Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, December 19, 1993 TAG: 9312190207
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-13 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Matt Matheny kept Cave Spring (2-3) in the contest with a game-high 28 points, and was 9-of-12 shooting from the field. But Salem (2-0) connected on 28 of 46 shots from the field, and that proved to be too much for Cave Spring. \ Heritage 64\ Pulaski County 55
DUBLIN - The Cougars, still hurting from the loss of Eric Webb to a football injury, let a nine-point halftime lead slip away and fell to the Pioneers in a non-district matchup.
Rod Farmer scored 14 points to lead Heritage, which trailed 36-27 at halftime. Calvin Thompson and George Harris added 12 each.
Ty Hash was the leading scorer for Pulaski County (0-2) with 14 points, and Jamar McNair and Jammon Payne added 10 apiece.
\ Christiansburg 75\ Tazewell 65
CHRISTIANSBURG - Rodney Perdue scored nine of his 16 points in the first quarter as the Blue Demons beat the Bulldogs in a non-district contest.
Christiansburg (3-2) jumped to a 20-13 lead after one quarter off Perdue's early spurt. Tazewell (3-1) cut the Blue Demons' lead to four points in the final quarter, but never got any closer.
Christiansburg's Denny Self led all scorers with 20 points.\
St. Maria-Goretti (Md.) 82\ North Cross 66
GREENSBORO, N.C. - St. Maria-Goretti had 10 players score in a big first period, and the Raiders never recovered in the third-place game of the Greensboro Country Day tournament.
John Cunningham led Goretti (5-1), which jumped to a 24-12 lead after one period. The Raiders' Hal Johnson had a game-high 29 points and 11 rebounds. Marcus Cardwell added 18 points for North Cross (1-2).
The Celtics rallied briefly in the second half, but never got closer than eight points.
by CNB