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Basketball '86-'87 c o Friday, November 14, 1986 different era for Carolina Wm By RICHARD BREEN Senior reporter Uallou, Gilmorc, Southcrs. These three names remind Gamecock fans of the success of ^ the women's basketball team in 1985. I ? IOC ? I I ...1.. Ill OJ IIIC Lttuy VJillllCCOCKS won the Metro Conference MHH| Championship and competed in ^PSns ' the NCAA tournament while compiling a 19-11 record. ! Glass, Parker, Williams. These HnH are some of the names that make BjSSg up the 1986 Lady Gamecocks. mBMBP " ~~~In '86, USC hopes to take a jpdjl, cast of relative unknowns to a second straight Metro crown. , Not that the talent isn't there. H * u :> jum utcii hi iiic uciirtgi uuiiu aiiappwm^f while Mindy Ballou, Sharon Gilmore and Brantley Southers dominated the headlines, scoring ^Hk 68 percent of USC's points. "The main difference is that __ . ??*- we've lost the three mainliners jSpL...: and everybody has had to pick up the slack," sophomore guard Martha Parker said. thttj nihiilin "Hvcrvhodv's nicking up a little aliUl _ iMflBlll Parker and Dawn Raab will I handle the playmaking role occupicd by Ballou last season. | i hope can provide some | sort of leadership," Parker said. "I know I'm going to have to jr shoot more and take more in- , ""'4 itiative on the offensive side," . * ;; tiS Parker said. * Southers was the main gun for the Lady Gamecocks throughout ^ much of her USC career. This year the forward spots will be fill- ?n*r * ' ed by Tammy Harvey and 4 X Monica Williams. "Monica is going to be our < , lvr?,% -."J* scoring machine," junior centerrr\niflrfl I niro nlacc CQlH <4AI1 . summer she worked really hard." Jf Williams suffered an injury to J , her left knee last season, but was able to take 1985-86 as a redshirt ^ year. "I tore knee ligaments and cartilage against Virginia," KW0 Williams said. "People overlook Monica and W Tammy," junior center-forward Peggy Glass said. Williams was averaging 10.2 points per game at 1981 the time of her injury and Harvey filled in afterwards, averaging 4.9 0a,e Opponent _:nt Nov. 28-29 Georgia Southern ? ... . . (East Carolina, Ti Peggy Glass says she hmks Georgia Southern whole team play and not depen- UNC Charlotte ding on any one person will be n . .. ? . _ ? A . 3C , . ? . Dec. 4 North Carolina St important tor I.ady Gamecock De[ g Clemson success. . Dec. B GEORGIA SOUTI From a defensive standpo.n Jin 2 GE0|)G|t it s going to be harder to defend i i w-? i /> Jull< J v IIUIIIIO I ULK against, Parker says referring to ii.ncuiii i | r* i p JMi / M An o HALL the spreading out of the offensive . lo td LOUISVILLE , , .. Jan. 14 Old Dominion Peggy and I are really J>n ,g ^ Suti fighting for 'he same spot J<n n NEW OHLEANS Laura Glass said. Center will be . ,, .. _ r i icr- Jan- 24 Memphis State an important position for USC , oe p . , ' , . r.... Jan. 26 Southern Mississ this vear due to a lack of height. . . Jan. zo nun in uahulii My role is to rebound and fjb 2 virginia tech play defense and as 1 do thai, the f<|) , offense wiII come along, Laura run i n Feb. 9 Louisville f.d sk . f?b. 11 CLEMSON Rebounding is going to be a Fsb ? memphis sta1 big factor because we don 1 have f,b fl0R|D< SIAT| a lot Of height Peggy Glass feb Tl!nn??e said, while i arkcr adds, its ,, southebb mis how you use the height thai you Feb u 0|0R0|( STAI do have thai counts MlI. 2 FURMAN The turnover in talent should Ma( 5 ; MMn) Col|flrenCi be consistant all around the Metro this year, and not just a i.ady Gamecock concern, home games in ail caps however. Foursome of newcor tain: the team's f Banner l i ? play an import. anything much a Fraiier Williams she said. "I don CAROLINA COLISEUM * ^ j|P^^jj|PW^^yy^^^y^v A?