FERRUM, Va. - Shenandoah University snapped a pair of long losing streaks Saturday afternoon with a 68-63 USA South Conference men's basketball victory over host Ferrum.

Shenandoah (5-11, 2-1 USA South) won for the first time since the 2003-04 season at Ferrum and over the Panthers (8-8, 2-2) for the first time in the past 10 meetings.

SU had beaten Ferrum since winning 78-71 in overtime at home on January 26, 2005.

Playing largely without the presence of leading scorer Kevin Kline due to foul trouble, Shenandoah saw the trio of Wayne Washington, Chris Schrader and Kenny Robertson all step up with double-digit scoring.

Schrader hit what was the back-breaking shot when he canned a 3-pointer with 1:13 to play to give the Hornets a 66-63 lead.

Shenandoah led the rest of the way from this point as FC missed three of four free throws down the stretch and turned the ball over on two of its last three possessions.

Washington had one of those two steals and then hit one of two from the line with 18 seconds remaining to finally ice the victory.

After taking a 30-26 lead into the half thanks to six each from Robertson, Schrader and Mitch Dudley the Hornets saw their hosts come all the way back thanks to an 8-2 run to start the second. The two teams then traded the lead 10 times and were tied on nine others before Schrader finally gave SU the lead for good with the three-ball.

Schrader led all scorers with 17 points with Washington adding 14 and Robertson 12.

Henry Hall paced the Panthers with 17.

Shenandoah completes this weekend trip Sunday afternoon with a 4:00 USA South Conference contest at Averett.

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