DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman Football capped off a perfect undefeated season at home with a 42-34 win over Mississippi Valley State, Saturday evening at Daytona Stadium. 


 
As they have done twice this season, the Wildcats (5-4, 4-1 SWAC) took the opening kickoff of the contest to the house as Javon Ross ran it back 85 yards to open the scoring on the afternoon.
 
The Ross show continued on the very next drive, as another big return, this time from Maleek Huggins set the Wildcats up at the MVSU 40. Four plays later, Cam'Ron Ransom found Ross for a 24-yard score to make It 14-0 through under four full minutes of play.

After a three-and-out on its first drive, the Mississippi Valley State (1-7, 0-4 SWAC) offense found its footing in their second drive fo the day, marching down the field

B-CU continued to move the ball as Ransom found Josh Evans for a spectacular one-handed catch for 38 yards to set the cats up in the redzone. B-CU marched down to the one, facing fourth-and-goal and prompting a timeout.

Out of the break, the Cats handed the ball off to Ali Scott Jr. for the score to make it 21-7.

Mississippi Valley State continued its success moving the ball, taking advantage of a B-CU penalty to convert on third down and push into B-CU territory. The Delta Devils made it 21-14 on a QB rush up the middle for a two-yard score.

The Wildcats immediately responded. Starting on their own 23, a Maleek Huggins rush for 19 yards and a Delta Devils holding penalty put the Cats in enemy territory. Lorenzo Jenkins caught a ball over the middle for 21 yards before Ransom rushed for 12 to get B-CU within the five. After a dropped pass on the one, Ransom ran it in himself to make it 28-14.

MVSU made it 28-17 on a 48-yard field goal by Marko Jovisic with just over three minutes to play in the first half.

The Delta Devils, receiving out of the half got down within the B-CU five on a 28-yard desperation heavy from Josh Brown to Mekhi Norris. The B-CU defense stood firm, holding MVSU to a field goal to make it 28-20. 
 
The Delta Devils threatened another deep drive, but the Wildcats made a critical fourth-down stop with under five to play I the third to take over at their 32-yard line. B-CU proceeded to take the ball 68 yards down the field for the score to make it a 35-20 game on a 19-yard Khamani Robinson run up the middle.

The Delta Devils refused to go away, driving all the way down from their 25 yard line on 11 plays to pull within a score again on a DePhabian Fant 12-yard touchdown that made it a 35-27 game.

After a stalled B-CU drive resulting in a punt gave MVSU the ball with a chance to tie things up, B-CU quickly put an end to the Delta Devil threat as Antwone Watts picked off Josh Brown for a pick-six to make it a 42-27 game.

The extra cushion did not last long as some more Josh Brown heroics found Cameron Nelson for a 35-yard touchdown strike to inch MVSU back in at 42-34 with still over six minutes to play.

Each team traded punts until B-CU finally brought up a fourth-and-19 with 33 seconds to play. The B-CU defense held strong, forcing a turnover on downs and allowing the Cats to kneel out the clock for the win.
 

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• Cam Ransom finished the season 14-22 for 154 yards and a touchdown. He added 45 yards on the ground on 12 rushes.
• Three B-CU rushers recorded 12 attempts on the ground. Ali Scott Jr. and Khamani Robinson each tied at 55 yards gained with a score each.
• Josh Evans was B-CU's leading receiver with 52 yards on a pair of catches. 
• Antwone Watts finished the game as B-CU's leading tackler. He recorded 11 - nine solo, with the pick-six and two pass breakups.
• Isaiah Washburn recorded a pair of sacks to bring his total to three on the year. 
• Montravious Lloyd had three quarterback hurries.

The Wildcats will spend the next two weekends on the road beginning with a matchup at Grambling State on Saturday, November 8 at 3 p.m. EST


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