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GHB i I S?J||j *,>' \r' nlor center Cindy Kelly drives t -67 victory over East Tennest idlng scorer, finished with 17 | fohnson le iamecockf AN WilSON Sports Editor The Lady Gamecocks used a big seci half run to finish off a Lady Bucmeer team from East Tennnessee ite, 81-67, Wednesday afternoon at ink McGnire Arena. Carolina (8-6,1-4) once again got a night from junior guard Shannon nson, who finished with 28, while jur center Cindy Kelly put together a d performance in the post, finishing h 17. All together, the Lady GameIts had four players in double digits h seniors Jenny Randall and Christi imons scoring 15 and 10 points, rectively. The Lady Gamecocks, usually known the outside threat they pose, scored rt of their baskets on back-door passnd posting up the smaller Lady Bucs 3). According to Kelly, Carolina had erred to stick with the outside game, ETSLTs quickness on defense made scessary to go for points in the paint. "Our main plan was to stay outside move around the perimeter, but they e quick and were covering our shoottightly," Kelly said. Head coach Nancy Wilson agreed , along with ETSITs quickness, the [ht advantage the Lady Gamecocks was another reason to stay inside. 'We knew we had the height adage in the post," Wilson said "Cindy lr second leading scorer and has it shooting touch inside and outside, t Tennessee also played our threet shooters tight, and we were afraid toil* ni\7A " 1^11 UC1C1WIYC \^U1V.IUIC0O. rhe first half started off low scoring i both teams shooting poorly. Cara scored the first four points of the s before the Lady Bucs tied the game ur with 17:15 left in the half, "he Lady Gamecocks pulled away managed to keep the game at four 1 the halfway point of the first perilast Tennessee went on a 11-4 run the next three minutes and man1 to take the lead with 6:53 left in lalf. Vith 4:54 left in the half, Carolina's V RanHall tioH tVio rroma at 9fi untVi ee pointer. The Lady Bucs answered a three of their own by Amy Engel. >ORTSOOK FL NEW YORK (AP) - William "Reigerator^ Peny, Chris Doleman, Pierce olt, Desmond Howard and Steve Beuerin were among the players left avail)le in the NFL expansion draft for arolina and Jacksonville. Except for San Diego and San Franico, teams were required to turn over < names each for the expansion pool, re Chargers and 49ers will add their ayers after the Super Bowl. No team will lose more than three ayers in the draft, and once a team 3es a player, it can withdraw one of i unprotected players. Jacksonville id Carolina must draft at least 30 ayers but no more than 42. NEW YORK (AP)?San Diego's Stan amphries, who threw two 43-yard achdown passes in the second half of e Chargers' 17-13 victory over Pitts Ijllfl HUB ttO|L J|h 1 ?: : * * , ROBERT WERTZ The Gamecock o the basket In the Lady Gamecocks tee State. Kelly, Carolina's second ?olnts on the night. ladsLady 3 past ETSU After two ETSU possessions came up empty, a Cindy Kelly basket gave Carolina a 32-31 lead with 2:41 left in the half. Overall, the Lady Bucs were held scoreless for the last 3:40 of the half, while Carolina reeled off a 15-5 run in the last seven minutes of the half, finishing ahead 36-31. Carolina started the second half cold, and the Lady Bucs scored the first seven points of the half, taking a 38-36 lead with 17:53 left in the game. Shannon Johnson got the lead back with a three ?:?4. l i.1 rv\ "i y i mi jjuiiiter less man ?M seconas laier. i ne next five minutes saw each team trade one and two point leads with each team improving their shooting, but-ETSU went cold and the Lady Gamecocks capitalized. Carolina exploded with a 14-0 run over the next five minutes, with a trey by ETSU ending the run with a 64-53 Carolina lead with 6:51 left in the game. The Lady Bucs struggled back, but could not get any closer than eight at 73-65 with 2:22 left. The Lady Gamecock scored the final eight points of the game, all from the foul line, finishing with a 81-67 