ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 1995 TAG: 9512070061
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: ROUNDUP
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STAFF REPORTS
Last season, three Virginia Tech seniors scored 43 points as the Hokies surprised Virginia 69-62. So, was it a thirst for revenge that drove No. 5 Virginia to a 80-38 victory Wednesday in Charlottesville?
No, said Virginia coach Debbie Ryan, although she said her players were disappointed to find Virginia Tech's Jenny Root, Christi Osborne and Angela Donnell had graduated.
``It's just not something that I really believe in,'' Ryan said. ``The players probably have some memories,'' of January's loss.
Virginia Tech coach Carol Alfano agreed.
``It had nothing to do with last year, getting revenge and all that stuff. We're just a little banged up, a little hurt and a little young. There's nothing you can do about that.''
The Cavaliers (4-1) were also a little banged up: Wendy Palmer played through a case of the flu, and Monick Foote was treated at a hospital emergency room for an inner ear infection. After receiving treatment, Foote came directly to University Hall, suited up and went on the floor with 9:25 left in the first half.
Palmer grabbed 13 rebounds, 11 of them in the first half, to pace the Cavaliers to a 52-33 rebounding average. Foote finished with 12 points.
``They have a lot of character and a lot of heart,'' Ryan said. ``Wendy probably decided to play tonight because Monick wasn't going to play. They both played well.''
The Cavaliers shot 43 percent from the floor while holding Virginia Tech (0-3) to 29 percent shooting.
Jeffra Gausepohl led Virginia with 17 points, and Demya Walker had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Katie O'Connor led Virginia Tech with 11 points, and Floyd's Lynette Nolley scored 10.
In other women's games:
Davidson 88, Radford 77: In Davidson, N.C., Carolyn Kirsch and Kerry Brown combined for 40 points as the Wildcats notched their first-ever victory over the Highlanders.
Kim Hairston led Radford (2-4) with 20 points, and Rebecca McNeil added 18.
Davidson (4-2) led 44-32 at halftime.
Roanoke 79, Guilford 74: In Greensboro, N.C., Marcee Hufton scored 24 points and made five of five 3-point field-goal attempts to lead the Maroons to an Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory over the Quakers.
Roanoke (5-1, 3-0) led by 16 points in the first half before a 14-2 Guilford run cut the lead to 41-39.
After falling behind by 12 with less than 5 minutes remaining, the Quakers (4-2, 2-2) pulled to 73-70 on a 3-pointer by Marija Preimats with 44 seconds left. But Roanoke made six of six free-throw attempts from there to seal the win.
Lori Boyd added 13 for the Maroons, and Carrie McConnell scored 12.
Preimats led Guilford with 25.
Abby Dickson, a former Roanoke Catholic standout, had nine rebounds and four points for the Quakers.
Eastern Mennonite 79, Hollins 54: In Harrisonburg, Egli Anika scored 22 points to lead the Royals to an ODAC victory over Hollins.
Amy Worley of Blacksburg led Hollins (0-7, 0-5) with 12 points, and Tanya Holmes (Northside) added 11.
Men
No. 3 Massachusetts 60, No. 10 Wake Forest 46: In Amherst, Mass., the matchup in the middle couldn't have lived up to the hype, and it didn't. Massachusetts took the opportunity, though, to show it can play some pretty tough defense.
The third-ranked Minutemen held the Demon Deacons (3-1) to 19 points in the second half of a game that featured the matchup of college basketball's two best centers.
Neither big man, Marcus Camby of Massachusetts nor Tim Duncan of the Demon Deacons, was able to generate much offense, but Camby was the clear winner in the individual matchup.
This was the best regular-season confrontation between two centers since Ralph Sampson of Virginia and Patrick Ewing of Georgetown met in December 1982. No names except Camby's and Duncan's were mentioned in the days leading up to it, but both teams relied on some of the lesser lights.
