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Once second-ranked Kentucky got
running, it couldn't slow down.
The Wildcats put together a 30-2
run in coasting to their 16th consecutive
victory, dismantling South Carolina
89-57 in Southeastern Conference play
Saturday night.
South Carolina (11-5, 5-3 SEC),
which had won five of six gkmes since
losing 89-60 to Kentucky on Jan. 3,
elected not to run with the Wildcats.
Instead, the Gamecocks ran 20 seconds
off the shot clock on nearly every
possession before running a play and
tried to confuse the Wildcats with a
two-three zone defense.
It worked for about 23 minutes.
South Carolina rallied from an
eight-point deficit at the half to pull
to within 46-45 on Bud Johnson's
rebound basket with 17:30 to go.
Then Kentucky took control with
a swarming fullcourt press.
Mark Pope hit a 15-footer and,
following South Carolina turnovers,
Walter McCarty scored on an alleyoop
dunk and Derek Anderson
connected on a 3 from the top of the
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Nikki Miars posted a career-high
25 points to lead the Lady Gamecocks
to a 69-66 upset win over No. 23 ranked
Ole Miss an Sunday. Shannon Johnson
led the Lady Gamecocks in rebounds,
grabbing eight boards and scoring 24
points.
Ole Miss only hit 43 percent of their
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played tough all game long. The game
lowered the Lady Rebels record to 135
and 3-2 in the SEC.
South Carolina's (12-6, 2-5) next
two contests are on the road at
Appalachian State and then at archrival
Clemson Monday evening.
Five members of the USC men's
tennis team advanced to the third
round of the SEC Coaches
championship before being eliminated
on Saturday, the third day of
competition.
Robert Wojcik, a junior transfer
from Anderson College, breezed by
top-seeded and seventh-ranked Cedric
Kauffmann of Kentucky 6-4,6-1 on
Friday as he advanced to the round
of 16.
Four other Gamecocks advanced
to the round of 16. Senior Maxsy
Jimenez defeated Arkansas' Daniel
Pahlsson 7-6, 1-6, 6-1. Freshman
Francesco Cattini likewise defeated
an opponent from Arkansas, defeating
Jay Udwadia 6-7,6-3, 7-5. Freshman
Grzegorz Badurowicz defeated Tim
Crichton of Arkansas 6-7,7-5,6-1 and
junior Jorge Esqueda also conquered
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"It did bother me in the first half,"
Anderson said of South Carolina's
tactics. "It was frustrating, but we
were able to play our game in the
second game."
Kentucky's margin increased to 5945
on Anthony Epps' 3 from the right
wing before South Carolina's Melvin
Watson scored on a driving layup at
11:50.
But it wasn't over.
Kentucky then scored 17 straight
points, with McCarty hitting a 3 and
slamming in another dunk, to go up
76-47 with 8:10 to go. The Wildcats
scored 13 points off eight turnovers
during the spurt while South Carolina
hit only one of 10 shots.
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to stay with Kentucky," said South
Carolina forward William Gallman.
"We made a lot of errors, tinned the
ball over and did not create the
turnovers we needed to win the game."
South Carolina finished with 27
turnovers, which Kentucky converted
to 38 points, and shot just 41 percent
(23-of-56) from the floor.
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Alabama's No.l player, Marco Mazzotta,
7-5,2-6,6-3.
The third day of the tournament,
however, was quite fough for the
Gamecocks as all of the plavers that
survived to the round of 16 were
eliminated. Wojcik was defeated by
Ole Miss's Ali Hamadeh 6-2, 6-3,
Jimenez fell to Auburn's Lee Pearson
7-5,2-6,1-6, Cattini lost to Alabama's
Mark Johnson 7-5,7-5, Badurowicz
fell to third-seeded Pablo Montana 76,6-2,
and Esqueda was defeated by
Georgia's Jamie Laschinger 6-4,7-5.
In doubles action, Maxsy Jimenez
and Wojcik were scheduled to play in
a semi-final match, but were forced
to default the match due to abdominal
problems for Jimenez.
The Carolina men's track and field
team finished second at the Barnett
Bank Invitational held last weekend
at Gainesville, Florida. The Gamecocks
finished the meet with four more NCAA
qualifiers and broke one school record.
Sophomore Marvin Watts qualified
for the NCAA Championships with a
second-Dlace finish in the 800 meters
event. Freshman Brad Synder won
the shot put competition with a toss
of572 while qualifying for the NCAA
Championships.
Freshman Marcus Robinson, a wide
receiver with the Gamecock football
squad, won the 200 meters at 21.67,
breaking a two year old school record.
The women's track and field team
finished third at the same tournament,
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"I think we played well for 24,25
minutes, and then it all caved in," said I
South Carolina coach Eddie Fogler,
adding that fatigue was a big part in
his team's collapse.
Meanwhile, Kentucky had only 11
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(35-of-72) of its shots, including 43
percent (12-of-28) beyond the 3-point
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McCarty finished with a seasonhigh
20 points and seven rebounds
while Tony Delk contributed 14 points,
Antoine Walker 13 and Epps 10 for
Kentucky.
Watson led South Carolina with 16
points, BJ McKie added 15 and Johnson
10.
Kentucky coach Rick Pitino praised
his team's overall play.
"I think we get our runs by our
defensive pressure and what separates
us from other teams is our ability to
hit the 3-pointer," said Pitino, who also
recorded his 300th career victory.
