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BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor
The men's and women's track and
field teams travel to Gainesville, Fla.,
| for the SEC-ACC Challenge this
weekend.
The eight teams competing are
South Carolina, UNC, Florida,
Clemson, Florida State, LSU, NC
State and Georgia.
Of the eight men's teams, USC
and UNC are the highest-ranked
teams competing at No. 4 in the
nation.
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Dawn Ellerbe (1) and Lisa
Misipeka (2nd- from left) receive
I one of their many awards.
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against Kentucky (Feb. 4) and
Florida (Feb. 8) are officially sold
out, according to the USC athletics
department.
All 4,000 student tickets have
} been distributed, and general public
tickets are no longer available.
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According to the USC athletics
department, it is official that Dick
Vitale will call the
Carolina/Kentucky game Feb. 4.
Tipoff is set for 9:30 p.m. and will
be televised on ESPN.
1 Softball
In the first USA Today/NFCA
softball poll released Wednesday,
the Lady Gamecock softball squad
is ranked ninth. Arizona was voted
the top preseason team.
With senfor All-Americans
Trinity Johnson, Tina Plew and
^ ChandaLee leading the way, the
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On the men's side, Brad Snyde
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the top two athletes in the nation ii
the shot put.
Snvder. a 1996 Olvmman. has i
best throw this season of 64' 3 1J A
Mannon's top mark is 61' 8 1/4.
Sprinter Corey Bridges, who i
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team, has recorded the country'
second-fastest time in the 55 meter
this season at 6.12.
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posted by a collegiate last year.
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billing.
Lady Gamecocks will look to capture
the inaugural SEC Softball
Championship.
Alumni basketball .
The annual USC women's
basketball Alumni Game will take
place tomorrow at 11 am. in Frank
McGuire Arena.
The two teams will be coached
by local radio personalities Kevin
Cohen and Steve Burkowski.
Among the alumni returning
are all-time assists leader Mindy
Ballou and all-time shot blocker
Michelle Murray.
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Football tailback Troy Hambrick
was arrested on a marijuana charge,
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about 12:45 a.m. Thursday on Two
Notch Road and charged with
intending to sell marijuana.
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s Senior Dawn Ellerbe leads USC
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s thrower in the country. She hold the
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s "Dawn is ready to put one out
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i Teammate Lisa Misipeka is
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a All-American Crystal Brownlee
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shot put with a toss of 51' 11 3/4.
s Tonique Williams has the fastest
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s Williams, a transfer from Georgia,
was the SEC runner-up in this event
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Feb. 6 at 1:30 p.m.
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MacAlexander.
Hambrick has been suspended
indefinitely from the football team
until the charges are resolved.
Tharp said the suspension is
routine whenever an athlete is
charged with a criminal offense.
Hambrick played in all 11 games
as a true freshman for the
Gamecocks in 1996. He was the
team's second-leading rusher with
43 carries for 286 yards and five
touchdowns.
Lacrosse club
The USC Lacrosse club was
defeated at Auburn Sunday, 22-11.
Hie offense was led by Pat Lynch
(four goals, two assists), Dan South
(four goals) and Mickey Price (two
goals).
Colin Smith, in his debut as USC
goaltender, made 25 saves for
Carolina.
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'Take a Girl
NATHAN BROWN Staff Writer
The national event, "Take a Girl
to the Game," will be celebrated
here Saturday.
This program, in its second year,
admits females (in high school or
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ueiow; u) laaies game ior iree wnen
accompanied by a paying adult.
Last year, the program
< enabled about 75,000 *
women to attend basketball A
games free at 30
universities across the ,
nation.
In 1997, the number
of schools participating
has risen to 75, jPjpi
and more than
250,000 young IhII3
ladies are J
expected to take I
advantage of the
event.
The program was created by
Women's Sports America, a division
of Host Communications,
IncyUniversal Sports America.
