Basketball Drops a Pair

Men Fall to DI Liberty while women lose in OT

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Men’s Basketball

LYNCHBURG , Va. – The Men’s Basketball team was unable to extend its season opening winning streak to three Monday night as Division I Liberty took a 88-71 victory before 1753 fans at the Vines Center in Lynchburg.

Liberty (1-1) jumped out to a 54-20 lead at the half, forcing the Hornets into 20 turnovers and 8 for 29 (27.6 percent) shooting from the floor. Shenandoah (2-1) refused to fold however, as sophomore Halston Camp ( Harrisonburg , Va. / Harrisonburg ) keyed a second half comeback with 14 of his game high 16 points following the break.

SU outscored the Flames 51-34 in the second and cut the deficit to as little as 15 on two different occasions. In addition to Camp’s career high 16, senior Jacob Bates ( Berryville , Va. /Clarke County) added 13.

The men are in action again on Tuesday at Eastern Mennonite. Game time is 7:00 .

Women’s Basketball

WINCHESTER , Va. – The Hornets could not get a mark in the win column as they dropped their home opener in overtime to the Royals of Eastern Mennonite 90-87 before a crowd of 273 at Shingleton Gymnasium.

Shenandoah’s women managed to find their offensive niche for the first time this season shooting 43.9% from the field.  The Hornets’ back court put on its strongest performance of the young season led by senior guard Wendy Legge (Stephens City, Va./Sherando) who recorded a team-high 26 points on 10 of 17 shooting coupled with 9 rebounds.  Legge was paced by fellow senior Rosaline Fisher ( Greencastle , Pa. /Hagerstown CC) who found the basket for a career-high 25 points raising her team-leading average to 18.0 points per game.

Shenandoah (0-3) jumped out to a commanding 18-4 lead with 11:47 to go in the first half before the Royals (2-1) cut the deficit to seven at halftime with the score resting at 40-33.

The Hornets managed to cling to a slim lead through most of the second half until EMU’s Emily Mullet tied the game at 55 with three of her game-high 39 points at the 9:34 mark.  Despite being plagued by foul trouble throughout much of the second half, the Shenandoah women were able to keep themselves in the game, trading the lead several times down the stretch.  Down by two with 14 seconds left, the Hornets’ sophomore forward Bridget Robbins (Baker, W. Va./East Hardy) evened the score at 73 with a poised jump shot when a clutch effort was needed.

Eastern Mennonite’s Mullet got the best of Shenandoah in the extra period, scoring 11 of her team’s 17 points to seal the victory for the Royals.     

A complete box score be found on the SU web page at

http://www.su.edu/athletics/wb/200102/111901.htm

The women will be at home again on Tuesday afternoon against Mary Baldwin.  Game time is 7:00 .