Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 9, 1994 TAG: 9403090058
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: SCOTT BLANCHARD STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Rozier, the returning Metro player of the year, heads the all-conference team that includes Virginia Commonwealth's Kendrick Warren, Southern Mississippi's Bernard Haslett, Louisville's Greg Minor and UNC Charlotte's Jarvis Lang. Warren fell one point short of being a unanimous first-team pick.
Warren and Haslett repeated as first-team selections.
Voting is done by the league's head coaches and the Metro Conference Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association, with players receiving two points for a first-team vote and one point for second-team mention.
Dwayne Morton and freshman DeJuan Wheat of Louisville made the second team and were joined by VCU's Kenny Harris, Southern Mississippi's Glen Whisby and Tulane freshman Jerald Honeycutt.
Virginia Tech senior Jay Purcell received 15 points and was the second-highest vote-getter who was not honored. Tulane's LeVeldro Simmons had 19 points. Tech's Jimmy Carruth and Ace Custis each received three points, and Jim Jackson got one point.
team in Scoreboard, B-4.)
Rozier, a junior, averaged 19.1 points and 10.9 rebounds and shot 62.5 percent from the field for 14th-ranked Louisville. Warren averaged 18.3 points and 12.2 rebounds while shooting 53.5 percent for VCU. Haslett led the league in scoring (19.7 ppg) and averaged almost four 3-pointers per game. Minor averaged 14.5 points and made 39 percent of his 3-pointers. Lang averaged 16.6 points and 10.1 points for UNCC.
\ SOUTHERN MISS SEEKS STATE AID: The Mississippi House has sent to the governor a bill that would help Southern Mississippi pay expenses incurred as host of this week's Metro Conference tournaments in Biloxi.
The bill, approved Monday by the House, had passed the Senate. It would allow Southern Mississippi to keep the sales taxes it collected on tickets sold for the men's and women's tournaments. The women's event began Tuesday, and the men's tournament gets under way Thursday.
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