-L TT ^*f; \ IUInn', umeii a ivicii 2 6-87 Schedule 1986-87 Schet Sit0 Fri. Nov. 14 MARATHON OIL (Exhibit Invitational Statesboro, GA Sa! Nov 20 ECKERD COLLEGE ilane, South Carolina, Mon Dec t EAST CAROLINA Thur. T re. 4 at Wisconsin Charlotte, NC $ Uec 6 Loyola of Chicago Wed. Obc. 10 THE CITADEL jcau COLUMBIA S""' D"C' CttMS0N 1C"" J " * Mon. Dec. 22 GEORGE WASHINGTON _ , . Sun. Mon. Dec. 28 29 at Sugar Bowl Tourn. in I Blacksbur0' VA (South Carolina. Houston, COLUMBIA Vanderbiltl COLUMBIA Sat Jnn 3 DAVIDSON Norfolk. VA Wed Jan 7 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPP Tallahassee, FL Sat. Jan. 10 at Virginia Tech COLUMBIA Mon. Jan. 12 at Alabama Memphis, TN Wed jan 14 lona College (The Meadov 'PP' Hattiesburg, MS Sat. Jan. 17 MEMPHIS STATE ^ COLUMBIA ^/e(j jan 21 at Florida State COLUMBIA Mon Jan 26 CINCINNATI Cincinnati, OH gat jan 31 at southefn Mississippi Louisville, KY ^on. Feb. 2 at Louisville COLUMBIA Wod Feb 4 ARMSTRONG STATE . ^ COLUMBIA Sal Feb. 7 at Clemson COLUMBIA Wed Feb t1 LOUISVILLE Knoxville, TN Sat. Feb. 14 FLORIDA STATE iSISSIPPI COLUMBIA Won Feb 1B VIRGINIA TECH r r?ni niinia _ . _ C Thur. Feb. 19 at Memphis State COLUMBIA Mon. Feb 23 MARS HILL COLLEGE 0 Tournament Blacksburg, VA Sat. Feb. 28 at Cincinnati Fri.Sun. Mar. 6 8 Metro Conference Tourna HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS All Timet Eaitern ners needed to help Lady iph Wlkon start'n8. hut all four are going to be she is one of the helping us early." shooters, Wilson t'hmilrf nla\/ Freshman Schonna Banner, a 6-3 court well and is ; JilUUlU play center from Lenior, N.C., has to be Diaz was The considered the head of the newcomer 1986 Player of th I crop. Wilson says she looks for her to starter at Lower F be a strong force in the middle for ed 22 points and 1 the uncertainties sur- USC. her senior season. i6-87 Lady Gamecock Picked by many as one of the top 15 Natalie Willi i, one thing is for cer- recruits in the nation, Banner was The Gamecocks' third our newcomers should Charlotte Observer's Miss Basketball and is the quid mt part in the early of North Carolina. She was a Street A 1986-87 squad, V Smith and Parade All-American, as she can play eit i people on our squad, well. guard spot. yoociy wMi nave an ex- /\i west ^aiuweu Mign dcnooi, uan- w imams was play," said third-year ner led her team to the 1985 and 1986 conference select :y Wilson. North Carolina AAA championships. Florida's Terry I these newcomers will She averaged 22.5 points, 12 rebounds where she avera of things for the Lady and four blocked shots per game as a game as a senior, oming season is a dif- senior, and is West Caldwell's all-time Williams has m answer, Wilson said. leading scorer with 1,750 points. for the past two 1 eople injured and miss- Freshman Lisa Diaz, a 5-7 guard ligament, but sho it's really hard to tell from Columbia's I,owti Richland High Junior collcgt bout the whole team," School, will be looked upon for point Frazicr complete? 't really know who will producton when she is in the game, as some. A 5-11 for > Doziers key to squad's successes t Rv WAVNF WASHINGTON Assistant sports editor USC's first-year assistant men's basketball coach Tubby Smith calls them "great amN bassadors for the basketball program." fofc j In a season where little success is predicted, the "ambassadors," ,v X j Terry and Perry Dozier, will be counted on to help provide excitement and enthusiasm. Ro/'crs? sophomores from J basketball gold mine Dunbar ^ High School in Baltimore Md., are beginning to show their en.4 1 thusiasm early according to &Sa&P'r ! Smith. j*w "They've really caught on to Hau r\ rfrtnert IWAII Qmith IIIV ll^A Ul IVII.1V ?