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Shani Abshier raises her arms in celebration after
^wln a point in Sunday's 3-1 upset of No. 25 Geo
marked the last game to be played In Blatt P. E. Cenl
Gamecocks take
out of Bulldogs,
Fortman, aggressive play in assists, with 70,
highlight upset of No. 25 Senior Kori Erm
Georgia in final game at Blatt and30digs.Eimigar
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STAFF KEPUNTS ^ ^ week
In a game of firsts and lasts, the to play until game tir
South Carolina volleyball team defeat- had four hitters in do
ed No. 25 Georgia in the Gamecock's and out-blocked the
last-ever match at Sol Blatt P. E. Cen- UGA is No. 2 in the
a tpr SiinHav nftprnrvnv flnmlinn pnfprpH Down 5-7 in ffan
the match with a series record of 1-23 back to tie it up at 7-'
versus Georgia, having won only their to a 15-10 victory. Ste
first meeting in 1978,3-1. ing in game two, th
The 3-1 victory trolled game two fri
moves the Game- winning 15-8.
cocks to 18-9 and The bulldogs refa
8-6 in the SEC, and built a 9-14 lead
while the Bulldogs m??\ ^ore Carolina fought t
fall to 19-7 and 11- i>-~j JSp at 14-14. Carolina c
3 in the SEC. The -jjSSsi when serving as the 1
victory closes out three, 16-14.
the regular season Carolina roared o
for the Gamecocks, JHP . game four, but again
as they finished when serving as the
third in the SEC 1 the score to 11-9, anc
East. it up at 14-14. Carolir
"This was really a team effort," coach man's 17th kill of th
I Kim Hudson said. "This really gives us the game winner, w
the momentum we wanted to go to the ning the game 16-14
SEC Tournament. We knew after the It was the first hi
first time we played Georgia this year, be broadcast on live r
we had a real shot at beating them in ri Ermigarat and Car
the rematch." ored before the game.
Freshman Dee Dee Fortman, who in the first round of
racked up her second triple double of ment, in Baton Rouge,
her young career, had 17 kills, 16 digs Mississippi State.
and 10 block assists, hitting an impres- After the SEC 1
sive .438. Freshman Ashley Edlund al- Gamecocks will await
so had a career day, with career highs nament bid.
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LARRY WILLIAMS Sports Editor said."]
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* ball team trounced the Slue Nancy International
team 80-62 in exhibition ac- ^
Led by junior Larry Davis, who paced . . **
wk the Gamecocks with 27 points in his 27 ^ltinf
i^jjf minutes on the court, USC raced to a ,e7
26-13 lead at the 9:18 mark of the first
fjHflpfi half and never looked back. always
Slue Nancy opened the game hot, TX-f
bolting to a five-point lead with 1:24 gone ^
in the first half when Nancy's Derrick comi
A / Lewis converted a three-point play off" a
4 4 W*0 Larry Davis foul to make the score 5-0. fr?mh
Ryan Stack opened the scoring for ^ P01
Mj USC on a 15-foot jumper with 18:20 left scor"^
in the half that began a twelve-point run shootir
K. for the Gamecocks. Nancy ended its wan
ggBg up -I
drought with a three pointer by Pat ^
Durham with 15:25 left in the half. 3116 mo
Leonard "Bud" Johnson, one of the ^ ^
l|j many heralded recruits signed by USC ^ t?ni
head coach Eddie Fogler last year, made to be vi
Hk 1 a thundering entrance into the game Th*
n when he jammed the ball through the byanj
Hp ' basket while being fouled with 13:43 left fans, a
in the half. Hie former Eau Claire stand- Past al
. out went on to score 12 points on four- games.
PFBsu of-seven shooting. a
*1 1 At the half, Carolina led 47-29, due Carolir
<*** mtm ia large part to the performance of Davis, "5,7
2!j who had 14 points for the first balf John- 311 ex^
son checked in second for the Gamecocks haven'
with 10 points, followed by Melvin Wat- think tl
m son, who had nine. Forward Durham, Fogler
who had 17 points to lead the scoring Fog
for both teams, led Nancy in the first Days" c
half. Carolina finished the half regis- whent
CLARK The Gamecock tering a 65.5 field goal percentage. every ?
