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ROBBIE MEEK Sports Editor
The Carolina Coliseum has a rich
basketball history.
Playing in it has been a trig advantage
^for the Gamecocks since its construction
"in 1968-69. USC has a .759 percentage
when playing in the Frank McGuire
Arena.
Tonight/ Vanderbilt comes to town
and the Gamecocks will play for their
300th win in the building. Carolina has
a 6-1 record at home this season.
Carolina enters 8-4 overall and 2-2
in the conference. The Commadores, 115,
are also 2-2 in the conference.
Vanderbilt is coming off a big win
over, Arkansas, last season's national
runner-up. The Gamecocks enter the
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leading scorer with 18.3 ppg. McKie and
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respectively. The trio averages 45.1 ppg.
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ACHIM HUNT Asst. Sports Editor
The Lady Gamecocks (10-5, 0-4)
rebounded from three straight losses as
they soundly defeated the underpowered
Coastal Carolina team, 92-39. The 53point
margin of victory did not match
the 103-point Lady Gamecock victory
over Wheeling College in 1979.
The Lady Gamecocks started the
game by allowing only two points to the
Chanticleers over the first nine minutes
of the game. Led by the strong play of
M-American candidate Shannon Johnson,
the Lady Gamecocks scored 23
unanswered points early on to take charge
of the game.
The Gamecocks' tough defense forced
10 Chanticleers turnovers in a first half
where they could scare a total of 10 points.
"We did a great job on the defensive
side of the ball tonight," a pleased head
coach Nancy Wilson said. "We worked
hard on being more athletic and using
a tough zone defense throughout the
first half."
Hie Lady Gamecocks poured on more
points in the second half as they posted
an impressive 51 points. They were led
by the second half shooting of sophomore
Heather Godfrey, who connected on five
three-pointers to score a career-high 15
points.
"Heather had the touch tonight, and
I feel that she gained a lot of confidence
in her shot during the course of this
game," Wilson said.
Once again in the second half, the
Chanticleers were plagued by a large
number of turnovers caused by the tough
Lady Gamecock zone defense. Coastal
did manage to score some late points as
Wilson began to dig deep into her bench
to make the final score 92-39.
The leading scorer for the Lady
Gamecocks was the senior from Hartsville,
S.C., Shannon Johnson, who finished
the game with 16 points. She leads the
nation in scoring with an average of 26
points per game and is a front runner
for the prestigious Boost/Naismith College
Player of the Year Award.
"Shannon played veiy well tonight,
and we also got the chance for our
im's 300th win
point shooting with 2.1 pg. Carolina's
top rebounder this season has been center
Nate Wilboune with 6.5 rpg.
Last season the Gamecocks and
Commodores split contests with Carolina
winning the first 76-74 and Vandy the
second 91-83. Vandy leads the series 62
since USC joined the SEC. Watson
and Malik Russell have played well
against Vanderbilt before. They hold
20.5 and 15.5 point averages respectively
against the Commodores.
Tonight's game is the first of a three
game home stand. On Saturday the
Alabama Crimson Tide will come calling
for a 7:30 p.m. contest. Then on Jan. 24
the Gamecocks face Mississippi State.
Tonight's tip-off is 7:30 p.m.
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