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lUarolina SB By Tracy Mixson Forward Brad Jergenson used all 6-8, 222-pound frame to slam dunk th< ino chnt "with anthr\rit??" i jtggggl ? ? ?p k-t m m v w t a v M w 111 V/1 II ^ CIO V-^ J) I basketball team upset Virginia Tech Saturday at Carolina Coliseum. With the game deadlocked at 67 wit ^18 P j JBHi w&^r '&Wr n Reaching out USC forward Jimmy Foster battles Virgini Carolina Coliseum. The Gamecocks come a Lady Gamei Rw Rjarhara tfloinf ? J wm ?? ?* Although tonight's Lady Gamecock i Marion is not a Metropolitan Collegia contest, head coach Terry Kelly said i "We've had our fling at home," K long time since we've been on the road. USC ended its 10 game home stand Saturday with a win over the Lady He THE I.ADY "ininprnck*; harl n 7-7 rr and have won three straight games. But with three of its four remainin and two against Metropolitan Collegia teams, USC can not let up, Kelly said. "1 expect a very tough ballgairx tonight's match. "They are very tou? good solid team." Francis Marion is 20-4, and its most r past weekend's Winthrop Invitational, the tournament, beating Winthrop !< ship game. GWEN CANTY, a 5-7 guard/for Patriots with a 13.1 scoring average. Fc averages 10.8 points a game and is tie nettc with a 6.1 rebounding norm. Patiots' center, is scoring 10.3 points ] Kelly said USC's win against Virgini; fidence builder. "We needed (to win) tl at home." And the Lady Gamecocks did just defeated the Lady Hokies 89-74 to take conference. USC has a 6-2 Metro mar "I'm very pleased with our perforir was a very good team effort. "FOR THE most part we handled Even when we broke the press we wen offense." USC shot 53 percent from the field ? double figures. . Sharon Gilmore had a season high bounds. Mindy Ballou, who leads the 7.8 average per game, contributed 20 [ : forward i seconds left to play, guard of his Hawthorne put up the potentially ^ winn- shot. But when the ball rattled along men's Jergenson rose above Hokie defend i 69-67 dunked the rebound to seal the vici Carolina. th four "I was happy to see Brad Jergenso: j - - "" ?? ?z~~sS vsii^teSS?^ Ss^^^EpFmiBJ r}.^'LrJ7^T^?^"'^V5^r^LS'^^T~^'r-*-:-HB * ^ "Sr?5^7js'~^isic5fe^5ifff^~r's^f V; g|g ; '|p Jj; E B '- v: i j "T"~1 DELk^Jm Photo by Bryant a Tech's Dell Curry in action of Saturday's game in way with a 69-67 victory. -?nnlxo trownl fn /uwivo 11 a v ci i u Brantley Southers, meeting against Francis points and Gwen Lyn te Athletic Conference t is still a key game. "WE WANTED tc elly said. "It's been a we felt we had good < We have to play well." Ballou and Lynch that began Jan. 28 on 9-11 and 6-10, respeci )kies of Virginia Tech. ^ g contests on the road ecent action was in this The Lady patriots won L- jjf ^ 1-68 in the champion- '4F + ward, leads the Lady Lyf? >rward Annette Auston ^oiggs d with her sister Jean- JjfiB Jeannette, the Lady a Tech was a good conle last conference game V iiic picss prcuy wen. i a lot more patient on ind had four players in Loose ball 24 points, and 12 re- Carolina's Renee Najar Metro in assists with a victory and first place ii joints. >portS dunks Vii Jimmy winning shot," USC head < winning said. "We were fortunate tl the rim, right place and put the b; lers and authority." tory for n hit the FOSTER SAID the gami because it featured one of H- . Metropolitan Collegiate Ath 1VH rnntocfc frvr JC/^ Ivv/iilVJIO IUI U JV_/ Virginia Tech spoiled Cai the Metro in December Gamecocks 104-76. USC returned the favor Sz the Gobblers their seventh 1 They drop to 7-4 in the con WITH THE win, the Gar a three-game losing streak i 11-12 overall, 4-6 in the Me Virginia Tech initially app a rout, taking command ea an 11-point lead within 10 opening tipoff. But Carolina rallied in fi\ HriVAC t A Hrntu ~ ? ' 3v.i i >vj uia" wiiiiui UIIC t and went ahead on a baselii ward Jimmy Foster. Foster then hit from the fl ed free throw attempt to gi\ halftime lead. % THE GAMECOCKS c momentum in the second hal K comfortable lead for most ol with 2:30 left, Virginia Tec unanswered points, making With 30 seconds remaini Mike Brittain was fouled by utctiici, uiiu