the Gamecocks The nets cooled to begin the second conside
rgla. The upset ha]ffor the Gamecocks, as the youth and byther
:er. inexperience of the team began to show. Da\
Poor shooting allowed Nancy to climb part in
to within 11 with 18:18 left, as a trey by got ups
^ Pat Duhrman closed the gap to 47-36. gin to 1
ll I When Russell scored the first basket of got big
y the second half with 2:45 gone, the Game- said. "I
cocks' engines were running again. and the
3 The Gamecocks then began to over- We jus
" power Nancy during the next 10 min- and we
utes, extending their lead to 21 points Tea
and digs with 24 when theywent ahead 66-44 with 9:19 Rya
igarat had 21 kills in the game. USC extended their sprain ]
afs play was amaz- lead to a Same high 22 with 4:54 left- ^ ^
re-injured her heel Fogler said he was pleased with his recover
and wasn't cleared team's efforts in the 80-62 win but said Haj
ne. The Gamecocks the Gamecocks still have a way to go be- guard fi
uble figures in kills tore competing in the upper echelon of shirted
Bulldogs 39-31 as the Southeastern Conference. day's gi
country 'in blocks. didn't play well," Fogler said. Will
re one USC came "^e 0ldy had four kids out there who kle last
7 and then went on played last year. as will
spping up the block- Fogler said he was content with the next ga
e Gamecocks con- effort of his team's newcomers. "Bud lotteRc
)m start to finish (Johnson) looked relaxed, and Larry cer- hibitior
tainly shows his ability to score," Fogler 7:30 p.r
5ed togo down easy
B Malik Russell scrambles for the ball in tin
over Slue Nancy. Russell is one of only tw<
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ns new era with s
3ud showed that he will be a facvis,
who transferred from North ^
la last year, said playing at USC M[ ;
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iad fun tonight. It was very exfrom
the moment I got to court
Davis said."I was always nervous
I at North Carolina, because you
had Dean Smith there to let you
ibout it, and also (Derrick) Phelps
maid) Williams were always ready
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McKie, the highly acclaimed signee iJMk
mo, didn't appear to play to his S
tential in the exhibition opener, SMM
: only four points on one-of-seven ^
ig. But, as Fogler will be the first t^oll /*
a you, don't be fooled. * #4
and Bud have done the best and
re ready to play than anyone else.
as McKie's performance), don't
Ight be an indicator. BJ is going '
sry, veiy good," Fogler said.
! exhibition opener was witnessed
innounced attendance of 5,722
n amazing number considering
itendances at USC basketball SS^^HB^ %^a
Fogler considers the fan support M -'
tion of past legends of success at
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'00 is a pretty good turnout for ^Hr '
ibition game... Season tickets !iff|
t sold this well since '74, and I 1
iats a tribute to Frank McGuire," MIt fl
;ler was referring to the "Glory Br '
>f Gamecock basketball, the days |fjgjBQ^gM
;he Coliseum was a sellout for
;ame and the Gamecocks were BSv* , ,y
;red a national powerhouse, led JHpyt M
r late coach Frank McGuire. J T
is said that the fans played a big ^ Py
the win. "From the moment we
itairs and saw the Coliseum be- Melvln Watson goes for
ill up, it was very exciting. We Sluc Nancy Monday night
support once we got going," he
'm very excited about the talent
: nucleus of players we have here. T T ^ _ 1 J
t need to listen to the coaches, J J| ^ ^ j ^
u be alright.
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in Stack, who suffered an ankle |\1 1 < I f" |
midway through the second half, J[ kJ LI X JL L V
:e about three days to a week to
from the injury.
jen Rouse, the true freshman UZA AC1ERNO Staff Writer
arm Greenville, N.C., will be red- ? A
, Fogler announced after Men- ?"e of^^turnJ?g
ime ers, forward William Unseld
iam Gallman, who rolled his an- b g Carolina men's basket
; week, will return Wednesday. lefVel ttuf, sefS?nJ^131
senior William Unseld. USCs goalJshto *^SEC ^
. ? Returning from a respect
me is Friday against the Char- TT 77 j ,, . _ .,
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tyals in then* second and last ex- . Junior eojiege to Div. 1 basket
.game of the season. Tipoff is at eraging 7 g pomts_ 4 9 rebou
n' .8 steals per game Unseld d
^^^^^1 Div. 1 as "much more physic
To compensate he has g<
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finished off last season scoi
I,', jp i|| points and 78 rebounds in thi
He remembers one amus
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seld's best moment in Carol
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_ ? had seven rebounds, three ass
ROBERT WALTONThe Gamecock blockpd sbots against C
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eastern Illinois. Unseld describes himself
as a team player: "If I score two
lor play- points and we win, I'm happy."
balTto*0 ^ ^v0"te ^ Hakeem OlaDaii
to a juwon becauSe Olajuwon is the type
1 ima e 0f piayer who, according to Unseld,
aionship. ^ p]ays.?
^ 8fr^a Even today the biggest influence
ball Ay1 on Hnseld's basketball career is his
j i mother. She supported him and at i
tended all his games throughout high
escrmes ^ Jr CoUege Mej. he grad_
lined 20 ua^es next December, Unseld plans
to pursue a masters. He is a Sociology
major but doesn't know exactly
what he plans on doing.
Unseld's no-nonsense attitude on
the court pushes him to do what he
can to be the best at what he does. He
H looks to the fans for support to help
H his team stay in the game. Unseld en1
courages the fans to come out and fill
the Coliseum.
"They can make the difference in
a close game," he said.
Fan support is expected to be exlooks
to tremely high this season. For the first
it and to time in 20 years, season tickets will
Unseld sell out This type of following has been
ing izy non-existent since * rank McGuire
e last 13 coached.
Confidence in Fogler is high deling
mo- Spite only 19 wins in the past two sea11
off the sons. This season Fogler has a full
nk. Un- squad to work with. The benefit of a
ina has- strong bench is that when players are
3 points, injured they have time to heal. Last
year the attitude was "hurry up we
ampbell. neeci y0U to get better." This year, the
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