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use ho] Russell's last-second b looms over Bulldogs as trawnlc tn Athene fnr rorr uwvwig iv/ Mil 1^1 10 i v/i I V/111 ROBBIE MEEK Staff Writer On Jan. 28, SEC foe Georgii into Frank McGuire Arena onlj beat 60-59 by a last-second Mali sell tip-in. Saturday, the Bulldogs will p try to avenge the loss to USC. The Bulldogs are 15-7 overall and 6-6 in the SEC. The Gamecocks will go into the matchup with an 8-15 overall record and a 3-10 record in the SEC. USC is coming off a thrashing of Campbell University. The Gamecocks were led in | that game by Andy Bostick and William Unseld, who scored 24 and 23 points respec That win broke a three-game streak and gave the Gamecocks a needed rest from their rugged SEC ule. UGA is coming off a loss _ to the University of Florida Wednesday. The Bulldogs are averag ing 74 points a game and are j ranked third in the conference ; in that area. Carolina is 11th j in the conference, averaging g 66 points a game. The Georgia front court i3 8 led by center Charles Claxton 9 and forward Carlos Strong, w Strong is leading the team in scoring, averaging 14.5 points. C is leading the league in blocks w per outing. The two are combin pull down 15 rebounds per game Everybody' cheering. PHOTO MANIPULATION by ETHAN MYERSON / The Gamecock Kead 'dy&t, I RlSII3fe#rv;> " . $50 RP?i WE THE ONLY A 'l pes to repeal asket the Bulldogs the third best rebounding use team in the league. The Carolina front court is led by - Malik Russell, who is grabbing 6.7 re bounds per game. Forward Andy Bostick a came is averaging 5.8 rebounds per outing. r to get The leading scorer for the Gamecocks ik Rus- js guard Carey Rich. He is averaging 13.4 points while hitting about " two treys a game. Rich's backcourt partner, freshman^Melvin mSk Watson, is scoring 13 points IihM^wK P61" gz1116 and averaging nine f assists. Watson is shooting 43 mgiyMg^ percent from the floor. The back,court of Georgia 1 is led by Pertha Robinson. % i|| Robinson is leading the con?foronce with 6.6 assists per OSTiCK game. The other Bulldog guard, Katu Davis, is averaging two tively. steals per game, losing USC has improved consistently over much- the course of the year. Freshmen Watsched son, Ryan Stack and junior college trans fer Un3eld have improved a tremendously and are sure to be big contributors to next year's Watson is making a strong run toward the SEC Freshman of the Year Award. And, of course, Bostick and Rich have Kaon fVin rrrrnof +vnKn+rwo wiv uiggv/oi/ wv/iiti luutuiO} as they have tried to salvage 1 their senior campaign ATSON At 7:30 p m Saturday> the 1'iXton Gamecocks will try to continue improvith 2.8 hig 38 they venture into the Georgia Colling to iseum. Carolina will be trying to sweep to give the season's two-game series with the | rival Bulldogs. ~ Hartford's Burl A?octoted Pr? Beating the Boston Bruins was enough to make Hartford Whalers goalie Sean Burke lose track of his400th NHL victory. "I forgot about that," said Burke, who !made 42 saves in Hartford's 3-2 overtime victory Wednesday night. "If s kind of ironic, because I got my first win against Boston. Ifs nice. I mean this is a team we've always ? since I've been here and before that ? had a little jinx against." Darren Turcotte scored with 2.01 left in overtime to give Hartford its first home victory over Boston in five games since < I November 1992. "We didn't play a great game tonight, I but we got a win, and thafs the bottom line," said Burke, 100-122-33 in seven seasons with New Jersey and Hartford. 1 There's been a lot of nights against this < team where we've played well and deserved to win but didn't get one." ' In other games Wednesday night, it i was the New York Islanders 3, Buffalo ? 3; Detroit 4, Toronto J; St. Louis 4, San 1 Jose 3; Edmonton 2, Dallas 1; and Win- f nipeg 4, Vancouver 1. Geoff Sanderson and Chris Pronger ' also scored for Hartford, which was out- i shot 44-20 and failed to score on four * power-play opportunities. 1 ^ "For the first two periods, we played ? poorly," Whalers coach Paul Holmgren said. "I thought it evened out a little in ' the third period. We were very, very fortunate tonight that our goalie was as s hot as he was." i Cam Neely and Ted Donato scored ? 