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JOSEPH GARNETT I The Gwiwcock
USC guard Michael Foster soars over Georgia State Panther Morris
Bethune, scoring two points. Foster was fouled on the play and completed
the three-point play.
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By Joanne Korth Jt ? Southern, 5-2
STATESBORO, Ga. ? USC's Lady Gamecocks 3-4 in league p
come home to Carolina Coliseum for the first time in In the most r
more than two weeks tomorrow night at 7:30 to face Louisville, Car
Metro Conference opponent Louisville. final, thanks t<
USC is 13-7 after a win Monday at Georgia Najarian.
Down for the count
Tom Gallo gains the upperhand
against Lynn Flowers in an in- > %
tramural wrestling match Mon- ! \
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By Reggie Kirksey
USC's mens basketball team tonight
faces the Golden Eagles of Southern
Mississippi for the second time in two
weeks.
The Gamecocks were victorious after the
first meeting Jan. 28 in Columbia, 90-72.
Carolina followed that win with two victories
over Florida State and Georgia State.
In both games, Carolina scored ninety
points or more.
The Golden Eagles lost two Metro Conference
games against Tulane, 64-63, and
Virginia Tech, 96-80.
USC IS LOOKING to win its first road
game this season. Carolina's last win on the
road was Jan. 3, 1984 at Florida State.
Carolina center Mike Brittain will be
questionable for tonight's game. He suffered
a sprained ankle Monday night
against Georgia State. Coach Foster said
Brittain would not work out Wednesday,
would be questionable for the Southern
Miss game and should be ready to play at
Clemson.
A small crowd of 4,532 saw the
Gamecocks win its third straight basketball
game Monday night against Georgia State
90-66.
It was also Carolina's third straight game
in which they have scored 90 points or
more.
COACH BILL FOSTER credited the
team's win with their second-half spurt.
i tnougnt ucorgia Mate nung in tougnt
especially in the first half," Foster said. "I
thought our rebounding picked up and our
defense picked up in the second half."
Carolina came out slowly and found
themselves down 0-4 in the first two
minutes of the ballgame.
But then USC began to come alive when
Brittain hit a 12-foot turnaround jumper in
the lane to make the score 2-!4 at the 17:46
mark.
THE GAMECOCKS scored 10 more
unanswered points, finishing with a Brittain
slam dunk to make the score 12-4
Carolina.
But the Panthers never gave up and tied
the game up at 18 when State's 6-9 center,
Jevon Estes, banked S shot with 6:29 left in
the first half.
Foster credited Georgia State's comeback
to its all-around hustle and
Carolina's defense.
"They had way too many rebounds, and
they had a lot more shots that 1 think we
should have given them," he said.
AT THIS point, the Gamecocks looked
like they might be in for a long night, but
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several players said they felt confident they
could come back and win.
"We thought we were in control of the
game," Brittain said.
"We did let them come back; we were
letting them get more offensive rebounds,
and we had to put a stop to that. When we
did we got the lead back."
USC regained the lead for good at 20-18
when 6-6 forwards Linwood Moye went
coast to coast for a lay up with 5:20 remaining
in first half.
THE GAMECOCKS then went on to
take an eight-point lead at the end of the
first half, 37-29.
Carolina dominated the second half by
pounding the boards and shooting 58 percent
from the floor.
"In the second half we were a little bit
more patient on onense, Moye said. We
hit the offensive boards a lot harder, and
that's where a lot of our points came
from."
In the second half, guard Tom Stierle got
things started for the Gamecocks with a
jump shot, making the score 39-29.
CAROLINA WAS leading Georgia State
by 19 points when Brittain injured his ankle
at the 15:18 mark and had to leave the
game.
Brittain says it is nothing serious, and he
should be playing again real soon.
Foster said that Brittain sprained his
ankle and may not play tonight against
Southern Mississippi, but he should be well
enough to play against Clemson Saturday.
After a brief time-out for Brittain's injury,
the Gamccocks began to show no
mercy against the Panthers.
HAWTHORNE HIT a 21-foot jumper
from the top of the key to make the score
66-43 with eight minutes to go in the game.
Carolina continued to dominate the second
half and went on to an easy victory
with the final score 90-66.
Georgia State head coach Mark Slonaker
said Bill Foster and the Gamecocks played
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"We played hard, but they played a little
harder, especially in the second half,"
Slonaker said. "They kept wearing us
down."
GEORGIA STATE is now 2-19 and
Slonaker said the team is young and has a
lot to learn, but still believes his team is doing
a fine job despite their record.
