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I 48 Sumter SC Tuesday December 4 1990 The ITEM SC State loses -68-57 31 3 tateroundur WINTHROP (73) Henson 6-18 1-4 13 Coulter 3-7 66 12 Hailey 3-4 5-711 Pickard 7-10 16 15 Wilkins 1-3 1-1 3 Holli--man 06 06 0 Gay 5-7 3-7 13 McVay 3-4 0-26 Totals 28-5317-29 73 Halftime -NC-Greensboro 34 Winthrop pointgoals-NC-Greensboro 2-7 (Green 0-2 Stewar: Langley 0-1 Fortney 1-1 Smith 0-1) Winthrop 0-1 (Henson 0-1) Fouled out-Pickard Holliman: Re- bounds -NC-Greensboro 30 (Hunter 8) Winthrop 33 (Gay 12) Assists -NC-Greensboro (Stewart Weatherford 2) Winthrop 13 (Henson Coulter 5) Total fouls NC-Greensboro 20 Winthrop 1 8 A 81 3 for The Citadel while Augustus McDowell and Ted Mosay each scored 14 Donald Dawkins had 11 for Benedict BENEDICT (88) Dawkins 4-9 0-011 Burrows 1 2-20 1 5-1 7 40 Bru-oJon 2-7 2-26 Green 2-5 0-0 Bouknight 1-10-0 2 Yaught 4-9 1-1 9 Mossey 06 06 0 Bradford 3-11 4-6 1 0 Black 13 2-4 4 Totals 29-65 24-30 88 CITADEL (94) Hodges 2-4 0-0 5 Williamson 2-2 06 4 Campbell 0-1 0-0 0 Ishie 3-3 OO 6 Holstein 8-13 1-2 17 Harris 2-5 06 4 Braggs 1-3 01 3 Wright 16 2-2 4 Mosay 6-12 1-1 14 McDowell 7-11 0-1 14 Nichols 8-12 4-4 '23 Totals 40-72 8-11 94 Halftime-Benedict 43 Citadel 40 3-polrit goals-Benedict 6-12 (Dawkins 3-5 Burrows 1-2 Green 2-5) Citadel 6-16 (Hodges 1-1 Holstein Ol Harris 01 Braggs 1-2 Wright 02 Mosay 1-5 Nichols 3-4) Fouled out-None Rebounds -Benedict 31 (Burrows 7) Citadel 41 (McDowell 11) Assists -Benedict 9 (Burrows 7) Citadel 24 (Nichols 7) Total fouls-Benedict 14 Citadel 22 Ar-678 By The Associated Press CONWAY Sophomore Tony' Dunkin scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to' lead Coastal Carolina past South Carolina State 68-57 on Monday Coastal Carolina (3-1) limited the Bulldogs to 32 percent shooting and pulled avay aftei leading' 23-21 at half SC State dropped to 1-1 v- Dupkin the Big South player of the year and rookie of the year last season made 12 of 20 Robert Dowdell added 12 points Travis Williams led SC State with 17 pointy whilq Anthony Higgonbotham had 11 CAROLINA ST (57) TWilliams 8-21 1-3 17 Robinson 2-8 0-0 4 Sanders 3-8 2-2 8 Faust 1-5 1-3 4 Felix 4-15 1-2 9 Higgonbotham 4-7 0-0 11 A Williams 1-5 0-0 2 Hook 0-0 0 Fogle 0-0 2-2 2 Lucas 0-0 0-0 0 Monroe 0-1 0-2 0 Totals 23-71 7-14 57 COASTAL CAROLINA (68) Dunkin 12-20 7-8 33 Lesaine 1-5 0-0 2 Cheatam 2-8 2-3 6 Dowdell 5-10 0-2 12 Penny 3-7 2-4 8 Foster 0-0 3-4 3 Ester 0-0 OO 0 Poll 1-4 0-1 2 Williams OO 00 0 Grissett 1-2 00 2 Halftime -Coastal Carolina 23 Carolina St 2f 3-point goals-S Carolina St 4-17 (Higgonbotham 3-5 Felix 1-6 TWilliams 02 Faust 0-3 A Williams 0-1) Coastal Carolina 4-9 (Dunkin 2-3 Lesaine 0-1 Dowdell 2-3 Penny 01 Poll 01) Fouled out-None Rebounds -S Carolina St 42 (TWilliams 10) Coastal Carolina 46 (Dunkin 14) Assists-S Carolina St 7 (Faust 6) Coastal Carolina 16 (Dowdell 7) Total fouls -S Carolina SL 21 Coastal Carolina 11 A Col: of Charleston 104 Voorhees 79 CHARLESTON Lee Thompson scored 19 points and Ahdonus Cofer bad 16 as the College of Charleston routed Voorhees 104-79 on Monday night The Cougars (3-2) grabbed a 51-38 halftime lead But Voorhees (4-8) used a tough defense to make it 55-50 on Tommy layup with 14:30 left But Charleston went on a 12-0 run over the next 4:31 and easily pulled away Mullings led the Tigers with 30 points while Deonie Simmons had 28 VOORHEES (79) 94 88 The Citadel Benedict Winthrop 73 NC-Greensboro 67 ROCK HILL Jeff Pickard had 15 points as starters all scored in double figures in a 73-67 victory over North Carolina-Greensboro on Monday night Winthrop (1-3) trailed 34-26 at half but used a 24-10 run in the opening seven minutes of the second half for a 50-44 lead North Carolina-Greensboro dropped to 0-4 Winthrop connected on seven of eight free throws down the stretch to seal the victory George Henson and Brad Johnson each