Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 14, 1991 TAG: 9102140080
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
On the same day that Barakat warned coaches that bench conduct and fan conduct would be scrutinized more closely, official Dick Paparo called a technical on North Carolina State guard Chris Corchiani after a minute and three seconds of the Wolfpack's game Thursday night against North Carolina.
Paparo called a technical on the North Carolina bench with 12:30 remaining in the first half, and there were two technicals whistled against Maryland in its game Saturday at Duke.
"I got [the memo] Friday night after practice, so some people never get the word," North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. "I don't like a message by fax. I like picking up the phone and working it out.
"What happened around the league to precipitate it? I have no idea. Somebody did something I don't know [about]."
Flipping through the notebook:
The home team in ACC league games has a 26-12 record. Throw out Clemson, which is 1-5 at home, and the rest of the league is 25-7. In home games against non-conference opposition, the ACC is 47-4.
Clemson senior forward Sean Tyson has been suspended from the basketball team after being charged with assaulting a female student. It was the second time Tyson has been suspended this season. . . . Clemson, which is 10-12 overall, has an 0-10 record in televised games.
Walt Williams, who was Maryland's leading scorer and rebounder when he broke a leg Jan. 12, may return to action this week and very likely will be in uniform next Tuesday when the Terrapins visit Virginia Tech.
Maryland senior forward Vince Broadnax, averaging 4.5 points after 17 games, has had games of 24, 21 and 18 points in the last five games. Broadnax, a walk-on, had not previously scored more than 11 points in a game in his three-year career.
Former Virginia basketball player Brent Dabbs is second in scoring (13.0) and rebounding (7.7) for Rutgers, which had won eight of nine and carried a 15-7 record into Wednesday night's game against St. Joseph's. Tom Savage, who began his career at Virginia Tech, played in six games before withdrawing from school for academic reasons.
Curtis Blair, a junior from Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, was selected basketball player of the week in the Colonial Athletic Association after he scored 65 points in three games. Blair, back at shooting guard after a stint at the point, is averaging 15.9 points. That's up from 12.2 in 1989-90.
Ferrum College is pushing Everett Foxx, a 6-foot-4 junior, for Division III All-America status. Foxx, mentioned in Sports Illustrated this past week, is averaging 23.2 points per game and leads the Dixie Conference in 3-pointers with 80 (in 173 attempts).
Remarkably, Foxx ranks second in the Dixie Conference in blocked shots. He is second in scoring behind Christopher Newport's Lamont Strothers, who set a Division III record when he scored in double figures for the 111th straight game.
UVa football signee Aaron Sparrow, who earlier had said he would not attend junior college or prep school, now is telling interviewers that he will consider prep school if his Scholastic Aptitude Test scores do not make him eligible for to play as a freshman.
Chris Meacham, a former Lord Botetourt football player who went to VMI without a scholarship, was told he would start receiving aid after rushing for 285 yards and two touchdowns this past season.
Meacham, a freshman, was one of 12 fullbacks on VMI's preseason roster and dressed for practice in the visitors' locker room. Meacham was VMI's nominee for Southern Conference freshman of the year.
The women's basketball team at Roanoke College is ranked No. 9 in Division III this week, the highest ranking for the Lady Maroons in the program's history. Roanoke (21-1) is ranked first in the South Region and would serve as host to a first-round NCAA playoff game if it keeps the top spot.
Lisa Allison, a sophomore forward at Campbell University, has been lost for the basketball season after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery. Allison, from Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, was averaging 13.3 points and 5.4 rebounds at the time of her injury.
Allison ranked first in the Big South in free-throw percentage (84.1) and third in field-goal percentage (51.1) before being injured in a non-contact situation in practice.
Virginia is bidding to become the first women's basketball team to go 14-0 in the ACC since a round-robin schedule was adopted in 1982-83. The Cavaliers (10-0) play host to Wake Forest, led by Jenny Mitchell from William Byrd High in Vinton, tonight at 7:30 at University Hall.
by CNB