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

DATE: SUNDAY, March 10, 1991                   TAG: 9103100258
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short

RADFORD WOMEN WIN BIG SOUTH

Roz Groce drove the length of the floor with six seconds left and hit a leaning jumper from the left corner at the buzzer to give Radford University a 65-64 upset victory over top-seeded Campbell in the final of the Big South Conference women's basketball tournament Saturday night at the Dedmon Center.

Groce, a junior selected the tournament's most valuable player, scored 27 points to lead the Lady Highlanders (13-17) to their fourth Big South title in five years.

Junior Becky Harden scored four points and grabbed six rebounds. She was selected to the all-tournament team along with Groce after scoring a career high 28 points in the semifinals against Augusta.

Campbell's Tammy Brown, the Big South player of the year, scored 28 points and made the all-tournament team along with teammate Laurie Hood, who had 19 points. Augusta's Debbie Born was the other player on the all-tournament team.

Radford, which lost twice during the regular season to the Lady Camels, held a 33-31 halftime lead and led by eight points in the second half.

Hood's 15-footer from the right baseline with seven seconds left gave Campbell (22-7) its only lead of the second half, 64-63.

Radford called its last timeout with six seconds remaining, setting up Groce's heroics.

Big South Freshman of the Year Shannon Wilkey added 13 points for Radford, which outrebounded the Lady Camels 43-36. Brown finished with 13 rebounds for Campbell, and Jill Hilton grabbed 15 for Radford. see microfilm for box

score

by CNB