Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 22, 1994 TAG: 9401230003
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: M.J. DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Medium
Then, Bobby Wimbush brought everything crashing down for the Cougars.
GW-Danville's 6-foot-6 center took over inside in the final period.
The sophomore scored 12 points. He grabbed five rebounds. And his Eagles surged past Pulaski County 88-74 in a non-district game.
The victory was the seventh in eight games for George Washington (11-2), the No. 10 team in the state Group AAA poll.
Pulaski County's record fell to 4-6.
Wimbush put the Eagles in front for good with a layup 10 seconds into the final period, breaking a tie at 59.
In the next two minutes, he would score twice more on follow shots as GW-Danville opened a 10-point lead.
"We told the guards to look inside for the big men," Wimbush said. "And we started to run [offensively] what we've worked on in practice."
With Wimbush playing the lead role, the Eagles outrebounded Pulaski County 16-5 and outscored the Cougars 29-16 to break open the game. The final score was GW's largest lead.
The final-quarter flurry overshadowed the successful return of Eric Webb to the Pulaski County lineup. Last season, Webb led Pulaski County in five statistical categories - scoring, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks - and was named to the Timesland Sizzling Sophomores team.
But the 6-3 junior forward suffered a broken jaw in a state football semifinal in December and missed the Cougars' first nine basketball games.
Webb made his first shot 17 seconds into the game. He hit plenty more, going 10-for-21 from the field and scoring a game-high 24 points. He had 17 of those points in the first half as the Cougars held a 40-39 lead. \
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