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TICKETS WOMEN'S T About 2,000 tickets returned USC tennis playt from student distribution are Sutton and Jenni available for Carolina's final two received their fir home men's basketball games. rankings. Accord The tickets can be picked up in Intercollegiate T< person at the USC athletic ticket Association, Sutt office on Rosewood Drive. 61, while Radma Friday, February 19, 1999 Tigers c past Cai 60-56 in by Mary Foster Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. ? For a change, Louisiana State Unversity had more than good effort to show for its work Wednesday night. The Tigers got a big second half and came back from nine points down for a 60-56 victory over South Carolina. "To be able to come back was really great for our team," LSU coach John Brady said. "What you saw was two different halves. The first half wasn't one of our better ones. The second was one of the best we've played." Jabari Smith scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds ? six in the second half ? as LSU snapped a sixgame losing streak. LSU (11-12,3-10 SEC), opened the second half with two straight 3-point baskets to key a 12-2 run. Brian Beshara scored five points to give the Tigers a 37-35 lead ? their first since midway through the first half ? with 16:35 left in the game. "South Carolina did a good job of double-teaming the high post, taking away the high pass that we normally use," Smith said. "We had to find other ways to score, and, in the second half, we came out much better offensively." Women's sc said. Mr^JT/jBFi^w. y * M Freshman Shaunzinski Gortman passes the ball to a t 78-74 victory over Charleston Southern. coaches ch with NCAA from AP Reports Associated Press South Carolina says two women's soccer coaches talked to goalkeeper Carrie Warner before getting permission from Alabama and has reported that to the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA. Current assistant Kerri Reifel and former assistant Kar ?WJo HiiQr 4-V*nm 4tita tirnolro Al ne iVIllier pilUHCU Iimug. uiuic uiau twu nctao m,mv ... abama gave its written permission in November 1997. Warner, a Spring Valley High School graduate, transferred to South Carolina last spring. But Miller says she did not break any NCAA rules. She also says she does not remember calling Warner as South Carolina says. Reifel, however, did meet with Warner twice before Warner's release from Alabama, Miller said. South Carolina acknowledged an "inadvertent" secondary violation in a Jan. 29 letter to Jim McCullough, associate commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. Copies of the letter from South Carolina compliance director Valerie Sheley were released Tuesday. She indicated an inquiry had been made by an NCAA , enforcement representative, although no further action was pxnpcfpd. South Carolina athletics spokesman Kerry Tharp C5ai ;rs Tamara / 2^ ifer Radman ^^7^ d ling to the y I snnis W I on is No. ' in is No. 69- f J 1 The Ga law uiiiia i bayou South Carolina (7-18, 2-11) has only one road win this season. The Gamecocks have now lost their last five games. USC took its last lead of the game on a 3-point basket by Hagen Rouse that made it 47-44 with 12:18 left. But Maurice Carter hit five straight points, and Smith added seven to put LSU back up 56-49 with 4:19 remaining. "They came out in the second half and hit some 3-point baskets, south uarohna coach cachet ogier saia. 1 ney just dominated us in spots." Antonio Grant's 3-point basket with 52.5 seconds left cut LSU's lead to 58-56. Beshara then missed a free throw, but BJ McKie's shot bounced off the rim, and Omar-Seli Mance got the rebound for LSU. With 12 seconds left, Carter was fouled. He made both free throws and then stole the ball on an errant pass to clinch the victory. Carter had 15 points for LSU. The Tigers, normally a 34 percent 3-point shooting team, made 50 percent from that distance in the second half, 41 percent for the game. William Gallman led South Carolina with 12 points and scored only two in the second half. Grant added 11. LSU went up by four halfway through the first half, only to let the Gamecocks outscore them 18-5 down the stretch to lead 33-18 at the break. >ccer arged l violation The school and the SEC have appealed to the NCAA to ensure that Warner can keep her eligibility. Warner, a 21-year-old junior who played in 15 games this past season and started 13, wouldn't comment. Her father, Jan, said neither she nor he had been contacted by the school or the NCAA. "This is the first time we've heard about it, and we have no clue what's going on," he said. According to Sheley's letter, Reifel said she contacted Warner concerning a Soccer Plus camp. Sheley said that without Alabama's permission, it still was a violation of NCAA rules, despite their previous relationship through Soccer Plus. Reifel received a letter of reprimand and was given a review of the rules, according to Sheley's letter. Miller, who left South Carolina in 1997, says she is still "bitter" about how head coach Sue Kelly treated her and feels she has been hung out to dry. "Definitely I'm frustrated," Miller said. "Because I left on good terms with the administration in terms of them trying to further my career. That's not the case with Sue Kelly." Late c Lady by Brock Vergs Assistant Sports Editc facing yet another ^ *?*<* ?y_ ?r- "We weren't gel ^ ~ done [in the first 1 Head Coach Susa said. When the team ??