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10 • The Red and Black • Tuesday, March 6, 1990
SPORTS
The Georgia women's tennis team lost 60 to the defending na
tional champion Stanford Cardinal Saturday In the semifinals of
the National Team Indoor Championships In Madison, Wis
consin.
Lady Dogs lassoed, hog-tied in SEC tourney loss
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Writer
ALBANY — Despite a gutsy 16-point per
formance from Adrienne Shuler, the Ten
nessee Lady Volunteers’ defense lassoed
and hog-tied the rest of the Georgia offense
en route to a 73-54 whipping of the Lady
Dogs in the semifinal round of the SEC
tournament on Sunday.
Tennessee, the defending conference and
national champion, frustrated Georgia
early and forced it to shoot an abominable
29.8 percent from the field.
The Vols played an intensely aggressive
man-to-man defense for virtually all of the
40 minutes —-preventing Georgia from get
ting into its transition game, keeping it
from making passes into the post, and al
lowing only a handful of uncontested shots
And about the only screens Lady Dog
shooters saw were the TVs in their hotel
rooms.
‘The game was probably won and lost on
the perimeter,” Georgia coach Andy
Landers said. “We did a poor job of exec
uting our freeing moves to initiate the of
fense. From there, which was basically
point zero, we went nowhere ”
‘The first point of our plan was to screen
and get the entry pass. We didn’t get that
done. (Our offense) broke down before we
got it out of the garage," he added.
The Vols controlled the game from the
opening tipoff to the final buzzer.
Guard Lady Hardmon’s two free throws
at the 15:46 mark in the first half tied the
game at eight apiece. That was as close as
Georgia would get.
Down 14-12 with 12:12 remaining in the
first, the Lady Dogs lapsed into a five and
half minute offensive drought while the
Lady Vols scored 10 points.
The Vols even aggravated Hardmon, who
has scored in double figures the past 11
games. Hardmon scored 15 Sunday.
“I was out of control," she said. “I was
trying to make some things happen.”
Tennessee then built the lead to 15 before
a hustling Shuler hit three consecutive
shots — popping jumpers from the left wing,
the top of the key and then making a steal
and driving for the lfcyup.
Tennessee took a commanding 39-26 lead
into the break.
Several times during the game, Shuler
appeared to assume Hardmon r s and Sharon
Baldwin’s roles as floor leaders — looking
for the shot in traffic and calling team hud
dles. She shot eight of 16 and finished with
16 points from the field.
A slow-footed Georgia defense let the lead
slip to 20 before a visibly fuming Landers
yanked all five starters from the game.
They returned shortly and made their
strongest run of the game.
Another pair of Shuler layups pulled the
Lady Dogs to within 12 with 11:53 re
maining.
The Vols responded by again shilling its
defense into overdrive, returning the lead to
20 and down to 19 at the buzzer.
Georgia advanced to the game against
Tennessee by coming back from a 16-point,
first-half deficit to beat Vanderbilt 79-72.
The Lady Dogs’ trapping defenses forced 22
turnovers and propelled them into their
running game.
Hardmon led Georgia scorers with 28.
The Commodores’ Wendv Scholtens also
scored 28. Lady Dogs’ Shuler and Stacey
Ford each added 12 points.
Landers had a much bigger problem than
a basketball game two days prior to the
Vanderbilt game when he was involved in a
near-fatal car collsion with a milk truck.
Landers was riding with Tim Hix, assis
tant sports information director, and Karen
Frascona, sports information department
intern, when their car topped a hill on
Route 441 in Eatonton and skidded into the
back of the truck that was pulling out onto
the highway, taking up both lanes.
Hix, who was driving, jammed the brakes
but the car skidded on the wet pavement.
All three passengers were wearing seat
belts and suffered only minor cuts and
bruises. They had left for Albany Thursday
to attend a media luncheon.
Adrienne Shuler: Junior
scored 16 in loss Sunday.
CHAMPS
From page 1
allowing Green more freedom at
the shooting guard. It proved to be
the right chemistry mix for the
Dogs.
Cole and Green combined for
over 28 points per game this year.
But perhaps their biggest contribu
tion was relieving some of the pres
sure on Kessler. When the Dogs’
perimeter game was on, it posi
tively influenced the play of for
wards Kessler and junior Marshall
Wilson.
Durham is full of praise for his
all-star back-court.
“If you’re going to win a
championship, you’re going to have
a Rod Cole on your team,” Durham
said. “He can score, rebound and
play defense.”