mi one 01 iwo 3XH^ Gobblers called a timeout, ai pJP back with a 17-foot jump she With four seconds left, Hi ^j t^e go-ahead shot, but Jerg r B with the rebound dunk to j Nflfimpp "We were trying to get a mSEjgjk (Hawthorne) took it,'1 Jer; went to the boards and got the ball coming off the rim. W_ "ON THAT last shot \ MHM ,i - ..? uciciisc 10 uiciaie wnat v Foster said. "This win does us in a lot of different ways we got off to such a questic we weren't playing with a lo ir first time the Metro's fifth leading scorer, had 1? ich scored 12. > have the opportunity to go inside, bui outside shooting," the coach said, provided the outside scoring, and were tively from the field. ian and Hokies' Joyce Waddy fight for ball r the Metro conference. t r i' r 11 * i i M > i?t c ? * ? # * #?\ ^ fni niA I lyiina I :oach Bill Foster Foster sai< lat he was in the Gamecocks' all back in with "Our start portant," he ing hard and ?4TL i iic gaii s was important turns," he sa four consecutive iletic Conference "WE'VE before when rolina's debut in there. We we , crushing the adversity, wl overcome the iturday, handing Virginia T oss in 16 games. said he was ference. performance "We didn' necocks snapped previous) ga ind improved to would get be f rn * * * ww. uiun i, ne s eared headed for "We had ; rly and building but we ti minutes of the opportunities 'e- and six-point MOIR SA >f the Gobblers, Gobblers' do ne layup by for- "Wegotgc shoot 44 pen oor after a miss- we're a team /e USC a 36-33 percent. It w< had. We did i "You have ontinued their Thpv tu f, maintaining a had fire in thi the period. But Moir said h rolled off six overconfident the score 66-65. ing its victory ng, USC center forward Bobby "I DON'T free throws. The to this game < id Beecher came he said. "Las >t to tie the score in Columbia Tr?iirr?nrr?*?r?^ iwthorne missed tion for our p enson answered execution." 3Ut USC up for Jimmy Fos in scoring anc good shot, and Saturday witl genson said. "1 my Hawthor lucky. I caught forward Gen " and 10 point Perry You ve wanted their points, and ve did," coach tributed 14 a an awful lot for USC trav , simolv because i iniworcit., -n will r ci JIIJ 1 J enable start and day. Both | t of confidence. matches. women's ! The Lady Gamecocks had ; play, and Virginia Tech could USC had a 45-29 lead at inte just 23 percent of their field g In the second half, USC hac 1 sions and its biggest lead was 2 left in the game. during Saturday's game. The Lady G< - I O fech i one kev to .he win ? .h play in the second half in the second half was very iinsaid. "We came back out playtook it to them. le took so many twists and lid. BEEN in similar positions i we trailed. But we hung in re able to come back from this lereas before we couldn't have :se problems." ech head coach Charlie Moir ?: i -. - .l > V4i3a^ijvjiiiicu wiui nis (cam s t have the intensity we had (in mes. I thought (the intensity) rtter in the second half, but it aid. a lot of high percentage shots, irned them into missed y y ID poor shooting caused the onfall. ?od shots," he said. "When von :ent it doesn't sound bad, but who usually shoots almost 53 is bad today with the shots we not shoot the ball well. to give South Carolina credit. z team with the intensity. The :ir eyes all day long." he didn't think his team was coming into the game followover USC Dec. 20, 1983. Lhink we were cocky coming inifter the game in Blacksburg," t year, South Carolina beat us (in the National Invitational , so there was plenty of motivalayers. But there was very little ter continued to lead the Metro I rebounding, leading all scorers 1 27 points and 13 boards. Jimne pumped in 14 points, while lid Perrv nnrl Rritt^in ^?r\c\nr\ i i s, respectively. ing paced the Hokies with 24 Dell Curry and Beecher connd 11. els to Southern Mississippi lursday and to Tulane Saturjames are Metro conference game in 11-3 lead four minutes into only get within four after that, rmission as the Lady Hokies hit oal attempts in the first half. 1 an 18 point lead on five occa1 points, which came with 5:23 ** wbBU a * ' * Photo by Jos?pt) Gamttt imecocks came away with the