ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 21, 1995 TAG: 9512210112
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: NEW RIVER
SOURCE: From staff reports
Bryan Pruett had made all 13 of his free throws, but the one he missed left the gate open for James Monroe (W.Va.) to rally for a 66-65 last-second victory in a boys' game Wednesday night in Narrows.
Pruett had been fouled in the process of making a turnaround jump shot tying the score at 65. That turned out to be the last of his team-high 19 points. His subsequent free throw was delivered a shade firm. He made 13 of 14.
The Mavericks (1-2) seized the rebound and hurried to the opposite end where Shawn Agee was fouled. He made the first shot and missed the second intentionally to finish with 12 points. Mark Grigsby led James Monroe with 25 points.
Narrows (3-2) had been down by 16 points before fighting back behind Robbie Stafford and Joe Shipbaugh to regain the lead 49-48. Shipbaugh finished with 16 points and Stafford 14.
JAMES MONROE (W.VA.) (66)
Jackson 8, Dunlap 6, Carter 3, Burton 2, Agee 12, Upton 4, Grigsby 25, Mann 6.
NARROWS (65)
Purdue 3, Dunbar 3, Mullins 8, Smith 2, Stafford 14, Shipbaugh 16, Pruett 19.
James Monroe (W.Va.)||20--21--10--15-66
Narrows||14--15--20--16-65
Three-point goals: Grigsby 2, Agee, Carter, Shipbaugh.
JV: James Monroe won.
Franklin County 79, Martinsville 71: K.C. Hancock scored 24 points and sank eight of nine free throws as the Eagles downed the Bulldogs in a non-district game in Rocky Mount.
Franklin County (1-6) went ahead 42-26, but Leander Preston rallied Martinsville, scoring nine of his 23 points during a 13-0 run. The Eagles stretched their lead to 42-39 at halftime and used free throws to pull away in the second half. Franklin County hit 18 of 22 from the line; Martinsville (1-5) was 14-for-25.
Kent and Kermit Noel each scored 16 points for the Eagles and Wright added 11. Manti Venable had 18 for Martinsville and Rasheen Penn chipped in 15.
MARTINSVILLE (71)
Penn 15, Wells 2, Breedlove 6, Walker 1, Venable 18, Falls 6, Preston 23.
FRANKLIN COUNTY (79)
Wright 11, McCall 5, Hancock 24, Noel 16, Kent 16, Adkins 5, Eggleston 2.
Martinsville||11--28--15--17-71
Franklin County||26--18--18--17-79
Three-point goals: Preston 3, Wright, McCall, Adkins.
JV: Franklin County, 61-52.
Floyd County 75, North Cross 64: After the Raiders battled back to tie the score at 52 in the third quarter, the visiting Buffaloes pulled away for a non-district victory at North Cross' gym.
Travis Cantrell hit a 3-pointer to put Floyd County ahead to stay, and Adam Harris followed with a 3 on the next possession to open a six-point lead. Cantrell, who hit five of six free throws in the fourth period, finished with a game-high 23 points.
Derrick Saunders scored 17 points and Jesse Slusher added 16 for the Buffaloes.
Brian Whitaker led North Cross (0-3) with 19 points, including four 3-pointers.
FLOYD COUNTY (75)
Osborne 6, Cantrell 23, Dalton 7, Harris 5, Swortzel 1, Slusher 16, Saunders 17.
NORTH CROSS (64)
Watkins 7, LaCroix 11, Whitaker 19, Haga 5, Fielder 2, Kelly 3, Densmore 6, Mull 11.
Floyd County||21--23---9--22-75
North Cross||13--18--22--11-64
Three-point goals: Cantrell 2, Harris, LaCroix, Whitaker 4, Haga, Kelly.
JV: Floyd County 57-28.
Rocky Gap 42, Shawsville 40: The Eagles bolted to an 11-point lead early, but narrowly escaped the Shawnees in a non-district game in Rocky Gap.
Will Dodson scored six points in the first quarter, including one of his three 3-pointers, as Rocky Gap took its early lead.
Shawsville cut the Rocky Gap advantage to two points in the fourth quarter, but never got ahead.
Dodson led the Eagles with 14 points and six rebounds. Matthew Akers added 10 points and six steals.
Chris Graham was the high scorer for Shawsville, with 12. Doug Ashworth added 10.
