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^ SEC Women's Basketball USC 73 Kentucky 87 ^ ACC Men's Basketball North Carolina 107 Georgia Tech 100 2 Monday, February 9,1998 Rocky uitmin 9 ^ Freshman guard Tony Harris steals the show in Tennessee's 70-69 upset over South Carolina. asst. sports editoitiMHMi BROWN Saturday's game against Tennessee was supposed to be in-and-out. Just go in, grab the "W" and come home. That was the plan. Of course, everyone realized the Vols played tougher at home and knew Tony ^ Harris would be in the line-up. But so what? Carolina went into Georgia and Auburn and came away with victories for the first time since joining the SEC. Then the No. 13 Gamecocks (17-4, 7-3 SEC) stole two close wins from Cincinnati and Florida before travel ing to Nashville where USC put away Vanderbilt and Drew Maddux. So why should this game be any different? ^ In fact everything seemed to be going just as planned, just like USC likes it. The game was close at the half with Carolina down by seven points. Everything was in place. In the second half, Carolina would come out and put together a few runs behind some great shots and solid defense to get the win. The Gamecocks had the Vols just where they wanted them. After all, this same strategy had worked throughout the season. A Comine into this contest. Carolina was 6-0 in games decided by four points or less, 8-1 in games decided by 5 points or less and 10-1 in contests decided by 10 points or less. Prior to this game, USC had been down at halftime six times and managed to come back to win four. So why should the Gamecocks be concerned? If s not like they hadn't been in the same position before. Snrinters st; staff writer JOE QUINN Track and Field Competing in Reno, Nev., the men's and women's track teams dominated the competition in the sprinting events. ^ "We had a successful day and an outstanding effort," Head Coach Curtis Frye said. "We outclassed a lot of people, and there were a lot of great institutions here." 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After Mckie's bucket, the lead changed nine times with the largest advantage of either team being only four points. TJoaftiricr into fho last. 1 ft swnnHs of the game, Carolina found itself down by four. After a William Gallman putback, the game still could have gone either way as the Vols led by only two points with 8.7 seconds left. But USC's fate was sealed on the next play when UT broke the Gamecocks' press with a long baseball pass down the court to Harris. It could not have been more fitting or appropriate that Harris dunked the ball to put the stake through Carolina's heart. All day long, he ate USC defenders, dribbling around them and past them like they were standing still. Harris, who is only a freshman, also was impressive from the field where he shot 50 percent en route to scoring a team-high 22 points and dished off the ball seven times to lead his team in assists. "He [Harris] is very good," Melvin Watson said. "I didn't get a chance to play against him in Columbia. He was a big difference in today's game for ir at Bill Co Leading the way for the men was Corev Bridges, who won the 55-meter dash in an unofficial time of 6.0. Jamie Price placed second in the event. Marvin Watts placed second in the 400 meter dash with an unofficial time of 47.7. On the women's side, Tonique Williams won the 400-meter dash in an unofficial time of 53.2, and Charmaine Howell placed fourth in the event. TANNING 5ALON Month $2-9.95 IkmicriONJ Apply 2-17-98 E TO REPAY LOAN. After just three years in Army, your college loan Id be a thing of the past. Under the Army's Loan layment program, each ryou serve on active duty uces your indebtedness by -third or $1,500, whichever 3unt is greater, up to a ,000 limit. .Irlno T AOnn T AOtlO JYlllO ljuaiis, OldilUl U JLA/ano lsured loans which are not if many benefits the Army >tory from your Army -5257 V-ARMY .YOU CAN BE! trmy.com Spc The Gam< f'ltYic LMl X JUJ rolina Tennessee. He's going to be a heck of a player. He's the quickest I've played against since I've been here." Not discouraged by Hams' late slam, Mckie brought the ball down the court with only 3.2 seconds on the clock. Mckie managed to get off a three just before the horn blew. Tho oVint wao crnnH nittino tVie Vnls W>1V? " ~ ? advantage to only one, but the game was over. "I feel like I have a chance until the horn sounds," said Mckie, who finished with a game-high 27 points. "I thought we had a chance...I felt very confident going out there." With the loss, the Gamecocks moved to 7-3 in the SEC and two games behind division-leader Kentucky. Carolina still has a shot at winning the SEC title, but now it must rely on someone else to knock off the No. 8 Wildcats. Going into the final stretch, the 'Cats will face the Vols, No. 17 Ole Miss, Florida, Georgia and Auburn before coming to Frank Mcliuire Arena tor tne last game of the season. USC also has a tough road in front of it with Alabama, Mississippi State, Georgia and Kentucky at home and with No. 14 Arkansas and Florida away. Tou have to be mentally tough as a team," Mckie