Austin girls basketball team tops Rochester Century

Published 10:32 pm Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Austin girls basketball team picked up its play down the stretch as it beat Rochester Century (1-9 overall, 1-5 Big Nine) 46-38 on the road Tuesday.

Awenia Nywesh had 12 points and 15 rebounds in the win for the Packers (5-4 overall, 4-2 Big Nine), Elyse Hebrink had six points, seven rebounds and five steals and Colie Justice had 20 points.

Austin 19  27  —  46

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Century 18  20  —  38

Austin scoring: Colie Justice, 20; Awenia Nyewsh, 12; Elyse Hebrink, 6; Rebecca Younis, 4; Emily Hegna, 2; KieJuana VanZant, 2; free throws: 42 percent (8-for-19)