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TP % *>11" 1 H '"SWM Willman Basketball ca] provides tear By MELISSA WINGATE Staff Writer Michael Glover's middle name might as well be consistency. He's the hometown guy, the quiet small forward who has scrapped his way into the starting line-up. He is also the only senior on USC's upstart basketball team, the first of many Columbia and South Carolina players to decide to stay right here at home. To use a well-worn phrase, he chose to be a Gamecock when being a Gamecock wasn't cool. Glover graduated from Keenan High School in 1987 as one of the state's bright shining basketball stars. He was named the South Carolina Class AAA Player of the Year by The Greenville News, was All-Conference and All-Area his junior and senior seasons, and represented the victorious South team in the annual North-South All-Star game. Needless to say, Glover was widely recruited by a number of Division 1 scnoois, yet ne cnose to stay at home, to play for the hometown team, to take a chance on being a part of USC head coach George Felton's first recruiting class for the 1987-88 season. And that took a lot of guts. "I knew South Carolina had a good, rebuilding program," Glover said. "But I also started out in business administration and I knew that program was ranked. That had a lot to do with it" Three years later, Glover finds himself the lone senior on an impressive USC squad. Teammate Barry Manning joined the club the same year as Glover, but is only a junior because he was placed on medical hardship this past season. Glover sees a lot to be optimistic about for this, his last, year wearing a Gamecock jersey. THE GAMECOCK THE GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is published three times a week during the fall and spring semesters (MWF) and on Wednesdays during both summer sessions (with the exception of university holidays). The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher. The Office of Student Media is the parent organization of THE GAMECOCK Opinions expressed in THE GAMECOCK are those of the student editors and authors and not those of The University of South Carolina, its Board of Trustees, nor its advertisers. 1 Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to THE GAMECOCK Box 85131, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Subscription rates are $20.00 for (1) year, $10.00 per fall or spring semester and $5.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, SC. THE GAMECOCK is a licensed student organization of The University of South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. NAVY O OnC Interviewing for positions in: SPflt Engineering Medical Fields Contact your Career Deve ule an interview. A Nav; be on the USC Camj NAVY OFFICf Willman': By STEVE JOHNSON Sports Editor Strong pitching and timely hit ting spelled victory for the Game cocks in Jacksonville Saturday a USC won its season-opener ove Jacksonville University, 7-2. The Dolphins were held score less through the first six innings, ii large part because of USC's start ing pitcher, Jared Baker. The so phomore from Goose Creek gavi up only three hits while strikinj out four through the first fiv< innings. ptain Glover n leadership "We have great potential," h( said. "We have a good chance a the NCAA if we qualify, and think we can do some real damagt this year. Our goal, though, is stil to win the Metro Conference regu lar season and championshij titles." Glover knows he's important tc this year's team in a special way He isn't the big scorer or the big play man. He's "Mr. Consistency," the man who does a lot ol positive tnings liKe set screens anc comes through on his well-timed near perfect jump shots. Defen sively he has to rebound prettj well and do all the little things thai don't show up on the stat sheets. Basketball hasn't always beer the passion for Glover, believe ii or not. He started out in sports ai age 11 playing Little League baseball and loving every minute of it He says it's still a secret love, thai he's somewhat of a frustrated baseball player deep inside. He even lettered one year in the sport in high school, but he realized he was better at basketball and that he was even slightly afraid of getting hit by a baseball. But basketball seems to run ir the Glover family, and