WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah University ran its men's basketball winning streak to three games with a 74-60 non-league victory over visiting Gallaudet University Sunday afternoon.
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Shenandoah (3-2) shook off a cold shooting start to the game by pulling away in the second half over the Bison (0-7).
IN BRIEF
The Hornets, fresh off of a Wilkins Center-best 101 points on Saturday in an ODAC victory over Emory & Henry, shot just 36 percent (12-of-33) in the first half in taking a 42-31 halftime lead.
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The first half featured all six lead changes and three ties in the game as Gallaudet was able to hold a lead as the 8:31 mark.
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Shenandoah began its game-clinching run with a
Chris Oates 3-pointer 20 seconds later, and SU held the lead for good.
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Oates' '3', one of four the senior had on the day, kickstarted a 21-9 half-closing run for the hosts.
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Gallaudet's final gasp came midway through the second as the Bison outscored Shenandoah 13-6 over a span of 8:47 to cut the deficit to just three, 46-43, with 11:19 remaining.
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Oates stepped up again, canning a 3-pointer at 9:17 and the Hornets never looked back.
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Oates' final '3', at the 7:00 mark, began a 21-10 spurt to close out the game. Shenandoah held at least a 10-point advantage over the final 3:48.
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Christopher Chaney led the victors in the scoring column with 21 points while Oates added 12 and both
Alan Dabney and
Shareef Bynum 11.
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Chaney, with nine rebounds, just missed a double-double.Â
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting: SU 25-of-67, 37 percent. Gallaudet 19-of-62, 31 percent
3-point shooting: SU 8-of-29, 28 percent. Gallaudet 6-of-28, 21 percent
FT shooting: SU 16-of-23, 69 percent. Gallaudet 16-of-20, 80 percent
Rebounding: SU 48, Gallaudet 41
Individual Leaders
           Scoring:
SU:
Christopher Chaney 21,
Chris Oates 12,
Alan Dabney 11,
Shareef Bynum 11
                      Gallaudet: Noah Valencia 16, Steve Valencia-Biskupiak 13, Corey Smith 10
           Rebounding:
                       SU: Chaney 9
                       Gallaudet: Smith 8
QUOTABLE
"We are very happy to get a 3rd win in a row at home," head coach Adam Walsh said. "This was a great weekend for us as a program with seven different guys in double figures. We had a very solid defensive effort for us to continue to build off of. Now it's all about the next one and hopefully we can start to create some excitement on campus to get folks out for the last of this home stretch coming off of Thanksgiving break."
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