BUENA VISTA, Va. -  Host Southern Virginia University finished off a season sweep of Shenandoah University with a 93-79 non-conference men's basketball win Tuesday night.

The Knights (10-4), which rallied for a three-point win in Winchester in December, led virtually throughout the return engagement.

The two teams traded the lead on five occasions, including three times in the second half, but Shenandoah (4-11) never led for consecutive possessions in the final 20 minutes.

Holding a 66-65 lead with 10:31 to play, SU saw the Knights score 12 of the game's next 14 points to take a lead it would not relinquish.

Southern Virginia maintained at least a six-point advantage the rest of the way and pushed its lead into double digits by the 4:47 mark.

Playing without leading scorer Kevin Kline due to a minor injury, Shenandoah coach Robert Trent Harris, Jr. saw four players: Mitch Dudley, Brandon Bryan, Chris Schrader and Wayne Washington, pick up the slack by all hitting for at least 10 points.

Bryan did all of his damage in the first half, scoring 16 points on seven field goals, while Dudley set a new career-high with 24 points.

Dudley set his previous high of 22 points against SVU in the 82-79 loss on December 2.

Schrader and Washington rounded out this group with 14 and 11 points, respectively.

Unfortunately for the Hornets, the job was made more difficult as Southern Virginia had 38 attempts from the charity stripe on the night, making 27 of them, while SU was 11 of 16.

Shenandoah is back on the road on Saturday at Ferrum in the first of two USA South Conference games this weekend. SU finishes the weekend on Sunday at Averett; both games start at 4:00 and are doubleheaders with the women.

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