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( i Sports 8 Monday, February 9, 1987 Clemson Tony Shaw paces (JSC By WAYNE WASHINGTON Assistent sports editor USC sophomore Terry Do/.icr and Clemson head coach Cliff Ellis agreed intensity would be * Wrt ?f c umro t a mv. r\s~y ii niv \jainv,wvi\3 *?wiv, iv/ win at L.ittlejohn Coliseum on Feb. 7. "We can't get into a run-andgun game. Wc have to execute our offense, and we're definitely gonna have to play with intensity," said Dozier before the game. After the Tigers roared away to a 74-52 win over the Gamecocks, Ellis knew he and his staff had guessed right. "Our staff knew pressure was the way wc had to play South Carolina," Ellis said. Pressure was indeed the key as the Gamecocks were forced to use nearly all of the 45-second clock on almost every occasion in the first half. "Our defense carried our ballclub today," Ellis said after seeing his 12th-ranked Tigers nnct tlirir J1 win of the srn^nn in 23 tries. The Tigers, however, had trouble keeping the Gamecoeks at bay in the first half. Do/.ier opened the scoring with a 18-foot jumper from the right wing to put the Gamecocks up. C1 e ni s o n ' s Jerry P r y o r answered with a shot in the lane to tie the score. The remainder of the half saw the Gamecocks and the flustricken Tigers slug it out. Clemson was unable to open up its 3-point attack or unleash the inside game of center Horace Grant, who was said to have the flu. Clcmson led by only 2 points at halftime, 27-25. During the halftime break, tllis told his Tigers to go inside and get physical a little to open up the outside jumpshot. "It was a conscious decision," said Clemson guard Michael Tait, who hit five 3-pointers in the second half to help the Tigers run away from USC. "They were collapsing. Once we got it inside, it opened up the outside," Tait said after the game. Tait began his 3-point show at tT"~"*"' m 10 Speed Bike 4 Bridgestonc 2 On 2 With 7 I Dozier Twins PLUS OVER 50 STEM TUESDAY, m. 10, ; RUSSELL ILOUSE BAl _ Tl IPC 25 * f)R/ $1.50 Be $6.00 Cc ====== thrashes Gameci I y - ' 51 KEITH JONESfThe Gamocock Tony Shaw puts up his 3 point attempt. His was the only 3-point shot made for use. the 14:51 mark of the second half Tait struck again after baskets when he hit a shot from the left by Grant and Gamecock center baseline. Darryl Martin. This shot, his USC's Michael Foster, who third consecutive 3-pointer, put had only 4 points, scored on a the Tigers up by 15, 55-40. jumper, but the Tigers retaliated Tait went on to make two more with an inside basket by Grant. 3-pointers as the Tigers blew the Junior Tonv Shaw, who led (iamecocks nwav down fhf (JSC in scoring with 16 points, stretch. scored with two free throws, but "It was two different halves, again the Tigers came back. In the first half the tempo was This time Tiger center/forward what we wanted," said USC Elden Campbell hit two free coach George Fclton. "We didn't throws to give Clemson a 41-35 follow through on what wc lead with 13:35 left in the game. wanted to do." The two teams traded baskets The Gamecocks, 12-9 overal until the 9:02 mark when Tail hit and 4-3 in the Metro Conference his second consecutive 3-pointer play host to the Louisville Car to give the Tigers a 50-38 lead. dinals Feb. 11. TSfitu f kfi IIV/T Crd Blue Sky's Latest Print Signed 6c Framed ^i'cs Skj Trip to Beech Mtn. 7]C Lunch With foe Morrison S MORE DOOR PRIZES 7'%0 &PM RECER I ION ('0U VISIT THE BARGAN TABLE IkOOM SfioiHtitrcd by the Baptist Student Union 3DAY NIGHT IS 1 NIGHT 7:00 - 11:00 ,y -y ^FT ^ ir Brands ^ f$.{ M irolina Iced l ea sssssss^?? * ocks 74-E pgHHI A Carolina fan shows his disdain for dance at the game Saturday. Clemsori ma By WAYNE WASHINGTON Assistant sports editor The Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels have Freddie Banks. North Carolina Tar Heels have Kenny Smith and the Indiana Hoosiers have Steve Alford. These arc the top three teams in the country and their perspective 3-point aces. Their coaches understand that 3 points are more than 2. USC's first-year head coach Lady Garni to snap th > From staff reports ; USC's Lndy Gamecocks snap losing streak by beating the Ladj cinnati 69-60 for a Metro Confert i lege basketball victory Saturday. Carolina improves its record t< 5-3 in the conference. ; USC took the lead from the b< a 37-26 halftimc lead. They we 1 most of the second half without , tha Parker, who picked up four half. She ended the game with 1 I TTSf. vy xy .1 j I I C Monda I R For Information Call ., Bruce At 252-3424 lARE YOU 1 'Yr? ill I I mma i2 in Tige hmW0P-*~ |L^ the sight of the Gamecocks losing to Clemson ' sters 3-point p George Felton is slowly learning fi\ that lesson. sti Against Clernson on Feb. 7, av the Gamecocks shot only three 3-pointers in a 22-point loss. sa The 12th-rankcd Tigers, on the pc other hand, shot 14 3-pointers. tii th The Gamecocks have scratched out a 12-9 record in a season where they have not lived, but sa died by the 3-pointcr. br Tiger guard Michael Tait made th scocks beat I ree-game los The Lady Bearcai ped a three-game twice in the second 1 r Bearcats of Cin- USC's defense kept ' Mice women's col- Freshman center points and Monica \ ? 10-9 overall and six rebounds for US< jginning and built Cincinnati's Regin re forced to play help spark the Lady team leader Mar- half. fouls in the first USC travels to Lot 4 points. ing home Wednesda; .ACROSS! Interested? )rganizational Meetinj y, February 9, 1987 1 oom 302 Russell Hous Or SURE YOU'VE YOUR BOOK 1985-86: Carnp Yearbooks Fc 1986-87: Order Y n II 11 *> Kusseii nouse Kin Afternoons t rtown * JONES/The Gimtc^k 74 52. 11,000 people sat in attanihilosophy Ic in a row during that crucial' retch that saw Clemson pull vay from the Gamecocks. USC sophomore Terry Dozier id it wasn't Horace Grant's 24 >ints or Elden Campbell's innidating presence in the middle at did the Gamecocks in. It was the 3-pointcrs, Dozier id. "Those 3-pointcrs really ( > okc our backs," he said after c loss. Cincinnati ing slide ts pulled to within 5 points lalf, but turnovers caused by UC from getting any closer. Schonna Banner scored 20 Villiams scored 15. Each had O ia Williams had 16 points to Bearcat's rallies in the second iisville Monday before returny to take on Clemson. . w CLUB ? ! y | U 7:30 " 3e V Call Dale At 777-0726 ^ ^ : BUUtiHIl :s? | i O T)1 1 _ l cac DiacK >r Sale i * 'ours NOW! 1 316 or 313 I