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By ROB RODUSKY
Assistant Sports Editor
Harry Houdini was suited up for
the Gamecocks in their 85-62 loss
to the Tigers of Louisiana State.
USC's offense was a disappearing
act in the second half.
The Gamecocks played the transition
game very well in the first
half ? so well in fact that the
offense had five dunks and seven
lay-ups in the first half of action.
What hanoened in the second
half was a different story. The
Gamecocks were a meager 8 of 25
from the field after hitting for a
very respectable 64.3 percent in the
first stanza. The only inside basket
was a dunk by senior back-up center
Edmond Wilson with 4:30 left.
The loss dropped the Gamecocks
to 8-9 on the year and 4-4 in the
SEC.
"It slowed us down tremendously,"
said sophomore point guard
Carey Rich of the Tigers' zone
defense. "We thought we had the
transition down well."
While the offense did not perform
well throughout the game, the
defense did a super job containing
LSU's leading scorer, center Geert
Hammink. The 7-footer, who was
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By ANDREW BORGERT
Staff Writer
The operative word for the USC
women's basketball team Saturday
was "defense" as the Lady
Gamecocks used a 30-0 run to put
the Arkansas Razorbacks away 7651.
Carolina, after scoring only four
points in the first seven minutes,
went on the big run that saw
Arkansas go scoreless for 10 minutes.
By the time the Hogs scored
again, USC had built a 36-6 lead.
They were up 43-14 at halftime.
USC coach Nancy Wilson credited
her team's run to their pressure
defense.
"The big run we had in the first
half helped us get a lot of people
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keep fresh bodies in there," she
said. "They played hard. We got
outstanding defensive play from a
lot of people."
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If Charlotte wins one of the two ^
expansion franchises expected to ^
be chosen by the National ^
Football League, the kickoff for 8
its first game could be 90 miles a
south ? in Columbia, S.C. "
NFL commissioner Paul v
Tagliabue announced Friday that ^
the owners will award the expan- S
sion teams this fall, probably in
October. Sl
Richardson Sports, the group ^
that would own the Carolinas sl
team, had hoped for a decision t(
this spring or summer. That would
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build a 70,000-seat stadium in
Charlotte for a 1995 debut. ^
"An October decision makes it ^
virtually impossible for us to be in S5
(the new stadium) for our first full h
season," said Mark Richardson, S(
who is leading the Carolinas drive.
"We had hoped the decision c;
was going to come earlier," he S1
said. "The best selection time ?1
would have been late spring or
early summer, but we're not in f(
control of that."
That means if Charlotte is 0
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averaging 17.8 points per game,
was 1 for 4 in the first half and 1
for 5 in the second half while scoring
a season-low six points. Junior
guard Jamie Brandon, however,
made up for Hammink's no-show
offense with a career-high 21
points and 15 rebounds.
The leading scorers for the
Gamecocks were juniors Emmitt
Hall and Jamie Watson, who both
pumped in 13 points.
Coach Steve Newton said the tough
defense in the zone was not the
reason for the Gamecocks' demise
in the second half.
"Our passing was not as crisp as
it needs to be against a 2-3 zone,"
Newton said. "We hurried some
snois ana iook snois wnen we
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Carolina got balanced scoring
from the whole squad, with
Shannon Johnson leading the way
with 11 points. Marsha Williams
kicked in 10 points and nine
rebounds. As a team, USC out-shot
Arkansas 46.5 percent to 36 percent
and out-rebounded them 4228.
USC has now won three in a
row, upping their record to 12-6
and 4-3 in the SEC. The win
Saturday came on the heels of a
blow-out victory Wednesday
against East Tennessee State.
In that game, the Lady
Gamecocks won 86-53. Lori
Joyner led the team with 13 points,
while Michelle Murray and Marsha
Williams both had eight rebounds.
Next up for Carolina is Clemson,
which comes into town Wednesday
for a 7 p.m. game. The Lady
Tigers are currently ranked in the
Top 20 and are in contention for
the ACC women's title.
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warded a franchise, the team may
ave to work out a deal to rent the e
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Villiams-Brice Stadium in f
'olumbia, S.C., for the first few s
ames of 1995. There is no formal
greement, although the group has i
tiformally discussed that option 2
nth university officials, The t
lharlotte (N.C.) Observer reported 1
aturday. e
Williams-Brice, with 72,400 v
eats, is the only nearby stadium
tat can hold as many fans as the s
tadium Richardson Sports plans v
) build.
