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win agair
By CHAD BRAY
Assistant Sports Editor
Senior forward Joe Rhett scored
24 points and pulled down a career
high 15 rebounds in the Gamecocks'
first Southeastern Conference
win over Tennessee Wednesday
night.
USC defeated the Volunteers
73-59 in a game highlighted by
good rebounding on the Gamecock
defensive boards and strong plays
from the Gamecock bench.
The Gamecocks began the first
half with a two point lead off an
eight-foot jump shot by senior
guard Jo Jo English.
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i cnnessee men weni uu a <+-z
run 10 lead the game, 8-5, with
15:02 left in the first half.
English, who went 7 for 27 from
3-point range in the last sever
games, nailed a 3-pointer from the
top of the key to tie the game, 8-8,
with 16:49 left in the first half.
English emerged from his shooting
slump when he sank anothei
3-pointcr, but he spent the remainder
of the first half on the bench
after committing his third foul with
8:53 left in the first half.
Senior guard Barry Manning
then committed his third foul with
5:35 left in the first half.
Head coach Steve Newton
called upon his bench to make up
for his missing starters. Sophomore
forward Jamie Watson and fresh
man guard Melvin Hartry ran the
USC offense and buill a four-poin
lead before Manning had lo sit.
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By BEN BREAZEALE
Sports Editor
The Gamecocks began the in
door track and field season Sun
day by capturing two first-plao
and several top-three finishes a
Clcmson University's Littlejohi
Coliseum.
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against Clemson University
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Senior center Jeff Roulston replaced
junior forward-center Chris
Leso, who started at center in
place of Roulston. In the first half,
Leso went on a two-minute run in H
which he blocked two shots, sank
two jump shots and made a freeLeso
also drove home a slam off
an assist by junior swingman Troy
McKoy to give the Gamecocks a
tour-point ieaa wun i:uo len in
the first half.
USC then took a six-point lead
off a 19-foot jump shot by McKoy
to end the first half.
English and Manning returned
in the second half to lead the
Gamecocks against Tennessee's
lough defense. The Gamecocks
spread the Vols' defense with a series
of good passes, and they kept |B|
Tennessee out of the picture with a fid
strong series of defensive plays by
Roulston, Manning and English.
English kept Ail-American
guard Allan Houston from scoring
any points in the second half, and
he limited Houston to two defensive
rebounds in the second half.
The big story, however, was
Rhctt's 12 defensive rebounds.
' Rhctt eliminated Tennessee's
1 chances of coming back by dominating
the boards and not giving
1 the Volunteers any chances at a
I second shot in the second half.
McKoy put an exclamation
~ point on USC's first SEC victory
with a slam dunk with :28 l$ft in Scnio,
1 the game to give the Gamecocks a . v .
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The USC men had top-three 7-^
finishers in several events. n
In pole vaulting, they placed w'1'1 a
third with a jump of 14 feet two :,ls0 c:
e inches. They finished second in meters
it the high jump with a 6-footn
eleven-inch effort. The
bright
i First and second place went to cocks,
the men in the 35-pound weight captui
throw, with throws of 57 feet
p three inches and 51 feet. finish
In the men's 55 meter high In
; hurdles, USC captured second they
and third place with times of time i
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By CHAD BRAY
Assistant Sports Editor
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leers defeated the Lady Ga
cocks 78-58 Wednesday night.
The Lady Vols dominated
game in which the Lady Ga
cocks held close in the first
and sputtered in the second.
The Lady Gamecocks pulled
to a 2-0 lead over Tennessee
19:46 left in the first half ?
controlling the opening tip."r
nessee then went on a.4-1 run
built a four-point lead off
jump shots by senior guard E
Head and by senior center f
Castccl.
USC went on a 5-2 run anc
gained the lead, 13-12, off
throws by freshman guard Cf
Timmons and sophomore gi
Nikki Bass and two layups
Bass and senior center Mai
Williams.
The lead changed hands
limes before the Lady Vols pi
ahead by four points with 6:44
in the half, off a layup by so]
more forward Peggy Evan
jump shot by Casteel and a
throw by freshman guard Tif
Wooslcy.
Tennessee lead the game i
Timmons hit a 22-foot, 3-poi
to tie the game 31-31 with
left in the half.
The biggest suprise of the
half was the Lady Vols domint
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s quiet in
s to Vols
for 9 from the floor and only
pulled in one rebound.
The second half did not look
lunme
?0(K' f?r l^e Lady Gamecocks.
The only lead they saw in the seein
a ond half was by one point for 23
me- sctonuji.
half Tennessee came out and showed
USC why they are ranked second
I out in the Associated Press poll. The
with Lady Vols built a six-point lead
ifter w'Lh 13:06 left in the game off key
Ten- jump shots by junior forward Lisa
and Harrison, Casteel and Woosley.
key USC pulled to within four points
)ena with 1L48 left in the game off a
Celli jump shot by sophomore guard
Britanna Canty .
I re_ The Lady Gamecocks' comefree
back, however, was doomed from
iristj its start. Tennessee went on a 2:38
jard run 'n which they gained a
by 14-point lead off a jump shot, a
rsha 'rcc throw and an assist to freshman
center Dana Johnson by
four Woosley.
tiled The Lady Vols advanced their
jeft lead to 20 points off a 21-foot
pho- 3-pointer by junior guard Jody
s a Adams with 3:35 left in the game.
free USC tried to cut into the lead
fany w''h a 22-foot 3-pointer by freshman
forward Jenny Randall with
j'ntil 'c^1 in the garr>e, but fate
inter would not allow the Lady Game2-25
cocks to pull off a victory.
Bass lead USC with 12 points
first an{* lw0 abounds. Sophomore fording
warcl peggy Evans lead the Lady
>C's Vo's 18 points and 13
nt 4 rebounds.
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ball teams than last year."
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