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^ SportSIZ ZZI__ Lady Gamei Tirry IMVy (JSC women's head basketball coach Empire moves 1 From Staff Reports The Empire basketball team, ranked No. 1 in the Intramural / Recreational Sports Office preseason poll, has dropped out of the A division due to scheduling problems. I The team will compete in the B diviIntramural Basketball Poll Division A 1. Alpha Tau Omega played Sigma Nu I last night. 2. Spartans played Alpha Phi Alpha last night. 3. Omen did not play. 4. Alpha Phi Alpha played Spartans last night. 5. Pweeze played Wrecking Crew last night. 6. Kappa Alpha played Sigma Alpha Epsilon I last night. 7. Kappa Alpha Psi played Phi Kappa Sigma last night. 8. Chemcocks lost to Ebony Nets 49-54. 9. Leviathon A did not play. Division B 1. Roost Connection did not play. 2. Sigma Alpha Epsilon III plays Kappa Alpha II tonight. 3. T&T Sports did not play. 4. Mortar & Pestle did not pla^. 5. Scimoas did not play. 6. AFROTC I did not play. 7. Kappa Alpha II plays Sigman Alpha Epsilon tonight. 8. Bates House Eliminators play SPL Commanders tonight. 9. 9-team plays Wade Hampton Destroyers tonight. 10. Full court PRESS plays Fluxers tonight. j NCAA con By Jeff Rogers Rpppnt rlevelnnments at this month's Jlegiate Athletic Association meeting in D and college sports as a whole, accord officials. During the convention, NCAA deleg. position 35, a move by a* group of univ would have given college heads the powe Instead, the convention passed Propo 44-member presidential commission abl< tion to the convention, but without pov* delegates voted for Proposition 36. "PROPOSITION 36 is going to associate athletic director/business mana I "With (Proposition) 35, as small a nur could have enacted legislation. Proposit tial input and involvement in the legis NCAA." Although USC athletic director Bob attend the convention, he said the adopt was a wise decision. "(Proposition 36) will definitely have said. "There were presidents who wen about the development of the NCAA, ? input." Marcum expressed concern over whe commission would be able to take the tii "THE SECRET (to whether the conu how many presidents show up for thi said. "However, I really don't think t hard without some kind of commitmer ? The commission's members will be c the chief executive officers of NCAA a USC President James Holderman si the commission only if asked. "If they warn; me to do it, I would," there are a lot of presidents out there I problems athletically." ANOTHER IMPORTANT move, th Division IA schools, was made during i cocks to fa iv Bob Lang USC women's basketball team the Golden Eagles of the Univ Southern Mississippi tonight in Ha Miss., on the second leg of a two-g trin The Gamecocks will take a 9-6 rc Green Coliseum, including a win ov University Monday night. The wi Lady Gamecocks' conference recc going into tonight's conference gai Gamecock coach Terry Kelly sai an "excellent ball club." With thn ranked in the top 10 in Metropo legiate Athletic Conference sco Eagles average 95 points a game th "Thpv arp a nin.anH.onn tvn * "v; v v* C5M" club," Kelly said. "We are going i :o division B sion, with their first game tonight at 6:30 p.m. against the Zeros on court No. 5 at the Blatt Physical Education Center. In the only game involving a top 10 team Monday night, ninth-ranked Chemcocks of the A division lost to the unranked Ebony Nets 54-49. In games tonight involving ranked division B teams, second-ranked Sigma Alpha Epsilon III plays seventhranked Kappa Alpha II 5:30 p.m. on court No. 1; eighth-ranked Bates House Eliminators faces SPL Commanders at 8:30 p.m. on court No. 1; ninth-ranked 9-team plays the Wade Hampton Destroyers at 8:30 p.m. on court No. 2 and lOth-ranked Full Court PRESS plays the Fluxers at 6:30 on court No. 3. Entries are now open for men's wrestling. The deadline is Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. The deadline for Men's and Co-Rec innertube water polo has been extend ea 10 Jan. zd ai 3 p.m. ine captain s meeting for the sport will be held Jan. 26 in room 112 of the P.E. Center. Each team must send at least one representative. imissioii ' annual National Col- 4p alias will benefit (JSC WjH^m .? ling to USC athletic ites voted down Proersity presidents that r to set NCAA policy. sition 36, setting upa 1 WwtBwBP'" be an asset,"' USC ^ iger John Moore said. nber as 12 presidents ion 36 gives presidenlative process of the /iarcum was unable to ( tion of Proposition 36 ' 'Proposition *'?" ?' ind they wanted more - USC businet Jo ther a majority of the . me to attend meetings. I niecinn tc tC 111JJ1V11 Iij JUVWUDIUI; !