DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman Women's Basketball returns home to Richard V. Moore Gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 19, as the Wildcats welcome the Trinity Baptist Eagles for "Education Day" in a nonconference early tip-off matchup at 11 a.m.
 
What: Game Five
Who: Bethune-Cookman (1-3) vs. Trinity Baptist Eagles (0-5)
When: Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m.
Where: Daytona Beach, Fla. – Richard V. Moore Gymnasium (1,000)
 
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IN THE RANKINGS
▪ Bethune-Cookman is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
▪ Trinity Baptist is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
 
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FAN INFORMATION/PROMOTIONS
▪ Doors open one hour prior to tip-off at the South entrance of Richard V. Moore Gymnasium.
▪ The clear bag policy is in effect for all Bethune-Cookman Athletics events.
▪ Theme: Education Day
▪ Bethune-Cookman welcomes nine area schools to the game
 
NEWS & NOTES
▪ Bethune-Cookman comes into the game 1-3 on the year with back-to-back road losses coming away to Georgia Southern and Florida Atlantic last week.
▪ Dating back to last season, the Wildcats have won three of their last five games at home.
▪ The Cats are shooting 36.1 percent from the field, but just 22.2 percent from long range.
▪ Junior forward Asianae Nicholson is leading the team with 10.3 points per game, followed by senior forward Kayla White (9.0 ppg).
▪ Nicholson, a transfer from Alabama A&M, also leads the Maroon and Gold with 8.5 rebounds per game. Behind her is senior center Kayla Clark (5.5 rpg).
▪ B-CU has made one less free throw (67) than its opponents have taken this year (68).
▪ Opponents are turning the ball over 24.5 times per game, while B-CU is scoring an average of 22.3 points per game off turnovers.
▪ Damoni Dorsey, a junior guard from Baltimore, Maryland, poured in a season-high 15 points in her last outing at Florida Atlantic over the weekend.
 
BCU VS. TBC SERIES
▪ Bethune-Cookman leads the all-time series, 2-0.
▪ The Wildcats' average margin of victory in this series is 60 points.
▪ B-CU won last year's meeting in Daytona Beach by a 114-37 decision.
 
SCOUTING TRINITY BAPTIST
▪ The game against Bethune-Cookman counts as an exhibition game for the Eagles, who enter the contest 0-5 overall on the season.
▪ Trinity Baptist is averaging 49 points per game as a team, while shooting 24.8 percent from three-point range.
▪ Reniyah Clark leads all players shooting 45.5 percent from beyond the arc, while also turning in an average of 12.3 points per game.
▪ The Eagles are led in scoring by Emma Parrish with 13.5 points per game.
▪ Caroline Smith averages a team-high 9.4 rebounds per game. And it's Clark averaging 7.0 rebounds per contest.
 
RECAPPING B-CU'S LAST GAME (at Florida Atlantic)
Bethune-Cookman used 15 points each from Daimoni Dorsey and Kayla White as the Wildcats fell 78-49 to Florida Atlantic at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Florida.
 
Trailing 29-6 after the opening quarter, Bethune-Cookman battled back with 15 second quarter points behind the play of Kayla White and Janessa Kelley off the bench. White poured in seven of her 15 points during the second period, adding a 3-for-4 performance at the free throw line. Kelley, a freshman from Pompano Beach, Florida, added six points which included a three-pointer. Florida Atlantic led 45-21 at the half as Mya Perry tallied 13 points in the opening 20 minutes which included 3-for-5 effort from beyond the arc.
 
In the third quarter, Bethune-Cookman outscored the Owls, 18-14 to chip away at the lead. With the Wildcats trailing 52-27, a Daimoni Dorsey three-pointer stemming from a B-CU fastbreak narrowed the deficit, followed moments later by Asianae Nicholson's putback layup off the miss of White. When a White layup driving to the basket was good, that allowed the Cats to cut the Owls' lead to 52-34, bringing the B-CU deficit under 20 for the first time since the 1:10 mark of the opening period.
 
A Shomari Phillips three-pointer from the corner trimmed the lead at 52-37 as B-CU completed a 10-0 run – the longest run of the day for the Maroon and Gold. However, Kristina Godfrey turned in her own 4-0 run with a layup and a pair of free throws to help FAU hold a 59-39 lead heading into the fourth quarter. FAU surged out to an insurmountable advantage in the opening 10 minutes of the game.
 
Perry accounted for 13 of the Owls' 29 opening quarter points, as the hosts shot 6 of 9 from long range with Maria Myklebust, Stefanie Ingram and Godfrey each getting into the act with a three-pointer, respectively. The Owls shot 45 percent from the field – and 66.7 percent from three-point territory, in the opening quarter. Over the first six minutes, it would be FAU leading 20-4 – holding B-CU to just two field goals in that span, with the Owls scoring on five consecutive possessions, including two with second chance points off the offensive glass. In the end, B-CU was limited to just 29 percent shooting from the floor, as FAU countered with a 45 percent touch – adding a 47.8 percent mark from three-point range. The Wildcats did manage to score 20 points off 25 FAU turnovers, and the bench turned in 30 points as well.
 
The FAU scoring was paced by Perry with 16 points, as teammate Erin Rodgers followed suit with 15 points. Emaya Lewis had eight rebounds. And it was Jada Moore supplying the assists with a game-high seven. Bethune-Cookman received 15 points from Dorsey and White – including two (2) Dorsey three-pointers. Nicholson brought down a team-high seven rebounds, while White also recorded five steals on the day.
 
UP NEXT
Bethune-Cookman travels north to face the Virginia Cavaliers out of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 1 p.m.
 
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