said. "You're going to have close games down the stretch. We had a couple of close games back-toback. If this is another tough, close one, you have to play like champions and play the games to win. Every game is not going to be a blow-out. You have to play each game like ifs your last game." Next up for the Gamecocks will be 4-Via Pnimonn HTSrln nf AloKomo a comes to Columbia Wednesday for an 8 p.m. tip-off. sby Classic Jacqueline Madison placed second in the 55-meter hurdles. Next weekend, the teams will see action in Nebraska at the Husker Invitational. Men's Golf The No. 9 USC men's golf team shot rounds of 290 and 284 to finish Saturday in fourth place at the Gator InviBRIEFS page eight Become A rlasma Liono Who Needs Plasma Hemophiliacs, burn victin cardiovascular patients arc products made from the p] * Earn up to $175 * Professional medical fac safety. * Certified by the Americ; Association's Quality PI * Convenient Hours m m nmm m DC A rLAolVlH UUNUH... LIFE IS EVERYBODY'S BU 803-254-2280 I >RTS ?cock Baseball team opens \h: 7- , :0 I ^ I-'*.' , Junior Eric Stanton fouls the ball off in Saturday's 7-< with a 10-5 victory over the College of Charleston. Adam Poe goes 6-for- 7 in two names against the C of C as South Carolina opens P the 1998 season witb a series split. ai staff writeiWM HILL ni Second-year head coach Ray Tanner and his No. 15 nj Gamecocks swung into action against the College of ^ Charleston this weekend to begin the 1998 baseball season. Gamecock fans saw 19 new faces in-uniform at Sarge si Frye Field that were not part of a team that went 33-24 a year ago. The Gamecocks came out on the short end of a ir tightly contested opener Saturday 7-6 but bounced a! back to take Sunday's game 10-5 in front of 496 fans. n Freshman Clint Collins took the hill Sunday and ^ turnpfl in a vorv snliri premier showinp. Unaffected bv the major transition from high school to college, Collins sat down the first three batters he faced, striking out two n in 8 pitches. p The Gamecocks gave him immediate support with , two runs in the bottom of the first. Collins made one mistake over the next 4 2/3 innings and left the game with a a 6-5 lead on the strength of an Adam Poe solo home run and a Ryan Bordenick two-run shot over the right-centerfield fence. Sophomore Jamie Poston combined with junior Ja- ^ son Pomar to shut out the Cougars for the rest of the day. The game was blown open by junior Mike Curry's sixth-inning grand slam. When asked about his decision to swing on a 2-0 pitch 1 by College of Charleston's pitcher Bruce Price, the cen- h ter fielder said, "He was struggling with his control, so I felt like he was going to try and put it over the plate. I p was looking for a fastball, and he let up on it and got it out over the plate a little too much. When I hit it, I woffv mn/*V> lrnour if uroa rrnna " C f/IWVVJ UiUWll lUXVff lb TIUW gvuv. -W is, transplant and ^ 5 people who receive jFfr ^!1| iasma of donors like you. UTI :ility and staff for your f|| in Blood Resources ML 4|||| asma Program. fjQ ipnessse n^3l __________ The Oually Source R?S? BioMedical Center 214 Assembly St. vKO Columbia SC 29201 I ( ? Nate says Saturday's contest against Tennessee was the first time this season Carolina has lost a game when leading with 5 00 left in the game. The Gamecocks were previously 14-0. Page 7 season with split , 4&L - iinrfi ' .' n v .v. 01 |?. . Jmmm& ; bmhi BMBBHBB -*H|. ** ^ 1^^. r^K , SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock ) defeat The Gamecocks bounced back Sunday Freshman Scott Barber also shined in his first colleate pitching appearance, going four-innings of relief id allowing one hit in the season opener. The Gamecocks were led at the plate Saturday by Ju lor College transfer second baseman Jay Lambert, julor shortstop Adam Everett and Adam Poe. All three ad home runs for Carolina. Lambert had a three-run homer. Everett had a solo lot, and Poe went 3-for-4 with a home run of his own. The Cougars broke a 6-6 tie in the top of the eighth ining with an unearned run. The run proved to be fatal 3 the Gamecocks couldn't come through with a late-ining rally and suffered its first opening-day loss since d90. ' "Obviously, we are not happy with a split, but we are ot too disappointed," Tanner said. "College of Charleston layed great [in the first game], but I thought that we ounced back well. I am definitely encouraged by the first ppearances of Collins and Barber. "I thought we were well-rounded offensively. Poe had great pre-season and had a special weekend. It's alrays hard to go 6-for-7." Poe admitted the ball looked like a "hot-air balloon." Explaining his approach at the plate, Poe said, "I just -ied to put the ball in play and was glad to help out the jam. It's always good to get off to a good start." The Gamecocks face Davidson College at Sarge Frye "ield at 3 p.m. Wednesday before heading to Charleston 3 participate in the Franklin Life Classic hosted by The !itadel. serializing in men's cuts also cuts for women $8.00 cut ?1.00 (with student ID) $7.00 appts. necessary, walk-ins only MRHfKim 1241 Assembly \ i