Block 3 Result - GM40 - Riverside 140 Roanoke Valley 119

[Jim Ransel]

14-2 finish for Riverside over a tiring Roanoke squad made the final score look worse than it was. Riverside had trouble finding the consistency, especially on defense, to put much distance between them and the Rebels for the first 2 1/2 quarters, but a 39-point 3rd quarter outburst finally gave us some breathing room. Roanoke made one last run at us in the 4th, but we were able to keep scoring and they finally saw their tank on empty. We doubled them up on PF (32 committed by Roanoke to 16 by Riverside) resulting in a 37-45 Ollies' performance at the free throw line, a very good outcome for a team that shoots it only about 72%.

Lots of good offensive performances from Riverside, who had 24 offensive rebounds. On one play, in the 2nd half, we got 6 shots on a single possession, until Olden Polynice was finally fouled. Mitch Richmond had 26 points and 7 rebounds for Riverside, but wasn't really very good. He was 10-27 from the field and just 1 of 7 from 3-point range. Gary Payton had 21 points, 11 assists, and 7 rebounds. Derrick Coleman had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Bryant Stith (6-8 FG, 6-6 FT) had 18 and 7 rebounds (5 offensive). Alonzo Mourning battled foul trouble but had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Travis Best (6-9 FG) had 14 points and 7 assists. Polynice had 13 points and 7 rebounds (5 offensive).

Lindsey Hunter (12-25 FG, 5-15 3FG) had 29 points to lead Roanoke. Arvydas Sabonis had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antonio McDyess had 16 points and 7 rebounds, and Harvey Grant had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

SCORING SUMMARY              1  2  3  4    T
Roanoke Valley              24 35 29 31  119
Riverside                   32 32 39 37  140

TEAM STATISTICS
Roanoke Valley              Riverside
     Fast Break Pts  16          Fast Break Pts  38
  Second Chance Pts  13       Second Chance Pts  24
Points in the Paint  46     Points In the Paint  34
       Biggest Lead   5            Biggest Lead  21
     Team Turnovers   0          Team Turnovers   1
             ----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT---       REBOUNDS
NAME        MIN  MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/-  OF DF  T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
C.CHEANEY    11   1  3  33  0  0      0  0      -7   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   2
H.GRANT      38   4 12  33  0  0      2  2 100 -23   5  7 12  4  4  1  4  4  10
L.HUNTER     41  12 25  48  5 15  33  0  0     -20   1  1  2  3  4  2  4  0  29
A.McDYESS    23   8 12  67  0  0      0  0      -6   1  6  7  2  4  0  3  0  16
A.SABONIS    26   9 17  53  1  2  50  4  6  67   0   3  7 10  6  5  1  2  1  23
D.CHRISTIE   38   4 14  29  3 10  30  0  0     -21   1  4  5  6  2  3  2  1  11
J.NEWMAN     28   3  9  33  0  1   0  5  5 100  -8   2  1  3  2  6  1  1  1  11
E.PERRY       2   1  1 100  0  0      0  0      -1   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   2
J.STARKS     15   4  7  57  0  2   0  2  2 100  -6   1  0  1  4  2  0  1  0  10
O.HARRINGTON  6   0  1   0  0  0      0  0       1   0  2  2  0  3  0  1  0   0
S.WALKER      9   2  4  50  0  0      1  2  50 -16   1  0  1  0  1  0  0  0   5
T.DELK        3   0  0      0  0      0  0       2   0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   0
Roanoke Val  48  48105  46  9 30  30 14 17  82      15 28 43 27 32  8 18  7 119
              ----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT---       REBOUNDS
NAME        MIN  MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/-  OF DF  T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
D.COLEMAN    34   5 13  38  0  0      9 12  75  13   3  6  9  2  2  1  1  2  19
G.PAYTON     37  10 20  50  0  0      1  4  25  23   2  5  7 11  1  0  3  0  21
M.RICHMOND   38  10 27  37  1  7  14  5  5 100  15   2  5  7  3  1  1  3  0  26
A.MOURNING   26   5 13  38  0  0      7  8  88  20   4  8 12  3  5  0  3  0  17
T.BEST       27   6  9  67  0  0      2  2 100  21   0  4  4  7  1  2  1  0  14
O.POLYNICE   29   5 11  45  0  0      3  4  75   1   5  2  7  0  2  1  1  1  13
J.MASHBURN    3   0  0      0  0      0  0      -2   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0
B.STITH      28   6  8  75  0  0      6  6 100   8   5  2  7  4  3  0  0  1  18
M.PRICE      11   2  3  67  0  0      4  4 100  -2   0  1  1  2  1  0  0  0   8
C.ROGERS      7   2  2 100  0  0      0  0       8   3  2  5  0  0  0  0  0   4
Riverside    48  51106  48  1  7  14 37 45  82      24 35 59 32 16  5 12  4 140
DAZZLERS                NORM  FB TOT
RIV  G.PAYTON              0   2   2
RIV  T.BEST                0   3   3

STAR OF THE GAME
B.STITH

GAME STORY
Riverside had an easy time of it, beating Roanoke Valley by a final count of 140
to 119.  Lindsey Hunter had 29 points for Roanoke Valley.  Riverside featured a
balanced attack as they worked hard to find the open man on offense.  The final
lead of 21 points was the biggest lead that Riverside had all game.  Riverside's
scoring outburst of 140 points sent the statisticians running to their records
books to see where the effort ended up in terms of all-time high scores.  Riverside(30-14)
plays their next game at home vs. Princeton while Roanoke Valley(16-18) plays on
the road vs. Dusty Mays.