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GAMECOCK ATHLETICS Men's/Women's Swimming vs. Howard Tonight, 5:00 p.m. Carolina Natatorium Mens' Basketball vs. Ole Miss Saturdav. 1:00 D.m. Frank McGuire Arena ' In addition, she did ice and heat work on her shins. Fortunately, she has come back to action for the Lady Gamecocks and said she has enjoyed playing the last few games. Donna said she feds her specialty is rebounding. As a freshman, she averaged 3.2 rebounds per game. In her limited action this year, her best rebounding game was against Florida, in which she pulled down nine. "I think rebounding is my biggest asset to the team because I love being near the ball and making things happen," she said. "It really Hall of Fames On the same day that most of the forward-thinking world was celebrating the memory of one pioneer, the sports world lost another to throat cancer. Curt Flood was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals who had the testicular fortitude to challenge the powers that be in Major League T% 1 11 ] * J iL ~ SPORTS ON CIT LM ;||flI wKk ^ /Kgi p -fx. ik ?* JSP % "MB 'Hi' TmlI^B COLBY jVELSOY Staff Writer For nine games, the Lady Gamecock basketball team has missed sophomore forward Donna /~l 1 1. i--l-- - C i. 1 it r>arr uue lu uuia iracuures 111 uuui legs. To rehabilitate her injuries, Carr swam, ran and cycled to build up the muscles in her weakened leers. Daseucui anu puiu uie uiuumtc pi ice for it. Curt who?, you ask. Flood was one of the best all-around players in Charlotte/Cincinnati basketball game members from UNCC were accused of throwing the beverages and ice onto Bearcat Bob players. The chaos began one strai hour before tipoff when UNCC H U| students began verbally abusing Cor Cincinnati players. Cincy point stuc guard Charles Williams was hit tear In 12 seasons, he batted .300 or ? better six times, won seven Gold a Gloves (only Willie Mays and Roberto p Clemente won more), and played in li three World Series in five years between 1964 and 1968. I However, what Flood will forever I be known for in baseball annals is c that he had the nerve to challenge o baseball's reserve clause. In 1969, Flood was traded to the cellar-dwellers s Sby a coin during the l game. After the game, Cincy players retaliated by throwing three basketballs at LJNCC students. Cincy coach > Huggins sent his team ight to ftie bus after the game. W ggins plans to petition iference-USA to remove lents from behind opposing f^fif i n's benches. t/t/fci 1b - v ^*51 >IKKI THORI gets a lot out of the crowd and my I teammates." One aspect Carr said she needs i to work on is shooting over larger 1 players. t "I think I really need practice shooting over bigger pests because 1 I realize that I am a smaller post \ in the SEC, probably the smallest r post in the SEC, so I work hard in t practice going over the bigger posts." Psychologically, Carr said her ( l x _xl Diggest seiDacK is ner sugni i hesitancy when jumping, which 1 she said will subside with time. Donna said she chose South Carolina over other schools because she wanted to go to a school in the SEC and South Carolina was "a program that was up and coming." Moreover, the competition in the SEC is tough, which Carr said she thinks will help her in establishing a good game. Carr said her toughest opponent is the University of Florida, who she says have the best players in need to indue Major League Baseball in the 1960s, o Blessed with incredible speed, he F could easily stretch doubles'into triples and made catches in center s field of old Sportsman's Park look F offXr+loee MONDAY Everything you w H) Sophomore Do against Appalacl with her mothe Day at Frank Me I Ba I E g Caroli player I return team aft W games 'E Tlie Gamecock :he country. Coincidentally, her most nemoraWe game was played against he Lady Gators, who were expected jo win easily. "We came into the game with a ot of heart, a lot of intensity, and -ve took Florida down to the wire, [his game was definitely my biggest hrill in basketball." Donna finished with eight points, >ne of her highest totals. Florida, anked No. 25 in the nation at the ime, squeezed out a 66-62 victory. Donna said her teammates gave ier the insniratinn tn excel in 1 ? Dasketball. "All of my teammates give me nspiration," she said. "When I'm lown, at least one of my teammates vill comfort me and tell me if s OK Vly coaches and my teammates lave inspired me the most to do veil and to continue to do well." Donna relates the aspect of teamwork on the court to life off he court. t all-time grei f the league: the Philadelphia billies. It was then that the course of ports history was altered forever, le simply said "no," and took Major eague Baseball to the United States Supreme Court. He lost his suit in 15-3 decision. Nevertheless, other layers would succeed a few years ater. Flood's career, however, was over, le retired during the 1971 season, le had 1,863 career hits and a .293 areer batting average at the time f the trade. If he could have had seven more easons at his average pace, he would WH X Asi ^^ SSP 1. Kansas 2. Clemson \J 3. Kentucky 4. Wake Fore .Mill M A ^ Utah I I ^ . \r 6. Louisville 7. Maryland 0 8. Minnesot. f pfiEU Cincinnat *EUE 10. Duke ant to know about Carolina > I 1 m* * T)w?g * Jm Jb wjmk ?MBg| >nna