The Herald from Rock Hill, South Carolina • 21

Keep in touch On the Inside IC Sports SCORHOARD IOC The Heat snaps Magic's winning streak Page 8C SC State wins Carolinas Classic Page3C Steelers Bengals meet in AFC Central clash Page 6C Michael Chang upsets Pete Sampras in ATP event Page 9C StsphenVett sports edrior J2M074 Barry Byers asst ports editor 329-4099 Fax 329-4021 The Herald Sunday November 19 1995 Side lines 1 Clemson fallback Emory wl Smith cele- brates his touchdown during the Tigers' 38-17 victory over South Carolina in Columbia on Saturday Smith gained 101 yards on 12 carries to lead all rushers in the game Travis Bell The Herald The Associate) Pws Virginia Tech players celebrate the Hoides' 36-28 win over Virginia on Saturday KanellsetsACC mark for TD passes Seminole Danny KaneQ set an Atlantic Coast Conference record for career touchdown passes Saturday combined with his two favorite targets Andre Cooper and EG Green boost his total of TD ftrowsto56mNa6FlLorida State's 59-17 win over Maryland Saturday's College Scores: NC State 52 Wake 23 Auburn 31 Alabama 27 Ohio State 42 Indiana 3 Colorado 27 Kansas St 17 Northwestern 23 Purdue 8 Furman23'ni-Chatt 2l" Va Tech 36 Virginia 29 -Tennessee 34 Kentucky 31 Norm Carolina 28 Duke 24 norida38Vanderbflt7 Carolina 31 Memphis 17 App St 28 Citadel 24 Details paces 3-SC Win over USC signals comeback near completion By Earl Gault The Herald COLUMBIA The comeback of Clemson's football program came close to full circle on Saturday in Williams-Brice Stadium day where they're going Clemson which won all five of its road games this year trailed 10-7 at haHfime but forged a 17-17 tie after three quarters Strong second half The Tigers who have won four straight games here scored on five of six second-half possessions South Carolina a year ago won its fifth straight game tipping its record to 8-3 A crowd of 74990 fans die sixth largest garnering in Williams-Brice Stadium history watched the Tigers fine-tune their game for a postseason bowl appearance The Clemson victory coupled with Virginia's loss to Virginia Tech wifl most likely send the Tigers into the Gator Bowl on Jan 1 in Jacksonville Fla The opponent wul most likely come from three Big East teams Virginia Tech Syracuse or Miami 1 mink (the Gator BowD is a good probability but we dont control those things" said Clemson Athletic Director Bobby Robinson The bowls have the chokes not the schools" The Tigers could find out Mon- The 24th-ranked Tigers seek year that the visiting team has won the annual clash between the arch-rivals "Anytime you can win mis game ifs big" said Clemson head ing to re-establish their once dominant progam downed South Car olina 38-17 in the 93rd renewal of their rivalry to post the victory over USC (4-6- 1) It was the fifth consecutive PlEASE see CEMSOH-USC pack 2C Clemson 5-6 and a 33-7 loser to Atlantic Coast 'Conference's vio -iff 1 At Person Elliott lift win Spurs to Hornets yield 19-point run in road loss The Associated Press SAN ANTO NIO When San Antonio scored 19 unanswered points with 28 points but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the Hornets remained wimess on the road Rice and Curry scored 21 each for die Hornets Larry Johnson had 16 first-half points He scored eight in the last nine minutes of the second quarter to wipe out an eight-point Spurs lead and put the Hornets up 5756 at halftone Elliott and Vinny Del Negro kept the Spurs' offense going in the first half while they struggled to find inside offense Elliott hit 3-of-5 3-pointers in the half for 15 points and Del Negro had 10 late in the third quarter when they went on die 194 spurt taking a 91-85 lead with 10 minutes remaining Avery Johnson added eight points in a stretch of less man four minutes "Chuck had his best game of the year" Johnson said "He really exploded and that is why we got him He works so hard in practice it was good to see something happen to a good guy" Robinson tallies 27 David Robinson led the Spurs with 27 points and 14 rebounds Elliott had 21 points and Johnson