The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, April 7, 1996                  TAG: 9604070183
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY BILL LEFFLER, STAFF WRITER
                                             LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

MVP HELPS TEAM WIN PIT FOR HIS FATHER

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: MOTOYA NAKAMURA photos/The Virginian-Pilot

Matt Gaudio of Penn State, above, injured his knee during the first

half. Gaudio returned after halftime on crutches. At right, Darryl

Wilson, of Mississippi State, center, rebounds for Sales Systems

Ltd. against Derrick Bryant of Norfolk State at Pointer Williams of

McNeese State.

Tournament MVP Bernard Hopkins scored a game-high 17 points in the

final. ``This is something I know my dad would have wanted me to

do,'' he said.

by CNB