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\ Revenue shortfall reason for SEC move A $330,000 revenue shortfall from the Birmingham Football Foundation is the reason the SEC moved its football championship game from Alabama's Legion Field to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, SEC President Roy Kramer said. Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington said the SEC is simply trying to stab the city in the back. The contract between the conference and the foundation had a stipulation that the contract could be reviewed if non-TV revenues for the game fell below $4.5 million. Last year's game grossed just under $4.2 million in non-TV revenues. The SEC made its announcement Friday. Lady Gamecock softball wins pair The USC women's softball team defeated Utah State 2-1 and Utah Saturday 3-2 Saturday in the Las Vegas Invitational. Junior Darlene Gareis was the winning pitcher in both contests and had the game-winning hit against Utah State. Freshman Tina Plew had a three-run home run against Utah. The Lady Gamecocks competed in the semifinals Sunday. Results will appear in Wednesday's edition of The Gamecock. Golden Gophers paste Indiana TI *? /- / 1 ._ I I .L. i I: II : 1 (\/L - f. ine Minnesota uoiucn uupucrs crusueu me niuiana nuosicis iw;u ni Minneapolis Sunday. Vashon Leonard led the assault with 35 points. Southern Cal upset Cal 86-78 in overtime Saturday at the L A. Sports Arena. USC's Burt Harris made a three-pointer at the buzzer in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Trojans reeled off 10 straight points in the extra period to pull away from the Bears. The loss kept Cal from keeping pace with conference leaders Arizona and UCLA, who both won Saturday. Georgetown upset No. 24 Boston College 78-68 Saturday, giving the Hoyas coach John Thompson his 500th career win. Junior guard George Butler scored a career-high 26 points to lead George town to victory. Billy Curley led BC with 24 points. Missouri remained unbeaten in the Big Eight and clinched the conference title Saturday with a 99-83 win against Oklahoma in Columbia, Mo. Reserve Mark Atkins came off the bench to tie his school record with seven three-pointers and lead the No. 6 Tigers to victory. The conference title was Missouri's ninth in coach Norm Stewart's tenure at the school. No. 19 St. Louis downed Memphis State Saturday 71-66 in Memphis. Erwin Claggett and H Waldman scored 18 points each for the Billikens (22-3, 8-3 Great Midwest). Both guards made four three-pointers on the afternoon. Rodney Newson led the Tigers (10-14, 4-7 Great Midwest) with 20 points. No. 9 Arizona narrowly escaped a major upset Saturday with a 75-71 win at Oregon. Damon Stoudamire scored 21 points, including a 10-footer in the lane with under a minute to go to give the Wildcats (23-4, 12-3 Pac-10) the lead torgogd. -,r.r.? * - IntliBk Kenya Wilkins missed a short jumper that would have tied the game for the Ducks (9-14, 5-9), and Arizona's Khalid Reeves grabbed the rebound with 20 seconds left. | VM|^f 4 tanning Days Left! Is! ISLANi TAN7W " 765-1219 I Tan Before You Month $39 Two Locations M Hit the Sand! /| Tone To Serve You! M t lain fu m 806 PaviWon Ave. - Five Points , . . vn/lil West Columbia Former Outspokin Location vi.m ph o o Meeting Street (Pink building behind Eckerd Drugs) _ ""r" , ^ Across From McDonald's 765-1219 Sat 9-6-Sun 1-6 794-9100 How to free yourself from a 9 foot BOA CO^TOICTOR? If you've got something hanging around that you don't need, chances are there's someone else who will want it. The Gamecock will help you reach that person. For only $1.00 a line you can tell nearly 29,000 readers just what you have to offer. For more details call 777-4249. k A J I * ' T"! ~ I ( 1 I _ I /\uvernse in me uanicLUL^ diiu ger results i Go out with friends and keep track of each other. Don't broadcast your name, address or plans in front of P| others. 