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| Gamecock football, volleyball teams lose SEC titles to Florida
USC quarterback Phil Petty unleashes a pass while Florida’s Alex
Brown looks on. The Gamecocks lost, 41-21.
South Carolina vsFtakMfov 11.2000
al Gainesville, Fla.
Score by Qmrten
1 2 3 4 Bad
South Carolina '21 0 0 0 21
Florida 3 28 10 0 41
SC UF
First Downs 13 22
Rushes-Yards (Net) 35-81 31-152
Passing Yards (Net) 166 356
Passes Att-Comp-lnt 28-19-0 46-27-0
Total Offense-Plays-Yards 63-247 77-508
Fumble Returns-Yards . 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards 2-64 3-71
Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-93 '2-37.
Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 (M)
Punts (Number-Avg) 7-43.4 5-26.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-30
Possession Time 29:02 30:58
Sacks By: {'lumber-Yards 1-10 1-3
Rushing
SC-Andrew Pinnock 17-52; Derek Wnson 12-35;
Phil Petty 5-minus t; Ryan Brewer 1-minus 5.
UF-Robert Gillespie 14-80; Earnest Graham 10-55;
Alai Rhine 1-26; Rex Grossman 2-0: Team 1-minus
2; Jesse- Palmer 3-minus 7.
Passing
SC-Pliil Petty 19-28-0-i66.
UF-Jesse Palmer 15-27-0-250; Rex Grossman 12-19
0-106.
Receiving
SC-Ryan Brewer 7-63; Jonnale Kelly 3-41; Derek
Watson 3-14; Carlos Spikes 2-21: Andrew Pinnock
2-14: Brian Scott 2-13.
UF-Jabar Gaffney 7-t68; Rcche Caldwell 6-75; B.
Haugabrook 3-42; Kitk \V»lls 2-19; R Gillespie 2-14;
Earnest Graham 2-14; Rod Frazier 2-13; Thomas
Moody 1-6; Aaron VVhlker 1-3; Mall Jackson 1-2.
Fumble* SC-Derek Watson 1-0; Phil Petty 1-1. UF
Rex Grossman 1-0.
Attendance: 85718 Tune: 3:21
by Chris Foy and
Rick Johnston
The Gamecock
The USC athletic program missed
two chances to claim SEC Cham
pionships over the weekend as both
the football and volleyball teams dropped
' contests to the Florida Gators. The
losses gave each team sole possession of
second place in the SEC East.
Florida 41, USC 21
The No. 21 Gamecocks (7-3, 5-3)
traveled to Gainesville Saturday with as
pirations of capturing their first SEC East
title. However, the No. 5 Florida Gators
(9-1,7-1) also had a trip to the SEC Cham
pionship in mind as they overcame a 21
3 deficit to beat the Gamecocks 41-21.
The Gators wasted no time putting
points on the board as Florida quarter
back Rex Grossman drove his team 43
yards on their opening drive to set up a
field goal.
After going three-and-out on their first
drive, the Gamecocks responded to the
three-point deficit by putting together a
scoring drive of their own. On third-and
nine from the Florida 34, Gamecock quar
terback Phil Petty threw a fade down
the right side to Jermale Kelly. Two plays
later, Andrew Pinnock rushed over the
goal line to put the Gamecocks up 7-3.
On their next possession, the Gators
were unable to get a first down and were
forced to punt from their 29-yard line.
Florida punter Alan Rhine took three
steps back only to find South Carolina’s
Brian Scott looming. Scott blocked the
punt, and Carlos Spikes nabbed the ball
at the 14 and ran it in for a touchdown.
It was the first blocked punt returned for
a touchdown the Gators have given up
since 1981. It was also USC’s first blocked
punt for a touchdown since 1995.
Finding themselves down by 11,
the Gator offense again tried to narrow
the margin on the scoreboard. Forced
to punt, the Gators found themselves
looking at a mirror image of their last dri
ve. And remarkably, so did the Game
cocks. The ball had just cleared Rhine’s
foot when it found'Derek Watson’s hand,
who blocked and recovered the ball for
a scoring dive into the end zone. The
touchdown put the Gamecocks ahead 21
3 to end the first quarter.