South Carolina returns to action
Wednesday night against visiting
Wofford while Kentucky entertains
Florida on Saturday.
as the Lady Gamecocks picked up
three additional NCAA qualifiers and
set two school records.
Dawn Ellerbe, Crystal Brownlee,
Lisa Misipeka and Marcia Chmura
all qualified for the NCAA
Championships during the tournament
this weekend. Freshman Dee Dee
Fortman, a middle blocker with the
Carolina volleyball team, broke the
school record in the triple jump, which
she set just last week, with a jump of
38' 11/4.
Both the men's and women's track |J
and field teams will travel back to
Gainesville for their next meet on Feb.
1-2 at the ACC-SEC Track and Field
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The Athletics Department named
Jeff Barber, former associate Athletics
Director for External Affairs at Furman H
University, the new Assistant Athletics /j
Director for Development at the 4/
University of South Carolina.
In his new role at South Carolina,
Barber will be responsible for athletics
department development, securing W
major gifts for the athletics program
and will oversee the fund raising efforts In
for all capital projects. ft
While at Furman, Barber raised
over $6 million for the school through
various fund raising promotions and ?
the organization of a Pro-am Golf
Tournament which featured several ^1
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10. Penn State (14)
11. Memphis (12)
12. Wake Forest (9)
13. Virginia Tech (8)
14. Arizona (13)
15. Texas Tech (22)
1a Iowa (22)
17. Purdue (19)
18. Syracuse (17)
19. UCLA (15)
20. Michigan (16)
21. Boston College (20)
22. Auburn (21)
23. East Michigan (nr)
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25. Georgia Tech (nr)
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MELBOURNE, Australia ?
Lawyers for Mats Wilander and
Karel Novacek planned to go to
court in London this week to clear
the players' names over allegations
they tested positive for cocaine
during the 1995 French Open.
The British tabloid, News of the
World, reported it had evidence
the two tested positive and the
International Tennis Federation
kept the tests a secret. The ITF
refused to confirm the paper's
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FOOTBALL
TEMPE, Ariz. ? Coach Joe
Gibbs and two of his former players,
tackle Dan Dierdorf and receiver
Charlie Joiner, were elected to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame on
Saturday along with Mel Renfro
and Lou Creekmur.
Among the 10 nominees rejected
by the 36-member board of selectors
were four members of Pittsburgh's
four Super Bowl champions ? Lynn
Swann, John Stallworth, Mike
Webster and L.C. Greenwood.
Gibbs, who won three Super
Bowls with Washington, worked
with Dierdorf as an assistant in
St. Louis and with Joiner in San
Diego.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio ?
Jermaine Hopkins, a defensive
starter for Youngstown State, was
shot and killed early Sunday, police
said.
Police Sgt. Detective Rich
Holzschuh said Sunday night that
Eric Moore, 22, was arrested and
charged with aerpravated murder.
GOLF
SINGAPORE - Wales' Ian
Woosnam won the PGA European
Tour's season-opening Johnnie
Walker Classic on Sunday, holing
a 40-foot birdie putt on the third
hole of a playoff with Scotland's
Andrew Coltart.
Woosnam, who earned $151,000,
closed with a 5-under-par 66 and
Coltart shot a 65 for 16-under 272
totals on Tan ah Merah's Garden
Course. Sweden's Olle Karlsson
(66) and England's Paul Cuny tied
for third at 275.
ORLANDO, Fla. ? The United
States Golf Association exempted
Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson
for this year's U.S. Open and elected
Judy Bell the first female president
in its 101-year history Saturday.
Japan's Jumbo Ozaki was
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granted a special international
exemption for the June 13-16
tournament at Oakland Hills in
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The USGA
also increased the prize money by
$400,000 to $2.4 million and for
the Senior and Women's opens by
$200,000 each to $1.2 million.
SKIING
SERRE CHEVALIER, France
? Claudia Riegler, a 19-year-old
Austrian who now comnetes for
New Zealand, won her first World
Cup slalom title Sunday.
Riegler, whose mother is from
New Zealand, had a two-run time
of 1 minute, 31.27 seconds on the
Olympique Luc Alphand course.
Switzerland's Karin Roten was
second, 0.29 seconds back.
Saturday's downhill was
canceled.
AUTO RACING
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. ?
A new series and star were born
Saturday in the Indy 200 as Buzz
Calkins outdueled fellow first-time
Indy-car starter Tony Stewart to
win the inaugural event of the Indy
Racing League.
Calkins, 24, driving a 1995 Fordpowered
Reynard, passed Stewart
for the lead on the 66th of200 laps
around the mile tri-oval at Walt '
Disney World Speedway and, except
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his two routine pit stops, led the
rest of the way.
BOXING
PHOENIX ? Terry Norris
stopped Nicaragua's Jorge Luis
Vado at 42 seconds of the second
round to retain his WBC and EBF
junior middleweight titles Saturday
night.
Norris, fighting for the first time
since winning the IBF title Dec.
16, improved to 42-6 with his 26th
knockout. Vado dropped to 14-1.
Venezuela's Elpy Rqjas remained
WBA featherweight champ with a
unanimous 12-round decision over
Miguel Arrozal of the Phillipines,
and Bernard Hopkins stopped Steve
Frank in the first round to retain
his EBF middleweight title.
BASEBALL
CINCINNATI - Free agent
outfielder Vince Coleman agreed
to a minor-league contract Saturday
with the Cincinnati Reds.
Coleman, 34, split last season
with Kansas City and Seattle,
batting .288 with five homers, 29
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