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ft THE, GAMECOCK - Monday, March 21, 1988 Texas elin m^W s *Ujk^EIUS^bIK^ Freshman forward Beverly Hawkins contrl Texas. I WC1SC MfgWlHUgtW* |EVENTS 1 II marcri l i 1 I March 22 I "fiMERH w* "A Danes personal IUnderclass-a multime (Sponsors I March 21-24 fiPPLH . for C \ CPU office Cinem I room 209 1l I 2nd floor Cultlir I Russell Specia I House \ . ViH^r. IfCIN LEfiPEi ! dinate: L PHEpiMu '^M . <3H : | :. : BRiaN SAULz/The Gameca ibuted nine points Sunday s :JL?OUNA 3*OCiflAM UNION ro Mfi DfiLLfi 8:00 p.m. Cc Students $4.00 (Sponsored by ( ZffN PIC1 ,1 journey tnrou; dia presentation m. RHUU Balln IE ADMISSIOf d by CPU Visu< CATIONS PCI Chair atic Arts al Series # T .c i td Idc Ill ^ ^ Connection tSHIP EX s Lady G: 9 Second half s[ I USC's hopes J From staff reports For a half it looked as if the Lady bl Gamecocks might pull off the upset g< I of the year in women's basketball. le But the Texas Lady Longhorns ct ended any notions of an upset in the SI making Sunday with a brief second- w iiuu suigc. icxus sioppca ust s ir quest for the national championship 77-58 in Austin, Texas in the second w round of the NCAA women's basket- th ball tournament. H USC', which ended the season at 23-11, held close in the first half. A \A jumper by sophomore center Lisa e; Diaz at the buzzer enabled the Lady f< Gamecocks to go into the locker rt room at halftime down by only four, tl 34-30. tc Head coach Nancy Wilson packed le in her team's defense and forced Texas to shoot from the outside. The a tactic worked as USC also out- a: rebounded the taller Lady T Longhorns, 19-17. st But Texas, 31-2, stepped up their ai defensive pressure and went on a 10-0 g run to jump out to a lead which USC could never seriously challenge. g Pf The Lady Gamecocks knew they r< were facing an uphill battle before tl Sunday's game. L The Lady Longhorns beat defen- o ding national champion Tennessee T on the Lady Volunteers home court earlier this season. USC lost to Ten- se nessee 85-80 Jan. 20 at Frank W McGuire Arena. P< USC was led by Metro Conference cc Player of the Year Martha Parker Si with 15 points. Freshman guard Karen Middleton added 14 and sc ? senior forward Monica Williams ad- M * ded four points and solid defensive wi 11 play. fo 6 VESOME .TERNATIVE 90.5 tlllllllilll^ iRCH BY 1 S BRfISS I irolina Coliseum J PuKliV <?? nn Ml A Uk/iiv <4/U? W r-:\ . :PU Cultural Series) * H H N H N raRES" ? Q*V> fKp A morioon t," 11111^1 iwaii h jom M ^ H il Arts) H ziu/tii /tni eN nvniLnoLcn Positions B ^temporary Sounds fr ?as and Issues C avel and Tour J amecocl rtuft huriifv ?or an upset The Lady Longhorns threatened to low USC away early in the game, itting out to a quick eight point ad. But the Lady Gamecocks mght up to make the score 23-21. hortly thereafter, Texas capitalized an lour points on use turnovers lat gave them a 29-22 lead. The Lady Longhorns led 43-36 ith about 14 minutes remaining in le second half when Texas' Penny [all canned an 18-foot jumper. Texas senior forward Yulonda fimbish hit a jumper over Parker to (tend the lead to 11. Wimbish jllowed up her basket by stealing le ball from Parker. Wimbish threw le ball to Hall, who got the basket ) make the score 49-36 with 13:06 ft to play. USC head coach Nancy Wilson ailed a time out to regroup her team ftcr the barrage. But Wimbish, exas' 5-foot-9-inch leading scorer, ole the ball from Karen Middleton nd hit the shot at the other end to ive Texas a 15-point lead. Texas has now won 22 consecutive ames and will advance to the next aund of the Midwest Regional on tieir home court. The Lady onghorns will either face Stanford r Montana in their next game hursday. The Lady Gamecocks will lose five niors to graduation. Monica 'illiams, Dawn Raab, Laura and eggy Glass and Larraine Frazier all >mp!eted their college careers with mdav's loss to Texas. But All-America candidate Parker, phomore center Schonna Banner, jddleton and transfer Beth Hunt ill be back to help lead the charge <r USC next season. MVH CH1CKEI OUT. Juni< ADDIV M IW Bri y No APPL1 Dote: i Time: i Place: I Sophomoi Crtcorp. 1C86 t ks from "_ J"^fc^j: - '^M Ste USC's Martha Parker had 18 poir Sunday. N ||| [>rs,Seiiiors&C YOUR mm #hh ric vliEi OW FOR YOUR VI ng a photocc uur aunuui i cosigner ret r NOW ON CJI k il - L_ r\ u n iviarcn 9 AM - 5 PM Russell House ?s Welcome NCAA i -:! ? \ * H? -"-/.I t. ~l"r~7-i jr.r_I _~_1" ~zC~ _ ~'r./_. i VQ| ) a! ft ^1 Bt* IITsL ' ...AlSiltiir "Hlf ac-lTH JONES/Th* Gtimrcock its in the second-round loss to Texas wwiikwnvHi.' AmrrV-ut T EXCUSES DONTSWEUVES, I etooopQES | I ^ 1 taids... EOT OWN... ipy of .D. luired imrud! i UIIIBANW I Cafcar* (foo?\ MUi) N A toM FDtC 4 a