ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: SATURDAY, September 17, 1994                   TAG: 9411010056
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: COVINGTON                                  LENGTH: Medium


MOUNTAINEERS SURVIVE SCARE

Tasha Chapman hit two free throws with four seconds remaining to lift Alleghany to a 48-46 girls' high school basketball victory over Covington on Thursday night.

The Cougars (3-2) erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit and tied the score 46-46 on Nancy Sawver's 3-pointer with 16 seconds to play.

After a Mountaineer timeout with seven seconds left, Chapman, who scored 18 points, took an inbounds pass and picked up a foul while driving on the baseline. She hit both ends of a one-and-one.

Chapman was 9-for-11 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter.

The Cougars, who beat Alleghany earlier this season for the first time in 12 years, were led by Sawver's 14 points. Jo Ann Hylton added 13.

Highland 53

Harman, W.Va. 43

HARMAN, W.Va. - April Rexrode scored 23 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Rams rolled past the Panthers.

Highland (1-2) outscored Harman (1-1) 19-6 in the third quarter en route to the non-district victory.

Chrissy Lambert had 22 points for Harman.

Fort Chiswell 50

Radford 42

FORT CHISWELL - Fort Chiswell's pressing defense stifled the Bobcats and helped earn the Pioneers their first victory of the season in the non-district game.

Amber Gunter scored 15 points and Trish Stuart added 12 for Fort Chiswell (1-3).

Crystal Hubbard scored a game-high 20 points for the Bobcats.

Parry McCluer 37

Riverheads 17

GREENVILLE - The Gladiators shot 1-for-21 against the Fighting Blues' 2-3 zone in the first half and Parry McCluer went on to a non-district rout.

Misty Snider scored 14 points to lead the Blues, who held Riverheads (2-2) to two points in the first half.

Bassett 51

Chatham 40

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