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Rhett retu Gamecock forward Joe Rhett rose to loss to Florida State Saturday as he and 10 rebounds. Gamecocks By BRANT LONG ph Staff Writer thi The USC baseball team went ter 1-1 over the weekend, losing Fri- by day to UNC-Charlotte and winning go Saturday over the College of Charleston. the Second baseman Calvin Smith am scored off a Cameron Browder nil single in the bottom of the 10th in- lo: ning to propel the 49ers to a 8-7 De win over USC Friday in Charlotte. Ct Despite the loss, USC collected 15 hits to Charlotte's 14 in the con- los test. Juniors Brian Lawler and inj Burke Cromer had three hits each. Jui In the fourth inning, sophomore ph Jeff Parnell hit his third home run da; of the season and junior Jerry She- bo Black \Mr\nrid\ V V V-/I I Closing an Kc Su: Editor-in-Chie Monc Russ< Free and Open to Reception Followin Presented by The Association o: , Women Students' v irns to ft 9k W? ^imW a IP ?ird W4 tII# fc; y'w....^ #& HpM^Hn ^JtBkj^m 1 / *y Richard Gault/The Gamecock the occasion in (JSC's 70-59 led all scorers with 17 points split erd hit a triple to tie the score at ee. USC then took a 5-4 lead afthe fifth but a two-run eighth the 49ers gave them a 7-6 lead ing into the last inning. USC responded with a run in i top of the ninth to tie the score d send the contest into extra intgs. Charlie Young, 0-1, got the ss for the Gamecocks while >on Danner collected the win for larlotte. USC bounced back from the is Saturday with a 10-1 thumpl of the College of Charleston, lior college transfer Jerry Sheerd, who had two hits in Friy's loss, had two more hits ? th home runs. c History Month n's History Mor id Opening C ?ynote Speake 5 an Tay] :f of Essence Jay, March 4, 7,nn ^ ^ / .UU (sJ,I I I. 3ll House Ballrc the Public ig f African-Americ Association )rm as Ga By STEVE JOHNSON Sports Editor Florida State coach Pat Kennedy sa of the Metro Conference tournament. "We play South Carolina next Thurs The words of Kennedy did not soun< team had just beaten USC for the sec< 11 points. "It'll be human nature for our guy: Kennnedy said,"and it's extremely difl times in one year, especially twice in o For those who saw only the final s< hard to appreciate just how hard the C the first time since mid-January wh 85-69, the Gamecocks came out as a t and played hard throughout the game. They played with emotion and aggi ? outrebounding the Seminoles 19 to overall. Also of note was the amazing rea RhetL Gamecock coaches and fans ali solve the mvsterv of the disannearine court at Leon County Civic Center in leading his team in scoring and rebou best game since January when he scor 88-80 win in Columbia. For most of the first half USC's ten; at bay as the Gamecocks did not relin minutes straight. USC hustled back, c bounded FSU on both ends of the couri Instead of fighting defenders for tl wanted the ball so badly that they were Starting junior guards Barry Mannin usually good hustle, breaking up seve hustling back and forcing turnovers an< ders a chance to get back and help altei Just as the Gamecocks seemed to "kend baseb After the Cougars scored a run in the first inning, Shepherd sent < the ball over the left field fence. ] The three-run shot gave USC a 3-1 lead. By the end of the third, it l was 5-1. < In the fifth inning, Shepherd c came to the plate and again sent 1 the ball deep. The solo blast was ( QhAnharH'c CAimnth Knmz^v in uuvpuwu a ov/vv/iiui uuiuu 111 dgvgu games and increased his team- j leading batting average to .531. He i also has 20 RBIs. USC played without starters ' Dave Willman and Brian Lawler, I who had three hits Friday. ( "I got to rest some people, which is important," USC head coach June Raines said after the i '91 ith '91 jremonies ?r lor !Mcrg(*zine 1991 )om / an Students ) mecocks k form Sem id his team has the toughest draw T* got : day at 7 (p.m.)," he said. Gam d like the words of a coach whose bene md time this season, this time by than In s to let up a little against them," the-t ficult to beat the same team three Ft ne week." poin :ore, FSU 70, USC 59, it will be agaii ramecocks played in this one. For C< en USC manhandled Cincinnati fans earn against a legitimate opponent Talk back essiveness from beginning to end with > 16 in the first half