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By BOB ZAFFRANN
Staff writer
The USC women's basketball team
steamrolled over an overmatched
Louisville squad Saturday afternoon
at Carolina Coliseum with a combination
of strong inside play and
perimeter shooting.
The 89-59 win improved the 18thranked
Lady Gamecocks' record on
the season to 18-5 and 9-1 in the
Metro, while the Ladv Cardinals
dropped to 4-19 and 0-8.
USC built their lead gradually and
methodically in the first half, led by
6'3" center Schonna Banner, who
was a perfect 5-5 from the floor and
totaled 11 points in the period. Karen
Middleton came off the bench early
and gave the Lady Gamecocks their
first double-digit lead at 26-14 with
10:30 remaining on her first of six
3-pointers. Martha Parker dished out
five assists and added 10 points, and
sophomore forward Beverly
Hawkins scored eight in a reserve
role.
fn short,- everything was working
for USC, who led 50-32 at the half.
"It was exactly what we wanted,"
said Lady Gamecock head coach
Nancy Wilson, "a chance for us to
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them some good playing time, and a
chance to show what they can do."
At halftime, Sheila Foster, the
Lady Gamecocks' all-time leading
scorer and rebounder, was presented
her retired no. 53 jersey by USC
President James Holderman in a
ceremony marking alumni day.
There was also a Lady Gamecock
old-timers game before the main
contest.
After the intermission, Louisville
head coach Peggy Fiehrer, in an attempt
to slow the pace of the game,
switched her team to a zone defense.
Her strategy worked for a while as
USC struggled to make the adjustment,
and a 3-pointer by Louisville
guard Tuonisia Turner cut the lead to
58-41 with 13:15 left.
That was as close as the Lady Cardinals
would get. Sophomore Karen
Middleton answered with a 3-pointer
of her own, and three minutes later,
Middleton poured in two more
Softball s
By CHRIS SILVESTRI
Assistant sports editor
Although the 1989 USC softball
team is basically a young team, they
are still loaded with experience.
Six starters from last year's team,
which set a school record with 47 victories
and finished the season ranked
No. 9 in the country, return for the
Lady Gamecocks.
Three of the returnees, sophomore
center fielder Tricia Popowski,
sophomore Michelle Delloso at second
base and senior shortstop
Marianne DiRupo, were named to
the 1988 All-South Region team.
Even though Popowski, Delloso
and DiRupo will be looked to for
leadership during the season, other
players may also emerge in that role.
"Other players can surface once
we start playing," said USC head
coach Joyce Compton. "You can see
other people who aren't captains be
models as well."
Compton is entering her third
season as head coach of the Lady
Gamecocks. In those two seasons,
Compton has compiled an 81-28
record (a .743 winning percentage),
and she has a lifetime record of
289-124. In 13 years of coaching at
Mattatuck Community College, the
University of Missouri and USC,
Compton has never experienced a
losing season.
Sophomore Angie Lear will provide
USC with some experience in the
pitching department. Lear finished
the 1988 season with a 15-2 record
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3-point bombs, boosting the USC
lead to 71-43 with 9:14 to go, and
breaking the back of the Louisville
zone.
"Karen Middleton's 3-pointers added
a lot of excitement and also
helped us to build up a comfortable
lead," Wilson said.
Middleton, who hit six of nine
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with 22 points, while Banner had 17
points and seven rebounds. Hawkins
and Parker finished with 12 and 10
points, respectively.
Wilson substituted freely
throughout the game, giving injured
starters Banner, with a knee injury,
and Sherry David, with shin splints,
some rest in preparation for Monday's
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In the hitting area, the Lady
Gamecocks will look to Popowski,
Delloso and DiRupo to lead the way.
Popowski had the second-highest
batting average and on-base percentage
on the team last year as a
freshman with a .351 batting average
and a .464 on-base percentage.
Popowski also led the team in
doubles, triples and stolen bases last
season.
Delloso finished the 1988 season
with a .301 batting average, and
DiRupo batted .303, while leading
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The toughness of the schedule
should prepare the Lady Gamecocks
for postseason play, Compton said.
"We face a good mixture of Top
20 teams," she said. "We are playing
the people we need to play to accomplish
our goal (a berth in the
NCAA national tournament).
Last year's Lady Gamecock squad
was knocked out in the regional tournament
after suffering two losses to
the University of Arizona.
This year's team is ranked 19th in
the nation in the preseason poll and
third in the South Region.
