Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 26, 1994 TAG: 9401260406
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Long
Bruce Jacobs added 16 points and Stephen Shrader had 14 as Liberty (10-1) had five players score in double figures. The Minutemen led 52-35 at halftime and never look back.
William Campbell (1-9) got 19 points from Robert Adams but was outscored 49-30 in the second half. \
Graham 80
Radford 58
GRAHAM - John Nunley had 19 points and 8 rebounds to lead the balanced G-Men to a non-district victory over the Bobcats.
Jacob Dews and Kyron Kelley each pumped in 17 points as Graham (9-2) had five players score in double figures.
Radford (4-10) got 11 points from Casey Underwood and 10 from C.C. Chapman. The Bobcats were outscored 18-9 in the third quarter as Graham built a 60-43 lead.
\ Abingdon 59
Carroll County 53
HILLSVILLE - Abingdon turned a nine-point halftime deficit into a lead by the end of the third quarter and hung on for a non-district victory over the Cavaliers.
Wes Basham scored 15 of his game-high 24 points in the second half to pace the win by the Falcons (9-3). He had seven points in the third period, when Abingdon outscored the hosts 19-7. Carroll (4-7) was led by John Wolford's 17 points. \
Gateway Christian 70
Joy Ranch 50
HILLSVILLE - Aaron Meadows scored eight of his 15 points in the first quarter as the Crusaders whipped Joy Ranch in a non-conference game.
Gateway (4-2) bolted to a 22-10 lead after one quarter and never was threatened. Jay Perfater scored 13 points for the Crusaders and Ryan Gordon added eight points and 11 rebounds.
Chris Rice led Joy Ranch with a game-high 26 points. \
Staunton River 44
Rustburg 42
RUSTBURG - Cornelius Foxx converted a three-point play with nine seconds left as the Golden Eagles won a Seminole District game.
Jeff Zimmerman had 17 points for Staunton River (5-4), which held off a Rustburg rally in the fourth quarter.
The Red Devils (1-8) got 17 points from Chip Elliott. \
Giles 61
Narrows 46
NARROWS - Aaron Myers led the Spartans' first quarter scoring outburst, propelling Giles to a Mountain Empire District win over the Green Wave.
Giles (3-6, 3-4) stormed to a 21-6 lead after one period - nine of those points on three 3-pointers from Myers.
Narrows (1-7, 1-5) never got closer than seven points after that. Marty Smith added 16 points for Giles and Bryan Pruett led the Green Wave with 13.
\ Tazewell 76
Christiansburg 60
TAZEWELL - Four players scored in double figures as Tazewell beat Christiansburg in a non-district game.
Kon Patterson led Tazewell (8-3) with 16 points. Jason Strong and Mike Hairston each had 12, and Scott Phipps had 10.
Denny Self led all scorers with 24 for Christiansburg (7-8), which got no closer than eight points in the second half.
Tazewell's balanced scoring was evident in the first quarter, when the Bulldogs took a 19-6 lead. Rick Snapp and Patterson contributed six points and Strong had five. \
George Wythe 65
PH-Glade Spring 60
WYTHEVILLE - The Maroons used their full-court pressure to nail down a Hogoheegee District win over the Rebels.
George Wythe (7-4, 6-1) outscored PH-Glade Spring (3-7, 2-4) 19-8 in the second period, forcing the Rebels to make six turnovers in the quarter.
Aaron Andrews led the Maroons with 21 points and Jeff Troy added 11.
\ Salem 73
Rockbridge County 53
LEXINGTON - Salem's Mark Byington had 25 points as the Spartans drilled Rockbridge County in a Blue Ridge District game.
The game matched Timesland's top two scorers, Byington (26.8 points per game) and Rockbridge County's Marty Early. Early, averaging 24.4 points per game, was held to seven.
Byington, meanwhile, had 19 of his points in the first half, when Salem (10-0 overall, 3-0 in the district, ranked second in Group AA) took a 40-22 lead. \
Girls
\ Pulaski County 63\ Franklin County 56
Jodie Hallett scored 20 points as Pulaski County outlasted Franklin County in a Roanoke Valley District game.
Pulaski (8-3 overall, 4-0 in the district) led by 12 at halftime, but Franklin County (3-6, 1-5) cut the deficit to four. Patricia Campbell missed two free throws - two of the Eagles' 18 misses in 28 attempts - with a chance to cut the deficit to two with about 1 minute, 30 seconds left, and Pulaski pulled away.
Kara Bockner had 12 for Pulaski, and Carrie McConnell and Kim Cruise each had 10. Natalie Giles had 21 to lead Franklin County. Sandy Hudson added 11 and Campbell 10. \
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