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SPORTS LOOK Associated fBASKETBALL WASHINGTON - Rasheed Wal lace, the No. 4 overall pick in the NR/ draft, signed a three-year, $6.18 mil lion contract with the Washington Bui lets. The 6-foot-lO center-forward spen just two years at the University o North Carolina. The Bullets also got someone to ge Wallace the ball, acquiring point guarc Mark Price from Cleveland for a first round draft pick in 1996. , Price is a four-time All-Star an< the NBA's career leader in free throv accuracy. MILWAUKEE ? The Milwaukee Bucks signed guard Shawn Respert the eighth pick overall in the NB/ draft, to a three-year contract. The 6-foot-1 Respert was the ca reer scoring leader at Michigan State with 2,351 points and averaged 25. points as a senior. NEW YORK?Although the NB^ has resolved its contentious labor dispute with its players, the league's referees remain without a contract and the NBA is threatening to hire replacements. The labor deal expired last June, and the NBA has offered the refs a nostrike, no-lockout agreement like the one it reached with its players last October. If the referees don't accept that offer and no new labor agreement is reached before Sept 29, the league said it will hire replacements to work training camp and officiate exhibition and regular-season games. FOOTBALL FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? Seattle Seahawks receiver Brian Blades filed a written nlea of "not cruiltv" to a r- - - O V charge of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his cousin. The 29-year-old former University of Miami player was chained Sept. 6 with one count of manslaughter with a firearm by the Broward County state attorney's office. He had been chained by police in July in the death of Charles Blades, 34. Blades is free on $10,000 bond. Abshier dev with volleyt KAYCIE WILLIAMS Staff Writer Sophomore Shani Abshier is aiming for success on and off the volleyball court. The Arizona native said that she chose the University of South Carolina because it is a developing program. "I wanted to be part of a growing program. I really love the team and the coach. I like being the underdog and neiping sometmng grow ana oecome really good," she said. Ifs that worker's attitude which keeps her on top of her game and her studies. Abshier earned a starting position last year but had to concentrate on defense due to a shoulder injury. After a summer of rehab she has returned to the court as an outside hitter which is her natural position. She is averaging a little over two kills per game. Abshier is a history major in the Honors College and is considering a double major in Art History. Abshier says being a student athlete is tough but worth the effort. A typical day has her on the go until eight p.m. with classes, practice, Catch me if you can IT^Bb & fi 1 lr-4| Sophomore forward Robbie Pi team, fresh off a 3-2 victory at 1 to play Presbyterian. Gametlme 7ress Charles Blades was killed by a shot h the head with Brian Blades'.38- cal iber semiautomatic handgun at th ^ player's home in the Fort Laud erdale suburb of Plantation on July ? t f NEW YORK ? Houston's Chri Chandler, who had a career day wit] J 352 yards and four touchdowns las week, was one of six players honore< by the NFL with weekly awards. 1 Chandler, who completed 23 of 21 f passes in the Oilers' 38-28 victory ii Cincinnati, was AFC offensive playe and his teammate, John Henry Mills earned special teams honors with thre< L tackles and a forced fumble. Linebackei Pat Swilling of the Raiders was des " ignated the AFC defensive player Quarterback Chris Miller of the St Louis Rams was the NFC offensiv* player; Minnesota cornerback Orlan l do Thomas was the defensive choice and Detroit kicker Jason Hanson waf the special teams player. TAMPA, Fla. ? Tampa Bay Buc , caneers owner Malcolm Glazer announced a seat deposit plan that coulc 1 raise $30 million toward building the type of stadium he says is necessary for the team's success, i Glazer, who paid $192 million foi the team, said the Bucs need a modern home that will give him a chance to make a return on his investment as well as generate money to field a winning team. Team officials insisted