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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Dailrj Press Va. Tech, VCU file suit against Metro Conference 12 schools named as defendants commissioner, Ralph McFillen, and The Metro schools informed VCU and Virginia Tech Friday that they planned to expel the two from the league, then add the other seven. The suit alleges: Breach of contract by the Metro members. Interference with a contract by the non-Metro members. Conspiracy among all the defendants to bring about the Metro members' withdrawal from the conference without paying fees VCU and Virginia Tech say are required.

The suit asks the court to determine what the two schools are owed by the league. It also asks for an injunction to maintain the current conference alignment until the suit is resolved. A hearing on a temporary injunction was set for Jan. 26. VCU and Virginia Tech see the expulsion plan as an attempt by the other Metro schools to avoid paying a $500,000 departure fee and shares of other conference revenue such as TV fees and NCAA Tournament receipts.

The other schools see their plan as a way to beat the legal questions. "For example, no one could enjoin formation of a new conference because no new conference will be formed," UNCC Chancellor J.H. Woodward wrote in a letter to VCU president Eugene P. Trani. Yet, UNCC on Monday issued a release saying it "has accepted an invitation to participate in forming a new athletic superconference." The release said the "new, as yet unnamed superconference hopes to begin competition this In his letter to Trani, Woodward said he'd been authorized to speak about possible settlements.

Woodward was out of his office Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. McFillen said, "I regret that this situation has evolved into litigation." Ian McCaw, an associate athletics director at Tulane, said Tuesday presidents of the 12 schools "have reviewed the legal ramifications of the new conference and are comfortable with their position." 12 universities that are working to form a new alignment. Also named are the presidents or chancellors of five Metro universities and the athletics directors and faculty representatives of those schools. The Metro universities are Louisville, Tulane, North Carolina Charlotte, South Florida and Southern Mississippi. The others are Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis, DePaul, Marquette, St.

Louis and Alabama-Birmingham. The Associated Press RICHMOND Four days after learning of a plan to eject their athletic programs from the Metro Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginif Tech have taken legal action to block it. Named as defendants in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Richmond Circuit Court are the conference, its B4 Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995 3 ODU women atop CAA TTnrinlwl i imu hi mm Atlantic 10 3171 Monarchs remain EAST 928-1111 unbeaten in league Big East 3181 Big 8 3191 Big Ten 3201 PacIO 3221 SEC 3231 Great Midwest 3241 Metro 3251 By Tara Flnnegan Duke 0-5 inACC Daily Press 9890111 (Wm'burg, James City) 357-6594 (Isle of Wight Smtthfield) (800) 981-6600 (Middle Peninsula) Regional scores 301 1 Top 25 3261 Albright 76, Messiah 46 Alderson-Broaddus 83, Wheeling Jesuit 76 Allentown 89, Neumann 69 Babson 70, Coast Guard 65 Baldwin-Wallace 88, Frostburg St 72 Beaver 82, Cabrini 79, OT Bentley 1 1 5, Assumption 1 02 Brandeis 115, Worcester Tech 71 Bridgeport 100, New Haven 92 Bryant 81. Stonehill 72 ACC 3161 Women's scores 3271 Texas Tech 84, Houston 66 5 Kentucky 62, Ole Miss 65 KENTUCKY (11-2): McCarty 3-5 z-3 Hnooes 3-9 16-20 23, Riddick 4-5 44 1 2, Sheppard 1 -4 2-2 4, Delk 7-19 33 18, Walker 1-31-23, Eppe 3-8 54 1 2, Pricketl 1 -1 0-0 2, Pope 0-2 "With our pressure, we were able to pick up the pace a little bit." ODU held a 40-28 lead at the half, but Richmond fell into another scoring drought going 5:20 without a field goal as ODU pulled ahead 48-31.

From that point on, Larry continuously rotated players in and out of the lineup. Sophomore Stacy Himes added 10 points off the bench for the Lady Monarchs and Menchville graduate Misty Hart added 9 points. Center Melanie Noise led the Spiders with 14 points followed by forward Ina Nicosia with 12. ODU 78, RICHMOND 49 RICHMOND (7-8, 3-1): Wallace 04 44 4, Nicosia 4-10 44 12, Noise 54 44 14, Detollenaere 14 04 2, Jones 2-7 24 6, Dorsett 04 04 0, Curran 04 04 0, Meade 0-3 0-1 0. Winn 3-12 4-5 1 1 McClure 04 04 0, Eken 04 0-00.

Totals 1544 18-26 49. ODU (14-2, 44): Machanguana 4-12 6-10 14, Willy-er 4-10 04 9, Benjamin 6-12 24 14, Deberry 4-7 0-0 9, Penlcheiro 24 04 4, Roberts 1-8 1-2 3, Hart 44 1-2 9, Eller 2-6 0-0 4, Himes 4-5 2-2 10, Rowley 0-1 0-0 0, McGowan 0-2 04 0, Bradley 1 -2 04 2. Totals 32-79 11-19 78. Halftime ODU 40, Richmond 28. 3-point goalsRichmond 1 -5 (Winn 1 4, Detollenaere 0-1 Jones 0-1); ODU 3-11 (Wlllyerd 1-3, Deberry 1-3, Hart 1-3, Penlcheiro 0-2).

