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Newspaper Page TextSports Page Richmond Academy men’s and women’s teams sweep Butler —Written by Kim Lewis ™ . ‘ \ "‘ — . - e )"' » "' » 2 e ¢ T "' y 5 ﬁ;’ Ehf - \ ] e 4 j : 2 i | E i«, High flying action by Richmond Academy and Butler's men’s teams Tuesday night Photo by Jimmy Carter Richmond Academy took a pair away from the Butler Bulldogs Tuesday night as the women and men defeated them 38-33 and 59-55 respectively. For the women, Richmond Holiday Classic final becomes battle of the 3-point shot for AC and Norfolk —Written by Kim Lewis On the day after Christmas, coaches from Augusta College, Norfolk State University, Savan nah State, and University of the District Columbia were looking for wins as each of the teams participated in the AC Holiday Classic. In the first night of action, Augusta College took on the Ti gers of Savannah State and the Norfolk State University Spar tans took on the Firebirds of the University of the District Colum bia. In the first game of the tourna ment, Coach Clint Bryant’s Jag uars mentally couldn’t work themselves into the game. Down to Savannah State 54-39, the Jaguars were out rebounded 25- 15 and hitononly 14 shots for the half. Tiger Torrence Slaughter couldn’t miss, connecting on 6-7 three pointers and finishing the half with 24 points. Miller, lead ing scorer for the Jags, scored only 4 points in the half and 5 points for the game, as he was hampered with a sprained an kle. In the last 2:31 of the half, Augusta College managed to score only 3 points and commit ted 4 fouls as Savannah State increased its lead to 15 points. Augusta College’s guards Dan Davis and Keith Harrison picked up the slack for Miller scoring 18 and 21 points respectively. Harrison shot 100% from the 3- point line connecting on 5-5, while Davis shot 38% for the arch connecting on 3-8. In 10 min utes, Augusta College had made up a 17-point deficit and took the lead on a 3-point shot by Dan Davis. Over the next four min utes, Augusta would run into a drought, committing 3 fouls which lead to Savannah retak ing the lead. On the next play, William Adair scored a 3-point play the old fashion way, hitting alay up and being fouled. Adair’s 3-point play was followed by Keith Harrison’s 3-point shot in which he was also fouled. Goaltending by AC’s Matt McCool with 1:33 left in regula tion made it a 4-point game, 90- 86. Augusta missed 4-6 free throws down the stretch but held on to win 92-86. Augusta College would move into the champion ship game while Savannah State would battle for third place as they moved into the consolation bracket. The Norfolk State Spartans simply outmatched the 2-4 Firebirds of U.D.C. in the second game. Shooting 33% from the field in the first half, U.D.C. was no match for Norfolk State’s in side combination of Bryant and Williams. Norfolk led 37-22 at halftime, getting production from 6 of their 10 players. The first half problems only Academy was led by Natasha Reid who scored a game high 19 points and Kristy Scott with 7 points. For Butler, Crystal Davis led the way with 15 followed by Britton Thomas with 14. Richmond pulled off its big gest upset of the season coming from behind to defeat Coach Sylvester Rosier’s Lady Bulldogs 38-33. Leading almost the entire game, Butler ran into a scoring droughtinthe final period. Start ing the fourth quarter with a 31-26 lead, But ler only managed to score two points for the quarter while Rich mond’sdefenseaided in scoring 12 points. Rich mond improves its record to 3-5 and plays host to Glenn Hills Fri day night at 7 p.m. The rematch show down between Butler’s Andre Kerr and Rich mond Academy’s Tyrone Shine lived up to everyone’s expecta- THE AC HOLIDAY CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Torrence Slaughter-Senior Forward, Savannah State Michael Streeter-Sophomore Center, University of the District Columbic William Adair-Senior Center, Augusta College Derrick Bryant-Junior Forward, Norfolk State University Corey Williams-Senior Forward, Norfolk State University MVP- Derrick Bryant, Norfolk State University Results— : First Place-Norfolk State University Second Place-Augusta College Third Place-Savannah State College Fourth Place-University of the District Columbia got worse for U.D.C. because it just couldn’t score enough points to keep up with Norfolk State. Norfolk scored 52 points in the second half, led by pro-prospect Corey Williams with 25 points. Norfolk State crushed U.D.C. 89- 59 and moved on to a rematch against Augusta College for the championship. Consolation Game In the consolation game, U.D.C. found themselves play ing catch-up almost the entire game.lts only lead, 3-2, came off a 3-point shot by Fred Smith 36 seconds into the game. From there, Coach John Williams’ Ti gers trampled the Firebirds. By halftime, U.D.C. found them selves down 40-30. An effective full court press and halfcourt zone helped U.D.C. close the gap and tie the game 43-43 with 13:52 left to play. The S 5 QealAT ol .