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MCKIE'S MARCH Senior BJ McKie remains only 34 points behind Alex English as Carolina's all-time scoring" leader. Stay tuned for McKie's march into the record books. I Mnnflou lamiaru OR 1QQQ Arka by Brock Vergakis Assistant Sports Editor The Lady Gamecocks had one of their best performances of the year, but they came up just short of pulling out a victory against Arkansas in an 88-80 loss Sunday afternoon. Carolina came out early with a lot of intensity and pressure defense that gave it an 11-3 lead three minutes into the game. Arkansas slowly clawed its way back, taking a 2-point lead into the locker room at halftime. "Once we get a comfortable lead, we get comfortable and let our opponents control us," USC guard Nikki Miars said. Clemso by Dave Breitenstein Associated Press Imagine all the glory and rec scoring the first touchdown i that's now in the Super Bowl. For Clemson Municipal Jt Barnes, he is the answer to an ol ia question that's bound to pop up In 1966, Barnes scored the i down ? ever ? for the new Atlai franchise. The team has scored hundreds then and is headed for a showdo\ Denver Broncos next Sunday in "I'd like to think I played sc starting this." Judge Barnes sa chambers. "We suffered through cult years and our record wasn't r That first touchdown, a 53-yaj in a 19-14 loss to the Los Angel the most memorable moment fr cons days. The team finished the year s the touchdown was one of just a scored all season. "But it's one thing they can't from you," the 59-year-old Cle , dent said. "I'd like to say I made a and broke four tackles on my wa; zone, but I was wide open." Other than the crystal-clear r head, the former offensive end s few artifacts to prove the feat. "In those days, we didn't keep ; trophies," he said. "I gave it bad ; eree like we were supposed to. Sor No. 20 Sj mm Sports Roundup * Compiled from Staff and AP Reports nop J Jason Hart scored 15 points and ; mone Brown added 13 as No. 20 S; : cuse used an aggressive defense to i < ^due South Carolina 84-37 Sunday m m mi kpllhfoa - sbhwwbisgg* ?& T - s. Wi " -: ? ^^Eli vm Bn ^ ..., vIh r ^\V\J jHH IVin sn as I & V^b JB ( mVH ..,J1B| { AVB ^m ? OT / m A m ! ^ <* mm | ^ T&w |Vm^ j HH1tP?^ B jmJmMB II v|fl JHB 1| VB ^SeSBlev tr v ill ' i JIB .... * 0tfflk. 9A IB ? ? ?*l Carolina's Aaron Lucas sits on 1 Lucas finished with eight points Gamecocks are in a s^ven-game FLAG FOOTBALI The South Carolina F1 Football Association a Richland County Recr Commission started rt tion for the spring fla ball season. For infor: call (864) 968-0043 01 e-mail to Timmpb@ac nsa< The Lady Gamecocks ne Gamecocks to just 23.8 p Da- ing in the first half anc yra- surmountable lead despit sub- early play. South Caroline has only one win since thi pm sPSF >v Jh % Wr X M Sean Rayf :he bench during USC's loss t< i in Carolina's loss to the Orai i losing skic^. claimed a strong lead again. Most of the second half enta USC playing catch-up to the dy Razorbacks. Arkansas relied on a hos different players to step up for victory. Carrie Satterfield had a cai high in points against the Gaj cocks, coming off the bench to s( 15. "We came together as a te and did what we had to do to w Satterfield said. Not normally a star player, I terfield made several key pk draining all four of her 3-point tempts. >n judg< it j . _i *J l aDiy iook it nomt point." Barnes was tl :ognition in with the Falcons for a team tract after makin No agent, no 1 idge Gary ? Just a mornir bscure trivi next week. first touch- "I'd like t nta Falcons j made a > more since catch anc vn with the broke foi Miami. _ % ime part in tackles Ol id from his way tO th some diffi eally good." eiM* ZOne rd reception I W3S wiC es Rams, is open." om his Fal- 1 it 3-11, and Gary B few Barnes Cleni^ , take away mson resi- Played for legend great catch 1962, the y to the end York