ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, April 3, 1997                TAG: 9704030031
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: B-2  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS

HORNETS' WIN DAMPENED BY CURRY INJURY

Glen Rice shook off the flu and scored 38 points, leading injury-plagued Charlotte past visiting Atlanta.

The loss snapped the Hawks' seven-game winning streak.

Charlotte, already hurting with Anthony Mason on the injured list and Tony Smith bothered by a sore hamstring, got more bad news on the injury front.

Shooting guard Dell Curry, the former Virginia Tech star who is the Hornets' third-leading scorer, limped off in the second quarter with a strained right calf muscle. The team said he could be out as little as two days or as long as two weeks.

Rice, held out of practice the previous two days, scored 35 of Charlotte's final 73 points, helping the Hornets avoid their first three-game skid since the first week of December.

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KEYWORDS: BASKETBALL