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

DATE: FRIDAY, October 6, 1995                   TAG: 9510060045
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

EX-CAV SIGNS WITH SPURS

Cory Alexander, the first-round draft pick of the San Antonio Spurs, has become the second member of Virginia's 1994-95 men's basketball team to sign a professional contract.

Former Virginia forward Junior Burrough signed last week with the Boston Celtics, who drafted him in the second round.

The San Antonio Express-News reported that Alexander, a 6-foot-1 point guard, signed a three-year contract worth $412,000 in the first year. Alexander, who missed the last six weeks of UVa's season after breaking an ankle for the second year in a row, was the 29th pick overall.

``It feels good to have all the pieces in place and begin to prepare for even a better season than we had last year,'' Spurs general manager Gregg Popovich said.

Sources said Burrough received $300,000.

by CNB