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By Jfc^K SHBEWSBURY
Assistant spoils editur
One day after being named as
basketball coach at USC, George 1 c
iuiiv. iii i-c^uming 10 compile a stalt l
Payne as his first assistant coach.
Hu\ne, who was hired Tuesday, ha
basketball coach and athletic direct
Abbey ( oliege in North Carolina sim
amassed a career record of 103-52,
been named NAIA District 26 Coacl
' One ol the biggest reasons I pickc
1 respect his abilities as a recruiter ar
Felton >aid. "I felt he would be a trc
tion to ilie program."
A native of Winston-Salem, N.C.
ed Wake Forest University where lv
the basketball team and was elected t
Valuable Player in his senior year
awarded the school's outstanding
and was named to the Atlantic Co
All-Tournament team.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
DURHAM, N.C. ? Duke
Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he
hopes senior forward David
Henderson comes out of an
NCAA Tournament shooting
slump when he faces Kansas ? a
team he said has no "glaring
ff VUIM1V .
"We have an inside-outside attack
that starts with (Johnny)
Hawkins on the outside so people
ha\e to pay attention to him and
then they have to pay attention to
(6-foot-8 Mark) A lane,"
Kr/y/ewski said Wednesday.
"That opens up some things for
an aggressive player like David."
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iihiui-i sun ">(.uiiu :>u ponus in
top-ranked Duke's 92-86 victory
over Kansas last December.
But kr/yzewski said he expects
to see even more scoring in their
NC A A Final 1 our rematch.
"li happened so long ago that
it has very little bearing," the
Blue Devil coach said in a
ll'lrnllillir link willi till'
three Final Four coaches. "1
think that playing Kansas we're
playing a team that is the best i
shooting team that we've come i
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
NE W YORK ? Guard Dennis
Mopson, hiding nine consecutive
field goals, scored 26 points
Wednesday night as Ohio State
ended head coach Eldon Miller's
Buckeye career on a winning note
with a M-63 victory over Wyoming
in the championship game of
the 49?h National Invitation
Tournamen'.
Miller, fired I eh. 3 effective at
the end of season, coached Ohio
State to five consecutive Ni l \ic
tories. At the same time, ho was
trying to recruit players by
telephone lor Northern Iowa, <
where he will coach next season.
viary W illiams has been hired
to coach .it Ohio State.
Mopson, who finished the
game with 12 field goals on 17 at- |
.v. i7o:. ut iids ^.leveianu, ua. ir
and has twice junior college Coa
h of the Year. record there. He
;d him was that along with l elton
id as a coach," Felton said he i:
mendous addi- second assistant
Miami as the top
of the coaching st
, Payne attend- "If I could gc
e walked on to respect his work h
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bey head co;
lamed to Fel
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for a year, after
the new head degree in speech ec
lton wasted no 1973. He then bee;
by hiring Eddie son in 1975 where
tion degree in 1971
s been the head Payne was hea
or of Belmont director at True
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. He was also Felton said he is
athlete award, weekend, and he 1
ast Conference "Eddie is the ic
be the candles," I
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ched as USC split a doubleheader with No
1 10 games is 10,700, an average of 1,0i
n i
niciicnes uui
across all season long.
"For us they are a very difficult
team to defend. If we shoot
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will be a very high scoring game
just like it was in the Garden in
early December."
Larry Brown, coach of the
second-ranked Jayhawks, said
Duke, 36-2, was difficult in
December and might feel a slight
psychological edge.
"It wasn't a matter of not be
mg acne 10 score, he said. "It
was a matter of being able to stop
them and we didn't do that very
well.
"They know they can beat us,
but it's not going to have any impact
on us," Brown said.
Both Krzy/ewski and Brown
planned to look for a balanced
attack with some extra contributions
from their stars ? Dawk ins
for Duke and Danny Manning
for Kansas.
"They play an up-tempo game,
so points allowed can be deceiving,"
said Krzyzewski. the onlv
newcomer among the four
coaches in the Final Four. "They
don't have any glaring
efs
tempts, and 7-foot forward Brad
Sellers, who had 17 points and 12
rebounds, led the Buckeyes,
19-14.
Wyoming, 24-12, with two
starters fouling out, had to rely
too much on sophomore guard
Fennis Dembo, who scored 27
points. L.es Bolden was the nnlv
other Wyoming player in double
figures, with 14, while center Erie
Leckner fouled out with only six
points, 12 under his postseason
average.
Mopson had 13 of his 15 firsthalf
ooints durinp -a 10-mimit.?
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span, including nine during a
14-4 Ohio State streak that gave
the Buckeyes a 29-22 lead with
4:32 left.
Wyoming got no closer than
seven the rest of the way as Hopson
hit his firs! four shots of the
second half after making his last
five of the first half. Ohio State
went on to lead by as many as 16
points.
ach Payne
Iton's staff
rofcssional basketball in France
graduating with his bachelor's
immunications and theatre arts in
wiit ci giauucuc (misuim a I C 10111hc
earned his Master's of Educa3.
d basketball coach and athletic
tt-McConnell junior college in
om 1978-79. He was named the
ch of the Year because of his 25-5
then became an assistant coach
at East Carolina from 1979-81.
s in the process of looking for his
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tnii.i iuis iiaincu cum uryan 01
candidate. He feels the chemistry
aff is very important.
t Clint I'd be elated because I
labits and I think we would work
:lton said.
meeting with Bryan in Dallas this
will be on campus next week,
ing on the cake, and Clint would
-elton said.
