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Basketball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 The Mountaineers, who had upset Charlotte in triple overtime earlier inithe week, came into Columbia shooting 41 percent from 3-point range. But the Gamecocks held them to only 2-of 23 shooting from behind the arc. “Defensively, we probably played our best game of the year,” Odom said. “Our zone defense was the main difference in the game.” ASU head coach Houston Fancher agreed with Odom’s as sessment. “Against their zone defense, we did not get enough touches inside and did not do a good job passing the ball,” Fancher said. Powell had 15 points for USC, and Chris Warren added 13. “Give credit to South Carolina; they played good bail-control bas ketball,” Fancher said. “We guarded them pretty well, but they were able to make the critical shots when it counted.” Kitchings breaks hand USC starting center Tony . Kitchings broke two metacarpal bones in his shooting hand during the first half of Friday night’s win over South Carolina State. He is ex pected to be out until at least January. The broken hand is already the second injury that the 6-foot-10 j'edshirt senior has had to deal -- _I with this season. Kitchings missed the team’s final preseason game with a sprained ankle. Big men Marius Petravicius and Rolando Howell will be ex pected to help pick up the slack. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com -——‘ No rest for Carolina The Gamecocks will play their third game in four days Monday when they play host to Temple at the Carolina Center. USC (3-0) defeated South Carolina State on Friday and Appalachian State on Saturday, but it will most likely get its biggest test thus far from the Owls (0-2), who had been to 12 straight NCAA Tournaments before last season. "We hope to set the pace against Temple,” USC head coach Dave Odom said. “That will be a big game for us. We’ve got some kinks to work out.” Not counting the rivalry matchup with Clemson, the Temple game is widely considered the highlight of USC’s home nonconference schedule. The Gamecocks play Georgetown and North Carolina State on the road over the next week. The Owls lost their season opener to Rutgers, 59-53, and Sunday night, they lost 83-76 at Wake Forest. \ Temple at USC 7:30 p.m. Monday Carolina Center Radio: WOMG 103.1 FM Records: USC (3-0) Temple (0-2) Holtz CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 gling offense. The Gamecocks al lowed 21.8 points a game. “Defensively, the same things haunted us all year: penalties, op ponents’ third-down conversions and no pressure on the passer,” Holtz said. USC started the year with a win in its opener against New Mexico State, but things went downhill quickly. The Gamecocks turned the ball over seven times at Virginia the next week and were r “ upset 34-21. Carolina had an immediate shot at redemption the next week against No. 9 Georgia, but a fum ble by Andrew Pinnock with only 12 seconds remaining led to a gut wrenching 13-7 defeat. The Gamecocks rebounded with four straight wins against the weak part of their schedule — Temple, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. But that was the last time they would taste victory this year. LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and Clemson frustrated the Gamecocks, who only needed one more win to avoid a losing record. “I felt like we didn’t pass the ball enough. We need to be 50-50.” LOU HOLTZ use FOOTBALL HEAD COACH Holtz knows the ups and downs of college football and is commit ted to getting the team back on track. “It is like a stock market,” Holtz explained. “You take your bounces and you hope to get back up.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK Next season, the Gamecocks will miss the dependability that senior Ryan Brewer brought to punt returns. Who will be the one to fill his shoes when he graduates? Glitches CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 power in the amplification sys tem. “But you do your testing in an empty building,” he said. “So you have to tweak the sound over time” to adjust for crowd noise and architectural anomalies. The company that installed the system will return to the arena in early December to ad just volumes and tilt of the cab inets, should eliminate the dead spots, Paquette said. The most noticeable glitch at last Sunday’s basketball game was a dead scoreboard. The new multimillion-dol lar, four-sided video board went dark with 6:27 left in the game. It sent technicians scram bling to the control room look ing for short circuits, blown fuses, computer foul-ups or oth er serious technological glitch es. The problem? “Somebody kicked the plug out,” Paquette said. “It hap pens.” Questions CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 4 harm field position. Daniel Weaver should return as the place kicker, with Joey Bowers han dling kickoffs and possibly punts, too. Josh Brown could also get a look at the punting job to replace senior Tyeler Dean. Can USC put 2002 behind them and make it to a bowl game in 2003? This isn’t a question so much as it is a necessity. Ending a sea son with five straight losses was very frustrating and disappoint ing. With eight games in Columbia next season, the Gamecocks need to use their home-field advantage as much as possible to ensure a winning season. With an extra year on his con tract, Holtz can’t let down the Carolina faithful again; otherwise, there could be more changes in store for the future. There is a lot to correct from this season, and it’s best to make sure the right an swers are found. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com BRIEFLY Volleyball qualifies for NCAA Tournament The USC volleyball team will play in its third straight NCAA Tournament on Thursday when it travels to Chapel Hill, N.C. The Gamecocks play American (26-7) in the first round, and the winner of that match will face the winner of North Carolina and Winthrop on Friday. South Carolina (21-6) partici pated in the Chapel Hill field last year, losing in the first round to UNC in four games. The four top seeds this year are Southern California, defending champion Stanford, Nebraska and Northern Iowa. 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