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| Monday, February 22, 1999 Basketball's class of '99 deserves acclah SENIORS continued from page 6 Watson and Larry Davis, Gallmt etly emerged as one of the I wanted them to go out), it still doesn t more physical and athletic posl diminish what they have been able to ers accomplish over their four years in Co- Gallman averaged 8.6 poin ^.y13',, i ^ , , 6.2 rebounds per game during Nix, the only Gamecock senior who , . ,. . ,, j-j u j i f championship campaign, and bet didn t spend all four years m the gar- , net and black, came to USC as a junior fabhshmg areputationaroui college transfer from Allegheny Com- ^ea6ue as a dominating low-pc munity College in Maryland. In his two ^enc'er Respite his frame. Gallmar seasons at Carolina, Nix has excelled performance as a Gamecock a] as the Gamecocks' best defensive play- ceived little media fanfare, as 1 er, often called on to shadow opponents' point effort against Vanderbilt th top scorers and point guards. son came on the same night as M Nix gave his most memorable per- USC career points record, formance as a Gamecock in last year's McKie, whose mother, Bever] thrilling, final-second victory over been known to recant stories of a I Cincinnati, scoring eight points in just old McKie impersonating Supe 12 minutes on the floor as USC ral- around the house, is likely to go lied from a 24-point deficit early in the as greatest player to ever v second half en route to the dramatic jjSC jersey victor}'. In his four years at Carolina, Bud Johnson, who played his high . , ... n , , i . I, . n m l. i ie has rewritten the Gamecock school ball at Eau Claire, has been , , . . ,, USC's lone "true center" for much of ^ ^ ^ <?. this season. After highly touted fresh- Pb?"er f history and electrifying, man Tony Etchings went down with around the nation with his pal an anhle injury, Johnson became USC's sPin move and lightning-fast di only player taller than 6 feet 9 inches, the basket. A two-time all-SEi Johnson, an adent shot-blocker and im- former, McKie led the confere: posing defensive presence, will likely points per game last season ar be best remembered for his brilliant tered the 1998-99 campaign ; play in the Gamecocks' SEC Tourna- NCAA's top returning scorer, ment win over Florida last season. He has been nominated f< With USC's top rebounder William Wooden and Naismith awards twe Gallman sidelined by injury, Johnson running, and against Georgia I took control of the boards, grabbing 10 he became the first player in caroms and pumping in 13 points for history to eclipse the 2,000-point his first career double-double. 1998-'99 thls seasQn has been has been perhaps Johnson s strongest f the dass of .99 ls certa season as a Gamecock, as his 7.4re- , ,, , , j , 1,1 , j group we should remember, bounds per game lead the team and b r rank ninth in the SEC. Gallman, one of South Carolina's Wllluim welcomes your comment most gifted all-around players, was wisms and suggestions for his u without question the unsung hero of ing football publication, Southern the Gamecocks' championship season ir?n, due out in August 1999.1 of 1996-97. With opponents (and the send them to wfolks3@att. net media) keying in on USC's dangerous The Gamecock, care of Sports 1 three-guard lineup of McKie, Melvin Nathan Brown. we want your JB FEEDBACK If you are under the age of 21 it is against the law to buy alcoholic beverages. A|[Aj3C regulations enforce. Imagine Yourself... Studying Abroad with $23,000... Learn how YOU can become one of about 1,200 stude who will be sponsored for study abroad in the academ year 2000-2001. The Rotary Foundation is awardi $23,000 scholarships to students who have completed least two years of college level coursework and are U citizens. USC has had 28 Rotary Scholars since 19< including five winners for the 1999-2000 academic ye You could win, too! 