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Friday, January 24, 1986 7 muni iwimm?THE GAMECOCK??aw m R ~ -- - Laay bulla USC womi ~ By JOANNE KORTH W Staff writtf ATHENS, Ga. ? Even though the scoreboard read 93-70 in the favor of the University of Georoifl- Il^r"* ? ' o rvuiUCIl s oasKctball team did leave the Georgia Coliseum Wednesday night with a victory of sorts. "We didn't win the game, but we earned some respect," USC senior forward Brantley Southers said after the game. USC fell to 6-10 with the loss while Georgia, ranked No. 2 in the nation, improved to 16-1. fc The Lady Gamecocks made ^ their best run at the Lady Bulldogs in the second half when they cut a 15-point deficit to seven at 53-46 with eight unanswered points, including six from the free-throw line. Georgia coach Andv Landers was impressed with South Carolina's hustle. "South Carolina played well. They were down 10, 14, 16 and they knew it, and they were still ) fired up and excited, and played that way for 40 minutes." The Lady Bulldogs outnumbered the Lady Gamecocks [ j '; /'J fti flRT i nil ^BSKV^R ogs blast 2n 93-70 14 to nine, and their depth and quickness were too much for USC to handle. 4'Georgia uses nine or ten players without skipping a beat," USC head coach Nancy Wilson said. "They are fresh, talented ball players coming at you all the time." Southers and center Sharon Gilmore gave Georgia plenty of trouble by combining for 43 points and 16 rebounds. Point guard Mindy Ballou was in double figures as well with 14 points. "Brantley Southers is a heck of a ball player," Landers said. "We knew we had to keep the ball out of her hands, and we didn't." Wilson said the team was disappointed, but knew they played well against the No. 2 team in the nation. The Lady Gamecocks, who are first in the Metro Conference with a 3-1 mark, will take on a pair of Metro foes in the next four days. Cincinnati comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. contest Saturday, and Louisville will square off against USC at 5 p.m. Monday at the Coliseum. " "u -_1 ' 1 ; \ HRIIM isnniiiwi 9 Mk^ ^^MH^r^QBuP Jj IB KB _ w .: |L ^Mr ^w tg^ B^HI ^H.~>**11 r JRHflv j1 li X 9 Rfe?~ ** ^km M I v^fl ^X*^SfS -' -^.! RAY GRONBERGfThfl Gamecock USC's Keith James goes for a luose ball against a Clemson defender Kv-' r '-ft -rate, -\^; yiuiii. MnsHBEBII^HKBPP ^^ p^'' ?? | B|| Wi .*>*. SsH ill 1 ^ P^V^rr-" -^^^^H^^^H^kIPVPP OH^H^BRJ^IH^^ sKff^jgmW^ 1* ^JS wl d- ^ Js BUn 11^ jffin 1 '5;v i^gyp^>~'^Ai^ii%x'?^l\r^l^ J h'----??- - Bfci.u?-^alfe i OmeiSIR-^ ^B IffHHjHH^Hp^^rthilftrSi^^ir^^^ttJMB [\^ kI^"1' i ft i I * \ h^% \ [ t f 1141 h ~- ~ Moye's fri drop Tigei By JOHN BOYETTE Sports editor A pair of clutch free throws by Linwood Moye lifted USC to a 65-64 victory over Clemson Thursday night at Frank McGuirc Arena. "Talk about clutch. That was it," USC head coach Bill Foster said after the game. "The intensity of both teams deserves a great deal of credit. It was anybody's game at anytime." The two intrastate rivals met for the second time this season ? the Tigers defeated the Gampcnrks in - ? W..V. r ^ VV III V/TV1 lllllt <X I Clcmson in December. USC improved to 10-6 while the Tigers lost their fourth in a row to fall to 13-5. Clemson led 64-63 and had the ball with 38 seconds remaining when Duane Kendall rebounded a Clemson missed shot. After a timeout, USC worked the clock down to 11 seconds when Keith James attempted a jumper from the right side of the key. But Moye grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Clemson center Horace Grant. The Tigers called timeout, but Moye swished Ft pi v i p ^ | .| ^SiSSij * I i H]^~fv^r^j-^^'^s^^- iSB - .! j 1ffi^te?- | N ee throws 's 65-64 both ends of a onc-and-one to give USC the lead. With eight seconds left, Clcmson point guard Grayson Marshall dribbled downcourt and missed a 10-foot jumper. Michael Tait rebounded Marshall's shot and put up a jumper from the corner that hit the rim and bounced away as time expired. Michael Foster led USC with 20 points on 10 of 23 shooting from the field, and Darryl Martin and Moye each scored 16. For the Tigers, Grant scored 19 and guard Larry Middleton ended a recent shooting slump by contributing 17 points. USC led must of Ihe half, including a margin of seven at 26-19 with 7:51 remaining. But Clemson outscored USC 8-1 in the next four minutes to tie the score at 27. The halftime score was 31-31. Middleton's hot hand helped Clemson break out to an eight point lead, the largest of the night for either side, at 50-42 with 12:47 left in the game. But back-to-back three-point plays by Martin and James cut Clemson's lead to 50-48. Martin added a pair of free throws to tie the score 50-50. The lead changed hands eight times, with Clemson holding its last lead at 64-61 with 1:21 remaining. A jumper by Kendall from the lane brought USC to within one point with 1:07 left in the game to set up Moye's last-second heroics. USC controlled the boards with 48 rebounds, including 20 on offense, to Clemson's 38. Both teams struggled shooting from the field. Clemson was 22 of 54 for 41 percent and USC was 26 of 73 for 36 percent. The Gamecocks travel to Southern Mississippi Saturday for a 1 p.m. game to be televised ^;R?yc?|,jS??^N-^c. CLEMSON (64) ? Jenkins I 2-4 4; Grant 6 7-9 19; McCants I 4-4 6; Tait 0 0-0 0; Marshall 3 2-2 8; Pryor 2 2-3 6; Middlcton 7 3-3 17; Michacl 2 0-0 4; Totals; 22 ^ SOUTH CAROLINA (65) - Moye 6 4-5 16; Martin 6 4-4 16; Dozier 0 1-2 1; James 1 3-3 5; Foster 10 0-2 20; Kendall 2 1-2 5; Holland 1 0-0 2; Vernau 0 0-0 0; Totals: 26 13-18 65. Halftime: USC 31, Clemson 31. Attendance: 10,587. PARK TRIANGLE LANES PARKLAND PLAZA. 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