had 13 points for the Eagles Yosuf Stewart scored 24 points to pace North Simmons 10-21 6-10 28 McDaniel 1-2 0-0 2 Mullings 11-24 1-2 30 Davis 1-10 0-0 2 Furse 0-0 0-0 0 Hubbard 1-2 0-0 2 Bell 0-1 0-0 0 Gordon 0-2 0-0 0 Hieke 1-3 0-0 3 Barkley 06 0-1 0 Lewis 16 0-0 2 Bean 4-5 2-2 10 Lee 0-1 0-1 Totals 30-74 9-16 79 COLL OF CHARLESTON (104) Beckett 0-4 06 0 Harvin 3-4 3-3 9 Thunm 7-9 06 14 Thompson 66 6-7 19 Cofer 7-15 2-2 16 Jones 5-10 2-4 12 Ryan 1-2 1-2 3 Madden 1-7 7-1 1 9 Dunbar 2-4 2-2 6 Jackson 2-2 4-7 8 Schanmeier 0-0 4-4 4 Palmer 1-2 2-2 4 Totals 356 7 33-44 104 Halftime -Coll of Charleston 51 Voorhees 38 3-point goals -Voorhees 11-19 (Simmons 2-2 Mullings 7-13 Hieke 1-2 Lewis 0-1 Lee 1-1) Coll of Charleston 1-3 (Thompson 1-1 Beckett 0-2) Fouled out-Mullings Jones Rebounds -Voorheess 31 (Bean 11) Coll of Charleston 55 (Jones 12) Assists-Voorhees 5 (Simmons 2) Coll of Charleston 12 (Harvin 3) Total fouls -Voorhees 32 Coll of Charleston 17 Technical fouls-Palmer A-963 CHARLESTON Aaron Nichols scored eight of his team-high 23 points in overtime to lift The Citadel past Benedict 94-88 on Monday night Nichols tied a career best and the Bulldogs (2-3) need all his scoring to offset Kevin 40 points for Benedict (6-6) Nichols hit a 3-pointer and Abe Hodges had a layup for an 80-78 lead Christopher jumper sent it into overtime Todd Holstein had 17 points NC-GREENSBORO (67) Green 5-9 06 10 Stewart 10-15 3-5 24 Cox 2-2 4-4 8 Hunter 2-7 4-4 8 Weatherford 26 06 4 Langley 0-1 0-0 0 Fortney 2-4 0-0 5 Smith 2-5 2-2 6 Faber 0-1 0-0 0 Kornegay 1 -4 0-2 2 Totals 26-54 1 3-1 7 67 Mudcats moving to Zebulon NC ey for the stadium People are just realizing what is going Bryant said the Mudcats would play ball in Zebulon in April and the Town Board in August pledged $2 million toward the stadium Two million dollars represents about half of the yearly $4 million operating budget Town officials said they did not yet know how they would raise the money to drop plans to annex 52 acres for a stadium proposed by minor league baseball owner Steve Bryant Perry and others believe that team is a private enterprise and should pay its own way heard one soul express any opposition to the team coming Perry said are against the use of mon RALEIGH NC (AP) Zebulon residents welcome the news that the Columbus Ga Mudcats are moving to their Wake County town but they say the Class AA Southern League team should pay its own way In recent weeks Wayne Per-ry a department store supervisor and others have been circulating petitions asking the Town Board hi AP photo BRIAN STITH hauls in a rebound in front of Chris McNeal during action in the ACC-Big East Challenge Monday night Virginia upsets (IT) Pitt By JOE MACENKA ra Z2 Lee beats Clarendon Hall AREAROUNDU Saturday at 3:45 pm Bates Manning 39 25 Mid-8 Conference play with 15 points while Lindsey Rhodes had 10 points Dwain Hudson added nine points and 10 rebounds and Lee Hatfield and Jimmy McDowell had seven points apiece Camden won the girls game 31-29 Sonya Brunson led the Lady Hawks 1-2 and 0-1 with 22 points Alice Drive plays Bates at Sumter High School Saturday BISHOPVILLE Andy Watson scored 14 points to lead five Cavaliers in double figures as Robert Lee claimed a 74-43 basketball win over Clarendon Hall Monday James Dukes scored 24 points for Clarendon Hall Clarendon girls claimed a 34-24 victory The Cavaliers meet Marlboro at home today Boys CLARENDON HALL 43 Dukes 24 Wells 12 Geddings 7 ROBERT LEE 74 Watson 14 Price 12 Hunt 10 White 12 Hancock 10 Drayton 7 Severance 2 Vjindham 6 Kirven 1 Girls CLARENDON HALL 34 Simpson 10 Horton 9 Martin 4 Posten 5 Tidwell 4 ROBERT LEE 24 Adams 9 Boykin 2 McElveen 6 Parnell 5 Hancock 2 player except one scored in Southern Mississippi victory over Hawaii Boa a good game when everyone plays and Golden Eagles coach MK Turk said figured we would have a tough time because they are