11 (I On a first date, plan to meet in a ^ . public place. Let people know where ety you plan to be and let your date know that others know. Stick to your plans. Telephone MPfrlAVUfllf 252-8393 Ilia 1 IHflllKIm 24 Hours Sports Baseball team rei By JIMMY DeBUTTS Assistant Sports Editor The USC baseball team improved to 9-0 with wins against Illinois Friday and Saturday at Sarge Frye Field. Scott Pace won his third game of the season Fri day. He pitched six innings and struck out nine, H giving up two unearned runs and four hits. The m losing pitcher for the lllini (2-2) was Donnie Payne, who drops to 1-1. USC won the game 10-3. The Gamecocks scored seven runs in the bottom of the first to put the ^ game out of reach. The Gamecocks were led offensively by the catcher Mike Tarter, left fielder Batting leaders Avg. HR/s........... Roh DcBoer . 58l 1 ' Mark Gugino 444 2 / Stacy Stokes .416 :f \ { Pitching leaders W/L ERA V / Si pasonllaynte 3-0 0.82 Scott Pace 3-0 0.96 m ''Greg Routing 2-0 4.76 ^ Zg***"*"* ** Mark Gugino and designated hitter Rob DeBoer. ? r" Tarter had three sinelcs. while Gueino had a ; double and four stolen bases. DeBoer got his first Lff '' home run of season in the eighth. He walked twice, but his batting average dropped from .650 Pitcher Jason Haynie im to .609 with his one-for-three performance at the nings, striking out five, J J. Pearsall struck out sut in the final threein- hits and ivi tw( nings to earn the save He allowed two hits, but camcd The losj iK, gave up a home run to llhni left fielder Ken Craw- u who nvo r lord. Crawford s home run was the fust ofi a Game- his firsl decisfon f h cock pitcher tn eight games. USCs offense had a. On Saturday, the llhni kept the game close until , collectine 15 hil the eighth. The Gamecocks scored nine in the bot- , .T1.' ,,8 " T c i -.si IIC~ . . . by third baseman Ted torn of the eighth to give USC a 16-7 lead and its for four a( [he |a nint win. scoring two. He hit his Craig Ross picked up his first win of the season, sQn jn th(_ (hird (nn pitching the last two innings of the game. Wally r,ucino went lwo rJ; Marynard was charged with three earned runs in ^ jn a mn Mjke the eighth and Ross gave up two earned runs to al- ha(f home ran5 in th low the Mini to tie the score at seven. However, the , ^ .. . ? . Cr . . , , each stretched their hi Gamecock offense scored nine runs in the bottom , . m r I Mnino Ihp wav rnr of the inning to secure the win. , ? . rrc/- . . u w c* - u a f baseman Brian McCh USC starting pitcher Jim Stoops pitched five in- Thompson Both men Gamecocks advance to next From Staff Reports eighth respectively in the shotput wit USC freshman Crystal Brownlee throws of 47-7 1/4 and 44-5 1/4. placed third Saturday in the women's Freshman Rhody Williams made shotput at the SEC Championships in to the finals of the 55-meter hurdlt Gainesville, Fla. with a time of 7.95 seconds, whic R?