DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Bethune-Cookman WIldcats look to pickup their second straight win as they take on the Trinity Baptist. Tipoff is at 7:30 at Moore Gymnasium.


Wednesday, Nov. 14
Opponent:  Trinity Baptist (2-1, NCCAA)
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST
Location: Moore Gymnasium
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The Wildcats defeated Trinity College (FL) with a final of 113-46

Bethune-Cookman scored 66 points in the opening half behind eight (8) three-pointers.
 
Dhashon Dyson and Zion Harmon each contributed 15 points, followed closely by Jakobi Heady with 14 in the first 20 minutes of play. The Wildcats shot 53.7 percent from the field while holding visiting Trinity College (0-1) to just 4 of 32 shooting from the field.
 
The Wildcats defense recorded a program single-game record 23 steals on the night, culminating in 32 points off turnovers, as compared to Trinity's 10 points of 13 BCU miscues for the game.
 
BCU took an 18-0 lead behind the play of Dyson and Harmon, holding the visiting Tigers scoreless for almost the first six minutes.
 
An Elijah Hulsewe putback basket was followed by consecutive buckets off fastbreak opportunities by Reggie Ward Jr., pushing the BCU lead to 48-4 with 5:58 remaining in the half. The Cats defense didn't allow the Tigers to reach double-figures scoring until a Jason McCoy three-pointer from in front of the BCU bench with 3:41 showing on the clock.
 
In the second half, the Tigers upped the momentum and shot 32.3 percent from the field. Meanwhile, Bethune-Cookman used five (5) second-half three-pointers – three of those from Seneca Willoughby, to outscore Trinity by a 47-33 margin over the final 20 minutes.
 
For BCU, it was the first time in the Reggie Theus era the Cats have topped 100 points in a game, and was the highest margin of victory under a Theus-led team – shattering the previous mark under the NBA Hall of Famer which was a 47-point win (88-41) over Johnson University [Fla.] back on December 15, 2021..
 
BCU was topped in the scoring column by Harmon with 20, followed in double digits by Heady (18), Ward Jr. (16), Dyson (15), Hulsewe (13) and Willoughby (11), respectively. Hulsewe finished his double-double performance with a team-high 11 rebounds (seven off the offensive glass). Damani McEntire provided six assists and six steals to lead all players in those categories.




Trinity Baptist competes in the NCCAA. The Eagles are officially 2-1 on the season. They were defeated by their only Division I opponent, losing 54-109 in the exhibition matchup.

The Eagles are led in scoring by junior guard Xavier Rose, who is averaging 14.7 ppg on 58/40% shooting splits.

Trinity Baptist's leading rebounder is sophomore forward Orasmo Figuereo with 7.7 per contest. He is also the team leader in steals and blocks per game. 




These two progams have faced off on six previous occasions, with BCU winning all six. Most recently, the Wildcats defeated the Eagles 83-46 in 2022.


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