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. , . ww ./ KiufMuuuun f %j SportS -? IIOA 1! a r - i uou in in i By Andrew Miller USC's men's basketball team will h take it one game at a time to make the conference finals this weekend, as rnnrh Ha\/p Riant- 1?.. WV..X uiuiin .1UIU jrcsiciuay. "We arc going to have to come toge a team," the USC graduate said. 1 have to come together like we never ha season." Carolina faces Florida State at S tomorrow in the opening round < Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conf tournament in Memphis, Tenn. THE GAMECOCKS split wit! Seminoles in the two games played thi ? - Metro Baski I i at Mid! Mem Louisville ' \ l p.m. \ Winner Cincinnati / Virginia Tgch , \ Winner 3 p.m. ) luiann J Thursday Quarterfinals Friday Sa Florida State \ Winner 8 a.m. y . use / 8 Memphis State ID ?^\ Soutlwn Mi>sinipt? / Carolina ba: By Jeff Rogers After tomorrow's makeup came USC's baseball team faces a strong break, according to head coach June Carolina flies to Miami, Fla., to oj with perennial power University of IS day's and Saturday's games against Hi Field in Miami and Sunday's game in USC, 7-0, next faces Southern Illinoi dale March 12 in Coral Gables. Carol Orleans for two games apiece against me university 01 Mew Orleans. Lady Gamei in second r From Staff Reports CINCINNATI ? USC's women's t ball team failed in its attempt to w Metro championship last night, los; Memphis State University 64-60. The Lady Tigers got off to an 11-01 the first half. But USC came withi points before halftime while MSU si center Regina Street was on the bench i trouble during the second round c Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conf Tournament. "We learned to play without her (Str the middle of the year," MSU head Mary Lou Johns said. "In situations li what we try to do is stay close." In the second half Carolina stayed c MSU. When Street fouled out with 2 maining, Renee Najarian made the re; free throws to tie the game at 55-all. With just more than a minute rem; the Lady Gamecocks had a chance to one-point lead, but missed a layup anc got the rebound. The Lady Tigers then won the game free-throw line. MSU was led by Cathy Williams w points. Street finished with 11 p Carolina was paced by Brantley So - with 20 points, followed by Marsi Mc/ with 13 and Sharon Gilmore with 11. USC, 18-11, plays Virginia Tech t< for third olace in the tournament. Carolina advanced to the second ron rsi conference with USC winning in Tallahassee 76-68, and lave 10 losing o/-oz in Columbia. Metro Going into the tournament, Blank said, sistant Carolina has some unnoticed momentum. "We beat our last Metro opponent ther as (Southern Mississippi)," he said. "And we 'We'll had a real moral victory against DePaul. ve this "We played a nationally ranked team on the road and only got beat by nine points. ! p.m. We played a very good game against DePaul, )f the and I think that we are very well prepared for erence the tournament." DSC HEAD coach Bill Foster said he and h the his coaching staff look forward to the s year, tournament. etball Tournament South Coliseum iphis, Tenn. 7 p.m. ^ ^ 1 enifinals Saturday Finals Champion I \ Winner / p.w. \ , 1 - seball coach expi All four teams the Gameco at Newberry College, the National Collegiate Athle challenge over spring "This will be one of our to Raines. Raines said yesterday. "It'll )en a three-game series ballclub." /liami. USC plays Fri- Sophomore pitcher Mike < jrricanes at Mark Light opening game of the Miami se Coral Gables. Reed to pitch the successive g; is University at Carbon- records. ina then travels to New "I think he's (Cook) goin^ Tulane University and said. I cr* * ? s pucning sian, wmci :ocks lose 64-60 ound of Metro defeating Tulane University Monday night >asket- 74-64. in the Against the Lady Green Wave, Carolina : a? fnnlf n rnmmanHino Iin firct Half Illg IU * C> 1 ?? ?, shooting 54 percent of its field goals and 72 ead in percent of its free throws. n two Defensively, the Lady Gamecocks held tarting Tulane to 27 percent shooting in the first half in foul an(J 'cc* by 22 points at halftinie. )f the USC head coach Terry Kelly said he felt erence defense was a key to the early lead against Tulane. . . 441 * l J _r eet) ,n i uiuugin wc cxtxuicu our ueiense very coach we" a"d 't a big effect on Tulane," Kelly ke this said. USC appeared to be coasting to an easy lose to w'n> but Tulane came back in the last five ;30 re- minutes of the contest. suiting Kelly credited Tulane on its effort, but said there was no question about Carolina's lining, performance. take a "Any time you get a big lead, it's hard to i iv/ici i keen un vour intensitv." hp said I 1TIUC/ * ?