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rthwestern last Saturday. The total
fO per contest.
<e, Kansas
weaknesses."
While the man-to-man matchups
were not set, Brown said he
was leaning toward having Manning
guard Alaric. The job of
guarding Dawkins might fall on
Ron Kellogg, who has been hob
bled with an injured ankle, or on
Cedrie Hunter.
"1 don't think any player in the
country can defend and play offense
as well as Danny," Brown
said. "Hf*\ one nl' tho
defenders I've ever been
associated with and he's also
been able to do other things to
make other players better."
Kellogg's questionable status
for the 35-3 Jayhawks, and the
return of 6-8 Jay Bilas for Duke,
may change the tone of the
rematch.
"Once Jay got over his injury
he returned to the starting
lineup," Krzyzewski said. "I
thought we could use Danny
Ferry in a more comfortable role
coming off the bench .... I
think he settled into that role and
now we have more depth in our
front line. Because of that we're a
fresher team."
When it was over. Miller's
players hoisted him on their
shoulders as many in the
Madison Square Garden crowd
of 11,024 applauded.
Ohio State defeated Ohio
University, Texas, Brigham
Young and Louisiana lech to
reach the final. Wyoming
defeated Texas A&M, Loyola
Mary mount, Clem son and
Florida.
Sinniins hpnin
U"TV
for intramurals
Fin tries for intramural
horseshoes competition open today
and will continue through
next week.
Bowline iMilrirv hpoin Tnoti'au
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and track entries will start April
4. Putt-putt and Carolina
I piathalon entries begin April 11,
according to the intramural
department.
USC turned a record 68 double plays out of 69 games last
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By TRACY MIXSON
Staff writer
Ifs a pitcher's best friend and a batter's
nightmare, a play that can squash a comeback rally
faster than you can say "Tinker to Evers to
Chance."
It's that two-outs-in-one, wham-bam-thank-youma'am
event known as the double play, and for
USC's baseball team, "turning two" has become a
thing for the record books.
The Gamecocks set a school record 68 double
plays in 69 games in 1985, and arc well-paced to
break the mark again this season with 30 in 24
contests.
Head coach June Raines said Carolina's veteran
infield, consisting of first baseman Joe Datin, second
baseman Riley Polk, shortstop Jeff Barns and
third baseman Dave Hollins, is the reason for
USC's success, l ast year the defense helped lead
USC to a 47-22 finish with an appearance in the
College World Series.
"They work well together, especially Polk and
Barns around second base," Raines said. "And we
have one of the finest first basemen in the country in
Joe Datin. Even if you make a bad throw, he'll
catch it and make something good happen."
uanis, who sci a usl aeiensive record last year
with 194 assists, emphasized the importance of the
double play.
"Any time you have a strong defense up the middle
or a strong infield that can turn a double play,
you're going to have a good game," he said after
Wednesday's 6-1 win over UNC Charlotte.
"You can help a pitcher out tremendously with a
double play because it gets him out of trouble. It re
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Although she won the match, Rita Winebarger winces at a
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juvcnatcs him and L>i\es him more confidcnce in his
game."
The Gamecocks turned two double plays Wednesday
at Sarge I rye Field, including a twin-killing that
ended the Wets' rally in the first inning with the
bases loaded.
"That was a situation where the double play real
iv Helped us," Barns said. "We were then excited
and eanie back to score five runs and pick up the
win."
The victory improved (JSC's record to 17-7
before Thursday's twi -night double header against
Metro Conference opponent Cincinnati. Barns said
the double-play combination has been an important
factor in those wins and could play an even greater
role in the remaining games.
"Early in the season, about the first 10 games or
so, we weren't getting the double plays," he said.
"Now they're starting to come around, the pitchers
are starting to settle down, the infield is stnrtino to
settle down and we're winning.
"We're still having problems with our errors, but
at least they're coining at good times when the other
teams aren't able to take advantage of them."
Raines said he was still concerned with (he
number of Gamecock errors, including three
Wednesday for a total of 44 this season. But he said
as the season progresses, the fielding should
improve.
"We're still having problems with errors, but
that's part of college baseball," he said. "Overall,
I'm very pleased with our double play combination,
and I think as the season goes along, our defense
will get better. And that should make the overall
team stronger as well."
HHH I I A A
HHH USC women
tennis win
From staff reports
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to Indiana, Georgia and South
Florida at the Clemson Invitational
tournament, USC's
women's tennis team rebounded
to defeat Wake Forest in a dual
home match 6-3 Tuesday.
No. 1 Lady Gamecock seed Jill
Hauslcr, who's individual record
now stands at 4-10, defeated the
Demon Deacon's top player
Jackie van Wijk in Tuesday's
winners tor US( in the
singles bracket were Margaret
O'Cirady and Ashley Thomason.
In doubles competition, I isa
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^S&&figttgj|| Winebarger to win, and Hansler
and Thomason combined to win
the other doubles match.
The victory imnrowd l!S('\
to 6-8.
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INBERGfThe Gamecock US( will be in action again
next Wednesday when they take
missod shot on Rollins College at 2 p.m.