Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1994 TAG: 9402230021
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ANDREA KUHN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The Roanoke women's team will face eighth-seeded Eastern Mennonite at 1 p.m. in the first round. The men meet No. 8 Lynchburg at 3 p.m.
In the men's game, Roanoke (23-1 overall, 17-1 ODAC) can set a school record for consecutive victories in a season, surpassing the 19-game run in 1972 by the Maroons' NCAA small college championship team. Roanoke tied the record with a victory over Hampden-Sydney on Saturday.
The Maroons, the No. 1 team in the NCAA Division III South Region rankings, will attempt to contain the Hornets' Anthony Cummings, a former standout at Cave Spring High School. Cummings averages 18.2 points and 8.9 rebounds per game while shooting 56.8 percent from the field.
Lynchburg (10-14, 7-11) also has the ODAC's most accurate 3-point shooter in Otis Tucker, a freshman from Lynchburg. Tucker is averaging 16.9 points per game and shoots 51 percent from beyond the arc.
The Maroons, whose only loss of the season was Dec. 1 to Emory & Henry, are led by senior Hilliary Scott (19.1 ppg, 8.0 rpg) and junior Bryant Lee (15.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg).
The Roanoke women's team (20-4, 18-0), the regular-season conference champion, has won the ODAC tournament and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament the past three years. The NCAA has expanded its women's tournament to 40 teams, and the ODAC tournament winner will receive an automatic bid for the first time.
The Maroons are led by senior guards Kay Caldwell (14.4 ppg) and Kristie Workman (5.7 rpg), and junior center Crystal Wilson (14.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg). All three never have lost an ODAC tournament game.
Eastern Mennonite (7-17, 5-13) is paced by sophomore forward Becky Miller (7.5 rpg).
Six other first-round games - alternating men's and women's - will be played Thursday. In women's games, No. 2 Randolph-Macon (17-6, 14-4) plays No. 7 Lynchburg (8-16, 6-12) at 10 a.m., No. 3 Guilford (13-5, 14-0) takes on No. 6 Emory & Henry (7-17, 7-11) at 2 p.m. and No. 4 Virginia Wesleyan (16-8, 13-5) faces Bridgewater (12-12, 10-8) at 7:15 p.m.
In men's games, No. 2 Hampden-Sydney (20-4, 15-3) takes on No. 7 Guilford (10-13, 8-10) at noon, No. 3 Randolph-Macon (12-12, 10-8) plays No. 6 Emory & Henry (11-13, 8-10) at 4 p.m. and No. 4 Bridgewater (15-9, 10-8) faces No. 5 Virginia Wesleyan (11-13, 9-9) at 9:15 p.m.
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