ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 21, 1995 TAG: 9512210063
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B4 EDITION: NEW RIVER
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Florida State 79, Radford 59: James Collins scored 17 points to lead a balanced attack, and the Seminoles (6-2) took advantage of a huge discrepancy in free throws to beat the Highlanders (5-3) in Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida State led 53-51 with 8:52 left before pulling away from Radford, which had 31 fewer free-throw opportunities. Florida State scored 26 of the game's final 34 points.
Jason Lansdown and Eric Bowens shared scoring honors with 18 each for the Highlanders. Anthony Walker added 15.
No.6 Georgetown 104, Morgan State 60: It took about 100 seconds for Allen Iverson to turn a one-point game into a blowout. Iverson hit back-to-back 3-pointers, then dished off three fast-break assists in a 15-0 run to break it open for the Hoyas (9-1) as they routed the Bears (1-6) in Landover, Md.
Iverson finished with 20 points, seven assists, nine rebounds and six steals. Three other players scored in double figures for Georgetown.
No.10 Iowa 93, Western Illinois 41: Jess Settles and Russ Millard scored 15 points each, and the Hawkeyes (9-1) made 10 3-pointers in the second half to rout the Leathernecks (3-4) in Iowa City, Iowa.
Western Illinois had 27 turnovers and Iowa had 20, and the two teams combined for 38 personal fouls.
No.11 North Carolina 66, Pitt 49: Antawn Jamison scored 17 points to lead a balanced attack that carried the Tar Heels (8-1) past the Panthers (3-3) to their sixth consecutive victory.
The game was a homecoming to Pittsburgh for Calabria, a senior guard from nearby Beaver Falls, Pa. He had a game-best nine assists but also showed some jitters. The 79.3 percent free-throw shooter made only three of seven.
No.20 Duke 107, Western Carolina 67: Jeff Capel scored a game-high 27 points and Greg Newton hit all nine of his shots to finish with 22 points as the Blue Devils (7-2) dominated the Catamounts (1-6) in Durham, N.C.
Every Duke player scored, with Carmen Wallace and Matt Christensen coming off the bench to hit 13 and 11 points, respectively. Western Carolina got 20 points each from Kevin Kullum and Anquell McCollum.
No.25 Louisville 81, Murray State 72: The Cardinals (7-3) overcame a 36-point performance by the Racers' Marcus Brown to pull away for a victory in Louisville.
The Cardinals appeared to be in control after DeJuan Wheat's layup pushed their lead to 73-63 with 3:41 left in the game. But Brown scored on a dunk off a fast break and followed with a fast-break layup after a turnover to slice the margin to 73-67. After Vincent Rainey missed a short jumper for Murray State (5-3), Brian Kiser connected on a 3-pointer from the corner with 2:04 to go to push the lead back to nine points.
Butler 65, James Madison 63: Jon Neuhouser had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bulldogs (6-1) past the Dukes (3-5) in Harrisonburg.
Butler went ahead to stay with 53 seconds remaining as Jeff Rogers hit a 3-pointer to make it 63-60. Darren McLinton scored 25 points to lead JMU.
Old Dominion 66, Wyoming 52: Joe Bunn and Odell Hodge each scored 17 points to lead the Monarchs past the Cowboys in Laramie, Wyo.
Hampton 84, William and Mary 76: JaFonde Williams had 27 points, including nine in a critical second-half run, as the Pirates (3-6) defeated the Tribe (1-4) in Williamsburg.
Southern California 118, George Mason 97: Brandon Martin scored a career-high 29 points, and the Trojans (6-1) contained the Patriots, who entered the game in Los Angeles with the nation's highest-scoring offense.
George Mason (3-3) was averaging 119.6 points a game, but poor shooting and an inability to score inside against a packed USC defense kept them from challenging the Trojans. Nate Langley led the Patriots with 29 points.
N.C. State 120, UNC Asheville 71: Todd Fuller had 20 points and keyed the early surge as the Wolfpack scored the game's first 16 points and routed the Bulldogs in Raleigh, N.C.
