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* Men CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 USC at the half, it was quickly re turned in a 14-4 USC run to start the second half, including six points from Gonner. With the game basically decided, the Gamecocks would put on a shoot ing clinic for the rest of the game by going 18-of-28 from the field and 6-of-8 from a three-point land in the second half. Saturday marked another mile stone for the USC basketball fami ly. The 17,806 people in attendance set a new record for any basketball game ever in the state of South Carolina, edging out last year’s USC vs. Clemson women’s contest that opened the then brand-new Carolina Center. USC will face a new hurdle this week. The AP poll ranks the Gamecocks 25th in the nation, making this week the first time any of USC’s current players have played for a ranked team and the first time USC has been ranked un der Odom. “I can’t think of a team that de serves this more than this team for what they did,” Odom said Monday after the poll was re leased. “It’s my job now to keep it up, to keep them grounded, be cause it’s not where you start; it’s where you finish.” USC will continue its road to the finish line this Saturday against LSU. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Colonial 1 Center. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@gwm.sc.edu i - ; Columbia's Adult Soccer League is now registering teams or individuals for the Spring '04 season. Registration deadline is February 3rd. Call 781-6468 or email i columbiasoccer@aol.com. { «iiTFc 0*?^ Come See What All The I .^SUITESSCl^ Buzz Is About! I **A.C0U£GESUIT£5 UT 1 *" B ■■ 1 " M 2 Slo Court Column a SC 29201 803.779.3280 i \ ’*60 off’; | Move-In Fees! i | briefly Carolina track teams win 6 at Kentucky After a winless first day of com petition, the tenth-ranked USC men's and women's track teams recorded six victories on day two _ of the Kentucky Invitational on B Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The Gamecocks also recorded four run ner-up finishes. For the men's team, junior Jonathan Fortenberry from Marietta, Ga. won the men's 400 meter race, his first victory of2004. Fortenberry notched the victory with a time of 47.13, defeating the nearest competitor by nearly two tenths of a second. Senior Tony Allmond finished second in the long jump event on Saturday with a j ump length of 24 feet 2.5 inches. Also finishing in the runner-up spot for the men was junior Rodney Martin Jr., recording a time of 21.11 seconds in the men's 200-meter race. On the women's side Junior All American Erica Whipple was the ^ Gamecocks' only multi-event win B ner, winning both the 60-meter race and the 200-meter race. In the 60-meter, Whipple recorded the victory with a time of 7.44 seconds, and in the 200-meter race won with a time of 23.25 seconds. Ronnetta Alexander took first place in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.25 seconds, while Stephanie Smith won the 400-me ter race with a time of 53.60 sec onds. Rounding out the Gamecock victory was the women's 4x400-me ter “A” relay team with a time of 3:36.46. Bathazi places twice ^ at Dallas swim meet Senior Istvan Bathazi led the USC men's swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish at the SMU Classic in Dallas, Texas this weekend. Bathazi took home sec ond place in both the 200-meter in dividual medley with a time of 3:53.92 and the 400-meter individ ual medley with a time of 1:50.44. As a team, the Gamecocks fin ished fourth behind Florida, Texas A&M and SMU. The men's swimming team will return home on Jan. 30 to take on Alabama. Robinson gets MVP at annual banquet Friday night marked the an nual football awards banquet at USC. The event was held at Seawell's on Rosewood Drive; over 800 people attended. The most coveted award, the team's MVP award, went this year to graduating senior comerback Dunta Robinson. Robinson ended his Gamecock career with five in terceptions and led the 2003 team with 12 pass deflections. Draft ex pert Mel Kiper Jr. has listed Robinson as the first cornerback to be taken in the NFL Draft. Boasting a 4.0 fall GPA, junior quarterback Mike Rathe was pre sented with the team's academic award. Rathe's cumulative GPA is 3.90. The best attitude award went ^ to senior linebacker Rod Thomas, ^ while the most outstanding fresh man award went to Cory Boyd. USC head coach Holtz present ed linebacker Jeremiah Garrison, Robinson, tight end Hart Turner and offensive tackle Travelle Wharton with their captains' awards as Robinson and Turner presented the captains' address to the crowd. Robinson and Wharton will now turn their attention to next week's Senior Bowl, in which they will both play. r.