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In the third i m qui- hoo on third and M 3 E C' s The Lady Gamecocks began home 0nd, McMillin can t play- Play Saturday by splitting two games Then came a pi with Georgia State. to smack straighl tsand In the first game, Carolina's field wall for a thr USC's batters were dumfounded by a strong "When the pit. pitching performance by the Lady T, ., "f.f Panthers, who held USC scoreless 1 " S ,d'he and allowed only three hits en route ^d I just had t. 'ftde" to a 2-0 shutout. and then drive it. is best The second game, however, saw McMillin s hoi iso re- the Lady Gamecocks (7-2) regain their nacle of the Lady G lis 22- composure and grab their seventh in the second gam lis bed- vnn ol the season in an o-U rout. aeemea itseii tro [cKie's "I think we came out a little lack- slump. adaisical in the first game, and that In Georgia Sta [y, has disappoints me because we need to Panthers outslugge >-year- be ready every game," USC coach two hits to one. jrman Joyce Compton said. But Carolina i i down "I hate having a wake-up call and secon(j 0f the rear a then come out and play the way we're moreth adru capable of playing. I thought we did ofLad Panther h McK- rebound well in the second game. , , reconi , After struggling at the plate in ^ xjqp the first contest, Carolina jumped on- much better, , to the scoreboard quickly in Game 2. were much more di Town^ .1 / . ' , To start the bottom of the first in- were m the first g; '?n ? ning, USC's Megan Donohoo reached The Lady Gam ^ve first base on an error. field again Tue u Per" She then proceeded to second North Carolina Ta nee in when Kendra McCutcheon was journey to Carolim 1(1 en- thrown out at first on a fielder's choice, for a doubleheader is the Kim Pietro followed with a single, ad- at 3 p m vancing Donohoo to third base. jn the preseaso ir the With runners on second and third rp0p 25 p0jj ) years after Pietro stole second, Joyce ? . o v ?aj 'eb.6, McMillin, who would be involved in teSIshoIt'?flbemg i USC scoring five of Carolina's eight runs, ' mark. stepped up to the plate. , The Lady Gan one to She hit a hard grounder down the those ranked tean inly a first-base side, where the first base- sonman fielded the ball and then threw They've alread home. But the ball got away from the those, knocking of <"1ST T allnurino- FlnnnVinn an H Nn Ifl Arizona Sta s, crit- ?? ' b pcom- ^etr0score. 5 against No. 2 Ar Grid- T S Men's b-ball I by Todd Money Tei Sports Copy Editor ing For the second straight game, USC's men's has- ^ ketball team came out revved up and aggressive in ^ the first half of play. ^le For the second straight game, the Gamecocks got tem in their opponents' faces defensively, forcing bad shot t^0| selection, turnovers and general confusion ? in the first half. oft] And for the second straight game, the Gamecocks fell apart in the last 20 minutes. SC01 v-v. USC (7-19,2-12 SEC) began the first half against eSp( H the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday afternoon with m0I a fire that few Carolina faithful have seen from their team in the past few weeks. The eight-and-a-half- wjtl point favorite Vols (18-7,10-4) might not have been iacp the most active bunch at the start, but the Game- m0i cocks were into the game on both sides. deft With William Gallman and Bud Johnson fight|P ing for rebounds and hustling mightily for loose balls, poir and BJ McKie making sure UT's guard tandem of the Tony Harris and Brandon Wharton didn't get hot ear- woe ly, USC was showing flashes of better days. waj The Gamecocks even led for the whole first half, jumping m tront o-u, y-d, zu-id ana nnany zo-z4 over to a< - yyyvsE n? ^BQSSnmS ^ at ^ t T? m C*1v t rr IIH )4_ (Q General Cinema. 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'% =!sl lits weeken i't through, hownning, with Dono- * II [cCutcheon on secle up again, itch she proceeded over the centeree-run home run. :h was coming in, pitch," McMillin ) wait on it, see it mer was the pin- jm Gamecocks' offense le as Carolina re- jfl uwME te's win, the Lady M ^ USC more than KM responded in the doubleheader by M pling the number game], we hit the V isciplined than we H ecocks take to the J/b!