JACKSONVILLE – Amaya Scott scored 19 points and snagged a career-high 13 rebounds as Bethune-Cookman defeated Jacksonville 53-52 Wednesday in the Historic Swisher Gymnasium.

After the Dolphins tied the game at 48-48 on a bizarre sequence in which officials let play resume after a time out while the Lady Wildcats were still on the sideline, Scott sank four consecutive free throws with to make it a two possession game.

Jacksonville made one free throw to close to 52-49, but Ciara Thompson put the game out of reach on a free throw with 11 seconds left. The Dolphins did a hit a three-point at the buzzer for the final score.

BCU (5-1) saw a 29-21 halftime lead vanish in the third quarter, but limited the Dolphins (4-5) to two points in the first 6:24 of the fourth to regain the lead on a Thompson lay-up with 3:24 remaining that made it 48-46.

Freshman Tatum Hayes went 3-7 from behind the arc to finish with nine points, while Thompson and Daniella Hatcher each had eight points and seven rebounds.

The Lady Wildcats host Palm Beach Atlantic Saturday at 3 p.m.

HEAD COACH VANESSA BLAIR-LEWIS
"We never settled in against their 1-2-2 zone. We were taking shots that were off … if it weren't for the defense, this would have been a different outcome."

"Amaya redeemed herself tonight and was playing Amaya ball."

AMAYA SCOTT
"I agree we should have played better. We should have had more points and they shouldn't had as much."

"I had a pretty bad game against Troy. I was an important piece missing so this game was about giving back to my team and my coach."
 
NOTES: This was Scott's fifth career double-double; Her previous rebounding high was 12 against Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament … BCU had season lows for points, FG% (.320) and 3FG% (.235) and a season-high 25 turnovers … Jacksonville was 1-9 from the field the first six minutes of the fourth quarter … BCU has won two straight at Jacksonville by a combined three points.