ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, February 8, 1996 TAG: 9602080023
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: ROUNDUP
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
Stephon Marbury hit a 12-footer in the lane with 42 seconds left in overtime Wednesday night and Georgia Tech held on to beat Duke 73-71 in Atlanta, snapping the Yellow Jackets' two-game losing streak in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Georgia Tech (14-10 overall, 7-3 ACC) closed out the first half with a 29-7 run but couldn't put the Blue Devils (13-9, 4-6) away in the second. Chris Collins hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime tied at 67.
Jeff Capel scored all four of Duke's points in the extra period but had two critical miscues in the final seconds. With the Blue Devils trailing 72-71 after Marbury's basket, Capel drove to the baseline as the shot clock ran down and missed an awkward shot.
Matt Harpring, who led the Yellow Jackets with 20 points, grabbed the rebound and was fouled. He made one free throw, giving Duke another chance to either tie the game or win it with a 3-pointer.
Capel drove inside the 3-point arc but stumbled to the court after colliding with Marbury. The ball rolled free and Tech grabbed the ball as time expired.
In other games:
No. 2 Kentucky 120, Vanderbilt 81: In Nashville, Tenn., the Wildcats (19-1, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) opened with a 21-4 run and never looked back.
Tony Delk finished with 22 points to lead the Wildcats. Pax Whitehead led Vanderbilt (14-8, 4-5) with 20 points
No. 3 Kansas 89, No. 21 Iowa St. 70: In Lawrence, Kan., Scot Pollard scored 20 points and Raef LaFrentz had 17 as the Jayhawks (19-1, 7-0 Big Eight) beat Iowa State.
Iowa State (16-5, 5-2) trailed just 40-36 at the half. Dedrick Willoughby scored 24 for the Cyclones.
No. 5 Cincinnati 81, Saint Louis 49: In Cincinnati, Danny Fortson scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half as the Bearcats (18-1, 7-1 Conference USA) beat Saint Louis.
Fortson scored eight points during a 12-0 spurt that opened the second half and pushed the score to 47-27. Saint Louis (12-8, 3-6) never got closer than 17.
No. 9 Wake Forest 81, Florida St. 67: In Winston-Salem, N.C., Rusty LaRue powered a second-half run that sent the Demon Deacons (15-3, 7-2 ACC) into sole possession of first place in the ACC.
LaRue hit six of seven 3-point attempts and scored a career-high 22 points. The Demon Deacons made 32 free throws and 11 3-pointers.
Florida State (10-9, 2-7) harassed Tim Duncan into 1-for-4 field-goal shooting and five turnovers. But Duncan sank 15 of 16 free throws and finished with 17 points and seven rebounds.
No. 14 Purdue 74, Wisconsin 42: In Madison, Wis., reserve guard Todd Foster scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half Wednesday as the Boilermakers beat Wisconsin. Foster made five 3-point baskets during a 25-2 second-half run by Purdue (18-4, 8-2 Big Ten).
No. 18 Syracuse 73, Pittsburgh 67: In Pittsburgh, John Wallace scored 25 points and the Orangemen held off a second-half rally to beat Pittsburgh. Wallace, Otis Hill and Todd Burgan, who had 10 points, scored all but 17 Syracuse points as the Orange (17-6, 7-5) beat Pitt for the ninth consecutive time.
No. 19 Iowa 88, Northwestern 77: In Evanston, Ill., Jess Settles matched his career high with 29 points as the Hawkeyes beat Northwestern. The victory was coach Tom Davis' 200th at Iowa. The Hawkeyes (16-6, 5-5 Big Ten) got 17 points from Kenyon Murray.
No. 22 Boston College 89, St. John's 73: In New York, freshman Scoonie Penn scored 20 points and the Eagles used a quick burst of 3-pointers in the second half to beat St. John's. Duane Woodward finished with 17 for the Eagles (14-5, 7-4 Big East), who were 8-of-18 from 3-point range.
