Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994 TAG: 9403030127
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ANDREA KUHN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The senior center had 14 points and nine rebounds in the second half and rallied the Bishops to a 70-67 first-round victory over Roanoke. North Carolina Wesleyan (20-7) advances to play at Maryville, Tenn., on Saturday.
"We just tried to play our game in the second half," Tyson said. "I think we just wanted it more than they did. . . . It was determination. I didn't want this to be my last game."
The Maroons (23-5) tied the score at 67 with 57 seconds remaining when Suzanne Moore made an 18-foot jumper from the right side. But the Bishops' Kinsey Pritchett retaliated with 45 seconds left to make it 69-67.
Roanoke's Marcee Hufton put Chris Webb on the free-throw line with 15 seconds left. The junior forward converted one of two attempts to make the score 70-67.
The Maroons botched their final play designed to have Hufton shoot a 3-pointer. Kristie Workman took a last-ditch shot at the top of the 3-point line, but it bounced off the front of the rim.
"[N.C. Wesleyan] played it well," said Roanoke coach Susan Dunagan, when asked about the Maroons' final possession. "Kristie had the open shot, it just didn't fall. That's the way things went in the second half."
Roanoke's shooting in the second half was as dismal as the weather outside, which made the lights at the Bast Center flicker several times. The Maroons were 7-of-41 (17 percent) and made only one field goal in the first 13 minutes of the half.
The Bishops trailed by six points at halftime, but quickly made up the difference by scoring the opening eight points after the break. N.C. Wesleyan went ahead on a Tyson layup with 12 minutes, 26 seconds remaining.
Tyson, who had two points in the first half, scored 10 consecutive points in a five-minute span that put the Bishops, champions of the Dixie Conference, up 58-50.
"Lisa usually gets off in the first half, but they played pretty good defense on her and she got frustrated," said John Brackett, N.C. Wesleyan's coach.
The Bishops made 18 of 26 attempts from the free-throw line (69 percent), while Roanoke was 17-of-30 (57 percent).
It was the last game for Roanoke seniors Workman and Kay Caldwell. Workman had eight points, seven assists and three steals. Caldwell had four points in 19 minutes of play. The former Cave Spring High School standout injured her right wrist in a collision at the end of the first half.
"Losing Kay was big," said sophomore Lori Boyd, who had one of her best games of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds. "We didn't really get down on ourselves, we just weren't clicking and had a hard time communicating."
Junior center Crystal Wilson had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Maroons.
by CNB