MIAMI -- Bethune-Cookman looks to go 2-2 in Miami this season when the Lady Wildcats face the Miami Hurricanes Thursday at the Watsco Center. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
The Lady Wildcats (8-3) downed Florida International 77-59 over on the other side of Miami back on November 13.
Ashanti Hunt scored 15 points, had a then career-high 16 rebounds and dished out seven assists that gave Head Coach
Vanessa Blair-Lewis her 250th career coaching victory.
Miami (9-3) leads the all-time series 8-1. The teams last met in 2015, with the "U" taking a 55-47 decision.
This is the final non-conference game for the Lady Wildcats, who will begin a run for a third consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season championship January 3rd at home against South Carolina State.
SOUTH FLORIDA CONNECTIONS: Lady Wildcats with local ties --
Emily Williams (Deerfield Beach/Coral Springs Charter HS);
Amaya Scott (Sunrise/Piper HS),
Brianna Battle (Pompano Beach/Somerset Prep) and
Kanesha Battle (Pompano Beach/Ely) as well as Assistant Coach
Demetria Frank (Jackson HS).
AFTER 12: The Lady Wildcats are off to their best start since the 1985 team started 10-1.
STATS AND STUFF: B-CU leads the MEAC in scoring offense (68.8 ppg), scoring margin (+10.7), FG% (41.4), 3FG% (33.7), Rebounding Margin (+5.2) and assists (14.9) …
Angel Golden, who earned MEAC POTW honors after consecutive 20 point outings at the Hatter Classic, is third in scoring at 13.9 while
Ashanti Hunt, who snagged a career-high 17 rebounds against Texas State, is second in rebounding (8.5) …
Chasimmie Brown is second in blocked shots (1.7) and sixth in FG% (48.5) … the Battle sisters are one 18 sister combos in D1 and are the sixth-highest scoring tandem … The Lady Wildcats have had five consecutive winning months dating back to last season … This is just B-CU's third road game of the season, all in Florida.
ABOUT MIAMI: The Hurricanes advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament last season … They've won four in a row, but have been inactive since a 75-65 victory over Southern Illinois Dec. 20 in Trujillo Alto, P.R., in its Puerto Rico Classic finale. Senior forward Keyanna Harris and freshman guard Endia Banks co-led the Hurricanes with 14 points apiece, while freshman guard Kelsey Marshall added 10 more in the win.
THURSDAY'S COVERAGE: The game is being broadcasted on the ACC Network and is also available on ESPN3. Follow our official twitter feeds -- @BCUWBB and @BCUathletics -- for in-game updates.
