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Gamecock Sports Basketball from page B1 Thursday to lead USC to victory in the first round of the SEC Tournament. The Gamecocks were also aided by a double double from center Marius Petravicius. The 6-foot-11 freshman combined 11 points with 10 rebounds to help USC knock off the Crimson Tide for the sec ond time in less than a month, sending the Gamecocks to the quarterfinals and extending their season by at lqast one game. Freshman Rod Grizzard scored 18 points to, lead Alabama (13-16), but was only 2-of-13 from 3-point range. Junior Doc Martin added 13 points. USC led by as many as 21 in the sec ond half, but Alabama twice closed the gap. Grizzard made a 3-pointer and scored on a putback, and Martin hit a 3-point bomb to make the score 53-40 with 11:11 to play. But, the Gamecocks got five quick points from Petravicius in an 8-0 run that pushed their lead back to 6142 with 9:26 to go. Tarik London led Alabama on one last run, hitting two jumpers in a 6-0 spurt that made it 67-56 with 1:48 to play. How ever, Martin and London missed con secutive 3-pointers, USC sophomore Aaron Lucas got the rebound, and the Crimson Tide had to foul with 1:04 to play. Lucas made both his free throws to make it 69-56. Alabama committed 18 turnovers in the loss, leading to 24 Gamecock points. USC also made nine 3-pointers, includ ing seven in the first half, while build ing a 39-27 halftime lead. USC 77, Vanderbilt 72 Eidson broke out of a four-game slump with 17 points and Petravicius added 13, leading USC to a 77-72 upset over Vanderbilt on March 4 that ended the Commodores’ promising regular sea son on a low note. Eidson had scored a combined 13 points in the previous four games, al though USC managed to overcome the low output and win two of the games. The Gamecocks overcame an early 12-point deficit to stun the Commodores, who made just 9-of-33 shots in the sec ond half after sinking 17-of-34 in the first. Vandy’s Dan Langhi, the league’s lead ing scorer, was held to 17 points total and only five in the second half. Langhi blistered USC Jan. 26 with 21 points, in cluding a game-winning free throw with 0.3 seconds left to give Vandy a 61-60 victory. The Commodores (18-9,8-8) didr t receive an invitation to the NCAA Toir nament, the loss prevented first-year c<ach Kevin Stallings from giving \hndy iv first winning season in SEC play in four/ears. South Carolina took its first led since the opening minutes with 6:21 let, when Eidson completed a 3-point ply to put the Gamecocks up 58-55. Moments later, Lucas drained a 3-pointff and Car olina led 61-58. After both teams strugged to make free throws down the str;tch, Eidson scored two free throws witi 10.2 seconds remainiiig to close out thf Commodores. Streak from page B1 righthmder was 3-0 last season and was expected to be one of the primary forces in Tamer’s big-gun pitching staff before an ellow injury sidelined him at the start of ths season. use 7, Radford 4 felly and Dyson drove in three runs eac\ March 4 as USC cruised to a new US2 record for consecutive wins to be gin the season. Junior Peter Bauer (3-0) pitched s«ven-plus innings to earn the win with 3ascuas picking tp his second save. High lander starter Daryl DeSalvo (0-2) took the loss. Kelly drove in the first run of the game in the second inning with a base hit that scored Dyson, who had led off with a single. An RBI by Dees made it 2-0 in the third inning and Dyson’s two out, bases-loaded pop-fly double to left field in the same inning cleared the bases and made the score 5-0. Bauer allowed two hits over the first seven innings but was lifted when he walked pinch hitter Matt DiAngelo to lead off the top of the eighth. Relief pitcher Lee Gronkiewicz walked two and DiAngelo scored on an infield out. Bascuas relieved Gronkiewicz and gave up a two-run double to Adam McKenzie before retiring the side with the score 5-3. The Gamecocks added two insur ance runs in the bottom of the eighth on Kelly’s two-RBI single that drove in pinch runner Clint Collins and Dyson, who reached base when he was hit by a pitch. Radford scored an unearned run in the ninth inning. USC collected 10 hits, two each by Dyson, Kelly and Meyer. Radford man aged four hits with Ray Detwiler, Mike Potter, McKenzie and Brunst getting one each. USC 8, Radford 4 Bouknight and Dees became the Gamecock heroes in the March 3 matchup, the former throwing eight in nings and the latter slapping a pair of homers to help USC beat the High landers. Dees popped a two-run homer to center in the bottom of the first inning to give USC a 2-0 lead. In the eighth, the junior from Mont gomery, Ala., added a solo shot for