ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 21, 1997 TAG: 9702210061
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
The Randolph-Macon women's basketball team pulled off a big upset on Thursday night, defeating Roanoke 69-66 to put an end to the Maroons' 22-game winning streak. The win gave Randolph-Macon coach Carroll LaHaye her 200th career victory.
Roanoke entered the game at 22-1 overall, 19-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Maroons' only loss had come in the season opener, 66-64 to Concordia-Morehead on Nov. 23. Randolph-Macon nearly achieved an upset earlier this month at Roanoke, but fell short 63-62.
Randolph-Macon (14-9, 12-7) jumped out to a 21-6 lead 9:54 into the game and led 32-22 at halftime. Trailing 54-45 late in the second half, Roanoke went on a 14-5 run to tie the score at 51. Amy Athey capped the rally by hitting three of four free throws with 4:11 remaining.
The teams tied the score on two more occasions, the final one at 62 with 2:40 left. The Yellow Jackets sealed the victory by scoring on four of their last six possessions while holding the Maroons to just two late baskets. Guard Allison Beightol (Cave Spring) and Amy Nelson combined for all of Randolph-Macon's final eight points, six of which came at the free-throw line.
In other college basketball:
Virginia Tech 70, Duquesne 62: The Hokies overcame a six-point halftime deficit to defeat the Dukes in an Atlantic 10 contest.
With Virginia Tech (9-19, 4-11) trailing 37-31 at halftime, Lynette Nolley (Floyd County) led the Hokies on a 10-2 run at the beginning of the second half. The teams exchanged the lead several times before Nolley buried a jumper with 8:47 left to give the Hokies a 46-44 lead and the advantage for good.
Nolley finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for Tech. Korie Hlede led Duquesne (11-14, 8-7) with 23 points.
Men
Texas-El Paso 71, No. 10 New Mexico 62: In El Paso, Texas, Kimani Jones-Young scored 21 points and the Miners held off the cold-shooting Lobos to upset 10th-ranked New Mexico.
The victory increased struggling Texas-El Paso's (11-12, 5-9 Western Athletic Conference) slim chances of making the WAC's postseason tournament while extending New Mexico's road woes. Winners of 25 straight at home dating to last season, the Lobos (20-5, 9-4) have fallen to 3-5 on the road.
New Mexico came close several times during the second half and a jumper by David Gibson with 34 seconds remaining brought the Lobos to 65-62.
UTEP responded with six straight points, including a dunk by B.J. Wade and two free throws each by Jones-Young and Sharif Fajardo to seal the victory.
Oregon 78, No. 13 Arizona 72: In Eugene, Ore., the Ducks scored the last eight points of the game, six by Kenya Wilkins, as Oregon beat the Wildcats, snapping a 12-game losing streak against Arizona.
The Wildcats (16-7, 8-5 Pac-10) scored 12 straight points to take their only lead of the game, 72-70, on Miles Simon's 3-pointer from the corner with 3:22 to play, then didn't score again.
Wilkins, the point guard who has started every game in his four seasons at Oregon, also had a diving steal during Oregon's surge, as the Ducks beat Arizona for the first time since March 2, 1991.
Oregon (15-8, 6-8) still has slim hopes for an NCAA tournament berth. The Wildcats fell to 2-4 on the road in the Pac-10.
Marquette 79, No. 15 Louisville 71, OT: In Milwaukee, sophomore Jarrod Lovette sent the game into overtime with two free throws and finished with career highs of 19 points and 15 rebounds as the Warriors knocked off the Cardinals.
Aaron Hutchins had five points in overtime, including the go-ahead basket that gave Marquette (16-7, 7-4 Conference USA) a 67-65 lead with 4:23 to play.
Marquette's Faisal Abraham blocked a shot by Alex Sanders on Louisville's next possession and Chris Crawford hit a 3-pointer to give the Golden Eagles a 70-65 lead with 2:17 to go.
DeJuan Wheat scored on a drive for Louisvile to make it 70-67 with 1:54 to play. That was the closest the Cardinals could get as Hutchins sealed the victory with a three-point play on Marquette's next possession.
