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RYAN WILSON Sports Editor It has been proven in basketball that a missed shot can be just as devastating as a made one when a game is on the line. The USC men's team found that out Saturday night as it lost to Vanderbilt 91-83 in front of 7,947 at Frank McGuire Arena. What would have been a spectacu lar dunk by Andy Bostick turned into a 3-pointer on the other end for the visiting Commodores. About a minute and a half of the overtime period had expired when Jjf Bostick went up strong on a Jjj fast break but missed the dunk. Had he scored, the Gamecocks (7-15,3-10) would have had a three-point lead over /aL Vandy, and the momentum ' would have been all South Car- > i ^ olina's, but the Commodores |j? (12-10,6-6) grabbed the errant BOSTICK shot and nailed a 3 to claim a H9.-&0 lpflH with 3*3fi rpmainina in nvpr o " ~ time. The Commodores led the rest of the game. "That was a big play," USC coach Eddie Fogler said. "Not that it cost us the game, but it was a big play. It was a tough loss for us and a good win for Vanderbilt, but our guys tried hard, so I'm not too disappointed. The effort was good." The game opened with Vandy scoring the first four points. Malik Russell put the Gamecocks on the board with 18:00 left in the half, with USC scoring xi _x r x_ X. n a 1 xi me next iour points 10 go up o-t less uian a minute later. With 16:47 left in the half, Vandy hit a 3 to take back the lead, which it kept for most of the half. Vandy pulled away, but never led by more than six for the next eight minutes. The Commodores were up 25-19 with 8:47 left in the half. The Gamecocks went on a 10-0 run over the next three minutes to take a 29-25 lead with 5:53 left Twelve seconds later, Vand/s Ronnie McMahon was fouled while taking a 3. He hit two of three from the stripe to close the lead to 29-27. The Commodores cut the lead to one with another free throw, but Ryan Stack hit a 3 to give Carolina a 32-28 lead. Russell made another free throw, but Vandy f Campus iary 22 * :Sun $ m f m Hi,A C EMDIOYEF tm mw m mm vvv ew, visit: enter lilding /andy, 91-83 finished the half on a 6-0 run to retake the lead at 34-33. Vanderbilt used an early 9-4 run in second half to take a 43-37 lead with 17:20 remaining in the game. A Carey Rich 3-pointer cut the lead to three, and the Gamecocks tied the game at 46 on a Stack dunk with 14:05 left. The Commodores again took a small lead, but a Rich 3 tied the game at 51 at the 12:13 mark. Vandy answered with back-to-back 3-pointers, with Rich answering with another 3 to cut the lead to one at 57-56 with 10:27 left in the game. Kin _ I" the next three Kminuies, vanay nn a ino 01 treys, but the Gamecocks answered on their end and pulled the game to within two at 6664 with 6:18 remaining in the With 4:30 left in the game and the score 70-68 in favor of the Commodores, USC went on a 7-4 run and took fhe ; lead at 75-74 off a trey by Melvin Watson with 37 seconds left in the game. To secure the win, the Gamecocks had to play tight on the hot-shooting perimeter players, which left the middle open for Vandy's Chris Woods. The 6-foot-ll, 25&-pound center, who buhied the Gamecocks for 27 points, managed to get the ball and dunk, but he also was fouled from behind by Peter Van Elswyk. Woods made his free throw to give Vandy a 77-75 lead. Watson got the inbounds pass, drove the length of the floor and made a high banking layup with four seconds left to tie the game at 77. Without the foul on Woods, the victory would have been USC's, but Fogler attributed Van Elswyks foul to just playing hard in a gamewinning situation. "That's big, sure," Fogler said. "He fouls a dunk from behind. I mean, ifs simple math. He was just trying hard, but ifs a stupid foul. You don't foul Woods. You take his arm off and make him have to make the free throws." In overtime, William Unseld hit a 3 to give USC a 80-79 lead, but Bostick's miaapH Hunk took awav the momentum. Vandy outscored the Gamecocks 12-3 to take the 91-83 win back to Nashville. . 1111111 i'i i. i. 11 >.. 11. i. 111111111.. i. i. 11..... iii.iii / 8001 sivetw (alraos OK, it's not entire every book is And yourpurcha the upcoming car service proj< "Togethei I We Se When there's Doctor's Care ] handle everythii from la ilai - S:Mon^iPr lAlways 4416 1 C\CJ7? , 1W /C V | pa was | ItyBffg ALTERN/ Sports Look Auto Racing CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) ? 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