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Baseball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Kentucky did score once in the first, as Tyler hit a single to center field to score Spencer Graeter. The Wildcats cut the lead fur ther in the third when Stewart homered to left field, and they evened the score in the fourth on a Seth Morris home run. With the scope tied at three in the fifth inning, Thomas belted a solo home run to give Carolina a one-run lead. The Wildcats im mediately tied the score in the bottom of the inning, when Morris knocked a single to cen ter field to score Graeter. With two outs and the score tied at four in the bottom of the sixth, Justin Harris hit an RBI single to left to score Gonce. The next batter, Peters, hit his 16th home run of the season to solidi fy the victory. Gamecocks pitcher Chris Spigner (5-0) pitched 21/3 innings in relief to earn the win, and Blake Taylor earned his SEC-bes1 12th save. Kentucky starter Joseph Branton (3-6) took the loss Game 3: USC 12, Kentucky 6 (7 innings) In the second game of the dou bleheader, Carolina pounded 15 hits and hit four home runs to sweep the series from the Wildcats with a 12-6 win. Dyson fueled another quick start for Carolina with a three run homer in the top of the first. But the first inning paled in comparison to the third, where 11 USC batters were sent to the plate and six runs were scored on eight hits. Thomas and Buscher both hit two-run home runs in the inning, and Powell and Meyer hit RBI singles to knock out Wildcats starter Scott Wade. Kentucky finally scored in the bottom of the third, when Tyler hit a sacrifice fly to score Graeter. Four more Kentucky players crossed the plate in the fourth off a grand slam by Rutherford, the first of his career. But in the top of the fifth, Melillo hit a solo home run to give Carolina a 10-5 lead. Carolina scored the final two - runs in the top of the sixth, off an RBI single by Powell and an RBI double by Dyson. Gamecocks pitcher Rocky Evans earned his first career win in relief to go to 1-1. Wade (3-8) took the loss for Kentucky. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com BRIEFLY Tanner rewarded with new contract USC baseball head coach Ray Tanner, who led the Gamecocks to a top 10 national ranking the past three seasons, has received a new five-year contract from the university. The extension and amend ments to Tanner’s contract, which now runs through May 31,2007, were approved by the Board of Trustees on Friday af ternoon. “I am honored and grateful for this contract extension,” Tanner said. “The Athletics Department, the players, assis tant coaches and our great fans have made Sarge Frye Field a very special place for college baseball. The staff and I are ex cited about the continuation of our quest for SEC champi onships, NCAA Tournament ap pearances and the College World Series. Carolina is a spe cial place, and I’m extremely happy to be here.” Heading into the 2002 season, the USC baseball program had won more games (105) than any other squad in the country over the past two years. Over those two years, the Gamecocks made it to back-to-back NCAA Super Regionals. USC is currently ranked fifth in the nation with an overall record of 34-10, and it leads the SEC Eastern Division with a 14 6 mark. Tanner is in his sixth season with the Gamecocks. During his tenure, he has compiled a 251 105 record for a winning per centage of better than 70 per cent. Tanner was named National Coach of the Year in 2000 and has been SEC Coach of the Year twice. Football players help out community About 20 USC football players spent five hours Saturday lend ing a helping hand through a city-wide project called “Christmas in April.” The community service pro-1 ject, sponsored by Home Works of Columbia, took place at the res idence of Katherine Drayton on Pineland Drive in North Columbia. The athletes, along with a group of volunteers from Home Works, made repairs to Drayton’s home. Drayton is 77 years old and takes care of her 83 year-old sister. Jonathan Alston, a rising sophomore offensive lineman from Goose Creek, and fellow offensive lineman vJosh Malloy spent much of their morning repairing the home’s siding. At the back of the house, wide receiver Michael Ages, strength coach Pat Moorer, free safety Jermaine Harris and spurs Rodriques Wilson and Jonathan Martin installed a guard rail on Drayton’s back steps. In the back yard, a group of players helped someone from Home Works put in a new septic tank and drainage system. Running backs Gonzie Gray and Robert Echols, along with offen sive lineman Chad Walker, shov eled gravel into the drainage ditch. Quarterback Bennett Swygert spent much of his day scraping old paint from the house. A new coat of paint was applied and some windows were repaired. The players also fixed Drayton’s screened porch, put in a ceiling fan and hung some blinds inside the house. NBA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Nowitzki didn’t miss early on, and he simply lent his hot hand to Michael Finley in the second half. Nowitzki scored 28 of his 39 points before halftime and Finley had 13 of his 30 in the third quarter, helping the Dallas Mavericks hold off the Minnesota Timberwolves and finish a three-game sweep with a 115-102 victory Sunday. Steve Nash had 25 points and 11 assists for the Mavericks, who were 13-for-24 from 3-point range and advanced to the second round for the second consecutive year to meet the winner of the Utah Sacramento series. Kevin Garnett had 22 points and 17 rebounds, and Wally Szczerbiak and Anthony Peeler each scored 20 points for the Timberwolves, who made their sixth straight first round exit from the playoffs. Minnesota didn’t get beat on the fast break like it did in Game 2, in stead hurting itself with ill-timed turnovers and misses on open looks, short shots in the lane and free throws. The Timberwolves made only eight of 15 foul shots in the first period. Lakers 92, Blazers 91 PORTLAND, ORE. (AP) - It’s called championship mystique. The Los Angeles Lakers have it and Scottie Pippen has lost it. Pippen was victimized yet again by the Lakers, who took ad vantage of his mistakes down the stretch to complete another first round sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers with a 92-91 victory. One of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players, Pippen won six champi onships as Michael Jordan’s side kick with the Chicago Bulls. But he left the Bulls as part of the dis mantling of the dynasty after the 1997-98 season and has not come close to a championship since. Pippen has spent one season with Houston and three with Portland. Each time, he has been eliminated from the playoffs by Los Angeles, going out in the first round three times. This one had to be par ticularly painful. In the final 10 seconds, he missed a free throw, blew a defen sive assignment and threw away an inbounds pass, turning a certain victory into a season-ending defeat. The third-seeded Lakers elimi nated the Trail Blazers for the third straight year, the last two being first-round sweeps. They await the winner of the series between San Antonio and Seattle as they pursue a third consecutive championship. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com 9:32 in the morning and Jennifer Shealy just brought a newborn baby struggling to breathe back to life. Jennifer is a respiratory therapist. What have you accomplished today? 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