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staff writer WILLIAM FOLKS
' The transition was supposed'
fluid, seamless. It was supposed 1
as thoughtless as rolling over in
sleep; an unconscious, habitual act
turning the page of an old, familiar
azine.
It was supposed to be as easy c
as it would be for our radio anno
ers: "Watson to McKie to Dav
Three!" After all, the last names ar
same, aren't they? Nothing to it, r
In one fell swoop, USC head c
Eddie Fogler would summarily d
any talk of a "weak link" on his t
maintaining the airtight cohesive
of his SEC championship starting
up while at the same time creati
new star in the Gamecock galaxy: E
Herbert Lee Davis.
Yet in iyy /-y?, tne com, nars
alities of life (both on and off the
ketball court) have blurred the pro
and expectations pegged so square
the shoulders of this talented y<
man. Ever since the 20-year-old st
more took the court in the Ga
cocks' season-opening
win over
Maryland Nov.
14, the script of fl
the optimists
hasn't yet
played out as
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Track and Field
South Carolina's indoor j
track and field teams won four 1
men's events and three 1
women's events to lead the SEC ]
to dominating wins over the
ACC at SEC-ACC Challenge 1
Saturday in Gainesville, Fla. 1
j The Gamecock men are
ranked No. 2 by Trackwire
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The Carolina men were led
by senior Corey Bridges who
won the 55 meters in a school
record time of 6.19, an NCAA
provisional mark.
Terrance Trammell posted
his second win in three weeks
in the 55-meter hurdles, win- ]
i ning with a school record time
of 7.21. Trammell's mark is the
best in the NCAA this year, i
On the women's side, Lisa '
Misipeka won the women's 20- <
pound weight with a mark of
68-9 1/4. Misipeka is ranked i
No. 1 in the NCAA in this i
event. Crystal Brownlee was !
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oach by the worst news of
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ness er, Dorothy Davis, bac
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bert Lee after school
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mothers, but I was ve
to her. Just the other
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second at 61-7 3/4, a seasoi
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around and won the shot pu
with a toss of52-2 3/4. Misipek
was the runner-up in the she
put at 49-5 3/4.
Freshman Kylene Nixoi
won the pole vault with a marl
of 12-11/2. This is the top mar
in the NCAA this year.
Junior Brad Snyder woi
the shot put with a toss of 64
5, just two inches off the schoc
record.
Junior Bert Sorin won th
weight for the third consecu
tive week.
Tennis
USC Men's Tennis Coacl
Kent DeMars won his 200tl
USC match with Saturday's A
1 win over The Citadel.
No. 27 Jerome Jourdon, Nc
5 Vladamir Pavicevic, Tom as
Wawrzyniak and Olaf Akessoi
won for Carolina.
The No. 22 Gamecocks a]
30 defeated Charleston South
ern 6-1. South Carolina is no\
2-0 in dual match play.
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getown, S.C., na- and couldn't get back to sleep because
I was thinking about her being gone,
ust 2.5 points per wanting to hear her voice, to hear her
four starts (and tell me she loves me and is proud of me.
0-13 from behind I miss her very much."
vis was relegated Shy and unassuming off of the basarolina's
Dec. 6 ketball court, Herbert Lee has neverittanooga
in Char- theless acknowledged the importance
esponded in USCs of overcoming his reticent nature and
; four of his seven confronting the loss, hurt and despair,
against Clemson, By talking with his teammates, coachf
confidence and es and friends, the self-labeled "quiet
f t.r? he shattprpd kid" has fnnnd tVia stranoth t.n nnan nn
his life. a bit.
mson game, Davis "It helps to talk about it and get
jf his grandmoth- everything out into the open," he said,
k home in George- "I know that she's in a better place, that
avis as "more of a she's not in any pain and that she can
ndmother," it was still see me from up there. But it still
e of a young Her- hurts, and you think about it all the
while his mother time. Everybody on
>ort the family. A this team has
lan, she was his been so sup- /
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Williams and the rest of the Gamecocks
Grant's 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted USC to vie
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ed to climb out of their hole. Connecting on 10 three pi
i. plays in the last 18 minutes, Carolina battled back to w
z in five points with only 1:09 left,
a Two seconds later, Grant snagged a rebound and
two of his 14 points from the foul line to cut the 'Cats 1
I- to three. After Cincinnati botched their in-bounds pas
i- rive USC possession, Carolina's leading scorer wit!
v points, Melvin Watson hit a 2-pointer with :43 second
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pathizes with the emotions Davis is feeling.