"If indeed they would be grant- s
d a franchise, and if their stadium n
1 not coins to be readv. I'm sure
?ey would approach us," Sports y
iformation Director Kerry Tharp v
lid, noting that South Carolina tl
osted an NFL exhibition game o
sveral years ago.
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ation between the Richardson ii
roup and the university remain o
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Five cities remain in the hunt f
)r an expansion team. They are p
altimore, Charlotte, Jacksonville S
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should have made an extra pass."
LSU coach Dale Brown decided
to dump his man-to-man defense I
when USC took a 50-49 lead two
minutes into the second half. At R
that time, the Tigers went on a 236
rampage. South Carolina
answered with five straight points, I
but never pulled closer than 11. ^ j
The win extended the Tiger's home
winning streak to 16 games.
"I don't think we came ready to
play mentally," Watson said.
The Gamecocks with six dunks in
the game, now have 19 over the
last two games.
The Gamecocks next game will
be on the road at Vanderbilt
Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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juit working on it altogether last playet
all to focus on negotiating a labor they
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ng his annual state of the league Rodn
tddress on Friday that it's time to Child
ise the NFL's new "foundation of Demo
abor peace" to make the league by a 8
:ven stronger. One way, he said, Thi?
vas by expanding. Indian
Tagliabue said the NFL expan- basket
ion committee will resume its Bob
vork in late February or early most i
/larch. Owners will set an expan- Senior
ion timetable at their annual to be
neeting March 21-26. machii
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/ould not be able to start playing may a:
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f the 1995 season. St. Louis is matter,
uilding a stadium that won't be Stari
inished until 1996 and would to con
lay its first season at Busch Indian;
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have been telling you all
that the IJNC Tar Heels are
! not that good. They finally
1 another quality team, and ^
promptly got their heads SALOI^
i to them. This time it was TONY
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ress and the rest of the jbe team ^
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8-62 score over UNC. UNC will occu
> thrashing of the Heels puts nation. Thi
a as the top team in college bounced back
ball...tor now. ^CC losses to
i Knight's team is playing the i in ft t hp rt
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inspired ball in the country, sophomore
Calbert Cheaney continues Cherokee Parks
the driving force in the III Up to his poten
ae, and as of late, the other g00(j team; whe
jrs have taken their respec- Devils struggl
unes to the next level. Their teams,
recent victim was the The "Mer
western Wildcats, whom Michigan conti
a downed 93-71 on Saturday, game and occas
teams two through six, you to .play one. W
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ler because it really doesn't however, they <
roller coaster
ting with Kentucky, one has year. Maybe ii
sider them as No. 2 behind were reminded
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tremely well. They continue style, then they
iress despite the tough SEC piay like a true
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S. Carolina 76, Arkansas 51
Tennessee 73. Vanderbilt 68
v/jfl Auburn 72, Miss. State 64
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Junior forward Malinda
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East Tennessee State, was held
to two points against Arkansas
Saturday.
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the Tar Heels
What is the deal with Kansas
Many way /
This team has more split personalities
than Norman Bates of
"Psycho" fame. It's surprising that
ANCY this up-and-down team has man*/10NSKY
& aged to stay among the country's
SANTORI ellte> ^hey Just (lon't Play llke a
traditional basketball powerhouse,
yet they still command respect
it emerges from the 3101,11(1 nation Where have you
etween Duke and ?one' Adonis Jordan?
py the No. 3 spot in Tw0 of ^ biS?er surprises in
; Blue Devils have college hoops this season have
from a couple of been ^ Vanderbilt Commodores
improve their play. 311(1 1116 Cincinnati Bearcats,
isurgence has been Vandy has already upset
center "Chief" Kentucky once, and have estab;.
When Parks plays bshed themselves near the top of
tiai Duke is a very die SEC East. Every time Coach K
:n he disappears, the from Duke sees Billy McCafferey
2 to handle bigger Putting up big numbers in a
Commodore uniform, he probably
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i-io-Duys irom iv7
nue to talk a great Cincinnati is now 15-1 atter
sionally even decide crushing the DePaul Blue Demons
hen the Wolverines 80'54 Saturday afternoon. Even
r are unstoppable; though this team did go to the
:ontinue to ride the Final Four ,ast year> continue
"Sophomore Jinx" t0 catch teams napping with their
f Weber and Rose swarming defense. Bearcat guard
that they are still in Nick Van Exel is one of the most
d to block out the underrated players in the country,
icing in their heads, ^ut Cincy continues their winwant
to finish out ninS ways> he wiH Sel ^ recogni'ear
of college in ^?n he deserves,
had better begin to That s the way we see it this
"team." week. Feel free to disagree.