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Gamect Gemsoi By DAVE KAY Staff writer The USC men's basketball te< took a big first step Saturday in pre ing it is worthy of the preseason hy it received. The Gamecocks used a 17-0 spi to open the second half along wi plenty of tough defense to hai Clemson its first loss of the season a 90-70 USC victory. tu? u~ir -- i itie mat uctii was as ciosc as o would expect this intrastate rivalry be, with the Gamecocks holding 43-39 lead at halftime. USC Head Coach George Feltc attributed his team's fast second-he start to his halftime talk, but 1 wouldn't specify the content, clair ing "my mother wouldn't want i hear me." Within the five-minute stretch, tl Gamecocks turned in two dunks ar a three-pointer, sending the crowd ii to a frenzy and putting the game oi of reach. After John Hudson's fast brea dunk at the 18:11 mark put tf Gamecocks up by 10, Clemson Hea Coach Cliff Ellis called a time out. After the time out, the Gamecock came back and scored 11 moi unanswered points, pushing thei lead to 60-39. The streak wa highlighted by redshirt freshman Jel Roulston's slam dunk with 16:52 lei to play. Roulston had his best gam yet as a Gamecock, scoring 14 point and pulling down 4 rebounds. Thp rpmoin^or *"* AAV- ivuiuiuuwi ui tut game wa controlled by the Gamecock defense and the Tigers never pulled any close than 15. "I am really, really proud of th' team effort we had tonight," Feltoi said. "Our hard work paid off. W< are trying to get eight to 10 player: ready to play, and we are makinj progress." "Give all the credit to Soutl Carolina," Ellis said. "The) outplayed us. They whipped us on al the things that are important." Roulston said that the defense ir the second half was the key to the big win. "We went out there and tightened up the defense and got on an offenfflfiMl OffMll jpuj UNIA Ny* Never be y- ine cnan THE WOLFC IH .-v 4#fe? -4ty-. *#? A & ,'/ ' - '/" s'> ''//// & ' . . : :-; Peter the Wolf plays Coi But be forewarned: y YE It's Hi )cks whip n, 90-70 sive roll," said Roulston. "That put the game away right there in the tm beginning of the second half." >v- Sophomore point guard Brent pe Price added to the scoring barrage with his fourth three-pointer of the irt night at the 15:51 mark. Price was U ?- 1 > mi me game s icauing scorer ana only nd missed one shot from the field while in connecting on all four attempts from three-point range, ne Price said the big win should boost to the team's confidence, a "It's a big confidence-builder for us," Price said. "It lets us know that >n we can play with the better teams in ilf the country." le The game against the Tigers was n- the first of three games in five days to for USC. Atlantic Coast Conference le member Maryland comes to the id Carolina Coliseum tonight, and East i- Carolina is on the slate for Wednesjt day. Both games will begin at 7:30 p.m. k "Maryland beat us up there last le year," Felton said. "It will be a d tough game and a challenge. We have three very tough games in five days." :s But for now, the Gamecocks can e relish their biggest win over the ir Tigers since the 1970-71 season, is CLEMSON f Jones 1-4 0-0 2; Pryor 5-9 0-1 11; 't Campbell 6-7 1-4 13; Cash 1-4 2-2 4; Kine caid 4-10 3-4 11; Davis 3-6 2-4 8; Young s 1-4 0-0 2; Forrest 4-9 2-3 11; Brown 1-4 u-u z; nowung z-8 u-u 4; Mitchell 0-2 0-1 s 0; Bruce 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-68 10-19 70. use r Dozier 3-10 2-5 8; Hudson 6-11 6-6 18; Roulston 5-7 4-5 14; Price 7-8 1-1 19; e Manning 4-8 0-0 8; Rhett 4-4 1-2 9; 1 English 3-3 1-4 7; Glover 0-1 0-0 0; 2 McKoy 1-2 1-2 3; Rowe 0-1 0-0 0; Vernau s 1-12-2 4; Breckenridge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals I 34-56 18-27 90. Halftime ? USC 43, Clemson 39. l 3-point goals ? Clemson 2-14 (Jones 0-1, ' Pryor 1-1, Cash 0-1, Kincaid 0-2, Young 1 0-1, Forrest 1-4, Howling 0-4), USC 4-4 (Price 4-4). Rebounds ? Clemson 35 l (Campbell 7, Davis 7), USC 34 (Hudson ! 8). Assists ? Clemson 12 (Cash 4), USC 27 (Dozier 6, Manning 6). Total fouls ? 