The victory gave N.C. State (5-0) its first five-game winning streak since 1989-90 - the late Jim Valvano's last season as coach. Asheville (4-3) is 0-25 all-time against ACC teams, including 0-11 against N.C. State.
Fuller, averaging 23 points per game, overwhelmed the smaller Bulldogs inside, making nine of 13 shots in 23 minutes. The 6-foot-11 center scored the game's first seven points and had 11 before most Wolfpack fans had sat down.
N.C. State, coming off an 11-day exam break, led 16-0 less than four minutes into the game and 30-7 after hitting 11 of its first 13 shots.
N.C. State welcomed back guards Ishua Benjamin and C.C. Harrison, both returning from academic suspension, for the first time this season at the 13:48 mark of the opening half. A little more than a minute later, Benjamin hit his first shot - a 3-pointer. Harrison nailed his first three shots.
Kansas State 73, Xavier 67: Elliot Hatcher scored 23 points, and the Wildcats (5-3) nearly blew a 23-point lead before beating the Musketeers (3-4) in Manhattan, Kan.
The Musketeers, who trailed 26-3, closed to 59-58 with 4:55 remaining before Hatcher ignited a 9-0 run with a 3-pointer and a reverse layup. Lenny Brown scored 15 points to lead Xavier.
Fordham 75, LIU 67: Darren Deschryver scored 18 points as the Rams picked up their first victory of the season, beating the Blackbirds in New York.
LIU (2-3) rallied from a 12-point deficit to tie it at 63-63 on Matt Picinic's jumper with 2:31 to play. Rob Baxter made a 3-pointer with 1:09 to play and Deschryver contributed five points down the stretch as Fordham pulled away.
East Carolina 80, Colorado State 72, OT: Former Patrick Henry High School star Tim Basham scored 26 points, and Othello Meadows broke a tie with a 3-pointer as the Pirates (5-1) pulled away from the Rams (4-3) in overtime in Greenville, N.C.
Women
No.6 Virginia 87, Coppin State 42: DeMya Walker scored 13 points and Monick Foote added 12, and the Cavaliers (6-2) used a 28-4 first-half run to take the Eagles (1-5) out of the game in Charlottesville.
UVa broke a 4-4 tie with 16:10 remaining on a Jeffra Gausepohl layup. The Cavs, substituting liberally, then launched their run to take a 32-8 lead with 5:12 left.
Wendy Palmer, Jenny Boucek and Mimi McKinney each added 10 points for UVa.
No.23 Florida 65, Virginia Tech 48: DeLisha Milton scored 17 points as the Gators defeated the Hokies in the consolation final of the Woodlands Plaza Classic in Flagstaff, Ariz. Host Northern Arizona faced Illinois for the title.
Milton scored seven consecutive points in the closing minutes to give Florida (10-1) an 11-point edge, and Crystal Parker hit the final basket of the game for the victory margin.
Floyd County's Lynette Nolley led Tech (0-6) with 14 points.
Tuesday's games
No.16 Mississippi State 66, Northeast Louisiana 60: In Monroe, La., strong outside shooting by Marcus Bullard and Darryl Wilson rallied the Bulldogs (6-1) past the Indians (1-5).
Mississippi State's huge front line of Erick Dampier, Russell Walters and Dontae Jones was held to a combined 16 points, 24 off its average. But Bullard scored 23 points and Wilson added 21 as the Bulldogs (6-1) erased Northeast's 32-29 halftime lead.
The Indians (1-5) led 41-39 on a jumper by Paul Marshall with 14:57 to play, but Wilson came right back with a 3-pointer.
Northeast tied the score at 50 on a 3-pointer by Marshall with 9:14 remaining, but Bullard countered with a 3-pointer and the Bulldogs never trailed again.
Anthony Cook came off the bench to lead the Indians with 19 points, and Marshall had 16.
Forsyth Tech 111, Virginia Western 103: The Tigers built a 10-point halftime lead and held on to beat the Blue Stars on Virginia Western's floor.
Forsyth Tech (4-2) had six scorers in double figures, led by Nate Byrd's 28 points. David Ross and Treymayne McHeimer led Virginia Western (1-2) with 26 points apiece.
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