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Ups and downs

(Continued From Page 129) lead With 1:54 remaining on the clock, Missy Robertswas fouledagain and added one for the Lady Flames five point lead,68-63 Hampton battledback totake thelead 69-68. Sharon Snodgrass broke insideand scored an easy layup with 10 seconds lefton the clock,which seemed to assure a victory forLBC.With one secondleft on the clock, Hampton's Toni Goodman drove for a layup. The ball dropped as the buzzer sounded and Hampton won 71-70.

The highlight of the season was a victory over the reigning state champs, Radford University, which reversed Radford's earlier 30-point victory by a 68-64 margin.The Lady Flames led by 8 pointswith fiveminuteslefton the clock The Highlanders fought back, 68-62 Kelly Joiner drew a foul with 15 seconds on the clock tostop Radford's lastdrive and clinchedthe 68-64 victoryfor theLady Flames. Gunsallus flipped in 18 points for the Lady Flames and Kelly Joiner added 14 Sharon Snodgrass and Carla Weaver helped the Lady

Flames dominate the boards in the victory

In the 25th game of the season against William & Mary, Brenda Gunsallus topped the 1,000-point mark to break the record for a twoyear careergoal.

Two high-scoringgames forBrenda Gunsallus included a victory over Eastern Mennonite as the Lady Flamesdefeated them by ascoreof 6948 Brenda Gunsallus fired in 31 points and Sharon Snodgrass added 16. Inanothervictoryoverthe University of North Carolina (jv) Brenda Gunsallus scored 34 points for her season high.

The Lady Flames finished out the regular season with 10 victories against 16defeats.

Going into the VAIAW Statetournament theLady Flames faced George Mason, the number one team in the conference, and lost theopening game round

The Lady Flameshaveneverbeaten George Mason The series record stands at 0-6

-Pam MorrisD

Brenda Gunsallus scored on this baseline shot toadd toher season point total. Later inthe season, Gunsallus became the first Lady Flame to score over1000career points.

After capturing the title in the District 19 tournament, eight Flames' wrestlers represented LB C in the

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