7~1 for Boston. t Red Wings 4, Maple Leafs 1 ? YSELLB< ; SELL RIN Balfour 1609 Blossom St 254-5330 ALTERNATIVE TO BOOKSTORE Th? Qanrcock t against the D E~~~ HH Vi?Hv mm HHjV Wpp JBS&m ^Hr H ^^BKB r Hp; ^jHSg^Bp B Siir^ E%^mmRi1 H ? By- .JSi m Mm # WWI ^tPm MiMiii %*^mtkTHTi ^Willi' i^fi?If ^ ^ i rr f? wsw vis w- < w , '" ~ ^ ^<~^*** ? ERIN GAL lunlor Malik Russell goes up for a shot In the Gam Ian. 28 over Georgia. Russell scored the winning Im Ing seconds of the game to give Carolina the victor) ke gets 100th win; Bin At Detroit, Shawn Burr and Dino Ci- the third period, xarelli scored goals early in the second Pat Falloon em oeriod as Detroit beat Toronto for the shutout bid at 8:09 second time in three nights to increase and Sandis Ozolir ts winning streak to four games. than three minutes Burr put the Red Wings ahead 47 game, seconds into the second when he put his swn rebound past Damian Rhodes. Ci- Oilers 2, Stars J icarelli made it 3-1 at 4:25, diving to seat Jamie Macoun to Paul Coffey's cen- At Edmonton, T oring pass. with 1:09 remainir Vyacheslav Kozlov scored in the first ton added a power-} seriod and Greg Johnson added an emp- onds left. ;y-net goal for Detroit. Dave Andrey- Stapleton beat :huk scored for Toronto. Moog just 12 seco fenseman Grant L Islanders 3, Sabres 3 for boarding. The g first in 35 power-] At Buffalo, Brad Dalgarno scored Paul Broten ope vith 11:30 remaining in the third peri- 1;54 left in the secc xl as New York rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Bill Ranford m; Craig Simpson put Buffalo ahead 3- Oilers, who ended I when he poked a rebound past Tom- streak. Dallas has ny Soderstrom for his third goal in two ^ games. james. Soderstrom made 28 saves and Dominik Hasek stopped 26 shots for Buf- ' Canucks alo, 0-3-2 in its last five games. . ' Pierre Turgeon and Scott Lachance Damn Shannor scored power-play goals for New York Winnipeg won at V n the second period after Buffalo took between tbe 12-0 lead on Wayne Presley's first-pe- fille^ conte?t ,earIle leemu belanne, iuu fccucu aiiu L/uuti jjuu^ci 3 uuvYci-uiay r x i -oal early in the second. for the Juets'"as lr game when he wa Slues 4, Shafts 3 SjndTldeb^eF At St. Louis, Greg Gilbert scored his tin 6 S W ? m lecond goal of the game with 1:24 re- 1 ^ a naming, and Ian Laperriere had two ^ mKd forV pals and an assist as St Louis improved edatwogametadm o 12-1-0 hfetame against San Jose^ den was the on, v Patrice Tardif assisted on all four beat Jete rookje Ni, :oals and Gilbert also added an assist ite a 46_21 $hots or St. Louis, which blew a 3-0 lead in DOKS 1|? r hbo s 'i ^ tonic )/ i a,'.v m r^s;il3is?i hcl1 '^ionvenientli tha"in fldfe@at-ieob/ :r, wlgf blossom* * ^jjjjgjjstreet ist shc exclusivity^^jj Friday, February 24, 1998 awgs Louganis s vn with AIDS KIM Am abated Pres> N ?V/ YORK ? The greatest div ever, the mar who left crowds spellboui hy roller coaster twists and splashdown so perfect they barely rippled the wat< lir a n r?rttir /vrwvAMAvt^ Bjino cx new uppunci|t. AIDS. The disclosure Wednesday that Gn Louganis, the only man ever to swe< the diving gold medals in two consec tive Olympics, has AIDS left friends ai fellow divers shocked and saddened and remembering what perfection looki like off the springboard and platfon "He was the greatest diver the wor has ever seen, but he was always mo est," said Mark Lenzi, a former tear mate with a gold medal of his own. "I was my hero and still is." , | yj In an interview with ABCs"20-2C "<* jPjr ^? to be televised Friday, Louganis said 1 ' I tested positive for the virus that caust % * ' I AIDS shortly before the 1988 Olympic - , ^ where he retained the gold medals i 1 * the 10-meter platform and three-met* lKl Tljj^ springboard. TP "According to the CDC (Centers ft % f||| - 1 Disease Control), of AIDS versus HT i ^ I do have AIDS," Louganis told inte viewer Barbara Walters. ?. ~ .uvuga 110 13 uic latest 111 a giuwii. * * list of prominent athletes to disclose I t has HIV or AIDS. Among others, ba; ketball star Magic Johnson retired froi the Los Angeles Lakers in Novembe 1991 after revealing he had the AID .loway The Gamecock v1 8. ^d tennis star Arthur Ashe die ?cocks 60-59 win 1993 after disclosing he contracte tsket In th? clos- AIDS in a blood transfusion, r. It was in Seoul, South Korea, thi Louganis did the unthinkable for a wori< -J q?h class diver: He struck his head on th L\Jl3 I Ctlll springboard during preliminary divei ? leaving a two-inch gash in his seal] Already taking AZT for the AID ded