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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
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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
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d send the contest into extra intgs.
Charlie Young, 0-1, got the
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larlotte.
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of the College of Charleston,
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who had two hits in Friy's
loss, had two more hits ?
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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. <
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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
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ramecocks played in this one. For C<
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earn against a legitimate opponent Talk
back
essiveness from beginning to end with
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Tallahassee, Fla. Saturday. While ing.
nding against FSU, Rhett had his and i
ed 21 points against Tulane in an T1
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quish their lead tor more than 14 ? ?
loubled up on defense and outre- slam
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fie ball, the assertive Gamecocks Infighting
each other for it by b
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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.
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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
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; 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
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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
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