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'Walviebal WIS ^ ji^tf n li^ USC's Donna Carr (No. 24) battles foi Wednesday night. The Lady Gamecocl Coach Susan Walvius' debut as the Cai ACHIM HUNT Sports Editor When Head Football Coach Brad rt Ai. a.. TTon i.i r ocuu came to uoc mure man ioui yeans ago, he taught his players the importance of conditioning. He taught them this because his team would be competing in the toughest football conference in the nation. If you'r< Hey, we students < throw arc can help. the holid; with low discounts members low fares. save call; 1-800-Ui from the n.J^i c. i uiaMU o * ff"denta<hti 1-800-96-AM *Fares shown are one wa required. No multiple disc I - I' debuts t i9n? .. |1 m ' &?" *'*? t i v j SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock a rebound against Spartok Paverov kg won the exhibition game in Head rolina coach. The same is true of the women's basketball program. When new Head Coach Susan Walvius joined the USC staff in April, her job was to take a team that lost some close games against some tough SEC teams and turn it into the best conditioned tea^n in the SEC. Her conditioning program paid dividends in her first game at USC as her mnd. 1 hat s where We can get you he ays to see family ar fares and special st . Student Advantaj save 15% on our i To see how mucf your travel agent < SA-RAIL. Trains d Amtrak station at t., Columbia, SC. rX V\ w [TRAK ly, apply to coach travel only and are subject to a\ ounts. Fares, schedules and restrictions are subjec vith exhifc Lady Gamecocks pulled away from the Spartok Paverov (SBC) team late in the second half to secure a 80-70 win in front of500 fans at Frank McGuire Arena. The Lady Gamecocks came out of the gate strong against SBC behind the strong inside play of Annie Lester. With Nikki Miars working the ball inside, the Lady Gamecocks shot out to an early 12-0 lead, and "WalviebalT was off and running to a fast start. "I was pleased with the way that we started this ballgame," Walvius said. "We played well offensively. We played well defensively. But then we relaxed, and the offense got sloppy." But SBC didn't die. The team used a 14-6 run midway through the first half to bring the game to a four point deficit with 9:58 left in the first half. Then, the game started looking more like WCW wrestling than women's basketball. At one point, with about five minutes left in the first half, SBC turned the ball over four times. The last five minutes continued to hp a fiirnfwor foatival a a nnlir picrht points were scored in those wanning moments. The score stood tied at 32 all at the half. The game continued to be tight throughout the first 10 minutes of the second half as the Lady Gamecocks heated it up from the outside as they shot 52 percent from the floor. The SBC team kept it close with their back door cuts to the basket. But the conditioning of the Lady Gamecocks took over, and the team pulled away over the final few moments for a 10-point win. The Lady Gamecocks won the battle of the offensive rebounds decisively by a 26-7 margin. They outrebounded the SBC team 53-27. Coach Walvius said that was the biggest difference in winning this ball s a math (If you're n all know that colk don't have a lot of 1 ? it 1 t game, as opposed to what last years team might have done. "When I first got to Columbia, the first thing I did was look at each of last year's games individually," Walvius said. "I saw that this team lost six SEC games by 12 points or less. The differwhiz, yc ot, well, yoi money to Amtrak? J >me for id friends udent >e "1 1 rem f\ T T i you can or epart 850 I /ailability. Reservations are :t to change without notice. 4 rition win ence in those types of games is offensive rebounds and free throws. Tonight, we won the offensive rebounds, the free throws and the game." Guard Zenovia White said that the SBC team was a little different in their style of play, as opposed to what they see in the SEC. "Tonight, they ran a back-door play, which was different from what we have seen," White said. "They showed us a lot of cuts, and that kind of caught us off guard." Point guard Nikki Miars said that running this new "Walvieball" offense is different but fun. "This is a whole new system that we are still learning from last year," Miars said. "It allows me to be a more vocal leader, which is something that I am not that accustomed to." The Lady Gamecocks' next opponent is another national team from Spartok. The game is at 7 p.m. on Nov. IK in fVio TiVanlr MWJiiiro Arena Bryan Johnston 'Heels General Tso 30-15 Achim Hunt 'Heels General Lee 29-16 Nathan Brown 'Noles General Sherman 32-13 i/.n.. a a : <i i i_ f\eny iviayuire neeis Surgeon General 28-17 Julie Baker 'Noles General Hospital 0-0-45 >111 >u 11 Know l i can come a jr f s ' ?WMm jf ,? :k I- S |||g| J| J v<x\ ." J* wr y w ? * Pro players | new world order | Percy Bysshe Shelley once asked, "Winter has come, can spring be far behind?" r ootDaii season is winaing aown, thankfully, and most USC students are hoping the basketball team can turn winters of discontent into a spring of promise. College basketball season is almost here, and it couldn't have come any sooner. Unfortunately, this also means the pros have already started playing. You know, the guys who get paid millions of dollars per year to dunk i but miss 12-footers and free throws." ] You know, the greediest men in all of sports. Any sport that has a kid a year 1 younger than me playing on a mediocre ] team making $20.5 million per season proves my point. The only thing 1 more ridiculous is what the Bulls are ( paying Michael Jordan. However, I j can rationalize this form of lunacy be- i cause it's "His Royal Airness," and he's < Wolverines Vols Nittany Lions Vols Nittany Lions Vols Nittany Lions Vols Wolverines Vols rrvo/il to a Yt dong, too.) I ... w jk ' t ' < 4 -y" www.amtrak.c< 5 overpaid given Carl Sandburg's favorite city five world titles. If you take what Jordan is making this year and multiply it 260 times, you will get about what Bill Gates is worth. Thank God for nerds. For those brainiacs who have nothing better to do and will probably do the math to prove me wrong, this is a rough estimate. Now that I have given the public o nanlnao ni/v*A nf Imrtttrl/vlrro /v\n a iwcicoo VJI aiiurYicugc, ici o wutinue on our tour of the NBA (Nothing But Avarice). The next stop is Los Angeles, Calif., where rests a man who has given the city 119 million reasons to hate him. Other than the fact that Shaquille O'Neal can't hit a free throw, he has missed about 40 games because of injury or suspension. Why is it like this? Why do we,' the fans, have to suffer because the players are so greedy? I'll tell you why. We do it to keep our players and teams in our cities. In a era in which team loyalty is an oxymoron, the only way these teams can keep their franchise play x- r l a. i. _ j era is 10 iorit oui mucno ainero. Boilermakers Falcons Rnilp.rmakfirs Falcons Spartans Falcons Spartans Falcons Boilermakers Cadets L deal. . mm . / f I ft.||| S < I sm. :> \