ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, December 16, 1996 TAG: 9612160153
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Radford overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to beat Marshall 94-87 on Sunday in a women's game at the Dedmon Center.
The Highlanders, coming off a one-point victory over archrival Virginia Tech, got 24 points each from sophomore Kim Hairston (Bassett High School) and freshman Kelli Tull. Hairston scored 19 of her points in the second half, and her 3-pointer with 6:59 to play put Radford (2-6) in front to stay at 71-68.
The Thundering Herd (3-4) fell behind by as many as 10 points in the final minutes. Marshall closed to 92-87 on Kristina Behnfeldt's driving bucket with 15 seconds left, but Tull hit two free throws two seconds later to seal the victory.
Dana Schnell came off the bench to score 11 points for the Highlanders, and Iris Hughes added 11 points and eight rebounds. Radford was playing without senior center Nakia Bridges, who will miss at least the next four weeks of action after suffering a broken hand Wednesday against Virginia Tech.
Behnfeldt led Marshall with 29 points and 11 rebounds.
In another women's game:
No.1 Stanford 82, No.5 Tennessee 65: In Knoxville, Tenn., Kate Starbird scored 29 points to lead No.1 Stanford over No.5 Tennessee, giving the Lady Vols' back-to-back home losses for the first time in more than a decade.
Stanford (9-0) is off to its best start since opening the 1991-92 season 10-0.
The Cardinal's aggressive defense was especially effective in the second half, limiting the Lady Vols to 30 percent shooting from the field (11 of 36).
Men
No.1 Kansas 105, North Carolina-Asheville 73: Raef LaFrentz had 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Jayhawks (9-0) overpowered the Bulldogs (1-3) in Lawrence, Kan.
The Jayhawks took control early, running off 10 points to take a 17-7 lead. After a dunk by UNC Asheville's Robert Stevenson, Kansas followed with a 21-2 run, getting seven points each from LaFrentz and Scot Pollard and six from Paul Pierce.
Josh Pittman led the Bulldogs with 21 points, and Stevenson had 19.
No.5 Michigan 70, Louisiana State 59: Maceo Baston and Louis Bullock each scored 13 points as the Wolverines beat the Tigers in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Wolverines (7-0) led by as many as 27 points before LSU cut into the deficit late in the game.
Nick Sheppard led the Tigers (3-5) with 19 points.
No.17 Minnesota 77, St.John's 39: The Golden Gophers held visiting St.John's to its lowest points total in 33 years and handed the Red Storm one of its worst defeats ever.
St. John's made only 12 field goals, shot 27 percent from the field and barely avoided its worst loss in history, an 81-40 drubbing at the hands of Kentucky in 1951. It was the program's lowest point total since a 52-32 loss to Villanova in 1963.
Eric Harris and Sam Jacobson each scored 13 points for Minnesota (6-1). Charles Minlend and Zendon Hamilton scored 10 points apiece for St. John's (2-4).
Manhattan 61, Fordham 57: Jason Hoover scored a career-high 24 points, including seven key free throws in the final three minutes, to help the Jaspers (3-1) dump the Rams (2-3) in New York.
Reserve Dustin Berrien had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Fordham, which lost its third in a row.
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