Giants in B the world champ eplay in his The Cowboys jays he has with histories et But his loyal the balls as Aside from his n s. to the ref- book' be also is a ne fan prob- Coach Dan Reevi rracuse d Syracuse (14-5), comi victory over Boston Coll lnd ^ / -gistra- 7 g foot- W send an (J )l.com. ^ i slide ver "Satterfield played the game of her life," Arkansas Head Coach iled Gary Blair said. La- "We gave up too many threes today. We've got to do a better job t 0f guarding around the perimeter," USC coach Susan Walvius said. Down by as many as 9, USC decided to attack Arkansas' zone *00 j* on the inside. IT16~ tCWTTI i j1 ' 1 wnat was open was me miaore die all night," Blair said. That strategy worked for a :a time, eventually bringing USC m> to within 2 before Miars came up with a steal to tie up the game 3at- on free throws. iys, Three more ties followed, but at- Arkansas responded every time to take the lead. e scores f i after we kicked the extra The two Barnes play he first player ever to sign South Carol] , negotiating his own con- Th ey? g a few telephone calls. ~ . lolding out for bigger bucks ow ?"'s ros lg conversation with the Barnes S? personnel di- the Falcons 1 rector and a franchise wc 0 Say signature on sionalfootba nr-f*at ^ie dotted line, mer Broncos great he said. t. 1 Prior to his f , .. . tenure with the football, lett ir Falcons, named to th [1 my Barnes played team in 195! L? with the Chica- He playe go Bears, Dal- Bonnet Bow , DUt las Cowboys justonepasi [e and Green Bay After the Packers. , ? r On Dec. 4, slow, for pr 1961, he was textilemana arnes drafted in the fiber divisio] m iitflwe third round by He later 1 ^the Packers, based in Ck where he broker, and 1 .ary coach Vince Lombardi. years Packers defeated the New V, , , . , Barnes i arnes rookie season to win ionship. grown childi and Bears are also teams While Br ,ched deep in football lore, per Bowl, he ty remains with the team, a good show ame in the Falcons' trivia He'll be good friend of current Head rooting for tl "f" 1 to him. [estroys Car ng off a 90-51 December, had averaged ju; ege, held the in its previous 11 games >ercent shoot- worse for them against the I built an in- who used a 19-point run t e some erratic 14 lead at halftime before i (5-13), which Gamecocks to their sevei e first week of loss. Syracuse out-reboum ?27 and forced 20 turnover The Gamecocks have re BJ McKie to spark the offen ie, who had been averagii points a game since earb couldn't penetrate Syracv ing defense and, with Ha Griffin in his face at every got an open look at the ba IjH McKie, who picked uj Wk~: in the first half, had just at halftime and finished w worst outing since scoring i first game of the season , paraiso. Aaron Lucas had eigh ter a series of mispla teams, who combined to m; of their first 30 shots in the % s, G , * ? utes, Syracuse got untra( nine of its final 12 shots E, time. After making a free th a 10-10 tie, Brown followed with an easy layup, and E hit a hook in the lane to i angemen on a 27-4 spurt, ished with 11 points, nine i six blocks. Hart had five of Syr; steals to move past Pearl i.~ i.u: i _~i xi.~ Siiiuj inuu piace uii uit; uia reer thefts list with 224. SI glas ranks first with 235. Track and Field Led by senior Ryan H South Carolina men's and v and field teams competed the Virginia Tech Invitatic two events and posting five ifying performances. ord The Gamecocks al ) Tennessee. 