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% ^ Throwing at the most prestigious meet of the year, the Frank Sevigm Invitational, South Carolina's Brad ! the men's shot put with a school r< his counterpart Crystal Brownlee fii the runner-up in the women's shot Monday, February 16,1998 Gamec Antonio Grant and Ryan Stack (No. 5 staff writer LARRY WILLIAMS i Bolt to a big second half lead, then make mistakes to allow an inferior op- , ponent back into the game before pulling \ away at the end. It has become a well- ] known and well-rehearsed theme for , the men's basketball team this season, j Saturday against Mississippi State, the Gamecocks saw its 16-point lead ] dissipate to seven in the second half be- i fore making its free throws to ensure a ^ 76-65 victory, its 19th of the season, i Though the shape of the win was 1 familiar, coach Eddie Fogler said he saw something in his team that was ' Walvieb % n|i:' CAFF ' IESPR1 USC Nights Tuesday ^ Anyone With a Ootid USC 1.0. Witt receive 15?! 1-800-K/ www.kap 'DAT is a rogistored trademark of tt indoor e Husker Snyder won scord, while nished as put. ocks ir Hip ? VII SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock P? 4) help up B| Mckie. P absent in the Tennessee and Alaba- ga ma games. 1 think we were more into it," Fogler 3aid. "We didn't make a lot of great plays W? to get the crowd going, but we really made some nice passes and played un- q? selfishly. A lot of people played un- thi selfishly, which I felt good about." A1 Whether these past few games have tk helped USC will be determined Wednes- bu day, when it travels to No. 12 Arkansas, mi Presumably, the Razorbacks are seething after Saturday's upset loss at "y, Tennessee. Fogler quipped that the Razorbacks Sa 'won't be upset when we get there." en all falls i "JTii ; :?:S" rhe Hotel Resta Azara Talloi ^ Under New r ^ Management! io] Sf?Su3Ius y and Thursday. o discount on any drink item (7-closingJ. 1*10 Classes I February 21, 1998 1 Location: 1717 Gervais I [TTv^ynH Cola, SC I Call: 1-800-KAP-TEST HgCaja^^H to your I space today. i i n> ~ "' IP-TEST lan.com >o Amorican Dental Association Spor The Gamecock lore into Against Mississippi State, the Game- ing high-five cks posted a 52.2 percent shooting jump in the p, its best mark of the season. Bj Mck- Perhaps and Melvin Watson combined for 13 could have sists. William Gallman scored a sea- spired hour n-high 13 points on a perfect 4-of-4 The mighty ooting. LeRon Williams came off the ers of the ? nch to score 17 points of 7-of-10 shoot- the Ole Mis S- The Gai Perhaps the most important sta- slice a earn itic: USC out-rebounded Mississippi manding, tv ate 34-28. The Gamecocks had lost ence race, e rebounding battle in three of its pre- Watson jus four games. when he gol Friday, the team held a meeting be- the guys, V nd closed doors?no coaches, no re- started.' We rters, just players. Williams said some we just had ayers groused about the lack of emo- saj(j >n in the Alabama and Tennessee Take acb mes. ^ ingitsl6-po "We came out just expecting to win," strength of 1 illiams said. "We didn t play like we ball movem< inted to play." USC apj In its Feb. 7 game at Tennessee, the the ball int( tmecocks sputtered and got upset by out musclin e Volunteers 70-69. Last week against cbance bask abama, the Gamecocks dominated "Our job e Crimson Tide for most of the game sai(i th( it had to stave off a furious Alaba- GaE a rally to win 74-63. with the inl Tor whatever reason," Mckie said, forward Ho e didn't come out focused" Tyrone Was Williams said he saw early on "Wewer iturday that things would be differ- tbeir game) t. In warm-ups, everybody was giv- ^ wg ^ ? Webster T" C\*? T" low his avers :o lsu heroics. staff writer ME QUINN 9^ moaeis 01 sti Nikki Miars (left) and the he continua South Carolina women's basket- into the pair ball team fell to Louisiana State close range. Saturday at Frank McGuire Are- Up 46-4( na, 86-67. in the secon The Lady Gamecocks outshot . together a 1 LSU 82-53, but missed 59 of those lead with 11 shots. The run "We had almost 30 more op- lar ball mo> portunities to score," USC coach shots and fn Susan Walvius said. "That's 60 bad passes points. That's what the game is Bulldogs, about." Like othi USC (10-14, 2-11 SEC) son that ha trimmed the lead to four with ble-digit, se 11:04 to play, but