CARLISLE, Pa. – Host Dickinson College used a late first half run to seize control and take a 79-61 women's basketball victory over Shenandoah Saturday afternoon in the opening game of the 2012 Days Inn Tip-Off Tournament.

The Red Devils (2-0) advance to Sunday's 4 p.m. championship against the winner of the Lynchburg/Penn State-Berks matchup.

Shenandoah (0-2) will face the loser of that game in the 2:00 consolation.

With SU cutting its deficit to just three, 22-19, following a Crystal Petrus jumper at 5:27, DC scored 16 of the final 21 points of the half to take a 38-26 lead into the halftime locker room.

The Red Devils eventually extended this lead out to 18 points by the 13:09 mark of the second before Shenandoah forced a Dickinson time-out with a 12-2 run in the next 3:52, but this would be as close as the Hornets would get.

DC scored eight straight points coming out of the time-out and never saw its lead dip below 16 points the rest of the way.

Sophomore Holly Chittenden led a group of three SU women in double figures with 16 points. Corin Scott had 11 and Sarah Dixon 10 to round out the group while nine of the 10 women who saw action in the game for the Hornets scored at least two points.

Dickinson had 39-35 advantage on the glass and held Shenandoah to a 35.9 percent shooting performance from the field.

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