Carr goes up for a shot hian State. Above, Carr stands r, Anna Carr, during Parent's Guire Arena. tiling uuu na basketball Donna Carr has ed to help her :er missing nine due to injury. She said she knows that without the help and support of her coaches and team members, her life would have been much harder to deal with at such a frustrating point in her career. Even describing her perfect game involves not just herself, but all of her teammates. She said she would love to win the NCAA tournament, but her true perfect game would be if everyone had double figures in scoring and rebounding. She truly is a team player and someone who does not back down to adversity. In the future, Donna said she would love to play professionally if she had the opportunity to do so. She said the addition of the Women's Basketball League gives women an added incentive to play beyond college basketball. If not, she would like to pursue a field in exercise science, such as physical therapy. ats, not just ft have had 3,000 hits and a possibli trip to Coopers town. Flood gave u] his own career so that the idiots o today like Shaquille O'Neal an< A1 Knrt RixIIa \x/Vir\ nrnKoKlv tV?inl X XX MV1. 1/ 1/VI1V y ?T XIV |/i VMUV1J that Curt Flood was a natura disaster, could sign $100 millioi contracts. Speaking of stupidity, it is nov time to unveil the first winner of th< Forrest Gump "Stupid Is As Stupii Does" Award. I came here to bur stupidity, not to praise it, as thi movie does. The Halls of Fame for both footba] and baseball have seemed more lik the Halls of Shame as of the last fev scnxcfiffiLUcBcin IPircess Tr<n>ip 11. Arizona 21. Ind 12. Villanova 22 3o 13. Michigan :st 14. Iowa St. ^ ^e' 15. New Mexico 24. Tu 16. Xavier, Ohio 25. Ma 17. Stanford , .? ^ . 26.Iov i 18. Colorado i 19. North Carolina ^7. Illi 20. Texas Tech 28. Soi s. Ole Miss rs Melvin's tr Carolina i LARRY W1IIJAMS Senior Writer And the streak continues. The South Carolina men's basketball team extended their string of wins to seven games Wednesday, as Melvin Watson scored with three seconds remaining to give the Gamecocks a 62-60 win in Tuscaloosa USC has won eight of nine games since a 4-4 start and already has won more SEC road games than in any other season. The Gamecocks remain the only undefeated SEC team in league play. Alabama, which began the season with a 10-0 record, dropped to 11 -7, With 20 seconds remaining in a 60-60 tie, USC rebounded a miss by Alabama's Brian Williams. It seemed almost fitting that, when the clock trickled down to six seconds, the senior Watson had the W^Mk ^ Sill JM Junior point guard Melvin Wats* Alabama by scoring the winning Watson had 12 points and 5 assist m favorites an< e years, with the constant snubbing p of several worthy players. At the rate f the Baseball Writers Association of i America elects its players, guys like k Nolan Ryan, Tony Perez, and Cal 1 Ripken have a better chance of i making the Halls of Medicine. As horrific as baseball's selection v committee is, you could make a case e for football being worse. With the i way their selection committee works, 17 d nlovor mnct Kotrn />K omr\iAncllin J M inuo\j nave uiiaxiipxviiQiij^ e rings to gain induction into Canton. This explains why men like Joe 11 Namath, Terry Bradshaw and Paul e Warfield are in while Steve Young, v Troy Aikman and Deion Sanders lian* WEST Overall Con ston College Arkansas 10-5 (as lsa Ole Miss 12-5 irquette MlSS. St. 8-10 Auburn 11-8 I .SI J Q-10 I1U15 ? - - v nth Carolina I Alabama 11-7 BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD #4 Wake Forest 65 #2 Clemson 62 #8 Minnnesota 66 Iowa 51 #16 Xavter. Ohio 62 George Washington 61 lagic helps oil Tide ball and was beginning a drive to the basket. It was Watson who, in the waning moments of last year's National Invitational Tournament loss to the Tide, dribbled the ball off his foot on a drive with time running out to allow Bama a 68-67 win. Watson's late drive Wednesday was almost identical to his failed one last season. Driving left, Watson found a pot of gold ? a miraculously wide-open lane to which he ran and found the basket, and redemption. Some might have been surprised that it came down to a last-second shot for Watson. The Gamecocks game, as they extended their lead to as much as 12 in the second half when they epjoyed a 42-30 advantage. But it was timely 3-pointers by ROAD WIN page 9 k> \V% 4 ^^B Bt C;* A: *4 ' :: ' B 4 B B vNt'Jl MAM DCK SMITH KlC^ ROBERT WALTON TTie Gamecock ?n atoned for last year's NlT-loss to basket with 3.9 seconds left to go. s in the 62-60 victory Wednesday. d ring holders will get in, and why Thurman Thomas, Paul Krause, and rest of those Minnesota Vikings will never get in. Krause, the National Football League's all-time leader in interceptions, is up for induction (for the millionth time) this year, but he probably won't get in. To steal some lines from the chorus of a song by 311, you idiot writers are "all mixed up" and they "don't know what to do." What you should do is the right thing and induct some of these worthy players. To make a long story short, they should just "get off of your ass." ' Standings ference EAST Overall Conference 4-2 USC 12-5 6-0 4-3 KentucKy 1 hi 5-1 2-3 Vanderbilt 11-6 3-3 2-4 Georgia 13-4 2-3 2-4 Tennessee 8-7 2-4 1-4 Florida 9-9 2-4