final. Carolina's returns to its SEC schedllln urlfk a vuv tvavia u a uuu gcuiic; at xnauoiiia UU11" day, Jan. 21. Tip-off is at 2:00 p. m. vnxsMMmm ETSU MP FG FT Rbs A F Pts Blocker .3.2,.... McCiii 29 3-7 4-4 8 2 3 10 gpGWe& JJiLjHL 0. LXr Q,v, Jones: 1 mHHa^npEPH use MP FG FT Rbs A F Pts Johnson 3$f:> <M7 9-13 5 6 3 28 Phdrbuiric 36 3-5 2-2 7 6 1 8 Ktfty 1 Tunmons38 4:.i|r.lL,wl 4 .1 10, ETSU 31 36 67 USC 36 45 81 - burgh in the AFC title game, is the NFL offensive player of the week. San Francisco cornerback Erie Davis and kicker Doug Brien also were honored. College Football ' FORT COLONS, Colo. (AP) ? Colorado State coach Sonny Lubick has withdrawn from consideration for the coaching job at Miami. Lubick, 57, was widely considered the front-runner to replace Dennis Erickson, who left for the Seattle Seahawks. Lubick spent four seasons as Erickson's defensive coordinator before taking the Colorado State job in 1993. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? Mississippi has appealed NCAA sanctions that reduced scholarships from 25 to 13 and paid recruiting visits from 56 to 40 over the next two years. Ole Miss is not challenging a ban on postseason bowl games Gamecock! DeClercq, Hill too much for undermanned Gamecocks. JIMMY DeBUTTS Sports Editor The play of Florida's big men proved to be too much for South Carolina's men's basketball as they dropped the Gamecocks 71-59 at Frank McGuire Arena Wednesday night. "Their big people dominated our big people," said Eddie Fogler, USC head coach. The combination of seniors Demetri Hill and Andrew DeClercq overwhelmed Carolina in the paint. Hill finished as the game's high scorer with 21 points, connecting on nine of 10 shots from the field. DeClercq finished with seven points and pulled down a game high 11 rebounds. The Gamecocks held tight in the first half. With 2:58 left in the first half. Flori da lead 32-28. The Gators proceeded to go on a 12-2 run and took a 44-30 lead into halftime. Carolina opened up the second half with a 13-4 run, but Florida held the Gamecocks off and ran off a 18-4 run of their own. Clayton Bates added 14 big points for the Gators. The junior guard had a career game, coming into the contest he had only scored 16 points all season. Fogler said his staff prepared his team for the Gators outside attack but were unable to stifle the Gator shooters, who nailed six of 17 three pointers in the game. Bates was four of nine from past the three-point line. Florida ^ MP FG FT Rbs A F Pts /11f ZOn waims 20 m o-o 2 LLJt llRllii J.&m 1 il $W%? use MP FG FT Rbs A F Pts mmw z-m i-2 -4' o o 12 Rusself 36' 1-7 ?2 4 0 42 mmmmmmmmsmmmmmmm Rich. 34 3-8 .0-2 3 3 0 10 Honda 44 27 71 USC 30 29 59 FVinderburk H \ **^:M \s >>_ iMJtfb !# a ROBEI Junior point guard Natalie Funderbi play In the her teammates' shadow.! rather be remembered for her devotl< in 1995 and 1996 and television in 1995. Baseball NEW YORK (AP) ? Oil Can Boyd, I eager to prove he can still pitch at age 35, has agreed to join the Chicago White I Sox and play despite the strike. 1 "Boyd, 78-77 in his 10-year career with ] Boston, Montreal and Texas, has not 1 pitched in the majors since 1991. The ( right-hander spent last year in the in- ] dependent Northern League with Sioux l City and was 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA be- t fore his season was cut short by a blood c clot in his shoulder. { NEW YORK (AP) ? Dave Kingman t and Rod Carew were the biggest winners in the second award of collusion I damages, which totaled $9,708,756. Kingman was awarded $829,850 | by arbitrator Thomas Roberts for 1987 I and Carew $782,036 for 1986, accord- I ? s get overp( "We told our team that Clayton Bate was a good shooter," he said. "I don1 know if they believed it." The Gameocks continued to shoo poorly. As a team they shot just 38.6 pei cent from the field. Fogler was not please with his teams shots against the Gators "Our shot selection was pathetic, Fogler said. Carolina shot better from past th< three point line. As a team they shot 41 percent from past the arch. Andy Bo stick, Carey Rich, Ryan Stack and Shawi Wingate all hit two three pointers Wingate's six points tripled his previous scoring for the season. TUrt n 1 1 _ J . r>- .u j. iic vj-tuiiewjeivs weie leu uy DOSllCK.! 