WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bethune-Cookman takes to the road Saturday and Monday for its first 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference road games against Howard and Maryland-Eastern Shore respectively.
Saturday's game with Howard has been moved from Burr Gym on the Howard campus to Trinity College and will now tip off at 4 p.m.
The Lady Wildcats (9-4 overall, 1-0) opened MEAC with a 68-50 over South Carolina State to run their regular season league streak to 11 games dating back to last year. B-CU has also won its last 10 MEACÂ road games dating back to 2016.
Howard (4-10,0-1) lost its opener 74-59 at Florida A&M while Maryland-Eastern Shore (3-10,0-1) fell 63-50 at Morgan State.
ROAD WARRIORS:Â B-CU has played just three road games this season and two neutral site games -- all in Florida. The Lady Wildcats are 3-2 away from Moore Gym so far.
RUN DMV:Â Four Lady Wildcats --
Ashanti Hunt,
Briana Hardee,
Jayla Powers and
Amani Ball are local products -- Hunt from Washington and the others from Maryland.
STATS AND STUFF: B-CU shot a season-best 54.2 percent from 3FG Wednesday against SCSU while its overall FG% (44.8) was its best since shooting 58.7 percent in the season opener against Edward Waters …
Emily Williams is averaging 17.9 ppg her last three outings … Hunt has seven double-figure scoring games this season …
Angel Golden has dropped 64 points in B-CU's last three wins.
HOWARD UPDATE: The Bison are led by Sarah Edmond at 12.9 ppg … They've had three overtime games this season, going 1-2. The Lady Wildcats have won the last three meetings.
MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE UPDATE:  Gill-Miles is averaging 11.5 ppg for the Lady Hawks…Md.-ES was the last team to beat B-CU in MEAC play, getting a buzzer-beater for a 59-56 decision on January 21,2017 only to see B-CU win 61-33 in the return trip the following month.
ROAD COVERAGE: Follow our official twitter feed -- @BCUWBB -- for links to live stats, webcasts and pithy in-game updates.
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