Pacers edge Presbyterian as Perkins rings off home finale
USC Aiken clinches a NAIA District 6 playoff berth with a 67 63 victory over Presbyterian College in the retiring coach Lew Perkins final home game. Melvin Metze scored 11 in the second half as USCA held off a second half rally. The final regular season game against Coker looms tonight at Hartsville.
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Lew Perkins
Perkins
Pacers
Presbyterian College
Keefe Walker
Presbyterian
Tim King
Usc-A
Melvin Metze
John Turner
Tim Dominick
USC A keeps pace with late surge in win over Pacers
Sophomore from Irma scored seven straight including a three point play at 5:38 to give USC A a 56 54 lead. Keefe Walker led USC A with 15 points 17 rebounds while Sid Gray sealed it by converting a late one on one. Perkins announced retirement after the season and was honored at halftime with the Lew Perkins Scholar Athlete award and USC A Hall of Fame induction for Perkins.
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USCA
Mel
Perkins
Sid Gray
Keefe Walker
USC
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Metze
Cleve Williams
John Turner
Tim King
Presbyterian
Williams
Gray
Rob Matwick
Lew Perkins
Bill Weeks
William C. Casper
Washington State
Notre Dame
la Salle
Louisiana State
Mississippi State
Syracuse
Colgate
Marquette
DePaul
Temple
Dayton
Detroit
Loyola of Chicago
Georgetown
Holy Cross
James Ray
Paul DeVito
Jacksonville
South Florida
South Alabama
Anatoli Mishkin
Louisville
Soviet Union
Jim Spanarkel
Duke
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Earvin Johnson
Michigan State
Illinois
Region 35 only high school tourney opens at USC Aiken
Region 3 AAAA and 7 A tournaments begin with first round games at USC Aiken and Williston Elko. Aiken High hosts girls opener against Brookland-Cayce while North Augusta, Airport and Brookland-Cayce clash in early matchups with several games set for 5 6 30 and 8 pm. Regional and conference play continues through midweek with finals scheduled Saturday night.
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Wagener-Salley
Blackville
Graniteville High
Graniteville
Bamberg-Erhardt
Edisto
Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Irmo
Lexington
Hornets
Aiken
Brookland
Robert Phillips
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Ridge Spring
Barnwell High
Wadkins Wins Glen Campbell LA Open With Bold Driver Play
Lanny Wadkins secures the title by one stroke over Lon Hinkle at the Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open. He used his driver on the second shot over the 613-yard par five finishing with a 69 for 276 eight under for the 72 holes and $45,000 prize. Hinkle finished 277 and $27,000.
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Lanny Wadkins
Wadkins
Lon Hinkle
Hinkle
Gamecocks overpower USC Aiken in 91 42 victory
South Carolina Lady Gamecocks, led by four players over six feet, dominated the boards and routes past USC Aiken 91 to 42. Suzanne Woolston Katrina Anderson and Cynthia Jacobs led SC with double figures as USC Aiken stumbled early before a stronger second half.
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Usc-Aiken
Pacers
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Gibbs
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Katrina Anderson
Cynthia Jacobs
Jaima Oxley
Chevy Autry
Joyce Gilbert
Rita Johnson
Dawn Clark
Jean Walling
Sheila Foster
Betsy Platte
Faye Ryans
Dar McPherson
Jan Rikard
Kim Thomas
Lisa Cowart
Audrey Lewis
Karen Mathis
Ann Jennings
Dru McPherson
Gamecocks
Sycamores Eye First Class Bid With MVC Title Hope
Indiana State coach Bill Hodges aims to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament to secure a first round bye as the 26-0 Sycamores close the regular season with a 109-84 win over Wichita State. Other games feature Jacksonville clinching an NCAA berth, Louisville vs. Russian team, Duke over UNC, and tight Big Ten race updates.
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Indiana State Sycamores
Sycamores
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Wichita State
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South Florida
Louisville
Cardinals
Tulane
Duke
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Michigan State
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio State
Purdue
Michigan
UCLA
Southern Cal
Aiken Basketball Classic Opens At Weeks Center
The first annual Aiken Basketball Classic begins Monday at H Odell Weeks Center. A double elimination tourney sponsored by Aiken Recreation Department includes five teams: The Locker Room and Babcock Wilcox of Augusta, the Aiken Warriors, Graniteville Co., and United Merchants of Clearwater. Games run Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. with finals on March 5. Admission is 50 cents.
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H. Odell Weeks Center
Aiken Recreation Department
Locker Room
Babcock- Wilcox
Augusta
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Marshall Little
Clark Sinclair
Robbie Robinson
Wooly Hatchell
Mike Smith
Jim Gaffney
Lew
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