went more than 8jppj state a five minutes without a field goal falling behi and trailed by 19 with five min- the game utes left to play. ^ g.0 r SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock Seven with Gamecocks urant Csl iourism - . - The^ospitalil Become @|1| 4 Plasma DonorNlg Who Needs Plasma? hemophiliacs, burn victims, transp cardiovascular patients are people > "irodnrts maHp frnm nlasma nf < ? ?? ' 15 Earn up to $175 * Professional medical facility and safety. * Certified by the American Blood Association's Quality Plasma Pro * Convenient Hours 3EA PLASMA DONOR...BECAUSE IFE IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS 803-254-2280 ?2u Colui TS it' in MSI a, seeing how high we could layup line," he said, some of the renewed vigor been linked to what trans earlier in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky Wildcats, lead>EC East, were upset by s aecocks had the chance to Jt off the Wildcats' com- .Ma so-game lead in the confer r said he was "jacked up" ' Jjffl t news of the upset. "I told /e're right back where we , ill had another opportunity, ^gwH& to take advantage of it," he HUmP vantage USC did, fashionint second-half lead on the ;enacious defense and deft RJ|?v it* ?nt. >eared determined to work ji d the low post, and it did, Jt g the Bulldogs for second- , ^KH ;ets and rebounds. >%*W jM^Eu is to post up hard," Williams -* Jjr 2 guards'job to get it to us." |j? IB aecocks sagged its defense V :ention of double-teaming | ' '"'JI ratio Webster and center v* h im| ihington. M fit *w e hoping to get them out of * M i ? W\ " Williams said. "Eventu scored 12 points, five be- " WW age. Washington scored 13, i than his 12-point average. ' s was hardly alone in his # M 's offense and defense were -aightforward simplicity as lly denied Bulldog passes Junior ^Ron wmiams P? /and scored jumpers ftum ow Slaui form, making nine of 12 fre 3 with three minutes gone to end it. d half, the Gamecocks put "They are pretty good," s .0-3 surge to take a 58-43 dogs' coach Richard Williami L:42 left. why they're 15th. They execu was characterized by stel- They are a very, very good te cement that created open jn the first half, all five enzied defense that caused Bcored in he|ping the Game( and hurried shots by the 40.34 ha|ftime advantage. ttco x .*. Mckie scored 12 point er USC opponents this sea- ?A, r. . ive fallen behind by dou- Wllllam,s ca"\offthe 1)6,101 cond-half deficits,Missis- ninoon3"?f-4 shoo,m6wasn't done yet, even after 71,11 opening minutes saw nd by 16 with 9:57 left in to a 7"?lead' caPPed b7 an Grant transition basket. The un trimmed USC's lead to battled back, though, using ar 1:48 remaining, but the during the next six minutes t then reverted to familiar first lead of the game with 1 . JlUiiiiiii j Li a tiuii iurism Student of .s* v Ctipfc $4 SI'' "p < ^ __ _ m y Major mmm THISYEAR SENIORS w up to a $65,000 limil lant and The offer appli i i . .i / vno receive ana certain otner ie donors like you. in default. And debtrelie] you'll earn from the staff for your 1-803-765-! Resources ARMl. B gram. ; m loue, _ Th# Qualty Source [edical Center * Assembly St. nbia SC 29201 CNate says the NCAA Tournament bracket never included more than 25 entrants until it expanded to 32 teams in 1975 when schools other , than the conference champion could be chosen on an at-large basis. Page 5 J victory I} WjB *jKj|? | ip| 0 T . ^ feg I xJ? *ni; SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock sts up for the ball in Saturday's 76-65 victory hams had 17 points for the Gamecocks. e throws when Detrick White hit a running jumper to put his team up 18-17. ^"That's After another White score gave the tq. things Bulldogs a 24-21 lead with 9:04 left in iam." the half, the Gamecocks amassed a 15starters 5 surge to take a 37-25 lead when :ocks to a Williams sank one of two free throws s while *W? m'nu^es remahiing. l to score The Bulldogs managed to cut the deficit to three on a Bart Hyche 3-pointUSC bolt er with 57 seconds left in the half, but Antonio Watson responded with a trey of his Bulldogs , . 118-8 run own on next Possesslon> sending o take its the Gamecocks into the locker room 1:50 left, with a 40-34 advantage. ii Congratulates... the Year 1998 A LOT OF COLLEGE ILL BE GRADUATING NTO DEBT. 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