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The USC women's basketball team
won their fourth straight game Monday
night at Frank McGuire Arena with
an 82-59 victory over the Campbell
Lady Fighting Camels. The contest
came just three days after USCs Nancy
Wilson became the 20th women's head
basketball coach to win 400 games.
Campbell got on the board first
with a quick three-pointer by guard
Becky Lastinger. The Lady Gamecocks
battled back, however, and took the
lead for good on Nikki Miars' trey about
three and a half minutes into the game.
USC dominated the first half, with
all of those who played scoring. The
team shot 50 percent from the floor,
making eight of 13 shots from behind
the three-point arch and led 46-29 at
the break.
"We knew they were going to play
us in a zone, so we tried to attack it,"
said USC guard Shannon Johnson.
"One thing that was a plus for us tonight
was that we pressed them, and they
couldn't handle it."
Campbell fell behind by as much
as 24 in the second half, before going
on a 9-0 run. The Lady Gamecocks
then settled down and pulled away
with a 23-point victory.
For the game, USC shot 47 percent
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while Campbell managed 33 percent.
Both teams combined for 48 turnovers.
The victory pushed USC's record
to 5-1. Johnson led all scorers with 27
points. On the boards, Trese Hickey
and Tenna Thompson pulled down
seven rebounds each for the Lady
Gamecocks. Nikki Miars, who had 14
points and four steals, was impressed
the team's play and effort against
Campbell.
"If we continue to play well as a
team, I think we are going to surprise
a lot of people," Myers said.
The Lady Camels, who fell to 0-2,
were led by forward Ashley Moore's
15 points. Center Felicia Autiy chipped
in 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Wilson was impressed with her
team's shooting, both from the outside
and inside.
"I think we've got a real good threepoint
shooting team," she said. "Since
they (Campbell) kept tiying to throw
the zone on us, I was really glad to see
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"What Pm pleased with is that when
people take away the three, we do have
a much better penetrating team. That
makes us much more versatile."
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Carolina falls to Stanford and
upsets Tulane.
LARRY WILLIAMS Sports Editor
The South Carolina Gamecocks
managed a split in the Tournament of
Champions this weekend, losing Friday
to No. 15 Stanford and then upsetting
No. 25 Tulane on Saturday.
Against the Stanford Cardinal, it
appeared that the youth and inexperience
of the Gamecocks showed, as they faltered
in the clutch, losing 82-70.
Against the Green Wave of Tulane,
it was Carolina showing impressive poise
down the stretch, coming from behind
to win the game 80-75.
Before the opener against Stanford,
the Gamecocks appeared to be
overmatched against the bigger and more
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lineup was comprised of three seniors,
a junior and a sophomore; guards Brevin
Knight and Dion Cross were pre-season
All-America Candidates.
Carolina played competitively with
Stanford for most of the game, but it
appeared that the timid youthfulness
and inexperience of the Gamecocks
doomed their chances against the
opportunistic Cardinal.
After being down 11-7 to begin the
game, Carolina put together a 14-5 run
over three minutes to go up 21-16,on a
Larry Davis three-pointer, however, after
a BJ McKie free-throw extended
Carolina's lead to 22-16 at the 7:25 mark
of the first half, Stanford came up with
a run of their own, outscoring Carolina
15-5 over the next three-and-a-half
minutes to go, up 31-26 with 3:58 left in
the first half.
A last-second three pointer by
Stanford's Pete Sauer put the Cardinal
up 38-34 with the teams headed to the
locker room.
To begin the second half, Stanford
distanced themselves further from the
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left to give the Cardinal a 47-38 lead.
The Gamecocks made one last run
to get to within five points with 11:07
left when Nate Wilbourne connected on ^4
two free throws; however, turnovers
doomed the Gamecocks, as Stanford fl|
capitalized on several Carolina miscues
to go up 66-55 with 8:52 left in the game.
