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USC, Coaches Association
to sponsor football clinic
From Staff Reports
USC ? The S.C. Football High School
Coaches Association in conjunction with the
Carolina coaching staff will host a football coaches
clinic Feb. 4-5 on campus. The clinic is open to all
high school coaches, and registration information
can be obtained by calling 777-6657.
Two University of Miami defensive coaches,
Rick Petri (line) and Greg McMackin (secondary),
are featured guest lecturers. The USC staff, including
coach Brad Scott, will conduct seminars.
Coaches from 18 other colleges and universities,
including Clemson coach Tommy West, are included
on the program.
The theme for the clinic is "Football for Real."
This is the first joint venture between the SCFCA
and the USC coaching staff.
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By MATT PLODINEC
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' USC ? It would have been easy
for the Lady Gamecock basketball
team to fold up the tent Saturday
and quit after giving up the first
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Alabama. Down 0-9, the
Gamecocks chipped away at the
HH| Crimson Tide lead and were tied at
R^Ppi halftime before faltering in the sec't'wswml
?n^ ancl 94-77.
For the second year in a row, the
Crimson Tide broke a USC threejyK(fl
game winning streak. On Thursday,
USC topped the S.C. Bulldogs 99HH
73. Shannon Johnson led the
Gamecocks with 31 points, scoring
more than 30 points for the second
game in a row. She also contributed
seven assists.
Against UA, Johnson scored the
id Mandrell/The Gamecock first ba$ket for ^ Gamecocks 4:26
against Alabama. jmo ^ con|es( After Johnson.s
basket, the ladies inched back into
Coons, medley relay i
for NCAA Indoor Ch
From Staff Reports ing. The women placed
USC ? Sophomore Leslie ond (12:19.48; Mar
Coons provisionally qualified Bertrand, Deanna Sr
Friday for the shot put at the Tracey Capper, Dan
NCAA Indoor Adams) and the men p)
Championships during the third (10:10.05; Ad
first day of the USAir Bonner, Frank Mar
Invitational in Johnson City, Teddy Towle, Tom Crc
Tenn. Cronin also placed four
Coons, who placed second the mile with 4:23.23.
in the shot put with a throw On Saturday, the men
of 47-9 3/4, led the Lady women finished the U
Gamecocks in the non-scored Invitational on a high noi
meet. Coons joins teammate winning three indivi
Crystal Brownlee as the sec- events and setting a sc
ond Gamecock to qualify for record in another.
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Championships, which will senior Sue McGhie, who
be held March 12-13 in the 3,000 meter with a
Indianapolis. of 10:04.53. Sophor
The USC distance medley Tracey Capper won the
relay teams had a fine show- with a time of 5:03.31.
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the match and took the lead at the
8:13 mark on a three-pointer by
Natalie Funderburk. After
Funderburk partially blocked a shot
at the other end, Nicki Bass hit
both ends of a one-on-one to give
the women a Five-point lead, 30-25.
In a game of streaks, the Tide
took the momentum next and
scored 10 unanswered points. The
two teams battled for the rest of the
half. USC grabbed a two-point lead
with :08 left, but Niesa Johnson hit
both both ends of a one-on-one to
tie the game at 42 at the half.
As they had in the first half, the
Gamecocks gave up the first points
of the half. Neisha Johnson converted
the charity shot after Bass
fouled her as she made a running
jump shot from six feet.
The Tide slowly built its lead to
13 points at the 14:02 mark of the
second period before Christy
Timmons and Funderburk keyed a
teams qualify
ampionships
sec- The men were led by
ielle senior All-American Ron
nith, Willis, who won one event
ielle and placed second in another,
laced Willis threw 64-11 1/4 to
Irian place first in the 35-pound
isah, weight throw and placed sec>nin).
ond in the shot put with a
th in toss of 57-1/4. Willis, runnerup
in the 35-pound weight
and throw at the 1993 NCAA
SAir Indoor Championships, qualite
by fied for the NCAA
dual Championships in both events
hool earlier this season.
Junior Adrian Bonner
d by placed second in the 800
won meter with a time of 1:50.61
time to set a new school- record,
nore His time was just off from
mile qualifying for the NCAA
Championships.
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Timmons hit three treys to bring
the women within three at 45-42
with 8:41 remaining.
With 7:28 remaining, Johnson of
Alabama hit a shot from NBA
three-point range to build the lead
back up to six. The closest that the
Gamecocks came the rest of the
way was four points.
Shannon Johnson was the leading
scorer for the Gamecocks as
she has been all season long. She
and Timmons combined for 25 of
USC's 35 points in the second period.
Johnson was unavailable for
comment after the gante because
her previously injured knee was
being re-evaluated. Her status will
be announced today.
The Alabama game, which was
closer than the 17-pomt difference,
was no surprise, according to USC
coach Nancy Wilson. She wasn't
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Invitation
From Staff Reports
USC ? With only'two days
of practice time under their belts,
the men's tennis team travelled
to New Orleans for the SEC
Indoor Individual
Championships.
Seeded players for the ,
Gamecocks included Maxsy
Jimenez, No. 15, and Jose
Frontera and Johan Sandberg in
doubles, No. 6.
The Gamecocks' .top two doubles
teams fell to the top two
seeds in hard-fought eight game
pro sets, each decided by a seven
point tie-breaker.
Frontera and Sandberg lost a
tough 9-8, (7-5) battle to
Mississippi State's nationally
ranked team of Laurent
Miquelard and Joe Simmons in
the A flight quarterfinals.
Ole Miss' top seeded Joakim
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py with the way her team played
against the No. 15 Tide, who lead
the SEC in just about everything
but technical fouls against the mascot
with less than three minutes
remaining in games played
Thursday.
USC point guard Natalie
Funderburk agreed with her coach.
She was pleased to see the way the
team had matured since earlier
blowouts at the hands of Ole Miss
and Kentucky. In both of those
matches, the Gamecocks fell
behind early and lost their composure.
USC was unable to come
from behind, losing both games by
large margins.
"We got back in there and played
with a little bit of pride,"
Funderburk said.
USC will travel to East Tennessee
State and Georgia before coming
home to face Furman Feb. 2.
ial starts Friday
edged USC's Ben Cook and Jim
Panagopoulos 9-8, (7-3).
In A flight singles, three USC
players advanced to the round of
32.
Freshman Jorge Fsqueda
played well before falling to
Arkansas' Marcus Hilbert.
Hilbert, ranked eighth in the
country, dropped the first set
before rebounding to defeat
Esqueda 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Panagopoulos and Sandberg
were eliminated by seeded players
from LSU. Janne Holtari, No.
14, defeated Sandberg 6-0, 6-4.
Panagopoulos fell to 16th seeded
Alex Guevar 6-4, 6-2.
Gamecock coach Kent
DeMars' team makes final preparations
for their dual match slate
in the USC Winter Indoor
Invitational to be played at the
indoor facility beginning at 9
a.m. Friday.
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