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Crowd Women fall short against Lady Vols CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Lady,Vols head coach Pa Summitt switched her squad’s de fense at halftime in order to neu tralize the Lady Gamecock offense Tennessee closed the interior which forced Carolina to put u] many perimeter shots. This re suited in the Lady Gamecock: shooting 28.6 percent from th< field in the second half. “Our team tried very hard foi our fans, but we didn’t play oui best ball,” Walvius said. Following a Shaunzinsk Gortman 3-pointer to pull US( within six late in the second hall the Lady Vols tightened their gri] and closed out the game with a 21 8 run. - Men Bradley leads with 16 points CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 and came back strong in the second half, increasing its lead to 40-27 with 15:37 left to play. But the Razorbacks (10-6,2-2) wouldn’t stay down for long. Unleashing their offense, Arkansas decreased USC’s lead to 53-51 on Teddy Gipson’s field goal with 6:02 left. Arkansas guard Brandon Dean sunk a 3 pointer with 3:02 left to play and tied the score at 58. Carolina’s Rolando Howell and Arkansas’ Carl Baker trad ed free throws before Bradley got past two Arkansas defend ers to score what proved to be the game-winner. Bradley then stopped Arkansas forward Alonzo Lane from scoring with 54 seconds left. The Gamecocks tried to in crease their lead, but failed when junior forward Chuck Eidson was called for travel ing. After two timeouts, “Our team tried very hard for our fans, but we didn’t play our best ball.” SUSAN WALVIUS use WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH When it became apparent with three minutes remaining that the , Lady Volunteers weren’t going to i loosen up, some Gamecock fans filed out. ; Yet those who remained at the ! end gave their team a hearty ova tion for their fine effort. Walvius acknowledged the great support from the home crowd helped, but in the end said, i “You can’t let your guard down : with a great team like Tennessee. ” i Comments on this story? Write gamecocksports@hotmail.com Arkansas gave Dean the belli in hopes that he could tie the score again. However, great de fense by Lucas caused Dean’s jump shot to fall short with 10 seconds remaining. USC '-center Marius Petravicius rebounded Dean’s miss, but it was quickly turned over with seven seconds left on the clock. With Arkansas in scoring range in the final seconds, the circumstances were strikingly similar to the Kentucky game. However, this time, Bradley got a hand in the face of Arkansas guard Jannero Pargo, causing his 3-point shot to fall short with three seconds left. With three-tenths of a sec ond left, the Razorbacks failed on a desperation shot, giving USC the victory. Four Gamecock players scored in double digits. . Bradley led with 16 points, while Howell scored 12, his highest in six games. Lucas and Petravicius each added 10 points. Overall, USC shot 45.5 per cent, a significant improve ment from 32 percent against Kentucky. Arkansas was only Shaun Gortman goes up for a layup. PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN “I thought our team • showed a measure of confidence that I haven’t seen all year. To be able to hold on at the end and make the plays to win was something this team hasn’t been able to do this year.” DAVE ODOM use MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH able to shoot 39 percent, but their best shooter, Dean, scored a game-high 18 points. This was the Gamecocks’ second consecutive victory in Arkansas’ Bud Walton Arena, where 17,634 fans watched the showdown. The Gamecocks’ next game will be a Saturday SEC matchup against Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. at Frank McGuire Arena. Comments on this story ? Write gamecocksports@hotmail.com After loss, women face off with Kentucky in Sunday home game Wildcats look for win over USC after two SEC losses BY CHRIS FOY THE GAMECOCK On Sunday, the Kentucky Lady Wildcats (8-8,1-3 SEC) will make a trip to Columbia to face USC. Kentucky will be looking to get back on track after dropping its first two conference games of the season against Vanderbilt and Auburn. Kentucky at USC 3 p.m., Sunday Carolina Coliseum TV: none Last Thursday, the Lady Commodores won easily, 71-54. Auburn had a tougher time against the Lady Wildcats, win ning by only a four-point margin, 70-66. Sophomore SeSe Helm was Kentucky’s leading scorer in both games, scoring 14 against Vandy and 18 against the Lady Tigers. Helm has scored in dou ble digits in 16 straight games. Junior Rita Adams has had 17 assists in the past two games. Against Auburn, she scored 17 points and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. The game between Kentucky and USC is scheduled for a 3 p.m. tipoff. After a loss to Tennessee Thursday, the Lady Gamecocks are 4-1 in conference play. Comments on this story? Write gamecocksports@hotmail.com %*vviiiiiiini£ uiiu uivmg teams back in action The USC’s swimming and div ing teams, both men’s and women’s, return to action this weekend for the first time since December. The Gamecocks will compete Friday in a dual meet at Cincinnati, and on Saturday, they’ll travel to face Kentucky. “I think the time we had off dur ing the holiday season was good, and our training camp over break was intense,” said USC swimming head coach Don Gibb. “We have been training long-course more lately and it will definitely help us. “I don’t know much about Cincinnati, but they certainly had a presence at the NCAA Championships last year and this will be an interesting barometer to figure out where we are.” Friday’s meet at Cincinnati will also be a homecoming of sorts for USC diving head coach Todd Sherritt and freshman swimmer Carolynn McHugh. Sherritt is a native of Cincinnati and attended the University of Cincinnati from 1979-82. McHugh attended high school in Cincinnati and was the state s 50-yard treestyte champion last year. McHugh currently holds the second-fastest time for USC in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of52.77 seconds. The Gamecocks return home to the Carolina Natatorium on Jan. 26 with an 11 a.m. dual meet ver sus Virginia. Coaches: Baseball to win SEC East In the 11th annual preseason poll, as voted by the SEC’s 12 base ball coaches, the USC baseball team has been selected to finish first place in the SEC Eastern Division this season. The Gamecocks finished third in the SEC East last year with a 17-13 record in conference play. Carolina has won the SEC East twice in the last five years under head coach Ray Tanner. The Gamecocks won in 1999 with a 15 15 conference record, and in 2090 with a 25-5 record. USC will hold its first official team practice of the season Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. The team is ranked in preseason polls from three base ball publications. The Gamecocks are ranked eigntn Dy couegiate Baseball, ninth by Baseball Weekly and 14th by Baseball America. Carolina is coming off a 49-20 record in 2001, when the Gamecocks finished No. 12 in the nation and came within one game of a College World Series berth. Preseason All-American Drew Meyer returns for his junior sea son after batting .303 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs. Senior captain Garris Gonce also returns after earning All-SEC honors in 2001 with nine home runs, 35 RBIs and a .338 batting average. Senior pitcher Blake Taylor, who was also named captain, returns after compiling a 5-4 record with a 3.30 ERA in 2001. Points for the SEC preseason poll were compiled on a 6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for each division. Coaches were allowed to vote for their own team. Each coach also voted for one team as an overall conference champion. 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