"It's been characteristic of us since I
took over the job," Sloanker said. All year
long we dig a grave for ourselves and then
fight back. We have a good group of kids,
and they have done a heck of a job."
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tomorrow's match-up, Cafiftna head coach Nan
'ilson expects another tough game with the Lad]
linals.
rhey (Louisville) are not the type that care whethe
're playing at home or on the road," Wilson said
ey go at you wherever it is."
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major setback for the Lady Cardinals is the los
oint guard Stephanie Edwards, who is out for th
an with torn ligaments in her left knee.
le Lady Gamecocks enter the game coming off
manding 81-61 win over Georgia Southern,
le game started out close with Carolina up by tw
le half, 36-34.
ggressive defense and a powerful performance b
''s front line blew out the Lady Eagles in the s<
1 half by as many as 16 before the bench stretche
margin to a final 20 points.
laron Gilmore led the Lady Gamecocks in scorin
i 23 points, 14 in the second half, and eigl
?unds.
From the very beginning she (Gilmore) was goin
le boards real hard," Wilson said, "not just ge
rebounds in her area, but out of her area, too.'
rantley Southers had 16 points to contribute to
loint night for Carolina's starting front line.
lonica Williams added 15 points off the bench, h<
1 consecutive game in double figures.
he Lady Gamecocks played more aggressively a
way around Monday night after a sluggish perfo
ice two nights earlier at Virginia Tech. "In all fiv
tions we were more aggressive," Wilson said,
or the second game in a row, USC faced full-cou
isure, but able to beat the traps against Gi
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Black athletes:
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"At the lime we played in the Negro leagues
were young and we had talent. Negro baseball vva$
very important to us, but it was not important to th$
other segments of American life ? by that I mean
white people. He were saying 'Hey, notice us.' " j
Monte Irvini
The Invisible Men
February is Black History Month, when America
honors the strides blacks have made in all areas of
life, including medicine, law and politics.
But let's not forget the athletes.
When Jackie Robinson broke major leagu$
baseball's color barrier in 1947, a new era in sport$
began: that of the respected black athlete.
All athletes, and sports fans for that matter, hav^
Robinson to thank for opening the front doors of
America to black people. !
The black athlete has always championed his own
cause. Jesse Owens did it quietly during the 1936
Olympics when he embarrassed Adolf Hitler and his
ideas of a master race.
Tommy Smith and John Carlos were more
demonstrative, lifting leathered fists in a black power
salute on the winner's podium at the 1968 Games. :
In between, there was Willie Mays, Arthur Ashe)
Joe Louis, Satchel Paige, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim
Brown, Wilma Rudolph, O.J. Simpson, Henry
Aaron, Bob Beamon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. . . . '
And the list goes on. ;
But so does the problem.
Racism still exists today in almost all arenas of lifej
including the sports world. And that's too bad.
While many arc qualified, few blacks hold head
coaching positions or front office jobs in sports
management ? those who do are often placed in
public relations positions, where major decisions are
rarely made. ;
But things are getting better. Today, black athletes
don't have to face the many hardships of theif
predecessors.
Blacks today can thank those people for leading
the way and proving that the black athlete does havd
a plac^n sports ? right next to th^vhite athlete.
jac^ Kooinson s orotner iviacK^Ray nave put it;
best when he said: ''Wetoe/noionger the butie?fl?fce|
servants, the maids; we're Wffet&fs and congrwSmenJ
We'ro^seball managers. I trace it l?k to his breaks
y ing the color line and creating a social revolution in a[
white man's world.
r "Blacks have excelled in all areas because Jackie!
Robinson showed the world we could."
It was Robinson. And Owens. And Louis. Andj
countless others who have contributed to black!
( history. And that's really something to be proud of.!
Tracy Mixson is the sports editor of The Gamecock;
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from Farsta, Sweden, has been chosen to play in the Ing
tercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Singles and
it Doubles Championships to be held Thursday through
Sunday in Houston.
Sandberg was given the nod on Monday over other
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t- an injury in last weekend's National Team Champion'
ships in Louisville, Ky. Sandberg, participating with the
a South Carolina team in that same tourney, impressed
judges with wins over the nation's No. 3 ranked player,
?r John Ross, and Peter Mallett, another TOP 10 player,
in two sets.
ill Sandberg will open up play in the tournament on
r- Thursday against Steve Couch of Houston. One of the
/c 32 players elected to play in the tourney, Sandberg will
not be seeded because he was unable to participate in
rt preliminary rounds. Last weekend's play, though, gave
a. him the definite nod when the selection committee searched
for someone to complete the field of 32.
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