The Cougars (19-7) now move onto Friday’s semi-finals to take on third seeded Methodist. The Monarchs also advanced Tuesday night – they defeated No. 6 Ferrum 68-56 in Fayetteville.
Averett wasted little time in eliminating the Hornets (9-16) as they shot 61.7 percent from the field in the first half to take a 48-29 lead into the halftime lockerroom. Shenandoah shot 43.3 percent (13 for 30) but found itself in the 19-point hole as they turned the ball over 12 times, were outrebounded 18-13 and had three players pick up at the least three fouls each.
The second half brought more of the same as the hosts scored the first five points of the stanza as SU was held without a bucket for the first 4:01. AU maintained at least a 20 point lead until Jeremiah Lawrence, who had to sit much of the first with foul trouble, converted a layup with 8:48 to play. The two teams then traded three pointers before Averett put the final nail in the coffin with a five-point run from the 8:11 to 7:14 marks.
Shenandoah completed the game on a 12-6 run to provide the final margin of victory.
Lawrence led the visitors with 21 points and eight rebounds; he missed tying the school record for rebounds in a season by two boards but did set a new school mark with an 11.3 rebounds per game average.
Moutkar Fawehinmi backed up Lawrence with 20 points, including two on three-pointers.
Damien Brown had 22 and Sterling Williams and Andrew Boor 14 each for the Cougars.
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Newspaper Box Score Shenandoah vs Averett 2/21/06 7:30 at Danville, Va. - Grant Center At Danville, Va. - Grant Center AVERETT 80, SHENANDOAH 66 SHENANDOAH (9-16) LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 7-9 7-7 21; FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 9-16 0-1 20; JOHNS, Steven 3-11 0-0 7; NICKENS-TURNER, Mike 2-7 0-0 5; GRIFFIN, Quan 1-3 0-0 3; HALE, Jared 1-4 0-0 3; MILLER, Patrick 1-2 0-1 2; BRODIE, James 1-3 0-0 2; ADAMS, Lenzie 1-1 0-0 2; ALEXANDER, RaSon 0-1 1-2 1; COOK, Quentin 0-0 0-0 0; FIELDS, Jack 0-0 0-0 0; TOWNSEND, Antwon 0-3 0-0 0; STUART, Travis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-60 8-11 66. AVERETT (19-7) BROWN, Damien 5-6 12-15 22; WILLIAMS, Sterling 4-8 4-4 14; BOOR, Drew 6-9 2-2 14; DELEON, Rafael 3-3 0-0 6; STEVENSON, Dominique 2-5 0-0 6; BROWN, Cameron 1-3 3-4 5; FRAZIER, Ryan 2-3 0-0 4; GARDNER, Billy 2-3 0-0 4; HAGWOOD, Shaun 1-2 0-0 3; MCDANIEL, Cory 1-9 0-2 2; HARDWAY, Chad 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 21-27 80. Shenandoah.................... 29 37 - 66 Averett....................... 48 32 - 80 3-point goals-Shenandoah 6-18 (FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 2-3; NICKENS-TURNER, Mike 1-3; JOHNS, Steven 1-5; HALE, Jared 1-2; GRIFFIN, Quan 1-3; TOWNSEND, Antwon 0-2), Averett 5-19 (WILLIAMS, Sterling 2-5; STEVENSON, Dominique 2-4; HAGWOOD, Shaun 1-2; BROWN, Cameron 0-1; FRAZIER, Ryan 0-1; MCDANIEL, Cory 0-6). Fouled out--Shenandoah-BRODIE, James, Averett-DELEON, Rafael. Rebounds-Shenandoah 27 (LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 8), Averett 37 (BROWN, Damien 9). Assists-Shenandoah 10 (FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 4), Averett 15 (STEVENSON, Dominique 7). Total fouls-Shenandoah 21, Averett 16. A-332 USA South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals. Averett advances to the semi-finals where they will meet Methodist College on Friday at 2:00 PM in Newport News, VA.