THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 16, 1995 TAG: 9502160545
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C8 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LEE TOLLIVER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Medium: 59 lines
Cape Henry Collegiate showed why it was deserving of the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools' top seed for the 30th annual tournament at Catholic High with a decisive 62-47 opening-round victory over Norfolk Collegiate.
With the final standings a four-way tie for first, a head-to-head tiebreaker was used and the Dolphins came out on top.
But at halftime, even the Cape Henry faithful had their doubts about whether the Dolphins (10-14) were worthy, as their team was down, 27-23.
But in the opening minutes of the third period, Kinte Smith and Chris DiNunzio put all questions to rest - leading a 12-2 charge to put their team up for good.
``We were playing a triangle and two defense with the triangle designed to stop DiNunzio and another player on Smith,'' Oaks coach Larry Swearingen said. ``Unfortunately, a couple of their guys stepped up and hit a couple of shots, they started to gain confidence and Smith simply took over.''
The Oaks (5-24) had a team goal of holding Smith to under 20 points. But he had eight in the third quarter, 12 in the fourth and finished with an evening-high 34 points.
``We weren't moving without the ball in the first half and coach said we weren't screening anybody,'' Smith said. ``So we did the in-and-out thing with me and Chris and when we do that well, it's hard to stop us.''
Norfolk Collegiate was led by Trey Cooper's 17. David Greer and Ryan Welsh each had 10.
In other games, the winners advancing to today's semifinals:
N-SA 51, Walsingham 41: Tim Dougherty led the Saints (17-6) with 15 points - scoring seven in a third-quarter run to put his team up, 37-30, heading into the final period.
Nansemond-Suffolk was 6-for-10 from the line in the fourth period as Walsingham was forced to foul.
The Trojans (16-10) were led by Jai-T Randall's 18 points.
Catholic 44, Hampton Roads Academy 33: Crusaders guard Jimmy Whitehead caught fire in the third quarter to score 10 of his team's 14 points and bring Catholic from a two-point halftime deficit to a seven-point lead. Whitehead finished with a game-high 22 points and added 13 rebounds.
Hampton Roads (13-9) was led by Jimmy Moorman's 13.
Norfolk Academy 61, Norfolk Christian 56: Colston Jones had a triple double to lead the Bulldogs (7-18) to an upset overtime victory - scoring 14 points to go with 10 rebounds and 10 blocks. Academy sent the game into overtime when Billy Boyce threw a pass down three-quarters of the court with 2.1 seconds remaining to Stuart Sperling, who canned the jumper at the buzzer. Christian (17-7) was led by Matt Morelewski's 22 points. ILLUSTRATION: RICHARD L. DUNSTON/Staff
Cape Henry's Chris DiNunzio pulls down a rebound in TCIS
quarterfinal action Wednesday against Norfolk Collegiate.
by CNB