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Women
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As in Sunday’s game at Kentucky, it
was a case of not enough time for
^ USC, who dropped to 12-13, 2-10
SEC with the 69-67 loss.
“I wanted the ball, I was doing
well the whole night,” Lester said af
terward. “But, they doubled down on
me, I didn’t see that, and Crishna took
a good shot.”
The last seven minutes of the game
was a complete turnaround from the first
33 minutes, which saw Alabama shoot
56 percent for the night and lead by as
much as 10 points. The Gamecocks, led
by Lester, could only muster 34.9 per
cent shooting, but still managed to claw
their way back into the game.
With 7:12 remaining, the Tide’s Joni
^ Crenshaw laid in a shot to make it 54
^ 50 Alabama. Lester came right back with
two baskets, making the score 57-54.
Three minutes later, guard Shannon
Segres put back a Lester miss to tie the
score at 59.
With the crowd standing on its col
lective feet, Alabama center LaNisha
Cartwell hit a turnaround jumper in the
lane to put the Tide up two with 3:50
remaining.
Jocelyp Penn answered one posses
sion later by making two free throws
to tie the score. She also stole the in
bound pass, traveled the length of the
court and dished the ball to Hill, who
shot the ball off the rim and into Lester’s
hands.
Lester responded as she had most of
the night when her team was in trouble
by playing the ball off the backboard and
into the hole for a 63-61 Gamecock lead.
With 2:49 left, Alabama guard Shon
dra Johnson calmly drilled a 3-pointer
from the top of the key, giving the Tide
a lead they would never relinquish en
route to their 15th win.
“We executed the play perfectly,
came off two double screens, but weren’t
able to get the ball inside,” Walvius said.
“Our team really wanted this game.”
It was the latest in a string of close
losses for the Lady Gamecocks, as they
headed into their final home game
Sunday against Kentucky. With Lester’s
and Shanta Jeffcoat’s final home games
looming, Walvius is hoping to motivate
the team to win their last two matches
and head to the SEC Tournament in Chat
tanooga.
“It was actually Annie Lester who
spoke up to the team after this game and
said, ‘We need to beat Kentucky,’”
Walvius said. “I couldn’t be any happi
er with her performance.”
The Lady Gamecocks are scheduled
to tipoff at 2 p.m. Sunday for their final
home game. There will be a ceremony
•honoring Lester and Jeffcoat before the
game.
Alabama 15-9, 5-6 SEC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No * FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN
24 Boo Bames, f 3 50 00 001 1564703 26
33 Joni Crenshaw, f 5 90 00 212 32 10 0101 29
45 laNisha Cartwell, g 6 70 01 124 64 13 0021 28
A 03 TaquiUa Allen, g 2 91 5 5 603 30 10 7100 37
21 Shondra Johnson, g 7 12 1 11 321 3 4 16 6 3 0 2 35
11 Shun Hunter 2 30 02 516 7360201 15
34 Leigh Papisan 0 00 00 101 1100000 11
40 Ferris Peters 3 52 40 014 5180100 19
Team 12 3
joU|s 28 50 4 10 9 18 8 24 32 20 6917 16 2 8 200
n-i;n, rnil ?-in SFr
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. FG FGA FG FG A FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN
34 Shannon Segres, f 4 91 30 021 3390100 18
44 Annie lister, f 9 17 0 0 14 17 7 6 13 2 32 3 0 0 2 37
00 Petra Ujhelyi, c 2 90 00 006 6243301 26
05 Ines Ajanovic, g 1 21 10 011 2131101 12
10 Kelly Morrone, g 1 61 30 011 2231201 36
11 Crislina Hill 1 91 60 011 2433000 27
45 Jocelyn Penn 4 80 05 624 64 13 4204 31
51 Shanta Jeffcoat 0 10 00 010 1000100 10
55 Linda Hoglund 0 20 20 010 1000000 3
Team 3 1 4
ToU,s 22 63 4 15 19 23 21 40 18 6715 11 0 9 200
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Injuries affect
USC's rotation
by Jeff Romig
Sports Editor
USC is off to its first 5-0 start
since 1997, but thanks to injuries,
questions have arisen concerning Ray
Tanner’s starting rotation.
Kip Bouknight is healthy and is
a fixture in the No. 1 slot, but after
that, who will Ray Tanner turn to?
Peter Bauer was his No. 2 man,
but Bauer went down with a strained
abdominal muscle in his start last
weekend.
So now,
Ernie Bascuas
steps into die No.
