SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team completed its play at the Puerto Rico Clasico Friday with a 62-37 non-league victory over Illinois Tech.
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Shenandoah (6-3) led wire-to-wire in the blowout victory over the Scarlet Hawks (0-10).
IN BRIEF
Senior
Sarah Donley, who finished with eight points and seven rebounds in only 20 minutes of action, put SU on top to stay with a layup 38 seconds into the contest.
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Classmate
Jordan Sondrol sandwiched a pair of layups around an IIT free throw over the next 4:30 and SU would hold at least a three-point advantage the rest of the way.
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Shenandoah scored 17 of the first 24 points of the game and pushed its advantage into double digits thanks to an
Ashley Stone layup at 6:21 of the second.
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Coach
Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft's club completed the first half on an 8-1 run and saw its lead dip into single digits for just 79 seconds in the second half.
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Thanks to an 11-0 run bridging the third quarter break, the Hornets increased their lead to a game-high 29 points with 7:24 to play. Shenandoah then coasted home to the 25-point victory.
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Jordan Sondrol, who cracked the 1000-point barrier yesterday versus Loras, registered her 100
th career block midway through the second quarter.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting: SU 25-of-63, 40 percent. IIT 10-of-50, 20 percent
3-point shooting: SU 2-of-13, 15 percent. IIT 2-of-17, 12 percent
FT shooting: SU 10-of-16, 63 percent. IIT 15-of-27, 56 percent
Rebounding: SU 54, IIT 35
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Individual
Scoring:
           SU:
Jordan Sondrol 12,
Sarah Sondrol 11, Regan Johnson 10
           IIT: Shannon O'Donnell 19
Rebounding:
            SU:
Sierra St. Cyr 10,
Jordan Sondrol 8,
Ashley Stone 8
           IIT: Shannon O'Donnell 6, Josie Mace 6
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