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State quarterback Terry Jordan hit a streaking Aubrey Shaw in the ei
zone and, after a Damon Hartman kick, the Wolfpack had a 7-6 lead ai
never looked back.
The Wolfipack scored two more touchdowns sandwiched around a Cc
lin Mackie 36-yard field goal and held a 21-9 lead after a 27 yard rever
pass play from ex-quarterback turned receiver Charles Davenport to i
Byrd.
"This was by far our best offensive performance," N.C. State Coat
Dich Sheridan said.
And they weren't through.
USC tried to make things interesting by going 73 yards in eight play
capped off with a 43-yard scoring pass from Fuller to receiver Robe
DIUUK5.
The Gamecocks attempted to cut the margin to four by going for tl
two point conversion. But Dingle fumbled the ball, and USC had to sett
for six points and the Wolfpack led 21-15 with 5:25 left in the first hal
State wasn't about to allow USC to gain the momentum going in
half time, so they reeled off 76 yards and had a first-and-goal from tl
one with little more than a minute to play.
USC lineman Kurt Wilson hit State fullback Greg Manior at the lir
of scrimmage for no gain.
USC's Patrick Blackwell stopped State again on second down, bi
JSC was hit with an offsides penalty. On the next down, tailback Gai
Downs scampered in for the score and State held a commanding 28-1
lead after Fowble's kick.
Fuller immediately went to work hitting receiver Eddie Miller for
15-yard gain and Rush for 20.
After two incompletions, USC faced a third-and-10 from the Wolfpac
43. Fuller found an open Albert Haynes for a gain of 12 yards to set up
48-yard field goal attempt by Mackie with time running out.
However, the kick was short as time expired. State held on to the lea
and the momentum at the half.
"The play that really killed us was the reverse pass. That was a na
biter right there," USC linebacker Pat Hinton said. "Everybody knew
was coming. I think the guys just came up, thinking it was run and th
guy got behind them. We've got to work on that and see what we di
wrong.
"We just got to play defense better," he said.
N.C. State had 273 yards in total offense at the half to USC's 250.
Anv hoDes of USC nerforminp better defensive!v in the ceennd hal
were doused when the 'Pack marched 39 yards in six plays after
54-yard kickoff return by freshman Ledel George to start the second hall
Downs ran the final three yards and Fowble's kick gave the Wolfpac
a 35-15 lead.
Fuller responded by completing four of six passes for 51 yards on th
ensuing drive as Dingle caught the last pass on the eight-yard line ani
bulled his way into the endzone to cut the State lead to 35-22.
After a 33-yard field goal by State's Fowble gave the Wolfpack
38-22 lead to start the fourth quarter, Fuller found Brooks in the en<
zone to capoff a 76-yard scoring drive and close out the scoring wit!
13:18 to play.
Brooks (five catches, 112 yards and two touchdowns) teamed will
Fuller to put on an aerial showcase for the Gamecocks.
Fuller was 13-26 for two touchowns and 177 yards in the second hal
alone, and USC had 461 yards in total offense for the game.
The game's lone interception came after the Gamecocks had marches
to the State 20-yard line and were knocking on the door with six minute
to play.
Wolfpack cornerback Sebastian Savage stepped in front of Fuller'
throw to a wide open Brooks in the corner of the end zone to kill an
hopes of a USC comeback.
"I was open on the seven route, but I was the secondary receiver,
Brooks said. "Bobby was looking inside, and then he came back to mc
The guy (Savage) came off the hash, the ball would have been there, h
ust made a great play."
Fuller's performance was overshadowed by the loss but still gained tfo
attention of Woods and the Wolfpack defense.
"Bobby Fuller played well and did a nice job throwing the ball .... I
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Wolfpack defensive tackle Mike Jones said "Fuller was one of the bet
tcr quarterbacks we have faced this year."
While State improves to 5-4, the loss drops USC to 4-3 on the seasoi
and puts the Gamecocks in some must-win situations against some ver
tough competition including Florida State next week.
"Florida State is a good team. We really respect them so it is realh
making us do a gut check and see how our morale is," USC safety Leoi
Harris said. "We'll just go out and play."
