NORFOLK, Va. -  Bethune-Cookman finally got Norfolk State Wednesday night as the Wildcats stunned the Spartans with a 70-68 overtime victory in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals at The Scope.

Adrien Coleman posted a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds as the eighth-seeded Wildcats (14-19) beat the top-seeded Spartans (21-11) for the first time in four meetings, including a 73-70 setback in the 2012 tournament championship game.

Kevin Dukes and Paul Scotland each added 11 points for Bethune-Cookman, who will face the Morgan State/Savannah State winner in the semifinals Friday at 6 p.m.

Norfolk State went undefeated during the regular season and was playing in its home city, but the Wildcats found a way to erase a 13-point second half deficit to hand the Spartans the same tournament fate as the last team (Coppin State in 1993-94) to have a perfect regular season - a quarterfinal loss, thus snapping the Spartans 15-game winning streak.

"It was us against Norfolk," said Bethune-Cookman Head Coach Gravelle Craig. "We may have had 30 people in the stands cheering for us, including our [University President Dr. Edison O. Jackson]. We knew it was going to be a challenge. We took on the role of underdog."

Able to get in transition, the Wildcats shot 59 percent (16-for-27) from the field to erase a 40-27 deficit. Coleman sent the game into overtime on a lay-up with 1:13 remaining.

 A Coleman lay-up and a Scotland free throw gave B-CU a quick 66-63 lead in the overtime period. Norfolk state tied it at 66 on two Rob Johnson free throws with 3:53 left, but an Alex Smith free throw and a Kevin Dukes lay-up gave the Wildcats the lead for good.

The Spartans were 0-7 from the field in the overtime session.

"When we played Norfolk State 10 days ago, we could have won that game," Craig said. "We were confident we could play with them."

Coleman posted his 10th career double-double and became B-CU's 27^th 1,000 career point scorer with his final basket in regulation.

"Coach told us at halftime we needed to be aggressive," said Coleman. "Getting out in transition made it easier for me to get to the basket.

"Before the game, I got a text from [former player] Stanley Elliott and he told me to get this one for him," Coleman added. "He was a senior last when we lost in the championship game that we felt we were one play away from the NCAA tournament. He reminded me about B-CU history and getting big games out of the way."

Scotland and Malik Jackson (eight points) scored all of their combined 19 points in the second half as B-CU worked its way back from a 33-23 halftime deficit.

"I took on the role and did more," said Scotland, who was 7-of-9 from the foul line. "Malik hit some big shots."

Javoris Bryant , limited by foul trouble, had nine points and six rebounds, while Alex Smith posted 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to aid B-CU's 47-34 rebounding advantage.

Pendarvis Williams, the MEAC Player of The Year, led four Spartans in double figures with 19 points.

NOTES: B-CU advances to the MEAC Tournament semifinals for the third straight year ... This was the Wildcats' second OT victory this year ... B-CU now 10-2 when it scores 70 or more ... When Coleman scores 24 or more, B-CU is 5-2... B-CU is also 5-2 when Jackson scores eight or more ...B-CU won despite giving up a season-high 19 turnovers and being outshot from three-point range for the fifth straight game ..Coleman now has 16 20-point games; He also had a season-high 21 FG attempts ... Dukes has been in double figures three straight games ... This was Smith's sixth double-digit rebound game ... B-CU now 2-2 in MEAC Tournament OT games.