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8 Gamecock! Davis, McKle pace Carotin as squad Improves to 13-1 a Frank McQuire Arena. MATT PRUITT Sports Editor The men's basketball team improve their home record to 13-1 Wednesda with a 80-75 victory over Florida. Th combination of the home victory an Vanderbilf s loss to Georgia places US' in sole possession of second place in th SEC East. i The Gamecocks were led on offens by guards BJ McKie and Larry Davi with 19 points each. McKie sparke Carolina with 12 first-half points and 1 3 shooting from being the arc. Davii who took only two shots and scored on! three points in the first half, stepped u in the second half, scoring 16 points o 10 field-goal attempts. Aggressive man-to-man defense b both teams led to limited offense in th first half as Carolina went to the lockc room up 34-30. Head coach Eddie Fogh deemed Florida's man-to-man secon only to Carolina's next opponen Mississippi. That was a pretty physical gan out there," Fogler said. That was aboi as physical a Florida defense as I'\ seen." "Florida always comes to play real physically, and that's why they're s tough," senior forward Malik Russe said. "Their big men post hard all da; they're guarding, they're holding, they'] grabbing, and it's just a tough gam They make it ugly:" Though Florida's harassing defenj was an obstacle for Carolina throughoi the game, the Gamecocks were able pick up the offense in the second ha Russell and center Ryan Stack gay strong performances down low. Russc finished with 14 points and 11 rebound while Stack contributed 10 points in j minutes. "I thought the big guys did a go< job tonight," Fogler said. "They we: pretty physical in there, and that's tl one area we have depth. If there's goii to be an attrition by fouls or a war insii thaf s one area we don't get hurt." Carolina took the lead at the 15:! mark of the first half with a Larry Da1* layup and would not lose it. 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"We would have to win at least tl ^ of our last four to have a chance to in off a regular season record," Fo said. Tm not sure that would do it, it might. Obviously if we're going to three or four of the last four games v> [ got to win a road game. There's tw home and two on the road." ' Fogler also noted that winninj ' the road seems to have been difficul every SEC east team this year with exception of No. 2 Kentucky. Caro has two road wins; Georgia, Flor re Tennessee and Vanderbilt have e have one. y "I attribute it to the fact that r collie teams are fragile. Therefore, go on the road and that usually sh y> up. If we weren't fragile we would 1 re won a few more on the road by now, e- so would the other teams." The Carolina players, however, 36 not so certain of their fragility, ut "[ think we were in every game e> to for the Kentucky game on the ro If. novio onirl "T ?m't rorull nnv cramp re we were totally blown out of on the 1 ill go that gives us a whole lot of confich ls? You just want to go on the road, exe L3 have poise and try to make the be your opportunities." )d There's no pressure (to win ga re on the road); we just have to do whs ie have to do," McKie said. "We ha^ ig come out focused and ready to play e ie game and just go all out, scrap aiftc loose balls, play physical and pla 20 hard as we can, whether it be or as road or at home. We have to do whf ie have to do to win." n-Sat 10 am-6pm ay 1 -5 in Five Points lete Supply of Ski, & Gar Hack % Off mGood withCoupon Expires 3-15-96 a off IG VALLEY ST. ANDREW ?0 Notch Rd. 2719 Broad River I 'alloy Common* (aero** from Bum* Fad pping Ctr.) 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The NFL sued the Cowboys ii September for more than $300 million saying the club had broken iti agreements regarding club trademark and logos. DALLAS ? Deion Sanders wil shelve baseball for at least a year b devote his energies to becoming thi NFL's only full-time two-way player Sanders, who has a $35 millioi deal with the Dallas Cowboys, sav limited time at receiver last season The star comerback scored on a revere in the NFC playoffs against thi Philadelphia Eagles and caught a pas that led to a touchdown in the Supe: Bowl. OAKLAND, Calif. ? Cornerbacl Larry Brown, the Super Bowl MVP has left the Dallas Cowboys for thi Oakland Raiders. The unrestricted free agent, wh had two interceptions in the Cowboy! victory over Pittsburgh, would no disclose details of the contract, excep to say it was for more than one year LAKE FOREST, DL ? BiyanCoj a three-time Pro Bowl linebacker know: for his emotional outbursts with th Miami Dolphins, has agreed to foui year contract with the Chicago Bears A source close to the negotiation said the contract is worth $13.2 millioi with a $5 million signing bonus. Th unrestricted free agent made $1. million last season. ROCK HILL - The Carolin Panthers continued their aggressi\ pursuit of unrestricted free agents b signing cornerback Eric Davis an tight end Wesley Walls to multiyec contracts. Mm NC/SC COVERAGE one year Activation $20 service 9.95 X 12 plus tax Also, layaway av expires 3/20/96 939-0001 l l l >uncements. I I I I I ANflllV UIUCIation i i 1 HIHHf VGA . (H ^' ,(s Thursday, February 22,1996 iter! Pmss Davis, 28, had 51 tackles, three i interceptions and a team-high 22 passes 3 defended last season for San Francisco. j Walls, 29, set a New Orleans record ' for tight ends last season with 57 ' receptions. Terms were not disclosed, j Carolina signed former Oakland 3 offensive tackle Greg Skrepenak on t Monday. 3 Baseball i NEW YORK - The Baltimore i, Orioles beat pitcher Arthur Rhodes in 3 salary arbitration, giving players a 3 final margin of 7-3, their best ever. Arbitrator Robert Light, who heard the case Monday, gave Rhodes the 1 team's offer of a $25,000 raise to d $300,000. Rhodes asked for $675,000 3 after going 2-5 with a 6.21 ERA last year. i After arguing their case before r arbitrator Ira Jaffe, shortstop John V Valentin and Boston agreed to a oneb year contract worth $2,672,500, up 3 from $637,500. Valentin asked for $2.75 9 million after hitting .298 with 27 homers r and 102 RBIs, and Boston offered $2.2 million. k NBA I SALT LAKE CITY - John Stockton broke Maurice Cheeks' NBA 0 career record for steals in Utah's 1123? 98 victory over Boston. t The Jazz guard reached steal No. it 2,311 when he took the ball from Eric Williams with 8:21 left. Stockton, who set the career record for assists last ^ season, finished with two steals, 14 a assists and six points. e Cheeks had 2,310 steals in 15 seasons. s INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Magic ^ Johnson strained his right calf in the e first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' 1 121-104 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Johnson, who didn't score and had a no shot attempts, rebounds or assists, e immediately headed to the dressing ,y room and left the Forum before the d game was over. Team spokesman John ir Black said Johnson's calf started bothering him in practice Monday, and added Johnson was "day-to-day." FREE Bravo Plus or IUniden XLT pager by paying one or two year service up front. w/ Activation We recrystal ypur pager. Free with activation. two year Activation $20 7.95 X 24 r?i.._ j. rius tax mailable. 503 Meeting St. Across from McDonald's 151 Age 18,1993 Elizabeth Suto. Killed by a drunk driver on February 27,1994, on Bell Blvd. in Cedar Park, Texas. 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