Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 9, 1993 TAG: 9311090138
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Reynolds, a 6-foot-3 guard, picked the Chanticleers over Winthrop and VMI.
"He's got all the skills you'd want in a two-guard [shooting guard]," Fleming coach Burrall Paye said. "He's an excellent athlete and a tremendous ball-handler, plus he's probably our best defensive player."
Reynolds averaged 10.3 points and 6.4 assists as a junior, when he hit 45.9 percent of his field-goal attempts and 76 percent of his free throws. He hit nearly 42 percent of his 3-point attempts.
Reynolds will be one of three players from the Roanoke Valley to sign letters-of-intent during the period that starts Wednesday and runs until Nov. 17. The others are Salem's Mark Byington, who has committed to North Carolina-Wilmington, and Curtis Staples, a former Patrick Henry star now at Oak Hill Academy who is headed to Virginia.
"It's been a dream of mine since I was a child to get a scholarship to play basketball," Reynolds said. "Coastal has four Big South championships in the last five years, so it's a program that's already established, and the academics was just as impressive as the athletics."
Paye said Reynolds had the potential to average 20 points for Fleming, which loses three starters from a team that finished 22-6 and reached the Group AAA state semifinals.
"It's just a matter of confidence and not getting down on myself when I make a mistake," Reynolds said. "As you get more mature you realize you can't always be perfect out there."
\ Mountain Empire District
\ Floyd County 82, Giles 41: Thirteen Floyd County players scored as the Buffaloes trounced the Spartans in a quarterfinals game at Max Meadows to stay undefeated against district teams this season.
Leigh Ann Pursiful scored 14 points, Brennen O'Neil add 12 and Carrie Chaffin chipped in 11 for Floyd County (19-0).
With 13 points, Gina Claytor was the lone double-digit scorer for the Spartans (7-13).
The Buffaloes will play the winner of today's Auburn-Narrows game Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
\ Shawsville 56, Rocky Gap 47: At Max Meadows, the Shawnees used free throws to stymie a second-half rally by the Eagles and advance to the third round.
Shawsville (14-5) outscored Rocky Gap 19-2 in the second quarter to take a 31-18 halftime lead. The Eagles (10-10) bounced back to cut the lead to four in the fourth quarter, but the Shawnees sank nine of 17 free throws for the win.
Robin Burdette scored 18 points and Kelley Ryan had 15 for Shawsville.
The Shawnees will play the winner of today's Galax-Fort Chiswell game Thursday at 8 p.m.\ see microfilm for box score
by CNB