DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman women's returns to Daytona Beach as the Wildcats host Flagler College to open the month of December (Dec. 1), in a 7 p.m. m match-up at the ICI Center on the campus of Embry Riddle.
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BCU
After opening the season with a 55-45 victory over Edward Waters College, the Wildcats have dropped four of their five other games by six points or less, falling to 1-5 on the season.
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BCU senior
Kailyn Williams (New Orleans, La.) posted her first double-double of the season (17 points, 13 rebounds) on Tuesday (Nov. 22) in her home state, finishing four blocks short of her season-first triple double.
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Leading BCU through the first six, Williams leads all BCU scorers with 11.2, while fellow seniors
Kendra Cooper and
Taylor Houston add 11.0 and 10.0 respectively.
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The Houston/Williams duo also heads the Wildcats on the boards, pulling down 6.7 and 6.6 rebounds each, while Williams has already blocked 23 shots in five games played.
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Kailyn Williams' 4.60 blocks per game currently ranks second in the NCAA, while her six blocked shots at Southern and Stetson ranks 10
th in the NCAA during a single game this season.
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FLAGLER
The 2-3 Saints currently have three players averaging double-figures, led by Tiffany Hodge's 14.4 points per game.
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Trailing Hodge, Kierre Crane and Maggie Flynn each pour in 10.8 ppg.
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On the defensive end, Hodge also leads Flagler with a team-best 11.4 rebounds per contest, with a team-high eight total steals on the season.
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Wildcat Facts
- Kailyn Williams' 355 total career blocks and 3.70 bpg currently ranks first amongst all active NCAA D1 men and women's basketball student-athletes.
- Kendra Cooper joined the 1,000+ point club after a bucket in the first quarter at Paririe View on Nov. 19.
- The Wildcats were predicted to finish second in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the preseason standings.
- Seniors Kailyn Williams and Kendra Cooper were selected to the 2016 Preseason All-MEAC First Team, while senior Taylor Houston was named to the third team.
- The reigning 2015-16 MEAC regular-season champions lost one starter/letter winner from a season ago, returning MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, Kailyn Williams.
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