
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 28, 1991                   TAG: 9102280220
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
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HIGHLANDERS, COACH TOP ALL-BIG SOUTH

Radford University's Ron Shelburne and Doug Day were chosen for the All-Big South Conference basketball team, and the Highlanders' Oliver Purnell was selected co-coach of the year in a vote of the league's eight coaches.

Shelburne, the Highlanders' only senior, scored 13.8 points per game to help lead the team to a 21-6 record, a substantial turnaround from the 7-22 of a year ago. Day, a sophomore guard, led the league in scoring with a 20.4 average and in 3-pointers with 99.

Purnell, who is in his third year as the Radford coach, guided the Highlanders to their second 20-victory season ever. It was the first as a Division I program. Purnell shared the honor with Clint Bryant of Augusta.

In other voting, 6-foot-7 forward Tony Dunkin of Coastal Carolina was chosen player of the year for the second straight year. Joe Spinks of Campbell was the rookie of the year.

The all-conference team:

First team - Doug Day (Radford); Ron Shelburne (Radford); Tony Dunkin (Coastal Carolina); Derek Stewart (Augusta); Robert Dowdell (Coastal Carolina).

Second team - Keenan Mann (Augusta); Joe Spinks (Campbell); George Henson (Winthrop); Harvey Minor (Charleston Southern); Brent Keck (North Carolina-Asheville); Jason Zimmerman (Davidson); Detlef Musch (Davidson); Rob Gourdine (Campbell). - Staff report

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