ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, December 2, 1996 TAG: 9612030024
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
Roanoke College wasted 20 of a 27-point lead Sunday, but the Maroons' experience made a difference in an 88-75 men's basketball victory over Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa.
It was a special day for Roanoke guard Jason Bishop. The senior from Duffield, Va., became the 24th player in school history to score 1,000 points.
Bishop passed the milestone with a 3-point hoop from the left wing with 10:11 to play. It came in the midst of a 27-6 Roanoke run that took the Maroons' lead to 73-46 with 8:42 left.
The Diplomats (1-2), rebuilding after last year's NCAA Division III Final Four trip to the Salem Civic Center, rallied behind the perimeter shooting of Matt Leddy, but still left with a second straight Mayser Center loss for the first time since an 0-2 start to the 1984-85 season.
F&M cut Roanoke's lead to 78-71 with 2:16 remaining, but the Maroons hit eight of their last 10 free throws to clinch the win.
Bishop finished with a game-high 26 points and has 1,005 in his career. Jon Maher had his ninth double-double since transferring to Roanoke from Johns Hopkins, with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
``They worried us a little when they got it down to single digits,'' Bishop said. ``Then we started playing again like we should have been playing, like we were playing earlier in the half.''
Roanoke also had a huge advantage at the free-throw stripe, hitting 29 of 40.
The Maroons open Old Dominion Athletic Conference play Wednesday night at the Bast Center against Emory & Henry.
In other college basketball games Sunday:
No.2 Kansas 79, San Diego 72: Paul Pierce scored 18 points in leading a sluggish and foul-troubled Jayhawks team past the Torreros to their 24th consecutive victory in a home opener.
With 6-foot-11 Scot Pollard and 6-10 Raef LaFrentz saddled with four fouls apiece the final six minutes, the Jayhawks were unable to pull away from the Torreros (2-1), who cut a 12-point halftime deficit to five midway through the second half.
No.3 Wake Forest 80, Richmond 55: Tim Duncan had 14 points, 18 rebounds and blocked five shots as the Demon Deacons dominated the Spiders in Richmond.
It was Duncan's 13th consecutive double-double as Wake Forest (4-0) held Richmond (1-2) to 34.4 percent shooting from the field.
Jerry Braswell led Wake Forest with 16 points, while Ricky Peral added 15.
Rick Edwards led Richmond with 17 points.
No. 24 Minnesota 75, No. 10 Clemson 65: Tournament MVP Eric Harris scored 17 points to lead the Golden Gophers (5-0) past Clemson in the championship game of the San Juan Shootout in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Terrell McIntyre led Clemson (4-1) with 23 points, while Merl Code had 13 and Greg Buckner and Harold Jamison added 12 each.
No.5 Villanova 85, Tulane 70: Tim Thomas and Jason Lawson each scored 21 points to lead the Wildcats to a victory over the Green Wave in the championship of the Puerto Rico Shootout in Bayamon.
Lawson, who was named tournament MVP, had 13 points in the first half as Villanova took a 37-30 lead. The Wildcats (3-0) pulled away in the second half by shooting 70 percent from the field.
Jerald Honeycutt had 27 points to lead Tulane (3-3).
No.9 Iowa State 82, Maryland-Eastern Shore 62: Dedric Willoughby led four Cyclones scorers in double figures with 23 points as Iowa State took control in the second half to beat the Hawks in Ames, Iowa.
Iowa State (2-0) trailed 30-28 at halftime, then used a 24-1 run early in the second half to pull away.
Manhattan 73, Hampton 61: Jeronimo Bucero hit two 3-pointers to key a 13-5 run at the start of the second half that carried the Jaspers (2-0) past the Pirates in New York.
Thomas Rogers had a career-high 23 points, including four 3-pointers, for Hampton (0-2).
Saturday's game
Pomona-Pitzer 73, Washington and Lee 62: The Sagehens used balanced scoring to beat the Generals and win the West Coast Classic in Claremont, Calif.
Jake Guadnola scored 13 points and Travis Greer, Jason Lowery and Brett Lange added 12 each for Pomona-Pitzer (3-1).
Freshman center Rich Peterson led W&L (1-3) with 16 points and freshman guard Matt Jackson added 13. Senior guard Chris Couzen was named to the all-tournament team.
Women
No.14 Virginia 65, No.7 Vanderbilt 49: Tora Suber scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Cavaliers upset the Commodores in Charlottesville.
Virginia (3-1) scored 23 points off Vanderbilt turnovers and finished with a 49-34 rebound advantage. DeMya Walker had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers, while Monick Foote added 12 points.
The Commodores (2-1) were led by Na'Sheema Hillmon with 13 points and Lisa Ostrom added 12.
Virginia Tech 69, Houston 66: Amy Wetzel scored a career-high 18 points, and the Hokies held off the Cougars in the seventh-place game at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu.
Wetzel and Sherry Banks (William Byrd) hit free throws in the final minute to seal the victory for Tech (2-2). Banks finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and freshman centers Meg Hunter (12 points) and Kim Seaver (11) also came up big for the Hokies.
Illinois State 89, Radford 85: Kim Hairston (Bassett) had 20 points to lead four scorers in double figures as the Highlanders fell to the Redbirds in the consolation game of the Duke Women's Basketball Classic in Durham, N.C.
Nakia Bridges scored 17 points, Dana Schnell added 14 and Kelli Tull had 10 for Radford (0-5). Schnell hit four of seven 3-point shots and Radford made 71.4 percent from beyond the arc in the second half.
Ferrum 60, Newport News Apprentice 51: Marlo Ferguson scored 16 points, and the Panthers continued their strong start with a victory over the Builders in Ferrum.
Cassi Carter had 13 points and Melisa Buchanan added 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Panthers (3-0).
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