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Davis, Gam LARRY WaiKUWf Staff Writer The trio of Larry Davis, BJ McKie and Melvin Watson earned the moniker "triple trouble" this year for their formidable scoring prowess. Subtract Watson, add Malik Russell to the mix, and what do you get? You guessed it. Triple trouble. Accounting for 71 points, the trio of Russell, Davis and McKie led South Carolina's men's basketball team to a 100-73 drubbing of the Davidson Wildcats Wednesday in first round action of the National Invitation Tournament. The win, giving USC their 18th win overall, guaranteed the Gamecocks yet another game on their home court - where they are 15-1 this season - against the Vanderbilt Commodores. While Watson (who only attempted four shots all night) was being harassed by Davidson's defense, McKie and Russell were picking up the slack, scoring 22 and 16 points, respectively. But make no mistake ? this was Davis' night. Big time. Davis, who led his team in scoring for the 14th game this season, shot a red-hot 12 of 13 from the field and an even more blistering 7-7 from behind the three-point arc, rolling up 33 points, his second highest total of the season. "We did a great job in the halfcourt offense ... my teammates did a great job," Davis said. "Although it looked like an individual effort, it was a team effort. I couldn't have gotten any nf fKnao aknfa unfViAiif mu fAftmmofAo n ^^J^s^nsored by % V^a ^ FREE Di /- W^^m. >WN ni? AM ne neeas Diooa to kc Many people don't git now, you do. Don't w BLO Monday, March Open SOUTI sponsored by Gre ^ y\ .OLD VI V11VOV OUVW TTllllUUb J l.ran Head coach Eddie Fogler was pleased with his team's emotion in the game, one which easily could have been a continuation of the lackluster effort in the SEC Tournament against Arkansas. "We played pretty darned good," Fogler said. Tm pleased with the juice, the emotion that we played with." While many of the 7,168 fans in attendance might not have considered the Wildcats a serious threat, their opinions were quickly changed in the opening moments of the first half. Using a tenacious, pressing defense, Davidson forced turnover after turnover in the first four minutes of the half, running to an 8-0 lead with 16:51 left. If Carolina fans weren't in the game earlier, they certainly were by this point. The 500 to 800 standing red-and-blue clad Davidson fans who made the trek from North Carolina made their presence felt early and often. USC got its first points of the evening on a Ryan Stack score with 16:19 left and then went on to out-score Davidson 15-5 over the four minutes, taking a 17-13 lead with 12:29 left. The Wildcats had their last lead of the game uo you ki L jjStk HShp^s ... probably not. His name lecocks nea when they held a 25-23 margin with 7:0< remaining. After that, the Gamecocks wen fueled by McKie and Davis, who combined fc score 16 of USC's final 22 points of the hall Davis, who was just heating up, buried back to-back three-pointers to fuel the run, whili McKie sank nine straight free throws durin) the stretch. McKie. whn ornhheri a lnnae hell with iiia seconds to go in the half, raced down the cour and found Davis, who performed a spectacula over-and-under act to put the ball into thi basket, to put the fans into a frenzy and th< Gamecocks into the locker room with a 45-3; lead. "(The shot) was just something tha happened," Davis said. "I knew that there wai a little time on the clock, the layup went in and from there it was another boost for th< second half." Boost? You don't say. As if they were set out to prove that theii blistering first half shooting performance wai no fluke, the Gamecocks sizzled the nets in thi second half as well, shooting 69.4 percent fron the floor. Leading 59-48 with 11:17 left, the Gamecocki dashed any hopes of a Wildcat comeback outscoring 15-4 over the next four minutes t< go up 74-52 and all but seal the victory. Extending their lead to as much as 32 ovei the last seven minutes, the Gamecocks wen on cruise control, and with 37.5 seconds left ir the game, the chanting got what they wantec - a George score. George Formanek, the junior and little-usec is Trey Mills. He's 17 and t >ep him healthy - to keep hi re blood until they know sg ait - Give blood before it's >OD DRIVES 18TH 1:00PM-" to everyone! H TOWER LOBBY lif# ( i f ^ ? M m ?e/c ure in nonor or ureeK we > BAND HOUSE USC Band, 511 Main Street Drawings for N inners for Two from... / -3 Village Idiot 1 ID DillA. A DIMA UbL center, though double-teamed m the paint got the ball off and, in what was only fitting or this night, scored. With an 100-74 victoiy over Davidson, Foglei said he was surprised at the ease with whicl USC won. "I never dreamed the score would be this way," Fogler said. "We shot the ball great, w< got inside, we used our strength and our powei against a smaller under-manned team, but mj guys certainly did a good job here tonight.' With Wednesday's win, USC advances tc the second round of the NTT. SBC foe Vanderbilt whom USC played twice this year, comes t( Frank McGuire Monday. The Commodores beat Arkansas-Little Rock Wednesday night USC beat the Commodores 87-83 in their firs' meeting in Columbia, but lost 107-97 ir Nashville. Unofficially, tipoff will be 7:30 p.m. flow this r perfec 5 IHHnAi e 0 e 1 t t Wf #1 :, t r ill i B^kvHiilli W 1^1 m jH * ^^WKMmMF HHi ) 1 I 1 I MM, jir t ^ i Junior guard Larry Davis, k guy? 11 ias leukemia, im alive, imeone... too late. 7: OOPM tek Sf t in victory Jflj fLg? I 4 ^%.v. 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