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? USC tries to repeat history against 'Cat Upset-minded Gamecocks face No. 6 Kentucky tonight in Lexington JIMMY PeBUTTS Sports Editor Hie USC men's basketball team will have a rematch again the Kentucky Wildcats at 7:30 tonight at Rupp Arena in Le ington. The Gamecocks (5-11,1-6) suffered an 80-55 loss to tl Wildcats when the two teams squared off Jan. 7 at the Co seum. USC currently is riding a two-game winning strea Carolina is looking for its first road win of the season. US is 0-4 on the road, including three SEC losses. The Gam cocks earned their first SEC win of the season Saturda downing Georgia 60-59. USC got its biggest win during Eddie Fogler's brief tenu as coach against Kentucky last season. Carolina's last gan of the 1993-94 regular season came down to the final two S onds, when Emmitt Hall layed the ball in to give the Gam cocks a huge upset win against the No. 7 Wildcats. This year's Gamecock team will have to get substanti play from the backcourt tandem of senior Carey Rich ai freshman Melvin Watson. The duo combines to average mo than 25 points per game. Watson also leads the team wi 65 assists and 23 steals. Senior Andy Bostick has begun to break out. He had be* averaging less than 10 points a game for most of the seasc but with 17 points against Tennessee, 13 against Alabam 14 against Florida and 24 against Arkansas, the Florence n tive has increased his scoring average to 11.6. Malik Russell also has stepped up his play since the Gam cocks began SEC play this season. He scored a team-high : points,in USC's first meeting against Kentucky. Russell the leading rebounder for the Gamecocks, pulling down se en boards a game. Bostick is second on the team in reboun with 5.1 a game. Combined with the play of freshman Ryan Stack, US has been giving fits to the opposition in the paint. Stack lea the team with 15 blocks and has 10 steals. Russell has ni] blocks and 17 steals. As a team, the Gamecocks continue to shoot poorly. US is averaging 40 percent from the field and 59 percent fro the free- throw line. Carolina's opponents are hitting a r spectable 47 percent from the field and 70 percent from tl free-throw line. With standouts such as Tony Delk, Rodrick Rhodes ai Jared Prickett to contend with, USC will have to shoot w< It's tim F I N 830 HARDEN SI $3^^1 i ?or mor Good only with incomin |^83tf%arde|^feee(;l^ 1 coi^kmj pise vwt * expires 2 Th? Qaiwcock 5 kJBI ; gljflj I Wk ist ^ ??? VHi |h^r^ ii jfp^ ' fl e- * ' ?< > is k J ? * 311 I I 3 i ?\ .r _ x ^1 ' s ^?s > * a dg KIM TRUETT The Gamecock ne Ryan Stack and the Gamecocks will try to extend their wlnnnlng streak to three games tonight at ^ Kentucky. , m and not allow the Wildcats to get second-chance points with offensive rebounds. Kentucky is a deep team with talented players at every position. Look for Fogler to get his starters as much rest as possilcj ble tonight. USC's players will have to be fresh in the second jjl half for the Gamecocks to have a shot to win. Oops! ,.,.1 > e for a trip to Tripp' [REST FIVE POINTS S m mm ^ mm mm mm mm me otm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm ^ m f'f jj $500 b>rder of 1 ! ' on any dry cleaih 1 J $20.00 pr g order , | ( vVr . Good only with in< ^73?i:||||| j ^ S30 Harden Street yjS/95 v j 1 coupons per vMt *< t BS Wednesday, February 1, 1995 All-American' at USC, sets s; RYAN WKSON Sports Editor | One of the unwritten laws of college | athletics is that incoming freshmen 3hould get used to going last, cleaning the locker room and basically not con tributing anything to the team above things of a janitorial nature. Well, USC sophomore swimmer Jay | Telford was in that position last year, i but he didn't let the title of lowly fresh- I man get to him. He simply became one | of the best distance freestylers in the jf nation, garnering All-American honors in the mile. Telford, a native of Corbett, Ore., g barely acheived All-American status, ^ but he admits it was one of the most