12 points. He opened the game with th< first five points for Carolina. Melvin Wat son, Rich and Stack each finished wit! 10 points for USC. Florida was unable to pull away fron South Carolina until they got big plaj from inside the paint. Hill and DeCler cq's play inside opened up the outsidf for Bates and Dan Cross to hit from outside. Cross finished with 16 points, sh points and four rebounds. The Gators outrebounded the Gamecocks 39-27. Carolina was able to remain close by grabbing 12 offensive rebounds and forcing 18 turnovers. Another advantage Florida had was free throws. The Gators hit 11 of 13 from the charity stripe, while the Gamecocks hit only six of 12. Foder said his team has "Inst all nnn. fidence," and he does not know how to fix the situation because he has never been in one like this before. "We're going to keep working hard," he said. "We could play very well and not win this game." The Gators substituted early and often in the game, while Fogler was forced to play just seven players most of the game. Carolina has nine players dressed out, with Malik Russell, Rich and Watson all playing over 30 minutes. South Carolina got 23 points from their bench, while Florida got just 24. Carolina's outside game was working, but to improve they need to balance their scoring with an inside game. Russell played 36 minutes but scored only two points on one of seven shooting from the field. Peter Van Elswyk attemped three shots, missing all three including plays for th( BHH|| RYAN WiLSOM Someone oi spotlight rathi tpoint guard N HP burk has leame ever expected || >/ : ^^H role for the Li I basketball tea] f ~B When looki] 1 J box score agai i thing becomes ks M derburkispro \ Wilson's startii man anyone en JWith eight point six assists and du-a According t< v * native of nearb] * perfectly happy 1 mates bask m "As a point, provide leadersh Funderburk s JU make sure wha rr wertz The Gamecock wants done ou irk has learned to and I am inch She says she would n..i _ *. j - mai it gets aone mi to th? team. to be a scorer." ing to the Jan. 10 decision by Roberts, which was obtained by The Associated Press. College Basketball I Connecticut replaced Tennessee at the top of The Associated Press women's Doll, one day after beating the Lady Vote 77-66 in Storrs, Conn. Connecticut (13-0) received all 31 first- I elace votes from the media panel. Tenlessee (16-1), which went to No. 2, had | )een a unanimous No. 1 in the previ>us eight regular-season polls and the i jreseason poll. i North Carolina was third, followed ] >y Louisiana l ecn ana staniord. i 4BA i | NEW YORK (AP) ? Detroit's Grant 1 fill, Milwaukee's Glenn Robinson and 1 )allas' Jason Kidd are among 16 play- 1 jwered by F s umn t J 1 ^r* ^B IB ^ Iwls -**" ***$ ** mm B " tf f*B.j HpSBmmv -'^EH Ryan Stack-battles for the ball Florida In Frank McGulre Arena W? ter finished with 10 points In the k two from three-point land. One sign for the future has been the emergence of Ryan Stack. Stack hit four of five shots, including two of two from past the three-point line. He scored 10 points in 24 minutes and blocked one shot. irieam, thrill I Sports Editor White attending Ca nee said you can High, s^e averaged 19.2 n being near the a game with 7.5 assis er than being in SP 6- Her efforts garnered case, then junior and Smith Honorable Mi fatalie Funder- All-America and Gatoi . j ii v SonfVi flnmlmn Hic4i Q/?Vw ;u mure uian sne " *&" to in a starting ketba11 Player of the ye? idy Gamecocks culminated with a place i n Lady Gamecock squad, ig at last night's j "Jtwas.always a dre nst ETSU, one" ^CtlBCto play at Carolina 5 obvious: Fun- 33 a ^ " Fmideiburi bably the most ^ 8rew UP a Gamecock fai in