The Cougars (8-9, 4-3 USA South) fell behind by a 28-22 halftime margin. After a Panthers (5-14, 2-5 USA South) 3-pointer to start the second half put Averett in a nine-point hole, the Cougars responded by scoring on their next seven trips down the floor. Finally, with 8:37 remaining in the contest, Lymon Gregory netted a 3-pointer to give Averett a 42-41 advantage, one that they would not relinquish.
Freshman Cameron Brown followed Williams with 12 points and three rebounds. Andrew Boor grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with seven points. Gregory netted six for the Blue and Gold. In fact, all nine Cougars that saw playing time Wednesday appeared in the scoring column.
Keith Harris was the only Panther to tally double figures in scoring. He led the team with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
The win marks the third straight for Averett. The Cougars will look to extend their streak to four on Saturday when they host USA South Conference foe Greensboro College in the Grant Center at 4 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Averett vs Ferrum 2/2/05 7:30 pm at Ferrum, Va. At Ferrum, Va. AVERETT 56, FERRUM 50 AVERETT (8-9, 4-3 USA-So) WILLIAMS, Sterling 3-10 8-12 15; BROWN, Cameron 3-6 5-6 12; BOOR, Andrew 2-9 3-4 7; GREGORY, Lymon 2-4 1-1 6; HASKINS, Jeremy 2-4 0-0 4; McDANIEL, Cory 2-5 0-1 4; GARDNER, Billy 1-1 2-2 4; WILLIAMS, Cory 1-2 0-0 2; HAMMOND, Luke 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 17-42 19-26 56. FERRUM (5-14, 2-5 USA-So) HARRIS, Keith 5-8 2-4 14; HOLLAND, Rafael 3-5 0-0 8; HOLLEY, Ken 3-7 2-2 8; ROBINSON, Ed 3-10 1-2 7; KELLY, Nigel 2-7 2-2 6; FULLER, Rob 2-7 0-0 4; JOHNSON, Kenny 1-7 0-1 3; GODSEY, Jon 0-4 0-0 0; CHILTON, Quinton 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 7-11 50. Averett....................... 22 34 - 56 Ferrum........................ 28 22 - 50 3-point goals-Averett 3-11 (GREGORY, Lymon 1-2; BROWN, Cameron 1-2; WILLIAMS, Sterling 1-5; McDANIEL, Cory 0-1; WILLIAMS, Cory 0-1), Ferrum 5-17 (HOLLAND, Rafael 2-4; HARRIS, Keith 2-3; JOHNSON, Kenny 1-4; FULLER, Rob 0-3; GODSEY, Jon 0-2; ROBINSON, Ed 0-1). Fouled out--Averett-None, Ferrum-FULLER, Rob. Rebounds-Averett 33 (BOOR, Andrew 10), Ferrum 35 (HOLLEY, Ken 8). Assists-Averett 6 (WILLIAMS, Sterling 2), Ferrum 12 (JOHNSON, Kenny 10). Total fouls-Averett 12, Ferrum 16. A-128 -- USA South Athletic Conference game