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Mike Skinner Chevy Page 6 Seniors go out winners despit horrific season I ^1970s, i \^mmm Coach Frank McGi ' m^KLL us^ere^ the Gar cock basketball prog] into the national s] light by recruiting players from an am was Quite familiar w A his home state of h William Folks Athletes like Jt Common Folklore Roche, Mike Dunle* HJ Kevin Joyce, M Doyle, Tom Riker, Tom Owens and Brian Winl (all Empire State natives as well as member USC's 1,000-point club) were each brough Columbia by McGuire, as were nearby New < sey stars (and fellow 1,000-point club memb< Skip Harlicka, Ray Pericola and Jack Gillo But in the 1990s, when current USC H< Coach Eddie Fogler (ironically, also a Big Ap native) undertook the similarly daunting tasl returning South Carolina to the national basl ball stage, he saw a vastly different solut than did his venerable predecessor. Unlike the 'local talent" in McGuire's era, 1 go 'round the Palmetto State possessed the bl chip players USC's head coach needed to revi ize Carolina basketball. This time, the history ] been home-grown. USC's class of'99, Bjorn Au "BJ" McKie (Columbia), William Elliot Galln (Chester), Leonard "Bud" Johnson Jr. (Columl ana noaenck Lorenzo necus inix (Lnariest were each born in the Palmetto State and h; each played integral roles in the dramatic re-en gence of Gamecock basketball in the 1990s. With back-to-back 20-win seasons a NCAA Tournament appearances (a first for C olina in more than twenty years) and the 1996 SEC Championship (USC's first in any sport), t senior class leaves as one of the most phenoi nally successful classes in the history of Gamec athletics. While 1998-99's 7-18 record isn't the way tl wanted to go out (nor is it the way we loyal fi SENIORS pag FOLL AU< TUESDA Russell Rick 1 1 0 Items include: L( Sky print, "Preside with Dr. Palms), i certifica Door Prizes Sponsored by the Baptis Call 799-31 OMEN'S B-BALL _ ; Lady Gamecocks finsd the regular season ^ / hout winning an SEC itest. Carolina lost Sunday Kentucky, 93-65, in jp :ington. i Tennessee i'J ne- |^Jj9 \JgB top i he ith: lew )hn ivy, ike s ^r~jp mk tto ^ s * .^1 fer- Jyr"' .. ^? rC * ,J| -ad JjMB| 4 J^Km cet- mm/ il ms Senior BJ McKie goes up for a shot Saturday in C ^7 finished with 11 points and a game-high five assisl jjpi Tq Y, FEB. 23, 1999 House Ballroom 7:30 PM Henry, WIS-TV, \uctioneer )u Holtz signed football, Blu nt for a Day" (Exchange plac irtwork, decorative items, gi tes, and much more. FreeAdmissic ;t Student Union for Summer Miss >54 for more information. Gamecock . sc"_ i% ngy pm-Tuesda l I I I I I li 'Baseball vs 'IJ U i t/D The Gamecock i swats Gamec IDy uname waiiace Assistant Sports Editor For 32 minutes Saturday afi South Carolina basketball team pk nessee Volunteers neck and neck The 7,227 in attendance at Fn Arena knew the game was either t The USC fans, who had seen season, seemed to have all but dis a new, competitive version of the te to the challenge. But in the last eight minutes, verted back to its old self, as Ten on an 18-4 run to close the game Vols a 65-50 victory. Spurred by reserve forward F UT (18-7,10-4 SEC) solidified see* hind Kentucky in the SEC East v The senior came off the bench Gamecocks for a team-high 22 po The Gamecocks dropped to 7in conference play. Vol guards Tony Harris and Br; ton combined for six 3-pointers, ad four, and that proved to be too mu Carolina team. "Tennessee in the second half they are a very potent team and c threes," Carolina coach Eddie Fog "And certainly Rashard Lee, ii i rr TT : ii.. - u. Kw aiiu i uny narris reauy uiok uie at ?*?*# with some long jump shots." ^ The first half displayed two S( fh * * hausted teams struggling to score *' t The game's first points didn' I ^ : 2:30 into the game, as USC's all-1 1 % Jl scorer, BJ McKie, drained a three *jj olinaontop. After a Bud Johnson jumper llj; Gamecocks ahead 5-0, Tennessee! '% m P0^1^ on a ^ee 3-pointer w . 1 f in the first half. Carolina's bench then rose to 1 Mf as guards David Ross, Hagen Roi m ipti bert Lee Davis made key baskets. Ross put back the rebound off hi: ? _ ' ,, shot to keep USC ahead, and bac Sean Rayford Photo Editor r . Carolina's loss to Tennessee. McKie vT/S ts With 5:50 left m the half, USC 16-11. ?lE A^'nH COME ON Dt Ccvfbo) I / W i"; / . ^ & in <fy>March lst at 9:001 g for USC Stuc ionS Qz $10 for Gen ^ $ 12 for da; Tickets on sale now at the information center. ILE NATE SAYS... North Carolina, 3 Nate says the Eisenhower y, Beckham Field. interstate system requires _ that one mile in every >. Charleston c. , . , r , , c five be straight. These ednesday, Same . . & . , 1 ? straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. Monday, February 22, 1999 ocks, 65-50 n Qmo fVion nnnfinnn^ hio lmnrnccnro r\loxr i-'uyio iiigii vuiiuiiuvu 1110 tooivu yiu v off the bench, making two free throws on a technical foul called on Tennessee coach Jerry Green, ternoon, the Davis added a running jumper and another ryed the Ten- ^ree ^ keep Carolina ahead, 23-21. ink McGuire ^ the team with 10 points at the break, eam's to win After the break, Davis added two 3-pointmost of the ers t? tie the score at 30, four minutes into the appeared, as half. am had risen Lee's alley-oop dunk then started what became the Davis-Lee show. Carolina re- Davis drained a three, which was answered nessee went one by Lee to keep the score tied at 39. and give the After a three-point play by Wharton gave tashard Lee S?? Davis and place be- mahe another three, which was answered again vith the win. hy Lee. i to torch the "Herbert Lee was good offensively today," ints. Fogler said. "I'm a big Rashard Lee fan, I'll tell 19 and 2-12 you that. He's good." With Tennessee up 47-46, the Vols' Harris andon Whar- swished a three, which started the run that took ding to Lee s Gamecocks out of the game. Lee, Harris and Wharton then added one showed why more three apiece as the Vols proceeded to overan shoot the whelm a tired USC squad, rler said. The three players finished with 22,16 and ii particular, 13 points, respectively. Davis finished with a :art out of us team-high 16 points for Carolina. "The guys are playing hard every day and jemingly ex- coming out and trying to give 110 percent, and " .. things have been falling short," Davis said. timeleadhig "*ts a^arc* season' I said, we're ; to put Car- sticking together." Fogler echoed Davis' comments, to keep the "We look tired and have no emotion, and many scorea we seem 10 De a very urea, pnysicany ana menith 15:05 left tally, basketball team. "Unless we juice up, we are going to have ,he occasion, a time> obviously, winning against the lse an er competition we have," Fogler said. 3 own missed remaining regular-season schedule for k-to-back 3- Carolina includes a road game at Florida wed Wednesday and then Georgia at home Satur? was ahead day. USC lost its previous games with both teams. A111111 I M JWN AND SEE MIJ 9l w - ^ D.m. RH Ballroom < f^)> lents & Faculty eral public y of show Tickets available at all capital ticket outlets.