No. 24 Eastern Michigan 89, Western Michigan 83: In Kalamazoo, Mich., Derrick Dial scored 21 points as the Eagles rallied from an 11-point deficit and downed Western Michigan. Dial, a 6-4 sophomore forward, made a pair of 3-pointers during a 17-6 run that put the Eagles (17-2, 10-1 Mid-American Conference) ahead.
VMI 71, Georgia Southern 48: An 18-0 run propelled the Keydets to a Southern Conference win over the Eagles, ranked 305th out of 305 Division I teams in the Rating Percentage Index. Brent Conley led the Keydets (11-7, 4-3) with 18 points. Walk-on Andre Wilkes led the Eagles (3-17, 2-7) with 12 points.
Richmond 84, James Madison 80: In Harrisonburg, Jarod Stevenson made five of six free throws after a personal foul and two technical fouls were called against James Madison, leading the Spiders to victory.
Stevenson was fouled by James Coleman with 4:49 remaining and the Spiders (7-14 overall, 3-8 Colonial) leading 69-66. He made the front end of the one-and-one, then made all four free throws assessed on the technicals to boost Richmond's lead to 74-66.
The Dukes (5-18, 1-9) were led by Darren McClinton with 27 points.
Va. Commonwealth 83, William and Mary 68: In Richmond, Sherman Hamilton matched his career high with 23 points as the Rams won their seventh straight. VCU (17-7 overall, 10-1 Colonial) has more conference wins than in any season since 1987-88.
Roanoke 100, Eastern Mennonite 93: Former Northside standout Nathan Hungate scored 16 points and dished out 15 assists to lead the Maroons over Eastern Mennonite in an ODAC game in Harrisonburg.
Jason Bishop led five scorers in double figures with 20 points, including four 3-pointers as the Maroons (17-4, 12-4) hit 15 3-pointers.
Christopher Newport 88, Ferrum 70: Andre Bolton scored 24 points, 22 at the free-throw line, as the Captains maintained the lead in the Dixie Conference with a win at Newport News.
Bolton was 22-of-24 from the line, 14-of-15 in the final 4:42, as Christopher Newport (16-4, 7-2) expanded a 10-point halftime lead.
Michael Hunter led Ferrum (8-10, 5-3) with 26 points.
Lynchburg 68, Washington and Lee 65: Mike Preston sank five free throws in the final 27 seconds to lead the Hornets to victory in Lynchburg.
Preston had 14 points for Lynchburg (9-12, 6-9 ODAC). Cam Dyer led the Generals (3-19, 3-13) with 23 points and Chris Couzen added 16.
Women
Virginia Tech 65, Duquesne 56: Michelle Hollister and former Floyd County standout Lynette Nolley combined to score 35 points as the Hokies rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to knock off Duquesne in an Atlantic 10 game in Blacksburg.
Hollister finished with 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Nolley added 17 points and six rebounds to lead the Hokies (6-12, 4-5).
No. 9 Virginia 72, No. 15 N. Carolina St. 60: In Raleigh, N.C., Tora Suber scored 21 points and Monick Foote got 17 as the Cavaliers beat the Wolfpack. Virginia (17-4, 8-2) forced 21 turnovers and sent the Wolfpack offense reeling in the final 20 minutes.
Ferrum 88, Christopher Newport 81 OT: Kia Williams and Marlo Ferguson-Jamison combined for 65 points as the Panthers closed within a half-game of the Captains in the Dixie Conference standings. Williams finished with 34 points and 14 rebounds, with six points coming in overtime. Ferguson-Jamison had 31 points, 10 assists and made seven 3-pointers for Ferrum (12-8, 6-2), which let a 19-point lead slip away in regulation.
Notes
USC FIRES COACH: Southern California fired head basketball coach Charlie Parker and replaced him on an interim basis with former UCLA star Henry Bibby. The Trojans have an 11-10 record, but have lost nine of their past 14 games. Parker took over as interim head coach after George Raveling retired suddenly two days before the start of the season following a near-fatal car accident.
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