Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. 2 5 Thursday, February 8,1996 ft** - - 4 i ^ . !: *" * DAN CHESNEY The Gamecoc Freshman guard Nikkl Miars takes the ball to the hole in the win ove UNC-Charlotte Wednesday night. The Lady Gamecocks won by 12. Tfc _ _ i n .BOOK dig] Trophy Winnner George Rogers will be signing The Heisman Tuesday, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Get your copy signed and Save 25c, THE RUSSELL HOUSE 1400 GREEN COLUMBIA, SC 29208-0112 803/7 SPO] Lady Gamecc die-hard Fort The Lady Gamecocks fight tf off UNC-Charlotte and earn si a convincing win at home. ACHIM HUNT Asst. Sports Editor S1 gi The 49er's came to town Wednesday night and were hungry for a win. No, do not start kicking yourselves ^ for not coming to see Jerry Rice and Steve Young in person. The team visiting Columbia was the UNC- 1)0 Charlotte 49er's, who fell to the Lady I Gamecocks 80-68 before a sparse crowd 105 at the Frank McGuire Arena. Hie 49er's (6-14) were big underdogs ^ to the Lady Gamecocks (14-7), but it te' was hard to tell for the first 25 minutes of the game, as the 49er's controlled Vc the rebounding and were playing tough nij man-to-man defense. an H Ail-American Candidate Shannon na I Johnson started out slow as she picked up two quick fouls in the first four ea minutes of the game. Johnson finished th< with 24 points after she picked up the wi pace in the early portions of the second ^ half. th] "I am the leader of this team," co Johnson said. 'When we went down ^ to this team late in the first half, I knew that despite my foul trouble that I would have to pick up my game g^ tremendously. I think I did that in the second half, and the rest of the team ;k seemed to follow suit." The Lady Gamecocks were also P01 r tough inside in the last 15 minutes of ^p the game as they started to control ^ the boards and produce some easy th< inside shots. Afl "I am very pleased about the last ha 15 minutes of this ballgame," Head sir Coach Nancy Wilson said. "The inside play really picked up, and I think tra Shannon was the key to our del turnaround. She was able to get the Th ball around more, and her outside mc shooting reallv Dicked ud." I The Lady Gamecocks found js ? themselves down by as many as nine ^ points in the second half, but they ^ rolled off a 25-8 run midway through ^ ling! I mKSS A J J the g E STREET 77-4160 ?k RTS >cks defea y-Niners te second half in overtaking irpassing the underpowered 4! "The key to our big run wai lard play that shut down their lards and forced some turnover; id shots for them," Wilson sai( After the run, the 4961^ were < r the count as the Lady Garnet ok control and won the game 1 lints. The schedule does not get any e - the Lady Gamecocks, as they travel to the No. 1 team in the 1 e Georgia Bulldogs, in a regioi levised match-up. Then the No. 6 Tennes ilunteers come to town Wedne: ght. Incidentally, these two c e 1-2 in a conference featuring < tionally-ranked teams. "The schedule does not get sier for us as we face the No. 1 ?n 2 in our conference back to bi Ison said "We have been compel all but one of our conference ga is year, and if we can continr mpete, then we have a sho /vff sva* ? UUVJLlig VU. VJ11C VJI LWU UJL \Al<C&C VJ&A Notes: Lady Gamecocks se annon Johnson received a g'< 11 in ceremony proceeding the g idnesday. Johnson scored her 2,0 nt in a 50-point performance aga palachian State, breaking her < ord of 44 points set last year aga } same Appalachian State te ?r last night's game Johnson i s 2,079 career points, 180 po: j of the all-time record. The South Carolina men's t* veled to Auburn last night and \ eated by the Tigers by nine poi e Gamecocks were paced by Kie with 19 points . The Lady Gamecocks' next gi igainst Georgia in Athens, w' ! men's team faces LSU in a 21 test. Both games will be region jvised. WITH SPECIAL GUE ^HOoo I AND Ao D< ? a Carolina's Top Signees >?' Jacob Bush FB rus Rated No. 2 fullback prospect yai in the country by SuperPrep Rushed for 1,004 yards on 98 TD carries with 14 touchdowns his senior and spason sec iter's. SuperPrep ranked him the No. 3 our 14 prospect in the state of Florida Flc point Runs the 40-yard-dash in 4.6 Sta 5 and seconds 1 *Chose South Carolina over iown Florida State, Miami (Fla.) and ^ Clemson. foil 19 Hoi )y 1Z Courtney Leavitt K Consensus No. 1 ranked Col ,asier placekicker in the country have Made field goals of 62,60, 57 Flo: land, and 54 yards his senior season lally Averaged 45.6 yards per punt, J and holds the Tennessee state record see with an 80 yard punt of? sday Chose South Carolina over Notre jubs Dame, Alabama, Georgia, and North rec sight Carolina cab Rashonn Drayton RB squ any Rated #3 runningback in the ^ nation by BLUECHIP yar ack," . ILLUSTRATED in 1994 itive Finished his career with 3,768 by f imes ms." John Abraham 6-5 230 niftr Reggie Baker 6-6 290 mor TimBetts 6-2 199 ime. Derek Bridges 6-5 267 ame Scott Browne 6-3 250 30th Jacob Bush 6-0 235 .:n<d. Cecil Caldwell 6-2 250 JeffChaney 6-1 195 3wn Rashonn Drayton 6-2 226 anst Rory Gallmal 6-2 303 am. Corey Green * 6-1 164 now TroyHambrick 6-1 210 . . Jermale Kelly 6-3 187 inis Courtney Leavitt 6-0 203 Adrian Magee 6-0 175 ;am MattMarsters 6-4 210 vere Donovan Norman 6-1 185 , Andre Offing 6-3 235 AnthonyOverstreet ' 6-3 235 BJ Victor Penn 6-2 175 Trey Pennington 6-5 230 ime EricRiggins 6-0 175 hil_ JimPietrzak 6-5 240 NickRuhman 6-4 250 J-m- Nikia Taylor 6-0 262 ally Shannon Wadley 6-3 220 Makalani Williams 6-0 205 Tyrance Williams 5-10 185 ITOURCHANCE 5 shing yards and 1,024 receiving ds on 63 receptions Rushed for 1,368 yards and 32 's his senior season Runs the 40-yard-dash in 4.5 Chose South Carolina over ?naa state, Notre JDame, Uhio ite and Michigan Reggie Baker OL/DL Comes to South Carolina owing two standout seasons at Imes Junior College Played in the Mississippi Junior lege All-Star game Chose South Carolina over rida State, Auburn and Mississippi emtale Kelty WR Named Mr. Football in the state Jouth Carolina Second all-time leading wideeiver in state history with 187 ihes Named to the Nation's Top 100 ad by USA Today Had 68 receptions for 1,1,54 ds and 10 touchdowns Rated No. 2 prospect in the state SuperPrep Timmonsvilie, S.C. 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