-rw*mir?f> thivw n nnmnnnl hpst SO- was good enough for a NCAA Prov 7 1/4, improving on her NCAA Provi- sional qualifying time. The time is sional qualifying mark. The throw is personal best for the Hilton Head n; the longest in the country by a fresh- tive. man this year. Three members of the men's teai Junior Leslie Coons and sophomore found success in the 55-meter hu Dawn Ellerbe finished sixth and dies, qualifying for Sunday's finals. S South Carolina m H Hffn^AAiiii BASEBALL Illinois, Sun., Feb.27, 2:00pm Charleston Southern, Mon., Feb.28, 7:00pm Richmond, Sat. & Sun., Mar. 5 & 6, 2:00pm (Sarge Frye Field) SOFTBALL Louisana Tech, Wed. Mar 2, 2:00 & 3:30 pm (Lady Gamecock Field) MEMS BASKETBALL Kentucky, Sat., Mar. 5, 7:30 pm "USC Helping USC" Earthquake Relief Fund Raising Project (Carolina Coliseum) " MEM'S TEMMIS UIUC Charlotte, Sat., Mar.5, 10:00 am Indiana St., Sat., Mar.5, 3:00 pm (Sam Daniels Tennis Courts) For Ticket Information, Call 777-4272 For More Details. Contact: J USC Sports Information, 777-5204 mains undefeated S iffl PH; r. Bgg VLI * 1/ ^JPr A uaviu ividi ivji cm/ 11 ic cjdti iproves to 3-0 with a win against Illinois Sunday at Sarge Frye Field, walking two, allowing three run and had an RBI. ) runs with only one being * USC left six men on base, but more important ter for die lllini was Jell Mar- . for the lllini, Gamecock pitching stranded eight lliiuns in 2 1/3 innings, losing nojs players on base. year. For the season, USC is led by DeBoer, who has' a tother explosive outing Sat- 571 batting average with a team-leading 16 hitsis. The Gamecocks were led j_je-s a|so |eac|jng t|lc Gamecocks with la walks Rose and Gugino. Rose was Rose |1us 14 RBIs on the season and is tied wi*th ,ie, driving in five runs and G in0 wjlh WQ home second home run oi Che sea- ^ ^ ^ Haynie lead die USC pitch r live, scoring two runs and ln8 stalT' Pacc has a 'cam-high three wins, with Dezenzo and Craig Dour al- Haynie and Greg Rushing tied for second with two e game. Gugino and DeBoer wins aP'ece Pac^ has a .222 ERA in 18 2/3 innings tting streaks to nine games, pitched, and Haynie has a .213 ERA in 14 innings Illinois Saturday was second pitched. jre and centerfielder Andy The Gamecocks take on Charleston Southern at i were two for five, scored a 7 p.m. tonight at Sarge Frye Field. round of SEC Championship h nior Terry Winston won with a time Gamecock coach Greg Kraft was satof 7.34 seconds, with teammates isfied with his teams' performances-, snnhnmnrp Frank Mensah (1 AV\ and "Evervthine has eone as well as ex 11 ?r v. ?, , ^ w >s junior Steve Owens (7.56) finishing pected with the men," he said. "We ^ close behind. came into the meet as one of sijc Two men and one woman from the teams with a legitimate shot to finish Gamecocks qualified for the 800-me- as good as third, as bad as eighth. a ter finals. Juniors Adrian Bonner and "I'm really proud of the womcrj. a" Chris Swartz qualified with times of Our youth was not intimidated by the 1:52.32 and 1:53.32 respectively. Ju- competition, as evidenced by the perm nior Tracey Capper qualified for the formance of Brownlcc, Williams and r- women's final with a personal-best Capper. They came here prepared e- time of 2:13 06. and got it done." l / Powerful pop-folk trio: Celebrating Women's History MonthI \ March 1 9 8:30 pm in The Golden Spur! / \ SIMI FREE q^Y / \ ctMUUMPO*""1"* D S/ IS N^S-^.-^sg>X ? 777-7130 at I COME JOIN THE WILDLY TALENTED AT RIKfU r.ARDFKK w w m V w ^ ^ MT m m ^ mm m ^ ^ AUDITIONS #' ?CASTING (All THAT COULD TAKE YOU WHERE THE WHO THINGS GO. DANCERS SINCERS-WHO MOVE WELL MUSICIANS ACTORS SPECIALTY PERFORMERS COSTUME CHARACTERS TECHNICIANS SEAMSTRESSES AND DRESSERS For further information and helpful tips on auditions, please call (813) 987-5169 or write to: Busch Gardens t Entertainment Department P.O. 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