After being selected to UPI’s All-
SEC second team at guard last
week, Green had a season-high 30
points against Auburn on Sat
urday.
“I thought this may have been
Litterial’s best game of the year,”
Durham said. “Physically he hasn’t
changed all that much this year,
although his game has improved in
all areas. Where he has most im
proved is experience and matu
rity."
Facing the possibility of a three-
way tie for first place in the confer
ence Saturday, the Dogs rolled up
their sleeves and mercilessly
pounded the Tigers.
Coach Hugh Durham is
full of praise for his all-
star back court.
For the first six minutes, it
looked like the Dogs were in for a
struggle. The Tigers led by three
when forward Derrick Dennison
popped a three-pointer from the
right wing.
Then, Green took over.
Green scored nine straight
points for Georgia to put his team
up by six. From then on it was the
Dogs all the way.
With center Neville Austin and
forward Wilson in foul trouble, re
serve forwards Lem Howard and
Kendall Rhine stepped in to show
that the Dogs have some depth
coming off the bench. Howard
netted nine points in 12 minutes.
Also coming off the bench to ig
nite the Dogs was freshman Shaun
Golden. Golden was all over the
Tiger guards causing turnovers
and denying access to the basket.
"Without question, Shaun is the
best freshman defensive player
we’ve ever had.” Durham said.
The Dogs will waste no time che
rishing their title as preparations
begin today for the oEC tourna
ment in Orlando, Fla. Georgia took
Monday off to relax.
"We don’t have a lot of experi
ence reflecting on championships,”
Durham said.
Chrlft V«ugtin/Spe:lal
Litterial Green: Guard
scored 30 points Saturday.
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Diamond Dogs rally to sweep UCF
By ERIC GARBER
Sports Writer
The University of Central Florida let one slip
through its fingers Sunday 7-2 in extra innings and
enabled the Georgia baseball team, which won 5-1
Saturday, to claim its third two-game sweep of the
season.
Down 2-1 with one out in the top of the ninth inning
in Sunday’s match, Georgia third baseman Jeff
Cooper, after singling to get on, was nailed at the
plate trying to score on freshman designated hitter
Tracy Wildes’ triple to left field. However, with two
away, UCF pitcner Brandon Turner misplayed a
bouncer hit to the mound by second baseman Joey Al
fonso and allowed Wildes to cross the plate and tie the
score 2-2.
The Diamond Dogs (10-4) then scored five unearned
runs in the 12th inning to ice the win.
Freshman left-hander Stan Payne (3-0, 2.70 ERA)
allowed just one hit while striking out three in three
and one third innings of relief work to earn the win.
Payne is the first freshman since Joe Kelly to win his
first three decisions as a Bulldog. Kelly won four
straight to start the 1987 season.
“I’m not surprised that he (Payne) can come in here
and do the job,” Georgia coach Steve Webber said. ‘‘I
knew he had the talent and the capability to make
things happen right away.”
Right-hander Mike Rebhan (3-1) pitched eight and
two thirds innings and gave up only two runs to set
the table for Payne. The senior’s effort lowered his
ERA to 2.12.
In Saturday’s game, first baseman Brian Jester
plsted shortstop J.R. Showalter on a two-run homer in
the eighth inning to give the Dogs a 5-1 lead that held
up until the end. Jester, a senior, now has six home
runs on the season. At his present pace, he will finish
with 22, nine more than he hit in nis first three sea
sons combined.
“Central Florida’s strength is obviously its
pitching," Webber said. “I’m glad we got some power
from our hitters to reach them.”
Senior Dave Fleming (2-1) allowed only two hits
over five innings and struck out nine Knight batters
overall en route to his first complete game of the
season. Fleming, who owns the Georgia record for
most complete games in a season at 10 (1989), leads
the team so far this season with 25 strikeouts.
Fleming and the rest of the Dogs held UCPs
leading hitter, third baseman Earnest Martinez, to
only one hit out of nine at bats over the two games.
Martinez brought a .475 into the series.
“We did an excellent job of pitching to him (Mar
tinez),” Webber said. ‘‘He came in hitting well but are
pitchers managed to hold him.”
Diamond Dog Doings: Georgia conch Steve Webber
is second on Georgia’s all-time win list with 291. He
trails Jim Whatley by only 43 games...The Dogs next
play Campbell University at Foley Field today at 3
p.m.
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