BOCA RATON, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman hits the road Saturday for a matinee matchup in Boca Raton, Florida, as the Wildcats take on Florida Atlantic in nonconference women's basketball inside Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena at 2 p.m. The game concludes B-CU's two-game road swing with the Cats having traveled to Georgia Southern earlier in the week.
 
What: Game Four
Who: Bethune-Cookman (1-2) at Florida Atlantic (2-1)
When: Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m.
Where: Boca Raton, Fla. – Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (2,900)
 
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IN THE RANKINGS
▪ Bethune-Cookman is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
▪ Florida Atlantic is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
 
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NEWS & NOTES
▪ Senior center Kayla Clark is connecting on 52.6 percent of her shots from the field, including a 5-for-6 effort last weekend against Fort Lauderdale.
▪ Bethune-Cookman is shooting 38.6 percent from the field as a team, while opponents are shooting just 33.1 percent.
▪ Through the first three games, the Cats have made more free throws (58) than their opponents have attempted (51).
▪ The Cats are 0-2 on the road this year with losses coming to South Florida and Georgia Southern, respectively.
▪ Asianae Nicholson leads all players with an average of 12.3 points and nine rebounds per game on the season.
▪ Freshman guard Jordan Brooks has distributed a team-high 10 assists so far on the campaign.
 
B-CU VS. FAU SERIES
▪ Florida Atlantic leads the all-time series against Bethune-Cookman by a 22-5 advantage in a series that dates
back to 1984.
▪ The Owls have won the last five meetings, respectively.
▪ The last meeting between the two sides was a 79-62 Owls win in Daytona Beach back on Nov. 14, 2022.
▪ The two teams last met in Boca Raton on Nov. 14, 2021, with FAU taking an 85-65 decision.
▪ B-CU's last victory over the Owls was a 71-61 decision in Daytona Beach in 2012.
 
SCOUTING FLORIDA ATLANTIC
▪ Florida Atlantic enters the game with a 2-1 record after collecting wins over Mercer and North Florida,
respectfully.
▪ The Owls are averaging 54 points per game while shooting 33.1 percent from the field.
▪ Erin Rodgers leads the scoring for the Owls at 11.0 points per game, followed closely by Mya Perry with 10.3
points per game.
▪ Rebounds are provided by Alana Rouser with 6.7 boards per game, and teammate Ta'Ziah Jenks is averaging 6.3
points per game.
▪ As a team, the Owls are shooting just 49.2 percent at the foul line, while opponents are connecting on 70
percent of their shots.
▪ FAU has registered 20 three-pointers and shoots at a 32.3 percent clip from beyond the arc.
 
RECAPPING B-CU'S LAST GAME (at Georgia Southern)
Chanelle McDonald and Asianae Nicholson each scored nine points as Bethune-Cookman Women's Basketball fell to Georgia Southern, 54-50 inside Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia. With the game tied at 40-40 heading into the fourth quarter, Georgia Southern (3-0) took advantage of four Bethune-Cookman turnovers in the final stanza, as well as eight offensive rebounds to outscore the Wildcats 7-0 in second-chance points.
 
Bethune-Cookman used a jumper in the paint from senior center Kayla Clark to cut the Eagles lead at 44-42 before the hosts hit a three-pointer from McKenna Eddings to widen the lead. Just a minute later, Jazmyne Jackson's three-pointer allowed GSU a 50-42 lead with 5:53 remaining. Trailing 51-46 with just over three minutes showing on the clock, B-CU freshman guard Janessa Kelley connected on a pull-up jumper. Shomari Phillips' floater in the paint pulled the Wildcats to within 52-50 with less than a minute left after GSU's Indya Green connected on 1-of-2 at the foul line.
 
B-CU had a chance to tie the game with Phillips' shot rimming out with six seconds to play. Nakiyah Mays-Prince hit a pair of free throws to close the win for the Eagles. Bethune-Cookman used six points from Phillips in the second quarter as the Cats registered 12 bench points over the course of the period. After Nicholson's putback layup tied the game at 12-12, freshman guard Jordan Brooks drove to the basket for one of her seven points on the night to put the Cats ahead, 14-12. The two teams traded free throws over the next two minutes until a Deannasty Smith layup for the Eagles allowed the hosts to take a 17-16 lead with 5:24 remaining in the opening half.
 
A Phillips three-pointer put B-CU back on top before a Smith jumper for GSU knotted the game once again, this time at 19-19. Another Phillips jumper, as the Texas A&M transfer finished the night with eight points on 2-for-8 from three-point range, put the Cats back up, until a 4-0 run by the Eagles with an Eddings driving layup and a Bukky Akinsola shot off the glass stemming from a B-CU turnover. The lead would swell to five (27-22) before Kelley stepped to the line and connected on all three free throw attempts as the Pompano Beach, Florida, native was fouled in the process of shooting a three-pointer.
 
A Daimoni Dorsey turnaround jumper was good to tie the game at 29 as the two teams headed into the locker room at the half.
 
Georgia Southern was led by Akinsola with nine points. Eddings and Jackson also scored eight points each in the game. Green led all players with 14 rebounds, while Leah Johnson had three blocks. B-CU was led in scoring by McDonald and Nicholson with nine points each. Nicholson also provided 11 rebounds – giving her double-digit rebounds in consecutive games. Clark finished with nine rebounds of her own.
 
UP NEXT
The Wildcats return home for "Education Day" in which local elementary and middle schools will descend upon
Moore Gymnasium when Bethune-Cookman plays host to Trinity Baptist on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m.
 
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