South Carolina’s 21 points in the first
quarter were the most first-quarter points
ever given up during Florida head coach
Steve Spurrier’s tenure. The feat even si
lenced “The Swamp.”
Even though the Gators sent in quar
terback Jesse Palmer to replace Gross
man on Florida’s next possession, his three
straight incompletions lined the Gators
up to punt for the third straight time.This
time however, it was Florida’s special
teams that came out on top. Instead of
kicking the ball, Rhine tucked it in and
ran for 26 yards down the left side.
The play allowed Palmer to throw a
40-yard pass to Jabar Gaffney which set
up a six-yard catch by Reche Caldwell
for a touchdown. It was only the third
touchdown pass given up by USC this
season.
On Florida’s next drive, Palmer con
nected with Gaffney again, who broke a
tackle and ran 70 yards up the right side
for another touchdown.
Two drives later, Palmer threw for an
other score. The 73-yard drive was capped
off with a wild play as Palmer’s pass was
deflected off a South Carolina defender and
landed in the hands of Florida left guard
Thomas Moody. Moody rumbled in for
the go-ahead touchdown, making tie score
24-21.
With 1:40 left in the second quarter,
USC tried to retake the lead, but instead
was forced to punt with 19 seconds re
maining in the half. Florida retummanLito
Sheppard took the punt 57 yards for a touch
down to put up the Gators up 31-21.
“That was critical,” USC head coach '
Lou Holtz said of the return. “That was
what put the nail in our players’
hearts.”
Although the second half was more
slowly paced than the first, the results
were no different. Midway through the
third quarter, Earnest Graham finished
off a Gator drive as he made a six-yard
rush up the left side to score.
On Florida’s next possession, the of
fense qjoved 40 yards down the field to
set up a field goal with 1:17 left in the
third quarter with what would be the fi
nal score of the game.
Twice in the fourth, USC had first
and-goal situations, but were unable to
capitalize on them.
“Florida played an outstanding foot
ball game,” Holtz said. “We didn’t play
as well as I think we could have, but let’s
give Florida the credit.”
Florida d. USC, 15-11,15-7,15-9
USC ran into a big obstacle in its quest
for an SEC Championship Sunday af
temoon-the Florida Gators.
The Gators disposed of the Game
cocks in three games by scores of 15-11,
15-7 and 15-9. The loss gives Carolina a
final regular season record of 21 -5 (12-2
SEC) and a second place finish in the SEC
Eastern Divison behind the Gators,
who finsh the regular season 22-4 (14-0
SEC), giving them their 10th consecu
tive SEC Championship.
It was Carolina’s second loss of the
season at the Volleyball Competition Fa
cility. The last loss at home was Sept. 2
to Texas Tech in the Carolina Classic
Tournament.
The Gamecocks hit .156 for the
match to Florida’s .201. The Gamecocks
were led by redshirt sophomore Cally
Plummer, who notched 13 kills, 13
digs and seven block assists. Seven of
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Special To The Gamecock
Gamecock players Julie Neiser, Bema Dwyer and Megan Hosp com
bine for a block against Florida.
Men’s soccer
clinches trip
to NCAA
Tournament
by Casey White
The Gamecock
The South Carolina men’s soccer
team (12-3-3) finished its 2000 regular
season with a solid 3-0 win against Flori
da International on Sunday.
The game opened on an extremely
aggressive Florida team who was not able
to get much done against the composed
Gamecock players. The statistics were
vastly uneven as the Panthers put up on
ly six shots to the Gamecock’s 20 and
two comer kicks to Carolina’s six.
After several close shots in the be
ginning, the Gamecock offense connected
for the first score of the game. Dave
Moore found freshman Ryan Daley in the
28th minute to put USC up 1-0.
The next score came well into the
second half at the 72:21 mark, when Da
ley found the net again off a Florida de
fender to make the score 2-0.
Two minutes later, the Gamecocks
; posted the final score of the game when
“ Daley tipped the ball to freshman Jor
dan Smith for his first collegiate goal.