a predetermined number of deposits, ranging from $190 to $480 for regular seats and $950 to $2,450 for dub seats, doesn't have to be collected before the project is deemed a success. A complete sellout of about 40,000 regular seats and 15,000 club seats would bring about,$30 million that will be refunded to fans over a 10-year pe nod. eloping >all program weights and rehabilitation . In betweer she must find the time to eat and study "I study on the plane and on the bus I have a lot of work and sometimes if s hard to keep up," she said," There is re ally no time to relax but that is part ol it. Everything is planned for us, ever} minute." Abshier finds support in her teammates with coping with the demands ol being a student athlete. "We are really close and we help each other out when it gets tough. Thaf s oui saving grace. When we fall a little behind we just look to each other." She says playng in the SEC is hard but that the competition helps the team improve. It's their goal to beat a top 2? team and become ranked themselves "We keep taking steps up and we have to continue to play well. We have to earn our victories. No one is going tx give it to us and I like that." South Carolina will have an oppor tunity to improve their record in th< SEC this weekend as they take or Arkansas friday at 7 pm and LSU sun day at 2pm. Both mathes are at the SO Blatt PE Center and admission is free HL* _ __ nu Photo alt and the Gamecock soccer the Citadel, return home Sunday Is 2 p.m. SPO n~~ ~ .v ^ 1 e s i ; ~ * * ^ -1 t i 1 r H^AJi fwM wfty' m^vm n |B lyHyi i In a dlsappdng season, Stanley Tomorrow, they will look to reven PlCKI Gamecock footl II t's put up or shut up time this I week for the Gamecock football I team. The 14th ranked, 3-1LSU I Tigers will travel into Williams IBnce Stadium this Saturday for a regionally-televised showdown with the 1-3 Gamecocks. The Tigers are riding a threegame winning streak after losing their opener to 9th ranked Texas A&M. LSU was a 52-7 winner over Rice last week and a 12-3 winner over Auburn the week before. The Tigers are in a two-way tie i with Arkansas for first place in the SEC West. The Gamecocks are coming off a 353 30 loss to SEC perennial cellar-dweller Kentucky. Wildcat tailback Moe Williams f had 299 yards rushing, as he broke the 1 SEC yard-per-carry record for a single game, set by N.Y. Giant and former Georgia runningback Herschel Walkf er in 1981. The Gamecock defense has faced i nightmare after nightmare this season. In their three SEC games, the Gamecocks have given up more than 150 yards, and no less than four touchdowns [ to each of three runningbacks: 169 yards l and five TDs to Robert Edwards, 178 i yards and six TDs to Madre Hill, and 299 yards and four TDs to Williams, s Carolina has turned each one of these s backs into the SEC Player of the Week. } It doesn't get any easier. The Gamecocks face six more running backs ranked - in the top ten in the SEC before the end % nf tVio aodann TViio la inpln/tincr Tan. ^ vrx vuv xiiiw * w* i nessee's Jay Graham and Florida's Terry Jackson, who average 5.2 and 7.2 1 I THE BAMECOl use ?$ LSU Ryan Wilson ncn Sports Co-Editor Record: 15-11 Larry Williams tcn Sports Co-Editor L*U Record: 19-7 Robbie Meek igy Assistant Sports Record: 21-5 Patrick Doherty LSU Juror 178 Ethan Myerson USC Lance Ito stand-in RTS f *'* ; iPf /Vi/o, SI WyM.-,! Jy HJflllij IP yPf? * Prttchett and tha Carolina football * that trond when they take on the NGUP ball team looks to i i OVERTIME Robbie Meek yards per carry, respectively. This week, the Gamecocks are going to face LSU runningbacks Kevin Faulk and Kendall Cleveland. Faulk and Cleveland rank eighth and tenth respectively in the SEC in rushing. Faulk enters with 311 yards rushing and 4.4 yards per carry. The worst part for the defense is, with the exception of Georgia, the Gamecocks have not faced a team that will put up a lot of numbers passing. LSU can, if they have too, and will. Last week, quarterback Jamie Howard put up 356 yards passing and four touchdowns. The best part for the USC defense is that Howard is also interceptionprone. Last season against Auburn, LSU entered the fourth quarter with a sizeable lead. Howard threw three interceptions