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Staff Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. ? Throug
season, the USC Lady Gameci
overcome all the odds. The odds w
after the resignation/firing of t
former coach and a revealing e:
national sports publication ?
wasn't supposed to do too much.
They lost four of five followin
troversy and a few players wen
with the new administration. '
attitudes became slightly c
although not to the same exten
four players, including two starte
team. The odds of success look<
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one. The rest is history.
Since overcoming all of the adv
rather positive note, it should c
shocking revelation that the ladit
the nation's lOth-ranked team or
It's not surprising that, after con
halftime ahead by 16 ? they hac
much as 20 earlier ? and watchin
evaporate to only one with 1:35
still pulled out a 71-70 win over th<
Women. Simply put, they've got g
"I've felt all along that, you I
team has a lotta guts," beamed
coach Terry Kelly on the bus tr
Columbia. "Not only to go thr<
they went through, but you car
practice and on the court. Thi
competitive. They hate to lose."
The ladies came frightening
losinP tn an nuprratpH Qfatc
Reynolds Coliseum Saturday nig
After shooting a blistering 6
from the floor in the first half for
? Sheila Foster and Evely
teamed for 29 of USC's first ha
USC slowly but surely saw
crumble.
"In women's basketball," 1
later, "no lead is safe. You
tonight."
Little by little, State chipped a
lead. A Claudia Kreicker iumoe
left in the game cut the deficit I
first time since 9:33 in the fir;
State pulled within 10 points.
Johnson and Sharon Rivers sc<
USC up 65-54 with 7:40 left. State
scored eight straight to get wit
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HARRISBURG, N.C. - Doctoi
students, laborers and other
people will be competing in the V
Sprints at Charlotte Motor Speed
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(41 IU
The WBT Spring Sprints are
seven short, half hour sprint
Saturday counting for the Sports
America's Southeast Divisior
Championships and seven mon
sprints on Sunday awarding po
SCCA's Southeast Division
Championships.
More than :*(K) amateur dr
throughout the countrv will
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Speedway for the weekend of i
and camaraderie. The entry lis
from novice drivers just earning
in road racing competition to th
grizzled national champions ir
points leading toward another tit
Every conceivable type of ca
competition in the WBT Spring
from open wheel, European st;
cars 10 snowroom siock seaans 1
safety modifications; from all-o
Can-Am type cars to heavil
production sports cars like
Camaros and Alfa Romeos.
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that lead """ "
USC's Becky Parker (24) blocks
Kelly said Thompson as Sheila Foster and Br;
saw that
with just under live minutes left on the
iway at the clock.
r with 9:40 State's talented freshman Linda Page hit
a 12-footer with 4:26 left to put the score at
o 61-52, the 65-64. But Foster, playing in her last regular
>t half that season game as a Lady Gamecock, scored
inside twice in the span of a minute to put
)red to put USCupbyfive.
i, however, Two freebies by State's Angie Armstrong
hin three with 1:51 left and a Ginger Rouse score at
;ur Drivers To'
*s, lawyers, Drivers in the WBT Spring Sprints will be
ordinary competing for the first annual Mario AnVBT
Spring dretti Achievement Award, established this
way March year to honor America's Formula One
Grand Prix World Driving Champion,
a series of Andretti won the 1978 World Championship,
races on becoming the first American since Phil Hill
Car Club of (i%]) to wrest the crown from its European
i Regional domination.
e half hour The Andretti Award will be presented to
ints for the the outstanding class winner in Sunday's
National National competition. In addition to the
custom, $5,(XX) brass sculpture symbolic of
ivers from winning at CMS, the Andretti Award winner
be at the will also receive products and gifts worth
competition more than $5,(XX).
t will range Highlighting the WBT Spring Sprints
; their spurs weekend will be the World Kabbit
e seasoned, Challenge, a 22 lap chase for more than 30 of
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le. anywhere in the racing world.
