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The Ked and Hlark. Tuesday. February 21. 1878
l.ee "Zappa" Southern hit two buckets Saturday in a supporting role
Crosby and Darden
knock
Bn STKVK Bl'RGESS
Tennessee fought back from
t six point deficit in the second
half and went to a spread
offense led by guard Johnny
Darden that frustrated
»rgia. as the Vols whipped
tht Bulldogs 77-72 at the
Coliseum Saturday night.
With the score knotted at
•'•2-62 with 7:37 to play. Darden
'<H»k over control of the game
.«i th some expert dribbling and
"ists that were converted
to easy Tennessee baskets
The Vols took the lead 66-62
08 left forcing te Dogs
• foul in an attempt to catch
up Tennessee hit six of seven
fret- throws in the following
•ur minutes, plus some layups
up by Darden passes, and
crabbed a 10 point lead with
1 15 to play.
They hit their foul shots
down the stretch and in
'•ssence. that was the game,”
ach John Guthrie said. “In
rm opinion. Darden is the best
dribbler around Blit we got
o good shots, however they
just wouldn't go in for us.”
Tennessee’s Terry Crosby
led all scorers with 24 points
Keggie Johnson had 20 and
Darden added 15.
I or Georgia. Curtis Jackson
led the way with 23 points.
off the
followed by Walter Daniels
with 16 and Lav on Mercer with
11 Mercer also led both teams
with 13 rebounds and six
blocked shots.
Jackson scored 17 of his
points in the first half, hitting
his first seven attempts from
the field that accounted for 14
of first 18 Georgia points.
Mercer had five of his blocked
shots in the first half as the
Bulldogs erased an early
Volunteer lead and built one of
their own at halftime. 41-37.
Georgia employed a running
game in the first half that
constantly beat the Vols back
down the floor and accounted
for some easy scores. They left
it in the locker room at
halftime, however We like to
turn it on and off." Guthrie
said. “We can't go like that for
an entire game, but stamina
doesn't have anything to do
with it
"A team like Tennessee can
score 90 points by running
consistently and still win, but
we just can’t do that,” Guthrie
added
The Volunteers quickly tied
the game at 41-41 two minutes
into the second half, but the
Dogs pulled away again for
the next eight minutes and led
60-54 when Tennessee called
time out with 10:56 left.
’Dogs
Tennessee came back again
with six unanswered points and
tied the score 60-60 and went
into the stall shortly there
after
"We had one or two people
go to sleep on us when
Tennessee spread it out on us,”
Guthrie said We were going
to do the same thing a little
later but they just beat us to
it.”
The Dogs were calling time
after each Georgia basket in
the last minute for defensive
purposes, but used their last
time out after a Daniels basket
cut the Yoi lead to 75 to with
:25 to play. Tennessee made
nine of 13 free throws during
the time of the spread offense.
Georgia shot 51.5 percent
from the field for the game,
Tennessee 41.4 percent. The
Vols went to the foul line 32
times with 19 made for 59.4
percent, while the ’Dogs had
only 10 opportunities, making
four for 40 0 percent.
“We thought that this was
one we could win,” Guthrie
said, "but 1 don’t know if we
were supposed to beat them up
there i Knoxville) earlier."
Vanderbilt comes to the
Coliseum next Saturday for
Georgia’s next game The
Bulldogs an* now 10-13 overall.
4-10 in the SEC.
Lu Foster is
told not to
play vs. Fla.
By DAVID WEST1N
Sports editor
Georgia's 6-10 forward Lucius Foster has been suspended from
participating in the March 6 Georgia-Florida game in
Gainesville
The ruling came late last week from SEC commissioner Boyd
McWhorter McWhorter's action stemmed from an incident in the
Ga Florida game here Jan. 4 With only 11 seconds remaining in
a game Georgia had sealed away, Foster and Florida’s Malcolm
Osare engaged in fisticuffs When tlie fight ended. Foster had
knocked out three of Cesare's teeth.
Since that game some Florida fans have made threats on
Foster if he played in the school’s gym. beter known as
“Alligator Alley.’’ That gym holds about 3000 people and many
seats are packed close to the court For that reason, police
protection for Foster would be hard to enforce.
McWhorter’s statement, in part. read, "after consulting with
the presidents and other officials at each institution ..these
consultations have led me to the conclusion that it will be in the
best interest of all parties concerned, including Mr. Foster, that
he should not travel to the University of Florida to participate in
the final basketball game of the season between Georgia and
Florida on March 6."
