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

DATE: SUNDAY, January 3, 1993                   TAG: 9301030176
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: BOWLING GREEN, KY.                                LENGTH: Short

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WESTERN KY. CLOBBERS HIGHLANDERS

Mark Bell led Western Kentucky with 12 points as every Hilltopper scored in an 88-58 basketball victory over Radford on Saturday night.

Western (5-1) expanded a 44-27 halftime advantage, leading by 32 points twice in the second half, the last time at 84-52 on a pair of free throws by Derek Flowers with 1:27 left.

The Highlanders (4-6) never led and never got closer than 16 points in the second half.

Freshman Eric Bowens led Radford with 16 points.

"I really don't think this is a team that's that much worse than last year," said Radford coach Ron Bradley, whose Highlanders lost to Western Kentucky 81-78 a year ago. "Mentally, we just didn't seem to be prepared."

Western led 9-2 with 16:58 left in the first half, but Bowens made a 4-foot jumper to bring the Highlanders to five at 16:39. Doug Day followed with a 3-pointer to pull Radford to 9-7 with 15:56 remaining, but that was the last shot he made, finishing with three points.

Western's Lorenzo Lockett scored at 15:05 to widen the margin to four. \

see microfilm for box score

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