51:11001 records, ngemen. The Harrison won the men' a to^ of 67 feet, 7 inches (5amecock . port The Gamecock *s pa "The key was switching to the zone. They put it on the floor a lot ana got impatient, oiair saia. Arkansas' composure in all aspects down the stretch allowed them to escape with the victory. "It was a 1-point basketball game. We've got to do a better job keeping opponents off the boards," Walvius said. Even though Carolina out-rebounded Arkansas, it was in the critical moments that Arkansas prevailed, coming up with crucial boards in the final minutes. Carolina looks to pick up its first SEC victory Thursday night at home against Vanderbilt. "If we get one under our belts and win one, our confidence will rise," Miars said. irstTD first ran into each other while ed for Clemson and Reeves for ina. intually paired up on the same ter. lid he was "tickled to death" when lired Reeves, knowing Atlanta's iuld soon be at the top of profes11 with the acquisition of the fori coach. vas also at the top of Clemson ;ering three seasons and being e All-Atlantic Coast Conference 3. ;d in the Sugar Bowl and Blue d while he was there, catching 5 ? a 68-yard touchdown. Alabama native got "too old and ofessional football, he used his gement degree to get a job in the i of Chevron. started a mascot rug company imson, still is a qualified stock las been Clemson's city judge for and his wife, Sarah, have two ren. irnes won't be attending the Su:'s certain the Falcons will make ing. there, in front of the television, le team whose history leads back olina 84-.: 3t 59.9 points mark betters the N . It got even mark he posted last Orangemen, Bert Sorin of US o build a 37- and Chic James was sending the Freshman Ellat ith straight finished fourth in the ied USC 50- breaking the school: s. onds. lied on guard Her time is also on Ruf _1 1_ .oc. uui iuui- sionai mars, ig nearly 20 The NCAA In< / December, Field Championship ise's swarm- Indianapolis, Ind. rt and Allen Sophomore Terre turn, rarely on q^e a show in tt isket. the 60-meter dash a d three fouls dles and then bowec seven points Trammell, who i nth nine, his ^ time in the com line in USC s at 6 62) won both pr against Val- Trammell brok . . record in the 60 hurc it points. Af- NCAA.automatic ti, ys by both His goal this yea) ?e-'Uf0ei^1 55 dash and 55 hur first 12 mm- , . :ked. hitting Champ.onsh.ps before half" . rresnmanivn ished third in the < row to break NCAA Provisional n his own shot Junior Patrick Itan Thomas the men's Pole vault send the Or- toP results include Thomas fin- Hackley, second in th ebounds and freshman Mechelle the 60 dash at 7 icuse's nine Kristina Brown, fift Washington ^tb a personal best ( ngemen'sca- man Clint Crensh tierman Dou- nior Jamie Price (6.91 respectively, in the The Gamecocks next weekend, Jan. [arrison, the travel to Gainesville, /omen's track ACC Challenge. Saturday at Pole vaulter Kyi ?nal, winning ing with the top jumj ' NCAA qual- professional) in the 10th at the Pole Vaul so set two Nev. "Kylene is reall s weight with young vaulter," Cai i. Harrison's Uday Shah sa^l. "11, SCHEDULE Men's basketball vs. Ole I? Miss., 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, T Frank McGuire Arena. Women's basketball vs. Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. Thursday, ^ Frank McGuire Arena. ? i ^B m* 5 KSaa H ^ 1 t ^y|li *\ ^P^B^agaBwBg^ ^^^^HESHI^H mk M ?|H p If Tpgal kh ^ - J% m %f ^E^yHB|^HB*pBP|^^^E ?*%> @ 01'si, Bfe, ?R| : ^TT^wWiiiBn^yliwtMft^K^W i\\ jj^T^i^HnflHHQ|[^^9 [ATjjpjfc. t ^5?fc' x' < T ?:lflS!!S^!9Et!^l ^KL rdii ^"T" ^ a. "^El i ^SM'li^Eli&rc^KvBSi^Sl^tfH jjfp % ^^IL yfe; Carolina's Jocelyn Penn and Lisa Williams challenge a Sunday's contest. Williams finished with three points < points and 11 rebounds. (JSC's Annie Lester had a gar Carolina out-rebounded Arkansas 45-42 in the 88-80 los: Vanderbilt Jan. 28 at Frank McGuire Arena. i7; Nixon ties set CAA provisional the bar higher as the season progressweekend. es." >C placed second, Nixon, the 1998 SEC Outdoor i third. Champion, hit 12-1 1/2, improving on :isha Williamson the NCAA mark she had last week. Her 60-meter hurdles, feat also ties her own school record, record at 8.32 sec- The sophomore from Poway, Calif., bested some of the top pole vaulters an NCAA provi- in the country, including last year's NCAA champion, loor Track and With the mark, Nixon automatically s are March 5-6 at qualifies for the United States Track and Field Indoor Championship in ;nce Trammell put Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19-20. le preliminaries of md 60-meter hur- Mens Suimlning and Diving 1 out of the finals Carolina's men's swimming and divilready boasts the ingteam fel1 to North Carolina State nfrtr in ti,o fin A?ck Saturday 127-116. ?