Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, December 18, 1994 TAG: 9412200040
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C12 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Cave Spring frittered away an 11-point halftime lead, survived a missed shot by the Spartans at the end of regulation and overcame a three-point overtime deficit.
Salem (1-1) went ahead 58-55 in overtime on a Matt Woolwine basket and a Kevin Garst free throw. After Ryan Reeves missed the front end of a one-and-one for the Spartans, Matheny scored inside and was fouled. He made the free throw, then Cullinan scored with 50 seconds ago to put Cave Spring (2-3) ahead 60-58.
Jeff Lang hit two free throws to ice it with nine seconds to go.
Salem rallied in the second half behind Garst, Woolwine and Bryan Monroe. The trio combined for 25 of the Spartans' 33 points in the third and fourth quarters.
Cave Spring outscored Salem 25-8 in the second quarter behind three 3-pointers from Lang and two from Cullinan.
Lang finished with 15 points, Matheny had 11 and Cullinan 10. Garst scored 22 for Salem and Monroe had 15.
Pulaski County 73
Heritage 53
DUBLIN - Eric Webb scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the first half as the Cougars (2-0) opened a 16-point lead and never looked back en route to a victory over the Pioneers in a non-district game.
Webb, Timesland's defensive player of the year in football, made nine of 19 field-goal attempts and grabbed 16 rebounds.
Girls
Pulaski County 57
St.Mary's (Md.) 53
DUBLIN - Carrie McConnell hit eight of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter and scored a game-high 20 points as the Cougars (4-0) defeated St.Mary's (3-4) to win the Pulaski County Invitational tournament.
Cave Spring 73
Albemarle 57
DUBLIN - Emily Rappold scored six of her 10 points in the first quarter to spark the Knights to the early lead and they went on to a victory over the Cavaliers in the first game of the Pulaski County Invitational doubleheader.
Jaclyn Banks scored 15 points and added 12 rebounds, Aimee Beightol scored 14 points to go with 12 assists and her twin sister, Allison, added eight assists and six points for Cave Spring (2-2).
Albemarle's Kelly McCandlish, a 6-foot-2 forward, scored 17 points.
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