1 Clemson 21, USC 18. Attendance ? < 12,401. ! fERSITY BOOKST Russell House erv Merry Christmas fr imbridge University Pre fore has this prestigious publishei 20% off retail. ce of a lifetime to stock nersnnal HOWL OF UNHJMESl DEEFFECTS n Wm i % y. m lumbia's most music on FM 96.7, ex our eyes may not believe what you) S97\m ird To Say No To A Station Called Y W^x 1 B^ i \ J* Z#LiB 1 B * 12&I ^KSS^ ^^Hjj^^KI p - Ink xw^^SSSHI SfflMMMP p j g*B i^^HSB mmjim ^|W5J|^|S^J5H^ H I * jB|).Jh|^np ,|^^HiS| JHHp 21^^S|Z^HSB Ih \ ~ BA J^Mf pfflB ] pEs^P^S s < F>p^^HK^UN* IBI^iBMi^EiHi^w w 9 lifl ^iSk 1 tr 19^9 w t" 3 fl 9 ys Hp "* TEDD Y LEPP/The Gamecock pc USC redshirt freshman center Jeff Roulston goes up for an easy basket Satur- to day night as Clemson's Derrick Forrest (13) and Tim Kincaid (33) watch from below. Roulston scored 14 points in the Gamecocks' 90-70 win. nu INTERESTED IN V ORE # s! ? om^rr^ book We've r | _____ correc P Prisoners of old correction systems, f here. Smith Corona s < Cassette means an ei twists, tangles and fu Its an easy-to-lo correction tape you c mere seconds. There are no sp< unwind. No complica ing. No more mutteri . . your breath. Its that s What's just as sii our Right Ribbon Sys simply prevents you f: using the wrong com! of ribbon and correcti cassette. You'll find our Cc Cassette and Right Ri System on the Smith < , , irk SL 600 typewriter. enmgsfrom 6 til 10. You'll also find lo " ears are hearing. For more information on this product, or Smith Corona (Canada I 5 es. Roulsto surprise By DAVID CARAVIELLO staff writer cini tins ana the Clemson Tige itepped onto the court against US Saturday night expecting to face jarrage of points from Brent Pric rerry Dozier, Barry Manning ai lohn Hudson. Yet the one player tl rigers didn't expect to hear mu< rom offensively was the one th inded up hurting them perhaps tl nost: redshirt freshman Je loulston. Roulston had a career-high ] >oints against the Tigers, along wil wo assists and four rebounds. Sta ing at a relatively weak center pos ion and with little game experieno toulston held his own against Clen on center Elden Campbell, outsco: ig the Ail-American candidate by oint. "Jeff Roulston did a real goo 3b," said USC head coach Georg elton. "We just asked him to cor tin and play big against Campbel nd I really think that Jeff did a utstanding job for us. He's a gres dded dimension to our whol :am." Clemson coach Cliff Ellis als raised Roulston's performance "He had a great game," Ellis said He's been with their program fo wen weeks, and Campbell's beei ith us for three years. I think yoi in see why it's sometime ustrating. "Roulston had that toughness, ; eat freshman performance, and in see why they're pleased with him hat's about as fine a freshman per irmance against us as I've seen sinct R. Reid, if you want to know th< uth." After the game, Roulston admittec being a little anxious. "I was a st, but as the game went on I calm I down and started playing smart. i ink we were all a little overlj cited. "You're not going to stop hiir Campbell) because he's a great ayer. He's going ' to score his tints. I just went out there and tried play my hardest against him." F.Ilis rrpdits l?r?n1etr?n with rrMtinn merous defensive problems for the VORKING FOR TF Call 777-7726 eform iionq -fashioned great feature reedom is like the Spell word electroi PorrP?rtina lino mrro^tir iillV V/WI id to and more, mbles. 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We did shut him (Dozier) it down in the early going, but then e collision iook over, and there was a mismatch without a doubt because 0 we were trying to play him with a small forward." [. Roulston was four of five from the r free-throw line and five of seven ti from the field, two of which were a dunks. His surprising play acted as a s "catalyst for a Gamecock squad whose play was a little sluggish near the a beginning of the game. 1 When asked if he was surprised bj Roulston's play, Felton said, "Yes because of the fact that it's a big 2 game like this, and he's only had one : season game under him and two exhibitions. But Jeff has worked awful1 ly hard, and his hard work has cert tainly paid off. 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