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Sports 8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, March 16, 1983 Wilson's surp turn into real Lady Gamccock head coach Nancy Wilson said before this season started that her squad would win at least 20 games this year. Most coaches wouldn't dare to put that much pressure on their team at the beginning of a season. And many ODservers inougni ner goal migni oe out of reach. But Wilson's prediction has turned into a reality. USC finished the season with nine straight wins and heads into an opening round game with Alabama tonight at Frank McGuirc Arena. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. Instead of trying to burden to her team, Wilson's prediction may have been a challenge. She must have recognized their potential before USC played their first game. Her 20-win prediction gave her rpam an easv wav fr? measure their progress throughout the season. Wilson is quickly making her mark on USC womens basketball. Now in her fourth season at USC, Wilson has compiled a 77-43 record. 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They lost 88-86 to Southern Mississippi in the championship game. But the Lady Gamecocks would not be denied this time around. In the first game, they got revenge against Southern Miss with an 86-77 overtime win. Then they disposed of Memphis State 81-70 for the championship. Alabama head coach Lisa Myers joked at a press conference Tuesday that her team's strategy is simple. Thev are aoina to trv to break USC point guard Martha Parker's legs. If Parker and her teammates play up to their capabilities tonight, that strategy may be the Crimson Tide's best hope. Many More Top Titles! -, 'r, I Wbv cSmL *aT m^r 1 JM U? Htm ~ II Ho Km Moll I 1HICUNE *10.99 tp/t Kh?Mc, KhtMe, KfasMe ?1t.9f liUlWMl j /i m myIheart stops I j Indud** fj jj I Don't N*od Low* Mo I If You Want To) [ T-I ;. j 'TH My H?ft Stops BMting USAHAMTMAN *6.99 tp/ TB My Heart Stops lt.9 Iwhtte ltoi IncuxMt win rr All Ytxj N?<1 It flocti n Roll ! ![ M? IM MBTCUON *6.99 lp. PrttJe Look fbi JJ tin liii 'imiiiii iin i i i i 11 in I mi*n? ?a USC releasi By The Associated Press USC savs 84 druc tests Derformed on athletes have turned up positive since the drug-testing program began in 198S, but school officials said they were not sure how many athletes were involved or what type of drugs were found. The university released the figures Monday night alter a request oy tne Associated rress unucr inc South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. The three-page summary showed a total of 1,383 specimens had been analyzed during a span of five semesters ? since the testing program began in fall 1985. The records also showed $51,125 was spent on the tests. The total number of drug tests conducted since 1985 is about a third of the total required under the program's guidelines. The drug-testing program calls for about 1,600 tests a semester. Debra Allen, spokeswoman for USC, said she did not know what drugs were involved or how many athletes tested positive. "I do not have information available at this time about the type of drug and do not know if I will have this information available in the future," Mrs. Allen said. "I didn't compile it," she said. "All I know is what's there." The 84 positive tests could translate into as few as 28 athletes or as many as 84 of the 350 athletes enrolled at the school. Under the drug-program's guidelines, an athlete who tests positive three times is suspended from the team A first-time nositive test does not restrict an athlete from competing in his sport, but the athlete would have to undergo counseling, officials said. A second positive test results in further counseling and notification of the athlete's parents, officials said. The Gamecock editor(Fall and Sum Applications available in R V ' V ' ' v v v . ^ N 0 0 0 r r ape > cd ^ EflSB !> >'? T% Story (X Iwn | ~ _ ^^TZ" cAl wrwwni '/.T? fed tfYou Can't Lick "Em. lick "Em *HL99 Od [ mm 5W m f OF 'tape 3 *6.99 fc/tape \ i 99 cd ...To The Power Of Three 18.99 cd f ' r our exclusive NO RISl es drug-testi Dr. Norman Peter Johnson, acting director of the program and coordinator of alcohol and drug studies at the School of Medicine, helped compile the summary. Johnson said he did not know how many athletes were involved but said he was "absolutely certain the university attempted to include all positives, no matter where they came from." He declined further comment. A source close to the program said he believed the numbers pointed to 84 individual athletes testing positive. The source said an initial screening test was given and if it proved positive, a confirming test followed. Meanwhile, former Athletic Director Bob Marcum said he was surprised by the high number. "What?" he said when told of the figures. "I can't believe that ... .1 think you need to talk to Dr. Akers." Dr. Paul Akers, the former coordinator of the drug-testing program who was reassigned, did not return telephone calls to his home. Marcum was fired by university President James Holderman two weeks ago after a task force found the school had not conducted random drug tests of its athletes since the spring of 1986. The task force also found that one player tested positive for drugs three times, but was not suspended from the team. The name of the player and the rlrnnc Ko fnctoH nncitit/i* fr\r nr\t Ul U5J IIW IVJIVU pV/JJlHV 1 VI "VI V UVl UIJVIVJVU. Marcum said under the guidelines of the drugtesting program, an athlete was not automatically rcstested if the results were positive on the first test. He also said the drug program used a "confirmatory test" as its first test. Such tests are more detailed than the primary tests used by many other schools. "You can test positive and need to have it conC n__V! traitor jrosiuons imer), Portfolio editor. Garnet & Black editoi ussell House Room 313 for Fall '88 positions. Applic ?x S \ >'." >'' * I".' |' ' ' - '^^S^TTS' * '?* jjSj ' I * >^HkDttdr i^H^MRjuOHB % i/i 'I// W / ff IU ^ CIIDED 1 fvw n w? / mm irain?uon |y ? | MIT^MM fn My Tribe 100 9 7MPACTDISCS Hi 0RD VOURCHOICBf I (? MER-UP PRIZES: " 17 ) Record Bat IT racks S Wis? Gift Certificates I ???!?* * " I C GUARANTEE on featui ing figures | firmed, like some schools do," Marcum said. j "Th(>vMi hflvp a nositive and send it to another lab for confirmation." South Carolina used the confirmatory test as its/ Bp first test, Marcum said, "which meant that we were going all the way the first time." Dr. Alexander Donald, head of the task force and chairman of the school's neuropsychiatry and, behavorial science at the School of Medicine, said he couldn't comment without "going through the data." Don Shattuck, president of the American In sititute for Drug Detection Center in Kosemont, III., also said he could not comment. Until late 1987, the center screened the university's urine specimens. "I have instructions from the university to turn all questions back to the acting athletic director or the attorney for the university," Shattuck said. The summary provided by the university showed there were seven "positive lab analyses" in Uie fall of 1985, 14 in the spring of 1986, 18 in the fall of i 1986, 25 in the spring of 1987 and 20 in the fall of ^ ' 1987. Under the program, about 800 tests were supposed to be administered each semester. The summary released by the university shows the requirements were not met in any semester. The summary also showed the following number of specimens were analyzed: 138 in the fall of 1985 252 in the spring of 1986 359 in the fall of 1986 353 in the spring of 1987 and 581 in the- fall of 1987. 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