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6 • The Red and Black • Tuesday. January 16, 1990
Dogs sink the Commodores:
Aggressive play forces errors
By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
The Georgia men’s basketball
team lit up the scoreboard last
Saturday night en route to a 1 OS-
81 victory over the Vanderbilt
Commodores.
Forward Alec Kessler led all
scorers with 25 points while
guard Litterial Green pumped in
22. Green dared Vandv’s de
fenders to stop him and when
they adjusted to him, the move
left his teammates open.
The Commodores’ only real
threat of the game was junior
guard Scott Draud. Although he
finished the game with 17 points,
the Dog defenders didn’t give him
any easy shots. After hitting six
of seven three-point shots last
Wednesday night in a win over
Ole Miss, Draud attempted only
one try from three-point range
and missed.
“You can’t stop scorers. You
can only play good position de
fense,” said Litterial Green. “I
guess that’s what I did and I had
a lot of help from my teammates.”
Green did have a lot of help
from his teammates. Four
starters and one reserve player
finished the game in double fig
ures. It was the most complete
Litterial Green
game the Dogs have played this
season.
“It was a good win for us after
the two road losses we had,” for
ward Lem Howard said. “I think
we’re growing up as a team.”
Georgia jumped on Vanderbilt
early and kept the pressure on
through the entire game. Al
though Vanderbilt adjusted in
the second half to Georgia’s up
tempo style, it was poor play in
the first half that sunk the Com
modores’ ship. Vandy only shot
33 percent before halftime and
never recovered from the 27-
point defecit.
Another good sign was forward
Marshall Wilson’s 17 points and
nine rebounds. Wilson’s produc
tion had been sorely missed in
the two previous road losses and
his playing hinted at the domi
nant figure many feel he could
become for Georgia.
Junior point guard Rod Cole
added 14 points with five assists
and ran Vanderbilt ragged with
an effective handling of the of
fense.
Vanderbilt looked confused all
night and couldn’t keep up with
the running Dogs. The much-her
alded perimeter game of the
Commodores was not a factor.
They only made two of nine
three-point shots.
The Dogs discovered that when
they played aggressively, they
caused Vanderbilt to commit nu
merous fouls and turnovers,
which created scoring opportuni
ties.
The home crowd also played a
miyor role in the Dogs’ victory.
They were Georgia’s sixth man.
‘That was the big difference,”
said Litterial Green. “Our fans
were rooting for us and we played
well.”
Next up for the Dogs will be
Mississippi State at home to
morrow night.
Gymnasts pound Buckeyes
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Staff Writer
The defending national cham
pion Georgia gymnastics team Sat
urday won all four events and the
all-around competition at West
Virginia, crushing Ohio State and
three other teams in its season
opener.
The Gym Dogs scored 188.05
while the Buckeyes totaled only
181.15. West Virginia (179.25),
Wisconsin (178.80) and Indiana
University-Pennsylvania (175.50)
rounded out the scorers.
Senior Corrinne Wright, who
won the all-around with a 38.15,
said she was very pleased with the
team’s performance and a score .55
higher than last season’s opener.
“I think we looked much better
than we did at this time last year,”
Wright said. “I think we look great
this season and I’m very happy
with our first meet.”
Coach Suzanne Yoculan said
that although the team is a long
way from full strength, she was
pleased with several aspects of the
team’s performance — particularly
the play of the freshmen.
‘There’s always that idyllic
question mark about freshmen at
the start of the season but the new
girls really rose to the occasion this
weekend,” she said. “I was espe
cially pleased that Heather
(Stepp), Jennifer (Carbone) and
Sandy (Rowlette) were able to miss
a routine and then bounce back on
the next apparatus. They didn’t
suffer from the doldrums."
Carbone’s 37.05 and Rowlette’s
36.50 in the all-around gave them
second and third place, respec
tively.
“I was happy with my score but I
still have a lot of room for im
provement," Carbone said. “I’ve
never broken a 38. I got a 37.95
once and I really want to break
that 38."
Georgia opened the meet on
vault. Carbone won the event with
a 9.65 while Wright earned third
place.
The Gym Dogs then woofed
down the uneven bars, scoring a
48.05 that was only .25 short of last
year’s national championship meet
bar score. Wright tied her career-
best and won the event with a 9.8
while Stepp took second. Rowlette
stuck to her routine, scoring a 9.6
and becoming the first American
gymnast to complete a giant re-
Jennifer Carbone
verse hecht with a full pirouette.
Senior Andrea Thomas and Car
bone tied to win the balance beam
with 9.55 scores. Wright earned
third place with a 9.5.
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