Bishop women fall on the road to Hornets, 90-46

Winchester, VA - The Shenandoah University women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 90-46 USA South Conference victory over visiting North Carolina Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon in Winchester.  The loss is the tenth straight for the Bishops, who are now 4-14 on the season, 1-8 in USA South action.

After being held scoreless for the first four minutes of the contest, SU reeled off a 9-0 run to take a lead it would not relinquish. The Bishops refused to fold however, and trailed by just seven with 9:01 to play. The Hornets then scored 25 of the closing 38 points in the half to take a 42-23 lead into the halftime lockerroom.

Shenandoah extended this advantage to least 20 points when Alicia Sanders knocked down three-pointer less than two minutes into the second half. It remained there the rest of the game. The bulge became as many as 48 points before the Lady Bishops scored the final four points of the contest.

SU's Dee Fisher led all scorers with 20 points, while Valerie Samples added 18 points and eight assists. Sanders had 15, Whitney French 12 and Stephanie Harrold 11 to round out the Hornets' double-digit scorers.

April Wilson led Wesleyan with 14 points.