Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 9, 1994 TAG: 9401090119
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
It was the seventh consecutive victory for the Hokies (9-1), whose only loss this season was to 17th- ranked Virginia. The 1988-89 and 1992-93 teams also won seven in a row.
Tech took advantage of 26 fouls called against the Moccasins, hitting 34 of 39 free throws.
The Hokies held a 49-40 lead with 15 minutes, 56 seconds to play, but Tennessee-Chattanooga (4-7) rallied to go up 65-60 with five minutes, 44 seconds remaining. Tech tied the score at 73 on a jumper by Lisa Leftwich and took the lead on two free throws by Sue Logsdon with 46 seconds left.
Logsdon finished with 15 points, Jenny Root scored 14, Angela Donnell had 12 and Leftwich finished with 10 points and six assists for the Hokies.
Deidre Hinton led the Mocs with 18 points.
Tech guard Terri Garland injured her left shoulder during the first half and did not return to the game. Julie Felix, the Hokies' trainer, said the former Pulaski County High School standout has a strained rotator cuff and her status is day-to-day.
In other games:
\ Roanoke 89, Bridgewater 78: In Bridgewater, Crystal Wilson scored a game-high 19 points, and Kay Caldwell added 16 as the Maroons rolled past the Eagles in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Roanoke (6-3, 4-0) trailed 42-38 at halftime, but outscored Bridgewater (6-4, 4-2) 51-36 in the second half. The Eagles turned over the ball 27 times. The Maroons' Kristie Workman had five steals.
Roanoke connected on 47 percent of its field-goal attempts.
\ Radford 77, Liberty 67: In Radford, Shannan Wilkey had a game-high 25 points and five steals as the Highlanders snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Flames in the Big South Conference.
Wilkey connected on 11 of 19 field-goal attempts, and Radford hit 45 percent. Nicole Gardiner added 20 points for the Highlanders (5-4, 3-0), who held Liberty (1-8, 0-3) to 38 percent shooting.
The Flames turned over the ball 21 times.
\ Washington and Lee 48, Wesley 38: In Dover, Del., the Generals used a balanced attack to defeat Wesley in a non-conference game.
Freshman center Virginia Yoerg led Washington and Lee (3-3) with a game-high nine points. Mary Tankard, Sandra Holmes and Stacy Williams added eight apiece for the Generals, who have won their past three games.
Wesley cut Washington and Lee's lead to 35-33 midway through the second half, but went on a 5-0 run - sparked by Williams' three-point play - to pull away.
\ Maryville 93, Ferrum 59: In Maryville, Tenn., Jamie Parrott scored a game-high 24 points as Maryville rolled past the Panthers in a non-conference game.
Ferrum (5-4) trailed 39-26, and things got worse from there. The Panthers turned over the ball 21 times and were outrebounded 53-32.
Dianne Smith and Marlo Jamison-Ferguson led Ferrum with 10 points apiece.
\ Greensboro 68, Hollins 40: Stephanie Manus scored 23 points as the Hornets used a strong second half to overpower the hosts in a non-conference game.
Hollins (0-6) was led by Sarah Kirby's 11 points and Nicole Methena's nine.
Greensboro led 24-16 at the half, then broke it open.
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