the bug finally caught up with Glover. Both of his parents had played the game, his mother in high school and his father all the way through Benedict College. Glover's older brother preceeeded him at Keenan before anc also played two years at Spartanburg Methodist College. The youngest of the Glovers, nine-yearr*l H T 100 10 tLo Anlir Ana mLr uiu juioa, 10 liis./ winy wiiw wnv, doesn't appear to have an interest. "The doctors told her she's gonna be tall," Glover said with his easy laugh, "but she hates basketball. I think she wants to be a cheerleader." Glover gives his mother th< most credit for helping him kee] his level head and his consistency She has always helped him kee] his life in perspective and givei him good advice and, most impor O. How We Need You! If you have O type blood, you are rare and O so special. Give the gift of life, GIVE BLOOD! * TV American Red Cross South Carolina Regional . Blood Services r J I I I FFICERS ampus lopment Center to schedy Representative will 3us Feb 12, 1991 You and the Navy. jJV Full Speed Ahead. s heroics pu The Gamecocks drew first blood offensively in the fourth inning as 7 they finally managed to get to Jacksonville starter John Wylie. As s the inning wore on, two walks and r an error loaded the bases for USC leftfielder George Rush. With two outs Rush singled in ^ two runs to break the scoring drought and give the Gamecocks a 2-0 lead. The score would remain B unchanged until the seventh I inning. 5 USC pitcher Matt Threehouse took over for Baker in the sixth t ^ .. 1 ) ) ppr U I ! I - M BfcPls&tfil^^V v &>, >** ^ ^ , Captain Michael Glover demonstr win over Clemson. i tantly, she has encouraged him with his schoolwork. Glover plans on graduating in I December, just four and a half years after arriving at USC, with a s degree in criminal justice. > After graduation, he doesn't plan to rest on his laurels. He'd like to pursue a master's degree in i the same field, or maybe receive training as a paralegal. After the tough time the USC basketball team had this past season, Glover seems to be quite " happy with the way things are rolling along this year. When looking p for momentum, though, he looks 1 all the way back to USC's highly emotional last-second defeat of DON'T LEAV /Tm an HSS\ 1 \ Are you a J Career Deve \ Job?!? /fox Humanities an "IT'S WHAT YOU KNOW: HOW TO INT This workshop is designed to Career Advisors to identify va Advisor will discuss the step Tuesday, February 11 For more information call t $50 MINIM DONA Your plasma is needi recently nave naci ar infections!!! 1) Mononucleosis 2) Strep Throat 3) Chickenpox or Shin^ 4) Measles 5) Mumps 6) Chlymidia or Herpes OP Serologicals ish USC o\ and was rocked around for four hits and two runs through three innings of work. Both runs came across in the same manner, off infield outs, one each in the seventh and eighth innings. The first run was batted in by Dolphin leftfielder Tyrone Boykin, a native of West Columbia and a graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School. Threehouse held on to strike out two batters en route to picking up the win for USC. The hero of the day though was the man behind the plate all game Bib iJPfl BByHsL* j HnHB %M|j . ^ ates his soft touch in this year's then-ACC regular season champion Clemson in February. That game, he says, set the tone for a successful start for this year's much healthier team. Glover doesn't have to look too far back in his almost four year history as a Gamecock to find the moment that means the most to him, the one that will linger long after the cheers have faded. As any loyal Gamecock basketball fan will remember, on November 30 in the Charlotte Coliseum, he sank the jumper that gave USC its first win over neighbor and former ACC-rival North Carolina. With just seconds to go on the clock, Glover's shot pushed the Gamecocks over the edge for a 76-74 victory. E USC WITHOUT rHIS! ilopment Workshop d Social Sciences Majors K >UW AIMJ VYHU 1UU DO AN INFORMATION ERVIEW" assist HSS majors network with Alumni irious career options. An Alumni Career is to access this valuable (JSC network. 