DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Brandon Stewart's 21 points led five Bethune-Cookman players in double figures as the Wildcats finally took a home win with a 78-56 decision over North Carolina A&T Monday night.

The Wildcats (9-17 overall, 5-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) had dropped their last six games in Moore Gym, the third-longest home losing streak in the nation entering the game. The win also gave them their first home conference victory.

Stewart, a senior, hit his first three attempts from three-point range and was 8-9 for the line for the Wildcats, who got a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double from Quintin Brewer, 12 points from Mikel Trapp, 11 points and seven assists from Ricky Johnson and 10 from Denzel Dulin.

Bethune-Cookman missed its first six shots from the field, but recovered and hit eight of its next 10 as its opened up a 24-10 lead on a Brewer lay-up with 8:53 left in the first half. The Wildcats stretched their lead to 18 on two occassions before taking a 42-27 halftime lead.

Brewer was 5-5 from the field in the opening half to key a 55.6 percent (15-27) shooting effort for the Wildcats in the first 20 minutes.

North Carolina A&T (6-21,3-9) got as close as 46-36 on a Bryan Akinkugbe with 15:51 remaining, but the Wildcats scored nine of the next 12 points to push their lead back up to 16. 

Bruce Beckford led the Aggies with 21.

Bethune-Cookman hosts Florida A&M Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.

HEAD COACH GRAVELLE CRAIG

"We were aggressive from the get-go. They talked about playing that way because we knew we were struggling at home for whatever reason.  We'll rectify it. We have a couple home games left, so we want to finish out."

"I don't really need Ricky to score a bunch of points. I really need him to get like 12 or 14 with six or seven assists. He id a lot better job tonight. He let me know he had seven assists."

NOTES: The Wildcats had a season-high 9 three-pointers ... Brewer's double-double was his sixth of the season ... Johnson has been in double-figures the past eight games and Stewart the last three ... This was the sixth time Stewart has led the team in scoring ... Four of the Wildcats'  six straight home losses were by a margin of five points or less, but three of the four wins have been by 17 or more.