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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. Tl
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9 Gamecocks would stretch their lea
| as much as 10, but Florida manage
close the gap before the half as cei
- Dametri Hill and forward LeRon Willi
- each put up eight of their 20 poii
d The Gamecocks opened the sec
y half with an 8-2 run and used an 8-0
e later in the half to stretch their sea
d halfleadtoasmuchas 14. Hill i
Q Williams, aided by mediocre free-th
e shooting from Carolina down the stre
would help Florida to fight back c
,e again, but their effort proved insuffici
s Carolina goes to Mississippi
d Saturday for the first of its final tl
)_ games. Fogler emphasized the imporfa
g of winning on the road with respe<
' getting an NCAA tournament bid.
"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."
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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
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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."
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