ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, March 1, 1996                  TAG: 9603010098
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: B-1  EDITION: METRO 

PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE INN

Uh, we won't be needing those rooms after all.

Defending champion Wisconsin-Platteville, which had some of its alumni reserve more than 130 rooms at the Holiday Inn Airport, was canceling those plans Thursday night after the Pioneers fell to Wisconsin-Whitewater 85-77 in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament in Platteville, Wis. The Final Four will be played in Salem.

``Our boosters tend to get a little anxious,'' said Becky Bohm, a Platteville spokeswoman.

Whitewater shot 72 percent from the field in the second half, 73 percent from 3-point range and 100 percent from the free-throw line.

``We ran into a bit of a buzzsaw,'' Bohm said.

- Staff report

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