Rebounds Richmond 35 (Nicosia 9); ODU 51 (Machanguana 10). Assists Richmond 8 (Winn 3); ODU 22 (Wlllyerd 5). Total fouls Richmond 16; ODU 21. A 1,013. previously unbeaten in conference play.

"But our defense really broke down." ODU's backcourt was simply too big and physical for the Spiders to contain. Center Clarisse Machanguana and forward Esther Benjamin each scored 14 points and combined for 17 rebounds. ODU's three post players Machanguana, Benjamin and Nyree Roberts accounted for half of the Monarchs' 51 rebounds. "When a team gets 27 opportunities to score again, you're not going to win the ball game," Holder said about ODU's offensive rebounding. "We start a 6-0 and 5-11 at the post.

Many times we had position, but leaping ability kept us from getting boards." But size wasn't the only factor. ODU rattled Richmond with full-court pressure and the Spiders committed 29 turnovers. "Richmond plays a passive pressure defense, they try to slow things up," Lady Monarchs coach Wendy Larry said. 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 33-42 82.

MISSISSIPPI (5-9): Boone 5-12 54 15, Johnigan 2-5 1-2 5, Jackson NORFOLK Wednesday night, the Old Dominion women's basketball team showed why it is undefeated in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Lady Monarchs, behind strong rebounding and a balanced scoring attack, beat visiting Richmond 78-49 to take sole position of first place in the CAA and extend their conference winning streak to 44 games. The Lady Monarchs (14-2 overall, 4-0 CAA) pulled away from the Spiders (7-8, 3-1) midway through the first half and never looked back. Leading 17-16 with 9:00 left in the first half, ODU outscored Richmond 17-3 when the Spiders went over five minutes without scoring a field goal. "The first eight minutes we did a decent job.

On their first 3 or 4 possessions, ODU didn't get a second opportunity," said Richmond coach Tammy Holder, whose team was z-7 74 1 1 Johnson 4-14 34 1 1 Brim 2-6 04 5, Sesay 44 04 1 0, Butler 1 91-23, Gooisby 0-0 04 0, Sims 2-2 1-2 5. Totals 2243 18-28 65. Halftime Miss. 34, Kentucky 33. 3-Polnt goals Kentucky 3-16 Not even the visiting freshmen get rattled when they come to Duke these days.

North Carolina State's Ishua Benjamin, playing his first game before the nerve-rattling fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium, showed veteran-type poise in scoring 23 points and leading the Wolfpack to a 77-60 victory over the fading Blue Devils. Benjamin helped extend Duke's losing streak to five games, the first time that's happened since 1977. It also sank the Blue Devils to their first 0-5 start in the Atlantic Coast Conference in school history. "They said there's going to be a lot of pressure in playing in here," Benjamin said of his talk with the upperclassmen, who also advised him of what they thought Duke's defense might do. "They were going to deny the ball a lot.

Just take care of the ball." He did that, hitting 9-of-18 shots and committing just two turnovers. N.C. State (10-4, 2-2) broke an eight-game losing streak in the series and broke a 19-game road losing streak in the ACC. Duke (9-7, 0-5) suffered its worst loss at home since North Carolina took a 91-71 victory on Jan. 18.

1989. Fla. St. 67, Clemson 66 In Clemson, S.C., senior forward Bob Sura hit a 3-pointer with two seconds to play to give the Semi-noles (8-5, 2-3) a victory win the Tigers (10-3, 1-3). From wire service reports Bucknell 58, Lehigh 54 Catholic U.

86, St. Mary's. Md. 78, OT Charleston, W.Va. 106, Concord 82 Colgate 81 Navy 67 Concordia, Y.

65, Queens Coll. 55 Edinboro 67, Mercyhurst 64 FDU-Madison 72, Upsala 65 Fairmont St. 96, Shepherd 82 Fordham 69, Lafayette 62 Geneva 88, Gannon 68 Gettysburg 75, Dickinson 59 Glenville St 76, Davis Elklns 68 Green Mountain 61, Colby-Sawyer 60 Grove City 73, Penn St-Behrend 72 Indiana 71, Perm St. 69 Indiana, Pa. 130, Slippery Rock 82 Kean 71 Stockton St.

69 Kings Point 91 Manhattanville 69 Kutztown 80, Bloomsburg 78, OT Lock Haven 79, Clarion 76 Merrimack 76, American Intl. 74 Miami 81 Providence 75 Millersville 95, East Stroudsburg 74 Montclair St 72, Wm. Paterson 62 Mount St. Vincent 88, Albertus Magnus 69 Muhlenberg 84, Haverford 69 N.Y.Tech104,Adelphi94 Old Dominion 89, American U. 82 Oneonta St 85, Old Westbury 53 Pace 82, C.W.

