Men's Basketball Downs McDaniel for First Win of Season

McDaniel MCD 1-3,0-0 Centennial

Shenandoah SU 1-1,0-0 ODAC

McDaniel MCD

1-3,0-0 Centennial

Final

Nov. 13, 2026

Shenandoah SU

1-1,0-0 ODAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
McDaniel MCD	36	38	74
Shenandoah SU	50	41	91

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/13/2026 11:02:00 PM | Matt McIntosh '23, '26

Men's Basketball Downs McDaniel for First Win of Season

WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah University men's basketball team earned its first win of the season with a 91-74 home non-conference win over McDaniel College on Friday night.

The Hornets (1-1) never trailed in the game and led the Green Terror (1-3) by as much as 20 points. First-year Nasir Johnson went a perfect 8-for-8 from the field for 19 points, tying with Ellis Wright for the team-high in points.

RECAP

Nasir Johnson picked up the first points of the night an provided two early assists to Ellis Wright and Khaydar Gilmetdinov, putting SU up 9-4. An and-one conversion by Johnson, along with a three-point field goal from Andrew Ford pushed SU's lead to nine with 14:44 left in the first half.

Sean Harvey knocked down a three-pointer of his own to give SU its first double digit lead of the night, but a 6-2 Green Terror run cut the home team's lead back to six at the second media timeout of the contest.

Following back-to-back threes from Ford and Harvey, Seth Sanusi picked up a block on the defensive side of the court, which led to Johnson scoring a fast break layup for a 17 point lead. With around five minutes left in the half, baskets from downtown by Maxwell Lanham and Wright helped the Hornets take a 19 point lead, its largest of the half. Shenandoah went into the halftime break up 50-36.

Shenandoah entered the second half and got its lead up to 20 thanks to an Isaiah Lee three-pointer with just over 15 minutes left in the game. Across the next eight minutes McDaniel went on a 23-9, cutting its deficit down to six with 7:01 left on the clock.

For the Hornets, another Ford three-pointer kickstarted a 10-0 run, which spanned less than two minutes of game time. Shenandoah stayed up by double-digits for the rest of the game, with Wright putting SU back up by 20 with under two minutes to play.

Ford and Harvey combined for 27 points off the bench on a combined 10-for-17 shooting. Ford finished the night with a game-high five three-pointers.

As a team Shenandoah shot 54.0 percent from the field with 19 assists.

Jaylen Lemon led the team in rebounds with 10, surpassing his career-high of five from last year's game at Bridgewater College.