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e Now the conference races move into the serious stage,
d Next week's schedule includes showdowns in five conferences ? the
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d Top-ranked Virginia (7-0, 4-0) had a week off to prepare for its ACC
h showdown with Georgia Tech (6-0-1, 4-0-1). Tech remained unbeaten
with a 48-31 victory over Duke Saturday,
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with a third straight defeat, 32-23. ^
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;. 14-13 over Vanderbilt. Auburn plays at Florida on Saturday,
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record to 5-0, beating Texas El-Paso 17-10. Next for the Cowboys is
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By BRANT LONG
Assistant Sports Editor
USC senior Clark Brisson m
scored three goals in two days of
Met Life Classic play to lead the G
I Gamecocks to their third tourna- ti
ment title in four years. c<
On Saturday, Brisson scored two ^
I goals to lift USC past UNLV 3-1. fc
In the first game of the tourna- in
ment, Indiana came from one goal
down to defeat Penn State 2-1. dj
Sunday's first game featured s<
UNLV against Penn State. Rebel v<
senior Doug Borgel scored two go- P'
als within two minutes in the second
half to put the icing on the ai
cake, as UNLV pasted the Lions di
6-1. in
Game two on Sunday was for
the tournament championship as fe
USC, ranked ninth nationally, ei
squared off against seventh-ranked b<
Indiana. U
USC had the early chances but H
could not score and at the 18:59
mark, the Hoosiers capitalized on ?
their opportunity. si
Three-time Ail-American Ken
Snow dribbled through two USC sc
defenders and placed the ball past ar
Gamecock goalkeeper David Tur- in
ner to give Indiana the early
advantage.
The Gamecocks missed a e*
chance to tie with less than fifteen ch
minutes left in the first half. Brisson
made a pass to Ruben Tufino w
in the box but the sophomore mid- in
fielder's shot sailed just wide.
At the 34:30 mark, USC had n2
several chances in front of the In- m
diana goal as the ball got away Ri
from Hoosier goalie Juergen Som- &
mer but the Gamecocks could not
tie the game. Sommer collected si*
eight saves on the day for Indiana. an
Brisson scored his third goal of K'
the tournament to tie the game just P*
under ten minutes later. Senior Jeff
Love fed the ball to Brisson, who Bi
faked a Hoosier defender inside
the box and put the ball past Sommer
for the equalizer. The half en- art
ded with the score still deadlocked pi
at 1-1. m;
It took less than ten minutes into sa
the second half before USC got the th'
go-ahead goal. Love got his sec- to
ond assist of the game as he fed
Tufino sprinting up the right side ha
of the field. Tufino took the ball 10
into the goal box and drilled a shot do
past Sommer to give the Gamecocks
a 2-1 lead. at
The Gamecocks had a chance to
add an insurance goal with 30 mi- Ja
nutes left in the contest but Som- wi
Pep Talk
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Miller, Patrick Hinton and Joe qu
Reaves are definitely exceptional sig
player*, it is no longer a given that in<
the defensive unit is one of the nation's
best. Certain prognosticators fin
and overly optimistic fans were me
calling the unit awesome before a wi
game was played. are
In reality, this unit is either in- go
credibly undisciplined or incre- nei
dibly overrated. If the former is
true, the unit desperately needs to be
in?...
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ail it to Operation Desert Cheer,
Bamecock, Drawer A, USC, Cola. SC,
)res two,
urnament
ier made two excellent saves.
The Hoosiers kept the ball in the
amecock's half of the field for
lc remainder of the eame but
3uld not score. USC head coach
lark Berson credited his defense
>r keeping the Hoosiers from tyig
the game.
"It's not very often you limit Iniana
to four shots in a game," he
lid. "Defensively, we played
:ry, very well, and we needed to
lay well."
USC had 14 shots in the game
id goalie David Turner recorded
iree saves. USC also had the edge
i corner kicks, 6-3.
Berson also credited senior deader
Mike Gosselin, who coved
an All-America candidate
3th days of the tournament in
NLV's Doug Borgel and the
oosier's Ken Snow.
"Mike marked two great players
- Borgel and Snow ? and did a
iper job this weekend.
"All credit to Mike. He was ab>lutely
outstanding for 90 minutes
id I think that was the key to beg
able to neutralize Ken."
"I was very proud of our team,"
erson said. "I thought we played
Ltremely well responding to the
lallenge of being a goal down."
USC captured the classic title
ith the win and UNLV finished
second.
Brisson, for his three goals, was
imed the tournament's offensive
ost valuable player while the
unnin' Rebels Scott Uderitz was
bbed the defensive MVP.
The all-tournament team con>ted
of Gavin Reid, Danny Gil,
id Einar Dahle from Penn State;
en Snow from Indiana; Terry
yer, Doug Borgel, and Scott
deritz from UNLV; and Clark
isson, Tommy Loeber and Mike
Dsselin from USC.
The Gamecocks are now 12-3-2
id travel to Davidson, N.C. to
ay in a critical South Region
atch against the Wildcats. Berson
id the tournament wins will aid
e team's chances for the NCAA
urnament.
"wen, inese neipea us aiot. we
ve two more games and we need
keep going and see what we can
,w he said.
Kickoff Wednesday is at 3 p.m.
Davidson Stadium.
CJSC ends the season Sunday at
cksonville in a 2 p.m. match
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