Post 66 Phila. Textile 77, Molloy57 Pitt-Bradford 101, Daemon 76 Ramapo 68, Jersey City St. 67 Rowan 85, Rutgers-Camden 56 Springfield 75, Quinnipiac 69 St Anselm 70, St. Michael's 61 St Vincent 70, Point Park 54 Susquehanna 107, Juniata 66 Trenton St. 63, Rutgers-Newark 63 Villanova 71 Pittsburgh 69 W.

Va. Weslyn 69, Bluefleld St. 67 W. Virginia Tech 102, W. Virginia St.

86 Wash Jefl. 92, Thiel 76 Waynesburg 110, Bethany, W.Va. 107. 20T West Liberty 78, Salem-Teikyo 76 West Virginia 89, Marshall 82 SOUTH Alabama ASM 106, LeMoyne-Owen 95 Auburn 61 Tennessee 57 Averett 81, Methodist 72 Barton 97, St Andrew's 69 Chowan 94, Shenandoah 89 Clayton St. 69, Shorter 66 Coker 64, Belmont Abbey 53 East Carolina 69, Richmond 67 Eckerd 90, Tampa 65 Emory Henry 96, Washington Lee 89 Ferrum 80, Christopher Newport 73 Florida 71 South Carolina 59 Stonehill 97.

Bryant 82 Susquehanna 70, Juniata 58 Towson St 62, County 48 Waynesburg 65, Bethany, W.Va. 61 Westbrook 67, Notre Dame, N.H. 38 Williams 83, Vassar 47 SOUTH Alabama 98, LeMoyne-Owen 79 Albany, Ga. 74, Paine 38 Appalachian St 74, W. Carolina 68 Auburn 80, Southern Miss.

50 Augusta 60, S.C. Spartanburg 59 Belmont Abbey 87, Coker 73 Brescia 70, Spalding 57 Carson-Newman 78, Lenoir-Rhyne 64 Christopher Newport 65, Ferrum 63 Clayton St. 72, Shorter 57 Columbus 70, Armstrong St. 53 Duke 80, Georgia Tech 71 Elon 73, Gardner-Webb 70 Florida 95, South Florida 54 Francis Marion 90, Lander 89, 3 OT Georgia 91 Alabama 67 Georgia Coll. 89, Kennesaw 86, OT Ga.

Southwestern 65, Brewton-Park-er57 High Point 73, Pfeiffer 61 Howard U. 78, Hampton U. 60 Jackson St 66, SE Louisiana 50 Louisville 74, Indiana St 53 Marshall 87, West Virginia 72 Morris Brown 76, Miles 47 Mt. Olive 92, Lees-McRae 69 North Carolina 71 North Carolina St 62 N.C. Wesleyan 69, Greensboro 63 Old Dominion 78, Richmond 49 Presbyterian 70, Mars Hill 58 St.

Andrews 76, Barton 75 Shenandoah 78, Chowan 70 S.C.-Aiken 63, Pembroke 60 South Carolina 81 E. Tennessee St 67 Tennessee St. 68, Middle Tenn. 56 Tulane 57, LSU 50 Valdosta 72, W. Florida 60 W.

Kentucky 1 1 3, South Alabama 45 Wingate 92, Catawba 76 Wittenberg 61 Ohio Weslyn 58 Woftord 83, Limestone 63 MIDWEST Alma 66, Klamazoo 39 Bethel, Minn. 68, St. Thomas, Minn. 66, OT Bowling Green 90, E. Michigan 61 Calvin 79, Albion 34 Carleton 85, Hamline 71 Case Western 50, Allegheny 49 Cent Michigan 82, Ball St.

55 Concordla-Moorhead 94, St. Olaf 37 DePaul 89, NE Illinois 58 Emporia St. 77, Lincoln, Mo. 62 Friends 58, SW Kansas 57 Hope 89, Olivet 41 ODU rallies to edge American (Rhodes 1-1, Epps 1-4, Delk 1-7, McCarty 0-1 Sheppard 0-1 Pope 0-1 Walker 0-1 Miss. 3-1 8 (Sesay 2-5, Brim 1-5, Johnigan 0-2, Butler 04).

Fouled out Riddick, Johnson. Rebounds Kentucky 35 (Riddick 9), Miss. 48 (Sesay, Boone 8). AssistsKentucky 13 (Sheppard 5), Miss 14 (Brim 5). Total fouls Kentucky 24, Miss.

28. Technical Mississippi Coach Evans. A 12,073. 12 Michigan State 93, Northwestern 56 NORTHWESTERN (4-9): Neiloms 3-16 4-6 10, Chamberlain 3-4 0-3 6, Williams 1 -2 04 2, Duerksen 0-2 04 0, Carlisle 5-111-212, Purdy 0-2 04 0, Lee 6-1 2 4-4 1 7, Branch 34 3-3 9, Dean 0-0 0-0 0, Rayford 0-1 0-0 0, Kreft 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21 -56 1 2-1 56.

