Shenandoah (4-1) now moves on to face the winner of the host Salisbury vs John Jay contest in Saturday's 8:00 championship game.
Sophomore Jeremiah Lawrence led the Hornets in the victory over the Beavers (2-1) with a game-high 22 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Junior Onyie Onunaku, who sat with foul trouble for most of the first half, added 11 points and nine boards while classmate Moutkar Fawehinmi added 10.
SU never trailed after taking an 8-7 lead on a Fawehinmi jumper at the 15:28 mark of the first. The Hornets extended this lead to as many as 10 points before junior point guard Antwon Townsend scored the final four points of the half on one free throw and a three-pointer with six seconds left. This gave Shenandoah 38-26 advantage heading into the lockerroom.
The Beavers briefly made a game of it with a 12-4 run to start the second, but Lawrence answered with a pair of layups and SU coasted to the 16-point victory.
Newspaper Box Score Shenandoah Hornets vs City College of New York 12/2/05 3:00 at Salisbury, Md. - Optimist Classic At Salisbury, Md. - Optimist Classic SHENANDOAH HORNETS 73, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 57 SHENANDOAH HORNETS (4-1) LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 10-18 2-2 22; ONUNAKU, Onyie 4-10 3-4 11; FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 5-13 0-0 10; TOWNSEND, Antwon 2-6 3-4 8; JOHNS, Steven 2-5 2-2 8; ADAMS, Lenzie 2-2 2-2 6; GRIFFIN, Quan 2-5 0-0 5; HALE, Jared 1-3 0-0 2; NICKENS-TURNER, Mike 0-2 1-2 1; ANDERSON, Henry 0-1 0-0 0; FIELDS, Jack 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 13-16 73. CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK (2-1) WATT, Narada 5-10 2-4 12; WOMACK-CLARKE, Andre 2-5 5-6 9; BODDIE, James 4-8 1-2 9; BARKER, Robert 4-6 1-3 9; SOUMA, Steve 3-11 0-0 7; MUNGIN, Andrew 2-4 0-2 5; LOWE, Kevin 1-2 0-2 2; RICHARDS, Ken 1-2 0-0 2; DAVIS, Kris 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 23-53 9-19 57. Shenandoah Hornets............ 38 35 - 73 City College of New York...... 26 31 - 57 3-point goals-Shenandoah Hornets 4-13 (JOHNS, Steven 2-2; TOWNSEND, Antwon 1-4; GRIFFIN, Quan 1-4; HALE, Jared 0-2; FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 0-1), City College of New York 2-17 (MUNGIN, Andrew 1-1; SOUMA, Steve 1-7; BODDIE, James 0-3; DAVIS, Kris 0-3; WOMACK-CLARKE, Andre 0-2; WATT, Narada 0-1). Fouled out--Shenandoah Hornets-None, City College of New York-None. Rebounds-Shenandoah Hornets 42 (LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 11), City College of New York 32 (BARKER, Robert 7). Assists-Shenandoah Hornets 10 (ADAMS, Lenzie 2; ONUNAKU, Onyie 2; TOWNSEND, Antwon 2), City College of New York 8 (BARKER, Robert 3). Total fouls-Shenandoah Hornets 19, City College of New York 20. A-33 SU to face winner of the Salisbury/John Jay game tomorrow at 8:00.