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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1997
Page
10
Mary Pierce will face No 4 seed Martina Hingis in the Australian Open final after defeating Amanda Coetzer 7 5, 6 1 in the semifinals, advancing to the championship.
USC Aiken is projected to finish fourth in the Peach Belt Athletic Conference baseball coaches poll. Defending national champion Columbus State leads with eight of nine first place votes and 64 total points. Georgia College and State follow with 52. USC Aiken 39. Armstrong Atlantic State 35. Francis Marion 28. UNC Pembroke 24. Augusta State 18. USC Spartanburg 10.
The schedule lists games across South Carolina venues including St Marys at Schofield Kennedy at Aiken Middle New Ellenton Middle at L BC Corbett at Jackson Middle Silver Bluff JV at Wade Hampton Orangeburg Wilkinson at Aiken WV Limo at South Aiken Aiken at Orangeburg Wilkinson Wade Hampton at Liver Bluff Lexington at North Augusta Wagener Salley at Estill Ridge Spring Monetta at Thornwell Ken Technical College at Southeastern Community College with game times from 5 30 pm to 7 pm.
ESPN and SportSouth air key games tonight led by Campbell at College of Charleston at 7 p.m. Iowa at Minnesota at 7:30 p.m. Wake Forest at Clemson at 8 p.m. Memphis at Louisville at 9:30 p.m. Washington at Stanford at 10:30 p.m. Gott covers the Phoenix Open at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
Clemson's Harold Jamison and Tom Wideman intend to rough up Tim Duncan as No. 2 Clemson (16 1) hosts No. 4 Wake Forest (13 1) in a key ACC showdown. Duncan averages 21 points and 15 rebounds while Wake seeks to slow the star in a hostile: Littlejohn matchup.
In Columbus State, USC Aiken men commit 26 turnovers and lose 87-80 after a 10 point halftime gap. Kendrick Smith 25 points, Sheralton White 19, while Columbus State’s Larry Coates scores 23 and 8 steals. Women fall 39-24 at halftime and drop to 2-14 with 26 turnovers and 31 percent shooting.
Midland Valley built a 14-0 second quarter run to take control and held off Silver Bluff 61-50 Wednesday night. Coach Rick Knight praised his players effort after the victory, the Mustangs’ third win in 12 games, while Hoover Johnson lamented a flat performance following a previous emotional win.
The Silver Bluff Lady Bulldogs beat Midland Valley 41-34 at home to stay strong in non region play. Despite a slow start, Silver Bluff rallied after a 32-0 first quarter deficit to take a 11-4 halftime lead and held on for the win as Midland Valley’s fourth quarter surge came up short.
Melvin Watson drove for the winning layup with 3.9 seconds left as South Carolina edged Alabama 62 to 60 for its seventh straight win. Watson’s around the top key finished after a prior miss in last year’s NIT quarterfinals, with BJ McKie adding 18 points as SC remains atop the SEC East. Alabama, led by Blake Thrasher and others, tied late before Watson sealed the game.
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