DELAND, Fla. -- Angel Golden scored 21 points as Bethune-Cookman defeated Texas State 62-56 in the Hatter Classic Thursday at Stetson University.

Ashanti Hunt (nine points) snagged a career-high 17 rebounds as the Lady Wildcats (7-3) led from to start to finish after starting the game with a 9-0 run.

Golden, who had five three-pointers,  scored 11 third-quarter points as Bethune-Cookman extended its 28-21 halftime lead to 50-31 on an Armani Walker lay-up with 1:59 remaining in the third and again at 54-35 on a Golden jumper with 9:44 left.

Texas State (7-3)  closed to five points on four occasions in the final minute, but free throws from Walker, Golden and Hunt kept the Bobcats at bay.

Chasimmie Brown had eight points and five rebounds for B-CU, while Kanesha Battle and Walker each finished with seven.

Brooke Hollie led Texas State with 13.

Bethune-Cookman meets Richmond Thursday at 3 p.m.
 
HEAD COACH VANESSA BLAIR-LEWIS

"In the past, we came out in the third quarter flat, tonight we had an excellent third quarter, and then in the fourth quarter, we coasted way too much. Our shots weren't falling."

[On Angel Golden's second straight 21-point game in the Edmunds Center] "We'll keep it, let's hope it continues tomorrow … It's Angel's time. She puts in the works. Tonight when she had her shot,she knocked them."

"I was pleased with the defense in the first half. We were doing our job."
ASHANTI HUNT

"We know how to close. It's just a matter of staying focused."

"Every board that comes off the glass is mine."

[On Angel Golden] "I get the board. I pass it. She shoots it. That's how it goes."

ANGEL GOLDEN
"Every time I come here [to DeLand], I play well. I wanted to get back into it tonight."

"I came out cold in the first quarter. Coaches told me to take my time, find my rhythm.

NOTES: This was Golden's second straight 21-point game in the Edmunds Center; she also scored 21 in last year's 83-78 win over SIU-Edwardsville ...The victory clinched B-CU's fifth consecutive winning month and a winning non-conference record; it also gives the Lady Wildcats their best 10-game record since the 1985-86 team was 8-2 ...This was Hunt's tenth double-figure rebounding night ...Amaya Scott saw her first action since the UNF game. B-CU's 44-28 rebounding advantage was its best of the season.
SIBLING STAT LINES AT STETSON
UCF's Chad Brown vs. Stetson on Tuesday: 6 points, 4 rebounds
B-CU's Chasimmie Brown at Stetson Wednesday: 8 points, 5 rebounds