The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 07, 2000, Page B1, Image 9

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Inside: Schedule USC women's track receives highest na- m Women s 9°|f at Los Angeles Regional tional ranking ever; Women’s tennis wins ^ MeXblsketball at Ole Miss, Wed. season opener ■ Women’s tennis vs. Furman, Wed. ■ Women’s basketball at Georgia, Thu. USC claims second SEC victory by Shannon Rooke Assistant Sports Editor Moments after the final buzzer sounded, the faces of the La dy Gamecock basketball team mirrored the feelings that filled the crowd at Frank McGuire Arena Sunday, The wait for another SEC win was over. After participating in a four-game losing streak, USC defeat ed the Lady Rebels from Ole Miss 75-58. Led by the 3-point shooting from freshman Kelly Morrone who ended with 12 for the afternoon, the Lady Gamecocks went on a 16-2 run and established a comfortable 38-20 lead by the half way mark. Lady Rebel Becky Myatt sank five of her 10 3-point shots to attempt a comeback late in the second half. She would finish with 19 points and one rebound but it wouldn’t be enough to push her team to their first SEC win. The closest that Ole Miss would come to the dominating Game cocks would be a distant 16 points. Shannon Segres, known by the team for her hard work, led the Gamecocks with 19 points, three steals and 10 rebounds. “1 feel like I worked hard on the inside tonight,” Segres said. “A win like this feels really good, and 1 think we prepared for this game.” Sinking 50 percent of her shots from field goal range, Petra Uihelvi ended the same with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Playing more on the outside in the last few games, Ujielyi has beat key for the La dy Gamecocks on the offensive boards. “I like playing and shooting more on the outside,” she said “Because of the physical con tact and the pain, I think 1 will continue to play there.” Susan \^vius, head coach of the Gamecocks, was also pleased with Ujhelyi’s play on the perime ter. “Wfe decided to have her play more outside because of her passing and her ball-handling skills,” said Whlvius. “She was able to handle the ball with some force today and 1 think that was effective for us.” Handling the ball and cutting down on team turnovers has been a season-long concern for the Gamecocks. With only 19 turnovers last night, it looks like USC can concentrate on other aspects of the game for the test of the season. “There were times today when we had very few ball-handlers on the floor,” said Wfclvius. “I was concerned that maybe we wouldn’t do a good job of holding onto the ball. But we did. “What we had tonight is still a lot of turnovers but it is an im provement and I was pleased with that.” Averaging 7.42 3-point shots a game, Ole Miss is the current leader in the SEC. Against the USC defense last night, they were held to just six of the 21 attempts they had. “We came out in this game worried about fighting, rebounds, and defending their 3-point shooters,” said Walvius. “I thought we did a very good job of that.” With a second win finally under their belt, Carolina believes they now have the confidence to continue playing with the skill they showed against Ole Miss. “I think that we needed a win to help build our confidence,” Segres said. “It may have been a little low.” Next week, the Lady Gamecocks will go on the road for a Thursday SEC matchup against Geoigia. Carolina’s schedule for the remainder of the season is packed with SEC play and the Lady Gamecocks know they must contin ue to win in order to advance in the the conference standings. They now stand at 2-7 in the SEC and 12-10 overall. The Lady Rebels remain in last place in the conference with an 0-8 record. “I was really pleased with our mental approach to this game,” said Walvius. “If we can continue with this mental approach and stretch it out to 40-minute periods, we’re going to be a pret ty good basketball team.” Mississippi 11-10,0-8 SEC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN 14 Sinissia Wysinger, f 0 10 00 004 4200201 15 23 Stephanie Murphy, f 3 90 00 011 2460201 19 54 Frankie Boyd, c 5 18 0 13 672 93 13 1210 29 24 Chandra Dorsey, g 1 70 03 404 4254100 28 25 Becky Myatt, g 6 12 5 10 2 401 12 19 2301 34 30 Takela Corbitt 0 10 10 000 0001101 7 13 Heather Bantz 0 10 10 000 0100100 2 15 Shayla Day 2 5 0 00 021 3240000 8 20 Tashondea Moton 0 10.00 020 2104000 9 21 Kayla MadeweU 4 91 40 016 7190402 19 30 Kesha Howell 0 40 30 000 0100300 10 52Tanya Bolden 1 20 00 013 4120001 12 55 LaTasha Harris 0 00 00 000 0200000 3 Team 3 5 8 Totals 22 71 6 21 8 14 17 27 44 . 2 58 12 19 1 8 200 South Carolina 12-10,2-7 SEC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN 34 Shannon Segres, f 6 12 0 07 955 10 1 19 2303 33 44 Annie Lester,! 1 90 02 211 2442100 17 00 Petra Ujhelyi,c 4 80 02 229 11 4 10 6320 30 05 Ines Ajanovic, g 3 62 40 001 1381101 19 10 KeUy Morrone, g 4 84 80 004 41 12 2213 32 11 Crishna Hill 251 24621 339240125 33 Casie Key 0 20 00 010 1000000 3 45 Jocelyn Penn 5 11 0 0 3 4 1 10 11 3 13 2 1 0 3 27 51 Shanta Jeifcoat 0 10 00 00 0 0003200 13 55 Linda Hoglund 0 0 0 00 000 0000100 1 Team 0 4 0 Totals 25 62 7 14 18 23 12 35 47 19 75 20 19 311 200 jpyg.