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SPORTS CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE: Matt Brad Jill Adam Katie Nathan
The Gamecock's readers and Rothenberg Senkiw Martin Beam Smith Stalvey
staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Editor in News Head Page Reader of
with predictions of the Editor Editor Chief Editor Designer the Week
weekend’s games. (Rankings (6-4) (5-6) (5-5) (6-4) (7-3) (6-4)
are from the Associated Press.)
1 Arizona at 6 Kansas
21 Missouriat4Texas
14 Indiana at Purdue
Villanova at 11 Connecticut
DePaul at 20 Marquette
24 Auburn at 19 Georgia_
8 Kentucky at 15 Alabama
LSU at 22 Mississippi State
9 Louisville at Tennessee _
" 12 Maryland at Clemson
Arizona Kansas
Texas_Texas _
Indiana Indiana
Villanova UConn
Marquette Marquette
Georgia_Georgia
Kentucky Kentucky
Miss. St. Miss. St.
Louisville Louisville
Maryland Maryland
81-74 70-62
Arizona Kansas
Texas Texas
Indiana Indiana
UConn UConn
Marquette DePaul
Auburn Auburn
Kentucky Kentucky
Miss. St. Miss. St.
Tennessee Tennessee
Maryland Maryland
84-72 85-72
Arizona Kansas
Missouri Texas
Indiana Indiana
UConn UConn
Marquette Marquette
Auburn Auburn
Alabama_Kentucky
Miss. St. Miss. St.
Tennessee Louisville
Maryland Maryland
77-67 86-68
LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Sarah McLaulin (7-3) - The staff guest from the designers and copy editors takes the
crown in the first week, pulling into an early one-game lead. Rothenberg, Tomlinson and Reader of the Week Aisha
Haynes all land in a three-way tie for second place with a 6-4 finish.
Martin, the Editor in Chief, hopes to show who’s boss in this week’s contest, while Senkiw is looking to pull himself
into a few games above .500. Both went 5-5 last week.
WANT TO BE READER OF THE WEEK? E-mailyourselectionsnextweektogamecocksports@hotmail.com. If
you’re picked and have the best record, you’ll win a free Gamecock T-shirt and be able to talk all the trash you want.
Rourk
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it is an elementary idea for foot
ball, however, the more you
V spread the ball around and keep
pounding the ball, the more
you’ll wear down Tampa’s de
fense.
The second for the Raiders is to
keep their defense fresh. If they
keep their offense out on the field
as much as possible, the better
prepared the Raiders’ defense will
be to tend to Johnson and Alstott,
who can become a handful as the
game goes on.
Overall, the Raiders have expe
rience on their side. When
Raiders’ owner A1 Davis and his
son put the team together, they
had experience in mind. With
their move to get rid of Jon
Gruden to Tampa Bay, they saved
money that went to retain some of
their players this season. With
this veteran team, they will walk
into Qualcomm Stadium this
Sunday and make the hour and a
half plane ride back to Oakland
with the NFL Championship.
Rourk is a first-year print
journalism student.
Basketball
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
ther. A small advantage was that
the Gamecocks also managed
three blocks to MSU's one.
Even with a more concentrat
ed second half effort, Carolina
failed to stop the Bulldogs’ main
players for too long. Mississippi
State center Mario Austin — a
two-time All-SEC selection — was
held without a shot until there
was 6:49 left in the first half.
Despite the inactivity, Austin
scored eight straight points, while
finishing with a game-high 18
points on 9-for-13 shooting.
Bulldog guard Timmy Bowers
provided 15 points in the win,
while Ignerski added 10 points
and nine rebounds. Winsome
Frazier came in off the bench to
score 11 points.
To further compound the
Gamecocks’ pitiful performance,
USC had more turnovers than it
made field goals (20 to 14). This,
along with the other offensive
woes Carolina suffered
* Wednesday, prompted head coach
Dave Odom to state the obvious.
“We have offensive problems
galore,” he said.
But it will be up to Odom and
the team to solve those problems.
With a rare weekend off, the
Gamecocks will have to come up
with some answers before they
face the Tennessee Volunteers
next week in Knoxville, Tenn.
while Carolina (7-8,1-4 SEC)
suffered its fourth-straight defeat.
