SALEM, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team continues its quest for its second-ever ODAC Championship Sunday with a 3:30 p.m. ODAC Tournament Championship game versus second-seeded Randolph-Macon.
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Shenandoah enters into the contest with a 21-5 overall record after defeating Washington & Lee in the semi-finals on Saturday evening, 67-59
The semi-final win puts the 2021-2022 team tying the program record of 21 wins, set by 1987-88 Shenandoah College Conservatory squad.
Two of those five regular season losses came at the hands of the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets. The first meeting resulted in a 10 point loss in Winchester, 62-52.Â
Shenandoah had a legitimate chance to even split the regular-season series on February 9th in Ashland but fell one point shy of pushing a comeback into overtime, falling 56-55.Â
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BY THE NUMBERS
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Category |
R-MC |
SU |
Points Per Game |
64.7 |
64.8 |
Rebounds Per Game |
43.3 |
41.4 |
Assists Per Game |
14.8 |
14.8 |
Field Goals |
604 |
655 |
Field Goal Percentage |
39.4% |
43.4%* |
Free Throw Percentage |
65.8% |
69% |
Points Allowed |
55.7 |
54.5 |
*denotes ODAC leader
The two teams have met 28 times, Radnolph-Macon owns the series record 22-6. The last win over the Yellow Jackets came during the 2019 ODAC Tournament run. Â
The quarterfinals win puts the 2021-2022 team one game behind the 1987-88 squad record of 21 wins.Â
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