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By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Sports Editor
The South Carolina Lady
Gamecocks basketball team
thrashed Charleston Southern, 7543,
on Monday.
The Lady Gamecocks were led
by senior Marsha Williams, whc
scored 16 points, and junior Nikki
Bass, who scored 13 points.
The starting five for South
Carolina included forwards
Michelle Murray, and Jenny
Randall, center Williams, and
guards Bass and Shannon
Johnson.
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The weather has turned cold and
football fans' blood are running
hot. This could mean only one
thing: the bowl season has arrived.
And as it always seems, one
team is alone atop the cooliege
football polls, the Miami
Hurricanes.
Miami faces second-ranked
Alabama in the USF&G Sugar
Bowl. Led by quarterback Gino
Torretta and a fleet of lightning
quick linebackers, the Hurricanes
have won 29 in a row while
Alabama has an impressive 21game
winning streak on the line.
Defense has been the earmark of
both teams this past season. But in
the SEC Championship Game,
Florida exposed the major weakness
in Alabama's defensive alignment.
By using shuttle passes,
Florida quarterback Shane
Matthews was able to avoid the
outside pass rush of defensive ends
John Copeland and Eric Curry.
Miami must uunze running oacK
Stephen McGuire's receiving ability
if they expect to use Alabama's
overpursuit to their advantage.
Torretta would then be able to use
his gang of wide receivers to attack
Alabama's secondary.
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first half slowly, leading by only
four at 20-16 with 8:04 left in the
r half. A 5-2 run led by a Bass 3t
point play, pushed the lead to 3524
at the half.
After halftime the Lady
[ Gamecocks continued on a 13-4
, run and recorded a 48-28 advanI
tage with 15:09 remaining in the
game.
, South Carolina increased the
; margin to as much as 33 points
- with 53 seconds left in the game
[ and a score of 74-41.
i "We rebounded better in the
second half," Head Coach Nancy
. Wilson said. "I think, due to us
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exception of Arizona, has been
able to shut down the recieving talents
of Lamar Thomas, Horace
Copleland and Kevin Williams.
Alabama also features AilAmerican
defensive backs George
Teague and Antonio Langham.
This duo could give Miami as
much trouble as any defensive
backs in the country.
For Alabama offensively, the
rushing of Derric Lassie drives the
squad. Lassie's up-the-middle style
of running will face, perhaps, the
best group of college football linebackers
history in Michael
Barrow, Jesse Armstead and
Darrin Smith. These defensive
backs hit like freight trams.
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them dangerous is receiver David
Palmer. Palmer's speed and surprising
strength make him the top
target of quarterback Jay Barker,
which will keep Miami's defense
from cheating up on the line.
In another New Year's Day bowl
game, the Colorado Buffaloes (9-11)
will play the Syracuse
Orangemen (9-2) in the Fiesta
Bowl.
Both teams rely on speed and
passing to score points. Colorado
relies on the arm of quarterbacks
Kordell Stewart or Koy Detmer
while the Orangemen depend on
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staying in the same defense,
Shannon's (Johnson) defense on
the ball was much improved.
Nikki's (Bass) shooting was
improved."
Junior forward Malinda
McDaniel and junior center Erica
Gullett combined for seven offensive
boards.
The Lady Gamecocks are 3-1
and travel to Lexington, Ky., for
Wednesday game against the
Lady Kats of the University of
Kentucky. This will be South
Carolina's first Southeastern
Conference game of the season,
and the tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
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the athleticism of Marvin Graves.
The Buffs, Big Eight Conference
runner-up, have two great linebackers
in Chad Brown and Greg
Beikert. These two seniors, both
Butkus Award candidates, are two
of the top three tacklers for
Colorado. This should pose a threat
to Syracuse should they decide to
run the football.
Deon Figures, winner of the Jim
Thorpe Award that goes to the
nation's top defensive back, leads a
defensive backfield that allowed an
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Graves, who almost lead the
Orangemen past top-ranked Miami,
will pose a threat to this defense
along with speedster Quadry
Ismail.
Ismail, in addition to being a
tremendous receiver, also handles
kickoff and punt return duties as
well.
The Orangemen hope to stifle
Colorado's passing attack (297.4
yard average) with superb linebackers
Garland Hawkins and Chip
Todd and nose guard Kevin
Mitchell providing the pressure on
Stewart. This looks to be the only
way for the Orangemen to have a
chance because of the fact that
three of their defensive backs are
new this season.
The Rose Bowl is usually a
game that determines a National
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Champion, but such is not the case
this year. For the second time in a
row, No.7 Michigan and No. 11
Washington will play each other in
Pasedena, Calif.
Last year's game meant the
national championship for
Washington, who routed the
Wolverines 35-14. This year,
Michigan has a better chance at
winning.
Both teams are coming off
somewhat disappointing seasons.
Washington lost to Arizona when it
was ranked No.l and then lost to
Washington State the next week. In
addition, the Huskies have also
undergone internal turmoil when
quarterback Billy Joe Hobert was
declared ineligible by the NCAA
for taking $50,000 in loans from a
booster and a linebacker was
caught dealing marijuna in a dorm
building.
Despite this adversity, Don
Jame's club still posses a potent
offense. Quarterback Mark Brunell
is no stranger to running the Husky
offense and running backs Beano
Bryant and Jay Barry dominated
Michigan last year. However,
Washington's offensive line is suspect.
Michigan again has a great team
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! Dec. 12 USC vs.UNC-Asheville 7:30 p.m.
| Dec.18 USC vs. Unified Select Team (exhibition) 7:30 p.m.
| Jan. 2 USC vs. Mercer 7:30 p.m. |
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| Jan. 7 USC vs. Mississippi State 7 p.m.
| Jan. 16 USC vs. Georgia 3 p.m.
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