coach Nancy my parents are big fans.' ig five.She's not ^ a college spa line like Shan- two and a half years, sh ind she doesn't scored 219 P?ints while 1 mmons's range, bounds. (Compare that wi ed with the size low j3 01" Shannon Johr ill or Cindy Kel- 1>193 P?ints 311(1345 reb( les the ball more in the same sPan)-She b se. She finished cePted the fact that her i is seven boards sive numbers won't earn fdSak place-in the USC record t > Funderburk, a feels she can t / Camden, she's numbered for much mor letting her team- bke to be remember the spotlight. a team Player who P1^ guard I have to and gave her best," Funde ip on the court," said- "*love the competitio: aid. "I have to tbe togetherness of the t t Coach Wilson everybody working towa t on the court, arge in seeing Off the court, Funder . Its not my role is a history education majo: has aspirations of being a ers selected for the NBA rookie game in< during All-Star weekend. Hill will play pit only if he isn't selected as an All-Star. Be Mi NEW YORK (AP) ? Charlotte forward Larry Johnson, who averaged ale 23.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.3 as- an sists in three victories last week, was J? selected the NBA player of the week, ca we Boxing egi Ja CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) ? Cus DAmato, who rescued Floyd Patterson Nh and Mike Tyson from hard times and developed both into heavyweight cham- < pions, will be enshrined in the Inter- Ch national Boxing Hall of Fame on June Se II. del Joining DAmato, who died in 1985, the n the sixth induction class are long- fin ;ime super bantamweight champion as Yilfredo Gomez and flyweight champ gai Masahiko Harada. Also scheduled for c, r uiiueruurK. saia. one s some-ed as body you want to go out for and : hard do good for. You want to give it rburk your best." n and Funderburk understands ;eam, that her name might not be first rds a in the box scores, but she knows that there isn't a category in the burk box score to underscore what r who she contributes to Lady Gamehigh cock basketball. ? iuction are former heavyweight cham)n Max Baer, lightweight champion ib Montgomery and referee Arthur ercante. Baer was selected as an old-timer ing with Jack Dillon, Johnny Kilbane d Jack McAuliffe. Tom Johnson and m Ward were selected in the pioneer tegory and D'Amato and Mercante ire joined in the non-participant cat)iy by Gilbert Odd, George Siler and ck Solomons. IL QUEBEC (AP) ? Quebec left wing ris Simon, suspended indefinitely in ptember for a stick-swinging inciit, was cleared by the NHL to open 5 season. Simon had been fined $500 e and missed five exhibition games a result of his actions in a Sept. 17 ne against Ottawa. ROBERT WERTZ The Gamecock In the Gamecocks 71-59 loss tc xlnesday night. The fireshmah cen ss. Wfllk-on Wincratp nrnv?^ ho rmilr play and hit a couple of three pointers. He also is a scrappy defensive player. The Gamecocks return to action Saturday against the defending National Champions Arkansas. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. of the game mden school teacher and coach. She points also enjoys playing tennis and ts per watching TV. She insists she is Street no different than any other 20ention year-old college student. ade's WI like to go out with my )1 Bas- boyfriend and be with my ir and friends...normal stuff," FunDn the derburk said. While on the court, she ream of alizes.tshe .will not play perfect i even every gam'e and keeps a posii said, tive attitude after off-nights. [i, and "The best thing to do is try to forget about it because you nning know you have another one come has ing up." Funderburk said. "Dont 34 re- dwell on it, learn from it, and th fel- pick up and go on." ison's Funderburk also said she junds believes head coach Nancy Wilas ac- son is one of Carolina's biggest offen- assets, and her play reflects the her a respect she has for Wilson. )ooks, 'She such a good person, and >e re- you know sheJs going to be fair," "O. J 1 1 . * 1 ur% l ?