ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 9, 1997 TAG: 9701100028
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Roanoke College suffered its first defeat of the season Wednesday and its first regular-season loss in a span of 17 games by falling 113-87 to Washington University in St. Louis.
Before Wednesday's loss, Roanoke (7-1), ranked No.5 in NCAA Division III, was off to its best start in 13 years. Washington (8-2) won for the eighth time in its past nine outings.
J.J. Siepierski and Brad Borgman combined for 55 points for the Bears. Borgman scored 18 in the first half, and Washington led 54-40 at halftime after leading by as many as 22 points on four occasions.
The Maroons rallied to cut their deficit to six points, 77-71, on Tim Braun's three-point play with 9:39 left.
Washington put away the game with a 20-0 run. Siepierski scored 14 points during the run and finished with 28 to go with 12 assists. Borgman scored a career-best 27.
Nathan Hungate scored 13 to lead five Roanoke players in double figures. Jason Bishop and Derek Bryant scored 11, Jon Maher and Braun had 10.
In other college basketball:
No. 19 Maryland 85, No. 13 North Carolina 75: In Chapel Hill, N.C., Obinna Ekezie scored a career-high 21 points and Laron Profit was key down the stretch as the Terrapins rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit to stun the Tar Heels.
The loss left North Carolina (9-3, 0-2 ACC) with their worst ACC start in 17 seasons as Maryland beat the Tar Heels two straight times on the road for the first time in 67 years.
The shocking comeback by the Terrapins (13-1, 3-0) was the second best road comeback in league history, trailing only Virginia's 23-point winning rally at Duke two seasons ago.
Maryland fell behind by 19 points midway through the first half and trailed 66-44 with 14:23 remaining before staging the greatest comeback in school history, outscoring the Tar Heels 41-9 as North Carolina played without second-leading scorer Vince Carter, sidelined with a hip pointer.
Antawn Jamison led the Tar Heels with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
No. 6 Cincinnati 74, Alabama-Birmingham 54: In Cincinnati, Danny Fortson scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half as the Bearcats (10-2, 2-0) pulled away for a Conference USA victory over the Blazers (9-7, 0-3).
No. 8 Villanova 64, Oral Roberts 46: In Villanova, Pa., Jason Lawson, benched for most of the second half in a 23-point loss at Providence two days earlier, scored 19 points as the Wildcats (12-2) pounded the Golden Eagles (9-4).
No. 11 Minnesota 96, No. 15 Indiana 91, OT: In Bloomington, Ind., Bobby Jackson had 26 points and Sam Jacobsen scored six of his 13 in overtime as the Golden Gophers (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) beat the Hoosiers (14-3, 1-2) after trailing by seven points in the final minute of regulation.
Minnesota (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) hit three 3-pointers over the final 52 seconds to send the game into overtime tied at 81.
Free throws had kept Indiana in the game. The Hoosiers made 35 of 40, while Minnesota was 14-of-20 from the line.
Richmond 83, VMI 77: In Richmond, Rick Edwards scored 21 points and Jarod Stevenson added 19 as the Spiders, grabbing a season-high 52 rebounds, held off the Keydets.
Stevenson contributed 13 rebounds and Eric Poole had 14 for the Spiders (5-5).
VMI (4-8) was led by Brent Conley with 22 points and seven rebounds.
The Spiders (5-5) led most of the way. But the Keydets fought back and took a 53-52 lead midway through the second half when Jason Bell converted a three-point play. Richmond, however, scored the next six points, and VMI couldn't close the gap.
Other games
Eugene Atkinson and Chatney Howard knew when to score, tallying eight points apiece in a critical second-half run as James Madison (7-4, 1-1 CAA) beat Virginia Commonwealth (5-6, 1-1) 73-65 in Harrisonburg. Mark Poag hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as Old Dominion (11-3, 2-0 CAA) defeated George Mason (7-6, 1-3) 94-85 in Fairfax. Billy Lovett scored 12 points, including five free throws over the final 2:32, to lead Fordham (5-6) to a 57-53 victory over Fairfield (4-6) in New York.
Women
Appalachian State 67, Virginia Tech 58: In Boone, N.C., forward Merideth Thompson had 19 points to lead the Mountaineers to victory over the Hokies.
Appalachian State (7-5) raced to a 28-13 lead to take control. Andreia Hinton had 11 points in the second half to help the Mountaineers stay ahead.
Virginia Tech (5-7) got 12 points and eight rebounds from Renee Matland. Sherry Banks (William Byrd) added 11 points.
Notes
George Mason freshman point guard Kristeena Alexander set an NCAA Division I women's record for most consecutive free throws in one game with 20.
Alexander set the record during the Patriots' 82-65 victory over Central Florida in the semifinals of the Central Florida Classic on Dec. 29. Because the NCAA does not regularly update its record books over the holiday period, the mark was not officially confirmed until Monday.
LENGTH: Medium: 97 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: AP. North Carolina's Ademola Okulaja (left) battlesby CNBMaryland's Laron Profit for the ball during the Terrapins' 85-75
victory.