ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, February 6, 1996 TAG: 9602060074
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Freshman John Celestand had a season-high 19 points, and sixth-ranked Villanova held Allen Iverson to five points in the second half in a 79-66 victory over No.8 Georgetown on Monday night in Philadelphia.
The Wildcats (19-3, 10-2 Big East), playing without injured starting forward Eric Eberz, won their sixth consecutive game. The Hoyas (19-4, 9-3) saw a two-game winning streak snapped.
Kerry Kittles scored 17 points and Alvin Williams had 13 for Villanova.
Iverson, who was 6-of-10 from the field in the first half and 1-of-6 in the second, finished with 22 points. Othella Harrington added 10 for the Hoyas.
The Wildcats opened the second half with a 19-5 run that included 3-pointers by Kittles, Williams and Celestand. Celestand's 3 with 13:22 to go gave Villanova a 52-40 lead.
In other games:
George Mason 92, East Carolina 78: In Greenville, N.C., Jason Williams scored a career-high 37 points, including a school record-tying eight 3-pointers, to lead the Patriots to a Colonial Athletic Association victory.
Curtis McCants scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half for George Mason (9-12, 4-7), which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Former Patrick Henry High School standout Tim Basham had 20 points for the Pirates (14-6, 7-4).
Houston 97, James Madison 72: In Harrisonburg, Tim Moore scored 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the Cougars took advantage of the cold-shooting Dukes in the second half.
Houston (11-8) led 45-42 at the half. JMU (5-17) opened the second half with a 4-0 run to take its first and only lead of the game, 46-45, with 19:16 left. The Cougars then scored the next 19 points to seize control.
St.Joseph's 76, St.Bonaventure 72: In Philadelphia, Terrell Myers scored a career-high 25 points and Mark Bass added 17 to lead the Hawks (9-9, 4-5) to an Atlantic 10 Conference victory over the Bonnies.
Rashaan Palmer had a team-high 21 and Kenny McFarland scored 20 for St.Bonaventure (6-13, 2-8).
George Washington 72, N.C. Charlotte 67: In Washington, Alexander Koul got a key tip-in with 49 seconds remaining as the Colonials rallied in the final five minutes to defeat the 49ers.
GW (13-4), a winner of five straight and 11 of its past 13, trailed 60-54 with 5:14 left to play when it began the comeback.
Koul had 15 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks.
Roanoke 73, Lynchburg 70: Former Blacksburg High School standout Jon Maher converted a three-point play with four seconds remaining to give the Maroons an Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory over the Hornets in Lynchburg.
Maher scored the final five points of the game as Roanoke shut out Lynchburg for the final 2:30 after a basket by Otis Tucker. Maher finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Maroons (16-4, 11-4).
Jason Bishop added 14 points and five assists for Roanoke. Ahmad Smalls led the Hornets (8-12, 5-9) with 15 points and Tucker finished with 13.
Randolph-Macon 88, Washington and Lee 71: Kurt Axe scored 31 points, including 18 off 3-pointers, as the Yellow Jackets beat the Generals in an ODAC game in Lexington.
The Yellow Jackets (14-6, 11-4) used a 7-0 run, capped by an Axe 3-pointer, to extend the lead to 38-25 at the half and led by as many as 20 in the second half before the Generals rallied. Washington and Lee closed to 67-60 on a Chris Couzen drive with 4:45 remaining, but Randolph-Macon responded with an 8-0 run and never looked back.
Cam Dyer had 22 points and eight rebounds for Washington and Lee (3-18, 3-12). Dyer moved into ninth place on the Generals' all-time scoring list with 1,433 points.
Liberty 51, Maryland-Baltimore County 48: In Lynchburg, Erik Sorensen scored 13 points, four in the game's final 45 seconds, as the Flames defeated the Retrievers.
A layup and two free throws by Sorensen gave Liberty (11-9, 5-4 Big South) a 51-46 lead with 20 seconds left.
Larry Jackson led the Flames with 17 points. Tony Thompson had 18 for UMBC (3-17, 1-8).
Hampton 88, Barton 76: In Hampton, JaFonde Williams score 30 points, 22 in the second half, to ignite the Pirates.
Hampton (6-15) led 37-33 at the half and opened the second period with a 10-2 run, with Williams scoring six points.
Women
Ferrum 91, Averett 74: Kia Williams scored 31 points and Marlo Ferguson-Jamison added 25, including five 3-pointers, as the Panthers routed the Cougars in a Dixie Conference game in Ferrum.
The Panthers (11-8, 5-2) never trailed and led by as many as 19. Williams went 11-for-18 from the field and 7-for-10 from the free-throw line. She also grabbed 11 rebounds. Ferguson-Jamison dished out nine assists, and former Staunton River standout Kim English pulled down 18 rebounds.
Michel Warner scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Averett (5-11, 3-4). Former Northside High School star Shannon Yopp added 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Notes
COACH APOLOGIZES: Long Beach State coach and former Virginia assistant Seth Greenberg has apologized to two New Mexico State students who claimed he slandered them and violated their civil rights by having security officers remove them from a game between the two schools.
A copy of Greenberg's Feb.1 letter to Charles Sallee and Craig Sullivan was released Monday by Alvin Sallee, father of one of the students and a New Mexico State professor of social work who sits on the school's athletic council.
The students last week demanded a public apology from Greenberg after they were escorted from the Pan American Center during the final minutes of the nationally televised game Jan.22.
Greenberg had complained to game officials that students sitting near the Long Beach State bench had directed racial slurs at his players. The coach identified the students he said were involved.
Sallee and Sullivan denied it, saying they had heckled Greenberg only about his balding head.
WVU FLAP SUBSIDES: A sports editor banned from a West Virginia news conference will not be prevented from attending the team's future media opportunities, the university's athletic director said.
WVU (8-11) lost 84-63 on Saturday to Boston College, its worst home defeat since a 102-80 setback to Westminster in 1954-55.
Afterward, coach Gale Catlett refused to attend the news conference if Bob Pastin, sports editor of the Dominion Post of Morgantown, was there. Pastin agreed to leave, and the news conference went on as scheduled.
It was the Mountaineers' first home game since Pastin wrote a column Jan.27 that questioned the direction of the program.
RESCHEDULED: The University of Virginia women's basketball game against Wake Forest, originally scheduled for this past Sunday, has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb.19 at University Hall in Charlottesville.
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