ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, February 10, 1997 TAG: 9702110023
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STAFF REPORTS
Wake Forest wouldn't let Missouri pull off another miracle.
Tim Duncan had 18 points and 20 rebounds, and the Demon Deacons pulled away at the start of the second half for a 73-65 victory Sunday in Columbia, Mo.
Missouri (12-11) upset top-ranked Kansas 96-94 in double overtime Tuesday, but missed a chance to beat the No.2 team Sunday. Wake Forest (19-2), coming off a loss to Duke on Wednesday that might have cost the school its first No.1 ranking, put this one out of reach with a 20-2 run to start the second half, taking a 55-33 lead with 13:49 left.
``That was as well as we've played in two to three weeks,'' said Dave Odom, the Demon Deacons' coach. ``We've been waiting for something like that to get us going.''
The run ended a Missouri high that probably lasted longer than coach Norm Stewart expected. Before the game, he worried his team wouldn't be able to put the Kansas upset behind them.
``I looked up and [the gap] was like 10 points,'' said Tigers guard Jason Sutherland. ``All of a sudden it was 22.''
What happened?
``I don't even remember, it happened so fast,'' Sutherland said.
Missouri, which had outrebounded Kansas 43-37, was beaten on the boards by Wake 39-22.
Missouri kept the game close by making a school-record 15 3-pointers in 28 attempts, and at one point closed to 62-55. The previous mark for 3-pointers was 13.
In other games:
No.1 Kansas 69, Iowa State 62: Losing was only temporary for the Jayhawks.
Raef LaFrentz scored 21 points, and Jacque Vaughn and Paul Pierce led a key run to start the second half as Kansas withstood Dedric Willoughby's career-high 35 points and beat the Cyclones in a Big 12 Conference game in Ames, Iowa.
The Jayhawks (23-1, 9-1) bounced back from its double-overtime loss at Missouri on Tuesday with a strong defensive effort that shut down Iowa State - other than Willoughby, who made a school-record nine 3-point shots.
Kansas held Iowa State (16-4, 7-3) to one basket in the first eight minutes of the second half in rallying from a four-point halftime deficit. The Jayhawks relied on their defense again to hold off the Cyclones while going six minutes without a basket late in the game.
With the victory, Kansas avoided losing consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid in February 1994. Iowa State had won five straight since consecutive losses at Kansas and Colorado in mid-January.
No. 3 Kentucky 93, No.16 Villanova 56: Ron Mercer had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Kentucky crushed Villanova in a battle of Wildcats in Lexington, Ky.
Kentucky (22-3) shot 55 percent from the field, including 8-of-19 from 3-point range, outrebounded Villanova 42-17 and forced the visitors into a season-high 24 turnovers, including 11 by point guard Alvin Williams. It was the fourth time this season Villanova (17-6) was outrebounded.
Memphis 79, No.11 Louisville 59: Cedric Henderson scored 27 points, and the Tigers jumped on the visiting Cardinals from the start to hand Louisville its third consecutive loss.
Memphis (12-11, 6-3) never trailed and shocked the Cardinals (18-5, 5-3) by opening the Conference USA game with a 16-0 run. Louisville missed its first 10 shots and turned over the ball five times in the first 61/2 minutes.
The Cardinals finished one of their worst performances of the season by shooting 33 percent (18-for-54) compared with a season-high 58 percent by the Tigers (31-for-53).
No.14 Arizona 81, No. 21 Tulane 62: Miles Simon, sidelined by grades during the first semester, is gaining momentum as the Wildcats roar toward the postseason.
Simon had career highs of 30 points and 10 assists, sparking a key run in each half as Arizona routed the Green Wave in Phoenix. A.J. Bramlett added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (15-5).
Lawrence Nelson led the Green Wave (16-7) with 15. Rayshard Allen and Jerald Honeycutt scored 12 points apiece.
Honeycutt also had eight assists, five rebounds and three blocks, but his performance typified the frustrating day for Tulane. Honeycutt, who was averaging 20.1 points, shot 4-of-13 from the floor.
Illinois 66, No. 25 Iowa 51: Kiwane Garris scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, as the Illini knocked off the Hawkeyes in a Big Ten Conference game in Champaign, Ill.
Garris also had 10 assists for Illinois (17-6, 7-4). Chris Gandy added 14 points and 10 rebounds as the Illini outrebounded Iowa 45-29.
Guy Rucker led the Hawkeyes (16-6, 7-3) with 16 points.
Florida State 64, Georgia Tech 62: Kerry Thompson's jump shot from the free-throw line with 2.5 seconds left gave the Seminoles an ACC victory over the Yellow Jackets in Tallahassee, Fla.
Thompson, a 6-foot point guard, scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half to help Florida State hold off two furious second-half rallies led by Georgia Tech's Eddie Elisma and Matt Harpring.
The Seminoles (13-7, 4-7) led 34-22 at the half and were up 60-52 with a minute remaining, but the Yellow Jackets (9-12, 3-8) tied the score with 23.3 seconds left on Harpring's second consecutive 3-point shot in an 18-second span.
Temple 83, Duquesne 68: Marc Jackson and Rasheed Brokenborough each scored 19 points as the Owls defeated the Dukes in an Atlantic 10 Conference game in Pittsburgh.
Temple (13-7, 6-4) dominated inside as it rebounded from a letdown against St. Bonaventure following a Feb.2 victory over then-No. 9 Louisville. The Owls outscored Duquesne 32-8 in the paint and had a 42-30 advantage on the boards Sunday.
Tom Pipkins led the Dukes (7-13, 3-7) with 23 points.
Emory & Henry 97, Eastern Mennonite 95: The Royals' Jay Taylor scored 25 points and Mike McElroy (Parry McCluer High School) added 23, but the Wasps used offensive balance to beat Eastern Mennonite in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference game in Emory.
Donald Childress (William Byrd) had 16 points and was one of five double-figure scorers for Emory & Henry (8-13, 8-7). The Royals (8-12, 6-8) lost despite shooting 61 percent (37-of-61) from the field.
Women
No.10 Virginia 91, No.25 N.C. State 66: Tora Suber scored 23 points and Monick Foote added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Cavaliers routed the Wolfpack in an ACC game in Charlottesville.
Virginia (18-4, 10-2) led by 10 at halftime, then shot 59 percent from the floor in the second half.
For the game, the Cavaliers scored 24 points off turnovers to 15 for N.C. State (15-9, 5-6). UVa also was 10-of-18 from 3-point range to the Wolfpack's 2-of-10.
N.C. State's Chasity Melvin scored 23 points.
St.Bonaventure 75, Virginia Tech 63: The Bonnies (11-11, 5-7) parlayed a big advantage at the free-throw line into an Atlantic 10 victory over the Hokies (7-17, 2-10) in Olean, N.Y.
Genevieve Lukenda led the way with 23 points and seven assists for St.Bonaventure, which hit 21 of 29 from the line to 8-of-15 shooting for Tech. Kelly Mathews scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
William Byrd alumnus Sherry Banks led the Hokies with 17 points and Rene Maitland came off the bench to contribute 15 points, 10 rebounds and four assists.
Roanoke 67, Randolph-Macon Woman's 48: The Maroons hit only 33 percent of their shots, but still managed to win their 18th consecutive game by holding the Wildcats to 28 percent in an ODAC matchup at the Bast Center.
Amy Athey (Cave Spring) led the way for Roanoke (18-1, 15-0) with 11 points and Carrie McConnell (Pulaski County) and Suzanne Moore (Blacksburg) had 10 each. Tara Carleton and Kim Felton scored 19 points apiece for Randolph-Macon Woman's (6-12, 4-11).
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