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Sports Wednesday, February 21, 1990 The Gamecock 7 Like Tyson schoolgirl' > mighty hare Sports Illustrated hasSiad a couple of stunning knockouts on its last two covers. Last week it was the lovely Judit Masco. And this week, they've followed up that always eagerly anticipated swimsuit issue cover with one fea turing another eye-opening knockout (Mike did still have one eye open, didn't he?). Yes, it's Iron Mike Tyson ? his world rocked, his mouthpiece in backwards ? the ex-champion is shown struggling to pick himself up off the Tokyo canvas. If you're like me, you probably went right to Si's fight story after seeing that, then read the piece on Buster Douglas, and finally maybe you flipped back to take another look at Tyson's back on the ground before moving on. But I hope you didn't skip S/'s next story. I found it harder to believe than the one that preceeded it. What's harder to believe than Mike Tyson losing? If you said, "Pat Sajak has his own talk show" you were close, but actually I was looking for something more like, oh maybe, a girl in California racking up 101 points in a high school basketball game. By halftime! Lisa Leslie, a 6'5" senior center on the Morningside High School girls' basketball team did just that. She only needed a 16-minute half to score a mind-boggling 101 points against South Torrance High School Feb. 7. After a teammate cnippea in a point, Morningside went into the locker room with a 102-24 halftime lead. Like Buster Douglas, Leslie showed no mercy. Not that she had anything against South Torrance. She wasn't bent on knocking them out as much as breaking the national single-game scoring record of 105 points, set by Cheryl Miller. But Leslie wouldn't get that chance. The battered South Torrance squad did not answer the bell for the second half. Their coach, Gilbert Ramirez, decided to forfeit the game. Two nf hie rUovArc hqH airfnnlpH V/l lllj pxuj vxu I1UV* vt*v?J *v?v.?vv Steroids Contii when a federal grand jury began investigating the allegations. The investigation did not resume until after three former Gamecock assistant football coaches were sentenced Aug. 10 for their convictions stemming from the allegations raised by Chaikin. As a result of the investigation, the university "believes that during the years of 1983 through early 1987 that there was widespread experimentation with steroids by members of the football team," according to the report. The report also found that before the school implemented a drug-testing program in the fall of 1985, the coaching staff had a "laissez-faire attitude" concerning the use of steroids. "Some players felt that the coaching staff had to know because of the extent of the abuse," the report said. "But estimates 01 actual steroid use on the team varied among the student-athletes interviewed." One player estimated eight or nine players used steroids, and another said it was about 25 percent of the team, which is normally made up of about 100 players. Both, however, were far below the 50 percent of the squad alleged by Chaikin. "Of greatest concern is the apparent failure of the athletic department administration to take appropriate action after receiving notice of steroid use and the possibility oi coaching involvement," the repori said. In a memo from former assistani coach Keith Kephart to coach Joe Morrison, who died early last year, Kephart said a player told him he had been obtaining steroids foi other players under the direction ol I two assistant coaches. During a news conference Oct 24, 1988, Morrison said he hac told Kephart to look into the alle 's defeat, s heroics i to believe ro , Jeff Nichols ' PePTalk out trying to stop Leslie's offensive barrage; he had only four girls left. Most of Leslie's field goals were short-range jumpers, nothing fancy, just 37 painful jabs. She mixed that up with a record 27 free throws. South Torrance obviously knew they were beaten at the half, but to prevent Leslie's