DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Mario Moody scored a career-high 25 points as Bethune-Cookman rolled to an 88-56 win over Florida A&M on Saturday before a capacity crowd in Historic Moore Gymnasium.

Moody was 10 of 13 from the field for the Wildcats (7-15, 4-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Jordan Potts added 17 points, nine assists and three rebounds and Ricky Johnson had 11 points with four assists and five rebounds.

Bethune-Cookman's margin of victory was its largest in the 162-game series. The previous high was 27 in a 100-73 decision back on February 13, 1971. This was also the Wildcats' fourth consecutive win over the Rattlers (6-14,2-5).

Randy Holmes' lay-up gave the  Wildcats took a 17-16 lead midway through the first half and an 8-2 run to finish the period gave them a 41-25 advantage at halftime.

Johnson sank a 3-pointer to start the second half, sparking a 12-8 run that extended the Wildcats' lead to 53-23 with 15:42 to play. Moody had three dunks after that, nailing the final one with 24 seconds remaining to ice the win.

All nine Wildcats scored. Quinton Forrest had nine points and six rebounds, LaRon Smith, Diamante Lewis and Holmes each had six, Josue Salaam five and Marquel Ingram three.

Craig Bowman led the Rattlers  with 19 points and eight rebounds. Malcolm Bernard had 15 points and seven rebounds.

HEAD COACH GRAVELLE CRAIG

"We played the second half. That was the most encouraging.  We've gave up the lead in the second half  in the past few games. We wanted to maintain the lead and did a good job of that."

"Everybody contributed. Quinton made some hustle plays. Randy did a good job of boxing out, but you won't see in the stats."

"We have to play with energy half and do the little things. We've lost two three games we should've won.  If we correct the little things, we can make a run."

"Anytime you beat FAMU, it's a big deal."

MARIO MOODY

"The crowd had our backs tonight. We had a long time away from home and to get the support we did tonight was a good feeling."

"I just played hard tonight. We all played with a lot of energy."

JORDAN POTTS

"We wanted to come out strong in the second half and finish. We have to continue to get better.  "

NOTES: The 88 points was B-CU's third highest of the season and the FG% of 57.1 its second best...Johnson's two steals gives him 100 for his career ... This was also B-CU's largest margin of victory in MEAC play since an 86-50 romp over UMES in 2011.