Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, November 27, 1995 TAG: 9511280039
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Virginia Commonwealth led 26-24 at the half, capitalizing on 13 turnovers by James Madison.
In the second half, with Virginia Commonwealth's starters in foul trouble, reserves Patrick Lee, Marcus Reed and John Smith helped the Rams register their first victory against a Colonial Athletic Association team since joining the league this year.
Lee, fouled by Ryan Culicerto after sinking a 3-pointer, completed a four-point play to give Virginia Commonwealth a 10-point lead with 9:22 left. The Rams increased their lead to 59-47 four minutes later on Smith's two free throws.
With Charles Lott, Culicerto and James Pelham combining for five consecutive points, the Dukes drew to 61-56 with 2:19 left, but Virginia Commonwealth's Ivan Chappell sank four consecutive free throws to end the threat.
Darren McLinton led James Madison with 21 points.
Auburn 82, No.13 Louisville 78: The Tigers erased an 18-point deficit midway through the second half and held the Cardinals to just five points over the final 5:29 in the championship game of the Puerto Rico Shootout.
Led by center Pat Burke and guards Lance Weems and Derek Caldwell, the Tigers began their surge as Louisville's offense, which countered with the services of 6-foot-9 center Samaki Walker for the first time this season, came to a grinding halt.
Burke began the rally with two free throws to cut the Cardinals' lead to 73-63 with 5:29 to go. Weems and Caldwell followed with 11 straight points over the next 21/2 minutes to give the Tigers (3-0) a 74-73 lead with 2:43 left.
Weems' 3-pointer with 1:42 to play gave the Tigers a 77-73 lead.
Louisville (2-1) closed within two as Walker, who was suspended for the first two games of the season due to NCAA rules violations, made a layup to make it 77-75, but Weems and Burke followed with four straight free throws to push Auburn's lead to six with 20 seconds left.
W. Kentucky 71, La Salle 63: Pat Thornton scored 17 points, leading five players in double figures as the Hilltoppers held off the Explorers for seventh place in the San Juan Shootout.
Taking advantage of La Salle's poor shooting, the Hilltoppers put together a 13-2 run early in the second half for a 53-37 lead on Tony Lovan's three-point play with 13:51 to go.
Romaine Haywood, who led La Salle (0-3) with 17 points, scored two free throws to cut Western's lead to 58-48 with less than eight minutes to go. Everett Catlin and Mike Gizzi each had baskets in a 17-3 La Salle run that cut the lead to 61-59 with 2:43 left.
Western, however, surged to 67-59 with 31 seconds to play on consecutive baskets by Chris Robinson, Brad Divinie and Michael Fraliex.
Other games
Clemson 83, N.Carolina-Asheville 41: In Clemson, S.C., forward Greg Buckner scored 15 points and the Tigers were 22-of-28 from the field in a win over North Carolina-Asheville.
Clemson (1-0) scored 22 of the first 25 points in the second half to break the game open after leading North Carolina-Asheville 33-20 at the half.
Josh Pittman led North Carolina-Asheville (1-1) with nine points.
The Bulldogs shot just 6 of 20 from the field during the second half and at one point went more than 12 minutes without a field goal.
Keuka 93, Washington and Lee 79: Six-foot-10 center Antoine Hyman scored 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Warriors over the Generals in the consolation game of the Carnegie Mellon Invitational in Pittsburgh.
Cam Dyer led the Generals (0-5) with 26 points and Jon Coffman added 17 points.
Keuka (2-3) led 75-48 before Washington and Lee made a late run to cut its deficit to 88-78.
The Generals resume action Tuesday night when they face VMI for the first time in 54 seasons.
Hampden-Sydney 87, St.Mary's, Md. 72: In Upper Marlboro, Md., Bryan Sheridan scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Hampden-Sydney to an 87-72 victory over St.Mary's.
Hampden-Sydney (3-0) led 30-37 at and remained strong as Maurice Ross added 15 points and 12 rebounds and Ryan Odom scored 14 points.
St. Mary's (1-1) was led by Kenny Logan with 17 points and Barry Friedman, who scored 16.
Women
Old Dominion 67, No.2 Georgia 64: In Norfolk, Ticha Penicheiro stole the ball for a layup with 42 seconds left for the go-ahead points as the Lady Monarchs defeated the Bulldogs in the final round of the Dial Soap Classic.
A 3-pointer by Old Dominion's Sarah Willyerd tied the score at 62 with 1:53 remaining. LaKeshia Frett made a jumper for Georgia (1-1) to make it 64-62 with 1:27 remaining.
A foul shot by Mary Andrade put Old Dominion (2-0) within one point with 58 seconds left, followed by Penicheiro's steal from Rachel Powell.
Willyerd, who was 7-for-7 on free throw shooting, insured the victory with two foul shots with 12 seconds left.
Andrade and Willyerd led Old Dominion with 14 points each.
Roundtree led the Lady Bulldogs with 22 points.
SMU 86, Radford 59: Kerri Delaney led four players in double figures with 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Mustangs defeated the Highlanders in Radford.
Claudia Brassard added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Southern Methodist, which led 41-23 at halftime despite shooting 31 percent from the field.
Radford shot just 19 percent in the half, making only five of 27 field-goal attempts. Kim Hairston led the Highlanders with 13 points.
Saturday's games
Duke 88, No.10 Iowa 81: The Blue Devils used their fast break and clutch 3-point shooting to outlast the Hawkeyes and capture the Great Alaska Shootout championship in Anchorage.
Chris Collins scored 30 points and made five 3-pointers and Ricky Price added 25 points for the unranked Blue Devils.
Iowa appeared to be on its way to a victory when Jess Settles drove for a basket, stole the inbounds pass to score again and then sank a free throw to give the Hawkeyes their biggest lead, 69-58 with 6:58 remaining.
But Collins put up six points in the next three minutes and Duke outscored Iowa 10-1 to pull even at 70 with 4:04 to go
The Blue Devils iced the win on two fast breaks.
Note
SCHWAB SUSPENDED: Hampden-Sydney basketball coach Tony Shaver has suspended senior forward Nate Schwab for breaking team rules.
Schwab will be banned from play for eight games, Shaver said. He announced the suspension in a news release and did not elaborate on what rules Schwab is accused of breaking.
``I am disappointed with the necessity of this suspension,'' Shaver said. ``However, once it is completed I expect Nate to return to his role as a key member of our team.''
Schwab is the tenth all-time leading scorer in school history.
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