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Wednesday, March 21, 1990 The Gamecock 7
USC split
By DAVID CARAVIELLO ba:
Staff Writer ^ de;
Todd Greene's three home runs f?r
keyed a 14-10 Georgia Southern
victory over USC Tuesday in a up
28-hit slugfest at Sarge Frye Field. nir
Georgia Southern's victory came me
one day after USC ended a 12
12-game Golden Eagle win streak bal
with a 10-4 win behind the pitch- W<
ing of Brian Williams. ter
Georgia Southern (15-7) jumped bui
all over Gamecock starter Rob doi
Mosser Tuesday and never relin- Soi
quished the lead. Greene hit his 1
first home run, a two-run shot, in the
the top of the first inning. Third gle
Columnist m
; Before we begin, let's get one jj
tfiing straight: I am no Clemson |p
fen. I bleed garnet and cringe at j|
Orange just like everyone else at *
this school, and nothing will
Change that. A
; But now let's get another thing gj
straight: I was born and bred Atlantic
Coast Conference and I'm Hu
still partial to the ACC today, de- doi
spite the fact that I attend a Metro def
school. So when it comes down to wit
tournament time, I like to see the vis
ACC do as well as possible. UC
That feeling is especially preva- 6-fi
lent this year. The ACC has been Ro
maligned and degraded more than ha\
any oiner tuiucicm,c, anu 1 am iij
sick of it. I am tired of hearing UC
how good the Big East, Big Eight sh(
and Big Ten are and how the ACC sfin
is in a "down year." 1
I am elated that Clemson, Duke, vil<
North Carolina and Georgia Tech knc
won, that little Virginia took tha
mighty Syracuse to the brink of Th<
defeat and that the ACC is 9-1 in Ch]
the tourney while the three Bigs Tre
are a combined 15-13. has
Now that I've aired my grie- fen
vances, let's take a look at this the
week's Sweet Sixteen matchups: 72Clemson
vs. Connecticut: The r
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5eman Chad Sumner drove in T
signated hitter Rob Fitzpatrick ci
an early 3-0 Eagle lead. fc
Mosser was lifted after giving w
three more runs in the third in- N.
lg with two outs. His replace- th
int, Craig Makar, threw balls in fe
of 14 pitches and walked three
iters, giving up another run. Ty th
ilch releived Makar and got cen- C
fielder Chris Abner to fly out, th
t the damage had already been tv
ne in the form of a 7-0 Georgia \
Lithem lead.
[JSC scrounged up two runs in th
bottom of the third on RBI sin- F,
s by Mike McGee and Skeets Fi
'akes NCAA.
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I Pep Talk ?
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skies are on a roll, but lack a
"ninant inside game. Clemson u
initely has the height advantage, ai
h 6-foot-11 inch twins Dale Da- tr
and Elden Campbell, while H
?onn has to counter with tl
oot-7-inch Nadav Henefeld and T
d Sellers. If Clemson's guards ic
'e a good defensive game, the n
gers should win because ir
Bonn's strength is their outside th
noting. Expect a defensive
lggle. Clemson, 59-55. f(
JCLA vs. Duke: The Blue De- U
5 caught a break when UCLA B
>cked off a good Kansas team b
t could have gone to Denver, hi
5 key matchup will be Duke's hi
ristian Laettner against UCLA's th
;vor Wilson on the inside. Duke w
a better backcourt, is better desively
and just doesn't lose at s?
Meadowlands Arena. Duke, c(
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homas, but Georgia Southern
ime back with four more in the
>urth. Sumner drove Fitzpatrick in
ith a single, and leftfielder Mike
tiller followed by sending a
iree-run dinger over the leftfield
;nce for a 11-2 lead.
USC countered with four runs in
le fifth. Tom Stokes and Burke
romer drove in RBI singles, and
ird baseman Sandy Rickett hit a
/o-run homer to cut the deficit to
1-6.