1,2:00-3:30 PM, 247 Gambrell he University Career Center, 7-7280 [UM EACH TION ed if you have or iy of the following *les i (must be free of other STD's) 2719 Middleburg Dr. Suite 105 Columbia, SC 29204 ' (803) 254-6537 er Jacksonville, 7-2 long, junior Dave Willman. The pitcher Rod Van Dyke gave up a Gamecock catcher did enough de- walk, a single and hit a batter. fensively alone to put a clamp on Willman drilled a hard double into the Dolphins. By gunning down the outfield to break the tie and two baserunners and for half of his drive in three runs. Rightfielder four assists, Willman tied the D.T. Cromer capped the scoring school record for assists in a game USC by driving in Willman by k catcher. Willman extended his an^, nn? me lln^run, hlr^elfexcellence to the front of the plate , USJ\k e'{!Itr tCh"Ue 'Y,Tg when it really counted though. closed ,thewb~k fof ^ DolPh'ns J 6 prior to Willman s heroics by In the classic pressure situation, striking out the side in the top of Willman stepped up to the plate in the inning, the top of the ninth with two outs The Gamecocks are now 1-0 and the score tied 2-2. The bases - and will open their season at home had been loaded after Jacksonville on this Friday. Gamecocks plagued by miscues, Bearcats By PATRICK VILLEGAS Assistant Sports Editor Turnovers . . . turnovers . . . turnovers. As a matter of fact, there were 22 of those little nasties for the Gamecocks. These nasties, along with 11,929 other packed nasties in Shoemaker Center, helped Cincinnati continue their tremendous seven-game winning streak as the Bearcats thoroughly trounced USC, 68-58. By committing 22 tunovers, 11 in each half, the Gamecocks lost all chances and possibilites they had of overcoming a Bearcat 14-2 first half run that eventually allowed Cincinnati to hold a 38-25 halftime lead. ' I "V* t*r\i i rrU /"vi i t tUa 1 n miniitan Vi a anArtinnr Unlf tka xiiiuugui/ui uiv/ inoi xv/ iiixxiixLV/d v/x uiv> upv/iiiiig nan, uv/ui ui^ vjaui^cocks and Bearcats fought basically an even match, punching back and fourth until four Gamecock turnovers helped spark the Cincinnati run. The first half Bearcat runaway was capped by a 55-foot last-second desperation shot by Cincinnati's Louis Banks that essentially took all the air out of the Gamecock emotion. Banks led all scorers with 21 points on the night. Although allowing Cincinnati to get ahead by as much as 16 points early in the second half, the Gamecocks, fueled by Jo Jo English's six points in five minutes, began a 12-2 run to decrease the Bearcat margin to 45-37. But lo and behold, Turnover again reared its ugly head on USC as seven more nasties in the first 10 minutes of the second half helped Cincinnati squash the apparent USC run. Although the Gamecocks outrebounded the Bearcats 38-27, Cincinnati took advantage of USC's miscues and regained their posture to go up 51-37. "We just dug ourselves into too big a hole," English said. "We tried to do a lot of things, but for some reason they handled it." With 6:44 left in the game, Barry Manning, who for the second time this season was held to under double figures with six points, hit a field goal to help the Gamecocks close within nine points, 53-44. On the next series, Michael Glover, with eight points on the game, attempted a block shot and fell down with a sprained left hamstring. The injury slowed the Gamecock momentum and allowed Cincinnati to maintain its lead. Despite the injury, Glover is expected to play against Tulane on Thursday. In the remaining two minutes of the game, USC again managed to close the margin to 60-54 on a three-pointer by English. But English, who had 19 points on the night, couldn't do it by himself. With no timeouts left and under a minute left to play in the game, the Gamecocks were forced to foul the Bearcats, and likewise, Cincinnati capitalized to end the game 68-58. The Gamecocks, now 18-6 overall and 5-4 in the Metro, are still currently third in the Metro Conference and are still on the inside track to a NCAA tourney bid. USC, now in the midst of a three-game road trip, will travel to the "Big Easy" to face the Tulane Green Wave (11-11 and 4-6 in the Metro) in New Orleans Thursday night. FREE T7 "1 ^ T\-2 M v aienuiit; s l/hhiw on Balfour. College Rings Order Your USC Ring from Balfour February 13th & 14th 10:00 - 4:00 University Bookstore and receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate when you place a $20.00 Deposit Balfour 1226 Pickens St. 254-5330 Deposit required \ L '