WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah University earned its first-ever women's basketball victory over Marymount University with a 62-56 non-league win Tuesday night at the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center.
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Shenandoah (3-1) had lost its last eight meetings with the Saints (3-3) dating back to the 2003 season but left little doubt in winning for the third time in four outings this season.
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IN BRIEF
Trailing 15-5 after one, SU cut the deficit to just one, 28-27, by halftime thanks to a 22-point second quarter and then dominated in the third.
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Shenandoah shot a sizzling 75 percent (9 of 12) from the field in that initial 10 minutes out of the locker room and turned the one-point deficit into a six-point lead.
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The two teams then split 30 fourth quarter points allowing Coach
Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft's club to close out the victory over the perennial DIII power.
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After the Saints were able to cut the SU lead to just four, 47-43, early in the fourth, SU pushed its lead back into double digits with an 8-2 run that ended with an
Olivia Weinel layup with 5:49 remaining. This advantage held at least eight points until MU scored three of the game's final four points over the last 45 seconds.
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The Saints had to foul four times in the final 12 seconds to put SU on the line and
Sarah Sondrol hit one of two to help clinch the victory.
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First-year
Terese Greene paced the victors with 17 points with
Sierra St. Cyr adding 15 and
Olivia Weinel 10.
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Shenandoah shot 53 percent (27 of 51) from the field and pulled down 35 rebounds. Marymount shot 33 percent (21 of 64) and had 37 boards. SU scored 48 of its 62 points in the paint.
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UP NEXT
Shenandoah returns to ODAC play with a 7 p.m. home game Wednesday, Dec. 1 versus Washington & Lee.
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