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commandeer that second-half
surge, contributing 12 of his 17
points after halftime, including
the dunk that put the Final nail in
the coffin.
The pace of the game was
rather stifling, though, largely due
to the 50 personal fouls called
throughout the contest, especial
ly in the last three minutes as the
Gamecocks hung on to a double
digit lead.
“We tried every defense, we
tried to change the pace of the
game, and Clemson was too good
to buy into that,” Odom said.
Carolina managed to come out
on top in the rebounding catego
ry 41-29, only allowing one addi
tional offensive rebound to
Clemson, while adding eight of
their own.
Odom praised the effort, not
ing that it was a complete team
effort.
Four Gamecocks finished with
double-digit point totals. Aside
from Eidson and Warren, Tony
Kitchings contributed 14 points
and Rolando Howell had 10 in the
win. Eidson also had five assists
to lead Carolina.
Scott, a Lower Richland High
School product, scored a game
high 21 points for the Tigers, while
Babalola added 12.
USC will return to the court to
morrow against the struggling
Arkansas Razorbacks. Tip-off at
the Carolina Center is scheduled
for 1 p.m.
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Carolina’s Jodi Ffttro takes a swing at the ball during the Carolina Invitational on Sunday. The
softball team will play at the Desert Classic Tournament in Las Vegas this weekend.
SPORTS CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE: Matt Brad Jill Corey Staci Heather
The Gamecock’s readers and Rothenberg Senkiw Martin Ganiott Jordan Simmons
staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Editorin The Mix Page Readerof
with predictions of the Editor Editor Chief Editor Designer the Week
weekend’s games. (Rankings (28-12) (29-11) (28-12) (27-13) (26-14) (29-11)
are from the Associated Press.)
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10 Notre Dame at 17 Syracuse Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Syracuse Notre Dame Notre Dame
15 Wake Forest at 16 Maryland Wake Maryland Maryland Maryland Maryland Wake
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LSU at 3 Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky
4 Florida atTennessee Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Tennessee
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79-67 75-70 71-65 65-60 68-63 72-69
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which led him to his second victory in Sports Challenge. Had Reader of the Week Kyle Almond not picked Alabama,
he could have gotten himself a T-shirt. Almond went 7-3, putting him in a four-way tie for Second place.
Also tied for second were Justin Bajan, Jill Martin and Erin O’Neal. Matt Rothenbergwentatriftng5-5, and he now
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players because of an injury.
Sophomore Kevin Melillo only
played in one game in last week
end’s series and pinch-hit in an
other. Last season, Melillo hit
.280 with 44 hits, and the
Gamecocks need his batting and
experience in the upcoming
games.
“I want to get Kevin Mellilo in
the lineup everyday. He’s a
gamer for us and we need him on
the field. Him being banged up in
the beginning of the season was
a setback. He brings a lot of expe
rience. Hopefully he’ll be healthy
this weekend and he’ll be an ev
eryday player for us,” Tanner
said.
Bondurant will try to redeem
himself against James Madison
in USC’s first game of the
Berkeley Co-op Shootout. The
Dukes made it all the way into
the NCAA Regionals last season.
The Gamecocks are 7-1 in the
overall series with the Dukes.
Their third opponent, the
Citadel, has been a perennial
NCAA contender for five out of
the past 10 seasons. Bondurant
and the other USC starters will
look to turn around last week
end’s disappointing start and
build up momentum going into
March.
“I had a lot of confidence, and I
still do, that our starting pitch
ing would be very strong,”
Tanner said. He said the “quali
ty starting pitching” should be a
basis'the team could build on.
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However, if they have to pull
from the university’s funds, then
they should just scrap the idea
now. There’s no sense creating
an even bigger budget problem
because of a baseball stadium.
The university simply cannot op
erate using the concept of deficit
spending; only the United States
government can pull that one off
year after year.
In all, the stadium is a good
idea. I think it will help a lot of
people if USC and the Bombers
get the new stadium. I believe
that McGee and those helping
him from the university know
it will take a great deal of
thought and planning to come
up with a solution that will help
everyone and get everything
done. It’s not going to be an easy
task.
And if, sometime down the
road, they do come up with an
economically sound plan to make
this stadium, I have only one re
quest of McGee and company: re
member us sports writers when
you design the stadium.
Remember, we like a comfy, air
conditioned place to sit while we
report on USC’s games.
Rourk is a first-year print
journalism student.
BRIEFLY
USC athletes’ GPAs
remaining steady
The overall grade-point aver
age for University of South
Carolina student-athletes con
gatinues to remain steady, as the
"athletics department released
its academic report for the 2002
fall semester Thursday. The
overall team GPA for 457 stu
dent-athletes was 2.823, which
was 2.865.
Eight teams recorded a GPA
of 3.0 or higher, led by the wom
en's golf team at 3.532. Other
squads exceeding the 3.0 mark
included women's swimming
(3.377), men’s tennis (3.297),
women’s soccer (3.283), men's
swimming (3.233), men's golf
(3.152), softball (3.071) and wom
en's tennis (3.028). The football
team's GPA was a 2.381 and the
men's basketball team's GPA
was 2.220.
The overall GPA for full-time
{^students at USC was 3.01 for the
fall 2002 semester.
Henkes named SEC
Pitcher of the Week
USC softball pitcher Melanie
Henkes was named the SEC
Pitcher of the Week for the week
ending Feb. 9. Henkes helped
lead the Gamecocks to a 3-1
record over the weekend and the
Carolina Invitational title. The
freshman from Aiken went 2-0
at the Invitational, throwing
complete-game shutouts against
19th-ranked Georgia Tech and
UNC-Greensboro.
The 6-foot-3-inch pitcher
struck out 12 batters, earning a
season-high seven strikeouts
against UNC-Greensboro. The
Avin over UNC-Greensboro was
iier third consecutive shutout.
She is the first Carolina fresh
man to throw three straight
shutouts since Megan Matthews
in 1999. For the weekend, Henkes
pitched 12 innings, allowed five
hits and walked only two batters.
Equestrian team
to hold competition
The USC equestrian team will
hol^l an IHSA competition Feb.
15 at their home stables, the
Irish Oaks Equestrian Centre,
in Irmo. All teams from the
IHSA Zone 5 Region 2 will par
ticipate in the event. The show
will be open to both Hunt Seat
and Western disciplines. Hunt
Seat competition will run from
8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., and
Western will go from 2 until 6
p.m. The jumping event will take
place around 10 a.m., and the
reining event will start around
2 p.m.
There is a good chance for
rain, so fans are advised to bring
raiffSoats. Umbrellas are dis
couraged because they scare the
horses if too close to the ring. If
umbrellas are brought, they
musfstay 20 feet away from the
rail of the ring for the competi
tors’ safety. There will be con
cessions on the grounds, and the
parking is free.
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