WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University men's basketball team earned its first win of the season with a 66-50 non-league victory over Juniata College Tuesday evening.
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Shenandoah (1-2) pulled away with a 20-5 run midway through the second half to dispatch the Eagles (1-3).Â
IN BRIEF
With the score tied at 38-38 following a Marcus Hall jumper for Juniata,
Christopher Chaney kick started the Hornets game-closing run with a pair of free throws at 9:49.
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Chaney was unstoppable on the start of this run, scoring 10 of the Hornets 12 points in a span of 2:57 to turn the tie game into a 49-41 Shenandoah lead with 6:52 remaining.
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Juniata hit a jumper at 6:25 to cut its deficit to six, 49-43, only to see
Alan Dabney answer with a 3-pointer 27 seconds later to start a 17-7 Shenandoah run to close out the contest.
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A pair of Chaney free throws at 4:52 to push the lead into double digits. The lead reached 18 points before JC scored the final bucket of the game.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting: SU 23-of-52, 44 percent. JC 21-of-58, 36 percent
3-point shooting: SU 7-of-21, 33 percent. JC 5-of-19, 26 percent
Rebounding: SU 35, JC 38
Individual Scoring:
Individual Rebounding:
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