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DANVILLE, Va. - — DANVILLE, Va. – Averett University broke open a close game with a big run early in the second half to defeat visiting Shenandoah 69-50 in USA South Conference men’s basketball action Saturday.


Averett (13-4, 4-0 USA South) led 27-26 at the break after Dominique Stevenson hit a three-pointer with six seconds remaining, but cruised in the final 20 minutes of play after retaking the lead for good on a Sterling Williams trey 25 seconds into the second.


Shenandoah (8-5, 0-3 USA South) held its last advantage when junior http://www.su.edu/athletics/mb/players.cfm?rid=845"> color="#CC0000" size="1"> Antwon Townsend opened the second half with a three-pointer of his own at the 19:43 mark. Townsend, currently the No. 5 three-point shooter in the nation, led the Hornets with 15 points on five three-pointers. He finished the contest 5 for 8 from behind the arc.


Williams’ three-pointer ignited a 12-5 run over the next 5:14 that gave the hosts a 42-34 lead. The contest was effectively over from this point as AU led by at least six points the rest of the way. The lead became double-digits by the 9:07 mark and the Cougars scored the last eight points of the game to provide the final margin.


Williams led the hosts with a co-game-high 15 points while Cory McDaniel had 13 and Damien Brown 12. Junior http://www.su.edu/athletics/mb/players.cfm?rid=892"> color="#CC0000" size="1"> James Brodie had 10 for SU.


The Hornets won the rebounding battle 40-30 with sophomore http://www.su.edu/athletics/mb/players.cfm?rid=489"> color="#CC0000" size="1"> Jeremiah Lawrence pulling down a game-high 14 boards. He just missed a double-double with nine points.


http://www.su.edu/athletics/mb/200506/012106.htm "> Box Score/Play by Play


Shenandoah finishes this two-game road trip tomorrow afternoon at Ferrum College.

Newspaper Box Score
Shenandoah vs Averett
1/21/06 4:00 at Danville, Va. - Grant Center
At Danville, Va. - Grant Center
AVERETT 69, SHENANDOAH 50
SHENANDOAH (8-5, 0-3)
TOWNSEND, Antwon 5-9 0-0 15; BRODIE, James 3-6 3-4 10; LAWRENCE, Jeremiah
4-8 1-3 9; FAWEHINMI, Mouktar 2-12 3-6 7; HALE, Jared 2-6 0-0 6; ADAMS,
Lenzie 0-1 1-4 1; MILLER, Patrick 0-1 1-2 1; NICKENS-TURNER, Mike 0-1 1-2 1;
ALEXANDER, RaSon 0-2 0-0 0; GRIFFIN, Quan 0-2 0-0 0; FIELDS, Jack 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 16-48 10-21 50.
AVERETT (13-4, 4-0)
WILLIAMS, Sterling 6-12 2-2 15; MCDANIEL, Cory 4-6 2-3 13; BROWN, Damien 4-7
4-4 12; BROWN, Cameron 3-9 2-2 9; DELEON, Rafael 3-7 0-0 6; BOOR, Drew 3-6
0-0 6; STEVENSON, Dominique 2-7 0-0 5; HARDWAY, Chad 1-2 0-0 2; BRAAKMAN,
Dimitri 0-1 1-2 1; WILKINS, Carlos 0-0 0-0 0; HAGWOOD, Shaun 0-1 0-0 0;
FRAZIER, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0; EUBANKS, Tyler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 11-13 69.
Shenandoah....................   26   24  -   50
Averett.......................   27   42  -   69
3-point goals-Shenandoah 8-17 (TOWNSEND, Antwon 5-8; HALE, Jared 2-5;
BRODIE, James 1-1; NICKENS-TURNER, Mike 0-1; ALEXANDER, RaSon 0-1; GRIFFIN,
Quan 0-1), Averett 6-20 (MCDANIEL, Cory 3-3; STEVENSON, Dominique 1-2;
BROWN, Cameron 1-6; WILLIAMS, Sterling 1-5; BRAAKMAN, Dimitri 0-1; HAGWOOD,
Shaun 0-1; DELEON, Rafael 0-2). Fouled out--Shenandoah-None, Averett-None.
Rebounds-Shenandoah 40 (LAWRENCE, Jeremiah 14), Averett 30 (DELEON, Rafael
9). Assists-Shenandoah 7 (TOWNSEND, Antwon 4), Averett 13 (DELEON, Rafael
4). Total fouls-Shenandoah 14, Averett 18. A-376