Greene hit his third homer of
e day in the eighth with Doug
der aboard. Sumner then drove
itzpatrick in for the third time to
[ tourney s
irkansas has the best backcourt in
le country in Todd Day and Lee
layberry, but UNC proved it can
andle quick backcourts with the
iklahoma win. UNC is bigger on
le inside but the loss of Kevin
ladden to injury leaves a big hole
t small forward. Arkansas, 83-81.
Xavier vs. Texas: The Muske:ers
have a better inside game,
nd Texas will find it hard to conol
6-foot-9-inch forward Tyrone
ill. The Longhorns have one of
le nation's top scorers in guard
ravis Mays, and since the reg>nal
is in Dallas they have a defiite
homecourt advantage. This
lay end up being the best game of
le round. Texas, 89-88.
Ball State vs. UNLV: Watch
)r a possible blowout here.
NLV simply has better athletes,
ut so did Louisville, so don't tell
all State that. The Cardinals will
we to slow the-game down and
it everything they throw up if
ley hope to win. Odds are they
on't. UNLV, 96-87.
Loyola-Marymount vs. Arkants:
The Lions are a runaway lo)motive
gaining speed, and it will
i extremely tough for the Tide to
op them unless LMU's emotional
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boost the score to 14-6.
USC cut the lead to 14-7 in the
bottom half of the eighth when DH
Joe Gmitter drove in catcher
George Rush. The Gamecocks
(12-9) made a gallant comeback in
the bottom of the ninth when RBI
singles by Burke Cromer, Sandy
Rickett and George Rush cut the
lead to 14-10 before Gmitter
grounded out to end the game. j
Mosser fell to 0-1 with the loss. '
Georgia Southern's Joey Hamilton
pitched eight innings and improves |(
to 7-2 with the win. c
elections
rollercoaster hits rock-bottom.
Loyola isn't as big as Bama on the
inside, but Bama can't shoot as
well and isn't used to playing in
the stratosphere. Loyola, 125-98.
Georgia Tech vs. Michigan
State: Two words will make the
difference in this game: tournament
experience. State has had to 1
scrap and claw to get past Murray 1
State and Santa Barbara, while
Tech has shown power in blowing
out a good East Tennessee State
team and poise in coming from
way behind to knock off LSU. Expect
the Lethal Weapons to go
wild. Georgia Tech, 102-91. <
Minnesota vs. Syracuse: Size
will make the difference here. The
Golden Gophers have struggled
past UTEP and Northern Iowa, and
haven't really been tested in the
tourney. Minnesota's strength is
it's guards, and superstar Willie ,
Burton will need a career night.
Syracuse, 78-71.
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;eason in the loss.
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The USC men's golf team C
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the Palmetto Intercollegiate Golf <
Classic held at the Santee National
Golf Club. &
The Gamecocks were led by senior
Rick Williams, whose final
round of 68 left him in a three-way K
tie for 12th place overall. tl
Other Gamecock scores were
Brett Quigley and Carl Paulson, ?'
each with a 227 to tie for 27th ?
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place, junior Robert Dargan with a
229 and Gene Sellers, who fin- e,
ished with a score of 232. p(
Williams finishes
fourth in NCAAs =
Phillipe Williams, a member of ri
USC's track and field team, fin- n
ished fourth in the long jump at g
the NCAA Indoor Track and Field 1
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Williams broke his week-old
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e plate in Wednesday's 14-10
it his second homerun of the
-and-3/4 inches with a leap of
6-feet-3-inches. The jump also
arned Williams Ail-American stajs.
He became only the 11th
lamecock to become All-America
1 track and field.
Spring break spent
erving on the road
The USC men's and women's
'nnis teams spent spring break on
te road.
The men, ranked 18th in the naon,
lost to 12th-ranked LSU 5-2
i the first game but followed the
jfeat with three consecutive viciries
over Indiana, Metro Conferice
opponent Tulane and Wake
orest.
The 19th-ranked Lady Gameocks
compiled a 3-2 record on
ieir road trip. USC lost to fourthinked
Georgia (6-0) and 11 thanked
Texas (6-2). The women
ot victories over 22nd-ranked
exas A&M (8-1), 23rd-ranked
rinity (6-3), and Texas Christian
5-1).
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Aiicansas 6-1 in Columbia.
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