MICHIGAN ST. (11-2): Garavaglia 5-9 0-0 10, Brooks 4-4 2-2 10, Feick 5-5 1-5 11, Snow 9-12 1421, S.Res-pert 5-13 3-4 16, Kelley 1-2 0-0 2, Weathers 3-5 1 -2 7, Penlck 1 -2 04 2, M.Respert 1 -2 2-2 4, Prylow 1 -2 04 3, Nicodemus 1-2 04 3, Beathea 2-5 0-0 4, Polonowski 04 04 0. Totals 38-6310-18 93. Halftime Michigan St. 38, Northwestern 27.

3-point goals Northwestern 2-10 (Carlisle 1-2, Lee 1-5, Purdy 0-1 Neiloms 0-2), Michigan St 7-16 (S.Respert 3-7, Snow 2-2, Prylow 1-2, Nicodemus 1-2, Garavaglia 0-1 Penlck 0-1 Beathea 0-1). Fouled out- Polonowski. Rebounds Northwestern 22 (Chamberlain, Williams, Lee 4). Michigan St. 45 (Feick 10).

Assists Northwestern 6 (Lee 2), Michigan St. 20 (Snow 8). Total foulsNorthwestern 13, Michigan St 19. A 14,322. From staff, wire service reports WASHINGTON Mike Jones led all scorers with 29 points as Old Dominion rallied in the second half to defeat Colonial Athletic Association rival American University 89-82 on Wednesday.

The victory gave ODU (8-8) a 3-0 mark in the CAA, tied with James Madison and William Mary. Petey Sessoms scored 19 points and added eight rebounds for the winners. David Harvey scored 12 points for ODU while Mario Mullen added 11. American (2-13, 1-2), took a 47-44 halftime lead and led for most of the second half. The Eagles had a 77-71 lead with 4:56 remaining, but were outscored 18-5 in the closing minutes.

American outrebounded the Monarchs 42-35, but ODU shot 58.2 percent from the field to 38 percent for American. ODU shot 61.2 percent in the first half, but trailed by three points at halftime. American was led by Christian Ast's 20 points and 12 rebounds. ODU 89, AMERICAN 82 OLD DOMINION (8-8): Jones 9-1 5 7-1 1 29, Sessoms 6-12 4-5 19, Dunlap 1-2 04 3, Samuels 4-5 2-2 10, Sherod 24 1-2 5, Harvey 5-7 2-5 12, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Mullen 5-91-211, Parker 0-00-00. Totals 32-55 1 7-27 89.

AMERICAN U. (2-13): Smith 1-5 3-4 5, Franklin 4-12 5-6 15, Blackwell 1-3 4-4 6, Brown 6-15 04 13, Ast 7-15 3-5 20, Gilliam 5-14 04 13, Krivokapic 2-6 2-2 8, McNeil 1-1 04 2. Totals 27-71 17-25 82. Halftime American U. Old Dominion 44.

3-Point goalsOld Dominion 8-19 (Jones 4-7, Sessoms 3-8, Dun-lap 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Mullen 0-1), American U. 11-23 (Smith 0-2, Franklin 2-3, Blackwell 0-2, Brown 1-1, Ast 3- 6, Gilliam 34, Krivokapic 2-3). Fouled out Krivokapic. Rebounds Old Dominion 35 (Sessoms 8), American U. 42 (Ast 12).

Assists Old Dominion 21 (Dunlap 5), American U. 14 (Franklin 7). Total fouls Old Dominion 18, American U. 20. A 1 ,569.

Razorbacks turn back Georgia Florida Southern 74, St. Leo 63 Florida St. 67, Clemson 66 Florida Tech 80, North Florida 70 Gardner-Webb 95, Elon 78 Georgia Coll. 77, Kennesaw 72 Hampden-Sydney 74, Randolph Macon 64 Kent 99, Akron 83 Kenyon 67, Oberlin 43 Miami, Ohio 85, W. Michigan 62 24 Florida 71, S.

Carolina 59 Florida (8-5): Thompson 1-3 04 2, DeClercq 2-5 3-3 7, Hill 9-10 3-4 21 Williams 0-1 04 0, Cross 6-10 2-316, Anderson 2-7 3-3 7, Bates 5-1 1 04 1 4, Dyrkolbotn 2-2 04 4, Griffiths HU.IJI PMU Scotty Thurman made three free 66, Bemidji St. 72 Missouri-Rolla 70, Pittsburg St. 57 Mo. Southern 77, Cent. Missouri 63 3L James Madison 64, Va.

Common 0-0 0-0 0, L. Williams 0-0 0-0 0, D.Williams 0-2 04 0, Maddox 04 0- 00. Totals 27-51 11-1371. South Carolina (3-10): Bostick 2-2 16, Russell 1-7 0-2 2, Elswyk 04 0, Rich 3-8 0-2 8, Watson 4-13 final 2:38 as the No. 3 Tar Heels (17-0, 5-0) fended off the visiting Wolfpack (8-6, 3-3) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.

Gillingham also blocked six shots as the Tar Heels extended their winning streak to 31 games. 11 Georgia 91, 14 Ala. 67 Saudia Roundtree scored 26 points to lead the llth-ranked Bulldogs (13-1, 3-1) a home Southeast 1-2 10, Unsold 143-45, Formanek 1- 2 04 2, Stack 4-5 0-0 10, Wingate 2- 3 04 6. Totals 22-57 6-1 2 59. Halftime Florida 44, South 30.