# ; meetings," Marcum hey would lobby that it going in." after the decisior lected by mail vote by Division IA, mad chools. The issue was \ lid he would serve on elusive voting po^ Division IA scho< Holderman said. "But athletic programs who have had a lot of IA schools. The measure f< lis time by the NCAA in Divisions I am \ the convention soon posal in District \ ce Golden Eagle: be able to keep up with them," he said, "and will face we can't afford to get into a running ersity of game." ttiesburg, ^ running game nearly cost Carolina a win am... mat Monday night, but the Lady Gamecocks, leading by 44-33 at the half, held on to even cord into their Metro conference record at 1-1 with a er Tulane 79-74 win over Tulane University. n put the "We played good in spurts," Kelly said. >rd at 1-1 "We were tired and didn't have the sharpie ness we needed." a i lex* Jc Thoueh tired, four Ladv Gamecocks U V^VJITI X J ^ " ic starters scored in double figures in the game. Mindy litan Col- Ballou led the way with 22 points. Gwen ring, the Lynch scored 18, Sharon Gilmore had 16, iis season. anc* Brantley Southers scored 11. e of ball Athough she started slow towards the to have to beginning of the season, 6-3 sophomore It iBr * ' He The next Sheila Foster? An unidentified player puts up a shot for the Phi Kappa Fillies f% M fh AAAl1 ' HII^^I mi aaacii muu ? favor, but no A with the measu ' Moore said I -Jt: 'Proposition 36 will f?r Division 1/ 1 definitely have an "we feel \ imnact' said "with s a impact. together and c ? USC athletic director We'll be look Bob Marcum future." r Moore said J basically deal , -J gress towards vvun recru are impossible said. "We hav< i upon the Divis 36 is go "division aSSei. ^ the meeting I manaMT K iwf "However, otl l- mm I- \ J& Both .vlarcu ifan Moor* jglj^ NCAA broker manageable. "*** think it' V JMr vsfff ,.v nothing wrong I get through wi Moore said 1 on Proposition 55. IJSC is a member of acted upon. . nn of trhnnk with Inropt nthlctir nrnoranit vhcthcr Division IA schools should have ex- "IT'S A co vcr on their division's own legislation. Many votes, there an >ls complained Division I, II and III schools' a while for soi ( didn' t have the same problems as Division Moore said academic prog up some loop! or autonomy was defeated by a clear margin The questioi i II. The count was 170-129 against the pro- posal asking ft I and 93-50 in District II. District III was in reach the com s tonight center Sharon Gilmore has averaged in double figures in points and rebounds over the last three games. Against Tulane, Kelly said nilmore continued to olav well. "Gilmore played well as far as rebounds were concerned," Kelly said. "She also played a strong defensive game for us inside." With four Carolina players (Gilmore, Brantley Southers, Marsi McAlister, and later Monica Williams) with four fouls each, coach Kelly had to substitute heavily later in the game. "We got good play out ot Williams coming off the bench," he said. Renee Najarian, who has been out with an injured Achilles' tendon, is doubtful for tomorrow's game. 'f Ig , \ & mm***V - / Flute ky to Lam in their 39-19 victory over tU Misfits Monday. re says exact vote was taken. The convention closed ire defeated. JSC supported the measure, and stressed a need autonomy. we have a unique set of problems," Moore uch a measure, the larger schools could get ;nact legislation to deal with these problems, ing for a certain kind of autonomy in the the problems among Division IA schools with recruiting and athletes' satisfactory protheir degrees. iting, there are certain rules on the books that to enforce (upon Division IA schools)," Moore e common problems that have little or no effect ion II or III schools." measure's defeat at the convention, the NCAA vision IA schools to meet in June. However, the all Association's meeting is scheduled for June IIA was created for football, so the only talk in should be about football," Moore said, ler things will probably be discussed." im and Moore expressed a desire to sec the 1 down by division in order to become more 's gotten too big," Marcum said. "There's l with the divisions meeting. They didn't even ith all of the agenda at the convention." out of 165 proposals on the agenda, 122 were nstitutionai issue," Moore said. "Out of 700 5 only 85 of us (Division IA schools). It will takW nettling like autonomy to pass." the convention made guidelines for satisfactory * ress of athletes "more restrictive, and tightened loles." n of freshman eligibility was treated with a pro or a stuay ot tne issue, out tne proposal did n<^t ~ mention floor, according to Moore.