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8 : " jif^lk ^Pl^RIF 1; v^iwm Pv 5 ^MaJ* jppt< LflBLuBuiL^K?iSOiiKI ^mtf J|y* wn?| ?Myf ? m I * 'W ?L I S i irnlffiMp*- m * -- ^ ite ' Ik' ROSERT WALTON The Gamecoc Forward Malik Ruaaall dlshos off In Saturday's win against LSU. Th< Oamococks mad# up for throo road lossos with a 38 point victory. Make unity Join our te ft. mg^m ' A world without peo a team without p The USC Service Corps Leadershi| commUNITY service program suppc commUNITY. Members conduct pres< organizations and classes, assist in students interested in commUNIT experience in public speaking, fund rJAwfilnrvmont onH IqqHq UCVCIU|JI I 1^1 IL dllU ILrUVJV^ Call the Office of Community Service Prograr L SPO Gamecocks warm home MATT PWIUTT Sports Editor The LSU Tigers learned an important lesson in Frank McGuire Arena Saturday ? one they will probably cany with them for the rest of their careers: Hell hath no fury like a team scorned, especially when that team plays at home. After three conference losses on the road, the USC Gamecocks came home Saturday to unleash the frustration of defeat on the bayou bengals, defeating the Tigers 106-68. The 38-point margin of victory was the largest for Carolina in SEC play. "This was an important win for us," ' Head Uoach tiddie Fogler said, "we sun have a chance to get in the NCAA tournament, and we couldn't afford a loss at home." While the Gamecocks put forth a j stellar performance in Saturday's win, 1 the impressive victory can largely be j attributed to a lackluster performance by the Tigers, who seemed to match every I Carolina right with a wrong of their own. For example: Individual Scoring: Junior guard Larry Davis improved upon his usual double-digit effort, pouring in a career high 35 points for Carolina, including 15 points from the free-throw line. Three other Gamecocks would score in double digits, as BJ McKie, Bud .TnVinsnn and Melvin Watson scored 20. 14 and 13 points respectively. LSU standout guard Ronnie Henderson, the recipient of last week's Player of the Week award, scored eight s points and left the game in the second half with a knee injury that will require surgery. Only two Tigers reached double digits. Shooting: The Tigers shot a miserable 21 percent from the floor in the first half, including a meager 18 percent from behind the three-point arc. Their secondhalf shooting was almost as poor, as they shot 37.8 percent from the floor and made ? nine out of 24 from the three-point line, bringing their percentage for the game mimimimrn \ work. kam. Die is like ayers. p Team provides ?rt for the Carolina jntations to student the placement of Y service, gain Iraising, program rship. ns (OCSP) at 777-8402. L RTS come off coming ag to 30 percent. The Gamecocks, on the other hi shot 70 percent in the second h including 75 percent from behind arc, bringing the percentage for the gi to 56 parent overall and 62 percent f three-point land, n Fouls and Free Throws: ' The Tigers couldn't keep their p off the quick Carolina guards. I committed 30 personal fouls in the ge sending the Gamecocks to the cha stripe 47 times. USC repeatedly cas in on free throws, shooting 76 pen and scoring 36 points from the line The Gamecocks committed 16 f in the game, about half the num committed by LSU. The Tigers shot < 10 free throws in the game and m only six. Rebounds: Carolina outrebounded tl opponent 51 to 38. USC's guards c again took on much of the responsih for rebounding, with Melvin Watson Larry Davis pulling down eight boi each. LSU was also plagued by the loi key players. In addition to the los Henderson, sophomore guard Ra Livingston was unable to play du injury. Misha Mutavdzic, a 6-foot-9center, picked up three fouls at midway through the first half and w foul out in the first five minutes ol second half. Other LSU players found thems* in foul trouble as well. Guard Di Ford, who led his team with 16 po played much of the second half with fouls, and center Roman Rubche would pick up his fourth with about minutes left in the game. The Tigers' two technical fouls ir second half didn't help their cause, ei Guard Gene Nabors' technical at 