SHAWSVILLE (40)
Davis 2, Graham 12, Smith 2, Akers 6, Jones 4, Ashworth 10, Ryan 4.
ROCKY GAP (42)
Akers 10, Clark 2, Blessing 9, Payne 5, Dodson 14, Leighten 2.
Shawsville||-2--11--13--14-40
Rocky Gap||13---8---7--14-42
Three-point goals: Graham, M. Akers, Dodson 3.
JV: Shawsville, 43-41, OT
Bath County 54, Wilson Memorial 50: Josh Smith's layup and Jon Rodgers' 3-pointer with 6:42 left in the game put the Chargers in the lead for good as they escaped with a non-district victory over the Green Hornets in Fishersville.
Bath County (3-0) used a balanced attack to take the lead after trailing by two at halftime.
Four Chargers scorers finished in double figures, led by David Buzzard with 12. Matt Williams contributed 11, and Smith and Rodgers added 10 each. Rodgers also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
BATH COUNTY (54)
Buzzard 12, Grist 4, Manion 1, Smith 10, Alexander 6, Williams 11, Rodgers 10.
WILSON MEMORIAL (50)
M.Baker 8, Shifflett 17, P.Baker 2, Barpolacci 3, Geimen 4, Spears 10, Thompson 6.
Bath County||12--10--17--15-54
Wilson Memorial||-9--15--13--13-50
Three-point goals: Alexander 2, Shifflett 2, Rodgers, Buzzard.
JV: Bath County, 49-41.
Marion tournament
Marion 52, Carroll County 34: The Scarlet Hurricane got hot in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Cavaliers 20-12 to prevail on the first day of the Marion round-robin tournament.
Only six points were scored by the teams in the third period, five by the Scarlet Hurricane, as Marion built a 32-22 lead.
Jake Hayes led Marion with 14 points. Jeremy Ogle was the leading scorer for Carroll County, with 10.
CARROLL COUNTY (34)
Harvey 6, Gibson 1, Surratt 3, Iroler 3, Honeycutt 1, Ogle 10, Morris 2, Edwards 3, Johnson 5.
MARION (52)
Keith 3, Hall 7, Heath 1, Sage 8, Dexter 6, Rasmick 4, Hayes 14, Cohari 3, Lincoln 6.
Carroll County||14---7---1--12-34
Marion||16--11---5--20-52
Three-point goals: Edwards, Iroler.
Grayson County 52, Abingdon 41: The Blue Devils outscored the Falcons by seven points in the third quarter to break a halftime tie and win on the first day of the tournament.
Wes Self accounted for 13 of Grayson County's points. Brian McDonnell added 11.
Scott Mashburn scored a game-high 16 to lead Abingdon. The Falcons will play Christiansburg next in the tournament.
GRAYSON COUNTY (52)
Self 13, McMillian 6, Shaffner 6, Dalton 6, Phipps 2, McDonnell 11, Kyle 8.
ABINGDON (41)
Whitlock 5, Blackson 7, Mashburn 16, Basham 13, Mitchell 0.
Grayson County||-8---8--16--20-52
Abingdon||-8---8---9--16-41
Three-point goals: Self, Whitlock, Mashburn.
Christiansburg 81, Chilhowie 70: The Blue Demons built a seven-point halftime lead and used a big fourth quarter to defeat the Warriors in the round-robin Marion tournament.
Chilhowie cut the Christiansburg advantage to five at the end of the third quarter, but the Demons outscored the Warriors 27-21 in the final period to prevail.
Darrell Calloway led Christiansburg with 20 points. Carlton Ashbrook chipped in 17 points, and Ricky Williams added 10.
Earl Allen and Blake Mason each pumped in a game-high 25 points to lead Chilhowie.
CHRISTIANSBURG (81)
Porter 6, McHose 9, Williams 10, McFarland 6, Lucas 5, Calloway 20, Stone 2, Ashbrook 17, Kazee 6.
CHILHOWIE (70)
Davidson 5, Thompson 1, Allen 25, Murray 4, Mason 25, Donnelly 10.
Christiansburg||19--21--14--27-81
Chilhowie||17--16--16--21-70
Three-point goals: Porter 2, McHose, Lucas, Calloway, Ashbrook, Davidson, Mason 2, Donnelly.
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