-"""""i ter the break, howe different team. -^00000^ The hot-shootin Scan Rayford Photo Editor }y six points in the eammate Tuesday night in Carolina's ond period. > necock A ro mecock 1|1|| Hf Freshman Aaron Lucas scans the d Wednesday, Lucas finished with five r Clemens in first ck from AP Reports Associated Press Spring training opened with a stun ner Thursday, as Roger Clemens was traded by Toronto to the New Yorl Yankees for David Wells, Graemt Lloyd and Homer Bush. Supervised workouts began todat ? 45 days before the Rockies and Sai Diego Padres start the season Apri 4 at Monterrey, Mexico. The trade stunned the Yankees who are coming off a record-settinj 125-win season and were barely set tied into Legends Field for their 7 1/2 week spring stay in Tampa, Fla. "I'm a little emotional right now, Wells said, after meeting with Yan Ikees' owner George Stein brenner a the team's training complex. "Give m :omeback p Gamecocks Ms ;Wep )r and it m? While cocks' basketball team fought olina beg a 20-point deficit on Senior away at 1 Charleston Southern 78-74 Led b came ba dominated ln5.60T?ceP "We're not afra while USC -j ge 37 per of anybody. I f< more confidem nake every- . . . te first stan- gOUlg into thlS son's [SEC] toui ment than I du atie LaRue last year, and I 18, and the pre^y confider ooked to be r J loss. ling the job Susatl tialf]USC Carolina basketba n Walvius lightly ir came out of the lockeroom af- USC ver, it looked like a completely its mark "We'i ig Buccaneers were held to on- "I fee first nine minutes of the sec- tournair ty confid SCHEDULE Softball vs. Georgia State (doubleheadeb, 2 p.m. Saturday, Beckham Field. Men's basketball vs. Tennessee, 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank McGuire Arena. I |J LA l^2S( # ^ I Hi mmm m ^^ 1 w$ efense in USC's Feb. 6 loss to the Bu toints and three assists. becomes a ly of spring a couple days. It's a little tough right ] now." Clemens agreed to the deal, but the 36-year-old right-hander did't get > an extension to his contract, which has : two years left and calls for him to be ( J paid $16.1 million. He is to report this weekend. "Roger Clemens is a non-stop Hall ! ofFamer," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "The last two years, what he's done, it's incredible." 'y Wells, a quirky lefl-hander known ' as "Boomer," was the toast of New York ?_ after pitching a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins last May 17. " While he clashed with Steinbrenner [- and Torre at times in 1997, he reached t' a peace with them last year, become ing one of the team's most effective ropels over Bucs icked up the pressure in the second half, ide the difference," Walvius said. CSU went on a scoring drought, Caran to play quality basketball, chipping :he Buccaneer lead. y Nikki Miars and Lisa Williams, USC ck to take its first lead of the game since the first minute of play when Williams sank a 3-point shot as the shot clock went on, SCl capping off an incredible run. ? For USC's remaining four minutes, it was just a matter of holding the lead, something ma- Carolina has had problems j with all year long. This game, each time Was CSU went on the offensive, " USC was able to counter, securing the victory. "This team has never llvitlS qUit, and tonight we pulled it 11 coach out," Miars said. "I think we took their team a little too 1 the first half." has one more game before it tries to make at the SEC Tournament, re not afraid of anybody," Walvius gaid. \ more confident going into this season's tent than I did last year, and I was pretlent last year." NATE SAYS... Nate says the phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law stating that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Page 7 I m H s^ipfe fw Sean Rayford Photo Editor illdogs. In Carolina's loss to LSU Yank I training ? i M i n a I 1 _ O Af\ piteners wun an io-<i recoru ana a o.tv ERA. "There's some shock in that room right now," Torre said of his clubhouse. "It's something you have to get used to. That is what the game is all about. There are going to be changes." Going into today, New York had retained 24 of the 25 players who helped win its second Series title in three seasons, only letting go of outfielder Tim Raines. Tm shocked," Lloyd said. To break up the team ? it's a shame." Meanwhile, pitchers Mark Wohlers and Stan Belinda arrived at spring training eager to put aside the memories of last season. Wohlers reported Wednesday to Atlanta Braves camp in Kissimmee, Fla., jn search of the strike zone and a way to revive his once-promising career. It was less than a year ago that Wohlers, who had 97 saves from 199597. inexplicably lost the ability to throw strikes. He had a 10.18 ERA in Atlanta last year, with 33 walks and seven wild pitches in 20 1-3 innings. He tried to regain his form in the minor leagues, but that only made matters worse. At Triple-A Richmond, he was 0-3 with a 20.43 ERA, walking 36 and throwing 17 wild pitches in 12 13 innings. During the offseason, Wohlers traveled to Puerto Rico and California to work one-on-one with Guy Hansen, a special instructor for the Braves. "What I want to do is just get in the am/I 1 /-?-?-?rr unfVi nironr. piugiam aiiu gu aiuug "n-u body else," he said. "No special treatment, no early workouts. People know what I've gone through in the past. I've been working hard; there's been some upside. Tm here, that's positive," Wohlers said. "I went through some [bad things] last year, and I'm still here." At Sarasota, Fla., Belinda talked about a more personal goal: his fight against multiple sclerosis. "This has put everything in perspective," said Belinda, diagnosed with the disease last August. "When I came here, it gave me a boost or a jolt that I did come back and that I am going to make a go of it," the Cincinnati right-hander said. "If I give up a dinger to lose a game, it's not CLEMENS page 8