quick and good shooters from the outside just the opposite of Alabama which had a big strong Clarence Weatherspoon led Southern Mississippi with 16 points and 11 rebounds playing just 28 minutes was fun to sit on the bench and watch the other players have Weatherspoon said Turk said we have too many games like this with a big cushion All of our players played hard for 40 minutes We had a good Southern Mississippi (2-0) which beat then-No 6 Alabama last week broke away from a 25-18 lead with a 22-6 run The Golden Eagles led 53-28 AP Sports Writer RICHMOND Va A little Tylenol and lots of tape added up to a victory for No 21 Virginia over llth-ranked Pittsburgh really Virginia coach Jeff Jones said after Bryant Stith came back from a first-half ankle injury to rally the Cavaliers to an 84-80 triumph over Pittsburgh in Monday opening game of the ACC-Big East Challenge When Stith went down Virginia went from four points ahead to four behind at halftime But Stith took a few pain relievers got his right ankle heavily taped and came back out for the second half In 19 minutes he had 20 points five rebounds three steals and three blocks helping the Atlantic Coast Conference to a brief edge in its second annual competition against the Big East Boston College beat Maryland 100-85 in the second game to even the series again The ACC-Big East Challenge which ended in a 4-4 deadlock last year resumes tonight in Syracuse with Seton Hall vs Clemson and Syracuse against North Carolina State Stith a 6-foot-6 junior forward and the top inside threat turned his ankle while battling for a rebound with 8:31 left in the first half He had to be assisted to the dressing room really thought I was out for the game because I really rolled it over he said after the game his ankle wrapped in ice But when the second half started Stith showed no sign of injury made a miraculous Pittsburgh coach Paul Evans said like to have a trainer like Stith finished with game highs of 28 points 12 rebounds five steals and three blocks He also had two assists and no turnovers Stith said he as pain-free as he may have appeared hurt it worse he said I think ever played on it this long when been like this" Virginia (4-2) took the lead to stay on a spinning 12-foot jumper by Stith that made it 73-71 with 4:10 left His 3-pointer at the 2:30 mark gave the Cavaliers a 76-72 edge and Pittsburgh (4-1) never got closer The Cavaliers also got 18 points from John Crotty 15 from Kenny Turner and 14 from Anthony Oliver (15) Mississippi 105 Hawaii Loa 71 In Hattiesburg Miss every MANNING Bates Middle School opened its boys basketball season with a 39-25 win over Manning Middle School Monday at the Manning gym Lonnie White led the Bantams with seven points while Carl Baker and Garon Jackson added six each Jackson also pulled down seven rebounds The Bates girls dropped a 33-32 decision to Manning Nicole Gamble led Bates with 13 points and Nicole Getter added eight Tina Williams grabbed 18 rebounds Bates plays Alice Drive Saturday at the Sumter High gyjh Manchester Summerton 45 26 Sumter South Florence 44 3 71 19 Alice Drive Camden SUMMERTON Manchester opened its season with a 45-26 win over Summerton Monday at the Summerton gymnasium Reggie Felder led Manches: ter with 20 points and 11 rebounds while Octavious Kennedy had 10 points and 12 rebounds The Manchester girls also won their opener 23-14 Tomeka Walker had nine points and eight rebounds Manchester plays at Camden Thursday The Sumter High School girl junior varsity basketball team opened its season with a 44-3 win over South Florence Monday at the SHS gymnasium Chrishawn Porter and Fran White led the Lady Gamecocks with seven points apiece Thelma Issac grabbed 10 rebounds Sumter plays host to Manning Hawaii Loa (4-2) fought back midway in the second half with a 13-9 run to pull within 74-54 The Southern Mississippi reserves though took