BALTIMORE -- Bethune-Cookman is in the Charm City for two key Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games and Head Coach
Vanessa Blair-Lewis' jersey number retirement at her alma mater this weekend.
The Lady Wildcats (9-8 overall, 2-3 MEAC) face Morgan State at 1 p.m. After the game, the team will head up to Emmitsburg, Md. where Blair-Lewis' number 24 will be retired by Mount St. Mary's, where she graduated in 1992 after leading that team into Division I and two Northeast Conference championship game appearances. A Hall of Famer at both MSM and the NEC, Blair-Lewis still holds her school's career blocked shots record (242) and is also the program's third-leading rebounder (849) and eighth-leading scorer (1,488).
BCU will conclude the road swing Monday at Coppin State and then will begin a four-game home stand Saturday against North Carolina Central.
Saturday's game with Morgan State (5-15,3-3) has big implications for BCU's conference standings. The Wildcats are a half-game behind both Savannah State and Morgan for fifth place and a game behind Howard for fourth. The top four teams earn first-round byes at the MEAC tournament in March.
If the tournament started today, BCU would play either Florida A&M or North Carolina Central in the 7-10 or 8-9 games .
BCU UPDATE: The Lady Wildcats split last weekend's home stand, beating Delaware State and falling to Maryland-Eastern Shore …
Angel Golden scored 27 points against DSU but was held to eight in the loss … The senior now has 1,141 career points and is within striking distance of Gwen Williams and Carmen Sanders' total of 1,188 that's the program's sixth best … She's also 52 3FG away from
Kendra Cooper's career mark of 259…
Chasimmie Brown is coming off a career 22-point, 19-rebound game; the senior's fifth on the all-time blocks list with 87 …
Amani Ball had career-highs of nine points and seven boards against MDES.
MSU UPDATE: The Bears snapped a two-game losing streak with a 65-62 win at North Carolina Central … Adre'onia Coleman is the franchise with averages of 16.3 points and 8.1 rebounds.
CSU UPDATE: The Eagles' (1-17,1-5) lone win came against Delaware State. Chance Graham (16.7 ppg, 11.0 rpg) and Brooke Fields (15.9) lead the way.
SATURDAY COVERAGE: Follow our official twitter feed @BCUWBB for links to all the live stuff as well as Coach Blair-Lewis' jersey retirement.
