ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 30, 1997 TAG: 9701300050
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
The Emory & Henry men's basketball team may have lost some players recently, but the ones that are left are proving to be as good or better.
Sophomore forward Tyrone Hash, from Pulaski County High School, scored a career-high 30 points Wednesday and the Wasps shocked Roanoke 106-97 in Emory. It was the Maroons' first Old Dominion Athletic Conference loss and their second overall of the season.
``They lit it up,'' Maroons coach Page Moir said. ``We got them into a comfort zone and they took over.''
The Wasps (5-11 overall, 5-5 ODAC) have won three of their past four games and have averaged 105 points in the three victories. The game was punctuated by a fight with 6:13 to play that brought a few members of the crowd out on the court to break things up.
Former William Byrd standout Donald Childress scored 17 for Emory & Henry and former Narrows guard Patrick Bailey added 10. Justin Porterfield, a freshman point guard from Northside High, had six assists.
Jason Bishop led Roanoke (14-2, 9-1) with 19 points and Jon Maher (Blacksburg) added 10 points and nine rebounds. The Maroons shoot 51.6 percent from the field, but the Wasps shot 56.7 percent.
In other games:
No. 2 Wake Forest 68, Wofford 51: Ricky Peral led a balanced Wake Forest attack with 12 points and the second-ranked Demon Deacons had little trouble beating Wofford in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Florida State 74, No.5 Maryland 70: Sophomore Randell Jackson scored a career-high 20 points and freshman Ron Hale added 17 as the Seminoles fended off a late Maryland rally.
Florida State (12-5, 3-5 ACC) led 56-43 with 10 minutes remaining, but Maryland tied the game 65-65 with 1:41 remaining on a reverse, left-handed layup by Keith Booth, who scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half. But FSU was able to hold on for the win.
No.1 Kansas 86, No.22 Texas Tech 77: Paul Pierce scored all 16 of his points in the second half to help erase No.1 Kansas' biggest halftime deficit this season and the Jayhawks went on to a victory over the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas.
The Jayhawks (21-0, 7-0 Big 12), under seige for most of the game by Red Raiders center Tony Battie, forced Texas Tech into 10 second-half turnovers to retain their status as the country's only unbeaten Division I team.
No. 3 Kentucky 92, Florida 65: The Wildcats had a bigger lineup, better players and hardly any problems as Ron Mercer and Anthony Epps led the Wildcats to a victory in Gainesville, Fla.
No.11 Iowa State 77, Nebraska 67: Dedric Willoughby scored 21 points and the Cyclones made all but one of their free throws over the final three minutes for a victory over the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb.
No.12 Duke 80, No.19 North Carolina 73: In Durham, N.C., Trajan Langdon scored a career-high 28 points and his seventh 3-pointer with 41.3 seconds left sealed it for the Blue Devils as they defeated the Tar Heels, snapping a seven-game skid against their arch rival.
No.18 Colorado 69, Kansas State 60: In Manhattan, Kan., Chauncey Billups scored 25 points, including a big 3-pointer with 2:58 to play, as the Buffaloes held off Kansas State to extend the Wildcats' losing streak to eight games and keep them winless in the Big 12.
No. 25 South Carolina 65, Vanderbilt 64: In Nashville, Tenn., Melvin Watson hit a jumper with 16 seconds left and the South Carolina beat the Commodores, extending the Gamecocks' win streak to nine games.
Hampden-Sydney 87, Washington and Lee 59: The Tigers got above .500 in the ODAC with a rout of the Generals in Hampden-Sydney. Bryan Sheridan and Chris Fox led the Tigers (12-5, 6-5) with 13 points. Rich Peterson had 14 points and seven rebounds to lead W&L (2-14, 1-9).
East Carolina 78, Old Dominion 63: In Greenville, N.C., former Patrick Henry High School starTim Basham scored 19 points as East Carolina beat the Monarchs, snapping a Pirates' two-game losing streak and keeping them in a three-way tie for the Colonial Athletic Conference lead with UNC-Wilmington and James Madison.
James Madison 72, American 60: Charles Lott scored 16 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as the Dukes defeated the Eagles in Harrisonburg.
Virginia Commonwealth 90, George Mason 77: Patrick Lee had a career-high 31 points, including 7-for-9 from 3-point distance as the Rams beat the Patriots in Richmond.
North Carolina-Wilmington 65, William & Mary 63: Bill Mayew scored 22 points, including four free throws in the final minute to help the Seahawks to a victory over the Tribe in Wilmington, N.C.
St.Bonaventure 82, Fordham 72: In New York, Rashaan Palmer had 18 points and Terry Durham added 16 as the Bonnies beat Fordham to extend the Rams' losing streak to five games.
Women
No. 8 Virginia 75, No.17 Clemson 65: Tora Suber scored 23 points and the Cavaliers held the Tigers to 18.2 percent field goal shooting in the second half in Clemson, S.C.
Monick Foote added 18 points and Renee Robinson had 10 and seven rebounds for UVa (15-4, 8-2 ACC).
Roanoke 75, Eastern Mennonite 52: Blacksburg High School graduate Suzanne Moore scored a career-high 26 points and the Maroons buried the Royals in Salem for their 13th straight victory.
``Lord, have mercy, she's good,'' said Roanoke coach Susan Dunagan.
No other player scored in double figures for Roanoke (13-1, 10-0 ODAC), but the game wasn't decided on the scoreboard as much as it was on the backboard. The Maroons outrebounded EMU (3-12, 3-9) 50-26.
Massachusetts 54, Virginia Tech 52: Kelly Drinka's 3-point attempt with one second left rimmed out and the Minutewomen edged the Hokies in Blacksburg. The loss was Tech's ninth in its past 10 games.
Kim Seaver led the Hokies (6-14, 1-8 A-10) with 10 points and 11 rebounds, her first career double-double.
Longwood 85, Coker 62: The Lancers won their 30th straight Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference game behind a career-high 21 points by Christine Roberts. Nikki Hall (Glenvar) added 15.
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