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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
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n Fouls and Free Throws:
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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
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in the game, about half the num
committed by LSU. The Tigers shot <
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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.
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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
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Tuesday, February 13,1996
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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
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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
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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.
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