3-Point goals Florida 6-1 7 (Bates 4-9, cross 2-3, Williams 0-1 DeClercq 0-1), South Carolina 9-20 (Bostick 2-5, Rich 2-3, Wingate 2-3, Stack 2-2, Watson 1-3, Russell 0-1, Unseld 0-1, Elswyk 0-2). Fouled out. Rebounds Florida 39 (DeClercq 11), South Carolina 27 (Unseld 5). Assists Florida 15 (Cross 6), South Carolina 14 (Wat Mo. Western 103, NE Missouri 64 Northern St.S.D.

88, Winona St. 38 Ohio U. 68, Toledo 42 S. Dakota Tech 65, Black Hills St. 52 SE Missouri 89, St.

Louis 69 SW Missouri St. 81, N. Iowa 62 Southwest St. 63, Minn -Morris 50 Teikyo Marycrest 70, Viterbo 51 Wayne, Neb. 86, Briar Cliff 57 Wooster 66, Denlson 60 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St.

86, Texas-Pan American 36 E. Central, Okla. 88, Paul Quinn 55 Philander Smith 1 05, Jarvis Christian 86 St. Mary's, Texas, 86, Texas Lutheran 51 Sam Houston St 102, Nicholls St. 72 Texas Tech 96, Houston 65 Texas 76, Rice 55 WEST Colo -Colo.

Springs 74, Colorado Christian 57 11 Georgia 91, Alabama 67 ALABAMA (12-4): Johnson 4-16 34 12, Stevenson 1-7 04 2, Watklns 8-15 3-7 21, Ezell 1-5 14 3, Duncan 34 1-2 8, Thompson 24 0-0 6, Tice 04 04 0, Daniels 44 2-2 1 0, Smith O-3 0-1 0. Koonce 24 04 5, Monteith 0- 00- 10. Totals 25-75 10-20 67. GEORGIA (13-1): Frett 8-14 44 20. Decker 24 04 4.

Henderson 7-16 34 1 7, Roundtree 1 1 -1 5 2-2 26, Powell 2-4 0-0 6, Sanders 1-1 0-0 2, Thompson 0-1 04 0, Wheeler 1-3 0-0 2, Holland 2-9 1-2 7, Bush 1-2 1-1 3, Walker 1-3 04 2, Walls 1-2 04 2. Totals 37-7411-1591. Halftime Georgia 42, Alabama 15. 3-Point goals Alabama 7-29 (Watklns 2-2, Thompson 24, Koonce 1- 3, Johnson 14, Duncan 14, Ezell 0-2, Stevenson 0-4), Georgia 6-15 (Roundtree 2-2, Powell 24, Holland 2- 7, Decker 0-1, Wheeler 0-1). Fouled out None.

Rebounds Alabama 49 (Watkins 7), Georgia 45 (Decker 9). son B). lotal fouls Honda 15, South Carolina 16. A 7,234. William Mary 85, George Mason 82 WILLIAM ft MARY (4-8): Small 6-16 3-6 17, Parker 10-16 2-5 22, Cully 0-6 2-4 2, Cox 5-1 1 2-2 15, Home 2-6 0-0 3, Arnold 1-11-3 3.

Verkey 5-11 24 15, Fttzgibbons 24 1-2 5. Totals 31-70 1 3-25 85. GEORGE MASON (6-9): Lan-gledy 6-17 2-414. Marcacdni 140-0 2, Fingall 7-9 1-219, Trone 1 -9 2-2 5, McCants 5-113-413, Alford 0-50-4 0, Hairston 04 04 0. Ward 9-130-2 18, Davis 14 1-23, Ross 1-4043, Wanjara 2-3 1-3 5.

Totals 33-83 10-23 82. Halftime William Mary 45, George Mason 42. 3-Point goalsWilliam Man 10-24 (Small 2-5, Cox 3-8, Home 2-4, Verkey 3-7), George Mason 6-21 (Langley 0-2, Marcaccini 0-1 Fingall 4-5, Trone 1-7, McCants 0-2, Davis 0-2, Ross 1-2). Fouled out None. ReboundsWilliam Mary 53 (Cully 17), George Mason 49 (Alford, Ward 8).

Assists William Mary 18 (Cox 8), George Mason 13 (McCants 9). Total fouls William Mary 16, George Mason 22. A 2,491. 14 Iowa State 70, Creighton 52 The 14th-ranked Cyclones (14-2), playing their first game since knocking off then-No. 3 Kansas, overcame an early spell of cold shooting to beat the visiting Blue-jays (5-8) in a non-conference game.

16 Missouri 86, Jackson State 72 Julian Winfield scored 17 points to lead five Missouri players in double figures as the uninspired and 16th-ranked Tigers (13-2), the first Top 25 team to ever visit Jackson State (5-12), came away with a victory over the hosts. 24 Florida 71, S. Carolina 59 Dimitri Hill had 21 points and the No. 24 Gators (8-5, 2-2) snapped a two-game losing streak with an SEC victory over host South Carolina (3-10, 0-4). E.Carolina 69, Richmond 67 Tim Basham scored 20 points, and Tony Parham hit two decisive free throws with 25.7 seconds remaining, lifting host East Carolina (10-5, 1-2) over Richmond (4-10, 0-3).