and 34 to 29 fourl A ppearance of junior forward Joe an i ke had been working furiously to hero Rhett when he was spotted on the A Tallahassee, Fla. Saturday. While ing. nding against FSU, Rhett had his and i ed 21 points against Tulane in an T1 mini acious defense held the Seminoles But quish their lead tor more than 14 ? ? loubled up on defense and outre- slam t throughout the half. s001"1 fie ball, the assertive Gamecocks Infighting each other for it by b "I g and Jo Jo English displayed un- play ral fast break basket attempts by T1 i allowing other Gamecock defen- a wz some shot attempts. the 1 be returning to their pre-holiday noke <all games win. "We've got the heart of our schedule coming up. We have to tie ready to play everyday." The Gamecocks hammered 11 lits off five Cougar pitchers while senior Andy Stein, in his first start if the season, allowed only four lits in seven innings. Stein struck )ui seven. Rob DeBoer and George Rush *ot two hits each in the win that lpped USC's record to 10-2. The Gamecocks come back to >arge Frye Field Tuesday for a 3 ).m, game against Coastal Carolina. DELTAZ ( Provir \10 Chapters in ] V / CI \ Mo ( Outstanding ) Outstanding ( Outstand / Outstandii V Uutstani / Outsta I Effi< / Hi / Ind V Outstanding / Outstandir V Outstanding Re ( Outstanding Corres \ Golden C ( Golden Cre >se to FSU 70-59 i, FSU launched a comeback with 2:43 left in the first half and the inoles never looked back. le bench play of FSU seemed to be the difference, as the Seminoles 22 points from their second line compared to a paltry 10 from the lecock reserves. Sophomore guard Chuck Graham came off the h to lead all Seminoles in scoring for the game with 16 points, more six above his game average. the second half FSU came out strong, running up a 10 point lead by ime USC called a timeout with 15:17 remaining, eshman guard Jamie Watson responded by hitting his second threet shot of the day at 13:24 to cut the Seminole lead to single digits i. mter Jeff Roulston (who was relentlessly taunted by the Seminole oftnr miooinrr o iom in tbn firct ho1f\ onoumroH hrvctilA r*rnu;H in aiiw iiiiooiii?, a jcuii 111 uiv/ mji nanj tuiorrvivaj uiv iiv/juiv viunu in ihassee by converting two free throws at 12:50 to cut FSU's lead ; to seven. But the revitalized Roulston was forced to trade places backup forward Chris Leso with 12:11 left after picking up his Lh foul. free throw by Seminole backup^ center Andre Reid was answered by nside hoop from English, setting the stage for Rhett's (seeming) ics. fast break layup by Rhett cut FSU's lead to four with 10:44 remainLess than a minute later, Rhett scored the next basket of the game cut the lead to two by nailing a 10-foot jumper, le apparent climax of the game came with a little more than five ites left as English popped a 17-foot jumper to tie the score, 55-55. Seminole senior forward Aubry Boyd rose to the occasion in the end coring five of their last 14 points on a three-pointer and a breakaway i. Graham followed Boyd's dunk by hitting an 18-footer to push the 5 to 62-57. SC then fell out of range as they fell 70-59 to FSU following a slam v ooninr fnnuorH P>aviH WJhito at thp Kii77Pr in hie final hr\mA tramp j oviiiv/i iui n m u i^uviu t t iiiiv ui uiv uiui^w hi 1110 xiiicu iivinv ^uitivi Jasically, I'm proud of my team," Felton said after the loss. "We ed better than we have in a long while." le Gamecocks must now dig a little deeper in order to come up with ty to beat the Seminoles as they face them in the opening round of Metro Tournament The game on Thursday tips off at 7 p.m. in RoaVa. ^lOO^ottor^haki^^l Great for cut-offs or casual wear $ 1295 I All fashion shirts at clearance prices 11 ARMY-NAVY STORE I 1621 Main Street 252-1350 Columbia, SC Mon-SalMj ETA SORORITY | * J ice Weekend 1991 I Vorth and South Carolina ) lapter Awards \ st Improved Rush / Pledge Education Program \ Sorority Education Program / ling Standards Program j rig Philanthropy Program / iing Activities Program ) nding Social Program \ nency in Reporting ) ghest Attendance \ lividual Awards / President - Lauri Boulmetis ) tg Collegian - Mitzi Garzon \ ;cording Secretary - Lou Mazur J jponding Secretary - Andrea Taylor \ 'rest Award - Diane Fink / st Award - Suzanne Brooks \ dividual GPA - Rhonda Groseclose /