DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kendra Cooper scored 22 points and Jasmine Knowles a career-high 20 as Bethune-Cookman completed its first season sweep of Florida A&M in the Vanessa Blair-Lewis era with a 76-64 victory  Saturday afternoon.

Terrenisha Hollis added 14 points and Emily Williams 11 as the Lady Wildcats (11-14 overall, 8-5 overall) used a 15-0 run to pull away from a 33-32 game to take a 48-32 lead on Emily Williams' lay-up with 12:53 remaining.

Bethune-Cookman built that lead to 65-43 on a Emily Williams lay-up with 6:41 left before the Rattlers (8-17,5-8) made a late run that got it down to 68-62 on a Tanekia Rubin jumper with 1:42 left.

Emily Williams then broke the Rattler press for a lay-up and hit two free throws to push the Lady Wildcat lead back to 10.  Knowles and Cooper each added two free throws in the final minute.

Cooper sank six three-pointer for the Lady Wildcats, who never trailed after opening up a 14-4 lead in the first five minutes. Cooper hit two three-pointers and Knowles scored twice off turnovers as Bethune-Cookman made six of its first seven shots.

Florida A&M got as close as 20-14 on a Khaderha Young jumper with 12:21 left, but the Lady Wildcats rebuilt the lead  to 12 at 28-16 on a Knowles lay-up with 6:51 left.

Knowles, who surpassed her previous high of 17 earlier this season against UMES, also had eight points and seven assists. Hollis was one shy of a double-double with nine rebounds.

Young led the Rattlers with 21, followed by Rubin with 18.

Bethune-Cookman travels to North Carolina Central next Saturday.

NOTES: Kailyn Williams only scored three points, but posted six blocked shots to increase her school record total to 210 … B-CU President Dr. Edison Jackson served as honorary coach…The Lady Wildcats scored 70 points or more for the fifth time in seven games … This was Cooper's fifth 20-point game of the season. Emily Williams has been in double figures three of the past five games.