Box Score

DANVILLE, Va. — Maryville College's outside shooting helped the Scots spoil Averett's Senior Day with a 91-79 victory over the Cougars on Sunday at the Grant Center.

Averett (9-16, 4-10 USA South) will be the No. 8 seed in this week's USA South Conference Tournament held in Fayetteville, N.C. Averett will face No. 1 seed Christopher Newport University in the first round on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Maryville (10-13, 5-9 USA South) drained 17 shots from 3-point range on 36 attempts, both of which were season-highs by an Averett opponent this season.

Averett jumped on Maryville early, taking a 13-5 lead in the first eight minutes, but the Scots scored eight consecutive points to tie the game. Maryville then took an eight-point lead of its own before Averett fought back and tied the game at 39-39 on sophomore Sunil Ram's 3-pointer in transition as time expired in the first half.

Although Averett took the momentum into the locker rooms and grabbed a one-point lead just after halftime, Maryville opened the second half with 3-pointers on three of its first five possessions of the period. As the half progressed, Maryville slowly pulled away for the victory.

Averett senior Justin Pierce finished with 25 points and eight rebounds in his final home game while fellow senior Nick Ford had two points and two rebounds. Averett's other two seniors, Marquis Scott and Shannon Redd, could not play due to injury.

The Cougars also got 16 points from freshman Bradley Robinson, 13 points from Ram and 11 points from junior Paul Porter.

Oscar Butler led Maryville with 21 points, all on 3-pointers.