ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1993                   TAG: 9301270239
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


RAIDERS STILL PERFECT IN CONFERENCE

Marcus Cardwell scored 34 points as North Cross remained unbeaten in the Virginia Independent Conference, downing Roanoke Valley Christian 93-70 in boys' basketball Tuesday.

Cardwell scored 14 in the fourth quarter as the Raiders stopped an Eagles' comeback attempt.

North Cross (14-4 overall, 7-0 VIC) broke to a 10-point first-quarter lead and Roanoke Valley Christian never could get closer than eight the rest of the way. North Cross benefited from a huge disparity at the free-throw line, where it made 30 of 45 compared with four of six for RVC (4-7, 3-5).

Montrice Smith added 14 points for the Raiders, while Mike Bryan and Aaron Marley contributed 10 apiece.

Billy Fluker paced the Eagles with 23 points. Scott Apjok added 10 points. Brad Suhr and Josh McDermod each had seven assists for the losers. Lynchburg Christian 61i Roanoke Catholic 49

LYNCHBURG - Lynchburg Christian ran a rapid offense to pull away from the Celtics (4-15, 2-5) in the VIC. Tony Williams led Catholic with 23 points and Gabe Lyons had 19 for LCA (7-7, 5-3).



by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB