HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – No. 18 Hampden-Sydney used a pair of second half runs to secure a 74-55 ODAC men's basketball victory over Shenandoah University Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers (18-4, 12-1 ODAC) held a 33-31 lead at the break, but pulled away from Shenandoah (6-15, 3-9) to start the second and secure the season sweep.
IN BRIEF
SU cut its deficit to that two-point, 33-31, margin thanks to a
Davion Roberts' 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining in the first.
Unfortunately for the Hornets, H-SC scored the initial nine points of the second and held Shenandoah scoreless for the first 5:32 of the stanza to erase any thoughts of an SU comeback.
Malik Jordan, who co-led the visitors with 13 points, snapped the scoreless draught with a bucket at 14:27. However, Hampden-Sydney wasn't finished.
The Tigers ripped off another 11 straight points to extend their lead to 18, 53-35, with 11:11 remaining and Shenandoah would get no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
First-year
Joshua Stephen matched Jordan with 13 points with Jordan also dishing out six assists.
Hampden-Sydney shot 51 percent (28 of 55) to 33 percent for the Hornets (19 of 57) and H-SC had a 41-26 advantage on the glass.
UP NEXT
The Hornets return home Wednesday for a 7 p.m. ODAC contest versus Roanoke.
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