Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 28, 1994 TAG: 9402280115
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Hill, the senior swingman who was a member of NCAA championship teams in 1991 and 1992, finished with 13 points, but it was the other facets of his game that helped second-ranked Duke (21-3) win its fourth consecutive game.
Hill's first field goal of the second half was a 3-pointer with 11 minutes, 44 seconds left that gave the Blue Devils a 43-34 lead. He only had one more field goal and two more free throws, but he blocked a shot by Rick Brunson with 2:40 left and his bullet pass to Cherokee Parks for a dunk as the shot clock ran out with 1:44 to play gave Duke a 54-45 lead.
No. 8 Temple (20-6), which closed its regular season with consecutive losses, struggled from the outside against Duke's man-to-man defense.
The Owls' big three - Aaron McKie, Brunson and Eddie Jones - went 1-for-18 from 3-point range.
Hill became the eighth player in Duke basketball history to have his number retired, joining former teammates Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley, as well as Dick Groat, Art Heyman, Mike Gminski, Johnny Dawkins and Danny Ferry.
In Sunday's other games:
\ George Washington 77, No. 11 Massachusetts 66: In Washington, Yinka Dare and Kwame Evans each scored 24 points as the Colonials (16-9, 8-7) continued their postseason push with an Atlantic 10 Conference victory over the Minutemen (23-6, 13-2). George Washington won its seventh consecutive game.
\ Women
No. 9 Virginia 81, North Carolina State 58: In Charlottesville, the Cavaliers (23-3, 15-1) already had clinched the top seed in the ACC Tournament, but they also wrapped up sole possession of first place with an easy victory over the Wolfpack (13-13, 6-10) at University Hall.
Four Virginia players scored in double figures, led by freshman guard Tora Suber, who had 21 of her game-high 23 points in the first half. She was 8-of-9 from the field in the half, with four 3-pointers.
It was UVa's 39th consecutive home victory, a school and ACC record. \ Saturday's games
UC Irvine 95, No. 25 New Mexico St. 87: In Irvine, Calif., Chris Brown scored 22 of his career-high 39 points in the second half as the Anteaters (7-17, 4-12) avenged a 30-point loss by beating the Aggies (19-5, 11-3) in the Big West Conference.
\ Note
MORTON HONORED: Clinch Valley basketball player Darren Morton, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Blacksburg, was named the NAIA player of the week for his performance Feb. 20-27. Morton averaged 24 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.7 steals in three games for the Cavaliers. He shot 53 percent from the field, 63 percent from 3-point range and 83 percent from the free-throw line. Guarded optimism for Duke: THree high school guards headed for Duke and two UVa recruits are among the players on the McDonald's All-America team.
The three Blue Devils recruits are: Trajan Langdon of Anchorage, Alaska; Steve Wojciechowski of Baltimore; and Ricky Price of Gardena, Calif.
Duke had more recruits on the team than any other school. Virginia (Curtis Staples and Norman Nolan), Indiana and Florida State each signed two.
by CNB