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From staff reports
USC senior All-American Ron Willis
successfully defended his SEC title
and set a new conference record o:
70-5 in the 35-pound weight thro\*
Sunday at the SEC Track and Field
Championships.
The USC men finished seventh
overall with 43 points, while Arkansas
claimed the title with a two-day total
of 157.33 points. The USC women fin
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Willis, undefeated this season, wa<
not alone in the weight competition
Joined by four other teammates, Car
olina was the only team in the meei
to place five athletes in a final. Junioi
Brett Murray shook off a tough time
in the preliminaries to throw 65-1/2
placing fifth. Placing sixth with 2
throw of 60-5 1/2 was sophomore
John Stoikos. Finishing eighth wa<
freshman Chad Moreau, with team
mate senior Lavon Page placing ninth
"It was business as usual for the
throwers today," Willis said. "The
weight crew is proud to say the)
scored 18 points today, working as 2
team."
"I felt we made a lot of progresj
from last year," said throws coach Larry
Judge. "Ron has been consistent all
SEC FANFAR
From staff reports
Fans unable to get tickets to the
SEC men's basketball tournamen
March 10-13 in Memphis, Tenn., car
set their fill of the hie event across thr
street at the Memphis Cook Convention
Center as part of the initial SEC
FANFARE.
The Spectator Management Group,
in cooperation with the SEC, will operate
FANFARE, a giant sports cafe
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; 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.5
placing third. The time breaks t
school record, set by Williams earl
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: Chris Swartz finished fifth with a pi
sonal best time of 1:52.13. Carolin;
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best 17:08.30 in the 5,000 meter
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' time of 17:29.47 to place eighth,
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Tracey Capper placed sixth wit!
? time of 2:12.15, a lifetime best. A1
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lay finished seventh in a school recor
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coach Greg Kraft. "We need mor
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he place, but I think we still have a rea
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at NCAAs."
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ise done," he said. "1 think we are reali:
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n- the top six in what is the toughe;
to conference in the country."
lie Eight of Carolina's athletes hav
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l a participating in a last chance meet;
so East Tennessee State, hoping to qua
ie- ify for the NCAA Championship
is, March 11-12 in Indianapolis.
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p By JIMMY DeBUTTS
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j The USC men's basketball team
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will take on the Georgia Bulldogs at
n 7:30 p.m. today in Athens, Ga.
The Gamecocks (7-17, 3-11) lost
their first meeting to the Bulldogs
(12-14, 6-8) 96-85 Jan. 29 in Coe
lumbia. USC played well, but allowed
Georgia to get numerous of^
fensive rebounds on missed free
^ throws, which allowed the Bulldogs
to pull out the victory.
q The Gamecocks are looking to
win back-to-back games for the second
time this season. If USC can win
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tonight, it will be the first time this
season the team has won two consecutive
SEC games. USC defeated
Tennessee 72-64 Saturday in
s" Knoxville, Tenn.
Emmett Hall and Jamie Watson
continue to lead the Gamecocks. *
The seniors are both averaging more
than 15 points per game. Watson
leads the team with 18 points per
l' game. Hall is the leading rebounde
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meetings and three of five sine
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From staff reports ^ s
The March 5 men's basketball con- 2
test between the USC and Kentucky ^
at Frank McGuire Arena has been
moved to 2 p.m. to accommodate re- f
gional television. The game, originally
scheduled for 7:30 p.m., will be. j
broadcast throughout the Southeast v
on the Jefferson-Pilot network. ^
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South Carolina-Wright State baseball
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Guards Carey Rich and Andy Bostick
also are playing big for the
Gamecocks. Rich has played well in
the last few games. He's averaging
almost 10 points per game and is
leading the team in assists.
Bostick has struggled in the past
few games, but he's averaging 14
points a game. Bostick and Watson
are rnmnpfino fnr the team slam
dunk championship this season. Going
into the Tennessee game, both
players had 22.
The Bulldogs enter tonight's
game looking to break a two-game
home losing streak. Their loses
came against top 10 teams Arkansas
and Kentucky.
The Bulldogs^are paced by Shandon
Anderson, who leads the team
in scoring with 13 3 point per game.
He also leads the team in assists,
dishing out 3 8 a game.
USC will have to deal with Charles
Claxton, Bernard Davis and Carlos
Strong, who are all averaging double
figures in scoring this season.
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[witched from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., to
ivoid a conflict with television.
The contest will be the final reguar-season
game for both teams. There
ire approximately 800 tickets renaming
for the Kentucky game.
Tickets are on sale at the USC Athetic
Ticket Office on Rosewood Drire
between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
veekdays and at all Capital Ticket outets.
Going into this week, USC is 7-17
jverall and 3-11 in the SEC following
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Claxton leads Georgia in rebounding
with 7.7 boards a game. The
Bulldog center is shooting more
than 50 percent from the field, but
he's terrible from the charity stripe,
netting 41 percent.
Davis is a dangerous outside
shooter. He has connected on 48
percent of his three- pointers, mak
ing 73 on the season so far. Strong
is averaging 11 points a game and is
second on the team in rebounding
with six a game.
As a team, the Bulldogs are shooting
60 percent from the free-throw
line, and they focus on rebounding,
pulling down 41 a game. USC is averaging
36 boards a game, while
their opponents are grabbing 38. The
Gamecocks will play their final
home game of the season Saturday
against the Kentucky Wildcats.
Game time has been chanced from
7:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. to accommodate
regional TV. The game will be
broadcast on the Jefferson-Pilot network.
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ntage 59.4 .676
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ne changes
a 72-64 victory Saturday at Tennessee.
Kentucky defeated Georgia 80-59 Sunday
to run its record to 22-5 overall
and 11-3 in the SEC.
USC will play at Georgia Wednesday,
while Kentucky will battle Florida
Wednesday for first place in the
SEC Eastern Division.
Saturday's game is part of a doubleheader
by Jefferson-Pilot. Arkansas
and Mississippi State will Finish the
day with a 4 p.m. contest in Fayetteville,
Ark.
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