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Averett wins first home game for basketball

Averett wins first home game for basketball

Game Leaders

Averett
Pts: 2 Players (#03, #23) - 17
Reb: Joelle Deese - 10
Ast: 2 Players (#12, #23) - 5
Salem
Pts: MiKayla Seivers - 21
Reb: Alexiahonna Bush - 11
Ast: Alexiahonna Bush - 5

Team Stats

Averett
Salem

Field Goals

(33-71)
(20-62)

Field Goal %

46.5%
32.3%

Rebounds

44
35

Assists

23
13

Turnovers

15
16

Pts off Turnovers

21
13

2nd Chance Pts

8
6

Pts in the Paint

34
18

Fastbreak Pts

0
0

Bench Pts

39
12
full stats
Posted: Nov 30, 2016

Winston-Salem, NC-The Salem College basketball team fell in their first home game of the season to the Averett Cougars 85-63. Salem got into foul trouble early and Averett was able to get a strong lead. Mikayla Seivers led the Spirits with 21 points. Salem falls to 2-3, while the Cougars improve to 3-2.

After the early foul trouble, Averett was able to jump out to a 30-15 lead after the first quarter. they extended their lead to 52-32 at the half. The second half was much more even as Averett only outscored Salem 33-31 in the half.

Alexiahonna Bush led the Spirits with 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Sabrina Shepherd finished with 17 points, and Hannah McBride brought down 7 rebounds.

The Spirits return to road action this weekend when they travel to Piedmont for their first ever USA South game. That game will be on Saturday at 2:00 in Georgia.