personal knockout against them, they threw in the towel. That left Leslie four points shy of the record. Based on her firsthalf scoring pace, she would have scored her 105th point just 38 seconds into the third quarter. It would have been a dream come true for Leslie in the one game her coach allowed her to go for the record. Although she is capable, her coach says, of scoring 50 points a contest (she scored 52 in the second quarter alone against South Torrance), Leslie is normally held back to a comparitively modest 27 points a game. But she was given the green light against South Torrance to go for Miller's record. What about sportsmanship? Hadn't South Torrance had enough, you say? Well, maybe. But after reading the story, I found myself on her side. And besides, give her credit for not dunking on South Torrance like she does on most other teams. She's not dedicated soley to basketball, either. She has a 3.5 grade point average and served as class president three of her four years at Morningside. So there. And what were the South Torrance players doing with the ball when they had it anyway? Leslie averaged a shot at the basket every 17 seconds. I couldn't figure it out. I also had a difficult time picturing the stunned looks the South Torrance players must have had on their faces after Leslie was through with her onslaught. So I went back and looked at Tyson again. lued from page 1 gations and that no facts were uncovered to substantiate the claims. The report highlights the follow mg possible NCAA rule violations: In the spring of 1984, two coaches discussed steroids with a player. One of the coaches later gave a graduate assistant $50 to $80 to pay for steriods for the player. During the 1984 season, two coaches asked a player to obtain steroids for the player mentioned in the previous instance. One coach gave the player $90, and the other coach gave the player $110 and $50 on two occasions to buy steroids for the other player. Two players admitted to selling their complementary tickets, a violation of the NCAA's extrabenefit rule. One player sold his tickets in 1983, and the other sold his in 1986. The report also detailed two instances where, according to school I M0 rirnrii r* 1 a -v rtunt wiin i) are urgently needed to aii Mono test kits. If you hav within the past two we $1 for only 3 hou t For Further Informa } i SEROLOC 2719 Middlebi Colur j 25' ^?i%V' RHL>I ^ i ;S hbIj'^P uflm HP * 4$u fll ||y|& r *% }r ;e Me} Junior guard Karen Middleton drives to the hoop ? phis State earlier this season. Middleton was namec Academic All-America District Three Team. Mk %?mm r-N m i wmmm wmmm SPORTS BRIEFS rmrr, ktmiTTmrn-n! T - - ~m.MutMT.i "MrriTH i i n?i-r i USC tennis team .Cgh downs Blue Devils Swimmers t( The fifth-ranked USC men's tennis team defeated Duke 5-4 men ivieif u SUDuke came into the match VSC's n?tionallyi i a ** a . a and women s swimr ranked 22nd tn the county and in lhc defense (, second m the South Reg,on behmd ?onfcrencc champ it en a - n -*u *u at the Carolina Is USC improved to 2-0 with the win. The Gamecocks were led by ? . io?u > a All-American Stephane Simian \he '8lh-ra"kcd who defeated Duke No. 1 Mark x* ha at xt ta third straight title a Mance 6-4 6-1 Newcomers Dave sevcnSseasons. Hopper and P.J. Langone, at the 20th-ranke No. 2 and 6 positions respectively, . 0 c ... i .u u is 3-5 this season v also won their matches. r- , . In doubles play, USCs No. 2 ^^f^^a'mecc and 3 teams were winners. Louie Gloria and Eric Sydow defeated lhe Melr0 Champi< Mark Mance and Willie Quest 1-6, Slx ^,car^(!" a, 7-5, 7-6 while at the number three c Metro< __A t t. pendent Champion spoi, 11 was is.ioiiaiu i^ynm ana - , 0 Mark Palus cruising by David Hall throu8h Saturday and John Williams 6-1. 