Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, January 27, 1994 TAG: 9401270238
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
Wednesday night, UVa would have been sunk without them.
The Cavaliers were 10-of-18 on 3-pointers, including another improbable bank shot by forward Junior Burrough, in rallying for a 61-59 victory over Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
Burrough, who banked in a 3-pointer in Virginia's 81-77 upset of then-No. 3 North Carolina, hit another banker with 3:15 remaining Wednesday night to give the Cavaliers their first lead since the opening minutes.
"Hopefully, I don't need any more," said Burrough, who was 2-of-16 from inside the arc but made both of his 3-point shots.
"If I shoot it and it banks in, it doesn't matter to me how it goes in. I'm shooting it for the net. I'm not shooting it for the backboard."
Jones certainly wasn't complaining after the Cavaliers raised their record to 11-5 overall and 5-2 in the ACC. It was UVa's eighth victory in the past 10 games, five as underdog.
"We stole this one," Jones said. "I don't know that we deserved it, but we got it and we ain't giving it back. We just want to hurry up, shower and get out of here."
Wake Forest (12-6, 3-3) led by 12 points with just over 10 minutes remaining, but did not have a field goal in the last 9:18 and shot 6-for-22 in the second half.
The Deacons made 18 of 20 free throws, including a pair by freshman Tim Duncan with 1:26 left that tied the game for the last time, 59-59.
After a succession of fouls by the Deacons, Virginia got the go-ahead basket on a drive to the hoop and layup by 6-7 senior Cornel Parker.
It was retribution for Parker, who went past Randolph Childress for the winning basket. Parker had spent most of the game shadowing Childress, who led the Deacons with 20 points.
"I was mad," Parker said. "I felt like I was playing pretty good defense, but he kept piling up the points. I wasn't doing much on offense, which is why they might have relaxed at the end."
Childress had two chances to win it for the Deacs - a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left and a driving layup after UVa's Jason Williford had missed a free throw with 5.6 seconds left.
"I looked up at the clock when I passed halfcourt," Childress said. "I had plenty of time, so I went all the way. I was fouled. I was hit two or three times."
The Cavaliers didn't agree with him, but wouldn't have been surprised to hear the whistle blow, Williford said. It marked the sixth game they have won after trailing in the second half.
"Some things bounced our way - Junior's bank shot, a tip-in [by Chris Alexander] after Harold Deane missed a layup," Jones said. "Things like that on the road are the difference between winning and losing."
The Cavaliers, who trailed by 16 points in the first half, were fortunate to be down 32-24 at the break. Wake missed its last three shots after hitting 12 of its first 22.
Even that figure was misleading because Wake opened the game 0-for-6. The Deacs didn't score until Childress had a steal and layup with 16:37 remaining, but that's all it took to get them started.
Wake made eight shots in a row before its next misses, then added three free throws by Childress to go ahead 23-7 with 8:10 remaining. That gave Childress 11 points en route to a 14-point half.
Parker got the job done in the halfcourt, but Childress got his first-half points mainly off of steals, loose balls and free throws.
It appeared that Childress had broken Virginia's back in the second half when he hit a 3-pointer and was fouled by Parker, resulting in a four-point play that made it 47-35 with 10:22 left.
"I'll give him the 3-pointer," Parker said. "It goes through your mind that maybe it's just not your night, but I was mad more than anything because I thought we had been outhustled."
The Cavaliers were led by Williford, who had 17 of his game-high 23 points in the second half. Williford was 9-of-14 from the field, but the Cavaliers shot only 40.4 percent (23-of-57).
"This was a great win for Virginia and a difficult loss for us," Wake coach Dave Odom said. "From one perspective [shooting], it was not a well-played game, but the defense was excellent from both sides." \
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