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ATHENS, Ga. ? Even though
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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.
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^ 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
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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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
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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.
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