Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 25, 1994 TAG: 9401250195
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: CHARLESTON, S.C. LENGTH: Long
Only this time, the Highlanders were the giants that fell as Charleston Southern, the last-place team in the Big South, defeated Radford 75-71.
It was the first win for the Buckaneers in the North Charleston Coliseum. They had gone 0-7 over the past two years in the coliseum.
The win also snapped a six-game winning streak for the Highlanders, who earlier this season defeated LSU in Baton Rouge, La. Radford (12-4 overall, 6-2 Big South) had won 11 of its past 12 games and 12 of its last 13 meetings with Charleston Southern.
The Highlanders led 44-32 at halftime and 57-41 five minutes into the second half. The Bucs held Radford without a field goal for the next 6 minutes, 11 seconds and cut the lead to 60-56. Charleston Southern (4-10, 2-5) took the lead with a steal and layup by Maurice Colburn.
After the Highlanders regained the lead, T.L. Latson put the Bucs up for good with two free throws to give them a 70-69 lead. Eric Burks sank two free throws with 11 seconds left to seal the win for Charleston Southern.
Radford had 13 second-half turnovers, as opposed to six in the first half, and allowed the Bucs to grab 10 offensive rebounds in the second half, as opposed to three in the first.
"For some reason, we got really tentative against their full-court pressure in the second half and against their halfcourt pressure we just panicked," said Radford coach Ron Bradley. "I'm not really sure exactly what happened. We could see the panicked look in our guys' eyes but we couldn't seem to get it out."
Don Burgess scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Highlanders.
Burkes paced the Bucs with 22 points, and Latson had 20.
In other games Monday:
\ Furman 67, VMI 55: In Greenville, S.C., Sammie Liberatore hit three 3-pointers in a row to ignite a decisive Furman run as the Paladins handed the Keydets their 13th consecutive loss.
Steve Harris scored 14 points, and Jeff Sexton and Liberatore each added 12 as the Paladins (5-9, 3-4 Southern Conference) beat the Keydets for the 17th consecutive time in Greenville.
Maurice Spencer scored 13 points and Darryl Faulkner had 12 for the Keydets (1-13, 0-8).
\ American U. 89, William & Mary 84: In Washington, Tim Fudd scored 13 of his 24 points in the opening 10:18, and the Eagles beat the Tribe (2-13, 1-4) in the Colonial Athletic Association.
American (5-11, 2-3) led 44-35 at the intermission and opened the second half with an 8-0 run to lead 52-35 with 17:38 remaining. The Eagles expanded their advantage to 72-49 with 8:34 left to play in the game.
\ Washington and Lee 76, Emory & Henry 72: At Emory, Jonathan Coffman hit a 3-pointer with 7 seconds left to break a 72-all tie and hit a free throw with two seconds left to lead the Generals over the Wasps in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Robert Miggins led Washington and Lee (7-9, 4-6) with 16 points. Coffman added 12.
The Generals led Emory & Henry (6-7, 4-5) 42-30 at halftime.
The Wasps tied the game at 72 on a free throw by Shannon Scott with 30 seconds remaining.
J.J. Sims led Emory and Henry with 13 points.
\ Randolph-Macon 85, E. Mennonite 65: In Harrisonburg, Dan Prescott scored 28 points Monday night as the Yellow Jackets defeated the Royals in the ODAC.
Randolph-Macon (7-9, 5-5) built a 42-31 halftime lead and never relinquished it. Eastern Mennonite (2-12 0-8) was 14 of 26 from the free-throw line and turned the ball over 17 times.
Kurt Axe had 14 points and nine assists for Randolph-Macon, while Nathan Davis added 12 points and Tom Lewis 10.
\ Virginia Wesleyan 78, Bridgewater 71: In Bridgewater, Terrence English made eight of nine field-goal attempts and finished with 23 points as the Marlins held off the Eagles in the ODAC.
Bridgewater (11-4, 6-3) trailed 74-71 with less than 30 seconds left, but English hit two free throws and Rick Chalk added two more to seal the victory.
Virginia Wesleyan (7-10, 5-6) also got 18 points from Chalk and 16 from Scott Spruill.
\ Roanoke JV 104, Virginia Western 72: Derek Bryant scored 24 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Maroons junior varsity team routed Virginia Western in a non-conference game.
Roanoke JV led 59-39 at haltime.
Courtney Fitch scored 19 points for the Maroons and Adam Griffin had 18.
Lewis Johnston led Virginia Western with 19 points.
\ Coastal Carolina 86, Liberty 75: In Conway, S.C., Joey Hart scored 22 points and hit 7 of 8 from the line in the final 1:11 to help the Chanticleers to a Big South victory over the Flames.
KeKe Hicks had 25 points for Coastal (8-7, 3-4). Mohammed Acha had 17, and Phillip Richards had 10.
For Liberty (7-8, 4-3), Matthew Hildebrand had 23 points, and Jason Dixon scored 19.\ \ Women
\ Roanoke 90, Hollins 52: Four players scored in double digits as the visiting Maroons routed Hollins in a non-conference game.
Kay Caldwell led Roanoke (10-4) with 14 points. Marcee Hufton had 13, and Crystal Wilson and Kristie Workman had 12 each. Workman also grabbed seven rebounds.
Sarah Kirby paced Hollins (2-10) with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Meredith Hill scored 11 points, and Kelly Robinson had 8 assists.\
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