DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It's Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M. Do we need to type anything else? The Lady Wildcats and Rattlers resume one of the best rivalries in HBCU Sports Saturday with a 2 p.m. tip off in Historic Moore Gym.
The Lady Wildcats (11-4 overall, 3-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) are riding a three-game winning streak that included road victories at Howard (In OT) and Maryland-Eastern Shore last weekend. Florida A&M (3-13, 1-2) was swept on its Baltimore swing at Coppin State and Morgan State and enters Saturday having lost six of its last seven.
Bethune-Cookman won all three meetings last season, including a 59-42 decision in the MEAC tournament semifinals. The Lady Wildcats in the series:
*Have won 4 of the last 5
* Have won 8 of the last 10
* Are 9-11 against FAMUÂ in the
Vanessa Blair-Lewis era
The streaks:
*136 games with a three-pointer dating back to 2012
*13 consecutive MEAC regular seasons wins dating back to last season
*6 consecutive MEAC home wins
MEAC STANDINGS: Bethune-Cookman and Morgan State are the current co-leaders in the MEAC at 3-0. FAMU and Delaware State are tied for eighth at 1-2.
STATS AND STUFF: B-CU's 11-4 is its best after 15 games since the 1985-1986 team started 13-2 …The Lady Wildcats lead the MEAC in FG% (40.0), 3FG% (36.2) and are second in scoring (65.2) and third in defense (58.5) …Â
Angel Golden (13.7) is seventh in scoring and third in 3FG (42.9) …
Ashanti Hunt is seventh in rebounding and third in assists (4.0) …
Chasimmie Brown (44.9) and
Briana Hardee (44.0) are 8
th and 9
th in FG% …Â
Emily Williams is averaging 14.7 ppg in MEAC play … Hunt and Golden have reached double figures in their last three games … The Lady Wildcats gave up just 15 points in the fourth quarter on the road trip.
FAMU UPDATE: Juniors Florence Ouattara (15.2 ppg), and Shalunda Burney-Robinson(9.7) are leading the way for FAMU so far in scoring … Ouattara ranks second in the MEAC in 3FG% … Shalunda Burney-Robinson is averaging 7.8 rebounds.
SATURDAY COVERAGE: CATEYE Network will be videocasting with Erick White (pbp) and Ty McDougle (color) on the call … Visit our official twitter feeds -- @BCUWBB and @BCUathletics – for pithy in-game updates, links to live stats and post-game coverage.
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