DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Malik Jackson and Clemmye Owens each posted career- highs – 27 and 20 points, respectively, as Bethune-Cookman snapped the nation's longest active losing streak with a 69-63 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore Saturday afternoon.

The Wildcats (3-19 overall, 1-6 MEAC) hadn't won since a 98-55 decision against Trinity College on November 19 – a span of 17 games over 66 days. Bethune-Cookman's last two losses were overtime affairs at Savannah State and South Carolina State.

Maryland Eastern Shore (2-15,0-5) has now lost 31 straight on the road.

The Hawks led 32-25 at halftime, but Bethune-Cookman scored nine quick points – six on a pair of Mikel Trapp three-pointers -- in the opening two minutes to take a 34-32 lead. The Wildcats opened up a  60-50 lead on an Owens lay-up with 5:57 left.

Maryland Eastern Shore got it to 60-57 on a Troy Snyder jumper with 3:41 remaining, but Troy Simmons hit a three-pointer and Jackson sank five throws down the stretch to keep the Wildcats ahead.

Jackson was 5-7 from three-point range, and Owens 4-7 as the Wildcats sank a season-high 12 three-pointers,

Hakeem Baxter and Isaac Smith each scored 12 points for the Hawks.

B-CU hosts Howard Monday.

NOTES: B-CU shot 54.5 percent from three-point range, the first time they've done that since January 14, 2012 against South Carolina State...Jackson ...was 8-10 from the field, including 4-4 in the second half ... B-CU was 8-10 from three-point range in the final 20 minutes ... Allan Dempster had a team-high ...six rebounds ... Owens has now been in double-figures six straight game ... B-CU has won 17 of the last 18 against UMES ... Simmons matched his season-high of seven assists ... And so ends the third-longest losing streak in the school history; the 1992-93 and 1997-98 teams each dropped 19 in a row.