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By MELISSA WINGATE
Staff Writer
Inconsistencies of all sorts
plagued the Gamecocks Saturday
afternoon as they fell 81-80 in
overtime to the Seminoles of Florida
State.
Things were a little strange from
the beginning for USC, even from
the introduction of the starting
line-ups. Sophomore forward Chris
Leso and junior guard Bo Popovic
r en laced iunior forward Joe Rhett
and junior guard Barry Manning,
respectively, to start the game. As
a result of violating a team rule,
neither Rhett nor Manning saw action
until 7:23 left in the first half.
The Gamecocks struggled in the
first 20 minutes, falling behind by
as much as eight, and finishing the
half down by five, 35-30.
Popovic and backup center Edmond
Wilson helped keep their
team alive, both seeing a good deal
of playing time in the first half.
Popovic had seven points, including
a three-pointer in the early going,
plus three rebounds, two assists
and a steal.
Wilson saw more minutes than
he has all season. In 19 minutes,
the. sophomore had six points and
pulled down six rebounds for the
Gamecocks, finishing just under
starting center Jeff Rou Is ton's seven
for total boards. Junior guard
Jo Jo English led all scorers with
22 points for USC.
Florida State managed to go up
by 12 in the early moments of the
second half, but USC found their
feet somewhere in the final 10 minutes
of regulation.
The Gamecocks chiseled away
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the game at 67-67 on a free
throw by freshman guard Jamie
Watson wth 1:29 left in regulation.
Florida State guard Charlie
Ward, a walk-on from the Seminole
football team, charged into
Roulston with 1:13 on the clock,
giving USC possession of the ball.
Ward then did the Gamecocks
another favor, fouling Manning on
a three-point attempt. Manning
made the first two of his three free
throws to give USC a 69-67 lead,
but fouled Ward on the other end
with only :08 left. Ward converted
two free throws and the game was
tied again at 69.
On USC's inbound pass after
the charity shots, Watson saw
Roulston sprinting downcourt for a
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high even for the seven-foot center
and possession went back to Florida
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Edwards scored seven of his 14
points in the extra period to help
pull out the victory for the
Seminoles.
Roulston, who fouled out with
2:47 left in overtime, was frustrated
both with the officiating and
the aggressiveness of Florida State.
"I'm used to fouling out," Roulston
said. "All the other centers in
the Metro are around 6'8" and
they (the referees) just won't let
me play physical. Some calls were
questionable, but that's not really
for me to say. Florida State wanted
to be aggressive, but we played
tough. It's just hard to lose at
home."
When asked if the change in the
starting line-up had thrown him off
or made him uneasy at all, Roulston
was adamant.
"Those were the same starting
five as last year and it didn't
bother me," Roulston said. "We
didn't get a big lead once the normal
starting five were in, so having
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Senior captain Michael Glover
agreed with Roulston, saying the
starters played well, especially inside.
He complimented the play of
both Leso and Wilson.
With Saturday's loss the Gamecocks
fell to 13-4 overall and 3-2
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second place in the conference behind
Southern Mississippi. The
Seminoles chalked up their fourth
straight win as they improved to
9-5.
Head coach George Felton was
optimistic about the prospects for
the rest of the season, even in the
face of the close loss.
'There are still 13 games to go,"
Felton said. "I'm pleased with the
progress I see. We did some real
good things, but we also fell short
in certain areas."
Next the Gamecocks set off on a
three-game road trip, beginning
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in a nonconference
match with the Davidson
Wildcats. The Gamecocks then
face Memphis State on Saturday
and Augusta College on Jan. 29.
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pending an arraignment at
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Lawrence Taylor promised the
New York Giants would find a
way to finally beat the San Francisco
49ers, and he did it
Taylor, the Giants' superstar
linebacker and undisputed leader,
:ecovered a fumble by Roger Craig
to set up Matt Bahr's 42-yard field
goal as time expired Sunday to
give the Giants a 15-13 victory
and ruin the 49ers' bid for an unprecendented
third straight Super
Bowl championship.
Bahr's fifth field goal of the
game, tying a playoff record, gave
the Giants their second NFC
championship in five years and
sent them into next Sunday's
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Angeles Raiders for the AFC
championship.
The Giants spent most of the
game trying without success to get
into the 49ers' end zone. Thanks to
Taylor, they never had to.
It happened with 2:36 left, the
49ers leading 13-12 with secondand-four
and quarterback Joe Montana
out of the game with a
bruised sternum. As Craig ran into
the line, Giants nose tackle Erik
Howard poked the ball loose and
Taylor caught it in the air at the
New York 43.
Seven plays later, from the 24,
Bahr kicked the winning field goal
just inside the left upright and
kicked the 49ers out of the history
books.
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By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Assistant Sports Editor
In a time when the modernization
of equipment has evolved all
throughout the world of sports, it
seems bikinis could be the new
wave in professional swimming.
According to The Sporting
News, the governing body of
world class swimming, FINA, has
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ing women can only wear onepiece
swimsuits.
Female world class swimmers,
especially long-distance ocean
swimmers, complained that onepiece
bathing suits allow jellyfish
to get caught in the suit and make
it hard for the swimmer to brush
them away. They said two-piece
swimwear would allow for easier
movement
Although the two-piece suits are
nothing like their tiny beachwear
counterparts, some female USC
swimmers would feel reluctant to
wear the suits in competition if the
policy ever came down to the college
ranks.
"I would be afraid the bottom
would fall off," swimmer Marci
Iddings said.
Iddings said the swimsuit would
make her feel uncomfortable, but
the choice to wear one would
would be a matter of preference
among the swimmers. The twopiece
might help a swimmer feel
faster and aid in performance, she
said.
Swimmer Leah Land, who said
the one-piece suit was already
skimpy enough, would not wear a
two-piece because of the feeling of
self-consciousness during the
meets and also because of the drag
the swimsuit would cause on her
technique. "Racing-wise, I'd feel
better wearing a top and a bottom
attached," Land said.
Swimmer Sara Teske, on the
other hand, welcomed the idea. "It
would be cool to wear." she said.
"I'd feel more comfortable."
As of now, the USC swimmers
must wear sponsored one-piece
suits, but only time will tell if college
swimmers will be sporting revealing
swimwear and exposing
more skin.
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The Giants had been frustrated
by the 49ers, losing their last four
regular-season games to them, including
a 7-3 loss in San Francisco
on Dec. 3.
"It's time for the Giants to find
a way to win," Taylor said last
week.
He found it for them when he
found the ball popping out of
Craig's grasp.
After the recovery, Jeff Hostetler,
who completed 15 of 27 for
176 yards, hit tight end Mark Bavaro
for 19 yards to the San Francisco
38 at the 2-minute warning.
The Giants (15-3) ran onto the
field and the crowd of 65,750 ?
the second-largest in 49ers history
? sat stunned as their dreams of
"three-peat" ended.
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