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Thursday, January 18,1996
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MATT PRUm Sports Editor
Eddie Fogler has said from Day One
that he would have to look to his more
experienced players if USC was going to
win basketball games this season.
Look no further.
The Carolina upperclassmen exploded
Wednesday to give their team an 87-83
win over Vanderbilt in overtime. Junior
guard Larry Davis, who came off the
bench, led all scorers with 22 points and
pulled down seven rebounds; he was
followed closely by his classmate, center
IN ate wiiDourne, wno naa 21 points ana
eight boards.
Senior forward Malik Russell also
played a crucial role in the win with his
18 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists.
Fogler praised Russell after the game for
his hustle, saying he "played his fanny
off," as well as his new understanding of
his role on the team.
Though the elder Gamecocks stole
the show Wednesday, sophomore Melvin
Watson also showed poise in the victory,
pouring in 17 points and providing a spark
for an initially sleepy Carolina offense,
even though he was forced to leave the
game temporarily with an injury near
the middle of the second half.
Despite the stellar performances from
the core members of the USC team, the
victory did not come easily. The Gamecocks
were plagued by defensive breakdowns
in the first half that led to easy Commodore
baskets. The team's 11 first-half turnovers,
caused larpelv hv Vanderbilt's tenacious
half-court trap, provided them with
opportunities for transition points. Carolina
went into halftime down 30-39.
Unlike in Saturday's game against
Florida, however, the Gamecocks' did not
stay down once they were there. They
staged a 14-7 run early in the second half,
starting at the 18:42 mark. Carolina used
that momentum to take the lead at the
11:48 mark for the first time since early
in the first half.
A few minutes later, an uncharacteristic
mental error by Fogler shifted the tides
in Vanderbilt's favor. A technical foul
was called against Carolina at the 8:21
mark for having six men on the court.
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of the technical. "My fault. Technical foul
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The Gamecocks proved to be resilient 11
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to stay close and then exploding with an
8-0 run of their own in the final four 1
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three-pointer with six seconds left by
Vandv euard Drew Maddux, who had 18
points, prevented a Carolina victory in
regulation.
In overtime, the two teams matched
each other basket for basket until the :24
second mark, when the Gamecocks took
the lead for good.
Fogler characteristically downplayed
the importance of the win but did express
happiness with his team's comeback.
Tm pleased that we responded and
came back from a negative situation,"
Fogler said. Tm proud of our team's effort
in the second half."
Fogler's halftime speech was the
impetus for the performance of his
upperclassman.
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to come out here and win. We can't lose
at home," Russell said, adding that Fogler
advised them to attack the troublesome
Commodore trap, a piece of advice that
led to improved offensive production in
the second half.
"We're going to be down," Russell said.
"We have to be able to continually fight
back."
Larry Davis added that veteran
leadership is important in coming trom
behind.
"Every team that's good has a veteran
player," Davis said. "When the veteran
players step up, that team wins the game."
"Me and Malik talked about stepping
up in the second half and not letting teams
control us in the second half.... We have
to put 40 minutes together."
Vandy head coach Jan van Breda Kolff
attributed the loss to losing three players
to foul-outs, Carolina's aggressiveness on ?
the offensive boards, which led to several jU]
second opportunities, and the acquisition g3
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NFL
DALLAS (AP) ? Green Bay Packers
assistant coach Gil Haskell has made
significant improvement after fracturing
his skull in a sideline mishap during .
Sunday's NFC championship game.
Haskell, 52, likely will be moved
from Baylor University Medical Centers
neurological intensive^are unit today,
said Dr. Michael Foreman, the trauma
surgeon directing Haskell's care.
CINCINNATI (AP) ? Cincinnati
Bengals defensive lineman Dan
Wilkinson was found guilty of striking
his pregnant girlfriend during a Sept.
13 argument, but evaded jail when the
judge gave him a suspended six-month*
sentence.
Shawnda Lamarr, 20, who is to
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College Basketball
WORCESTER, Mass. ?
Massachusetts center Marcus Camby,
who collapsed Sunday before a game
at St Bonaventure, rested in a hospital
room while his teammates returned
to practice.
There was a news blackout on
Camby at University of Massachusetts
Medical Center, where he was taken
Monday for further tests. Coach John
Calipari said he expected Camby to be
released "in the next day or two" and
indicated he didn't know how long his
star would be sidelined.
BOULDER, Colo. ?Joe Harrington,
saying the team will be better off
without him, quit as Colorado's coach,
shortly before the Buffaloes lost their
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. ? Wayne
Gretzky's future in Los Angeles
remained uncertain after his agent
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extension.
"We discussed many things,
including a contract extension for
Wayne, but there is no timetable as to
when such an extension may be
completed," Kings general manager
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McMaster, who said talks would
resume sometime after Saturday's AllStar
game, was joined in the
negotiations by Gretzkys agent, Michael
Barnett, and Robert Sanderman, a top
associate of the team co-owner, Philip
Anschutz.
Gretzky, who turns 35 next week,
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a top veteran who could help win the
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CANASTOTA, N.Y. - Aaron Piyor,
whose career was ended by drug
problems, and Wilfred Benitez, the
youngest fighter ever to win a world
title, top the 1996 inductees for the
International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Benitez and Pryor, the sixth and
seventh boxers to be enshrined in their
first year of eligibility, were among 13
men chosen for induction. They will
be officially inducted June 9, bringing
membership to 165.
Other inductees include: lightweight
champion Joe Brown, who made 11
successful title defenses; bantamweight
champ Manuel Ortiz, who had 95
victories over a 17-year career; and
trainer-manager Emanuel Steward.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? A
scheduled 12-round bout between
firmer world champion Hector Camacho
and Sal Lopez was declared a technical
draw when Camacho was cutrby an
accidental butt in the second round.
Camacho, 33, was cut just below his
hairline and blood immediately covered
his face and body. Referee Jorge Alfonso
called for physicians, and after
evaluating the cut, stopped the bout
at 1:52 of the round.
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