r will be in The event is the season lid-lifter for the
; Sprints ? $100,000 professional Rabbit/Bilstein Cup,
yle formula Volkswagen of America will import several
with limited of the top running European Rabbits and
ut, full-bore drivers to test American competitors at
y modified Charlotte. The winner's share of the $10,000
Corvettes, purse is a healthy $2,000 in this battle of
showroom stock cars. Only safety har
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me snot 01 i\.c. state's Karen
antley Southers watch. p
1:26 made it 69-68. 55
Page missed the front end of a one-andone
with 1:08 left and USC got the rebound,
but couldn't score. State's full-court pass '
went awry and the Lady Gamecocks got the
ball.
Rivers was fouled with only 27 seconds left f
and missed the front end of the bonus, but i
Brantley Southers pulled down the rebound. t
Seven seconds later, Becky Parker was the a
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Action in the Kabbit/Bi
nesses, rollbars and fire extinguishers are <
allowed to be added to the Itabbits. 5
Rabbit racing is a rough-and-tumble !
world. Three-wheeled cornering, screeching
tires, high speed drafting on the oval and
doorhandle-to-doorhandle competition on a
the snaking eight turn infield road course I
will be parts of the World Rabbit Challenge f
at 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon. (
Practice and qualifying for the WBT 5
Spring Sprints and the World Rabbit \
Challenge begins at noon Thursday and it
e, 71-70
;roine as she hit two free throws to put the
ady Gamecocks ahead, 71-68.
State's Karen Thompson scored from
siae wun eigni seconas ana tne woupacK
illed time. USC inbounded the ball with a
ng baseball pass which sailed untouched
/er Southers' head. Eight seconds still
;mained. State called time again.
"Everything was perfect," State coach
ay Yow said later. "We wanted to go to
inger Rouse. She was open and everything
asset up perfectly. Damn."
Instead, Page took the final shot, which
ahnson rejected with four seconds left.
"That's what's so disappointing," Yow
lid. "We had everything we could've asked
>r with eight seconds left and the ball,
ouse was wide open.
"We had plenty of opportunities to take
e lead. I was really disappointed with the
ay we played the first half. You have to
ay a good full game to beat South
irolina," Yow said.
"We knew Foster was tough inside and
)hnson could shoot and liked to penetrate,
oster was as far down the lane as she could
} and Johnson's penetration really hurt us.
e knew what we had to do to beat them,
it we didn't do it."
USC played well the first half and the
omplete opposite in the final 20 minutes.
"I'm happy that it goes down as a win,"
welly said. "That's all."
Kelly opened up a bit when pressed furler.
"Well, we played good team offense and
sfense the first half," he observed. "We
sat the lOth-ranked team in the country on
leir court. It's a big win for us."
The defense was the stalwart for USC.
specially in the first half. State hit only 37.1
ercent from the floor. USC couldn't hit in
le second half, shooting a miserable 32.3
ercent. Connie Rogers, State's top player,
'as two-for-seven for the game from the
oor.
"I thought we did a pretty good job
defensively)," Kelly said. "We did a real
ood job. We did terrible in the second half,
hough."
Itcri nn n ir>?
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irst round of the NCAA playoffs March 14.
'he Lady Gamecocks are seeded third in
he midwest region. Louisiana Tech is first
ind Kentucky second.
Charlotte
ilstein Cup Series.
continues Friday, March 26. Saturday's
seven Regional races begin at 2:30 while
Sunday's action starts at noon.
Tickets for the WBT Spring Sprints are $6
idvance sale and $10 at the gate, while
\r o r/\n lAnnn /\n o*>/? < \ l^lxl/x
duuut/v/viaia^c at i:a pasoca die cl VctllcIRJlt;
or $ir> advance sale, $20 at the gate.
Grandstand seating is unreserved at the
Speedway and tickets are good for the entire
veekend. The CMS Ticket office is open
rom 9a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.