2 slot. Bascuas
pitched in relief
last weekend and
made his case to
be in the starting Bascuas
rotation.
“Those are our two starters for
the weekend,” Tanner said. “We’ll
make a decision beyond that. Obvi
ously, Scott Barber will pitch at some
point.”
Tanner hopes to get a lot of his
pitcher into the games against
Delaware State this weekend.
“We’ll just see how the games go
and make a decision from there,” Tin
ner said.
USC vs. Delaware State
Friday, 3 p.m.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
One position that is of no con
cent to Tanner is first base. Sopho
more Trey Dyson began the year as
the starter, but Tripp Kelly slugged
ltis way into the lineup.
Kelly leads the team in home runs
and RBIs after a performance in last
weekend’s tournament that won hint
an MVP award.
“Kelly has just gotten off to a
great start,” Tanner said.
Kelly’s hot start in no way means
Dyson is out of luck.
“Dyson is not a guy who will not
appear again,” Tanner said. “He had
a great year as a freshman. He’s a
proven hitter at this level, but be
cause Tripp’s gotten out of the blocks
so good, Trey’s missed some at bats.”
After the numbers Dyson post
ed as a freshman, Tanner knows he’ll
work his way back into the lineup.
“He’ll find a way to get back in
there,” Tanner said. “Even if Tripp
continues to do well, we can make
some other moves and give Trey some
at bats.”
2000 USC Baseball Statistics (through five games)
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Arg.
43 Tripp Kelly, IB 5 17 6 9 3 0 3 11 0 ,529
21 Brandon Pack, C 5 15 6 7 3 0 2 7 0 .467
27 John McHenry, 2B 5 17 3640 0 3 I 353
2 Nate Janowkx, OF 5 12 5 4 0 0 0 1 4 333
1 Chris Plummer, 3B 5 16 5 4 1 0 1 4 1 .250
17 TVey Dyson, IB 2 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 . 250
29 Shane Nelson, OF 5 23 5 3 1 0 1 5 3 217
12 Brennan Dees, OF 5 19 4 4 1 0 1 3 1 .211
8 Marcus McBeth, OF 5 20 2 4 2 1 0 2 0 .200
18 Bry on Jeffcoal, IF 5 5 0 110 0 1 0 .200
7 Drew Meyer, SS 5 17 4 I 0 0 1 1 0 .059
9 Marcos Rios, C I 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
26 Tun Whittaker, C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000
15 Sieve Thomas, IF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
IP H R ER ERA SO BB W L Sr
6 Jamie Poston 2.0 3 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0
32 Ernie Bascuas 10 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1
38 Peter Baner 9.2 3 2 1 0.93 8 2 1 0 0
23 Lee Gronkiewkz 8.0 4 2 1 1.13 8 1 1 0 1
36 Scott Barber 6.2 4 1 1 135 8 2 1 0 0
46 Matt Wilson 3.0 4 1 1 3.00 2 1 0 0 0
14 Kip Bouknight 14-2 13 5 5 3.07 13 2 2 0 0
Sean Rayford Gamecock Sports
Junior guard David Ross tries for two points during Wednesday’s
game against Mississippi State. The Gamecocks broke their nine
game losing streak with a 68-67 win.
Men’s
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It rattled out.
“I’m thinking usually that goes in,” E
dson said. “Usually against South Carolina,
that’s the kind of stuff that happens. When
it didn’t, it was a breath of fresh air.”
Herbert Lee Davis did everything he
could to forget about the last-second drama
“He had a good opportunity and an
open shot and he missed it,” Davis said.
“We got the rebound, I think. I think it
was Antonio that they fouled.”
Think again. Mississippi State’s Robert
Jackson got tne reoouna ana put it oack,
niakiing tlie game a one-point contest.
“Oh, my bad,” Davis said. “Yeah. Jack
son. Well yeah. Yeah. I’m just liappy (Gdtlar)
didn’t knock down the three.”
Wlial went through Fogler’s mind wlien
tlie Bulldog’s last second 3-pointer wait up?
“Winning in overtime,” Fogler said.
Kitchings was glad tlie shot didn’t go in.
“Luckily, the ball didn’t go in because
I think I’d be in the doghouse after that,”
Kitchings said. “Wfe’ll take any wins we
can,” Kitchings said. “Ugly games or great
games - It doesn’t matter to me.”
So is the win pretty now?
“For about 10 minutes,” Edson said
“Then you realize you’ve got Alabama com
ing in on Saturday.”
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