for touchdowns in that quarter as Auburn completed their comeback. First, Carolina has to stop the run, which they haven't done all season. Second, if they stop the run and get Howard rattled the Gamecocks will be in position to pull off a big upset. Don't be fooled, nowever. wnen Jtiowara s on ms mars, he can beat you, and beat you bad. To complete the upset, the Gamecock offense has to score often and grind time off the clock, which they haven't done against a respectable opponent this season. MT SPORTS CHAL \N. C. State\Okla. State] PC vs vs VS Clemson Tennessee Woffc N. C. UT PC State N. C. PC State Clemson PC H. C. UT Wofft State Ctemsoa UT PC ?t He k M '.V ; ;: i Wj|^H k 1 ^iiMMi '*V?. ^ WWF HHiHB team have often found themselves no. 14 lsu Tigers, Kickorr is at 12:3c THE P i get up for LSU am The Gamecocks are averaging 119 rushing yards per game. Preseason AllSEC runningback Stanley Pritchett is averaging a mere 3.3 yards per carry. Tailback Duce Staley, however, is averaging 5.3 yards per carry. The Gamecocks are averaging a little under 33 carries per game. Is it that we are not running the ball enough or is it that we just have no running game? We should have a running game, all but one offensive line starter returned and yes we lost Brandon Bennett, but where is the Stanley Pritchett we saw last season? Steve Taneyhill's stats are looking really well. He has a 62.3 completion percentage, has thrown for 1255 yards and a SEC-leading 12 touchdowns. Taneyhill, however, is making some mistakes that an experienced Taneyhill shouldn't make and just didn't look very impressive against Kentucky. Last week, there was a pass on first down that Taneyhill tried to force into the end zone and it was picked off. Latr er, i aneyniii caiiea tne interception a "freshman mistake" that he never should have made. Taneyhill has five interceptions in four games; he threw only eight in 12 games last season. Pritchett and Zola Davis are third and fourth in the SEC in receiving. Pritchett has 24 receptions for 298 yards. He and Taneyhill connected on a 93yard touchdown last week. Davis is averaging 13.6 yards per catch and has four TDs. The Gamecocks need to look for the deep ball more often. One of the big sueLEMGE I I Ohio State] Alabama v$ vs I ird Notre Dame Georgia | SI1'!' Alabama State Ohio Alabama State Ohio Alabama State trd Metre Georgia Dame Notre Alabama Dame Friday, September 29, 1995 (t s * * 7 ^ > ji__3^^IHBHiH!H. DANIEL CIVELLO The Gamecock looking up at tho competition. \ p.m. IECES d first SEC win cesses of the Gamecock offense in the Louisiana Tech game was the bomb. When you have a Cory Bridges, a Monty Means, and a Zola Davis you should go deep no less than two or three times a game. If the deep ball works it will set up the running game. The offense has scored a lot this season, but most of the scores have been quick strikes. This is the reason the small Gamecock defense has been on the field just about the whole second half of every game. This defense could have a good game as long as they are not on the field long periods of time. As if the offensive and defensive performances weren't bad enough, Carolina is averaging 84.75 yards per game in penalties and have a -1.50 turnover ratio. As we saw last season, the Gamecocks have talent. They should be able to play with most of the better teams in the SEC, much less a Kentucky. Because of my memories of the 1994 season and the talent that returned this season I can't help but to believe that the Gamecocks will get it together sometime down the road. As far as Gamecock bowl hopes, the Wildcats took them back to Lexington last Saturday. Could this be the Gamecock's coming out party? More than likely, no, but if they can find a running game and have a solid defensive performance this could be the Gamecock's first win in the SEC this season. Without these elements this could be another long day for Carolina. My prediction: LSU 38, Carolina 27. THA t isn AthAti has student tickets left for ffel \ 0??$$fM: Tickets; cSrfie l|jl|i Obtained pipe ticket office on | the Northeast corner of WiiliamsBrice Statum starting at 3 a.rt*j j Saturday, ' IfflRgf. : JM hnhhhhhhhhhhbhhhnHBHHHHI GS Gamecock Sports. Smooth.