17:24 mark resulted in two Larry E free throws that gave USC a 30-p lead. A technical foul against Muta> at the 15:48 mark resulted not on a larger Carolina lead, but also pi the senior on the bench with his nnwnnmm W I I 2JSLBS^ ^Ask for details a UnNe^sl nMnmnii UEEBESBm The! ^I Call 1 Vi 61 Fares shown are for coach travel, other accommodations. Seats are rnorl trin fnr IUCIU ill|l IUI ainst Tigers foul. md, Though both teams started off alf, sluggishly, Carolina took advantage of the LSlTs poor shooting early to dominate ime the game. The Gamecocks staged an 18rom 0 run between the 14:17 and 8:44 marks and used a 7-0 run later in the half to build a 25-point halftime lead, aws USC kept the burners on in the second <SU half, opening the period with a 21-8 run. ime, The Gamecocks entered the bonus at rity the 14:22 mark and extended their lead ihed to as much as 51 late in the period. :ent Though the Tigers staged a 16-3 run of their own in the last three minutes of ouls the game, the effort proved too little, too ber late, only _ J _ aae ieir The top 25teams in the Associated >nce Press women's basketball poll with ijily previous ranking in parentheses. 311(1 1. Massachusetts (1) **** 2. Kentucky (2) 3. Connecticut (4) 38 ?\ 4. Vlllanova (6) * ?f 5. Kansas(3) eto 6. Cincinatti (5) inch 7. Utah (7) ,out 8. Wake Forest (9) ould 9. Penn State(10) ? the 10. Virginia Tech (11) 11. Purdue (14) ilves 12. Texas Tech (13) iece 13 Ari7nn?W1ftt LJlts> 14. Georgetown (8) ^ 15. Memphis (15) !fiv! 16- Syracuse (18) 17. North Carolina (12) lthe 18. UCLA (17) ther. 19. Iowa (19) ; the 20. Stanford (25) (avis 21. Boston College (22) 'oint 22. Iowa State (21) ^dzic 23. E. Michigan (24) lyin 24. Lousiville (20) ^ 25. Miss. State (nr) fifth 1.? r AHAboai \mtra ttrieJet tybookstor^^^ Ciltrnt* /4nr*at<fc /~vl i itv?V\i ^ tA ^ 11T 3 Jiivci Jiai ucyai 10 14u.ii.jr Fares start as low as ^iiQ Beach Tc ^60 * v bus connection from & t |rlando U your local travel agent or / -800-USA-R sit our local station 850 Pulasl slocks west of the State Capital each way based on round trip ticket purchase. Thei limited at these fares and tares are based on availai Tuesday, February 13,1996 Spangler 26 miles closer to Atlanta ACHIM HUNT Asst. Sports Editor Picture the 1996 NCAA Basketball Tournament. University of Massachusetts drops out just before their first game. Temple upsets North Carolina in the Championship Game, and Kentucky finishes in third place. Ibis situation may seem far-fetched, but similar events took place in Columbia Saturday as 175 women ran along 26.2 miles of blue line on their ? ">" fiilfillinrr a lifolnnrr Hroam rtf yvaj tu lUlillilllg U lUVlWIIg s?l VMM* %r* competing in the Olympics. The people of Columbia turned out in huge numbers to cheer on the contestants of the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women's Marathon. Across the nation, 188 women from all walks of life qualified for the event in marathons that have been held over the past two years. The runner with the 61st fastest qualifying time for the marathon, Jenny Spangler, a graduate of Iowa, came from the small town of Gurnee, 111., and the back of the pack to score an upset victory in the Olympic Trials Women's Marathon with a time of 2:29.54. "I was not as surprised at my win as I was happy that all of the hard work was paid off with the victory today," Spangler said after the marathon. "This victory here today is only half the battle. We have to regroup ailU 1/1 dill Olid 1/ UiUVIl ?UI ViVi MV VAA4AV we can have a chance to win a medal in Atlanta." The entire field was grouped together very tight at the beginning of the race. Then, as the marathon moved on to the fourth and fifth mile, five of the runners pulled away from the rest of the pack and led the next group of runners by almost 100 yards. That group included all four qualifiers for the Olympics: Jenny Spangler, Linda Somers and Anne Marie Locke. The first alternate for the team is Gwyn Coogan. MARATHON page 9 fd r r at 12:53am impg I 41 I liami I /II' I ^mtrak? at AIL ci Street building e is an additional charge for first class or )ility. Fares and schedule subject to change