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NANCY SALAMONSKY Staff Writer
The USC men's basketball team
earned its first SEC win Saturday with
a last-second tip-in shot to beat Georgia
60-59.
The win, the 1,000th in the program's
histoiy, came on a day when USCs recordsetting
1970 team, coached by the late
Frank McGuire, was honored.
The greatest Carolina basketball team
was recognized as part of the 25th anniversary
of the 1969-1970 season, one
that saw the Gamecocks post a 25-3
record overall and a perfect 14-0 in the
ACC. With spirits high, Gamecock fans
were in for a real battle on the court.
With seven seconds left on the clock,
The Gamecocks were down 59-58, and
after a series of time-outs, the ball was
put into play by the Gamecocks under
their basket. The plan was designed for
junior Malik Russell to drive and create
a play.
Russell drove to the lane and dished
to an open Ryan Stack. Stack went up
for a layup, but the Georgia defense
forced him to reverse it His shot missed;
senior forward Andy Bostick was there
for the tip, but he missed as well.
Finally, Russell tipped the ball in with
two seconds left to bring the 8,273 fans
in Frank McGuire Arena to their feet.
"When I saw the ball roll around the
rim and finally fall, it was a great feeling,"
Russell said. "It was great to get
the monkey off our back."
After the game, Russell was asked if
the ghost of Frank McGuire was sitting
on the rim of the basket and helped the
ball go in.
Jokingly, Russell replied, "I think I
saw him out of the corner of my eye."
After the shot fell and after being
touched by half of the team, coach Eddie
Fogler said, "I didn't care... We needed
one at home. We decided to play for
the last shot, win it at the buzzer."
The Gamecocks were led by freshman
guard Melvin Watson, who had 17
points.
"Melvin Watson is only going to get 1
better and better," Fogler said. "He is (
one of the better freshmen in the nation
because he is such a hard worker."
Other Gamecocks in double figures
included Russell with 14 points, senior
guard Carey Rich with 11 and Bostick '
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KIM TRUETT The Gamecoc
the Gamecocks' 60-59 victor
ve USC Its first SEC win.
dnst Claxton."
With a big win at home, USC noi
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RYAN WILSON Sports Editor
If the ghost of Frank
McGuire was present for the
USC men's basketball victory
Saturday over Georgia in
the arena named for him, St.
Peter forgot to tell him to stick
around for the women's game
Sunday against Georgia.
The Lady Bulldogs (16-1,
5-1) used a 55-point second
half to overwhelm the Lady
Gamecocks (8-9,1-6) 80-58 in
front of a crowd of 729.
"I thought our players
played extremely well and extremely
hard and did a
tremendous job on the boards
with the size difference," Lady
Gamecock coach Nancy
Wilson said.
The Lady Gamecocks
started off strong, playing aggressive
defense. That defense
forced three Georgia turnovers,
I which gave USC an 8-2 lead
five minutes into the game.
"We had intensity on our
defense," USC center Cindy
Kelly said. "We cut off penetration,
and we kept the ball
from going inside. That was
one of their strengths with
their post players."
The Lady Bulldogs an"
swered the early run by USC
with a 15-0 run in which the
Lady Gamecocks were held
I scoreless for more than seven
minutes. Kelly ended the
scoring drought by hitting two
free throws with 7:19 left in
J the half to cut the lead to five
* at 17-12.
y Georgia opened the lead
back to nine as the half wound
down, but the Lady Gamecocks
managed to mount an
other comeback. USC reeled
off six points in the last minute
of the half, courtesy of two
three-pointers from freshman
j Heather Godfrey.
The second Godfrey three
was created by guard Shannon
Johnson driving for the
? final shot of the half and pass>t
ing to Godfrey in the corner.
USC went into the locker room
down one at 25-24.
"That was an excellent decision
by Shannon, because
we were calling our down play
for her to go one on one," Wilson
said. "Georgia recognized
the play and pulled off of
Heather for the double team.
Shannon recognized that and
kicked it out for a wide-open
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Staff Reports
The USC men's and womei
and field teams finished seci
fourth, respectively, Monday at
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ty of Florida in Gainesville.
The Gamecock men broke tv
records, and the women surpas
The men added another NCA/
er to their list.
Sophomore Corey Bridges, a
ceiver on the Gamecock footbal
set a school record in the 55-me
at 6.27 and provisionally qual
the NCAA Championships Mar
in Indianapolis. Bridges place<
in the race.
The men ? Chris Swartz,
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Godfrey's two threes made
her the leading scorer for the
Lady Gamecocks in a half in
which both teams shot below
35 percent. The poor shooting
allowed for numerous rebound
opportunities.
Senior forward Jenny Randall,
who pulled down a ca-*
reer-high 11 boards, believed
USC was at an intensity level
she hadn't seen in recent
weeks.
"I think we were more focused
than we'd been lately,"
Randall said. "We came out
and played with a lot more
pride on our home court There
was a certain intensity in some
people's eyes that we hadn't
seen in a while. It's good to
have that feeling back. I think
we played a good game."
Wilson, who agreed that
the intensity level was high
for the Lady Gamecocks, said
her assistant coaches were
key in getting the team motivated.
"I would give credit to my
assistant coaches for motivating
them for this game,"
Wilson said. "They spent a lot
of time with them setting individual
goals, post goals and
perimeter goals."
The second half started at
the same slow pace of the first
half. At 17:18 left in the game,
USC senior Christ! Timmons
hit a three-pointer to tie the
game at 27, but the Lacfy
Gamecocks would never tie
or take the lead the rest of the
game.
USC kept the game within
six for the next eight minutes,
but poor shooting and
the Georgia height advantage
began to take their toll. The
UGA height advantage forced
the Lady Gamecocks to play
tight defense in the post, which
allowed the Lady Bulldogs'
perimeter players to shoot
from three-point range.
"They started to recognize
what we were giving them,"
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They've got some excellent
three-point shooters and took
advantage of that."
And take advantage they
did. Georgia was 5-8 from behind
the arc in the second
half, while USC could never
get anything going offensively.
The Lady Bulldogs, who scored
55 points in the second half,
kept a double-digit lead for
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weren't hanging their heads,
and thafs always a good sign
for a ball club. I think if we
play our last eight or nine
games with this kind of intensity,
we're going to be alright."
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take a break from their SEC
schedule tonight with a 7:30
game against the Lady Camels
of Campbell.
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