"You never really get over it," Freeman
said. "You just try to take her memory
with you and move on like she would
have wanted you to do. Thafs all you
can do. reallv. use it as a motivation to
succeed."
Herbert Lee is intent on doing just
that. After missing two games in December
to be with his family, he has returned
to the Gamecock lineup with a
vengeance, averaging 7.0 points over
the last 8 contests. With a perspective
that has been drastically altered over
the past few weeks, he feels much more
comfortable now coming off the bench
to give the No. 13 Gamecocks a lift.
"Larry Davis' shoes are hard to fill,"
Davis said. "I think that when this season
started I put too much pressure on
myself to do that, to go into the lineup
and take his place. I remember telling
myself, This has got to be your breakthrough
year, you've got to hit his shots,
you've got to step up and make his plays.'
I wasn't playing for myself and I
know that it distracted me from my
game. Now I'm more focused on playing
the game the way I know how to
play it, hitting my shots and not worrying
so much about the other things."
Revitalized, reenergized, and refocused,
Davis has dedicated the remainder
of the 1998 season to Dorothy's
memory, as his trips to the free-throw
line have borne witness. After every
made shot, he lifts a little prayer up
through the rafters and points his finger
up to the heavens. If s a very subtle,
very appropriate way of saying
'thank you.'
"I do it because I know she's watching
me. I do it to thank her for all that
she's done for me to make me into the
person that I am today, and I do it for
myself so that 1 don t forget about
her, so I can keep her in my heart."
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SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock ^eat ^ere tod
celebrate after Antonio ?^a comebacl
tory over Cincinnati.
Next game:
The Gamecocks ride a seven-ga
to Tuesday's contest at Vanderbilt.
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sports editor BRYMi JOHNSTON
The Lady Gamecock basketball
team defeated Ole Miss Saturday
night 79-72 to pick up their second
SEC victory of the season.
Playing tough defense and relying
on the inside and outside play of
sophomore Annie Lester and senior
Nikki Miars, Carolina rushed out to
an early 10-1 lead and never looked
back.
Lester scored a game-high of 28
points while Miars pumped in 18
points, including four 3-pointers.
"I thought we played better team
basketball today," USC coach Susan
Walvius said. "We set our offenses
up. We executed. We knew what we
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the 'Cats grabbed it. 0-3,0-0,0; Johns
;he clock, the game ap- 2-8,1-2, 5
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Brannen had the ball Records: USC 1
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on.
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er game-high 28 points.
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is up olL win
were doing, and we played a good
team game."
The Lady Rebels shot a dismal
28.1 percent from the field in the first
half as USC led 34-27 at the break.
In the second half, the Lady Gamecocks
went up by as many as 18 points
and held off a late Ole Miss charge
to come away with the victory.
Walvius was quick to give praise
to the 3,045 fans in attendance.
"The crowd was awesome,"
Walvius said. "We had a good crowd
here tonight. They were behind us
and they helped us win the game."
Up next for USC (10-11, 2-8) is
Wednesday's game in Athens, Ga.,
against the Georgia Lady Bulldogs.
r Gamecocks
VI, Cincinnati 65
2, 2; Grant, 4-7, 3-5,14; Stack, 1-5, 07-9,15;
Watson, 8-17, 2-2, 21; Davis,
on, 0-0,0-0,0; Nix, 2-3,4-5,8; Williams,
21-54,17-25,67
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ts of Sunday's comeback victory.
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