBS to televise. In fact, Sheila Fosl Staff Write The University of South Ci escaped uninjured from a nine mi the second quarter and then eel Notre Dame Fighting Irish worn Day" at the Carolina Coliseum. "Fatigue and concentration" B USC's Lady Gamecock Head Coa of the slump that could have < halftime lead. Kelly's club, play within 15 hours, entered I "gangbusters," but the wear ? competition began taking its toll. Sheila Foster h No. 53 jersey i USC dumped I See the relatec a on page 14. "We played pretty sloppy in t .-H disappointingly, "We took the fc without scoring." iPWF y Fortunately for the Lady G's, ; Jfl^f > own problems finding the bottom * than they were." They could ha that time," Kelly noted. But K< | cellent defense. As the USC w< chip lowell points during the slump. p shot. sh' Prevails As Ldges Carolina i : ?i i 4i Luc uiuy uimg iictriiiuiuuub auuui nit* game was to be when country music group The Oak Ridge Boys sang the national anthem. But the Irish proved to be a force needing be reckoned with as they came out hot, sinking their first six field goal attempts, and working their way to a 12-6 lead at the 14:57 mark. South Carolina came hark >klv however, notching the score at 12-all with 11:45 left when Martin sank a 19-foot jumper. USC never could take the lead until Jimmy Hawthorne dropped two foul shots with 6:24 remaining in the half to give USC a 20-19 lead. But with two seconds left in the period, il/n TYtfi1 hif An on 1 Q f/v/\f iiimn r\ XT A 1 I\V- 1*11 IvI IVxI A lilt, V/ll C411 1U1 VA7L JUllip OUUl LU give the Irish a one-point halftime lead, 2524. Neither team could pull away from the other in the second half. USC took the lead on a Peacock layup with 18:35 left in the game but never could get ahead enough to put the Irish out of reach. The most either team could get up during the second half was by four points. "We got into their tempo during the first half, which I didn't want to do," Bill Foster said after the game. "I thought we got back to our tempo in the second half. "I thought we had the game if we could hrtlrl nn tn (ho h'l 11 " hp enntinnoH "Thon with five minutes left in the game and we lost possession. It went to Paxson and free throws. That's how it ended. Paxson led the Irish with 20 points, while Spencer added 13 and Tim Andree contributed 11. For USC, Jergenson hit a career high of 19, while Foster and Martin added 10each. South Carolina fell to 11-15 with the loss, while Notre Dame improved to 8-15. USC travels to Florida State Monday night while the Irish face Fordham in South Bend, Ind. Tuesday. ? gg>?3 ter-Led Gamecocl riHRFS jrolina I^ady Gamecocks [ffliyiilsWSIifliMy nute scoring slump early in ebratingly disposed of the BHB&f # en 76-54 on "Shelia Foster HSHMBkkk' tad her he second half," Kelly said all up the court five times Notre Dame was having its of the net in the second half JBir ve cut off 18 to 20 points in , HsF 3lly added, "We played ex )men held ND to only eight See Women, page 13 Sharon Rivers t - -- ESynk#* my;i: -I 'Zt'.'t'. ' ' '." I .rr LI I ji ~_'. ' : iJLIT. ;ir r^i ? .V; t" JHH^/ 'y' ' $a8Sx& ':if ; :' : .; ? B"F >1 n rl T ^v? ^/ ^ *i n ?i ? ^ ^ 1 ? - - - ** > ciu ims pressure iron Jergenson finished the game witl as? 1 f is Rout Irish - -1- -,~L??:- z~.J j '' " ' ^ IR Jit \ ' Staff Photo by CHIP LOWELL iecame Carolina's assist leader. .. A: -_~t jmm?' ? Ht s * \ ^W' -' IMMfin ) Notre Dame's Tim Andree. h a career high 19 points.