
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 17, 1991                   TAG: 9102170097
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: STORRS, CONN.                                LENGTH: Short

STATE EDGES UCONN

Rodney Monroe scored 24 points, 17 in the second half, and Connecticut missed two shots in the final three seconds as North Carolina State beat the Huskies 60-59 in a non-conference college basketball game Saturday.

Chris Corchiani hit a free throw and bonus with 20 seconds left to give the Wolfpack the 60-59 lead. Corchiani fouled Chris Smith with 4.6 seconds remaining, but the Huskies weren't in the bonus situation yet so they got the ball out of bounds.

Smith missed a 15-foot shot with three seconds left, and Scott Burrell's tip-in attempt bounced off the back of the rim and out.

The Wolfpack (15-7), who scored 10 points under their previous low this season, are the first non-Big East team to beat the Huskies (15-8) at Storrs Field House in the 55 games since Connecticut joined the conference. It was only N.C. State's fourth victory in 11 games on the road.

N.C. ST.MPFGFTRAFPT Gugliotta353-114-5134312Feggins283-131-27127K.Thompson355-90-090110Corchiani40 1-102-22844Monroe409-275-750224Bakalli221-20-05123Totals20022-7212-1641141460 UCONNMPFGFTRAFPT Burrell367-144-10104319Walker233-50-07026Sellers352-40-012024Smith405-193-4341 14Pikiell231-30-02442Gwynn234-90-03239DePriest151-30-04002Cyrulik51-21-24013To tals20024-598-1645141659

N.C. State 2535-60 Connecticut2435-59

Three-point goals-N.C. State 4-24 (Gugliotta 2-8, Corchiani 0-7, Monroe 1-7, Bakalli 1-2); Connecticut 3-13 (Burrell 1-5, Smith 1-7, Gwynn 1-1).

Turnovers-N.C. State 4, Connecticut 12.

Technical fouls-None.

Officials-Lembo, Gray, Donato.

A-8,241 (at Connecticut).

by CNB