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Bradley, Eidson continue to dominate USC’s offensive attack BY CHRIS FOY THE GAMECOCK Junior Chuck Eidson entered this season as a starter after recov ering from a torn ACL last year. He started out sluggish, but after he pulled out 14 points against Tennessee, he has been one of the Gamecocks’ key players. Last night, Eidson was tied for first in points scored with 14. In ad dition, the forward also made a sea son-high seven steals while play i ing the full 40 minutes against Florida. USC head coach Dave Odom knew a lot has been placed on Eidson’s shoulders of late, but he felt his recent contributions were too much to pass up. "We contin ued to ask Chuck to do more, and he continues to respond each time we ask him to pick up another as signment," Odom said. Last Saturday, Eidson picked up a career-high 25 points in a losing effort against Kentucky. In the game, he nailed six of 10 3-pointers as well. The Summerville native has been averaging 15.3 points a game over the past four games. In those past four games, he also shot 58 percent of his field goals while sinking 10 of 17 from beyond the arc. Eidson’s numbers have also ranked among the top of the SEC. Over the last two weeks, he is first in the conference in field goal per centage (.583), third in steals (three -x—:—>-r— !—i per game) and third in assists (five per game). Eidson also tops the list in 3-point percentage with .588. Senior guard Jamel Bradley also continued to be a leader on the cpurt Tuesday night, as he tied Eidson for a team-high 14 points. He put in three of nine 3-pointers to bring his overall USC total to 226. Last week against Georgia, Bradley broke the USC record for career 3 pointers previously held by B.J. McKie. Before the game, ESPN I SportsCenter aired a special fea ture on Bradley. The piece focus'&d on his hearing disability. The combo of Eidson and Bradley has in the past couple of games has shown to be the majority of the Gamecock offense. Last night, Bradley and Eidson shot about 40 percent, while the rest of the team shot a less than stellar 30 percent. But still, the senior from West Virginia isn’t concerned about his own performance; he just wants his team to do well down the stretch. "We still know it’s up for grabs," Bradley said. "We know what our goals are, and we also know that we can accomplish them." Odom was quick to stress after the game that Bradley and Eidson can’t run the entire offense. "While it’s a good thing, it’s also a danger ous thing. We ljave to be able to mix our other guys in,” said Odom. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Suffering from insomnia? Join us. The Gamecock is looking for designers - if you’re interested, write gamecockeditor@hotmail.com. 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E-mail selections for next week’s games to gamecocksports@hotmail.com Women’s tennis faces Furman The 22nd-ranked USC women’s tennis team hosts Furman in a key Southeast Region match Wednesday at the USC Indoor Tennis Center at 5 p.m. A pair of unbeaten Palmetto State clubs, both squads enter the match at 2-0 on the season. The Gamecocks’ Lynn-Yin Tan, with a win in her doubles match, would become the school’s all-time leader in career doubles wins. The senior from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is cur rently tied with Leigh Eichelberger in first place with 86 career wins. The tandem of Tan and Eichelberger, who graduated last year, is the school’s all-time leader with 60 doubles wins as a team. Wednesday’s match also fea tures two of the Southeast’s fop players. Carolina’s Katarina Markovski, who has won eight consecutive matches, recently beat the nation’s 33rd-ranked player, Manon Kruse, in USC’s 6-1 win over Middle Tennessee. Furman features three-time SEC player of the year Megan Dunigan, who is ranked 22nd in the region, just one spot ahead of Markovski. Men’s golf team moves up in tourney After two rounds of action at the PING Arizona Intercollegiate the USC men’s golf team moved up two spots to seventh place. The Gamecocks blasted a 281, shaving off eight strokes from their first round score. Fresno State took the lead af ter registering a team total of 270 for round two. The Bulldogs are in first place with a two-day to tal of 560. Arizona and Oklahoma BKIFFLY State are tied for second at 562. Martin Rominger led the Gamecocks in round two with a three-under-par score of 68. Nash Elliot shot a second round score of 69, to post the team high two day total of 141. Brent Delahoussaye and Alex Hamilton both shot 72, while Johan Kok fired a two-over-par score of 73. The final round of the tourna ment began around 10 a.m. Clemson QB jailed after parking fiasco Clemson quarterback Willie Simmons, heir apparent to NCAA record-setter Woody Dantzler, was arrested and spent a night in jail because of a park ing dispute. Clemson Police Chief Lonnie Saxon said Simmons, a 21-year old rising junior from Quincy, Fla., became agitated and ver bally abusive with campus law enforcement when his car was being towed Thursday night. Simmons was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct and taken to the Clemson city jail, Saxon said. Because of the late hour, Saxon.said, Simmons had to stay the night before he was released on a $225 personal rec ognizance bond Friday. "As with any other student, the situation with Willie Simmons will be handled through the nor mal process by the university’s judicial office," athletics director Bobby Robinson said. Any "team related disciplinary action will be handled by the head football coach." Simmons faces a $100 fine, 30 days in jail or both. His court date is Feb. 13, according to the police report. Simmons, known as "Shotgun," is a strong-armed passer who has waited behind Dantzler. PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN Tony Kitchings tries to put away two points against No. 8 Florida on Tuesday night. This season, Simmons played in five games. He completed 20 of 55 passes for 292 yards, with three interceptions and two touchdowns. uais aumus 10 NCAA rules violation USC has self-reported an NCAA rules violation to the SEC following a prospective student athlete’s visit to the Governor’s residence this past weekend. The visit was initiated at the request of an institutional staff member. According to NCAA Bylaw 13.1.2.3 (b), "recruiting contacts on or off campus between a member of the institutions board of gover .nors (regents or trustees) and a prospect are not permissible." The bylaw also states that "such viola tions shall not affect the prospec tive student-athlete’s eligibility." Governor Hodges is an ex-officio member of USC’s Board of Trustees. "This was an inadvertent mis take in judgement by an institu tional staff member and we have self-reported this incident to the SEC office," said Kerry Tharp, as sociate athletics director for me dia relations. "Governor Hodges was clearly not aware of this be ing a violation." Tharp said that normal pro cedure is for the SEC to consid er the actions taken by the University and make any further recommendations should it deem necessary. ( i . 11 1 1 ". - !'1 11 ■ 1 1 " f 1 11 . . k f1