31.   Then, in the fourth quarter, the game nearly took a back seat to a rare emotional outburst from reserve center Stanley Roberts.

32.   They traded all four of their draft picks from the past two years to acquire reserve center Chris Dudley and forward Chris Mills.

33.   They use Dellenbach as the snapper on placekicks and as a reserve center.

34.   Wallace is in Toronto now, traded for the reserve center Chris Dudley, who offensively makes Charles Oakley look like Elgin Baylor.

35.   Williams cringed when a three-pointer by reserve center T.J. Pugh hit only the backboard.

36.   On three straight trips down the floor, reserve freshman center Iveta Marcauskaite walked once and had the ball stolen twice.

37.   Reserve center Celeste Barkley sustained a stress fracture in an ankle and will miss two games.

38.   Reserve center Jack Marlow carried an Indian symbol called a Dreamcatcher, a round hoop with weavings and hanging feathers.

39.   Portland activated backup point guard Gary Grant and put reserve center Joe Kleine on the injured list with tendinitis in his left knee.

40.   Reserve center Matt Geiger has missed three games with tendinitis in his right thigh, and Eric Snow is slowed by an ankle injury.