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GAMECOCK
ATHLETICS
Mens' Basketball vs. Vanderbilt
Wednesday, 8:07 p.m.
Frank McGuire Arena
Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee
Friday, 6:00 p.m.
SEC Women's Tournament
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ACH1M HUNT Sports Editor
The Wofford Terriers have
consistently brought out the worst
in the men's basketball team over
the years. The Gamecocks have shot
poorly and let Wofford play the team
close.
It appeared for the first 15 minutes
of the women's game Monday night
at the Frank McGuire Arena that
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same effect on the Lady Gamecocks.
Not that Carolina has shown their
best over the last few weeks of the
season. Sophomore point guard Nikki
Miars has been cold of late and the
Lady Gamecocks have struggled to
play good defense or shoot
consistently.
The recent string of losses have
been to strong teams. Among those
teams are nationally-ranked Alabama,
Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Auburn.
The the margin of those losses were
all by at least 30 points.
But the Lady Gamecocks had a
chance to forget all those losses in
the conference and play in-state,
non-conference rival Wofford, whom
the Gamecocks beat last year, 8747.
Carolina owned all facets of the
game in running away from the Lady
Terriers, 80-50.
The Lady Terriers (3-24) were
overwhelmed at the outset of the
game as All-SEC freshman Annie
Lester scored four quick points to
give Carolina an 8-3 lead.
After the lead reached 16-9 on
junior Rachell Lee's layup with eight
minutes left in the first half, Wofford
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span to tie the score at 16
with 5:30 left in the half.
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Gamecocks decided to turn on the
burners as they finished the half on
a 17-5 run in the final
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LARRY WILLIAMS Senior Writer
While being within a game of
capturing a share of the SEC regular
season championship might begin
to sum up USC's successes, it doesn't
end there.
By beating the Tennessee
Volunteers Saturday, the USC men's
basketball team pushed its SEC
record to 13-1 (21-6 overall), and in
the process positioned itself to grab
at least a share of the SECs regular
season title in its last two games of
the season.
But don't think just a share of
the trophy means mission
accomplished for the Gamecocks,
winners of 16 of their last 17 games
and ranked No. 6 nationally. With
sole claim to an unprecedented,
undisputed SEC title at stake and,
perhaps more importantly, a No.l
or No. 2 seed in the NCAA
Tournament as well, there remains
a hunger for more in Columbia.
The mission continues tonight,
when the Gamecocks (21-6,13-1
SEC) host the Vanderbilt
Commodores (17-9, 8-6 SEC) in
their last home game of the season.
"I think this team has made long
strides to put ourselves in this type
of position," sophomore guard BJ
McKie said. "I think we need to
finish what we started, and I think
we can do that tomorrow night if
we come ready to play."
A Gamecock victory tonight will
give South Carolina its first
Southeastern Conference title in
any sport. Carolina clinches at least
a tie for the crown with a win and
clinches at least a tie for another
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ship on the line
of the SEC's official crowns?the
SEC Eastern Division
Championship.
Should USC win tonight and
lose against Kentucky, the Wildcats
and Gamecocks will be co-champions,
and Kentucky will receive the No.
1 seed in the SEC Tournament due
to having a better division record.
The message for the Gamecocks
is clear: lose to Vandy and forget
about the SEC title. What's more,
a loss to the Commodores will all
but erase the momentum USC has
gained since late December?16of-17
games won, an 8-1 road record
and the wins over UK and
Cincinnati.
With a 17-9 overall record (8-6
SEC), Vanderbilt is looking for
something the Gamecocks have
long since earned?an appearance
in the NCAA's. And judging the
Commodores' play of late, their
tourney hopes look encouraging.
Vandy has won six out of seven
games, including wins over
Memphis, Arkansas and Georgia.
In their Feb. 19 win against
Georgia?the same team that halted
USC's 12-game winning streak in
a 77-74 Bulldogs victory in Athens?
the Commodores surged to a 16point
halftime lead on the way to
their sixth straight win.
Vanderbilts streak was snapped
in their Feb. 22 loss to Kentucky.
The Commodores appeared to have
the game in hand when they surged
to a 22-point lead in the first half,
but wound up losing 82-79 to the
No. 3 Wildcats.
The loss marked Vand/s first
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The last time that South
Carolina had a women's
basketball coach besides
Nancy Wilson was in
1983 when Terry Kelly .
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18-12 record. Nancy
Wilson resigned her
duties as coach on
Tuesday after posting a
12-14 (1-11 SEC) record
this season.
against Vandy
setback since its Jan. 29 loss to the
Gamecocks.
In Nashville, Melvin Watson hit
a 12-foot jumper with 17 seconds
left to boost then-No. 25 USC to its
ninth-straight victory and eighthstraight
in the SEC.
It set J.e otage for the dramatic
Kentucky win two games later.
Are the Gamecocks better now
than almost a month ago, when a
they eeked out the win in Nashville?
"I think we're better, I think
they're better," Fogler said. "They
are playing excellent ball. You don't
get up 19 in the first half at Georgia
and win at Georgia. You don't give
Kentucky 22 or 23 (points) anywhere
unless you're very good or playing
very well and they've done both of
those things in the last week."
Playing good and well has been
no problem for senior guard Larry
Davis, who, along with Nate
Wilbourne, will be playing his last
game in Frank McGuire Arena
tonight.
Despite feeling somewhat
sentimental about the occasion, it's
business as usual for Davis.
"I'll get teased by the fellows, I
just don't want to go out and cry,"
Davis said. *
Davis said the objective for he
and Wilbourne when they
transferred to USC last season was
to put USC basketball back where
they felt it belonged.
"When we got here, Nate and I
talked about helping the program
go in the right direction, and we're
very satisfied with the way the team
is going right now," he said.
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