ELSEWHERE. Todd Kerr and Ryan Odom each scored 14 points, with Kerr hitting a 3-pointer to cap a crucial second-half run, as Ham-pden-Sydney (13-1, 8-0) beat Randolph-Macon (5-8, 3-4) 74-64 in an ODAC contest DeVonne Johnson scored 13 points in the game's final four minutes, including the game-winning 3-pointer, as Long-wood (11-4) beat Virginia State (8-7) 65-64. Dytanyon Norman scored 26 points and Cricker Laud-erback had 24 as Emory Henry (6-7, 5-3) beat visiting Washington Lee (6-7, 3-5) 96-89 in the ODAC. LaShawn Coulter had 24 points and Winthrop (4-10, 1-4) ended a seven-game losing streak with a 85-66 victory over Liberty (6-8, 2-3) in the Big South. Virginia Continued from B1 "Donald Williams," Jones said, "was fantastic." Center Rasheed Wallace was also automatic, going 8-of-12 from the field for 21 points.

Virginia shot 41.8 percent from the field, but stayed alive by getting 13 offensive rebounds and going 8-of-20 from the 3-point arc. Jones' three-guard offense Harold Deane (20 points), Curtis Staples (13) and Cory Alexander (1 1) was effective. But Carolina's extended defense took away the perimeter sot in the second half. After hitting 6-of-12 3-pointers before halftime, the Cavs were 2-of-8 after. "They extended their defense on the wings," Staples said.

"That slowed us down a bit." As Jones pointed out, Virginia had its chances. As the did Saturday, in rallying from a 23-point deficit to defeat Duke, the Cavs played from behind virtually the entire evening. But when Pearce Landry went l-of-2 from the free throw line with 21 seconds remaining, the Cavs had a chance to force overtime with a 3-pointer. With one timeout left, Virginia went immediately down low to Burrough, who was stripped of the ball while shooting by Stackhouse. Staples came up with the ball, but missed a 20-footer from the top of the key.

Deane rebounded, but his hurried trey from right wing with about four seconds left also missed. "This definitely was a winnable game for us," Cory Alexander said. "We could have made the next level by beating Carolina here. Not too many teams do that. "But we have to remember we're in a good situation.

We have to regroup and we're going home now." UNC 7S, U.Va. 7C U.Va. (1(M): Deaie 7-1S 2-2 20, CoAlexander 2-10 6-7 1 1 Ch.Mexander 1 -1 00 2, Robinson 0-2 OO 0, Bur-rough 1 0-21 2-2 22, Staples 4-112-213, Wllliford 4-70-0 8. Barms 0-2 0-0 0, Nolan 04 04 0. Totals 2847 12-13 56.

UNC (13-1 Calabria 2-4 1-2 5, Stackhouse 2-134-6 8, Wallace IM2 54 21 D.Williams 8-14 2-2 23, Mdn-nis 5-7 3-4 14, Zwlkker 1-2 0-0 2, S.Williams 1-2 2-2 S. Landry 0-11-21, Geth 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-56 1 8-24 79. Halftime UNC 40, U.Va. 36.

3-Potnt 8-20 (Deans 44, Staples 3-5, Co Alexander 1-6, Robin-eon 0-1, Wllliford 0-2), UNC 7-13 (O.Williams 54, Mclrv nw 1-1, S.Williams 1-1, Calabria 0-1, Stackhouse 0-4). Fouled out None. Rebounds U.Va 36 (Burrough 14), UNC 35 (Stackhouse 9). Assists U.Va 12 der 7), UNC 13 (Mdnnis 7). Total fouls U.Va 18, UNC 14.A-ei,572.

throws in the final 30 seconds and Corey Beck scored two big baskets down the stretch as No. 9 Arkansas held off Georgia 84-82 Wednesday night. Thurman's last free throw came with 8.2 seconds to play. The Bulldogs (11-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) took a timeout and Thurman missed his second attempt. Georgia scrambled up court but Katu Davis' heave over Dwight Stewart missed everything as time expired.

Arkansas (14-3, 3-2) led by as many as 14 points in the first half. 5 Kent. 82, Ole Miss 65 Rodrick Rhodes scored 23 points and Tony Delk added 18 as the No. 5 Wildcats (1 1-2, 5-0) put on a second-half burst to beat the Rebels (5-9, 1-4) in an SEC game at The Pyramid in Memphis. Rhodes was only 3-for-9 from the field, but made 16-of-20 free throws as Kentucky shot 42 free throws on the night, hitting 33.

Anthony Boone led the Rebels with 15 points, while John Jackson and David Johnson had 1 1 each and Ansu Sesay 10. 7 Kansas 78, K-State 74 Sean Pearson hit a long 3-pointer with just more than two minutes to play to put away the Wildcats (10-6, 1-3 Big Eight) as the No. 7 Jayhawks (1-2, 2-1) survived the Wildcats' bid for an upset in Lawrence for the second consecutive year. Pearson, who scored all of his 14 points in the second half, put the Jayhawks ahead 74-69 with 2:22 left. Greg Ostertag added 13 for the Jayhawks.