"Take a Girl to the Game' is a
mutually beneficial program which
not only exposes girls to the power
and grace of women's athletics, but
also brings a new audience to
women's basketball games to
establish an expanded fan base,"
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LARRY WILLIAMS Senior Writer
The men's basketball team continu<
tomorrow as it travels to Baton Rouge
the Louisiana State Tigers (9-12,2-6 S]
The No. 25 Gamecocks beat Vai
Wednesday on guard Melvin Watson's ji
seconds left.
While tomorrow's game against LSI
monumental significance nationally,
bigger for the Gamecocks when consideri
A win over the Tigers would gr
straight wins, which would be the mi
wins at USC since the 1970-71 squad ca]
in a row en route to a 23-6 record and 1
ever NCAA Tournament berth.
A win would continue USC's clim
poll. A loss could boot them out.
After going a combined 19-35
seasons at Carolina, coach Eddie Fogle
the pace of late. Fogler is just one win
the .500 mark with the Gamecocks. 1
the last two seasons with his USC rec
52-53 going into the LSU game.
USC was a perfect 8-0 in January
December losses to UNC-Asheville s
Southern. News Hash: Tomorrow's j
Whether the streak was due to a lucky
decided tomorrow.
A win would give USC an unp:
conference record, and it would be qi
their Feb. 4 showdown against No. 3 Ke
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Trina Wiggins, director of Women's
Sports America, said.
With the success of the Women's
Gold Medal Olympic team and the
increasing notoriety of female
athletes, such as Rebecca Lobo,
women's basketball is quickly gaining
in popularity.
According to Wiggins,
"Women's basketball is the
fastest-growing sport for
// women and is most
/ certainly setting the pace
for expansion in women's
wY athletics."
The National Girls and
Women in Sports Day,
Wkk which will take place
pi nationally on Februaiy
6, also led to the
ml selection of
Jj" basketball as the
? sport, since this day
of recognition takes place during
the season.
Not only is the program beneficial
to women athletes or future athletes
but also to the universities
participating. Many schools involved
last year broke attendance records
during "Take a Girl to the Game."
To be picked as a host university,
the school must meet certain criteria,
such as attendance, post-season
standings, women's basketball
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scoring 10 of USC's i
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affinity, and the enthusiasm to
embrace the program.
Although USC did not particiDale
in "Take a Girl to the Game" in
1996, the athletic department
honored local girls with 3.0 gpa or
better during half-time of a game
and has recognized, in some manner,
the National Girls and Women in
Sports Day for the past several
years.
This is a great opportunity to
promote women's basketball and
women's sports in general," USC
Senior Women's Administrator
Laurie Massa
said. "We had our own celebration
last year with our own athletes, but
this year we're doing it in cmjuncticn
with the national program."
The game chosen for the program
will be played tomorrow at Frank
McGuire Arena at 2 p.m.
The Lady Gamecocks will take
on the 1996 NCAA runner-up, the
Lady Bulldogs of Georgia.
Each female student-athlete will
be taking a girl to the game, most
likely a girl who participates in the
same sport that they do. Along with
a pizza party, all will be honored
at halftime.
"It's an opportunity to hit the
role model thing," Massa said.
ti the Bayou
3 doubtful that, with first place in
e line, things will ever have been
eum.
j will be on hand for the 9:30 p.m.
like him or not, Vitale being in town
urnament selection committee has *
imecocks' December losses. With a
recollection will become hazier. A
iember in March.
and Tigers know each other well,
s 74-68 in the fifth-place game of
al on Nov. 27 in Lahaina, Hawaii,
me on a 13-4 run with BJ McKie
final 11 points in leading all scorers
nior forward Duane Spencer, who
ints per game and seven rebounds
lurice Carter is averaging 9.9 points
sbounds per game,
team," Fogler said. "If the moon's
f it's not, there not."
le is being televised by the Foxwith
Paul Kennedy handling player
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asketball, recently announced his
it season's end. Brown is 447-293
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