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Sports Iook BASKETBALL with itals HOUSTON?Vemon Maxwell, the nesc suspended guard of the Houston Rock- behr ets, has filed a federal lawsuit, claim- Detr ing the fan he punched slandered poin him. Maxwell mea tne suit in nous- ten ton, contending Steve George and his brother, Nick George, slandered PAE him by "maliciously accusing him of yeai a crime, namely assault." rani Maxwell was suspended for 10 Mali games and fined $20,000 for going her ] into the stands to punch Steve George over of Atlanta on Feb. 6 in Portland, er. Maxwell said George shouted racial ? and sexual insults about his family, ceivi BASEBALL ME] char NEW YORK?Baseball's expansion der 1 committee talked about the possi- St. J bility of adding two teams to one J league instead of adding one team to B each to the American and National matt leagues. Jarr No formal decisions were made during a conference call that lasted MIL about one hour, and the committee Micl will hold another conference call next niko1 Wednesday. to th Committee chairman John Har- Timi rington said adding one team to each 7 Ja: league would necessitate interleague Con play in order to be able to schedule roun a game for each team eveiy day. Currently there are 14 teams in each OKI league. Bren nam BOSTON ? Mike Easier, who did play not wa$t to work with replacement es al players who make more money than I he does, was dropped as hitting in- Whil structor of the Boston Red Sox. and General manager Dan Duquette advt said the team made the move after Easier indicated he wouldn't work AUT without a raise in the salaiy he signed for three months ago. DAT T uarr HOCKEY first Day PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Pittsburgh Dali Penguins defenseman Larry Mur- Rob phy moved past Bobby Orr into fifth hav place in NHL career points among defensemen with a first-period as- DAI sist in a 5-3 victory over Boston. Wal Murphy has 222 goals and 694 for I assists for 916 points in 1,115 games spec DS? LD I s\ FC "MX ?*vw??? \y,\<?w Q. TfiuhiUo JxrmV I J- r\ 4 ipzz. ?&5 0^au^JL-2,0(VU>A yU*J&~-&niKXA Oo^oJU* A /J A %t?&. J* J~" JW feA^e- i&UU> KzjU^ k!\/3U.I../I -,.. A++r7$A -^LslKz^ (%^jj iCeJLbsGik^ i '\krtfeu2qu \LwhpoJ'0 ??&. ^ 'm< y^sLaW^ ^1>i^j ??bl/U 1 fceJ^LsAsL /icVUbtit" / L '!.> >? the Penguins, Washington Cap?, Los Angeles Kings and Min?ta North Stars. He is 42 points nd Lany Robinson, who is fourth, oitfs Paul Coffey leads with 1,290 ts. NIS IIS ? Martina Hingis, the 14 -old sensation who is already led No. 68, defeated Katerina 4. D? i.: scvtt at tnc r aixs v/peii, mailing French pro debut with a victory the world's 30th-ranked playJteffi Graf and Mary Pierce reid first-round byes. MPHIS, Tenn. ? Defending apion Todd Martin beat AlexanMronz in the second round at the ude Indoor. *>. 7 seed Andrei Chesnokov lost rett Steven in a second-round :h, and Brad Gilbert and Anders yd won in the first round. /AN, Italy ? Fourth-seeded lael Stich, No. 5 Yevgeny Kafelv and No. 6 Petr Korda advanced le second round of the Mnratti 2 indoor tournament, while No. son Stoltenberg and No. 8 Alex 'etja were ousted in the first id. iAHOMA CITY ? Top-seeded da Schultz, a finalist in this tourent last year, was among the ers winning first-round matcht the IGA Tennis Classic. *o. 2 Amy Frazier, No. 7 Tami lingavJones, No. 6 Nicole Bradtke No. 9 Elena Likhovtseva also meed. 0 RACING fTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale ett posted the fastest time in the round of qualifying for Sunday's tona 500 with a speed of 193.494. e Earnhardt, Sterling Marlin, ert Pressley and Terry Labonte e the next four fastest times. TONA BEACH, Fla. ? Michael trip captured the No. 1 position Saturday's Goody's 300 with a (d of 185.326 mph. SUPI (AY B )R PRESIDE (/iT^ ? 7do~^-?^~ j j/ ^u<. jGi^^a/n~ /7 3>adH*tAr~>^ .-j* - fe&- ' i ( ./ .;. --> , zAxg Maya*. J/iGAalu "4 < 3micji?L ? : LIujCL I SkiM^ MwlW) ^ ; g|~ i OCWktou WE V The Gamecock ^ Tigers, W ROBBIE MEEK Staff Writer The USC Men's Basketball team 1 a nail-biter Wednesday night, 80-78 SEC foe Auburn. The game was plaj in front of a crowd of 6,387 rowdy h in Frank McGuire Arena. The Auburn Tigers came into t game 12-8 overall and 5-6 in the c< ference. The Tigers have beaten si ranked teams as No. 4 Arkansas. 