Averett women return to winning ways with victory over N.C. Wesleyan

Junior Deandra Brown had a career high 15 points and tied her career mark for rebounds with seven in Averett's win over N.C. Wesleyan College.

Box Score

DANVILLE, Va. — Averett ended a three-game skid with a 65-52 win over N.C. Wesleyan College on Tuesday evening.

Junior Ashley Washington scored 22 points and junior Deandra Brown added a career-high15 points and matched her career-high with seven rebounds off the bench to lead Averett (14-8, 10-6 USA South).

The Cougars jumped out in front early and never trailed. Averett's dominance in the paint held it take a 35-21 lead into halftime. That advantage reached as much as 20 points early in the second half.

N.C. Wesleyan (0-22, 0-16 USA South) trimmed the deficit to 10 points twice midway through the second half, but the Cougars extended their lead back to 17 minutes later.

Averett shot 42.9 percent from the field, including 40 percent from beyond the arc.

Sophomore Kaneshia Slade added eight rebounds and freshman Mette Scheiman finished with six assists.

Averett travels to Meredith College on Thursday at 7 p.m. in a makeup game from Jan. 30.

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