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Finally, the marathon is over for
the USC basketball team. After playing
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Because the Gators are an SEC foe,
is game was extremely important for
e No. 14 Gamecocks (15-3, 6-2 SEC)
win so they didn't fall any further
hind division leader Kentucky than
e current margin of two games.
With four lead changes, USC's alliportant
SEC standing looked to be
jeopardy, especially when Carolina
is down heading into the last few
inutes of the game. But the Game:ks
pulled out the victoiy, 74-72, with
last-second shot by Antonio Grant.
Going into the locker room, USC
id a three-point lead but, after rerning
from halftime, saw their lead
rindle away. From the 17:04 mark to
e last couple of minutes, Florida was
lead by as much as 10 points. Slowbut
surely, Carolina chipped away
their deficit and tied the contest with
17 to go when Melvin Watson, who
lished with 10 points and a team-high
ven assists, scored two on a finger
11.
Florida answered back, moving
) by two. Then it was time for
sRon Williams to take over the show
id to show his old teammates and
ach what they've been missing. On a
itback, Williams, who ended with 14
ints, tied the game. Then after a
issed shot by Bj Mckie, Williams
aiped up, grabbing the ball and stuff- ["
% it through the hoop all in the same
ation. I
"I guess that was the time Bj shot
" Williams said. "Knowing Bj, I
ought it was going in. I just got ready
r the ball to come through the net.
id it came off. I just jumped, and it
t in my hands. It was my instinct sayg,
'Dunk it. That's the only way to
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possession. Watson dribbled the ball
lown the court and sliced through the
lefenders to put up the last shot. But
t didn't go in. Instead, it dropped in;o
the hands of Grant who layed it in
,o win the contest with only :00.9 sec>nds
remaining.
"At first, it seemed like Melvin was
rying to get the ball to Bj," said Grant,
vho came away with a total of 14 points
ind nine boards. "But Bj couldn't get
>pen, so I was going to pop out on the
ving. But then I saw Melvin broke the
)lane, and he was going to the basket.
[ was playing the four position, so I just
;urned in. The shot went up, and I
ooked [to see] no one was boxing me
mt, so I jumped right up. I was surDrised
to get the tap-in," Grant said.
Ifs almost a surprise that the Gamelocks
won at all when you compare the
shooting of both teams. Florida made
bur shots more than USC-from the
ield. Of all the shots taken, UF had a
ligher percentage (51.9 percent)
;han Carolina (42.1 percent). And the
)est 3-point shooting team in the na;ion
did outshoot USC from behind the
ire, although the Gamecocks did hold
JF below their average of 10.75 threes .
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claimed both the SEC regular season
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But with Florida sinking more shots
from the field, the Gamecocks had to
look elsewhere to win the game. They
found the answer in foul shooting, rebounds
and a never-quit attitude.
"I certainly want to congratulate
my group for never quitting here
tonight," USC head basketball coach
Eddie Fogler said. "[It was] a game that
the University of Florida pretty much
conironea, particularly in tne secona
half with their style of play and 3-point
shooting. I thought, for the most part,
we did a good job [defensively]. But
they're obviously a great shooting
team...Certainly, the rebounding factor
was huge here tonight [for us]."
Carolina dominated UF on the
boards by grabbing a total of 45 rebounds,
compared to only 23 for the
Gators. By snagging 22 offensive rebounds,
USC racked up 29 secondchance
points. Florida managed only
nine. Even though he was suffering
from a hip injury, William Gallman
was the leading rebounder of the game
with 10.
Not only did USC outperform UF
on the boards but also from the freethrow
line. In a physical game that saw
two Gators foul out, USC went to the
foul line 30 times and drained 22 of
inked sixth
return eight starters from last year's
club.
Last year's star pitcher, Trinity
Johnson, will not be pitching this year
but will remain in a Carolina uniform
this season.
Johnson, who is a finalist for the
Honda Women's Athlete of the Year
for 1997, will begin her first year as
an assistant coach at USC.
The Lady Gamecocks will once again
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those. Mckie scored nine of his teamhigh
16 points from the foul line. As a
team, Florida was slightly less than
impressive, hitting seven of 14.
"We were happy to get out of here >
with a win," Watson said. "Coach was
saying if we can get out of here with a
one-point [winJ, we're happy with that. r
And he was almost right, we won by
two.
"But we'll take it like that. We're
dead tired. We have tomorrow off. I'm
pretty sure the guys will put it to good
use. A lot of guys are sore and banged
up. But we have to suck it up. We've
got goals, and we're not going to sit
back and let those goals slip away. We're
going to keep working hard as a team
and as a family."
Next game: The Gamecocks meet
No. 20 Cincinnati. The Bearcats
come to Columbia Sunday for a 12 p.m.
tip-off. Last year, Carolina defeated
the 'Cats 97-83 in Cincinnati by hitting
a school record 15 3-pointers. USC
leads the overall series 12-7 and posts
an impressive 7-0 record at the Coliseum.
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