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Sports 8 Friday, April 18, 1986 Sports bri USC advances in Metro tennis No. I seed Jan Sandberg and No. 4 seed Johan Karlen advanced to the semifinals in their respective divisions at the 1986 Metro Conference Men's Tennis championships, held at USC. The top seeds for each team play each other in tournament fashion to earn points for their team, rhe No. 2 through No. 6 seeds also play in this manner. Sandbery and Karlen will play again at 1:30 p.m. today at Sam Daniel Tennis Stadium. If both win, they will play Saturday in their championship matches. The Gamecocks, ranked 12th in the nation, arc hoping for an at-large berth to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. In women's action, USC won all of its singles matches against Louisville. USC's Jill Hausler led the wav with a 7-6 victnrv over Louisville's Brcnda Dorrcl. Felton signs coach, player First-year head basketball coach George Felton has signed his first recruit and named his second assistant coach. Reggie Smith, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound guard from Rutherfordton, N.C., signed with the Gamecocks Tuesday. Felton hired Tubby Smith, a 34-year-old assistant from ^ 4^ ? nffi^??^ffiEp^Wii|HjW|BBBWBBW^^ I/' ' .' ,V"-f*l:f^::^^j^| " *.\ .-. <? %.* '? ' ihe keyboards on such songs as "Jum Viriginia Commonwealth, as his second assistant coach Wednesday. Smith averaged 18.5 points and six rebounds per game to lead Rut her ford ton-Spindale Central nign acnooi to the North Carolina class AAA state championship with a 29-1 record. He totaled 1,077 points in his career and was an all-conference choice during his junior and senior years. Smith will join Brian D'Amico, a 6-10 center from Pennsylvania, who signed with the Gamecocks last fall. Coach Smith was a member of the VCU coaching staff for seven seasons. During that time, the Rams compiled a 132-48 record, with five NCAA tournament appearances. Coa*.ii Smith will join Eddie Payne, formerly head coach at Belmont Abbey, as the Gamecocks' other assistant. Concepcion leads Reds past Braves By ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA ? Dave Concep- < cion, takir.;. advantage of extra batting practice 54 hours before i the game, homered twice and drove in three runs Wednesday < night to spark the Cincinnati i Reds to a 5-3 victory over the i Atl.' .ita Braves Wednesday night. I Conception's first homer came 1 on the first pitch from Rick Mahlpr ill t ho envnn* Vi in"'"" "" ... t KV JV ? VIIUI 111111115, anu lie came back in the eighth to hit 1 out the first pitch from Bruce Sutter. j n -v]'-a.V*"fi r.::'-Xy "7v.\\r*v iVn'-'rVii'"" . i I BSSS_ [buy two and get j cbs rec( Km Millei I li^h Lite and you can > H allium in tape l>\ mic ol vour I'avorit Stars liki' Kt'iinv Lnnjiins. Ilciliii* II Willir Nelson | Your choice. free Or for only I hr? p-r-i II !?! hu??- ii' ifi .n i.l il?l? .H v?'ii? 1'?filf m-ii?| .?* b- i |<v |(, i ,.f,| |,.f .(,?Ii |*nr| mel ii'<i i .lit imI< p," "I.ovc from the 1970s that ca Doziers say I By WAYNE WASHINGTON Staff writer A growing concern of drug abuse among student-athletes has caused USC's athlctic department to start random drug testing of Gamecock athletes. But two USC basketball players said a drug problem such as the one at Tulane University doesn't plague Carolina athletes. "If there are any athletes on drugs or anything, it's kept very secret because we sure don't know anything about it," said Perry Dozicr, a freshman basketball player. News accounts, however, have splashed the drug problem across the front pages of sports sections across the country. A year ago, Tulane's cocaine-based pointshaving scandal rocked the nation. The scandal caused Green Wave head basketball coach Ned Fowler and his top three assistants to quit their jobs. The scandal also resulted in the termination of Tulanc basketball. But the most saddening aspect of the whole affair was the termination of John "Hot Rod" Williams' career. Impressive statistics had him firmly established as one of the nation's best. The scandal threw him in a bad light, causing him to disappear from the basketball scene. The Tulanc scandal represented the college drug, point-shaving scandal of the year, and nearly every university has begun to worry about drug-related problems. Both Perry, and his twin, Terry, said what happened at Tulane is unlikely to occur at use. "Everyone is aware of what happened at Tulane. You wouldn't want to make the same mistake," said Terry, a freshman forward. "The people involved with them (college athletic departments) say 'this happened to |jpgpp^ x. 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"in'inm . <- ->. - ,w.-- s v ^ ^ ^ 3 HER HIGH UF FAVORITE f. S FREE, rmii I'lvxnu li\r.x~Y## licit line ill liic \ Miur Miller >33 MADE THE !?*l8 if ?,??! AMERICAN WAY. qMLi ug problem jhHB roH BR JOSEPH GARNETT/The Gamecock ny universities, including USC messed up on is beer," Terry said, adding thai drugs aren't a problem among USC athletes. Perry, whose playing time increased as a result of his brother Terry's injured wrist, agreed. He added though that the two of them "can't say" that out of all the studentathletes enrolled at USC, none are on drugs. Despite what Perry says, drugs continue to be a major problem on college campuses ? no matter what company you keep. s j ; ^ flH| ' - v v . j c ; giik % ^ HHV I (