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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
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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 '
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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.
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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 ^
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heroics.
staff writer ME QUINN 9^
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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
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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
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aecocks had the chance to Jt
off the Wildcats' com- .Ma
so-game lead in the confer
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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
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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
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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
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1:50 left, with a 40-34 advantage.
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