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Thursday, November 16,1995
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Carolina sophomore pre- rg
pares to rise to SEC upper
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DWAYNE McLEMORE Staff Writer
The USC men's basketball team I
is hoping to improve this season, while II
sophomore guard Melvin Watson is
looking to make sure the Gamecocks j|
do iust that. 1
Watson returns to the lineup af- |
ter having a solid freshman campaign 1
in which he started every game. He
led the team in scoring with 13.4 points if
per game and was unanimously selected
to the Freshman All-SEC team.
In addition, The Sporting News ,
rated Watson as the 19th best point
guard in the nation, with only three
other freshmen or sophomores on the
list. During the 1994-95 season, he |g
lead all SEC freshmen in minutes per
game, averaging 34.4.
"The minutes were not a problem.
I was so happy to be out there, I never
thought about being tired," Watson
said.
Watson is no stranger to awards.
He was Lowcountry Player of the Year
his senior year at Burke High School \
in Charleston, S.C. He was also selected
team MVP while attending The
Winchendon School in Boston, Massachusetts.
His decision to attend USC was
based on a few simple reasons. He
says he liked the good, clean program,
and also wanted to stay close to his
mother. Other schools Watson con- g
sidered belore choosing UbC included
Syracuse, Seton Hall, Pittsburgh
and Alabama.
After the loss of team captain Carey
Rich following last season, the team M
is counting on someone to pick up the re
role of team leader. Many people, including
coach Eddie Fogler, feel Wat- t
son is one of the top candidates. v
"Melvin has a chance to be a good s
leader," Fogler said. "He does some
physical things that his teammates F
will respect."
Watson feels that being around ?
Rich has taught him a lot and has en- a
abled him to be more vocal than in
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elvin Watson made a big impression on the SEC last season as a freshms
lady to lead a relatively young Gamecock squad into the 1995-96 season.
he past. He says he is looking for- key to success this season. He feels W
/ard to being a leader on this year's this year's team is very talented, hav- en sb
quad. ing more depth than last year. His sists
"I want to help everyone out, es- goals are to contend for the confer- exhib
leaally new team members, he said, ence title, as well as to make the r ram
I want to try and lead by example, NCAA tournament. U
loing things such as lots of hustling, "We're going to go out there, play day r
ind diving for balls." our best, and just let things fall into agair
Watson says team unity will be a place," he added.
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With 5,700 people
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ratson scored 17 points, had sev- coming out of high sc
eals, and dished out seven as- four points, but Foglei
to pace the Gamecocks in their indication of BJ's abil
ition victory over Slue Naney of What is even more
ce Monday night. the win is that four pi
SCs next exhibition game is Fri- dress out for the game
light at the Carolina Coliseum were without the servii
ist the Charlotte Royals. seld, one of only two sei
who sat out due to inji
of only a few players
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honestly say their season
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key word, as the Richmond.
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squad is definite- noW) an(i Clint Mathis is making 1
n than fans have case for piayer 0f the Year. I am not sj
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en. We're talking COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
g combinations of The Top 25 men's collegiate
basketball teams in the
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3cored 27 points. 1 Kentucky
nmark, S. C. led 2. Kansas
is senior year in 3. Villanova
ng more than 44 4- UCLA
bell you right now, 5. Georgetown
ay can light it up. Connecticut
ended Monday's Massachusetts
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it-blocking ability ?' LowsviUe
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eraibymanyre- 15.Mary|and.
2 of the top guards 16. Arkansas
hool scored only 17. Michigan
said that was no 18. Stanford
tV . 19. Virginia
impressive with 20. North Carolina
nyasjdnteven 21. Cincinatti
The Gamecocks 22 Virginia Tech
ses of William Un- 23. Indiana
uors on the sauad. oo. p? ?rHi
ixy. Unseld is one 25. California
that saw signifi- I
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