USC will begin its 1989 campaign
Monday when they travel to Chapel
Hill to face the University of North
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"We'll have to play very strong
against Florida State," said Wilson.
"If I'm not mistaken, they haven't
lost a game down there. It's a tough
place to play."
Alter tacing the Seminoles, the
Lady Gamecocks will play Virginia
Tech and East Carolina on the road,
and then come home for a final game
against DePaul before the Metro
Conference Tournament March 9-11
in Memphis, Tenn.
"If we continue to play aggressively
and play well and together on both
ends of the floor, 1 feel like we
should continue our. . . winning
ways," Wilson said. "We're very
pleased with the way they are playing
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Feb. 24 at Ceor9ia Southern
Feb. 27 at Furman
March 3-5 at Texaa AtH Invltatlc
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3 Illinois State
4 Oklahoma City
4 Texas AIM
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LOUISVILLE (59)
Jones 10-15 2-7 22, Acton 1-4 0-0 2,
Johnson 1-4 1-2 3, Pride 2-5 0-0 4,
DeGraffenreid 7-11 2-2 16, Turner 3-6 0-0
9, Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Warren 0-4 1-21,
Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 6-13 59.
USC (89)
Hunt 3-10 3-4 9, Parker 4-8 2-3 10,
Banner 8-9 1-1 17, David 0-0 0-0 0, Diaz
4-6 0-0 8, Hawkins 5-8 2-2 12, Middleton
7-11 2-2 22, Joyner 2-3 2-2 6, McMillan
1-5 1-2 3, Gardner 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 34-62
6-9 89.
Halftime ? USC 50, Louisville 32.
3-point goals ? Louisville 3-3 (Turner
3-3), USC 6-9 (Middleton 6-9). Rebounds
? Louisville 29 (Johnson 7), USC 34
(Banner 7). Assists ? Louisville 15
(Pride, DeGraffenreid 5), USC 25 (Parker
11). Total fouls ? Louisville 18, USC 13.
Attendance ? 2,112.
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Metro roa
By KEVIN ADAMS
Sports editor
The USC men's basketball team
won its first Metro Conference road
game in over a year Saturday afternoon
in a 68-61 win over Southern
Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
The last Metro road win for the
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guard Brent Price led the way with 29
points.
Price, now a sophomore, also led
USC in Saturday's win over the
Golden Eagles by scoring a team high
of 18 points, including three
3-pointers.
But the biggest shot of the day
might have come from Price's ailing
backcourt mate Barry Manning.
With 2:44 remaining and USC up by
only two, Manning ? who had been
sick just minutes before ? banked a
3-point shot off the glass with the
45-second shot clock running out,
giving USC a five-point lead and
sealing the Gamecocks' first-ever victory
at Southern Miss. USC had lost
all six of its previous games in
Hattiesburg. i
The win over the Golden Eagles 1
was only USC's fifth Metro road vie- <
tory since joining the conference in
the 1983-84 season. Three of those !
wins have been at Tallahassee with
the other one ? before Saturday ? <
coming at Cincinnati. '
USC led 30-25 at halftime as (
Southern Miss made only 31 percent
of its shots in the first 20 minutes.
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11-point lead in the second half 1
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scoring column for USC with 16 S
points, while seniors Terry Dozier and
John Hudson had 10 points Men's
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The USC men's tennis team won
heir"Second match of the season Friday
by trouncing Wake Forest
Jniversity 6-1 at The Bubble.
All-American senior Ken Diller is
jptimistic about the Gamecocks'
ieason. "1 definitely think we will
Jnish in the top ten in the nation,"
Diller said. "It is really great that
iveryone is relatively healthy this
/ear. Last year we were simply
levastated by injuries because four
)layers out of our top six were out.
iVith everyone back we have a very
trong team that will improve with
:ach match as the season
>rogresses."
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Mississippi on Sunday before leaving
or the National Indoor Team Cham)ionships
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USC (68)
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-4, Hinton 1-1). Rebounds ? USC 47
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No.l Giles Ameline (WF) d. Steve
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Degler (WF), 7-5, 7-6.
No.3 Louie Gloria (USC) d. Jorge
Sedeno (WF), 6-3, 6-2.
No.4 Johan Karlen (USC) d. Jean de
Rivere (WF), 6-1, 6-3.
No.5 Dave Herman (USC) d. Justin
Chapman (WF), 7-5, 6-2.
No.6 Jaime Frontera (USC) d.
Michael Dilworth (WF), 6-4, 6-2.
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de Rivere/Powell 6-4, 6-0.
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