Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 24, 1993 TAG: 9301250247
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
OAK HILL OVERPOWERS FLEMING
Oak Hill's Jerry Stackhouse says there's a lot of pressure being the nation's third-ranked boys' high school basketball team."Everyone wants to get us. It's the biggest game for them. It doesn't matter whom we play; for them it's the biggest game," said Stackhouse. "I love that environment, being the dog everyone comes to get."
Saturday, William Fleming came out to get the Warriors and made it an interesting game for a half. Then Stackhouse and Jeff McInnis, who are headed to the University of North Carolina next season, sparked a turnaround in the third quarter as the Warriors pulled away for a 71-39 victory in front of an estimated 3,000 at the Crestar Classic tripleheader.
At halftime, Fleming (10-3) trailed 19-18 and had kept its poise under pressure.
In the third quarter, though, Stackhouse hit 13 points and McInnis added 10 as the Warriors (21-0) outscored the Colonels 28-11.
"Offensively, we didn't play that well in the first half," said Oak Hill coach Steve Smith. "We didn't look for the gaps in their zone. We could have penetrated. Instead we took jump shots."
Makhtar Ndiaye kept Oak Hill ahead. He had seven rebounds and 11 points in the opening half.
"We got a little impatient and started shooting quicker than we planned to do," Fleming coach Burrall Paye said of the third-quarter turnaround. "Pressure had a lot to do with it. That's the best high school team I've seen. We were down by 11 points. Do we play with them or continue and make it a respectable game? I wanted to give our kids a chance."
Fleming was paced by Jemare Crump with 15 points before he fouled out. Sophomore Derrick Hines played well at point guard, dealing with most of the pressure Oak Hill used.
The turning point might have come shortly before halftime as Fleming held for the last shot. Twice the Colonels were trapped and had to use timeouts. They got the last shot but didn't hit it.
"Fleming might have taken a couple of quick shots when we got on top of them. Then we were in a road race, and we're pretty good at that," Smith said. "I know if it had been even or a one-point game at the end of the third quarter, they would have been even more deliberate."
Oak Hill dominated the rebounding 43-24. Ndiaye had 11 rebounds. \
Cave Spring 84
Logan 53
The Knights hit eight of 18 shots from the 3-point range and coasted past Logan, W.Va., in the opening game of the Crestar Classic tripleheader.
Robbie Hibbs led Cave Spring with 21 points, including five 3-pointers. Every player for Cave Spring (5-10) scored.
Logan (7-4) had only J.D. Brammer in double figures; he had 15 points. \
Dunbar 72
Patrick Henry 33
The Patriots (2-11) led by a point early in the final game of the tripleheader before Dunbar, ranked ninth in the USA Today poll, raced away.
Dunbar (21-1), from Washington, D.C., was led by Nathan Langley with 20 points and Earl Tyson with 19.
No Patriot hit double figures, and PH's leading scorer this season, Shannon Taylor, went down with a sprained ankle early in the third quarter after scoring four points. Taylor is not expected to miss any games. \
Note
Patrick Henry has picked up its second victory of the season. The Patriots were awarded a forfeit victory over Cave Spring from their game of Jan. 15 that the Knights had won 63-58. The forfeit came because Cave Spring's Robbie Hibbs had been ejected for fighting in the previous game but did not sit out the PH game. Under new rules this year from the National Federation of State High School Associations, a player ejected for fighting in one game must sit out the next game. Hibbs was held out of the Knights' game Friday against William Fleming.
Memo: slightly longer version ran in the State edition.