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Led by flashy senior guard Catrina McCants' 22 points in the second half, Southern Mississippi threw a sizable scare into USC players and fans alike Monday night at the ^aronna coliseum. But the Lady Golden Eagles finally succumbed to he Lady Gamecocks' inside game ind lost the Metro Conference mat:hup 85-80. "I'm thrilled to death to win this ?ame," USC head coach Nancy Wilson said. "I think that Southern Vlississippi played an excellent >asketball game. They answered iverything and more that we would hrow at them." With the win, USC improves to >-0, the best start for a Lady jamecock squad since 1981-82, vhen Pam Parson's squad went 10-0 o begin the season. USC is now 2-0 n Metro play. But it didn't come easy. Trailing by seven at halftime, i2-35, Southern Miss came out like ;angbusters in the second half, grab>ing a 52-50 lead on Alexis Hall's seond consecutive three-point goal. After the Lady Gamecocks came >ack to take a brief four-point lead, dcCants struck with a three-pointer o cut USC's lead to one at 56-55 dth 11:57 remaining. A little more than two minutes iter, the Lady Golden Eagles, now -3, had grabbed a 64-60 lead behind wo more three-point shots from Mc"ants, who hit all four of her threeoint attempts in the second half and inished with 32 points. That's when Schonna Banner, *TY" :RS A Y NIGHT URSDA Y ONLY 25WUJ^/ tnecocks 1 d to 9-0 ( Beth Hunt and Lisa Diaz took over. The trio combined for 22 of USC's' final 25 points. Down 68-66, Diaz hit a 14-foot jumper left of the lane, Hunt scored on a coast-to-coast layup, point guard Sherry David hit a short jump shot and Banner hit a turnaround H jumper in an 8-0 USC run to give the Lady (Jamecocks a 74-68 advantage with 5:57 to go. Southern Miss then went on a 8-2 run of its own to tie the score at 76 with 3:23 remaining before Diaz and Hunt hit consecutive jumpers to put the Lady Gamecocks ahead to stay. Banner headed the USC attack with 28 points and eight rebounds, while Hunt had 23 points and 16 rebounds. Diaz added 19 points and six ill assists. Overall, the taller I ady jg5 Gamecocks outrebounded Southern j?| Miss, 42-25. jjl|| Banner said after the game that despite Southern Miss' strong showing, the Lady Gamecocks never lost their confidence. "We were telling each other during the game just to hang in there and ? not give up because we knew that we 1 could beat them," she said. "This is ((p* our court, our place, and we knew we could do it." Banner was also pleased with her personal play. "I think this was my best performance, and I hope I can keep on performing like this because if I do, I think everyone else will pick up." Wilson agreed. "I rpallv thruioht that a rpal kpv J ?O"* v? 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