“I feel really good because the whole
* team played well,” Daley said of his out
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Soccer see rage 12
Gamecocks pound All-Stars
in second exhibition, 96-67
by Andrew Festa
The Gamecock
The Gamecock men’s basketball team
will go into the regular season with two
29-point exhibition wins under their belt,
as they routed the California All-Stars
96-67 Saturday night at Frank McGuire
Arena.
Junior guard Jamel Bradley led all
scorers with 22 points, 15 of which came
from 3-pointers.
Tony Kitchings had a double-double
by pouring in 16 points and grabbing 16
rebounds. Marius Petravicius had 14
points and nine rebounds, and Chuck Ei
dson scored 13, eight of which were USC’s
first points of the game.
USC got positive production out of
their bench despite having three injured
players. After leading the team in scor
ing last week against BC Flowtex, Calvin
Clemmons came off the bench to con
tribute 18 points and seven rebounds.
David Ross was out with a sprained an
kle, and Travis Kraft has a foot injury. Greg
Taylor, who has mononucleosis, also sat
out the game, and will see a doctor on
Monday. Kraft is day-to-day, but Ross will
play Friday in the season opener.
The Gamecocks shot close to 51 per
cent from the floor, 75 percent from the
free throw fine, and 39 percent from 3
point range. Bradley went five-of-seven
from beyond the arc after missing his first
four attempts.
When Aaron Lucas went out last sea
son with a fractured bone in his right hand,
Bradley helped pick up the slack. Coach
Eddie Fogler admits the injury was a
“blessing in disguise” because it made him
realize Bradley’s full potential.
“His (Bradley’s) instincts are good,
he has good savvy for the game, he’s a
good passer, he’s gotten stronger in the
weight room; so not only is he a great
shooter but he’s a good basketball play
er,” Fogler said.
Fogler said he was satisfied with his
team’s execution Saturday, but he feels
that the All-Stars weren’t as strong as they
were earlier this year. He says Califor
nia had experienced players leaving, such
as former North Carolina guard Ed Co
ta, and was drained after playing several
high caliber teams.
Fogler also said he was glad his
team had the opportunity to work against
California’s press defense, even though
the game got sloppy as Carolina’s lead
grew. He again reiterated that he admires
his team’s extremely unselfish style of
play.
Fogler said he wishes USC’s exhibi
tion contests were against teams that are
betier matchups against his teamsince the
Gamecocks face several formidable SEC
opponents later in the season. For now,
Carolina begins the regular season at 7:30
p.m. Friday against Tennessee Tech at
Frank McGuire Arena.
Cafifonu AltStan vs Sooth Carolina
Nov. 11 at Frank McGuire Arena, Columbia
California All-Stars (1-6)
Player Fouls Pts Amts. TO Min.
Kevin Simmons 4 11 4 2 36
Eric DeYoung 2 11 0 i 19
Chudney Gray I 12 2 3 29
KrisWsms 2 16 2 3 2
Drew Barry 3 12 7 3 38
Troy Nesmith 0 1 1 1 17
Kenny Price 2 1 1 1 22
Nate Hobnstadt 0 0 0 0 7
Toads 14 67 17 14 200
Total PG% 1st Half: 11-36 30.6%, 2nd Half; 15-34
44.1%,Game: 37.1% 3-PLFG% 1st Half: 3-13
23.1%, 2nd Half: 8-18 44.4%, Game: 35.5%
South Carolina 2-0
Marius Petravacius 3 14 0 0 29
Chuck Edson 1 13 5 2 22
Tbny Kitchings 3 16 2 2 30
Aaron Lucas 10 6 l 24
Jamel Bradley 0 . 22 2 0 22
JoJoCadray 0 0 2 1 8
Michael Boynton 0 5 5 4 24
Calvin Clemmons 0 18 0 2 2!
AntonioGrant 0 8 4 1 20
Tobds 8 96 26 13 200s
Total FG% 1st Half: 19-37 51.4%, Half: 2(M0 50.0%,
Game: 50.6% 3-Pt FG% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7%,
2nd Half: 4-11 36.4%, Game: 39.1%
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
California All-Stars 26 41 67
South Carolina 48 48 96
Special to The Gamecook
Jamel Brac'ley launches a shot last season aqainst Florida. Bradley
scored 22 [ ->ints Saturday against the California All-Stars.