-??> said. "I'm impressed with their intensity." w j Basketball experts have billed - rr~ wm this as a building season for *t M?Ji USC's first-year head coach I* A* George Felton. The Doziers, IvYi% however, have shunned thoughts j of rolling over and playing dead. "We've been working hard," said Perry Dozier. "I'd like to sec us prove to everybody else, because everybody is looking for Ius to be good in the future, that we can do it this year." i To "do it this year" the <(} Gamecocks will have to overly come many problems. Senior guard Michael Foster J !*' and John Breckcnridge have been 'ft suspended from the team and the V * Gamecocks will be forced to start Jr. the season without them. I Perry Dozier, who at 6-11 may handle most of the duties at center, says the suspension has k motivated the Gamecocks. itfi "That's just a few of the ?* ' adversities that we go through . right now anyway," he said. L4 __ "It'c nr\t c.Af t inn Aiir (nam Kar*!/ V . "W f a IIUl OVIIIII5 WUI IV.U1II UUVI\< i As a mattcr ?f fa^1. it just gives xv'* j "" v. us more to shoot for. The main 1*. thing is that we all stick itiAS HUMI>HREYn1* Gamecock together." Sticking together is something the Doziers are used to. | In fact, according to 6-9 Terry Dozier, a large reason why the Doziers came to Carolina is iule because they were recruited as a ciuo. Many other schools lost out ion) 7:30 Pm because they wanted to separate Pm the twins. 7:30 Pm Now, after a freshman season ^ 8:35 pm. saw him average 13.8 points ^ 8:30 Pm per game while scoring in double 7:30 Pm figures in 15 of the 17 contests he 4 Pm played in, Terry Dozier has en Pm joyed most of USC's basketball \Ibw Orleans TBA publicity. Villanova, Perrv Dozier said he eniovs thp 7:30 pm publicity his brother has received. 7:30 pm "We take any publicity that 1 pm (Raycom) comes here to one person as 8:30 pm publicity to the university," he "lanc)s' 7 pm said. "People always look for me 3 pm ,RsVcom| to be down, but it doesn't bother 7:3? pm me." 7:30 pm The togetherness and progress ^ 3 pm (Raycom) Qf jerry an(j perry Dozier has 8 pm impressed USC coaches. 7:30 pm "Overall I think they're mak_ pm ing pretty good progress." Smith 9 pm H?ycom said. "Terry has already pm ,Ra*com' developed and I think Perry is 7:30 pm developing at the pace that we 7 pm (ESPNlRsycom) expected " the Doziers remain healthy pm (Raycom) ancj t^e fCSt 0f the ^jamecocks men. (Louisville) TBA (,evelop whh usc fang afe hoping the future might not look so bleak. _ Gamecocks' squad team's best outside said. She sees the /? ? *. . -?r? i i good passer. With only 10 people on our Columbia Record's squad, we feel that evervbodv iidUand^hc^averag- have an excellent chance to 0 rebounds per game play." ams is the Lady Unni,u freshman newcomer, NancY Wilson cost member of the USC WOniGII 8 hflfltl COflCh Wilson said. At 5-10, her the forward or sant,S.C., Frazier played for twoyearsat Anderson S.C. Junior College. , a two-time all- She was a Kodak Ail-American and a on at Jacksonville, National Junior College Athletic barker High School, Association honorable mention All gctl 17.6 points per American her sophomore season. She was also named the Western Carolina isscd most of practice Conference Player of the Year this past weeks with a strained season while averaging 12.2 points and uld return next week. 6 rebounds per game. : transfer Larraine Frazier has shown good progress in , the newcomer four- practice, Wilson said, improving as '% ward from Mt. Plea- much as anybody every day. >