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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 21, 1993                   TAG: 9307210064
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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BASKETBALL-HAWKS ADVANCE DESPITE LOSS

Curtis Staples scored 30 points Tuesday as the Roanoke Hawks lost to Team Detroit 92-88 in the boys' 17-and-under national championships at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.

It was the second loss in three games for the Hawks, who, nonetheless, were one of two teams from their pool to advance based on a tie-breaker system. Roanoke earlier had lost to Fayco (W.Va.) Speed 74-72 when point guard Derrick Hines was sidelined by back pain, then Roanoke beat the Ozark (Mo.) Saints 82-79 after Hines' return.

Staples has 62 points in three games for the Hawks, who begin double-elimination play this morning at 9.

by CNB