Shenandoah (9-5, 1-0 USA South) won by the same ten point margin that they beat the Captains (9-3, 0-1 USA South) February 4, 2004. The win also marks the first time since 1990 that SU has won two straight over its conference archrival.
The game was close throughout; the two teams traded the lead 11 times and were tied on four others before the hosts finally took the lead for good on a Jared Hale (Centreville, Va./Lynchburg) jumper with 6:07 left.
Following Hale's 10-footer, the Hornets went on a 10-4 run over the next 1:42 to take their largest lead, 70-62, with 2:37 remaining. CNU would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Shenandoah outrebounded Christopher Newport 46-27 and hit 19 of its 27 foul shots to the Captains two of three.
Senior Chris Rhone (Washington, D.C./Northwestern) led with a game high 21 points and matched his career high with 11 boards. He was joined by three others in double figures - Hale and Jeremiah Lawrence (Forestville, Md./Forestville) each had 12 while Kenny Purnell (Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton) had 10.
Sophomore Onyie Onunaku (Bristow, Va./Stonewall Jackson) had nine points but matched Rhone with 11 rebounds.
Steven Murrer had 14, Roderic Carey 12 and Blake Brookman 11 for Christopher Newport. Brookman also had a game high seven assists.
Box Score/Play by Play
Shenandoah takes to the road this weekend for a Saturday contest at NC Wesleyan. Game time is 4:00.
Newspaper Box Score CNU Captains vs Shenandoah Hornets 1/12/05 7:30 at Shingleton Gymnasium - Winchester, Va. At Shingleton Gymnasium - Winchester, Va. SHENANDOAH HORNETS 76, CNU CAPTAINS 66 CNU CAPTAINS (9-3, 0-1) MURRER, Steven 6-10 0-0 14; CAREY, Roderic 6-13 0-1 12; BROOKMAN, Blake 4-11 0-0 11; LEWIS, Korey 4-7 0-0 8; BROOKS, Brandon 3-6 0-0 6; SELDEN, Dont'a 2-5 0-0 5; PURDHAM, Adam 2-2 0-0 4; ROMEO, Jeremy 2-11 0-0 4; SHORT, Jordan 0-0 2-2 2; CHEBAANE, Amine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-65 2-3 66. SHENANDOAH HORNETS (9-5, 1-0) RHONE, Chris 6-12 9-11 21; LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 5-5 2-7 12; HALE, Jared 3-6 4-4 12; PURNELL, Kenneth 3-14 2-2 10; ONUNAKU, Onyie 4-8 1-1 9; JENKINS, Chris 3-9 1-2 8; MILLER, Patrick 1-3 0-0 2; JOHNS, Steven 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-58 19-27 76. CNU Captains.................. 36 30 - 66 Shenandoah Hornets............ 34 42 - 76 3-point goals-CNU Captains 6-25 (BROOKMAN, Blake 3-7; MURRER, Steven 2-5; SELDEN, Dont'a 1-2; BROOKS, Brandon 0-2; ROMEO, Jeremy 0-7; LEWIS, Korey 0-1; CAREY, Roderic 0-1), Shenandoah Hornets 5-15 (HALE, Jared 2-3; PURNELL, Kenneth 2-8; JENKINS, Chris 1-4). Fouled out--CNU Captains-None, Shenandoah Hornets-None. Rebounds-CNU Captains 27 (CAREY, Roderic 6), Shenandoah Hornets 46 (RHONE, Chris 11; ONUNAKU, Onyie 11). Assists-CNU Captains 12 (BROOKMAN, Blake 7), Shenandoah Hornets 12 (RHONE, Chris 6). Total fouls-CNU Captains 20, Shenandoah Hornets 10. A-773