Foster, who played poorly in Georgia's loss to Tennessee
Saturday night here, (he scored three points) refused to discuss
the suspension after the game When the subject was brought up.
all he would say was, “I don’t even want to talk about it.”
Contacted yesterday morning. Georgia coach John Guthrie said
Foster and the team found out about the ruling before it was
made public Guthrie also said that the ruling might have
affected Foster's play in the Saturday contest.
Guthrie's statement on the suspension indicated that he had
made a response to McWhorter’s order but refused to elaborate.
"The ruling. I think, was made by the commissioner with the
feeling it was in the best interest of both schools and in the best
interest of Lucius not to play in the game.’’ Guthrie said.
"We have expressed our feelings to the commissioner and
really at this time we don’t have a lot to say about it. However,
it's got to hurt us to lose a forward for that game."
Although Foster won’t play in the Florida game, he will still he
with the team on the trip The Bulldogs will play Auburn March 4
and then go straight to Gainesville for the game two days later.
Foster will stay in the team motel in Gainesville.
Photo by LAURA GLOVER
Walter Daniels has been the most consistent Dog
Swim team falls to Gamecocks
By DON W HITE
The Georgia swim team
went up against a strong South
( irolina squad on Saturday
without having a full deck
With three of the Dogs’ top
swimmers out of the lineup.
South Carolina easily crushed
(k’orgia by a 79-56 score
Distance swimmer Andy
Satterfield was sick with sinus
problems
Captain Jack Burton.
Georgia’s ace butterfly and
middle distance man. was
sidelined for disciplinary rea- (
sons
The Dogs’ top sprint swim
mer. Rob Ramirez, was also
left home for disciplinary
reasons.
At Carolina the Bulldogs had
only two winners Rickey
Brackett took the 200 yard
backstFoke. and the 400 yard
freestyle relay team also beat
the Gamecocks Besides these
victories. (Jeorgia had little to
smile about.
"We couldn’t stack up
against South Carolina." Coach
Scholle said "They’ve got a
strong team.”
Nevertheless, some of the
Dogs times did drop against
the Gamecocks
"We ‘clipped’ some swim
mers before the meet and it
helped them improve their
times."
"Clipping" is a type of hair
removal process on arms and
legs that helps swimmers
speed through the water at a
faster rate
The Carolina meet marked
the end of (ieorgia’s dual meet
season for this year.
Photo courtesy U of Louisville
Foster won’t be doing any jumping when the Bulldogs play Florida March 6
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Photo by MAURY MARGOL
Dave Landis (top) finished in a Ue with his Kentucky opponent Saturday
By CHUCK THOMPSON
The Georgia wrestling team
lost its fifth SEC match in a
row Friday to Kentucky in
Lexington
The 33-4 loss dropped the
Bulldogs overall season record
in dual meets to 1-8 The
grapplers’ next and final
regular season match is with
Tennessee here this Thursday.
The Dogs were prevented
from meeting with Middle
Tennessee State Saturday
morning as scheduled when
snow delayed the wrestlers’
journey from Lexington to
Murfreesboro
No Georgia matmen were
able to manage wins over their
Kentucky opponents in the
meet Friday Two did score
ties however
Jerome Gottlick battled to a
7-7 draw in the 142 pound bout,
and Dave I^ndis fought to a
3-3 tie in the 167 pound match
Several of the Georgia
wrestlers were pinned, and
freshman Tim McDonald set a
new school record for ihe
worst loss when he was
defeated 31-3 in the 177 pound
class
Nearly half of Bulldog coach
George Reid's regular starters
were unable to compete in the
Kentucky meet due to injuries
sustained earlier in the season
"We should have a much
more solid lineup when we
wrestle Tennessee Thursday."
Reid said "Ken Carmichael,
Barry Drill. Mark Reeve, and
Steve Baney should all be
ready to go."
Team captain Matt Morns
has held out of competition this
past weekend to allow him to
rest his back, which has
bothered him most of the
season
"He'll probably wrestle
Thursday, or I might hold hnn
out to be sure he’s set for
conference, the coach said
Reid added that all of the
starters who hav j been out
hurt this year should be ready
for the SEC championship
tournament that will be held
here in the Coliseum ne*t
weekend. March 3-4.
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