DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kayla Clark poured in a game-high 17 points Saturday afternoon to extend Bethune-Cookman's home win streak to four games – dating back to last season, as the Wildcats took down visiting Warner (Fla.) by a score of 85-47 in women's basketball nonconference action at Richard V. Moore Gymnasium.
 
Bethune-Cookman (5-3) scored 26 first quarter points as the Wildcats shot 57.1 percent from the field. The Cats forced the Royals into 11 first quarter turnovers, turning those into 12 points off of, as well as 12 fastbreak points. The BCU bench chipped in with 14 points in the quarter behind the play of Kayla Clark and Kayla White whom each tallied four points in the quarter.
 
For Warner (5-3), the game did not count against the NAIA opponent's record.
 
The Royals used five points from Jackson State transfer Jasmine Edwards, this past week's NAIA National Player of the Week, scoring all but two of the team's first quarter points, respectfully.
 
Bethune-Cookman registered its highest scoring output of the game in the second quarter with Chanel Wilson and Daimoni Dorsey each putting in five points, as the Cats outscored the Royals, 27-8. In the stanza, the Maroon and Gold shot 60 percent from the floor, adding 2 of 4 from beyond the three-point line – using connections from Wilson and Dorsey in that department.
 
A Dianis Hurtado pass was intercepted on the sideline with five seconds remaining, as BCU guard Kerrighan Dunn raced to the basket for the driving layup as time expired to extend the BCU lead at 53-15 as the two teams headed to their respective locker rooms at the half.
 
In the second half, Chariot Johnson scored her first points of the season with five, while BCU finished the game shooting 47.9 percent from the field overall on the day.
 
The Cats shot 13 of 18 from the foul line and used a commanding 46-26 advantage on points in the paint. BCU also outscored the Royals 41-7 in fastbreak points, while using 48 points off the bench.
 
Warner's Kalyah Watson led her team with 11 points, followed by Hurtado and Edwards with nine apiece. Edwards also pulled down five rebounds while teammates Watson and Sierra Moore each amassed four assists.
 
Bethune-Cookman was charged by Clark's 17-point, six-rebound effort off the bench. She also had two assists and two steals in 20 minutes of action. Wilson finished with 14 points, and White had 10. Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Co-Impact Player of the Week D'Shantae Edwards had a career-best eight assists and four steals, with Dunn providing a career-high seven assists and a game-high six steals.
 
The Cats host Johnson University (Fla.) on Tuesday, Dec. 12, back at Moore Gymnasium for a matinee contest beginning at 11 a.m.
 
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