6-3. at noon, and The Gamecocks will now com- c f ^ ^ m pete for the top position in men's ur ay' college tennis. The 1990 USTA/ ITCA National Indoor Team I * Championship at the Louisville I 33 attorney Joseph McCulloch, the football program may have broken the "spirit" if not the letter of the rules: In the spring of 1984, two coaches discussed steroids with EVHBP^^Pwfti two players as a means of building upper body strength. One of the players later said the coaches ap- mm proached him independently and RSJSfiBBHjl encouraged him to consider taking |fu| steroids, saying they would take care of the costs. 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BOX 49244 *P3J/ GEORGIA 3( IMiddletoi to acaden By DOUG AUBE Staff Writer South Carolina's Karen Middleton has been named to the GTE Academic All-America District Threp women's basketball team. She was chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of ! America. Middleton, a junior guard, has received the honor for the second consecutive year. An education major, she has a 3.38 GPA, which is the second highest on the Academic AllAmerica team. Joining Middleton on the team are Becki Barbary of Winthrop College, Angie Evans of William and Mary, Vicki Harris of James Madison and Karen Lounsbury of Georgia Tech. In addition to her academic honors, Middleton has compiled some impressive statistics on the basket/er/The Gamecock COUlt. igainst Mem- Her 12-5 scoring average per j qte game ranks her second on the USC team. | | APTc iderway today the weekend. .. : : 1. Missouri ijj / 241 defend 2. Kansas 25J 3. Duke 22crowns 4. unlv 225, Georgetown 20 ranked men s 6, Connecticut 22ning teams be- 7. Michigan 19f their Metro 8. Georgia Tech 19ionships today g Purdue 18Jatatorium in 10. Oklahoma 19 Center. 11. Syracuse 18 Lady Game- 12. LSU 20 seeking their 13. Arkansas 21 nd sixth in the 14. |_a Salle 22 . ,2; :* ,15- Michigan St.. ........SMI A men s squad ? 16. Louisville 20 /ith four of the 17, Oregon St. 19 o top-20 oppo- 18. Minnesota 17 >cks have won 19. Illinois 18 mship the last Xavier, Ohio 21 at* Arizona 17 /National Inde- 22. Loyola M. 20 ships will run 23. Ciemson 2C Preliminaries 24. New Mex. St. 21 the finals will 25. Indiana 1 ursday through I WIN $5 Ideas due by Marcl Campus Activity Cen Hege Co-Eds has bout It! Q STUDENT AF We appreciate you taki ? schedules to help peopl ANS products. To show our tail'order) t0 extend a $5 bom during the moi inal brand ? rubricated Just present your stuc rUbricant window upon compl< oz total Once again, than) THE STAFF OF HYU 1620 GERV ?tax:= COLUMBI E: ? , 254 IP NEW D OR MONEY "DT^/^ThIA/T* DISTRIBUTION KlL^ril VL ^ FIRST D< J359 - 1244 tc-99 i named tic team In a game against Virginia Tech earlier this season, Middleton scored her 12th point with seven seconds remaining in the game to give her 1,000 points for her career. She was named to the All-Super Shootout Team after playing all 40 minutes in two games against Iowa and Georgia ? scoring 18 points and pulling down nine rebounds against the Lady Hawkeyes and 1 C nrt /4 milltn/* /4/\mn MAJiiiig u puuna anu puiiing uuwii 11 rebounds against the Lady Bulldogs. She had six three-pointers to lead USC against Auburn and was 7-8 from the floor against Clemson including 1-1 on her three point attempts. Middleton is currently connecting on 45.5 percent (56-123) of her three point shots. She was named to the AllTournament team in the Contel Fastbreak Fest and earned a Bronze Medal as a member" of the U.S. Olympic Festival Team. >p 25 ;ord Pts. Pvs. 2 1,596.5 2 2 1,510.5 1 4 1,384 6 4 1,383 7 3 1,379 3 4 1,127 I 10 5 1,088 5 4 1,042 13 4 1,023 12 " 4 998 11 -5 978 4 -5 943 9 4 933 8 4 ,854:f-.. 14 5 666 18 -4 479 16 -6 453 17 425 15 -2 425 22 -5 373 20 m 8 313 19 M5 147 ? 139 .,v !i M ' ;-6 88 ? X ' : - mi ; mi iomecoming L990 Theme Contest Create a logo and irtworkfor the 1990 Homecoming heme? OCASH h 2 to Box 85128 or ter RH low.west wing. HC-99 PRECIATION ^ ing time from your busy e who depend on plasma appreciation, we would lis for your first donation nth of February. lent ID at the cashier's ^tion of your donation. k you for your help. \ND PLASMA CENTER AIS STREET A S.C. 29201 2280 ONORS 10 FOR YOUR 3NATION 1HP-98