ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: SUNDAY, February 9, 1992                   TAG: 9202090088
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: D8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: HAMPDEN-SYDNEY                                LENGTH: Short


ROANOKE WINS 81-74

Kevin Martin scored 25 points and Rick Becker added 24 Saturday as Roanoke defeated Hampden-Sydney 81-74 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

Roanoke (12-9 overall, 9-5 ODAC) trailed 43-37 at the half, but rallied behind strong rebounding and clutch free-throw shooting.

The Maroons out-rebounded Hampden-Sydney (16-5, 10-4) 24-18 in the second half. Roanoke led 74-72 with 22 seconds remaining before going on a 7-2 run to end the game. All seven points came on free throws.

Dustin Fonder was 4-for-4, Hillary Scott 5-for-6, Martin 5-for-5 and Becker 6-for-8 at the line for the Maroons.

Mike Murphy helped out with team-highs of 10 rebounds and four assists.

Russell Turner led Hampden-Sydney with 17 points before fouling out with 3:15 remaining. Michael Wilson had 16 points and Everett Joyner 11.

The Tigers turned the ball over only four times, but shot 35 percent (27-76) from the field. \

see microfilm for box score

Keywords:
BASKETBALL



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