It was a game where the
Bulldogs (11-4,1-3) quickly took
the lead, literally, with Michal
Ignerski’s 3-pointer five seconds
into the first half. From that point
forward, Mississippi State never
looked back.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 5
0 advantage, but an 8-4 ran by the
Gamecocks closed the gap to one
point. And that would remain the
closest the two sides got, as MSU
led 31-19 at the half.
Turnovers were a big story in
the game, as both sides committed
20 apiece, but the Gamecocks were
ruined, in part, by their sloppy
ballhandling skills. USC had 12 of
its turnovers in the first half, a pe
riod in which they only shot a
measly 21.7 percent (5-for-23) from
the field.
But the second half provided lit
tle extra comfort for Carolina.
Despite shooting 32.1 percent, the
Gamecocks couldn’t make up for
their early doldrums. Mississippi
State led by 20 nearly seven min
utes into the second half, and nev
er relinquished their dominant
lead. The Bulldogs shot the ball
rather well throughout the game,
shooting 49 percent on the night,
as well as making 41.7 percent of
their three-point attempts.
Forward Kerbrell Brown per
formed well in an otherwise for
gettable game for USC. The junior
from New Orleans led the
Gamecocks with 15 points; in
cluding scoring Carolina’s only
three 3-pointers. Seniors Tony
Kitchings and Chuck Eidson each
finished with 12 points apiece,
though 10 of Eidson’s points came
from free throws.
If there is, any more solace that
the Gamecocks can take from
Wednesday night, it is that USC
outrebounded the Bulldogs on the
offensive glass, which would nor
mally lead to more second-chance
shots. But even that wasn’t a ma
jor factor for Carolina either. A
small advantage was that the
Gamecocks also managed three
blocks to MSU’s one.
Even with a more concentrat
ed second half effort, Carolina
failed to stop the Bulldogs’ main
players for too long. Mississippi
State center Mario Austin —- a
two-time All-SEC selection — was
held without a shot until there
was 6:49 left in the first half.
Despite the inactivity, Austin
scored eight straight points, while
finishing with a game-high 18
points on9-for-13 shooting.
Bulldog guard Timmy Bowers
provided 15 points in the win,
while Ignerski added ten points
and nine rebounds. Winsome
Frazier came in off the bench to
score 11 points.
To further compound the
Gamecocks’ pitiful performance,
USC had more turnovers than it
made field goals (20 to 14). This,
along with the other offensive
woes Carolina suffered
Wednesday, prompted head coach
Dave Odom to state the obvious.
“We have offensive problems
galore,” he said.
But it will be up to Odom and
the team to solve those problems.
With a rare weekend off, the
Gamecocks will have to come up
with some answers before they
face the Tennessee Volunteers
next week in Knoxville, Term.
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Come support your Gamecocks
Saturday at 1 p.m. on Field B next
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Check the club out Monday at 7
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BRIEFLY
Track teams to run
in SEC Quad Meet
The third-ranked Gamecock
men's and women's track teams
are heading to Lexington, Ky.,
this weekend for the SEC
Challenge. The two-day event be
gins with the men's and women's
weight throws taking place
Friday night and all other events
occurring Saturday.
On the women's side, the
Gamecocks face Alabama,
Auburn, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Tennessee and
Vanderbilt.
The men face all those teams
but Alabama and Vanderbilt.
All events will take place at the
Nutter Field House on the
University of Kentucky cam
pus.
Softball picked 2nd
in Eastern Division
The Southeastern Conference
released the 2003 softball coach
es' preseason poll and the USC
was voted to finish second in the
SEC Eastern Division.
The Georgia Bulldogs were
chosen to finish first in the east,
while LSU was picked to claim
the league title.
The Gamecocks open the 2003
season on Sunday, Feb. 2 when
they host North Carolina at 2
p.m. at Beckham Field. USC
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opens SEC play on March 8
when the Mississippi State
Bulldogs come to Columbia.
Men’s soccer hires
assistant coach
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The USC men's soccer head
coach Mark Berson announced
the hiring of assistant coach
Bryan Cunningham.
Cunningham comes from
Appalachian State where he was
an assistant coach with the
Mountaineers for five years.
Cunningham's primary re
sponsibility is as recruiting co
ordinator. Other duties include
, team training, match analysis
and office administration.
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