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Hoops
Splits Again
Men Clinch at Least Fourth as Women Continue Their
Struggle
For More Information, Contact:
Scott
Musa, 540.665.5417
Men’s Basketball
WINCHESTER
,
Va.
– The SU men’s basketball team clinched at least fourth place in
league play Saturday afternoon with a 75-73 victory over fifth place
Greensboro College before a sellout crowd at Shingleton Gymnasium.
Shenandoah (13-11, 8-5
Dixie
)
scored 20 of the first 25 points of the contest but had to rally
from five points down in the waning moments of the contest.
Down 73-68 with
2:58
to go following a three point play by
Greensboro
’s
Marcellus Morgan, the Hornets went on a 7-0 run to finish the
contest and complete the season sweep of the Pride (11-13, 6-7).
The seven points included
three points from Michael Atkins (
Winchester
,
Va.
/Sherando),
a pair of free throws by Jacob Bates (
Berryville
,
Va.
/Clarke
County) and the deciding free throws from Tyson Thompson (
Keysville
,
Va.
/Randolph
Henry).
With the score tied at 73-73,
Shenandoah found itself in possession of the ball after the two
teams traded turnovers in the final minute. SU elected to hold the
ball for the final shot, and Thompson drew a foul with 10 ticks left
as the
Greensboro
attempted to steal. Thompson calmly sunk both attempts from the
charity stripe, giving the Hornets the win.
Greensboro
had one final attempt to tie, but Morgan’s shot glanced off the
front rim.
Senior Ronald Merriwether (
Frankfurt
,
Germany
/Giessen
American) led all scorers with 29 points while Thompson added 15 and
13 rebounds. Morgan had 22, Patrick Small 14 and
Daron Williams 13 points for the Pride.
With just one
Dixie
game left, Shenandoah now knows that it’s locked into the fourth
place position. The Hornets are two games behind the trio of
Christopher Newport, Methodist and NC Wesleyan, who are all tied for
first in the
Dixie
with 10-3 league marks. With the Ferrum loss to NC Wesleyan Saturday
afternoon, SU also knows that it will face the Pride once again next
week in the quarterfinals of the Dixie Conference Tournament.
Shenandoah and
Greensboro
will meet at
6:00
on the campus of
Methodist
College
,
this year’s tournament host.
Box
Score
Shenandoah completes the
regular season tomorrow afternoon with a
4:00
start against
Methodist
College
.
Women’s Basketball
WINCHESTER
,
Va.
–The Shenandoah women’s basketball team was unable to get its
second
Dixie
win of what has become a long season Sunday afternoon as the Hornets
fell 50-32 to
Greensboro
College
.
Shenandoah (4-20, 1-12) found
itself down by eight heading into the half as the Lady Pride (7-16,
4-9) outscored the Hornets 12-4 in the final 11 minutes of the first
half. Senior Rosaline Fisher (
Greencastle
,
Pa.
/Hagerstown
CC) netted 12 points before intermission, keeping the Hornets
somewhat in the game.
Unfortunately, the Hornets
came out after the break shooting a poor 15.6% from the field and
scoring only 14 points to seal their own fate.
Fisher led all scorers in the
contest with 14 points on 6-17 shooting.
Emily Clodfelter and Stephanie
Clark each scored 10 for
Greensboro
.
Box
Score
SU opens a Dixie Conference
doubleheader tomorrow afternoon with a
2:00
start against
Methodist
College
.
Shenandoah
University offers 16 intercollegiate sports, eight for men and eight
for women. For further information, please contact the Office of
Athletic Communications at 540-665-5417 or visit our web site at http://www.su.edu/athletics.
For
Dixie
Conference Information,
please visit the
Dixie
Conference home page: http://www.dixieconference.com.
Shenandoah University is a comprehensive Level V private
university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students in
five schools: School of Arts & Sciences, Harry F. Byrd Jr.
School of Business, Shenandoah Conservatory, Bernard J. Dunn School
of Pharmacy and the School of Health Professions (Athletic Training,
Nursing, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Care, Occupational Therapy
and Physical Therapy). The University offers more than 60 programs
of study at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.
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