Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 24, 1991 TAG: 9102240205
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: ASHEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
Day was 12-of-19 from the field, including 8-of-11 from 3-point range. The former Blacksburg High player nailed seven 3-pointers in the first half, finishing the first 20 minutes with 28 points. He added nine assists for the game.
In a 2-minute, 45-second stretch as the half wound down, Day scored 11 straight points to help the Highlanders (21-6 overall, 12-2 Big South) take a 51-31 halftime advantage.
Ron Shelburne made eight of nine field-goal attempts and added 16 points for Radford, which shot 59 percent (36-of-61) for the game.
"We played perhaps our best game of the season tonight," Radford coach Oliver Purnell said. "We played solid defense, rebounded the ball well, got our running game going and scored on transition. And then, of course, Doug went on his binge.
"Doug was feeling it tonight, and when he gets it going - when he hits his first couple of shots - he can really turn it on. Twenty-eight points and six assists is an awful lot of offense for one person to generate in a half.
"I had been a little concerned about the fact that we had not been coming out and playing well in the first half. But after tonight, I pronounce us well."
Brent Keck led UNC-Asheville (8-19, 4-10) with 20 points.
Radford's 21-6 record was an exact reversal of last season's regular-season record, and the best turnaround in Division I basketball this season. The Highlanders are the second-seeded team in the conference, and will face Charleston Southern in the first round of the tournament Thursday night in Anderson, S.C.
RADFORD FGFTRAFPT Burgess 5-63-370113Travis 1-32-28244Shelburne 8-90-031316Day 12-196-1249038Hawkins 4-51-24529Barber 3-80-06846Joy 0-00-00000Blow 0-10-01000Horton 0-01-21111Ortiz 2-51-33115Reece 0-00-00010Gallaher 1-52-22034Noussis 0-01-21001Totals 36-6117-2845272097 UNC-ASHEVILLE FGFTRAFPTBlack 0-100-12220Watson 1-60-01002Keck 8-134-6112420Black 4-100-02228Lippard 3-72-294210Alexander 3-80-05256Sanders 4-194-434113Jacoby 2-72-24116Stamey 1-30-00022Totals 26-8312-1543171967Rebounds include team rebounds Score by periods: Radford 51-46-97 UNC-Asheville 31-36-67
Three-point goals - Radford: Day 8-11, Hawkins 0-1, Gallaher 0-1, Totals 8-13. UNC-Asheville: Black 0-5, Lippard 2-4, Alexander 0-3, Sanders 1-8, Totals 3-20.
Turnovers - Radford 17 (Shelburne 5); UNC Asheville 13 (Keck, Black, Lippard 3). Blocked shots - Radford 6 (Travis, Barber 2); UNC-Asheville 3 (Keck, Black, Sanders). Steals - Radford 11 (Burgess, Travis, Barber 2); UNC-Asheville 8 (Sanders 5).
Technical fouls - None. Officials - Steed, Styons, Spainhour. Attendance - 2,100.
by CNB