/ uuoli __ n - _ __ . - . _ eliminaries. The Gamecocks fell behind early m ~ the meet and never recovered. ,, ,. Individual winners for USC were of7 68 freshman Zsolt Gaspar, who won the 11 ? , 200^meter freestyle and 200-meter butr is to win both the , ? . . .i , ,, dies at the NCAA ^y;J 10r Andrew Cho, who won the 400-meter individual medley and , , R , f. 200-meter breaststroke; Chris Lyones, LTdlu who won the 100 freestyle; Jon Walden100 dash with an , ., nnn ? u ^ f, mayer, who won the 200-meter backaarko 54.11. stroke; and freshman Brandon vaf s vv'0n Hulko, who won the 3-meter diving comat 16 8 3/4. Other nofifi?n d: junior Jimmie The ^qq fx-eestyle relay team took le 400 dash (47.81); home a win behind the efforts of WaldenLewis, seventh in xnayer, Julio Aparecido, Jon Lowell and .64; sophomore Lyons. h in the 800 dash The Gamecocks' record now stands 2:10.43); and fresh- at 5_e overall and 0-2 in the SEC. aw (6.78) and ju- The final tuneup for both the men 3), fourth and sixth, and women is against conference foe 60 dash. Alabama at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Carhit the road again olina Natatorium. 29-30, when they , Fla., for the SEC- Football South Carolina's Mr. Football has ene Nixon, jump- apparently thought twice about joining )ers (collegiate and the Gamecocks. Palmetto High running country, finished back Derek Watson changed his cornIt Summit in Reno, mitment to national champion Tennessee. y improving as a As late as Thursday, Watson was olina vault coach telling some reporters he would probook for her to push ably still sigiy with South Carolina. NATE SAYS... Nate says the only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game. Page 7 J8-80 W&f IIRjB 93 ^a vkS^IH g.f .? ng B ^mTEp* jl jEg | JPp. N? I mgm ^i^A' -v ~? * - |B| Mi v m, /^'^ppjpMM^ /#r? \' "sK ?m Sean Rayford I'hoto Editor n Arkansas player for a rebound in and five assists, while Penn had 10 ne-high 19 points and 10 rebounds. ?. Next up. for the Gamecocks will be < I i 100I record But in The Tennessean, Watson said he made up his mind Friday morning and canceled visits to South Carolina and Georgia. He says his commitment to Tennessee is "very firjm, \ vyon't even talk to any more school's." Watson joins other South Carolina prep stars Albert Haynesworth of Hartsville and Terreia Smalls of Timberland in verbally committing to Tennessee. ' ' Players can't sign with schools until Feb. 3. I Watson ran for 2,373 yards and 44 touchdowns this past season. He was named the state's Mr. Football last month. Watson followed that up with a record 275 yards rushing in the Shrine Bowl. "T think when I committed to South Carolina," Watson said. "I was being selfish. Instead, I should have been thinking about what's going to make me a better player, not where I think IH play first." Men's tennis No. 3-seeded Vladimir Pavicevic and No. 8-seeded Jerome Jourdon each losl their quarterfinal matches Sunday al the SEC Indoor Championships ir Nashville, Tenn. Pavicevic first defeated Mark Par sons of Tennessee 7-6 (0), 6-1 in the round of 16 before falling to Georgia's No. 7-seeded Chad Carlson 7-5, 6-2 In the round of 16, Jourdon defeat ed Stuart Rhodes of Vanderbilt 5-7,75,6-4. He then lost to No. 4-seeded Francisco Rodriguez 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Next up for the Gamecocks is the USC Winter Invitational. Play-begins Friday and will continue through the weekend.