Donta Bright led the Minutemen (4-0) with 22 points as they beat their third ranked team of the season and second in the Top Ten after knocking off then-No. 1 Kentucky.
The Wake Forest backcourt of Rusty LaRue and Tony Rutland combined for 35 points, with LaRue getting 12 of his 20 on 3-pointers.
Camby finished with 17 points on 6-of-19 shooting with nine rebounds and three blocks. Duncan finished with nine points on 4-of-18 shooting with 12 rebounds and four blocks.
No. 5 Kentucky 74, Wisconsin-Green Bay 62: In Lexington, Ky., Tony Delk's 3-pointer early in the second half ignited a 15-6 run that carried the Wildcats (3-1) over the Phoenix (2-2).
No. 9 Connecticut 85, Notre Dame 65: In South Bend, Ind., Doron Sheffer scored 23 and Ray Allen broke out of an early shooting slump to finish with 19 as the Huskies (5-1, 2-0) defeated the Fighting Irish (1-3, 0-2) in Notre Dame's first Big East home game.
No. 20 Maryland 88, Howard 71: In College Park, Md., Johnny Rhodes had 19 points and a school-record seven steals as the Terrapins (3-2) beat the Bison (0-5). Rhodes increased his steal total to 255, fourth on the ACC career list and 73 behind record-holder Chris Corchiani of North Carolina State.
No.23 Louisville 119, Morehead State 61: In Louisville, Ky., DeJuan Wheat scored 23 points to lead seven Cardinals in double figures as the Cardinals (4-2) routed the Eagles 3-2.
Washington and Lee 92, Emory & Henry 86: In Lexington, Cam Dyer tallied 28 points as the Generals notched their first victory of the season, beating the Wasps in the ODAC.
Chris Couzen added 20 for W&L (1-9, 1-3). Couzen made six of six free-throw attempts in the final minute to seal the win.
Jason Light of Floyd County led the Wasps (4-3, 0-2) with 20 points on 7-of-8 field-goal shooting and 6-of-10 free-throw shooting. Cricker Lauderback added 19.
Miami, Ohio 85, Xavier, Ohio 71: In Oxford, Ohio, Landon Hackim scored 26 points to lead Miami of Ohio (4-0) over the Musketeers (2-2) in front of the Redskins' largest home crowd (10,091) in two decades.
Eastern Kentucky 71, Dayton 65, OT: In Richmond, Ky., Carlos Bess scored four of his 12 points in overtime as the Colonels (2-2) of the Ohio Valley Conference beat the Flyers (2-2) of the Atlantic 10.
Clemson 79, Charleston Southern 60: In Clemson, S.C., Merl Code scored 17 and freshmen Harold Jamison and Terrell McIntyre combined for 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Tigers (4-0) beat the Buccaneers (1-4).
In other games:
Steve Hamer scored 24 points and had a career-high 17 rebounds to lead Tennessee to a 63-51 victory over Western Carolina in Knoxville, Tenn. ... Danya Abrams hit a pair of free throws with 57.4 seconds left and finished with a game-high 17 points to lift Boston College to a 55-53 Big East victory over Pittsburgh in Newton, Mass. ... Brad Miller came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points to lead Purdue to a 77-63 win over Oklahoma in West Lafayette, Ind. ... Reggie Townsend scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds night to lead St. Joseph's to a 74-54 win over Bucknell in Philadelphia. ... In Winchester, Phil Dixon scored 34 points as Shenandoah beat Lynchburg 88-79.
Tuesday's game
Arkansas 104, No.11 Missouri 93: In Fayetteville, Ark., Jesse Pate, a question mark because of a sprained knee, made two straight 3-pointers during a 16-3 run that helped the Razorbacks (4-2) hand the Tigers (4-1) their first loss. Arkansas set a school record with 18 blocked shots, including six by Derek Hood.
LENGTH: Long : 141 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: AP. Louisville's Beau Zach Smith (left) blocks aby CNBfield-goal attempt by Morehead State's Doug Wyciskalla.