Box Score ORANGEBURG, SC---Senior guard/forward Taylor Houston tossed in a game-high 14 points, while teammate Ashanti Hunt added 12 and five rebounds to lead Bethune-Cookman to a ,64-34, victory over South Carolina State Saturday (Jan. 14) at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

Bethune-Cookman remains unbeaten in league with a 4-0 MEAC, 8-8 overall record, while SC State falls to 3-10 overall, 0-2 in the conference.

"They made shots early on and we didn't ", said assistant coach Roderick Woods. "We dug ourselves in a hole and we can't get back our rhythm to make it a game."

BC-U defense tallied a game-high 10 blocks, with last season's MEAC Defensive Player of the Year Kailyn Williams finishing with a team-high six, along with four rebounds. The top-ranked Lady Wildcat defense managed to hold the Lady Bulldogs to its lowest point total of the season at 34.

Hunt gave BC-U its biggest lead of the first half 25, 40-15, with 0:34 seconds remaining. Bethune-Cookman led 42-15 during intermission.

Back-to-back layups by Lyndsey Edwards and Kanesha Battle gave BC-U their largest margin of the day 36, to take a 62-26 advantage with 3:40 remaining in regulation.
Despite the loss, the Lady Bulldogs defense forced Bethune-Cookman to 15 turnovers, along with a game-high seven steals.

Graduate guard Bryeasha Blair and junior guard Brittany Drumgoole finished with seven points each for SC State. Junior guard Regina Garrett and forward Jahmia Bradley and freshman forward Alexis Scott all added six each in the loss.

"We have to put this game behind us and move on to Savannah State a very talented and well coached team despite their record," said Woods.

South Carolina State returns to action on Monday (Jan.16) at home against Savannah State in the first of a doubleheader MEAC beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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