
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003091950
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B13   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short

RADFORD'S CURTIS TOP COACH

Charlene Curtis, who guided the Radford University women's basketball team to a 12-0 record in the Big South Conference this season, was named coach of the year by the league Thursday.

Radford, which has won 28 consecutive Big South games, won its fourth straight regular-season championship and had two players on the all-conference first team and one on the second team.

Junior guard Patrinda Toney, who played at Bassett High, and senior forward Karen Bowles were picked for the first team. Toney averaged 16.5 points and 3.1 assists, and Bowles led Radford with 8.8 rebounds per game.

Paige Cardel, a senior guard, was selected for the second team. She averaged 11.3 points.

Campbell's Tammy Brown, a 6-0 junior forward, was named player of the year. She averaged 19.2 points and 9.3 rebounds for the Lady Camels.

Augusta's Debbie Born, a junior center, and Coastal Carolina's Holly Bottar, a sophomore guard, were the other first-team selections.

Joining Cardel on the second team were Wendy Beecher of North Carolina-Asheville, Laurie Hood of Campbell, Becky Barbary of Winthrop and Tresa Norman of Baptist. - Staff report

by CNB