exciting times of his life. "It was pretty exciting, because I made it in by the skin of my teeth," Telford said. "When I made Ail-American, I swam in the morning heat, and I 3 had to watch the final. I just sat there *r and crossed my fingers, hoping that one F1 guy would not beat me, and when luck- C< ily nobody did, I just dropped to my knees." ec Telford's All-American status makes him one of the top contenders for the 80 SEC Championship, and he realizes he ^ has to bear the weight of being a team a( leader. sc "The coaches have said that Tm pret- I( ty much the leader of the distance group," Telford said. "I have to have to the atti- sa tude that I want to work. Sometimes if s ^ hard because you'll have a bad day, but ^ you can't let it show through. ar "If the kids who aren't as good as you SB see you slack off, then they think if s alright, and the whole team gets in a rut. El As far as being a team leader, if s not y? that much pressure because I have al- eil ways had to be leader. It's just some- at iViincr T Viava ornttpn iisaH tn " Of 1>""? , Telford also has gotten used to be- 10 ing far from home. He said it wasn't originally his intention to come to an East ln P> ft h ft k I J s. 154-7878 w* P | mm mm mm mm I Ojjl moire^vv' coming order ^ 254-7373;l^':... !Xpi*e# m$m wj Pelford plays ights on Otyn *s * ^ 3*. Sophomore Jay Telford earned Al eestyle last season. Telford and t Iday when they face Virginia Tech i last school, but after visiting USC, he n lew there was nowhere else he want- p I to go. c "When I first started looking at hools, I was looking at the Big Ten and li ie PAC 10," Telford said. "When I de- a led I didn't want to go to an East Coast hool, Clemson called, and I told them '1 iidn't want to go to the East Coast, g "But when South Carolina called, I t iid, What the heck, Fll give it a shot.' li hen I came down here, it just felt more t ce home. It was a college with the city c ound it, rather than a big city with a t nail college in it. o Telford was invited to join the U.S. lite Distance Swimming Team last v tar. The team, comprised of the top e ght swimmers in the nation, trained v the Olympic Training Facility in Colado Springs, Colo., but Telford opted * return to USC for summer school. I "My biggest achievement was com- v g back here for summer school and 35 (pronounced wick ??2 "What Can I Do With A Major m Wednesday, I 33 3:00-4:1 ^ 151 Gantbi ^ Open to ali i jimj WCIDWAMI's are brought toyou fc ggj and Social Sciences ond ^5 Persons needing special assist* Sally Rowell at 7 palu campus Ministry BODY & SOUL "Taize, France and Iona, Scotland: A Mini-Tout" Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Sunday 5:30pm Worship & Dinner Partnership Among Lutherans & Methodists 728 Pickens Street 799-7363 Heart to Heart "Beach Night" Special guest: Christy Brooks Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION & 700 Pickens Street * 799-3854 St. Thomas More C Mass Sunday 11am, 6 pm; IS Rev. 1610 Greene Street 799-5870 (a Canterbury The .Episcopal Chij MONDAY NIGHT 1115 Ref. Rich Bteg?r CI The Episcopal C||||i ?J many roles lpic games l-Amerlcan status In tha 1650 ha Gamacocks raturn to action at 1 p.m. aaking over 3.0," Telford said. "I by lassed the Olympic training camp to ome back for school." Telford has many goals he would ike to accomplish at USC, but over11 he has his sights set on Atlanta. "I have always wanted to go to the )6 Olympics," Telford said. "I have ;ot my work cut out for me as far as hat goes. For this season, I would ike to be one of the top swimmers in he mile in the NCAA and the SEC hamp. I'd like to be known as one of he best distance people in South Carlina history." Telford knows it will take hard fork to accomplish his goals. Howver, he said he has the attitude and fork ethic to overcome any obstacles. "I'm not one for quitting," he said. I don't like to quit. I don't like to lose, josing is something I don't look forfard to doing." 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