Kansas State, which had defeated the Jayhawks 68-64 in Lawrence, last Jan. 17 just hours Kansas had been ranked No. 1, lost its third consecutive. 12 Michigan State 93, Northwestern 56 Michigan State's fast breaks produced several easy baskets as the Spartans (11-2, 3-1), who lead the Big Ten in shooting percentage and are seventh nationally, shot 60 percent from the field in defeating the visiting Wildcats. Eric Snow led Michigan State with 21 points and Shawn Respert added 16.

wealth 62 Kentucky 82, Mississippi 65 Lander 68, Francis Marion 66 Lenoir-Rhyne 92, Carson-Newman 81 Life 109, LaGrange 57 Longwood 65, Virginia St. 64 Missouri 86, Jackson St. 72 Morris Brown 93, Miles 86 Mount Olive 96, Lees-McRae 78 N. Carolina St. 77, Duke 60 N.

Kentucky 77, Oakland City 72 N.C. Wesleyan 83, Greensboro 80 N.C. -Greensboro 77, Charleston Southern 66 North Carolina 79. Virginia 76 Paine 80, Albany, Ga. 79 Pfeiffer 88, High Point 82 Rollins 66, Barry 62 S.

Carolina St 73, Winston-Salem 63 S.C.-Aiken 75, Pembroke St 70 S.C.-Spartanburg 78. Augusta 47 Sewanee 66, Emory 61 South Florida 64, Ala. -Birmingham 58 Southern Tech 66, Berry 60 Tennessee St. 98, Middle Tenn. 85 Va.

Wesleyan 94, Salisbury St. 73 Valdosta St. 88, West Florida 76 Voorhees 120, Allen 94 William Man 85, George Mason 82 Wingate 92, Catawba 73 Winthrop85, Liberty 66 MIDWEST Akron 68, Kent 57 Augustana.lll. 90, Millikin 79 Aurora 1 18, Rockford 93 Ball St. 85, Cent.

Michigan 68 Bluffton 85, Adrian 67 Bowling Green 90, E. Michigan 88, OT Calvin 63, Albion 46 Capital 82, Hiram Col. 53 Carthage 79, Elmhurst 78 Case Western 82, Allegheny 71 Cent. Missouri 91 Mo. Southern 64 Concordia, Neb.

85, Midland Lutheran 62 Doane 68, Dana 71 Emporia St 99, Lincoln. Mo. 91 Franklin 91 Wabash 87, OT Hope 94, Olivet 81 III. Benedictine 83, Judson 76 Illinois Weslyn 91 North Central 58 Iowa St. 70.

Creighton 52 Kansas 78, Kansas St 74 Kenyon 82, Oberlin 58 Madonna 89, Mich-Dearborn 78 Marian, Wis. 88, Concordia, Wis. 69 Michigan St 93, Northwestern 56 94, Bemidji St 66 Minnesota 81 Ohio St 61 Mo -St Louis 69. NW Missouri St 67 Mount Union 95. Marietta 69 NE Missouri 68, Mo.

Western 85 Nebraska 63, Mo -Kansas City 60 Nebraska Weslyn 83, Peru St 67 Northland 74, St Scholastics 70 Northwestern, Iowa 81 Hastings 71 Ohio Northern 77, Heidelberg 66 Ohio 73, Toledo 72 Otterbeln 73, Muskingum 55 Pittsburg St. 89, Missouri-Holla 75 Purdue-Calumet 81 Bend 6Z Qulncy 109. SlU-Edwardsville 77 Rose-Hulman 58, DePauw 55, OT S. Dakota Tech 74, Black Hills St 70 SW Missouri St 80, Drake 66 Southwestern, Kan. 63, Friends 58 St Ambrose 84, Clarke 66 St Xavier 84, Rosary 74 Tabor 71 Bethany, Kan.

61 Thomas Mors 74, Wilmington, Ohio 55 Vrterbo 73, Tetkyo Marycrest 66 W. Michigan 80, Miami, Ohio 63 Wayne, Neb. 86, Briar CUtf 70 William Jewed 94, Aookhurst 86 Wittenberg 69, Ohio Weslyn 62 Wooster 80, Denlson 67 Xavier, Ohio 81, Wright St 73 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 84, Georgia 82 Baylor 98, Texas Christian 90 Hardln-Simmons 95, SW Advenrjst 92 Oklahoma 87, Oral Roberts S3 Texas 100, Southern Meth. 59 ern Conference victory over the No. 14 Crimson Tide (12-4, 2-2).

La'Keshia Frett of Phoebus added 20 for Georgia. 17 Florida 95, USF 54 Merlakia Jones scored 24 points and Crystal Parker added 14 as No. 17 Florida (13-3) beat South Florida (6-9) in a non-conference game. Florida extended its home winning streak to 19 games. Auburn 80, 21 So.