USC’s final run. Meanwhile, starter Kip Bouknight was retiring hitters. After, Potter led off the game with a line-drive single to center with two strikes on the count. Bouknight then settled in and mowed down 13 straight batters. The junior preseason All-American didn’t allow another runner until he walked Damron Shaw with one out in the fifth. Radford didn’t get another hit off Bouknight until the seventh in ning. Bouknight struck out nine and gave up four runs, but was credited with the victory after pitchers John Wesley and Collins shut out the Highlanders in the ninth. Women's tennis slips past Clemson, 54 Tennis Roundup Gamecock Sports Behind a clutch performance from the freshman doubles pair of Kathy Boyanovich and Catherine Brown, the No. 17 South Carolina women’s ten nis team beat Clemson 5-4 March 3, marking the Gamecocks’ seventh straight win over the Tigers. With the overall match pending the outcome of their No. 3 doubles match, Boyanovich and Brown, playing to gether for just the third time this sea son, easily dispatched the Clemson pair of Anna Savitskaya and Ana Stiglic, 8 5. The win, which moved the duo to 2-1 on the season, also sent the Game cocks to 9-3 while dropping the Tigers to 6-2. Singles play was split three match es apiece as Carolina was paced by sophomore Jennifer Radman. Radman, ranked No. 73, beat Catherine Galvin 6-1,4-6, 7-5. Also a winner for Carolina in singles play was junior Leigh Eichelberger (4-6,6-4,6-1 over Anna Savitskaya). Boyanovich, in her first match against Clemson, stole the show with an easy 6-0, 6-3 win over an out matched Sunnie Harmon. The Lima, Peru, native is now 8-4 in her young career. Knowing the doubles points would decide the outcome, Carolina wasted no time in taking the No. 1 doubles point behind an 8-4 win by No. 44 Markovski and Radman over Brito and Jayet. After Clemson took the No. 2 match 8-5, Boyanovich and Brown won for Carolina. USC next takes on the Wake For est Demon Deacons Saturday at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center. The match is set for 12 p.m. Match Results Singles 1. No. 14 Katarina Markovski vs. No. 15 Carmina Giraldo CU 6-4, 6-1 2. No. 75 Jennifer Radman USC vs. Catherine Galvin 6-1,4-6, 7-5 3. Leigh Eichelberger vs. Anna Savitskaya USC 4-6, 6-4,6-1 4. No. 87 Tamara Sutton vs. Lau rence Jayet CU 6-3,6-4 5. Lynn-Yin Tan vs. Renata Brito CU 6-3,6-0 6. Kathy Boyanovich vs. Sunnie Harmon USC 6^, 6-3 Doubles 1. No. 44 Markovski/Radman vs. Brito/Jayet USC 8-4 2. Eichelberger/Tan vs. Galvin/Gi raldoCU 8-5 3. Boyanovich/C. Brown vs. Sav itskaya/Stiglic USC 8-5 The USC equestrian squad finished in the top five in every event they entered this weekend at the Beny College Invita tional in Rome, Ga. March 3, the Gamecocks finished sec ond in both the Hunt Seat and Western di visions, with Mundy Bums finishing sec ~UU' ;. w'm'fiUiiiiSBiWMMSi&sSsiMSImm and as the High PoibRider in the West ern Division. Individually, Any Bell finished sec aid in the Open FIs, while Kira Gilchrist finished first in tb Novice Flat. Brooke Spitzer and Moll/ Keating also finished first in die Advaraed Walk Trot Center and the Beginner Mk Trot Center, respec tively. . March4, 5*uth Carolina finished fourth in the Hunt Sat Division and second in the Wfestem Division Ruth Sorrell finished second as the Hgh Pant Ritter in die West ern Divisbn. Individually, Mundy Bums finished first in tht Open Reigning competition, while Karra Murray finished first in the Advanced I competition. < Men’s golf The No. 13 USCmen’sgolf team card ed a 6-over 294 Friday and remained in 13th place after the second round of the prestigious Las Vegas Intercollegiate at the Desert Inn Country Gub. No. 4 Oklahoma State raced past No. 1 Georgia Tech am leads the Yellow Jackets by five stroke with one round to play on the par 72,7,153 yard course. The Gamecocks again had just* wo players near the par mark as Carolina <rug glod to post low scores, kmior Kyle Tump ~son was the Only sub-par scorer or the Gamecocks as his 1-under 1\ Saturday leaves him tied for 20th place at 1-under m. Juniors John Bloomfield and Brent Roof, playing for individual honors only, are tied for 49th place at 4-over 148 af ter 76 and 75 scores Saturday, respec tively. Rounding out the USC field were senior Eric Ecker (149, T-58th place), sophomore Scott Feaster (151, T-64th) and freshman Michael Maness (154, T-71st). Mot’s tennis The No. 26 South Carolina men's ten nis team fell at Alabama Wednesday, 5-2, in the Gamecocks' second SEC match of the season. The doubles team of Guillaume Legat Congratulations to all the 2000 T.O.A.S.T. i Award winners! 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