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connected on most of its free throws.
When all was said and done, Stanford
walked away with an 82-70 victory over
Carolina.
Coach Eddie Fogler said after the I
game that Carolina's inability to rebound
contributed to their downfall.
"The 24 offensive rebounds hurt us,"
Fogler said. "We struggled to rebound
the basketball. The team tried hard; they
had a couple of spurts but just lost control *
when they tried to come back"
Being dominated on the boards 5240,
committing 18 turnovers and missing
10 free throws, the Gamecocks appeared
shaken by the atmosphere of the
tournament. Most of the players had
never played in front the size of the crowd
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"We were a little tight and timid
coming in," guard BJ McKie said after ||j|
the game. "We played a good team, but
missed some easy baskets. We might ;
have gotten a little excited on the breaks, ; |
but that comes with inexperience."
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improved by leaps and bounds, showing
poise and control in beating the Green |
Wave 80-75. 3n""
While lack of rebounding was the
culprit in the previous evening's loss, |
the presence of it was the key factor J
against the Green Wave. Outoebounding
Tulane 45-25, Leonard "Bud" Johnson
and the rest of the Gamecocks showed
a determination on the boards that was
absent against Stanford.
Pulling down 12 rebounds, Johnson ^
said the Gamecocks were determined
not to get beaten in the rebounding ?*?
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"In die first game (Stanford), we were
timid, but tonight we were really J"n|
aggressive on the boards," Johnson said. ?
"If we were going to lose, we were nan
determined it wasn't going to be on the by si
hoards." Gan
USC and Tulane opened the contest in a
neck-and-neck, exchanging blow after
blow until a technical foul was called on and
the South Carolina bench. the
After Tulane's Jerald Honeycutt sank Gre
two free throws to cut the deficit to 26- clin
23, the Gamecocks went on 11-2 run that Dav
was capped by a thundering Bud Johnson nail
dunk at the 2:55 mark to give Caroling lead
a 37-25 advantage. The Gamecocks
retained the lead and went into halftime surj
with a 44-34 lead. opei
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came an onslaught of three pointers that j
brought the Green Wave back into the said
contest. Hitting six of their seven second- ovei
half three-pointers in the first 10 minutes
of the half, Tulane found themselves not
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Green Wave extended their lead to 69- beii
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even and with time running out, the <
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tight defense to outscore 18-6 over
final six minutes to overwhelm the i
en Wave. With 1:54 left and USC i
ging to a 70-69 lead, junior Larry 1
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ed a three-pointer to stretch the
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The screens were there, but I was
Drised that Tulane left me so wide
a," Davis said. "It was a big shot,
that I always dream about."
\fter his team's 80-75 victory, Fogler
the win felt good, but he still wasn't
rly comfortable with their play.
'It feels better to win, (but) I'm still
thrilled with the way we are playing;
just can't get into the flow."
Z^fter playing 36 out of 40 minutes
;he game, Davis said he was
ifortable assuming the burden of
ig the team leader. "After sitting
for a whole year, I have a lot of
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?t in the Gamecocks' 80-75 upset
ment of Champions. Davis was
snergy, so I'm comfortable with it,"
Davis said. "I just have to push deep
inside to find the energy to finish the
*ame."
Tulane's head coach Perry Clark
said his team lost to a formidable team
in South Carolina. "This is the reason
we do this - play against a high caliber
of competition. I was very impressed
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Stanford); they did everything but win
the game," Clark said."... a lot of teams
will lose to this team."
In the championship game, the North
Carolina Tar Heels defeated Stanford
87-63. South Carolina's Larry Davis
was named to the All-Tournament team,
along with UNC's Dante Calabria, Jeff
Mclnnis, Antawn Jamison and Stanford's
Brevin Knight. USC's Melvin Watson
was awarded the Frank McGuire
Leadership award.
The Gamecocks next host the
Furman Paladins Wednesday at 7:30
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