The Super Show will be attended by more than 3,000 sporting goods manufacturers, retailers, distributors and journalists. It will feature more than 10,000 booths in 2.4 million square feet of show space.

Can you top this?

Jim Hoffman, sports information director at St. Francis College (New York), wants to know if any other women's basketball team has accomplished what the St. Francis team did December 10.

On that night, in a 64-49 win over Quinnipiac College, all three members of St. Francis' starting front line (Christine Taps, Melissa Gialanella, Carolyn Harvey) registered point/rebound double-doubles.

Hoffman wants to know if that has happened in any other women's basketball games. Anybody possessing such information may contact him at 718/489-5489. The fax number is 718/797-2140, and his e-mail address is jwhoffman@usa.net.

Big win

Prairie View A&M University has had a tough decade athletically, with the worst of it being an active 77-game football losing streak.

Men's basketball has not fared much better over the same period, but the Panthers did get a boost December 2 when they defeated Tulane University, 69-64, in New Orleans. It was Prairie View's first Division I nonconference road win of the decade and was Tulane's first nonconference, home-court loss in five seasons.

Athletics director Clifton Gilliard thought his sports information director was joking with him when he called with the news at about 11 p.m.

"My son told me that Staffan (Robinson) had called and said we had won. I thought they were pulling my leg. I think I yelled, 'Yow!' "

Gilliard said the win should serve notice that Prairie View isn't giving up.

"This lets people know we're putting forth an effort and not just sitting back and letting the program wither on a vine," he said.

-- Compiled by David Pickle

Division III notes

Facilities: Vassar College is undertaking a major expansion and renovation program to enhance its athletics facilities. The program will centralize facilities to improve operations, expand practice and performance space for competitive sports, and supplement recreational facilities for student, faculty and staff use. A 53,000-square-foot addition will be made to the main athletics building, and the existing field house will undergo an extensive renovation. New competition and practice fields also will be added for soccer, field hockey and lacrosse.

Sports sponsorship: The State University of New York at Plattsburgh recently announced the addition of women's softball, men's lacrosse, women's golf and men's golf as varsity sports. The new teams will begin competition in the 1998-99 academic year as part of a continuing effort to improve the intercollegiate athletics program and offer more varsity athletics opportunities. The additions will increase the number of intercollegiate teams at Plattsburgh State to 19, with an estimated 75 new roster spots for student-athletes. They are the first additions to the institution's varsity program since the college elevated women's soccer to varsity status in 1980. Men's golf was offered at the institution from 1962 to 1979. Women's softball, men's lacrosse and women's golf are new sports for the institution.

Milestones: Coaches -- Charles Brown, Jersey City State College, 300 victories in men's basketball ... Connie Tilley, St. Norbert College, coached her 1,000 career game in women's volleyball ... Greg Walcavich, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 300 victories in men's basketball ... Keith Boucher, Keene State College, 100 victories in women's basketball.

Miscellaneous: Three finalists have been selected by the Downtown Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Touchdown Club for the Melberger Award, which honors the outstanding Division III football player in the country. The finalists are Bill Borchert, Mount Union College; Jeff Clay, Catholic University; and Derrick LeVake of the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.

-- Compiled by David Pickle