SALEM, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team fell, 73-57, Sunday afternoon in the 2023 ODAC Championship game to Washington & Lee.
Up six at the half, the Generals (22-6) defense helped push their lead over the Hornets (19-10) to double-digits in the third by holding SU to just two made shots from the field during the quarter.
IN BRIEF
The first quarter saw the game's four lead changes. Shenandoah earned the first lead change at 4-3 with a big
Shawnise Campbell lay-up.
W&L went down and took it right back before
Madisen Kimble did the same for her squad with a mid-range jumper. Buckets by
Gabby Krystofiak and
Sydney Shepos gave SU its largest lead of the contest, putting them up by five.
The Generals ended the first quarter on a 10-0 run to take the lead back and didn't give it back for the remainder of the contest.
In the second, W&L went up by 10 at one point but the Hornets fought back with big shots from
Terese Greene to cut the deficit to just two points. A made free-throw and a final-second three-pointer from W&L's Hanna Malik put them back up by six at the half.
The two teams each scored 12 points in the second.
After a Krystofiak '3' for SU, the Generals went on an 18-0 run in the third, over a six-minute span, and eventually expand the lead out to a game-high 28.
Shenandoah's offense outscored the eventual winners by eight in the fourth quarter but the big third quarter helped W&L secure the championship.
Shenandoah's leading scorer was Greene with 16, Kimble with 14, and Krystofiak with 12. The ODAC Rookie of the Year, Mary Schleusner, scored a game-high 30 points and 19 rebounds for W&L.
Campbell led SU with 14 rebounds and two blocks.
Kimble and Greene were named to the ODAC All-Tournament team.
UP NEXT
The Hornets, who are returning the whole team, will announce their 2023-2024 schedule later this summer.
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