ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, December 5, 1995 TAG: 9512050084
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: ROUNDUP
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Lawrence Gullette scored the 1,000th point of his career as VMI ran away from Lynchburg 107-74 at Cameron Hall in Lexington on Monday.
Gullette, a senior forward from Auburn, Ala., finished with 15 points, giving him 1,007 in his career. He is the 22nd VMI player to reach 1,000 points.
``The neat thing about Lawrence Gullette is that he is a great person,'' VMI coach Bart Bellairs said. ``It's nice to have a 1,000-point scorer on the team. I would be proud to have him as a son. He is a beautiful human being.''
Jason Bell led VMI (3-2) with 17 points, eight coming in the last 4:30 of the first half as the Keydets used a 13-2 run to take a 50-35 halftime lead. VMI opened the second half with a 20-5 run to take a 30-point lead on the Division III Hornets, who suffered their first loss in six games.
Brent Conley scored 13 points for the Keydets, Andre Quarles had 12, and Maurice Spencer and Lester Johnson had 11 each.
In other games Monday:
No. 6 Georgetown 83, Rutgers 52: With some John Thompson-style discipline restored, Allen Iverson and his Georgetown teammates kept their dunks simple and most of their moves under control as the Hoyas pulled away at Landover, Md.
Georgetown (6-1, 2-0 Big East) had the game won before the first half was over, and Iverson celebrated with a flying one-hander to make it 45-20 with 1:30 left in the first half. Iverson had 18 of his 21 points in the first half. Billy Gilligan had 17 points to lead Rutgers (2-2, 1-1).
Thompson had been critical of his team's tendency to be too flashy in the Hoyas' new, high-tempo offense, blaming it for slow starts against visiting underdogs such as Colgate and Southern of New Orleans.
No. 18 Duke 84, S. Carolina St. 64: At Durham, Greg Newton scored 21 points and Jeff Capel added 19 as the Blue Devils shook off a sluggish start.
Chris Collins added 18 points for the Blue Devils (5-1), who rebounded from a 75-65 loss to Illinois that snapped their non-Atlantic Coast Conference home winning streak at 95 games.
Duke's less-than-stellar play in the first half led coach Mike Krzyzewski at one point to pick up a chair on the bench and slam it to the floor in disgust. What set him off was Derrick Patterson's 3-pointer with 5:32 left in the half that drew the Bulldogs (2-1) to 29-21. An 8-4 Duke run seemed to repel that threat, but Eric Fernandez hit a 3-pointer from the right corner with 43 seconds left in the half to bring South Carolina State within 37-32.
Duke sealed the victory with a 12-1 run covering three minutes.
No. 14 Utah 86, Drake 50: At Salt Lake City, Keith Van Horn scored 17 points and the Utes rolled past Drake.
Utah (3-1) took an 18-2 lead, the last two points coming on an alley oop from Mark Rydalch to Ben Melmeth with 13:25 until halftime. Van Horn had six of the early points on two dunks and a short jumper.
Drake (2-2) never came closer than 14 points the rest of the way.
No. 21 Illinois 82, Kansas St. 56: At Champaign, Ill., Jerry Hester scored 16 points as Illinois, fresh off its weekend upset at Duke, overwhelmed Kansas State.
The Illini (4-0) used accurate outside shooting - 61 percent from the field, 45 from 3-point range - and aggressive full-court pressure to hold a double-digit lead throughout most of the game. The closest the Wildcats (3-1) got in the second half was 50-35 with 14:38 to go on a jumper by Anton Hubert.
Va. Commonwealth 82, Fla. International 61: Freshman Scott Marston scored eight points during a 10-1 Virginia Commonwealth run midway through the first half and the Rams went on to win in Richmond.
Virginia Commonwealth (4-2) scored the first seven points of the second half and gradually pulled out to a 21-point lead at 64-43 with 6:44 remaining.
Liberty 61, Howard 58: At Washington, Peter Aluma scored 32 points and made 16 of 20 free throws as the Flames beat the Bison.
Bridgewater 77, Washington and Lee 65: At Lexington, Craig Tutts scored 24 points as the Eagles (6-1, 2-0) kept the Generals winless with an Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory.
Scott Powers scored 20 points and Dan Shomo added 13. Cam Dyer led Washington and Lee (0-9, 0-3) with 17 points. B.J. Jamison and Chris Couzen had 11, and Jon Coffman added 10.
Emory & Henry 84, Maryville (Tenn.) 64: At Emory, Floyd County native Jason Light had 28 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wasps.
Chowan 85, Ferrum 82: At Murfreesboro, N.C., Marcus Toney scored 28 points in a losing effort as the Panthers lost a non-conference game.
Women
Randolph-Macon 66, Hollins 46: Amy Worley and Angie Johnson each had 17 points in a losing effort for Hollins (0-6). Randolph-Macon Woman's College is 4-1.
Longwood 75, Queens 54: Former Glenvar player Nikki Hall had 15 points for the Lancers (3-4).
Notes
ARKANSAS STAR HURT: Jesse Pate, Arkansas' leading scorer, may not play tonight when No.11 Missouri (4-0) visits the Razorbacks (3-2), coach Nolan Richardson said.
Pate, a 6-foot-4 guard, sprained a knee in Sunday's 116-75 victory over Alcorn State.
Pate, the nation's leading junior college scorer last season at 33.5 per game at Chipola, Fla., is averaging 21.6 points through five game.
POLLS: Coach Roy Williams' Kansas Jayhawks have played a brutal early season schedule and come out on top. Ranked No.2 in the preseason poll, they moved to No.1 after beating Utah, Virginia and UCLA while preseason favorite Kentucky was beaten by Massachusetts.
``I don't think there is that big of a difference between No.1 and No.2,'' Williams said. ``I will not approach practice any differently, and our kids will not approach practice any differently.''
The nationwide media panel gave the Jayhawks 55 first-place votes and 1,613 points, well ahead of runner-up Villanova (5-0), which had four No.1 votes and 1,519 points.
Massachusetts (3-0), which beat Kentucky and Maryland this week, jumped from fifth to third. The Minutemen, who have beaten a top-ranked team each of the past three seasons, had four first-place votes and 1,476 points, 88 more than Arizona (5-0), which had two first-place votes and remained fourth. Kentucky (2-1) dropped to fifth.
Virginia, despite its loss to Kansas, was No.15. Virginia Tech, after struggling to beat William and Mary was No.19.
In the women's poll, Tennessee leaped past Connecticut into the No.2 spot and Louisiana Tech remained entrenched at No. 1.
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