‘2 FAN B SO tions. While Shine only scored 6 points, it was his dishes to re serve Chris Hill that made the difference in the game. Hill, fill ing in for an injured starter, led Richmond in scoring with 16 points. With the amount of talent on the floor, the game came down to a pair of last second free throws by Butler’s Wendell Lofton. With Richmond Academy's bench played a crucial role in its victory over Butler, winning in the last seconds of the game. Photo by Jimmy Carter 4 ~':.:'.a:,:»'-'.‘;:.: i it s T o, Ay el ﬁ%ﬁ&m Ros # prossisonn,.. w o N SR R dTR P Y 7 pe— b o . e wi —“% 1 \ L f’ } . g £ ‘i(, ' l}"gﬁ % i M b m . g 40l 3 R K éﬁ N k . iOB 2 y@ A .f eSI . ":";_';.’:‘-_ i L 9 Py » iy — i v BRI ke ’ e once-hot Torrence Slaughter, was held to only 3 second half points. The lead would change hands 7 times in the next 3 min utes. Leading 63-61 with one minute in regulation, Savannah State missed the front end of two one-and-one situations that would haveiced the game. U.D.C. missed on a last second shot and went home with a 0-2 record for the tournament. Savannah State captured third place of the tour nament with a record of 1-1 for the tournament. Championship Game It was“ Miller Time” once again in the championship game as Adam Miller rebounded from his less than impressive perfor mance against Savannah State to regain his shooting stroke against Norfolk State. Miller scored 18 points in the first half, all from the 3-point arch where :07 left to play and Butler down 57-55, Lofton was at the line to shoot one-and-one. Ifhe hit both, the game would go into over time. His first free throw would hit the back of the rim and miss long. Richmond’s Oliver Ottley was there to grab the rebound and hit two clutch free throws to preserve the viin for Richmond 59-55, he was 6-10. Augusta College’s big man, William Adair, was held to only 3 points on 1-3 shooting on a fine defensive job by Norfolk State’s Derrick Bryant. Coach Clint Bryant would see his team turn the ball over 13 times in the ' alf as they were down 42-34. Once again it was the combi nation of Miller and Harrison that came through for Coach Bryant and kept them within striking distance in the first half. In a two minute stretch late in the first half, Miller hit three 3- point shots followed by a jumper by Keith Harrison to close Nor folk’s lead to 2 points. Norfolk responded with two 3-point shots of its own and pushed its lead up to 8. Augusta’s William Adair got on track early in the second half as heand Norfolk’s Carnell Penn traded baskets for the first three minutes. Guard Dan Davis got into the action by hitting two consecutive 3-point shots to cut Norfolk’s lead to 7 but it was Penn again answering with a jumper of his own. With 3:32 left in regulation, Augusta’s Adam Miller hit a jumper to close the gap to 1 point. Corey Williams’ Spartans were not to be denied as he hit a 3-pointer to push the lead back up to 4 points. With :43 left William Adair hit two clutch free throws but the Jaguars ran out of gas and came up short 70- 68. Listen to Sports Radio on 1480 AM Monday-Friday SPORTS FAN MORNING MADNESS 6-10 AM THE FABULOUS SPORTS BABE 10 AM-2 PM SPORTS TALK WITH FRED WALLIN 2-6 PM SPORTS PROFILE WITH KEN KORACH 6-7 PM PETE ROSE SHOW 7-9 PM SPORTS FAN RADIO NETWORK 7 PM-6 AM Plus Dare on the Air, CSRA Basketball, CNN News -~ and much more. We're the station to cheer for! SPORTS RADIO 1480 AM THE FAN 1480 Eisenhower Dr., Augusta, Ga. 30904 (706) 667-8999 AUGUSTA FOCUS January 5, 1995 Lady Jags continue winning streak in Nnew year W —Written by Kim Lewis The Augusta College Lady Jag uars started off the new year in grand fashion by defeating Lenoir-Rhyne College 84-71 to improve theirrecord to 4-4. Start ing off the season 0-4, the Lady Jags claimed their fourth con secutive win, hitting the .500 mark for the first time in the season. 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Gardner finally got scoring help from freshman Lawanna Monday. Monday, who scored all of her 8 field goals in the second half, was second leading scorer for the Jags with 21 points. The lead changed hands 7 times in the half and the teams were tied at least 12 times. With 4:21 left in regulation, Gardner hit a jumper to tie the game at 66-66. Augusta outscored Lenoir-Rhyne 18-4 in the last four minutes of the game and triumphed 84-71. Augusta College was led by Dawanna Gardner and Lawanna Monday who scored 32 and 21 points, respectively. Lenoir- Rhyne was led by Amy Jenkins who scored 22 points to a lost cause. 13