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JIMMY PeBUTTS Sports Editor t
The South Carolina men's basketball ?
team is 3-9 as the midpoint of the season
rapidly approaches.
USC's losing streak was stretched to .
five games on Saturday as Carolina was
dropped 91-59 by Alabama. Hie Gamecocks (
were held to under 60 points for the fourth 1
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The Crimson Tide struck early and nev- !
er looked back. Poor shooting once again
hurt the Gamecocks. Carolina shot 32.8
percent from the field, connecting on just
21 of 64 shots.
"We were never a factor in the ballgame," 1
USC Head Coach Eddie Fogler said. "It's
obvious that Alabama is an extremely good 1
team with a lot of great athletes."
South Carolina also struggled from the J
free throw line. As a team, the Gamecocks
hit just 11 of 24 shots. Alabama hit nine of
11 free throw attempts.
Alabama shot 57.8 percent from the field
and hit 8 of 24 three pointers. The Crimson
Tide was led by Eric Washington's 17 I
points and eight rebounds. Jason Caffey j
and Antonio McDyess also scored in double
figures for Alabama.
Caffey scored 14 points, while McDyess
chipped in 18 points and a game high of 1
nine rebounds. Alabama improved their
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o LSU. Godfrey finished with a careers
line.
oiled over by
season record to 11-3,2-1 SEC. The Crimson
Tide revenged last year's 82-66 loss to
;he Gamecocks in Columbia.
"That (82-66 loss) was the low point of
;he season for us," Alabama Head Coach
David Hobbs said. "We couldn't go any lowir
than that. That was a game most of us
"emembered."
Carolina was led by senior Andy Bostick
and freshman Melvin Watson who scored
13 points apiece. Senior Carey Rich added
11 points for USC.
The Gamecocks have been led by the
Iheir backcourt starters thus far. Rich leads
the team in scoring with a 13.6 average.
He also leads the team in steals and free
throw shooting.
Watson has been the only other Carina
player to consistently put up big numbers.
He currently leads the Gamecocks
with 40 assists and is the only other USC
player averaging double figures in scoring.
He is averaging 12.1 points per contest.
Malik Russell is averaging 9.8 points
per game and is starting to play big inside.
He scored a team high 18 points in the
Gamecocks' loss to Kentucky and scored in
double figures against the College of
Charleston, South Carolina State, Providence
and MississiDni State.
Russell leads the team in rebounding,
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RYAN WILSON Sports Editor
In most cases, basketball games are played
with five players on each team, but the visiting ^
Lady Tigers of Louisiana State needed j ust two g Q
players to beat the Lady Gamecocks 90-78 Sat- y,
urday before a crowd of 1,014 at Frank McGuire jgJ
Arena. .
LSU's Cornelia Gayden, the SEC's leading ^
scorer, finished with a career-high 46 points, f '
while teammate Katina Smith scored 17 in the ^
win.
"LSU got a temendous game out of Gayden," ^
USC coach Nancy Wilson said. "They also got a t
great individual performance from 40 (Smith) ^
and their point guard played well in the second ,
half."
The game started with LSU (4-9,1-3) scoring
the first four points, but a Natalie Funderburk
three-pointer gave the Lady Gamecocks (76,1-4)
a 5-4 lead at 18:09 left in the half. g?
LSU answered with a 6-0 run, but USC came gc
back and tied the game at 12 with 12:30 left in ^
the half on a three by freshman Heather God- ^
frey. Godfrey tied the game at 17 on another ^
three, but LSU answered with a three by Gayden
with 10 minutes left in the half. gl
The next three minutes saw the Lady Game- j g
cocks go on an 8-2 run, but the Lady Tigers capitalized
at the free-throw line and managed to ^
tie the game at 25. LSU started to gain some momen
with six minutes left in the half, but back^
to-back three-pointers from USC freshman Au- ,
drey Ramsey gave USC a 33-29 lead, the Game- ^
_ J cocks' large?* lead of the game. ^
?ck Just like every earlier Carolina run, LSU had ^
In an answer. The Lady Tigers went on an 11-0 run,
ilgh started by a Gayden trey, during which Caroli- ^
Tide, drop fifth
pulling down seven a game. Newcomers HlTTi?'
Ryan Stack and William Unseld also began
to show their potential. Stack currently
leads the team with eight blocked shots. Ml
He is chipping in 6.7 points per game com- BosftCk 31
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South Carolina's upcoming schedule
does not give them any time to regroup.
They host Florida on J an. 18 at 7:80 and
defending national champions Arkansas It
on Jan. 21 at 1:00, the game will be televised
by Jefferson Pilot. W,
On Jan. 26 the Gamecocks take on Westem
Carolina at the Carolina Coliseum. After
their game against the Catamounts,
South Carolina will play seven consecutive . . .
SEC games. Alabam
Lack of depth has once again hurt Coach
Fogleris team. With only nine players dress- test. As a
ing out, the burden to execute falls on the ing poorly,
upperclassmen. Rich, Russell and Bostick percent of
must lead the team if the Gamecocks are their opp<
to improve. It does
Bostick has had a four point drop in his stripe for
scoring average from last season. In 1993- are makir
94 Bostick put in 13.5 points per game, this nents are
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ig a three-pointer, but USC's Shannon Johi
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3C its last lead of the game, 47-46, with 17:c
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it, Heather was the one who could keep us
le game from outside."
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le has begun to adjust to playing at the colle
vel.
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lis level," Godfrey said. "The first few non-SI
imes of the season helped a lot."
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le next five minutes, which ultimately finish
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ly "I thought we kept it within range, but we
tg needed to recognize they were ready to play,"
le Wilson said. "We didn't answer their competetiveness."
t- With Johnson out, USC went to Cindy Keli
lv. who auietlv scored 22 points, in the post po
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portunities.
in Wilson said USC had the advantage in the
post, and that with Johnson out, Kelly is the person
to go to.
"I felt we were stronger in the post," Wilson
* said, "and when Shannon went out, we had to
got to Cindy, especially since our outside people
were off."
With 5:04 left, Ramsey hit a three to get Carolina
to seven at 79-72, but the Lady Gamecocks
f could get no closer. Johnson returned from the
locker room with 4:00 left, but by then the game
rJ was out of reach. LSU got its biggest lead, 15
points, with 20 seconds left. Christi Timmons hit
a three-pointer to end the scoring,
il- "We are really disappointed," USC junior
)n guard Natalie Funderburk said. "We feel we
nt should have won this game. It gets frustrating
in as a player in a loss because you wonder if you
could have done more."
,es Overall, the key to the game was LSU's 49Se
34 rebounding advantage, 21 of which were on
the offensive end.
at "It (rebounding) won the game," Wilson. "You
can't help a night when you're not shooting well.
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^ The Lady Gamecocks' next game is Wednesn6
day against East Tennessee State. The game,
)m scheduled to start at 5 p.m., is the front end of a
29 home doubleheader with the men playing Florida
at 7:30 p.m.
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