ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, January 25, 1997 TAG: 9701270097
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STAFF REPORTS
Bridgewater senior guard Scott Powers scored 23 points Friday, all in the second half, and went over the 1,000-point mark for his career as the Eagles downed Washington and Lee 79-63 in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference game Lexington.
Bridgewater (13-4 overall, 7-4) led just 29-25 at the half, but scored on its first 10 possessions of the second half to move out to 49-36 lead. The Generals answered with a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 49-42 with 12:19 remaining, but the Eagles then went on a 10-0 run with Powers scoring eight of the points to put the game out of reach. Powers went 9-for-9 from the field and 5-for-5 from the free throw line in the second half.
W&L (2-13, 1-8) was led by junior forward Kelly Dyer's 19 points and seven rebounds.
Senior guard Chris Couzen, who has missed the past three games with chronic affliction in his right shoulder, played and scored seven points, breaking the 800-point barrier for his career. He now has 803. Couzen will have season-ending surgery to repair the shoulder on Wednesday, but wanted to play in one final game.
Bridgewater guard Eddie Bentley, from Christiansburg, scored just two points but led the Eagles with seven assists. Blacksburg High School graduate Craig Turman added four points.
Women
Emory & Henry 80, Eastern Mennonite 79: Sallie Lefler made two free throws with 13 seconds left and the Royals couldn't get a 3-point shot at the buzzer as the Wasps pulled out the ODAC victory in Emory.
Junior guard Angie Simpkins led the Wasps (8-5 overall, 7-3) with 18 points and also grabbed eight rebounds. Sophomore forward Jaclyn Dickens (Galax) added 11 points.
Eastern Mennonite (3-10, 3-7) was led by Anika Egli's game-high 32 points.
Lynchburg 63, Virginia Wesleyan 41: In Lynchburg, the Hornets jumped out to a 17-point halftime lead and never looked back. Quakeela Miles led Lynchburg with 15 points and 14 rebounds and Kelly Fackler added 12 points, 11 rebounds and six steals.
Fackler, a senior forward from Fieldale-Collinsville High School, now has 1,407 points for her career, 29 short of all-time leader Betty Jackson (Lynchburg '83).
The victory for the Hornets (4-9 overall, 3-8 ODAC) avenged a 77-63 loss to the Marlins (4-9, 3-7) earlier this season.
Notes
CONNECTICUT CRISIS: Kirk King's career at Connnecticut could be over.
The NCAA suspended the Huskies' basketball captain for the remainder of his senior season for accepting an airline ticket from a sports agent, then lying about his conduct, the university said.
Sophomore point guard Ricky Moore, who already sat out two games, was suspended for three more games for accepting an airline ticket, receiving less of a penalty partly because the NCAA found he was unaware it was provided by an agent.
UConn (11-5), which has 11 games left in the regular season, said it would appeal the sanctions against King and Moore, two of its best players. They will be able to practice with the team while the case is under appeal.
UNCC REPRIMAND: A soda-dumping, basketball-hurling melee that erupted after No.9 Cincinnati won a close road game prompted a formal reprimand of host North Carolina Charlotte by Conference USA.
The public scolding was determined an adequate response, in part because N.C. Charlotte was apologetic about Tuesday's incident involving 49ers fans.
``This is an isolated incident,'' assistant commissioner Brian Teter said. ``Everybody's got wild students.''
Meanwhile, Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins said that player Ryan Fletcher - who admitted to throwing a basketball into the crowd at N.C. Charlotte's Halton Arena - will stay home while the Bearcats travel to play Southern California on Sunday.
The altercation started after Cincinnati survived a late comeback attempt by the 49ers and won 77-67 Tuesday.
Fans began by taunting Bearcats players, then threw ice and sodas as the athletes entered a tunnel to return to their locker room. The climax came with players zipping basketballs into the stands in retaliation.
Todd Browne, a freshman at North Carolina Charlotte, said he was struck in the right cheek and had a tooth chipped by a basketball hurled by a Cincinnati player.
Huggins said the problems started early in the game. Bearcats player Charles Williams was struck in the mouth with a quarter, apparently thrown from the stands, he said. Williams, who was not seriously hurt, continued to play after the incident.
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