~ + J ? " * Memphis State (64) at the Williams 8-16, 4-7, 20; Webb 6 17, 3-5, 15; Forsythe 0-6, 0 2, 0; Street 5 6, 12, 11; Simpson 3 12, 3 4, 9; Seymore ith 20 3 8' 3 6' 9; Blue 0 2' 0 ?' 0; To,als 25 67' 14 26' 64 . . USC (60) )nintc - ------ Southers 10 17, 0 0, 20; McAlister 5-13, 3 4, 13; Gilmore "tners 4 13 3 4 11; Ba|,ou 21o, 0 0, 4; Najarian 2 3, 2 2, 6; Mister Williams 13, 0 0, 2; Lynch 2 2, 0 0, 4; Totals 26 61, 8 10, 60. Jnight Halftime - Memphis State 28, USC 26. Foulod out Street, Ballou; Total Fouls- Memphis State 15, OSC 21. A ind by 284 lournament "It should be a typical league tourna ment," Foster said. "It should have a lot ol excitement for the fans, and I look for some surprises, which usually happens with postseason tourney." The game with Florida State will be the first appearance by USC in a conference tournament since the Gamecocks beat North Carolina, 52-51, for the Atlantic Coast Conference title in 1971. Blank said the key to the game would be the play of 6-6 Seminole forward Vince Martello. "HE'S SUCH a sporadic shooter." the former Duke University junior varsity standout said. "If he starts shooting well then we'll have to do something to shut him down." Martello averages 13.8 points and 5.6 rebounds a game. Blank said the Gamecocks will have to avoid a poor start to beat the Seminoles. "We can't go for five or six minutes without scoring like we did against DePaul," he said. "That's been a major problem for us this year." THE MAIN player the Gamecocks will have to worry about will be 6-10, 220-pound junior center Alton Lee Gipson, Blank said. Gipson, who averages 20.6 points a game, is the second leading scorer in the Metro and the leading rebounder for Florida State, averaging six rebounds a contest. "Gipson has had problems with teams with a true center," Blank said. "Mike Brittain, because he's 7-0, will give him a lot of problems. "Brittain will make Gipso 1 alter his shot. He may shoot the ball a lo but he won't shoot over 50 percent. If he wants to take 30-foot shots andmake less than half we'll let him." ects tough sp cks will face have participated in the first of t tic Association playoffs. 1.14 in 63 in ughest spring break trips ever," "We're pi be a challenge for our young getting good (USC studeri Cook is scheduled to start the cellent job w ries, with Larry Price and Casey Raines sai( imes. All three pitchers have 2-0 against Newl recently retui l to be ready to pitch,' > Raines will start on "Miami h< i Raines was concerned with at before we go Swinyin' in the !^S8bSI % " v-X " i'l* ram >r-.-v >vyv * * * ,t. / u USC's Ricardo Acioly hits a //Mj backhand in yesterday's match - V against Penn State. Yesterday's '?* ? match was postponed because of rain. v/C - V* M~y.'' since 1371 ''\MD hauo tn Olinirl o nnnr \A/? *vo iiu?b iu uvuiu a puui oiai i. vvc can't go five or six minutes without scoring like we did against DePaul. That's been a major problem for us this year." ? Assistant basketball coach Dave Blank i BLANK SAID Brittain has been well prepared to play against Gipson. Tony William, who has been ranked in the top five for average assists a game, is also a concern for the Gamecocks, Blank said. "He's a very sound player," he said. "He's the catalyst of their team. "When he goes out of the game Florida State doesn't have a floor leader." THE GAMECOCKS could be a dark horse to win the tournament, Blank said. "If we win the first game," he said. "We'll either face Southern Mississippi or Memphis State. "We've beaten Southern Miss, and we play well against Memphis." The tournament favorite, however, is Louisville, Blank said. "LOUISVILLE HAS beaten Memphis twice this season," he said. But Blank said it is hard to beat a team three times in a row. "I've seen it hannpn colz-l "The third game is always the charmer. And Memphis is playing at home, and that should be a big advantage for them." ring break he season, has a combined earned run average of nings. aying well right now," Raines said. "We've been hitting and our pitching has been very surprising, it assistant coach) Jeff Twitty has done an ex un me pitcning stall.'' J his team needs to play tomorrow's 3 p.m. game lerry to stay sharp for Miami. Rex Perozo, who ned to the staff after having shoulder problems, the mound tomorrow. is been playing all week, so we do need to play down there," Raines said. 9^Br' '*^011 vf . -f > .je- jt? /,:AA V, > / I F? Photo b? Joseph Gwn?tt