«-_——> - -._- - ^alMl Sean Rayford Gamecock Sports USC’s Shanta Jeffcoat, 51, and Crishna Hill, right, crowd Ole Miss’s Chandra Dorsey during Carolina’s 75 58 win Sunday. It was the Lady Gamecocks’ second SEC win of the season. Gamecock baseball begins with sweep i by Mark Piras Staff Writer use 10, Charleston Southern 2 USC jumped on the Bucs in Saturday’s con test with two first inning runs, but the story of the game was the performance of junior starter Pe ter Bauer. Bauer, a dominating 6-foot-7 power pitcher, hurled seven innings of one-hit ball, walk ing only two and striking out five. In total, the Bucs could muster only two hits and two runs off Bauer and relievers Lee Gronkiewicz and Scott Barber. Bauer threw on ly 82 pitches and was still going strong at the end of his seven innings, retiring the last eight batters he faced. Thirteen of his outs were on the ground, compared to only four fly-outs. “Today was a great day,” Bauer said. “My in field really picked me up a lot. They hit a lot of ground balls and they swung at a lot of pitches. They were really aggressive. It was a good game from our defensive standpoint.” USC coach Ray Tanner was pleased with his first two starting pitchers. “Kip was excellent yesterday through seven innings,” Tanner said, “and today I thought Pete was very, very good. You can’t ask much more from your starting pitching than what we got the first two games.” Right fielder Brennan Dees got his first hit as a Gamecock and followed it with two more, in cluding a two-run home run to left field in the sixth inning. First baseman Tripp Kelly also had a solo home run in the fourth. Dees said he could feel the difference between his first and second game as a Gamecock. “I feel more comfortable, more relaxed,” Dees said. “I had my first-game jitters, and playing in the SEC has n’t really sunk in yet. I’m loving what I’m doing and I’m just more relaxed up there.” He also credited someone in attendance with helping him. “My mom and girlfriend are up there,” he said, mo tioning to the stands “Every time she comes, I hit a home run. So I guess we just got to keep her coming.” Jacquelyn Poston Gamecock Sports USC second baseman John McHenry, 27, swings at a strike while third base coach Jim Toman, 37, looks on. McHenry and the Gamecock baseball team began their 2000 season this weekend with two victories over Charleston Southern, 13-5 and 10-2. ' I USC 13, Charleston Southern 5 The Gamecocks hit three home runs to jump ahead of the Bucs 4-0 in the bottom of the first in ning Friday, and never looked back enroute to their first victory of the new season. Left fielder Shane Nelson hit the first pitch he saw for a leadoff home run that was helped by a strong wind blowing out to left field. Three batters later, third baseman Chris Plum mer jumped all over a 3-0 fastball for a towering one- ! out, two-run blast to left that didn’t need any help * from the wind. Catcher Brandon Pack followed Plum ■ mer four pitches later with a line drive home run | to left center. The game was the USC debut for Plum mer and Pack, both junior college transfers. < The score was 6-0 in the fourth when Bucs re- j lief pitcher Matt Coenen walked the bases loaded 1 with no one out, bringing Pack to the plate. Pack, a switch hitter, drew the count to three balls and no strikes before blasting a fastball over the left-center j field fence for a grand slam, giving him a homerun , from each side of the plate and 6 RBIs in his Game- ] cock debut. It also gave USC an impressive 10-0 lead i Pack said he was glad to get his first game as a Game cock out of the way. “Especially with that wind,” Pack said with agrin. “I’m just happy to be here to- ' . a uay. . “He’s solid,” coach Ray Tanner said of Pack. “Wfe ^ feel like we landed a good one in him, and he cer tainly proved it today.” 1 Junior Kip Bouknight (1 -0) pitched seven-plus ) innings to notch his first win of the season. In fact, f he had given up only one run to the Bucs until the eighth, shutting them down on five hits and only one walk. “He was good, you know,” Tanner said. “First pitch strikes and he was getting ahead and mixing his j pitches. I really wanted to get him out after seven j innings the first game, but his pitch count was so J low—he was only at 70 pitches and we need to get him up to 100 for next weekend.” “I like our team,” he said, assessing the team’s performance. “We’re certainly not where we need I to be, but for the first game, I thought we did a good j job.” ! gets four for 2001 USC softball coach Joyce Comp ort announced the signing of four in lividuals who wifi play for the Game ocks starting in the 2001 season. Melissa Sandel (Cayce, S.C.), Shan lon Smiiey (Sun City, Calif.), Stacey ohnson (Newtown, Penn.) and Amber Curtis Clhcson, Ariz.), have signed let ers of intent and will enroll at USC in he fall. i Sandel is a right-handed outfield er from Brookland-Cayce High School Ihe batted .390 last season after end ng her sophomore and freshman sea on with a batting avenge over .400. ler squad was state champion in 1998 nd was runner-up in 1999. W .’WVJIV* UlWJlkUl UtM WU inues the strong tradition of the Lady iameocks from the state of California, ihe attends Paloma Valley High School nd plays for the American Pastime :lub team. Johnson is a5-foot-10 pitcher/first •aseman who plays at Council Rock ligh. During her junior season, John on batted .385 while compiling an out tandingERA of 0.17 during her junior eason. She was named second team ,11-decade, as well as being named ll-area twice. Curtis is a 5-foot-5 infielder who ttends Sahuaro High School in Tuc on, Ariz., and plays third base and short top. Curtis was named first team All kruthem Arizona Conference m 1999, is well as Tucson All-City first team, ler high .school squad was named Sono an Conference Champions in 1998 and 99. In 1998, she was named 4A Sono an Conference second team, while her •lub finished Arizona 4A State runners k