Sanders, a sophomore, had a career-high 21 points for Louisville (20-6, 7-4).
Iowa 80, No.18 Michigan 75: In Iowa City, Iowa, Andre Woolridge scored 25 points and J.R. Koch, booed by the home crowd last week, added 14 to lift the Hawkeyes over the Wolverines to stop a three-game losing streak.
Iowa (17-8, 8-5 Big Ten) helped its NCAA Tournament aspirations while handing slumping Michigan (17-8, 7-6) its third loss in the past four games.
Louis Bullock led Michigan with 23 points.
No. 20 Stanford 76, Washington St. 63: In Pullman, Wash., Brevin Knight scored 23 points and hit six key free throws in the final two minutes as the Cardinal overcame a late rally by the Cougars.
Stanford (16-6 overall, 9-5 Pac-10) won its third in a row and picked up only its third conference victory on the road. Washington State (11-14, 3-10) lost its fifth straight and ninth in 10 games.
No. 25 California 78, Washington 67: In Seattle, Alfred Grigsby scored 19 points and Ed Gray added 17 to lead the Bears, who trailed by 14 in the first half, over the Huskies.
California (19-6, 10-4 Pac-10) won its ninth game in 10 starts. Washington (14-8, 7-6), led by Jamie Booker's 19 points, lost to Cal for the second time this season.
No. 22 Coll. of Charleston 81, SE Louisiana 68: In Charleston, S.C., Anthony Johnson scored 10 of his 18 points in the second half, helping the Cougars extend the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games with a victory over the Lions (9-16).
Johnson scored five points during a 14-0 run as Charleston (24-2) remained unbeaten in 15 Trans-America Athletic Conference games.
No.16 Xavier 82, Duquesne 74: In Pittsburgh, Lenny Brown scored 20 points and led a 20-4 second-half run as the Musketeers (19-4, 10-3) avoided another upset loss to the Dukes (8-15, 4-9), rallying from 12 points down to beat Duquesne and clinch the regular-season Atlantic 10 West title.
Rhode Island 78, St. Bonaventure 73: In Olean, N.Y., Tyson Wheeler and Josh King led the Rams with 14 points apiece en route to an Atlantic 10 win over the Bonnies.
Michael Andersen, Cuttino Mobley and Preston Murphy all contributed 13 points for Rhode Island (16-8, 10-4).
Dayton 72, La Salle 62: In Dayton, Ohio, Ryan Perryman scored 27 points and had 14 rebounds as Dayton beat La Salle (9-14, 4-9) in an Atlantic 10 game.
The score was tied at halftime and twice early in the second half until Dayton (11-12, 4-9) went on a 14-3 run to take an 11-point lead with 5:44 left.
Massachusetts 75, Fordham 58: In Amherst, Mass., the Minutemen kept up their winning ways, taking an early 17-point lead and cruising to an Atlantic 10 win over the Rams (6-17, 1-12).
Senior forward Tyrone Weeks tied his career high with 22 points. Massachusetts (17-10, 10-3) won its sixth straight game.
Other games
Danny Fortson scored Cincinnati's first 15 points and finished with 30 to lead the 11th-ranked Bearcats (21-5) to a 76-56 rout of South Florida (7-16) in Tampa, Fla. ... In Charleston, S.C., Nate Wilbourne had a season-high 20 points as No.9 South Carolina (20-6) picked up an 85-65 win over The Citadel (12-13) and earned its first 20-win season in six years. ... Peter Aluma scored 20 points as Liberty (20-8, 10-3) captured a 84-66 win over Maryland-Baltimore County (4-21, 1-12) in a Big South game in Lynchburg. ... In Hampton, Kimani Stewart scored 14 points as North Carolina A&T (13-8, 10-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) scored a 71-62 win over Hampton (7-18, 6-10) in a game that had 42 turnovers and 67 free throws.
LENGTH: Long : 137 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: AP. Iowa's J.R. Koch (44) tries to block a shot byby CNBMichigan's Jerod Ward during the first half of their game in Iowa
City, Iowa, on Thursday night. Iowa defeated Michigan 80-75.