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By TIM THORSEN
Staff Writer
The Gamecock basketball team
travel to Eaves Memorial Coliseum
to face the Auburn Tigers tonight
in a crucial Southeastern
Conference game.
USC comes into the game on a
roll, having won their last two
games in a row. The Gamecocks,
however, have yet to win an SEC
contest on the road, having fallen
at both Vanderbilt and Florida.
South Carolina currently sports a
10-4 record overall, 2-3 in the
Auburn lost their first two contests
of the year against Arkansas
and LSU, but rallied to post victories
over Western Division foe Ole
Miss and previously ninth-ranked
Alabama.
This victory is all the more impressive
considering the intensity
of the Auburn vs. Alabama rivalry.
Auburn is currently 8-6 overall and
2-2 in the SEC West.
This game is the first of five
consecutive contests between the
Gamecocks and SEC West foes.
Auburn is paced by sophomore
forward Wesley Person, brother of
Indiana Pacers star Chuck Person.
He is currently averaging 21.1
points per contest as well as 7.1
rebounds a game. Auburn is also
receiving 16.5 points per game
from junior guard Ronnie Battle,
as well as 15.5 points and 7.5 rebounds
per game from sophomore
forward Aaron Swinson.
Person is especially dangerous.
Five times this year he has posted
double figure totals in both points
and rebounds. In four of these
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By CHAD BRAY
Assistant Sports Editor
The Lady Gamecocks face a talented
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By BEN BREAZEALE
Sports Editor
Competing for college was
hardly a consideration when USC
track leader Sue Mcghie began
her running career. She was just
getting back at her brother.
"My older brother is the one
who really got me into running,"
Mcghie said. "I was really overweight
when I was young, and
he used to always call me
'Tubs.' When I was in about "
fourth grade, I decided 'I am not
taking this anymore,' and I went
out and started running."
Twelve vears later. Mc?hie.
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who is Canadian, has become a
force on the Carolina women's
track team as she places in meet
after meet, breaking school records
along the way.
The junior placed 13th in the
Southeastern Conference in
cross-country running this seaIson,
earning all-conference honors
and coincidentally, making
her the first all-conference athlete
in USC history.
"She's an answer to USC tri!via,"
women's track coach Jeff
Small said. "Originally, only the
top 12 SEC runners made allconference,
but because two new
schools joined the conference
this year, the athletic directors
voted to make it the top 15. I
L ought to save her jersey in case
some trivia buff comes looking
P for it one day."
In addition to cross-country
(running, Sue has made contributions
this season in both indoor
and outdoor track. She holds a
< school record in outdoor track
for the mile with a time of 4:57.
She came in first in the mile in
the Clemson invitational track
meet Jan. 12. Her most recent
outing was an indoor meet Sunday
in Gainesville, Fla. She
placed third in the 3000 meter
event with a time of 9:54,
another USC record.
"Things are coming together
for Sue this season," Small said.
5 "She has increased her training
I and has stayed healthy. It is evident
that she had a great summer
of training. She is having a big
year and is continuing to
s improve."
Small said one of the keys to
1 Mcghie's success was her tough
J running style and her desire.
f "When I first saw Sue, I didn't
think she had tons of natural talent,
but I could tell she was an
' extremely gutty runner. She will
start out in the middle of the
pack and pick her way up. In the
' district meet (cross-country) she
was around 40th with a mile to
go, and she ended up taking
19th."
Mcghie, who is 5-foot-4 and
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the pudgy fourth grader who began
running in her hometown of
London in Ontario, Canada. "I
did pretty well all through high
school," she said, "but I never
considered myself all that good.
Certainly not good enough to run
for a school in the states."
"My high school coach was in
South Carolina on vacation and
found out about the opportunity
for me to come here. When I finally
got offered the place, I was
shocked. I was really scared to
come here, and at first I wasn't
sure at all, but I'm so glad I did.
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Mcghie said one of her best
experiences in South Carolina
has been her relationship with
the other girls on the USC track
team. Only five other women
make up the ladies team, three of
which live with her, but Mcghie
said she really enjoys being part
of a smaller team.
"Because the team is small, we
are extremely close," she said.
"We are really hard on each
other in work-outs. In meets
when one of us is racing, everyone
else is there to cheer them
on. We don't just run with each
other, either ? eating meals, going
out ? we do just about everything
together."
"Sue is doing well, and it really
pushes the rest of us on,"
said Danielle Adams, one of
Mcghie's teammates and a roommate.
"There is a lot of friendly
competition between us, but we
always want to see each other do
well. I don't think about beating
her much, though. My real goal
is just to catch up with her."
Mcghie plans on continued improvement
and hard training for
the rest of the season. She hopes
to eventually make the NCAA
tournament. "I basically just plan
on keeping up what I've been
doing," she said. "Of course, I
always have that long term goal
of NCAAs, but I have to get
there first."
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