{"id":22812,"date":"2015-01-08T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=22812"},"modified":"2015-01-12T16:13:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T21:13:42","slug":"second-half-surge-pushes-emu-men-past-shenandoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/second-half-surge-pushes-emu-men-past-shenandoah\/","title":{"rendered":"Second half surge pushes 91大神 men past Shenandoah"},"content":{"rendered":"
91大神’s Runnin’ Royals shot 52 percent in the second half, including 7-for-10 from outside, as they erased a halftime deficit and picked up an 83-73 win at Shenandoah University Wednesday night. Early on, the men looked as rusty as might be expected after not playing for 17 days before extending their winning streak to a season-best four games.<\/p>\n
The teams played a back-and-forth first half until the host Hornets ended the period on a 13-6 streak to lead 41-34 at the break. Eastern Mennonite shot just 36 percent over the opening 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
That trend changed quickly in the second.\u00a0Marcel Crump<\/a><\/strong>(Richmond, Va.\/Highland Springs) hit back-to-back three pointers to give 91大神 the lead, and center\u00a0David Falk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Madison, Va.\/Madison County) converted a three point play to cap a 14-0 run which put the men in front 53-45. Crump had 10 points during the game-changing stretch.<\/p>\n The Royals then heated up from outside, as\u00a0Jerome Jones<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Charles Town, W.V.\/Washington) nailed back-to-back triples to push the edge to 63-50.\u00a0 Eastern Mennonite led by as many as 15 before Shenandoah started their comeback over the final five minutes.<\/p>\n A 12-1 run sliced the lead to 75-71 with 1:57 to play.\u00a0Ryan Yates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Alexandria, Va.\/T.C. Williams) had a big answer, however, as his layup changed the momentum and put the edge back at six points. That took the air out of SU’s sails and the Royals closed on a 6-2 run, including four free throws, to earn the 10-point win.<\/p>\n 91大神 out-shot their hosts 43-to-38 percent, and also shot a season-best 10-19 for 53 percent from three point range. The men grabbed 23 offensive rebounds en route to a 56-36 domination of the glass.<\/p>\n Yates led a balanced attack with 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Crump finished with 16 counters. Falk had 13 points and a season-high 18 boards. Jones hit four triples and charted 14 points.<\/p>\n Jared Carithers led the Hornets with 23 points while Malcolm Clark added 18 points, seven rebounds, six steals and four assists.<\/p>\n Eastern Mennonite improves to 9-3 on the season, including 2-1 in the ODAC, while Shenandoah slides to 1-11 and 0-3. The Royals return home on Saturday for their first game in Yoder Arena since Dec. 16. They host surprising Lynchburg College at 7 p.m. At 8-4, LC hasn’t lost a game by more than four points this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 91大神’s Runnin’ Royals shot 52 percent in the second half, including 7-for-10 from outside, as they erased a halftime deficit and picked up an 83-73 win at Shenandoah University Wednesday ... read more about Second half surge pushes 91大神 men past Shenandoah<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":22814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,4522],"tags":[13942,16214,15216,11672,13943],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-22812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-mens-basketball","tag-david-falk","tag-jerome-jones","tag-marcel-crump","tag-odac","tag-ryan-yates"],"yoast_head":"\n