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ALo< By STEVE JOHNSON Sports Editor ' The school year is coming to a close, and it's time to look back at the events, players and games that made up sports from 1990 to 1991. Join me briefly, as we take a capsule look back into time. | FOOTBALL: ; Few people realized it then, but the Gamecocks' 27-5 thrashing of North Carolina (the only team that eventual UPI National Champion Georgia Tech couldn't beat in 1^90) on Sept. 8th would later stand out as USC's biggest win of tiie season." Quarterback Bobby Fvuller (21 of 36 for 258 yds. passinff and 2 TDs^ led an offense that racked up 372 combined yards on the ground and in the air. Defensive tackle Marty Dye paced a tough defense that held the Tar Heels to only 91 yards rushing and 206 yards overall at Williams6rice Stadium. ; The Oct. 13th Homecoming Game against East Carolina highlighted a gutsy freshman runningback by the name of Rob DeBoer. beBoer plowed over the Pirates for 168 yards and two touchdowns f>n 22 carries. ' His tough running style is now no secret, but what you may not ijj|jj^^ ditcher Jared Baker hurled a no-hil tne top-ranked Florida State Semin I I t * : jJj^Extraord yi|F Charbo] r 'S5"-' .. ->" -W -.v . . - ', M r-v^r, .,crr .., ' Six-Acre Uke OETO 1 f Gubhouse ZjZ'll Pool/Jacuzzi l&2 Bdrm Tennis Courts N Fitness Trail Sp (CHARBO? Cable included On Stoneridge Rd. off < YOU'LL LOVE OUR I GRADl flF THERE'S YOUR FUTUF Plaza Hoti going to lc hon rate of rour people I 7 and unde SInjoy grach /*7 Abigail's ai LJ Beau's ' /Wrp"h4.UST U.S.1 N ~ COLISEUI So IF YOU WANT A GREAT RA" call The Plaza. Carol /7& 937 Assembly Street, 800-247-2191 Reservations / 80 Special rate per room, per night. ; . 3? JK B ,A ttm jjjg sjjj| Bobby Fuller hands the ball off to / drubbing of North Carolina at Willia know about DeBoer is what a modest, pleasant, down-to-earth person he is off the field. DeBoer is also one of the only athletes I've ever interviewed that I don't have to look up to. 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BASKETBALL: A game that I will remember foi the rest of my life was the Gamecocks' 76-74 upset of fourthranked UNC on Nov. 30th at the Charlotte Coliseum. Down by 14 points in the second half, USC roared back to tie the game on a Barry Manning three-pointer with under a minute left Both teams swapped baskets until team captain Michael Glovei hit the winning layup with :07 left. Th#? namppnptc u/pnt Q_1 tn * V^MIIIVVVVIVU TT Villi y i VU start the season and were ranked 12th in the nation after defeating St. Joseph's and BYU in late December. USC picked up its 20th win in a NIT first-round victory Dver George Washington University. Guard Jo Jo English earned second team All-Metro honors. BASEBALL: The Gamecocks' biggest baseball win came on a busy production day when I was cooped up in the newsroom working hard on the April 8th editioa Having already lost two of three games to the Seminoles in a weekend series at Sarge Frye i f / g ' ' > ' g : A X If you've miss With the new waiting just sixtyyou can buy! Which means mind at ease faste laboratory testing And its easy to u: If you have ar Why wait? Data on file. FIRST RESPONSE and the H , ALo Field, USC upset top-ranked Flor- * ^ I ida State 9-4 on Sunday, April 7 I behind the tough pitching of starter N " Jared Baker and reliever Rob ggj IMosser. S The Gamecocks collected 15 hits while Baker took a no-hitter into the sixth before Mosser came on for the save. USC is presently 34-18 with five games left before the Metro Tournament. The Gamecocks have been ranked as high as 14th this season. PRO SPORTS: I NBAThe Charlotte Hornets finished the 1990-91 season by winning a franchise record 26 games and continuing to attract sellout crowds I at home night after night But will Hornets fans continue to support the team if things don't change soon? Hornets forward Johnny Newman has proven that he can score 3 consistently, but he typifies the I ; lack of inside aggressiveness that Charlotte needs in order to become I competitive with the rest of the f Central Division. It's high time for General Manager Allan Bristow to take the fiSS r blame for trading away 26-yearold Armon Gilliam (16.6 ppg, 8 rpg) for 31-year-old Mike Gminski ; (10.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg). Was the loss of points, boards and youthful energy really worth the two inches , worth of height they gained by acr quiring the old, sluggish center? Bar ! Bristow can redeem himself at 4th the June 26th NBA Draft. With a 15 ! shot at one of the top three picks, Charlotte would do themselves a rest favor by picking up an aggressive weai i bie man like Georffetown's Di- it is kembe Mutombo, New Mexico's Port Luc Longley or Nebraska's Rich seve King. My MVP for the regular season ^ has to be Utah Jazz forward Karl a Malone. Compare "The Mailman" t^e to scoring champ Michael Jordan, jam, and you'll notice the following, best Jordan averaged only two more to tl points per game than Malone while lefth Malone grabbed twice as many re- 2.67 bounds as Jordan. As a total will player, you have to give Malone the I the nod. up, "Air Jordan" will take flight in fens< the playoffs though. Jordan and the _ Dieg V 5.- u HT i |\ ilSSf vi * K\PuvV Pregnane H ,v or mfcsw** ptsriod 3""^ z, ed your period, you want answers fast. A ' improved First Response? Pregnancy Tes seconds. So advanced, its the fastest met ; First Response? 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