} sday when the Jk ir Heels make the **- * i's Beckham Field " The first pitch is ^ ^ 1 n USA TodayfNF- * ~ '"I SC came only 22 ~ * 1 ? ranked in the Top - V . *v .1, f lecocks face 10 of , '* " is during the sea- ^ SI PPT- " * "? ' " rn ? w " * - ? ??' ~*?zr-y ?*<?. y played three of ^ , f No. 7 Texas and te, while losing 7- USC's Kim Schultze stretches to < izona. Georgia State. USC lost the first gs rlnntnprl in -9 inessee, winners of nine of its past 12 games com- some t] ; in. have a Then, the proverbial bottom fell out for Carolina. Ind e Volunteers' Harris, a John Wooden Award fi- cent of :st and All-America candidate, was almost invis- in the si in the first stanza, missing both his field-goal at- arc p01 pts and contributing just one assist. Suddenly, hitting jgh, Harris was ablaze, scoring his team's first po^g f it points of the second half to give UT its first lead jn r( ie game. 32-30. tolook USC kept up for several minutes, balancing its Gamecc ing output and getting needed outside shooting, . ag . scially from Herbert Lee Davis. But the game's 01 i & 6-for-21 nentum was shittmg. The other Vols began to find their shots, too, along 1 e_, 1 a defensive presence on the inside that had been t e dng before. C.J. Black and Isiah Victor became na s Pre mtains in the paint, seemingly grabbing every lei rnsive board that came their way. There, When USC's Davis hit his fourth (and final) 3- second iter of the day with about 11 minutes left, he gave "Ou Gamecocks their last lead, at 42-41. Tennessee the secc dd outscore the home team 24-8 the rest of the most pa r, cruising to a 15-point win. As t Aftoruror^ oty*onnelr nno/?V? Fnrrlrt* inrr oatti ??U1U, v^aiucv-uv-iv LUatil UUU1C I UgiCI U1CU Ulg V/UiU escribe what transpired. "They [Tennessee] make ter chai SjH bhi eats! ^ i IWraj^jB^ WE LL GIVE '3AUBiiBu iruono.j jen wee^s may n0f seem Ufa much timt mjm pup Fissny jo uoisfaui ] 30F3J puf jFy\\ :m3msnv you're tough, smdrt dnd determined, ten J Officer of Marines. Officer Candidates 5c you've got what it takes to lead a life full say they've got what it takes to be a leai information call 1-800-MARINES or cont EN m The Fe\ a^fc, *' *& ll'X > ** Have you secured a sui ^ Captain Dave McCulloh 'V^fl on the p,atoon Lead I * 1 i %1i leadership skills in a VTHE FEW- THE PRC Page 7 id series - * ..... W fetr - - - 1?l *"* ulf *W^ Hv ^ ^j^BF S?Sss?:i as *': : - ";> ?* * -:-. > <*, n - * *ti . ** -1 i- - ^ *? . r- . * . ma ? .^- . ;s~^M'i.:f :" :; &; *;. ^ ' "W* - ?? ,- ., - " Sean Rayford Photo Editor catch a ball in Carolina's series against ime 2-0 but won the second 8-0. !nd half hrees, take the heart out of us, then we still hard time scoring," he said, eed, the Volunteers, hitting a modest 34 pertheir 3-pointers for the season, found the mark scond stanza, going 8-for-14 from beyond the ward Rashard Lee was a huge part of that, three bombs on his way to a team-high 22 or the game. ?amar ncn ?j _i.; i i.. \/r~Tf' u uapuii&e, uoo, turn pm ucuiariy ivxcrue, uegaii for quick shots to stay in the contest. The >cks' shooting betrayed them again, however, t had all year. USC starters shot a combined in the half, reflective of a team dead last in 3 in field-goal percentage, scene was more than reminiscent of Caroli;vious outing last Wednesday at LSU, where i 33-24 at the half but eventually fell short, the Gamecocks scored just 23 points in1 the half on 38 percent shooting, r offense was a little bit on the downside [in >nd half]," McKie said, "but I thought for the irt, we played competitive basketball." he Gamecocks found out again, though, bepetitive for the entire game gives you a betice. Hp Wr s YOU 10 WEEKS. ? to prove you're capable of being a tedder But if weeks and a lot of hard work could make you an hool (OC5) is where you'll get the chance to prove 1 of excitement, challenge, and honor. Anyone can 1er, we'll give you ten weeks to prove it. For more act us on the Internet at http:llwww Marines.com urines w. The Proud. mmer internship? If not call at (803) 256-9015/16 for info er's Class. Develop your challenging environment. )UD. 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