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Lady Game*
JIMMY DeBUTTS Sports Editor
The USC women's basketball tean
on Michigan tomorrow at the Carolin
seum.
Tipoff is set for 7 pjn. The Lady Gan
^ have opened the season 2-0 with wir
Minnesota and Valparaiso.
Carolina won its first game of the r
season on Nov. 26 against Valparaiso
at the Dial Classic in Minneapolis. Th
Gamecocks went into halftime trailing
after losing a 22-16 lead.
Junior Shannon Johnson led Caro
the first half with nine points and three
Johnson had to leave the game with eigi
utes left in the half due to an ankle injui
returned in the second half and finish
with a game-high 14 points and nine a
Christi Timmons and Heather Godf
so played big for Carolina in their op
game. Timmons scored 13 points, hittinf
of six shots from behind the three-poir
She also dished out seven assists and b
three shots.
Godfrey hit three of nine attempts
three-point land and finished the gam
nine points. Head coach Nancy Wilso
impressed with Godfrey's play in the
"Godfrey played steady for us the
game, hitting two tough three pointers
first half," Wilson said.
Against Minnesota, Johnson again 1
Gamecocks to victory. She scored 21 poi
35 minutes of play. She also led the te
rebounds with 10. Natalie Funderburk <
out eight assists, pulled down five rebc
scored five points, blocked a shot and
Volleyball 1
Carolina to play in
Staff Reports
The University of South Carolina
volleyball team has received a bid to
play in the sixth annual National Invitational
Volleyball Championship
(NIVC) Tournament Dec. 2-4 at Municipal
Auditorium in Kansas City,
Mo. It is Carolina's first post-season
bid since 1984 and only their second
ever.
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She Donna Carr of Salisbury, N.<
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rey al- team, rebuilding Soutl
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r three Carr, a 5-10 forward from
it line. School enters her senior year
locked P0ints and 13.2 rebounds per,
son, she reached the 1,000-p
3 from looting 423 points for a caree:
e with During the 1992 season agaii
n was gomery High School, she scon
game. 32 points.
entire "Donna is a quick forward
in the fensive ability to move around
Wilson said. "She is one of thi
ed the players we have recruited in i
ints in Williams, a 5-11 forward fro
tam in School, is preparing for her se
dished inated as a 1995 Miss Indiana
>unds, didate. During her junior year,
made team capture their fourth const
team head
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we didn't receive an NCAA bid, the
NIVC Tournament is a great opportunity
for our team to compete in postseason
play," head coach Kim Hudson
said "The teams in the NIVC are
very competitive and it's a privilege
to be invited."
South Carolina, who will play, in
Pool A, will take on Delaware at 9 am.
and Miami of Ohio at 4:30 p.m. on Friday,
Dec. 2; and Northern Illinois at
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about all three of these girls, a
>n to the Lady Gamecock progr
omens head basketball coach Nancy Wilson
crown with a recor
> hold secure the points. She has be
int halftime lead Basketball Magazin
\s a team, Car- secutive years, aver
the three-point man year and 13.4 f
3even of 18 shots "Lisa is a strong
De aoie to neip us n
rway, coach Wil- well as on the boar(
f three players, great ability to scor
3., Nikki Miars Williams was n
IMams of Carmel, Player of the Year 1
t Gamecock bas- Regional (three yea
1 Carolina's ros- and All-Conference
position. Miars, a 5-7 gu*
Salisbury High School, enters her sei
averaging 16.9 averaging 17.3 her f
game. Last sea- sophomore year am
oint mark, col- ing strength in rebc
r total of 1,129. 586 total rebounds
ist West Mont- in high school,
id a career high "Nikki is an outst
size for a point guai
i with great de- to adapt to college I
bigger players," ership skills she al
3 best offensive Last season, sh<
i long time." first team for the sec
>m Carmel High Northwest Ohio Div
nior year nom- for her second conse
Basketball can- "I am very excite
, she helped her girls, and they will 1:
icutive sectional the Lady Gamecock
stoNIVC
second time ever
11:30 am., San Diego at 7 pjn. on Saturday,
Dec. 3. The winner of Pool A
will play the winner of Pool D at 10
a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 with the winner
of the semi-finals advancing to the
finals at 1 pm. The NTVC is the equivalent
of the NIT in basketball.
The Lady Gamecocks finished the
regular season at 22-10 and tied for
fourth in the Southeastern Conference
with an 8-4 record.
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ind they be a
am next year."
en named to the Hoosier
e All-State team three conaging
8.2 points her freshx>ints
her sophomore year.
r power forward that will
as
Is," Wilson said. "She has
e and is very athletic."
tamed Hamilton County
ast season, as well as Allrs),
All-Semi-State (1992)
(four
ird from St. Mary's High
lior year with 1,427 points,
reshman year, 21.8 in her ?
i 22.4 last season. Showmnding,
she has a career
entering her final season BrBBl
sanding shooter with great fk V
rd. It won't take her long
basketball with the leadready
has," Wilson said. I
s named to the All-Ohio H^JH . *
:ond consecutive year and W
II Player of the Year m
icutive seasor. ?
d about all three of these Jun|or shannon Johnson and
,e a welcomed addition to Johnson has led u,a team |n M
program next year," WilMorton,
Foster name
Staff Reports
South Carolina football players Larry "Boomer" Foster
and Reed Morton were named to the GTE Academic
All-District III Team.
Foster, a senior from Jonesboro, Ga., was named to
the Academic All-District Team for the third consecutive
year. Foster, an English major, has compiled a 3.413
grade point average during his career at Carolina. This
season Foster caught six passes for 79 yards and one
touchdown.
He has started 20 games at tight end, while catching
28 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns. Foster
is a four-year letterman and has appeared in 43 of
44 career games.
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the Lady Gamecocks have started the season 2-0.
orlng with an average of 17.5 points per game.
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Morton, a sophomore from Irmo, S.C., was a first
time selection and has achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point
average at Carolina. Morton has scored 58 points this
season on 10 of 13 field goals and 28 of 28 extra points.
He has been the starting placekicker the last two seasons,
and this season was named Jefferson Pilot Player
of the Game following his four field goal performance
against Vanderbilt.
To be eligible for the GTE Academic All-District EI
Team, a player must be a starter or key reserve and
have a cumulative 3.2 grade point average in the classroom.
District EI consists of Division I and I-AA schools
in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia.
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