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8 The Gamecock Wednesday, February 28, 1990
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finds hockey <
Growing up in Charleston, ice
was something I rarely saw and
hockey was a game I never
thought I'd play.
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iins game, which nrsi enchanted
me during the 1980 J
Winter Olympics, seemed strange ^
and foreign, something played by c
big men with big sticks, no teeth
and scars etched across their faces ^
like interstate highways on a road j,
map- sue
But through some Time-Life
mystery of the unknown, I became 1
a fan. Through the magic of ESPN ?n.c
and Sunday Night NHL, I became ai 1
a convert, diligently following the
Philadephia Flyers and Calgary
Flames from October to June every in v
year. The action was fast. The hit- hrai
ting was hard. This was something Just
different. I could go to school the t^01
next day and talk about Steve
Yzerman's hat trick, and people lce
would look at me like I was crazy. c
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hockey. I longed to get on those s^al
sharp skates on that shiny ice and s^a1
try slap shots, wraparounds, body
checks and all the other things that on
made hockey so attractive to this
Southerner living in a football- Pus
crazy world. ^ev
I got my chance last semester,
John Benjamin, a "buddy o' a s'
mine," as he would say, from ^
Bethesda, Md., works part time at my
a local ice rink, a real rarity in
South Carolina. You can imagine
my excitement when John asked me
my roommate, a New Jerseyite and anc
stereotypical northern hockey nut,
and me if we wanted to come by
one night after closing and shoot
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>tone Mountain, Ga., where a
id-spanking-new ice rink had
been completed. At the time I
ight I was invincible and could
? on the world and win. This
skating stuff would be a piece
:ake.
low no one had told me that ice
ting was different from roller
ting, so I assumed you did both
same way. So when I got out
the ice, I pushed back with my
it foot when I should have
hed out. My feet immediately
v out from underneath me and I
, my head striking the ice with , . ,
tokening thud. . Sh<
Tiese thoughts rushed through .n!^u ,S' . win ov
head as I stood at the edge of nigh 16 points in the
rink preparing to push off into
unknown. Trepidation fell over
like a shroud, but I shook it off
1 shoved off onto the ice.
iky, but upright. Eventually I 1A
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JEFF NICHOLS USC Head Coach Nancy Wilson
irts Editor said David's performance keyed
)pportunity knocked again the win.
nday night and this time Sherry "I really thought the hero toad
answered. night was Sherry David," Wilson
dl year long, David, the Lady said. "She played excellent deTlP.Pnr.Ir'c
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seen defenses leave' her un- and she made some big free
rded in favor of concentrating throws."
Ail-American Beth Hunt and David, whom Wilson regarded
Dint specialist Karen Middleton. as the best defensive player she's
ith first place in the Metro seen play this year, is normally
iference at stake, the University one to let others handle the scoring
Southern Mississippi came into chores.
nk McGuire Arena bent on "I never expect to score a lot,
cing that strategy work for but tonight they just fell," David
n. said. "I just shot the ball with a lot
didn't. USC defeated the Lady of confidence and they fell for me
den Eagles 82-72 as David re- tonight."
led her first ever double-double The outside shots couldn't have
scoring a career-high 16 points fallen at a better time.
dishing out 11 assists. "They really sag down deep and!
leanwhile, Hunt shrugged off play two people on our ball-side
USM double-team and led all post the whole time, making it difers
with 25 points while Mid- .ficult for us at the post," Wilson!
on hit three of five 3-pointers said. "And Sherry did exactly what.;
nish with 21 points. she had to do.
he 17th-ranked Lady Game- "it's a great win for us, because!;
Ics assured themselves of no this is a team that is extremely!;
se than a tie for the regular- hard to defend .... We played
on Metro Conference champ- zone, we played triangle-and-two,!;
hip as they improved to 19-7 and we played man-to-man, and
all and 12-1 in the Metro with p
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