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By CHAD BRAY
South Carolina's lack of height
inside and inability to establish an ^
offensive rhythm resulted in two
losses, including a 41-point debacle gfl
against North Carolina, at the Diet 9
Pepsi Tournament of Champions 9
this weekend.
In a rematch of the 1990 tourna- 9
ment, the Gamecocks took on UNC
in a 108-67 shellacking by the
Tarheels.
USC had trouble coping with
four Tarheel players over seven- 9
feet tall.
The Gamecocks used 6-foot-10 I
Obrad Ignjatovic, 6-foot-9 Edmond I
Wilson and 6-foot-8 Chris Leso
just to deal with UNC's 7-footer
Eric Montorss. Montross scored 16
points, pulled down nine rebounds I
and had three blocks.
Tarheel head coach Dean Smith fl
said UNC's height advantage |HH
enabled North Carolina to get 8H
numerous second shots.
"We missed a lot of our first
shots, but we were able to get a lot
of second shots," Smith said. 9&2L
USC's problems started within
the first minute of the game when
Carey Rich turned over the ball on
a five-second call against the * ^!f$P
Tarheels' powerful man-to-man Iff"*?
defense. USC had 21 turnovers in lit |
the game, including 12 in the first
The Gamecocks trailed 29-12
when USC started a 4-2 mini-run JBr
with 7:30 left in the first half.
However, the Gamecocks soon gmk
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committed three quick fouls and
lost their four to one team foul
advantage over UNC with 5:30 left
in the half.
With 1:27 left, USC pulled to USC's 1
within 11 points of the Tarheels off ^on
a three-pointer by Ignjatovic. ..
Unfortunately, miscues by the
Gamecocks, including Ignjatovic .'
throwing the ball out with 19 seconds
left in the half, gave UNC a ? '
48-34 advantage at halftime. . eff
In the second half, the Tarheels ? ^
lit the scoreboard using a quick /aE
transition game, while USC a3 as
couldn't get the ball to fall through W1~ ov^r
the basket on easy shots. . C
The Gamecocks only shot 33 0
percent from the floor and 25 per- ^
cent from three-point range in the TTor?
second half. , s *
USC's closest margin to the ^"-rh
Tarheels in the second half was 13 f ^7
points with 16:47 left in the game. J0"1 ~(
The Gamecocks never lead and a e .l
couldn't catch up as UNC rolled to >
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By TIM THORSEN wiped th<
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game fared a bit better than their added 13
male counterparts this weekend, Cornhusk
finishing third in the Roger L. Nebras
White Invitational Tournament. mission,
The Lady Gamecocks salvaged lead to 4
third place by defeating Yale 16-10 rui
University, 64-57, after a 63-57 The Lad)
loss in the first game to the closer th<
University of Nebraska. the rest o
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Marsha Williams paced the 8ave Net
Gamecocks with 12 points, all 8'n ?* v*(
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also yanked down 8
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iturday's consolidation when Jamie Watson dunked the
SC meet a contrasting style ball with 19:19 left.
irheels in Princeton. Princeton's style of play has fr jgj
igers slow-down, ball-con- made them 87-25 over the past four
nse brought impotency to seasons.
necocks' new transition USC tried to break the Tigers'
Princeton loped to a 51 -40 tempo several ways, including an
USC. unsucessful trapping press in the
>more guard Carey Rich, sec0nd half,
s only 1 tor 4 trom the used everything in our
urday, said the Tigers con- rtoi .. Newlon told The Stale
le game s tempo frustrated s "Normally, when a basketittempts
to steal the ball , ? . , C1
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>lish a rhythm. / ,
throw the ball so far away J , "P150110 come out on lhe lonS
: basket," Rich told The ind- ex?Pl when y?u P'3*
tnday. "It's so tough to Princeton,
;m rush as far as passing Tarheels went on to beat
Texas 104-68 in the championship sGph<
iamecocks only transition game. Caroli
^olrck sively. We had a lot fewer
IdKv turnovers, so we had a lot more
# 0 shot opportunities," Lady
itational * Gamecock Head Coach Nancy
Wilson said
; glass clean, grabbing 10 Marsha Williams dominated the gy
for the Gamecocks. contest in the paint, scoring a staff \
Jennings led Nebraska game-high 18 points and ripping Ala
>oints, while Sara Offringa down 17 rebounds. Michelle 5^ t
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27-22, and increased that ajso shared the wealth, dishing out sfc (
3-32 on the strength ot a five assists. Game
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bama to face No. 1 Miami in S
SDREW BORGERT Langham, who race<
A/riter sideline for the deci
bama's vaunted defense was down.
>ut did not break as they used Langham has scon
e interception return by down in each of Ala
lio Langham to defeat the three games, someth
la Gators 28-21 in the first offensive player for U
Championship
back Errict K3|V1tOm1|
to keep the
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t deficit was erased early in done.
Durth quarter when Rhett Florida still had a c
I on a 1-yard run. After the the game up, but Ma
town, both were unable to intercepted on the nex
the ball, setting up when he had a pass
am's interception. intercepted by an Ah
h the game apparently head- backer.
overtime, Florida took over Alabama surprised r
own 21-yard-line. The First by passing on the lirst
a short out pattern from quarterback Jay Barkt
lews to receiver Monty ^ie down ^lve
an, was picked off by of them SoinS forAbiS
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UjLLl Alabama has the
SEC title, the bowl
picture has cleared
up. The Tide will
play No. 1 ranked
Miami in the Sugar
Bowl, Texas A&M
will play Florida State in the
hance to tie Cotton Bowl, Notre Dame will '
itthews was play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl,
t possession and Colorado will face Syracuse in
tipped and the Fiesta Bowl.
ibama line- Texas A&M has an outside shot
at the national title if they beat
nany people Florida State and Miami and
down. Tide Alabama play to a tie. This would
;r threw on probably give them the leverage
-s, W1 l3? needed to jump from the fourth
SaT lhl* spot up to number one.
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ver Gators, 28-21
ugar Bowl
1 down the grind-it-out style of running the
sive touch- ball with Derrick Lassie. This managed
to keep Florida's defensive
2d a touch- backs honest and allowed the runbama's
past ning game to effectively operate,
ing that no Individualy for the Tide, Lassie
tie Tide has rushed for 117 yards, while receiver
David Palmer
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