WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team earned its first win of the 2019-20 season Friday night with a 63-59 non-league victory over Southern Virginia.
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The Hornets (1-2) scored five of the final six points of the night to pull away from Southern Virginia (1-1).
IN BRIEF
Sophomore
Sierra St. Cyr, who had a career-high 24 points, had all five of those points during that closing run as she made 5 of 6 from the line.
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St. Cyr finished the night 9 of 11 from the charity stripe.
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The game featured 13 ties and 11 lead changes, the last when St. Cyr started that final run with two free throws at the 52-second mark.
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Senior
Jordan Sondrol, who had 10 points, had tied the game at 58-all with a jumper at 1:35.
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The Hornets held the Knights, who scored 96 points in their season opener earlier this week, to 39 percent shooting from the field and outrebounded their visitors by nine.
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St. Cyr led in this category as well, pulling down nine rebounds with six coming on the defensive end of the floor.
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Katie Garrish led SVU with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting: SU 20-of-54, 37 percent; SVU 20-of-52, 39 percent
3-point shooting: SU 4-of-16, 25 percent; SVU 7-of-17, 41 percent
Rebounding: SU 39, SVU 30
QUOTABLE
"This is a great first win of the season," head coach
Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft said. "We had a tight turnaround after a tough loss Wednesday and our team really responded with a win against a very good team."
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