1 23 Florida, and No. 21 Mississippi St during the course of this season. The Gamecocks entered 3-8 in 1 conference and 7-13 overall. "They've got a very nice team," s Coach Eddie Fogler. "Auburn is for al, they're very good." The Gamecocks opened the game a 8-0 run. The run included two tn by Carey Rich and Andy Bostick, spectively. After a Melvin Watson trey, w 14:23 in the half, Carolina had a 1 lead. The Gamecocks were seven of from three-point land, in the first h Auburn then went on a 9-3 run, i at the 9:46 mark, USC held a 21-19 le Hie run included two Tiger treys. Aubi was 6-15 from the three-point line the first half. The two teams then exchanged fc kets until the 3:19 mark when the Gaj cocks went on a 10-2 scoring streal end the half. The first half ended with Carol i. art n a m n 1__ i in ironi o /-csi. ine u-amecocus snoi percent from the floor and the Tig shot 48 percent. The Gamecocks and Tigers came of the locker room exchanging bask With 16:53 left Peter Van Elswyk see on a layup to give USC a 45-39 k Then the game went downhill the Gamecocks. Auburn went on a USC softball Staff Reports The USC softball traveled to Furma University and split the first two game of the season. The Lady Gamecocks were defeate in the first game, 3-1. The losing pitcl er was Darlene Gareis. She threw si innings, with five hits, three runs, tv walks and three strikeouts. Tina Plew, Trinity Johnson and Di >ORT lOHAi ; NT TO DAY. i/kbw &**?.?* -< Jrm^LS tptUi.rpA ^^ytcLj)^ CJutsiuA. & TTKTZ? fl, (_. Fu/nr? ? ^3U^-S' o^tvuQOc // ., / /L<r-?7T^ %wi (net ^j Co ' kx-Uccn CasrAXAfTL,^ (tef(L ft ffouxJik. HqK- uJjif 7^5*~V)^rccZ?G5 -ffltklrvu HTUJi '-t^Wm^-ch,?" / ilj/ "UStvW' 'Hi^is willi^MS * IJ\f5Sij La.^A?^oo lA^ci^ ftp4' fiMJLcy, Cu/YukjUj_ aL*,TZjj. k^m.d^ Sort -r*?ufo r ijuuujjcr^ /*w i Jdnvk fl\iAWv. 'p?T* HP Civufibut Ci (W Witfmnk. dWdi-aS VILLI S Thur?dayy February^ eems too n? 5 run. The run was sparked by a Moocfcie ost Norris trey. At the 12-23 mark Auburn ! t? led by one, 51-50. At the 11:57 mark Auburn started ins its assault on the Gamecocks Lance ;he Weems sparked the Tigers with his forth 3r|" trey. Weems had five treys in seven atr LCh sjo tempts. He was Auburn's leading scorate er with 18 points. "I shot a lot better," said Weems. Tve been in a bit of a slump here lateaj^ ly. I really got my confidence back last re- game when I made a big three. I think I really found it tonight." In the next 12 minutes Auburn held eys re_ a lead of 10 or more three different times. The Tigers held a 79-68 lead at the 1:22 mark. 4-2 ^ The Gamecocks then started their alf. come back. The comeback began with md a Bostick layup. Bostick finished with ^ 21 points and 12 rebounds, am jn "Bostick was really good here tonight," said Fogler. He was all over the place iaSr for us. Thaf s one of his better efforts." Time ran out on the Carolina comeL tO back despite a 10-1 run. ina The Gamecocks shot 49 percent from ^ the field and 42 percent froiff the threeerS point line. The Tigers shot 52 percent out from the floor and 44 percent from the ets- three-point line. )red The Gamecocks next contest is against for Vanderbilt Saturday at 7:30 pm. in the 12- Frank McGuire Arena. A Hi J team spnts two bie Parker each had a hit in the game, t] n with Plew and Johnson scoring. USC o ? scored in the fourth and sixth innings, but the Lady Paladians put up three F runs in the bottom of the fourth that ti proved to be the difference. a lx The Lady Gamecocks then rebounded to win the second game 3-0. Johnson ii g_ picked up her first victory of the year, fc Johnson threw seven innings, giving up b b/DL l!^ fafc) "P S<Ul?1$l*ne^ ^ y*ir p farKcutio jHy M,&uJ r G^cpuXt'?2^? A^bujrUx -jGuAJtivL , TKouutL' tr" ^3*', P<\J ^S^je-? -t-J- <VmnCJlV<. fc^cojtA " ?\ ?VWm N^N/JLW. >?4? C?yfJ< ^OMAJUl ///*Y^t (fyCMt?~+ V }LLm< i^wsiw^CavajL^ui. ~flak<utJL 771. CfrrrJtojfMrJu i/.on.. n _ V/? 7 / rT^ U3W)UXJUC SondjrvuJULs Kjt^Kcii ffachQjbd&J Ca*J- <L*r+Xb ?ke 9^ _J 6, 1995 mch for ( ^Vt Jl r 1 JUL. HV P fl F>n?hmnn Pw?w gfuclt ?nH tl against Auburn Wednesday bul with Formal hree hits, walking two and 15 strik< uts. Offensively Carolina was led by Dan \ilmer and Carrie Lyons, who each ha hree hits. USC scored two in the fift nd added a run in the seventh. The Lady Gamecocks, 1-1, are bac n action Saturday, Feb. 18, when the ake on Coastal Carolina in 1 p.m. doi leheader. Shane Un ft Special Discounts through May! Tumbling Cheerob 2 5^ 903 Huger Street be t' lie I U More brlgl ft---. needed JUL Join WT Special 1 i? Comr Thursc 7:30pn Russell Room This^program paid for, in p 7 iamecocks r \*?Bj^ ^JH ?Z ^ 1 w%* JAMES PONCE The Gamecock ho Qamococks attacked tho basket t came up short, losing 80-78. (J ' h m Hany Boetewain 0T" 49ers k fejl KitflHav^TE- Redstens y J? ' .' i- F&gpfS lW|3eahavvk| - ?2 Mark Thomas D?-49ers m m nr Spring! ROLINA \^\ RLEADING / -Ji^ics/Dance College Prep 1-9002 tween Blossom & Gervais fcpeciak^^ W 5 r rog^ams ^ tit ideas are from youl -tzp. i the Programs Mr nittee y lays at i In the 4J House f Tl i 235. W* r art, with student activity fees.