had 18 for San Antonio Larry Johnson led Charlotte Chuck Person onds remaining broke a tie and put the Spurs up 107-104 The Hornets -pulled even when DeD Curry made three free throws with 205 seconds to play but den Kce fouled Sean Elliott on a drive to die basket and Elliott made both free throws to win the game "Chuck came in and gave us a big lift" Spurs coach Bob Hill said "He fueled that run That got us right back in the game" The Spurs trailed by 11 points Charlotte Hornets 109-107 Saturday night "I hadn't made a shot all season" said Person who hit 4-of-6 3-pointers and finished with 19 points off the bench "I figured it was about time I made them "I came out the second half and my first shot was about two feet short I made the next one I felt pretty good" Spurs surge ahead Person's 3-pointer with 264 sec was right in the thick of the Whitaker Trinidad defend their titles Pernell Whitaker knocked out Jake Rodriguez and Felix Trinidad knocked out Larry Barnes on Saturday night Then the two talked about fighting each other in a battle of welterweight champions Triniday stopped Barnes in the fourth round and Whitak-er's knockout was in the sixth round For the two to meet an agreement would have to be reached between the boxers' promoters NBA: Toronto 103 Wash 102 Miami 93 Orlando 90 Cleveland 93 Detroit 90 Indiana 118 Seattle 104 NJ 94 Philadelphia 79 Utah 126 Minnesota 102 Boston 99 Milwaukee 93 Houston 101 Denver 97 San Antonio 109 Charlotte 107 College: Georgetown 74 Temple 49 Details agi IC scoring He hit three Smik 109 107 3-pointers dur" HORNETS mg me run that got the Spurs back in the game as they went on to edge the Mid-District kicks off Lathon hasn't had a Panther's pounce BASKETBAi Middled linebacker is mad at himself Local teams jiil -JS -fW By Own Low The Herald CLEMSON Lamar Lathon is a frustrated man With the exception of the Caroli give preview in Tip-Off tourney Buffalo 5 New Jersey 4 Philadelphia 4 Hartford 2 Boston 5 St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 3 Washington 0 4 Who: Arizona Cardinals at Car-" olina Panthers 4 When: Today I pm 4 Team records: Arizona 3-7 Car' oUna4-6 Montreal 5 Ottawa 1 Tampa 5 Vancouver 4 Toronto 2 Winnipeg 1 na rantners unprecedented success for an expansion team nothing has gone as planned for die hulking 64 252-pound outside linebacker "It just isnt happening" Lathon page IOC From staff retorts Area high school basketball fans can get a preview of 16 local teams at the 12th annual Tri-County Tip-Off Jamboree on Monday and Tuesday at Clover High SchooL The Jamboree which is organized by Clover boys' basketball coach Bennie Bennett will pair eight girls' teams on Monday and eight boys' teams on Tuesday The order of play will be the same each day The schedule is as follows with home teams listed second: 6 pm Lewisville vs Indian Land 6:45 pm Chester vs Fort Mill 750 pm Rock Hill vs York 8:15 pjn Northwestern vs Clover Each participating school will play two eight-minute quarters and wiO have two timeouts The games will be called by certified officials Tickets are $3 each day and can be purchased at the door BUZZ said Not the way Lathon had envisioned anyway This was supposed to be his season the kind that turned heads erased any doubts and earned him status among the top linebackers in the league In Dom Capers' relendess style of chase-the-quar-terback defense the feeling was that Lathon would explode into a Pro Bowl caliber pass rusher Well ttte Panthers enter Week 12 of the season today when the Arizona Cardinals invade Clemson's Memorial Stadium for a 1 -i pjn game and Lathon has been a mere glimmer of the player everyone expected Tm really disappointed that I only have dure sacks" said Lathon who has battled injuries all season "Maybe if I hadn't missed some of those earlier- in the season I'd be content But Fm very please PANTHERS PACS 7C Call 329-4040 thnpms4-dEltcittjOfy: 'NFL Picks Jk Spreads call category 2521 D1BD Sam too Thi Hbwd Surntert Jason Morton left tries to 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