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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 3, 1992                   TAG: 9203030142
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: CHRIS STEUART
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Medium

PULASKI GIRLS HOPE TO RENEW THEIR SCORING OUTPUT IN REGIONAL PLAY

After consistently producing about 60 points a game this season, Pulaski County High goes into tonight's Northwest Region first-round game against Albemarle - in search of its offense. The game begins at 7 p.m. at Pulaski County.

In the semifinal and final of the Roanoke Valley District girls' basketball tournament Pulaski County only managed a combined 65 points.

But, Pulaski coach Rod Reedy is tempting Murphy's Law. "I just can't believe we can play that bad again," he said. "All the bad things that could happen already have."

Reedy thinks the problem is mental and not physical. "After a player gets the form down and practices it, shooting is 75 percent mental," he said.

Sunday in practice Reedy talked with his team. "We just had a heart to heart," he said. "We talked about who we are, what we've accomplished and against whom. I told them I think it is something we can shed."

The Albemarle squad has scored this year at nearly a 60-point clip, with strong running and inside games. The Patriots are coming off a district final loss just as Pulaski County is - a 59-56 overtime loss in the Western District final to G.W. Danville.

Second-year coach Anita Jenkins hopes to maintain her team's normal game plan. "We want to play our type of game. . . . We get our points in transition and by getting the ball inside," she said. `We need to limit our turnovers and play good defense on Terri Garland."

Although the Patriots are young (there are no starting seniors), they present a balanced offense. The starting five has a junior, three sophomores and a freshman.

Junior guard, Amanda Frazier led the squad with 15 points per game. Among the sophomore contingent are 6-foot-tall post players Kinser Kohen (12 ppg), and Amy Knott (10 ppg).

The third sophomore, small forward Amy McGarity, only averages around four points, but Jenkins says she is a defensive threat. Freshman point guard Sarah Trayers rounds out the starters, dishing out about seven assists a game.

These two teams met in a Thanksgiving week scrimmage. Pulaski County won, but Albemarle was without Ragland and Kinser at the time.

"Fortunately for us, she [Jenkins] saw us lose to Cave Spring Saturday," Reedy said. "What she saw wasn't Pulaski County. She saw something. I'm not sure what. But it wasn't our team."