The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 09, 1987, Page 8, Image 8
8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, December 9. 1987 j
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Basketball \
just as mucl
With the Gamecock football
season winding down, students will
ha\e to look elsewhere foi spoils
enjoyment.
Why not take the lootball en
thusiasm to the basketball con it'.'
USC" men's and women's basket
ball teams have gotten oi l to ;i good
jump.
Saturday in Miami the lootball
team didn't bring back a win, but the
men's basketball team made up !oi
the disappointing loss to the
I fun icanes.
liSC" slammed Miami into t lie
hoops.
The Gamecocks ran the scon- up
76-63 before the final horn sounded.
1 ike football, basketball can ha\c
thrilling play>?.
I he unique aspect of basketball,
though, is that you become invoked
in the game. You I eel a surge ol ex
citemcnt when a play is exeucuiec!
perfectly.
You are closer 10 the action in
basketball. You become a pari of the
team. You are able to heai wha' is
being said on the comt.
When's the last time you heaid
1 odd bills talk to Sterling Shaipe
after a great catch? That's because
alter a great catch the stands go wild.
ana an sou see is a mgn live.
I'he other a spiv I ol basketball iliai
diIters from football is the coaching.
liasketball coaches are a \er> exciting
part ot the game.
I he> are composed before the
game. I he> ss a I k onto the couit lull
of grace and are dressed to nnpicss.
Somewhere between the first hall
and the second half, the composure
begins to dwindle, the tie is loosened
up and the fingernails are inseited in
to the mouth.
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and don't present any stereotype.
l oot ball eoaehes stand on the
sideline with smug looks on their
laces. I he\ look as il then team is
winning all the time, even il thes are
losing by seven touchdowns.
I ootball coaches don't yell at their
players; they pull them over to the
side and whisper secrets.
Maskethaii coaches have no sceiets.
I lies (oil (he stands thai you have to
stay low and put more pressure on
the ball. Then the people in the
stands relax the message across the
coin t to the playei.
I he interesting difference in toot
ball players and basketball playeis is
in their apperance on a game day.
1 oothall players walk on the field
covered with pails. I hen laces are
covered by the lace masks ol then
helmets, how can anyone tell what
tliey ate thinking il they can't see into
then eyes?
People assume, though, that football
playeis are serious when they
take the field. I hey should be; I hey
onh play once a vveek.
()n the oilier hand, basketball
players walk onto the coml with
shorts and shirts with llie sleeves cut
out It's causual.
Ur.vL.'llvill nl\ v L n/?iv
pla\er on lhen loam.
I Ikii would he a hard lask loi a
tooiball player ? imagine a loolball
playei aiul all ol his teammates uoini:
oui on ihe town touether.
I \en though football aiul basket ball
are totalis ditlereni the transition
has 10 be made.
LSC "s basketball teams need support.
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The Tide rolls in
4-0 Gamecocks
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Alabama. National television, loot ball?
No, basketball. Gamecock basketball.
l'N( \ (iameeocks will take on Alabama's basketball
team tonight at 7:3X m I rank McGiiire Arena.
I he iMine will be televised on ISPN and is expected to
be a last paced, inn and shoot uamc in the basketball
sense ot ilie wotd.
I S( will eel a chance to show its fans it the 4-0
Gamecocks ,ik- toi ieat against a team that has been invited
to post season plav seven consecutive years.
I he Gamecocks have reeled off v ictories over Wofford.
George Washington. Southern Illinois and Miami.
I hose \ ici01 it's may nol sound like a big deal, but
eyebrows might i ise with the realization that the
Gamecocks beat a George Washington team that upset
Michigan State this season.
And Miami is led by 7-()centei I ito Hofford.
"I'm very excited about what we've accomplished,"
I'SC head coach Geoige l elton said. "I can't ask lor any
better siaii than 4-0." *
I he < lamcvocks ha\c won those games with a balanced I
ollense led again In Dauyl Martin and leiry Do/ier with I
help lioin iiaiislei lohn Hudson, who was named as the I
( "it\ ol Miami basketball 1 ournainent \ Most Valuable
IMayei this past weekend.
Hudson, who joined the Gamecocks this season after
leading San .laciuto lunior College of Iexas to a 73-1
recoid ami a junior college national championship, has
piovided I SC. with some much needed help in
rebounding.
"lie's a rieat leaper," Martin, iwice the Metro Conleience's
top lebounder, said.
Hudson's strong play has cast i shadow on the play of
freshmen guards Many Manning and Brent I'rice.
I*i ice stole an inhounds pass and fed Martin for the
winning basket ai'ainst Geoige Washington Nov. 30.
He scoied 24 points against pie season victim
Mai at lion < >i!.
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School, has unpiessed his teammates aiul coach with his
del CllsC.
Still. I elton said individual supeilatives arc not what
he's looking loi against Alabama and Iocs to come.
"I'm not looking tot individual stais." he said.
"Hasicallv. wc'ie iiist living to pi ogress defensively."
1'iogrcss would be evident with a victory over an
Alabama team that 11aditionally sports a small, quick
line-up.
I he I ide lolls into Columbia v\uh .1 * d record.
Alabama's Michael Anslev has led Ins team in scoring
with a bhsientu! avetagc. I he 6 loot "7-inch junior
has hauled down II rebounds pei jiame.
Anslev is joined by innior Alvin I ee, who is averaging
ll).~ points pel game.
1 ee and Anslev aie theonlv Alabama players averaging
more than 10 points pet game.
MoppiiiL' \iimc> ami i ee ;inci scoimg some poinis 01
their own are I S( \ kevs lo uoini? 5-0.
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