ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: SUNDAY, January 3, 1993                   TAG: 9301030071
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: STATE   
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: ATLANTA                                LENGTH: Medium

KEYDETS SHOT DOWN BY JACKETS

Freshman Martice Moore returned from a brief illness to score 17 points and start the rally that boosted No. 13 Georgia Tech to a 78-52 basketball victory over VMI on Saturday.

VMI shot only 26.6 percent from the field.

Moore, who is averaging a little better than 10 points per game for the Yellow Jackets, missed Tuesday's game against Youngstown State because of the flu and was questionable Saturday. However, the 6-foot-8 freshman out of Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., ignited a 19-5 Tech surge that started late in the first half and carried on past intermission.

The run started with Tech (7-1) ahead by two points.

James Forrest led the Yellow Jackets with 21 points. Malcolm Mackey added 18 and Travis Best 10 for Georgia Tech, which opens the Atlantic Coast Conference season Tuesday at Maryland.

Jonathan Penn led VMI with 17 points. Lewis Preston added 16, all but two in the first half, for the Keydets (2-4).

Despite racing to an 8-2 lead, Tech led only 25-23 after Mackey made one free throw with 4:16 remaining in the first half.

Moore then scored on a drive through the lane for a 27-23 lead. After Juan Banks answered for VMI, Moore sank two free throws, then followed with a 3-point play during the 12-2 run for a 36-25 Georgia Tech lead with 1:22 left in the half.

VMI scored the final three points of the first half to close to 36-28.

Tech scored the first eight points of the second half to make it 44-28. Mackey scored six of Tech's points.

After Penn made VMI's second straight 3-pointer to pull the Keydets to 44-34, Moore scored on a 3-point play for a 47-34 lead with 15:07 remaining.

Three minutes later, Moore scored six unanswered Georgia Tech points, halting another VMI run, for a 57-41 lead with 10 minutes remaining. \

see microfilm for box score 

Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.
by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB