ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996 TAG: 9601110099
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STAFF REPORTS
Marcus Camby kept No.1 Massachusetts unbeaten with 34 points, and Edgar Padilla added 20 on Wednesday night to spark a 94-89 overtime victory over St.Joseph's in an Atlantic 10 Conference game in Philadelphia.
UMass (13-0 overall, 2-0 conference) has won 13 of its past 14 meetings with the Hawks (4-5, 0-1).
St.Joseph's Terrell Myers sent the game into overtime, making three free throws with less a second to play to tie the score at 79.
The Minutemen never trailed in the extra period and led 92-89 with 10 seconds to play when Padilla made a layup for the game's final points. Padilla scored six points in the overtime.
Camby, who had a career-high 38 points against Dayton on Saturday, added nine rebounds and five blocks. Dana Dingle had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Massachusetts, while Carmelo Travieso scored 16 points and Donta Bright had 12.
``It was a pretty exhausting game. That's our first overtime,'' Travieso said. ``We went on spurts but they kept coming right back. Give them credit. They didn't care that we're number one.''
The Hawks, who shot 55.6 percent from the field, were led by Reggie Townsend's 19 points. Rashid Bey added 15 and Mark Bass and Dmitri Domani had 13 each.
``We won because we played great on offense,'' said John Calipari, the UMass coach. ``Give them credit. They never quit. They were fighting and scratching all the time.''
In other college basketball games:
Pittsburgh 75, No.5 Georgetown 56: The Panthers held Hoyas star Allen Iverson to 12 points and hit six 3-pointers during a decisive 31-6 run to upset Georgetown in a Big East Conference game in Pittsburgh.
The Hoyas (13-2, 3-1) shot 30.6 percent and managed only two field goals in the first 12 minutes of the second half as their 10-game winning streak ended.
Chad Varga had 16 points and Gerald Jordan added 14 points and 10 rebounds as Pitt (7-3, 2-1) scored its biggest conference victory in two seasons under coach Ralph Willard. The Panthers won their fourth in a row and stopped a three-game losing streak against Georgetown.
Iverson, who was leading the Big East with a 23.7 average, was coming off a 40-point game against Seton Hall and was averaging 35.3 in his previous three games. But he scored only four points in the first half and finished 4-of-15.
Iverson also was 1-of-11 as Georgetown made only 2-of-20 3-pointers.
Jerome Williams led Georgetown with 14 points, and Victor Page scored 11.
No.8 Wake Forest 57, Duke 54: Tim Duncan shook off a poor-shooting first half to score 24 points, including the go-ahead layup with 47 seconds left as the Demon Deacons edged the Blue Devils in Durham, N.C.
Wake (9-1, 2-0) beat Duke for the seventh consecutive time and fourth in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium - the only team to do so in the last decade.
Duke (9-5, 0-3) blew its third consecutive double-digit lead in an ACC game this season and is 3-19 in its past 22 league contests.
The Blue Devils led by as many as 12 points after the defending ACC champions made only two field goals in the opening 16:44. But Wake Forest rallied behind Duncan down the stretch for the second consecutive time. The 6-foot-11 center also was the hero of Saturday's two-point overtime victory at Florida State.
Duncan, who had 14 rebounds and four blocks, scored 12 of his team's final 16 points in the last 6:47 as he was able to get the ball down low and fight through double teams to score on dunks and layups
No.11 Iowa 81, Ohio State 53: Jess Settles regained his scoring touch with 20 points and Russ Millard added 14 as the Hawkeyes forced 30 turnovers in Iowa City to keep the Buckeyes winless in the Big Ten.
The Hawkeyes (13-2, 2-1), off to their second-best start in a decade, trailed early but used a 23-6 spurt en route to a 41-27 halftime lead. Settles' two free throws capped an 11-3 run to open the second half as Iowa took a 52-30 lead with 16:45 remaining and the Buckeyes (7-5, 0-3) never threatened again as they lost their fourth consecutive game.
Damon Stringer, one of five freshmen who were on the court at times for Ohio State, scored 14 points and Jermaine Tate had 10.
No.22 Purdue 67, Northwestern 51: Brad Miller scored 15 points, and the Boilermakers (12-2, 2-0) started the second half with a 20-5 run to pull away from the Wildcats (5-6, 0-2) in a Big Ten Conference game in Evanston, Ill., for their eighth consecutive victory.
Purdue's 10th consecutive Big Ten victory dating to last season also was the Boilermakers's 24th victory in their past 25 meetings with Northwestern.
Purdue led by nine at the half and then broke away in an opening second-half spurt that featured 3-pointers by Chad Austin, David Lesmond and Todd Foster and dunks by Miller and Luther Clay.
Washington and Lee 74, Lynchburg 71: Cam Dyer scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Generals (2-10, 2-4) knocked off the Hornets (5-5, 2-2) in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference game in Lexington.
W&L led by as many as 13 points in the second half before Lynchburg closed to 72-71 on a basket by Mike Preston with nine seconds remaining. Chris Couzen hit two free throws with four seconds left to preserve the victory and finish with 13 points.
Otis Tucker scored 22 points and Rodney Early (Rockbridge County High School) added 16 points for the Hornets.
Richmond 79, William and Mary 78: Bobby Fitzgibbons' tip-in at the buzzer capped a game-ending 13-point run for the Tribe (4-6, 2-1) as it stunned the Spiders (4-4, 0-2) in a Colonial Athletic Association game in Richmond.
William and Mary (4-6, 2-1) rallied from a 12-point deficit with 3:43 left by scoring 11 consecutive points to cut its deficit to one, then regained possession with 15 seconds to play.
Richmond (4-7, 0-2) knocked the ball away with 1.5 seconds left, forcing the Tribe to hurry its last-ditch attempt. And when Carl Parker took the inbounds pass and his jumper missed, Fitzgibbons tipped in the rebound.
Fitzgibbons led the Tribe with a season-high 19 points, and Parker added 15. Adam Mobley made seven of nine 3-point shots and paced the Spiders with a career-high 23 points, while Eric Polle had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Virginia Commonwealth 86, George Mason 74: Scott Marston scored 17 points, and Bernard Hopkins scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Rams (10-6, 3-0) past the Patriots (5-7, 1-2) in a Colonial game in Richmond.
Ben Peabody scored 14 points for VCU, and Patrick Lee contributed 12 points. Ivan Chappell had 11 points, and George Byrd had 12 rebounds.
Curtis McCants led the Patriots with 33 points. Kenwan Alford was the only other George Mason scorer in double figures with 15 points. He also had 10 rebounds.
Old Dominion 61, UNC Wilmington 48: Joe Bunn scored 13 points and had 10 rebounds coming off the bench to lead the Monarchs past the Seahawks in a Colonial game in Wilmington, N.C.
ODU (6-8, 1-1) shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, but led only 31-27. Despite shooting 27 percent in the second half, the Seahawks (4-9, 2-1) cut their deficit to three late in the game after falling behind by as many as 11 points. The Monarchs converted seven of eight free throws in the final 56 seconds to pull away.
Tuesday's game
No.2 Kentucky 74, No.12 Mississippi State 56: Derek Anderson had nine points in a game-turning 15-0 run as the Wildcats won their 11th consecutive game and avenged their last Southeastern Conference loss, beating the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.
Kentucky (12-1, 3-0) converted five turnovers in the run - which featured two 3-pointers and a three-point play by Anderson - after Mississippi State had pulled to 41-38 early in the second half.
Mississippi State (10-2, 2-1), which had won six consecutive games, had 28 turnovers, 13 in the second half.
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