WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah women's basketball team hit the hardwood for their first game after the Thanksgiving break. The Hornets came away with the 60-49 win over Randolph in ODAC Conference play. Shenandoah, now 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference had three players with double-digit points.
Terese Greene led the Hornets with 17 points, going 6-13 from the field and 3-6 from deep.
Shawnise Campbell had another dominant performance chipping in with 15 points, eight boards, four blocks, and two steals. Maddie Kimbell was 4-10 from the field and 2-6 from deep for her 10 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Terese Greene scored the opening basket of the game, and the Hornets never looked back. Shenandoah dominated the first quarter and outscored Randolph 19-6. Shenandoah got first-quarter buckets from Greene,
Shawnise Campbell,
Emily Williams and
Kayla Maxson. The Hornets shot 57.1% from the floor in the stanza while holding Randolph to 25%.
Randolph came out in the second quarter looking to get back into the game but for every basket the WildCats scored, the Hornets had an answer.
Kayla Maxson started the scoring for the Hornets second quarter, by drilling a three to increase the lead to 14 points. Randolph was able to get the game closer by taking advantage of going 10-10 from the free-throw line, but
Shawnise Campbell and
Maddie Kimble had clutch baskets to keep the momentum in favor of the Hornets.
After the break, the Hornets continued their fast start when
Terese Greene drilled a corner three to increase the lead back to 9 points. Once again, every basket the WildCats scored, the Hornets had an answer. Randolph made a few final pushes, but
Shawnise Campbell converted a three-point play, and Maddie Kimbell hit a layup to secure the win for the Hornets to move to 3-0 in conference play.
Coach Smeltzer-Kraft had this to say about the win, "we knew this was going to be a battle, really happy with the way we played for 40 minutes. I think we defended at a really high level and were able to get great shots against the zone."
UP NEXT
The Hornets are back in action at home for a conference matchup with Eastern Mennonite, Wednesday evening with a 7 pm tip off.
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