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The Washington Post                                                          Friday, March 12, 1999

AAA  Boys Semifinals
Princess Anne's Rally Overcomes Flashy Lee
by Preston Williams with Tasra Finnegan, Washington Post Staff Writer
     NORFOLK, March 11 -- Lee senior guard Val Brown put on the floor show tonight in the Virginia AAA state semifinals at the Scope, but it was Princess Anne that provided the glossy finish.
     Down by four with 4 minutes 11 seconds to play, the Cavaliers out-scored the No. 10 Lancers, 14-2, to take a 74-66 win and advance into the state championship to face South Lakes at 2:45 p.m. Saturday. No boys team from the Northern Region has won the state title since Lee in 1981.
     Brown impressed the crowd for much of the game, scoring 23 of his 35 points in the first half. But after he drilled the foul to boot, to make it 64-60 with 4:11 left, he missed his final nine field-goal attempts, during that same stretch, Princess Anne sand eight of 10 free throws.
     As flashy as Brown's performance was, it was the Cavaliers' steadfast scoring efficiency that did in the Lancers. Princess Anne outscored Lee, 34-14, in the paint, blocked seven shots to Lee's one and out-rebounded the Lancers by 12.
     "I don't think we did a good job rebounding the whole game," Lee Coach Mike Harris said. "We were real fortunate in the first half, but it caught up with us in the second half."
     The Lancers (21-7) were out-rebounded by nine the last two quarters.
     Brown was Lee's only double-figure scorer, the Cavaliers placed four players in double digits, led by senior swingman Daryl Towe with 17 points. Six-foot-9 center David York added 12 points, and sophomore guards Sudan Ellington and C.J. Fayton added 11 each.
     With the score tied at 66 after Brown hit two free throws, Princess Anne (25-3) took the lead for good when Towe got the roll on a short jumper with 2:01 to play.
     Brown dazzled the crowd with five arcing three-pointers in the first half. Another highlight came when he battled a pass into the air on the defensive end, volleyed it to himself down court and drove to the hoop. His shot missed, but junior Christian Vick was there for the putback. That play came shortly after Brown banked a three-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer.
     Junior guard Andy Jewell sparked Lee in the second half by nailing three three-pointers iin a three-minute span.
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Pincess Anne    74
Robert E.. Lee   66

Princess Anne (25-3) -- Gatlin 3, Ellington 11, Fayton 11, Towe 17, York 12, Braxton 2,
Jenkins 3, Settle 15. Totals  27  19-32  74
Robert E. Lee (21-7) -- Jackson 6, Sapp 7, Brown 35, Philmore 1, Vick 6, Jewell 9, Kyeczek 2. Totals  23  10-19  66
Three-point goals: Lee 10 (Brown 6, Jewell 3, Sapp); Princess Anne (Jenkins).

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