ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 7, 1996 TAG: 9612090047
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
The book on defending No.14 North Carolina pretty much begins and ends with Antawn Jamison. At least that's what Southern Cal coach Henry Bibby thought.
Serge Zwikker responded to Southern Cal's double- and triple-teaming of Jamison with career highs of 22 points and 20 rebounds Friday night, helping the Tar Heels to a 99-84 victory over Southern Cal in the first game of the Harris Teeter-Pepsi Challenge in Charlotte, N.C.
``Our preparation didn't really center on Zwikker too much,'' Bibby said of North Carolina's 7-foot-3, 273-pound center, who came in averaging a meager 6.8 points.
Zwikker, the lone senior on a starting lineup that features one freshman and three sophomores, made his biggest impact on the offensive end, where he had 11 rebounds and 16 points off second chances.
``Serge was just in a zone tonight. It was beautiful to watch,'' said Jamison, who added 26 points and 12 rebounds for North Carolina (4-1). ``He adds so much to our team when he plays like that.''
The Tar Heels, seeking their sixth consecutive victory in the tournament, advanced to tonight's title game against either South Carolina or North Carolina Charlotte.
Stais Boseman led Southern Cal (2-1) with a career-high 26 points. The Trojans, 0-5 against North Carolina, also got a career-high 24 points from Jaha Wilson.
In other college basketball games:
No.9 Iowa State 64, Siena 54: In Ames, Iowa, the Cyclones relied on balance and defense to offset the absence of leading scorer Dedric Willoughby and beat the Saints to win their own Cyclone Challenge.
Kelvin Cato and Shawn Bankhead led Iowa State (4-0) with 10 points, and Brad Johnson, who started in Willoughby's place, added nine.
The 6-foot-11 Cato, in just his second game of the season, also grabbed nine rebounds, blocked six shots and forced Siena players to alter several others.
With Cato dominating inside, Siena (2-2) was forced into a perimeter game and couldn't get its shots to go against Iowa State's defensive pressure. The Saints shot only 28.6 percent in the first half and 33 percent for the game.
Willoughby, averaging 22 points a game, sat out because of a strained hamstring suffered in practice on Wednesday.
Jim Secretarski led Siena with 10 points.
LaSalle 62, Southern Mississippi 50: In Iowa City, Iowa, Mike Gizzi scored all but two of his 22 points in the second half and Donnie Carr scored all 21 of his points in the final 20 minutes rally the Explorers past the Golden Eagles in the Hawkeyes Shootout tournament.
Carr, a freshman who scored 36 points in his first college game last Saturday, scored on an assortment of jump shots as LaSalle (1-1) advanced to today's championship game against either host Iowa or Grambling State.
Damien Smith scored a season-high 20 points for Southern Mississippi (2-3), which blew a 24-10 halftime lead.
Seton Hall 80, Fordham 65: In East Rutherford, N.J., Levell Sanders matched his career high by scoring 26 points and Donnell Williams added 14 as the Pirates won their first game of the season.
Leading 26-24 midway through the first half, the Pirates (1-2) took control of the game by running off 12 straight points.
Bayonne Taty got the run going by hitting a pair of free throws and then Jacky Kaba added three more free throws in four tries. Sanders scored on a fast-break layup and Williams hit a 3-pointer. Then Shaheen Holloway stole the ball before the Rams (2-2) could get it over halfcourt and went in untouched to give Seton Hall a 38-24 edge with three minutes to play.
Ray Carroll led Fordham with 24 points.
Washington & Lee 79, Guilford 78: In Lexington, freshman Walt Plyler hit a free throw with two seconds remaining as the Generals beat the Quakers.
Guilford (3-4, 0-3 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) trailed 78-69 with 3:46 remaining before going on a 9-0 run that culminated in a 3-pointer by Kenyatta Ramsey to tie the score with nine seconds left. The Generals (2-4, 1-1) had led by as many as 12 points in the second half.
Plyler was fouled on the next possession.
Rich Peterson led the Generals with 20 points, while Kelly Dyer and Brian Ricketts scored 14 each.
Mike Norris had 23 points and 10 rebounds for Guilford, and Tim Wooten added 22 points.
Women
Roanoke 79, Virginia Wesleyan 47: Amy Athey scored 17 points and Jessica Ficarro added 12 as the Maroons routed the Blue Marlins in an ODAC game in Salem.
Roanoke (3-1, 0-1 ODAC) jumped out to a 36-22 halftime lead and rolled to victory. Athey hit 8 of 10 field-goal attempts.
Leeanna Lillefloren scored 18 points for Virginia Wesleyan (1-3, 0-1) and Amy Shindle added 14, including four 3-pointers.
Ferrum 86, Newport News Apprentice 55: Melisa Buchanan had 19 points, 19 rebounds and five blocks as the Panthers downed the Builders at the Greensboro College Invitational Tournament.
Freshman Cassi Carter added 17 points and 13 rebounds for Ferrum (4-1).
Note
SUBER RELEASED: Doctors released Virginia's Tora Suber from an Athens, Ga., hospital, two days after the senior point guard injured her back in a loss to Georgia.
She was to return to Charlottesville later Friday following her release from St.Mary's Hospital where she was treated for a spinal cord contusion.
Suber, the Cavaliers' leading scorer, fell early in the second half while driving for a layup against the No.5 Lady Bulldogs. Suber was taken from the court on a stretcher after reporting numbness in her legs.
X-rays and a MRI showed no spinal fractures, and Suber eventually regained feeling in her legs.
Suber, who is averaging 13.8 points a game, is not expected to play in today's game against Wake Forest.
LENGTH: Long : 112 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: AP. North Carolina forward Ademola Okulaja (right) foulsby CNBUSC's Stais Boseman as they scramble for a loose ball during their
game in Charlotte, N.C. The Tar Heels won 99-84.