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8 • The Red and Black • Thursday, February 22, 1990
SPORTS
FANFARE
The Lady Bulldogs are 7-3 against women basketball teams
ranked In the Top 25 poll. Georgia has defeated Ohio State,
Soutn Carolina twice, N.C. State, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
Clemson. The loses were against Vandy, Ole Miss and Auburn.
TALK
Track team In SEC Tourney
rgia men’s and women’s track
el to Gainesville, Fla. this
The Georg
teams travel
weekend for the SEC championship meet
at the O’Connell Center. Coach John
Mitchell is looking forward to the event.
“I’m looking forward to the meet,”
Mitchell said. s Our kids have improved
steadily all season, and we’re looking at
the meet as another opportunity to im
prove our performance.”
Lettermen contribute to fund
\
Spearheaded by football lettermen, the
University of Georgia made a $18,000 con
tribution to the University of Mississippi
“Chuckie Mullins Fund” during halftime of
the Dogs’ basketball game with the Rebels.
-Gene Williams
Dogs stave off Rebels
107-83; home record
raised to perfect 11-0
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home game against L.S.U. this Sunday, and
The Red & Black Sports department is look
ing for a few good cheers that we can use
to show our support during this nationally
televised game. The winning cheer will be
printed in Friday's paper for everyone to learn,
so either fill out this blank and drop it by our
office, or call Gene Williams at 543-6653 to
present your idea. Also, don't forget to show
up for the big game on February 25 at 2:30pm.
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By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
Bring on LSU.
As Georgia topped 100 points en
route to a 107-83 victory over the
Ole Miss Rebels last night in the
Coliseum, the crowd began to
chant “We want LSU.”
The Dogs used a combination of
good pressure defense and a team
record 11 three-point field goals to
pull away from the Rebels in the
second half to win.
Georgia, feeling the pressure of a
tight SEC title race, started slowly.
The Dogs turned the ball over nine
times in the first half and found
themselves down by eight points
with 5:55 remaining before half
time.
“We were keyed up before the
game and we didn’t execute offen
sively," Coach Hugh Durham said.
“But our defense kicked in and that
translated into points for our of
fense."
The Dogs, down 31-23, came
storming back. Led by Marshall
Wilson’s eight free throws and
guard Jody Patton’s two three-
pointers, Georgia went on a 17-2
run to lead 40-33 at the half.
Patton finished the game with
12 points and was 2-of-4 from the
three-point line.
“It was really a battle,” Patton
said. “I hit those two three-pointers
and it gave us a lot of momentum
going in at halftime.”
Wilson scored 15 points in the
ballgame and had five rebounds.
Along with Patton, the junior for
ward held the Rebels’ Gerald Glass
to only 13 points, his career low.
“Glass couldn’t get the shots he
wanted and it may have frustrated
him." Wilson said. “My teammates
helped me out a lot.”
Guard Litterial Green led all
scorers with 24 points. He also had
seven assists. It was certainly his
finest game against the Rebels, for
he only had 30 points in three pre
vious games combined.
“You’re not going to have great
games every time,” Green said.
“Fortunately, some shots fell for
me and I had a very good game.”
Alec Kessler, who was being
watched last night by scouts from
12 different NBA teams, hit for 20
points and hauled in 10 rebounds.
Point guard Rod Cole posted 17
points in the win and had six as
sists.
“Every game we play at this
point is our game of the year," Cole
said. ‘This is our second year
playing together and this team is
really starting to yell."
These young Dogs now face the
biggest challenge of their careers
when they take on LSU Sunday in
the Coliseum. The Tigers beat Ala
bama last night 75-69 in Baton
Rouge to keep pace with the Dogs
in first place. Sunday’s game will
be nationally televised.
Bring on LSU.
Wijrn# Jackson/The Red and Black
Litterial Green: Sophomore guard slams in yet another of
his 24 points total, leading all scorers in the matchup
Making the rounds: Winners at the Dog show
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Editor
Around the Doghouse: A look
at what’s what around the Georgia
kennel.
In gymnastics, according to the
latest SEC figures, Georgia gym
nasts Sandy Rowlette and All-
American Andrea Thomas hold the
highest scores in the conference on
vault and the balance beam respec
tively. Corrinne Wright, another
Gym Dog All-American, holds the
top conference score on the uneven
bars with a 9.85.
Rowlette turned in a school-re
cord 9.85 on vault in a dual-meet
against Ohio State February 4, and
Thomas produced a 9.90 on beam
in the same competition.
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Other Georgia athletes cur
rently sitting atop the conference
charts in their respective sports
are Paige Wilson, a Swim Dog who
owns the league’s fastest 100 but
terfly time of 56.66, and distance
runner Jolly Earle, who recently
turned in a SEC-best time of
16:20.46 in the 5000-meter run.
In women’s hoops, at halflime of
Saturdays Georgia-LSU game, the
jersey numbers of former Georgia
All-Americans Teresa Edwards (5)
and Katrina McClain (32) will be
retired. Though Edwards was one
year ahead of McClain, the pair
played together on three great
Laay Bulldog teams, 1984-85-86.
Edwards, a two-time Kodak All-
American, was on the 1984 and
1988 U.S. Olympic teams.
McClain made the Kodak team
in 1986 and 1987, winning several
National Player-of-the-Year
awards in 1987. She, too, played on
the victorious 1988 Olympic team,
leading the Americans in scoring
and rebounding.
Georgia is also working on re
tiring jersey 45, worn by four-time
All-American Janet Harris. Harris
is playing professionally in Italy
through March and could not at
tend the Feb. 24 ceremony.
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In her last four games, sopho
more guard Lady Hordmon, whose
real name is Lejuana, has aver
aged 17.5 points and six rebounds
and has shot 61 percent from the
field. In addition, she has now
scored in double figures in seven
straight games, nine of her last 10.
Her longest such streak during her
freshman year was three games.
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In baseball, The SEC/Sports-
Channel Baseball Game of the
Week will feature nine league mat
chups this spring as well as five
SEC Tournament games. Included
in that package is coverage of
Georgia’s meeting with Auburn on
March 24 at 2 p.m.
Sonny Hirsch has been tabbed to
call the play-by-play, Don Kes-
singer, a former standout at Ole
Miss and with the Chicago Cubs,
will serve as color analyst.
In the pool, swimmer Malin Gus-
tavsson turned in a time of 2:03.38
to qualify for the NCAA
Championships next month and
then just ten minutes later helped
the Lady Dogs clinch the meet by
swimming a leg on the winning 400
freestyle relay team, a group that
qualified for the NCAA meet.
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