over down the stretch and the Golden Eagles outscored the Mongoose 31-14 oer the last 9:35 Alice Drive boys basketball team improved its record to 2-1 with a 71-19 win over Camden Monday at the gymnasium Chris Carter led AD 1-0 in Winter picking up as signings increase FROM PAGE IB Presley became a free agent and indicated he would not return Presley may end up in San Diego Like Butler the Expos were concerned Martinez would leave if he was declared a new-look free agent He resigned with Montreal on Monday for $925 million over three years The Pittsburgh Pirates Were considering going after Martinez if they lost Zane Smith But since Martinez stayed in Montreal the Pirates may increase their $7 million-plus offer over three years to the left-hander Smith is also being pursued by the Chicago Cubs Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds By the time all over he may end up with close to $85 million for three years In another free agent signing on Monday the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a three-year deal with right-hander Kevin Gross for $64 million Gross is 80 -90 in eight seasons with Philadelphia and Montreal Gross was 9-12 for the Expos last season and opponents hit 272 against him Two more free agents signed late Monday niht an interest and both have the bucks to spend The Dodgers have already signed Darryl Strawberry to a $2025 deal for five years but would rather he played right field instead of center To make up the loss of Strawberry the Mets are trying to sign free agent Vince Coleman to play left and may also go after Butler Pendleton a teammate of Coleman and McGee left the Cardinals on Monday when he signed a four-year deal with the Atlanta Braves for $98 million The switch-hitting third baseman batted 230 with six homers and 58 RBIs for the Cardinals last season in 121 games a good solid player who make? us a much better new Braves general manager John Schuerholz said plays a position we felt was very important to strengthen ourselves Pendleton when healthy is among the best defensive third basemen in baseball -Three times he has led the NL in assists and twice he has won a Gold Glove award The Braves needed a third baseman since Jim when veteran outfielder Willie Wilson agreed to a two-year deal with the and right-hander Bill Gul-lickson agreed to a two-year deal with the Detroit Tigers Wilson 35 was released by Kansas City after 15 seasons He is a 290 career hitter and the all-time stolen base leader The next big winner could be Welch and he fig- ures to either stay in Oakland or go to the Chicago White Sox It may take about $16 million over four years to do it though would like to have Bob Welch but so would a lot of other White Sox manager Jeff Torborg said Welch won 27 games in helping the win their third consecutive AL pennant and was selected the Cy Young Award winner try to put two and two together but sometimes that come out in free La Russa said know the interest we have in him and the contract offer we are going to make I think outfielder Felix Jose and two minor leaguers McGee left Oakland because manager Tony La Russa could not guarantee an everyday job McGee wants to wake up in the morning knowing in the La Russa said Pave Henderson in center I promise The Giants feared center fielder Brett Butler would be declared a new-look free agent and general manager A1 Rosen was not prepared to pay his asking price of $15 million for four years want to leave here without a center Rosen said think we have a good McGee 32 is a lifetime 297 hitter who was selected the MVP in 1985 when he led the NL with a 353 average "In 1987 McGee drove in 105 runs in leading the Cardinals to the World Series for the third time in the 1980s Butler who will probably be a free agent by Thursday will be a hot property Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets have expressed ufriiiAli.