Curtis Joseph's vims and keeping his condition a seen , and Tom Pederson on the advice of his doctor and coacl ish scored with less Louganis said he was "paralyzed wit remaining to tie the feai^ that his blood would contaminal the water. "It's, you know, this has been an ii ^ credibly guarded secret," Louganis sai< "I just held my head... I just wanted t odd Marchant scored hold the blood in, or just not anybod tg, and Mike Staple- touch it. Dlay goal with 36 sec- didn't anticipate hitting my hea . on the board. I didn't anticipate, yo Dallas godie Andy the b]ood xhat,s 30mething... nds after Stars de- thjnk about at ,he tjme . edyard was sent off Dr James a g 0|ympj 0 was onon s Committee doctor who was unaware ( olay opportunities. T ., ,... , , . ned the scoring with Ixugan1^ 311(1 not wearing pn llCU U1C SUUl 111L W1L11 i i i i 1x1 I*A d Deriod tective gloves, closed the wound wit ade 36 saves for the sti?chesJ Louganis qualified for the f a three-game losing nals and the next da* won the sPnn! lost eight of its last 1 iHsfifddsWi? l scored two goals as *? 24 N0fthWeS{6m ancouver in the first F?b. 25 Richmond teams since a light- F^>. 26 C089*at CafQlifl r this month. who had two assists yured in the Feb. 9 . Feb. 25 GeorQtaiStatei s checked from the Feb. 26 at Georgia Tech 'eca. This time it was nmi ost of the heavy hitFAK 24-26 .^AuthAfl^fAr / and Nelson Emer- Montgomery Winnipeg, which end- bpigMArfjaignSMMMI et streak. Trevor Linancouver player to Feb. 23-25 ITA National! colaiKhabibulin de- Louisville, K( advantage. lHVIIf7S!7l!ildSU!sfcrfdi9!ISmHH Feb- 25 College of Char Feb. 25 Davidson JI-jM J|1 .V, I J |A J m ^Kmti Wan On The Street'seen on the network i [ht Show, Letterman, Comic Strip Live, N cevim eaney I take on more personalities itybill. From the man lounge gerto his Mom ranting... at's not Right!' Kevin will E? you down with his cracks, SPECI liners, his raving and often wn right loopy comedy. )W FRIDAY IS NON-SMOKING I MODATIONS BY T hocks world disclosure board gold. er "I had 10 minutes to close the wound, id at least so he'd be able to dive," Puffer 1 ris said Wednesday from his office at the Jr, UCLA Medical Center. "I used two large figure-8 sutures in the wound. Unfortunately. there were rfo cloves T had to make a decision. ;P "I made the decision I was going to u" close it without waiting. Otherwise, he might not have been able to go to the ~ next round. The risk, while there, was minimal." About a year ago, Puffer said, "Greg ^ did inform me he was HIV positive. I Q subsequently was tested and found HIV je negative." The disclosure that Louganis has I " AIDS brought a quick and sympathetie ic response from U.S. Olympic Comjs mittee President LeRoy W alker. s, "The USOC is saddened by the news in that Greg Louganis is battling this deader ly illness," Walker said. "And our prayers * are with him in his fight. At the same DTr time, we are again reminded about the ^ > need for precautions by doctors and trainr" ers who treat injuries where blood is involved." Since 1989, the USOC has adopted 16 strict guidelines about treatment and ^ prevention of athletes' blood, including _ rules that doctors, trainers and chiro?r g praetors use latex gloves. ^ International Olympic Committee d medical director Dr. Patrick Schamasch said there was no reason for concern ^ about Louganis contaminating the pool j. in Seoul. ie "Such a tiny amount of blood in a 3, huge amount of water is not really a a. risk," he said by telephone from Paris. S Schamasch's view was supported by it Gunnar Wemer, secretary of the interb national swimming federation FINA. h Werner said a special FINA com;e mittee was formed three years ago to investigate the possible risks of blood in the pool caused by injuries in water polo matches. 0 "It was clearly said that there was no danger wnatsoever, Werner said by ^ phone from his offices in Sweden. "There is absolutely no danger for anybody else j in the water at the same time." The gold medals in Seoul, on top of jc two in Los Angeles in 1984, ended Lougajf nis' diving career. One of his former > coaches, U.S. Diving President Steve h McFarland, said they also underscored i- a change in Louganis' attitude and V ability. ( 3:00 pm doubfeheader) 2:00 pm i 1:66 pm , Alabama sntucky Itfstcifp-; anii 3:00 pm sitcom, Uncle Buck, The 1TV and much more! IAL ENGAGEMENT FEB. 24-26 [2 ITEM MINIMUM) TnTioml