ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 12, 1995                   TAG: 9503140161
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: E-1   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: M.J. DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short


NORTH CAROLINA ESCAPES MARYLAND IN OT

The boys' basketball season came down to a third option for Parry McCluer.

Trailing by a point with 5.1 seconds left in overtime Friday night, the Fighting Blues had used their last timeout to set up an inbounds play underneath Council's basket. But the Cobras had Parry McCluer's top two scorers - Mike McElroy and Brandon Garrett - well-covered.


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