ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, January 12, 1996               TAG: 9601120017
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS 


RADFORD RESCHEDULES 3 GAMES

The three Radford University men's basketball games postponed because of snow have been rescheduled.

Maryland-Baltimore County's visit to the Dedmon Center will be 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18. Radford's visit to North Carolina-Greensboro has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 24.

The Radford women's game at UMBC will be 7 p.m. Tuesday.

In other news:

KEADY'S DAUGHTER CRITICALLY INJURED: The adopted daughter of Purdue coach Gene Keady was hospitalized in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery.

Lisa Sands, who is in her early 30s, suffered a head injury when she fell Wednesday afternoon in the kitchen of her home in Alpine, N.J., said Jim Vruggink, a Purdue spokesman. Sands underwent surgery Wednesday evening at an undisclosed New Jersey hospital.

``She is stable, but critical and has not regained consciousness,'' Keady said before flying to New Jersey on Thursday morning.

VCU PLAYER INELIGIBLE: Tyrian Ridges, a freshman guard for Virginia Commonwealth, has been declared academically ineligible. In 13 games, Ridges averaged 1.3 points.

Richard Sander, VCU's athletic director, said he believed Ridges would transfer to another school for the spring semester.


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