Miss 50 Monique Morehouse scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the host Tigers (8-6) broke a two-game losing streak by trouncing the No. 21 Golden Eagles (10-4). Howard 78, Hampton 60 Kimberly Pete scored 17 points to lead host Howard (5-7) over Hampton (5-13). Natasha Muldrow and Lajaiah Miles had 13 each for Hampton. Shani Bauldrice and Julie Young added 12 apiece.

CNU 65, Ferrum 63 Menchville graduate Ruby Taylor sank two free throws with 3.5 seconds remaining to give Christopher Newport a victory against Ferrum at Ratcliffe Gym. The victory leaves CNU coach Cathy Parson undefeated in Dixie Conference home openers and gives the Lady Captains (8-5, 3-0 Dixie) a four-game winning streak. CNU held a 38-26 halftime lead but the Lady Panthers (8-5, 2-1 Dixie) embarked on a 12-2 run to open the second period and narrow the CNU advantage. The game seemed headed for overtime before Ferrum's Aimee Barker fouled Taylor, a 65 percent free throw shooter. Three players recorded double figures for the Captains, including sophomore forward Dolmesha Stallings, who led the team with 14 EAST Assists Alabama 14 (Thompson 6), Georgia 17 (Roundtree, Powell 5).

Total fouls Alabama 15, Georgia 20. A 756. Howard 78, Hampton 60 HOWARD (5-13): Miles 6-8 1-2 13. Bauldrice 6-7 04 12, Young 54 2- 3 12, Muldrow 64 0-1 13, Blake 0-1 04 0, Shackelton 1-3 0-2 3, Everett 04 04 0, Gabriel 0-3 04 0, Allen 0-51-21, Eddie 1-3448, Lewis 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 2547 9-18 60.

HOWARD (5-7): Hill 3-5 04 6, Scott 2-6 4-4 8, Turner 5-7 3-7 14, Young 24 2-2 6, Hynes 5-1 9 04 12, Prather 0-1 04 0, Pete 7-10 24 17, Hunter 04 24 2, Landry 04 04 0, Johnson 44 54 13. Totals 2641 18-2978. Halftime score Howard 43-31 3-point field goals Muldrow 1, Turner 1, Hynes 2, Pete 1. Fouled out Gabriel, Hill. Technicals None.

Attendance 104. CNU 65, Ferrum 63 CNU (84): Taylor 14 24 4, Edwards 1-1 0-0 2, Streetman 5-14 24 12, Smith 5-8 04 10, Martin 3-5 04 6, StaHings 6-1 1 24 14, Alien 0-1 04 8, Kemp 4-15 04 8, Joseph 4-9 1-2 9. Totals 2947 7-12 65. FERRUM (8-4): Williams 3-1 1 2-2 8, Barker 5-1724 12, Randon 24 44 8, Smith 5-9 8-1016, Jamison 2-10 2-3 7, Jost 0-1 04 0, Martin 5-7 04 10. Totals 2044 18-24 63.

Halftime CNU 38, Ferrum 26. Rebounds CNU 43 (Joseph). Fer Albertus Magnus 79, Mount St Vincent 59 Allentown 65, Neumann 48 American Intl. 79, Merrimack 68 Baruch 66, Lehman 41 Beaver 74, Rosemont 38 Bucknell 79, Lehigh 54 Canlsius 79, Niagara 65 Catholic U. 57, St.

Mary's. Md. 38 Cedar Crest 66, Misericordia 65 Clarion 72, Lock Haven 62 Connecticut 79, Boston College 54 Daemen 49, Pitt-Bradford 36 Dist of Columbia 87, Columbia Union 34 East Stroudsburg 77, Millersville 71 Elmira 81 Skldmore 65 Fordham 39, Lafayette 31 Holy Cross 67, Army 49 Indiana, Pa 77, Slippery Rock 64 Jersey City St 65, Ramapo 64, OT Kean 71, Stockton St 65 Keene St 70, New Hampshire Coil. 46 Long Island U. 69, Marlst 51 Molloy 74, Phila.

Textiles 71 Manhattanville 73, New Rochelle 22 Mass-Lowell 71, Franklin Pierce 59 Miami 65, Syracuse 54 Navy 70, Colgate 55 Perm 65, Temple 29 Perm St-Behrend 61 Grove City 46 Rutgers-Camden 68, Rowan 66, OT Rutgers-Newark 53, Trenton St 45 rum 38 (Smith 12). Assists CNU 20 (Taylor 7), Ferrum 17 (Barker. Ran St Anselm 84, St Michael's 53 St John's 87, Georgetown 72 St Joseph's 53, Rhode Island 50 St Peter's 80, Manhattan 64 Scranton 81. Lvcomina 68 don 5). Turnovers CNU 24, CNU 18.

Total fouls CNU 16. Ferrum 12 3 UNC 71, N.C. State 62 Gwendolyn Gillingham had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Marion Jones hit two 3-pointers in the points. Fouled out none. Technical foulsnone.

A 1 58. i Springfield 60, Quinnipiac 53 Staten Island 51, Centenary, N.J. 42 From ttafwlr report.