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Sports Florida-USC Clemson-Ga. Tech Miss. State-Alabama ^ Michigan-Penn State Miami-Virginia Tech Hasn’t seen “Goodfellas” (35-15) Florida Ga. Tech MSU Penn St. Va. Tech Jimmy Conway (30-20) Florida Ga. Tech Alabama Penn St. Va. Tech Tommy DeVito (30-20) Florida Ga. Tech Alabama Penn St. Miami Paulie Cicero (30-201 Florida Ga. Tech MSU Penn St. Va. Tech Henry Hill (30-20) Florida Ga. Tech Alabama Penn St. Va. Tech Gamecocks from page 8 Defensive Line Florida has one of the most aggres sive front four in the SEC. Its line has 33 sacks on the season and is giving up on ly 69 yards a game rushing, which ranks No. 5 in the nation. Defensive end Alex Brown is one of 12 finalists for the Lom ™ bardi Award and is on the Nagurski Award (best defensive player) watch list. Carolina’s defensive unit has been one of the lone bright spots in the Game cocks’ season. The defensive line has per formed well this season and has been able to pressure opposing quarterbacks well all year. Nose guard Cleveland Pinkney and defensive tackle Cecil Caldwell stop up the middle while defensive ends Matt Marsters and Kalimba Edwards round out the front four. Advantage to Florida. Linebackers Florida isn’t short on talent here, ei ther. Senior Keith Kelsey is on the Butkus Award watch list for the country’s best ^ linebackers. The Gators had to replace three of the NFL’s top 51 picks in Jevon Kearse, Johnny Rutledge and Mike Pe terson, and have done a considerably good job. Carolina has a more experienced line backer group with seniors Corey Atkins and John Abraham. Atkins is the team leader in tackles. Abraham has per formed well all season and is ranked as the 19th best prospect in next spring’s NFL draft. Sophomore middle linebacker Kenneth Harney has played well in his first season as a starter. Advantage to USC Secondary The Gators secondary was a young and untested unit entering the season this year. While they have played well in big p games, they are the reason Florida has given up as many yards as it has this season. The Gators have been hurt con sistently in their passing defense, giving up 255 yards a game in the air which ranks 10th in the SEC. Carolina’s secondary has been a pleas ant surprise this season. The Gamecocks have proven players in safeties Ray Green and Arturo Freeman. Comerbacks Rashad Faison, Sheldon Brown, and Kevin House have performed well this season. The unit is giving up 151 yards a game, which is second in the SEC. Advantage to USC * USC's Roberts wins MVP Baseball The USC baseball team held its Gamecock Dugout Club banquet Wednesday, announcing its team awards for the 1999 season. Shortstop Brian Roberts was named most valuable player after leading the nation in stolen bases with 67. Roberts, who was chosen by the Baltimore Orioles in this year’s am ateur draft, also led the Gamecocks in home runs (12), doubles (21) and % runs scored (79). He also won the Mike Cuny Base-Stealing Award for setting a new USC single-season stolen base record. Junior pitcher Kip Boukriight was named outstanding pitcher after posting a 7-4 record in 1999 with 124 strikeouts. Second baseman Jay Lambert retrieved a Golden Glove award for defensive excellence. The Irby Raines Coaches Award was given to pitcher Scott Barber. Swimming The USC men’s and women’s swim teams fell to North Carolina State on Wednesday at Raleigh, N.C The men’s team lost 150-75, while the women’s team lost, 140 86. The teams take on Clemson to ► day at 3 p.m. at the Blatt RE. Cen ter. Volleyball The USC volleyball team will play at Tennessee tonight. _i Basketball from page 8 from getting into a flow," Fogler said. "My rotation was more unique than normal. We are still searching to make sure we have those who earn playing time on the court a week from Friday. We did a poor job attacking their zone, but we won’t see that type of zone much this season. The Europeans play their own type of basketball." The Gamecocks managed to stay in control for most of the game. They began the game with an 8-0 run, and didn’t let Alita score a point until more than five minutes had elapsed in the first half. Carolina took a 28-22 into the locker room at halftime. During the second half, Alita slow ly began to fight back, managing to go up 46-45 for its first lead of the game with 10:38 left to play. From there, the game was back and forth, with both teams exchanging bas kets until the closing minute of the game, when Carolina was able to se cure the victory. For the second straight game, the scoring for the Gamecocks was spread out. Ten of the 12 players who played for Carolina scored. Lucas led the way with 10 points, followed by Travis Kraft with nine. Tony Kitchings, David Ross and Kinloch each had seven. Kraft had another big game from behind the arc, hitting three of six from 3-point land. His two straight threes early in the first half brought the crowd to its feet and helped the Gamecocks jump to an 11-5 lead. As a team, the Gamecocks hit 10-24 from beyond the arch. Lucas had six assists to go along with his 10 points, but Fogler thought that he still needed to improve. "I didn’t think Aaron played par ticularly well tonight," Fogler said. "He still is doing a little too much drib bling around and not going anywhere. He is a darn good basketball player though, and I think he will continue to improve." Alita was led by Arunas Seferis, who had 20 points, hitting six of nine 3-pointers. Robert Conley added 14, followed by Rimkus with nine. Fogler gave the Alita credit for its effort. "They played well," Fogler said. "They picked up a couple of Ameri cans since they played Arizona, and they are a good team." For Gamecock center Marius Pe travicius, the game was extra special, since he came to USC from Lithua nia. Petravicius pulled down a team leading 11 rebounds and scored four points against Alita. "Regardless of whether he deserved to start or not, I was going to start him because that was his country out there," Fogler said. With the win, USC improved to 26-6 all-time in exhibition contests. The Gamecocks will now try to iron out the rest of their kinks before opening the regular season on Nov. 19 against Wofford. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m at Frank McGuire Arena. Tickets are still available. We have a great selection of designer frames. Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, DKNY Visionwte --SF Propecia S (finasteride) | Ask your doctor about this pill ! from Merck. For more information, call » 1-888-MERCK-74. i o www.propecia.com -1 AN HISTORIC RESIDENCE Efficiency $435 One Bedroom $495 Two Bedroom $530 Rents include all utilities and cable TV. 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