Sunday, February 17, 2008

Lady Eagles Soar Over Bethune Cookman Wildcats, 68-45

Photo: Whitney Cunningham scored 10 points to help defeat BCU. The 6-3 junior center is from Western H.S., Baltimore, MD and is majoring in Psycology.


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Freshman Arielle Townes led five players in double figures with a career-high 12 points and Coppin State defeated Bethune-Cookman 68-45 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday in the Ocean Center.

Townes, from Joppatowne, Maryland finished the game 4-of-5 from the floor including making both of her three-point attempts. The Eagles also received 11 points from Rashida Suber and 10 points each from Whitney Cunningham, Shalamar Oakley and Sesalie Johnson.

Coppin State (14-11, 8-3 MEAC), which won for the eighth time in its last nine games, shot a school-record 93.3 percent from the foul line by making 14 of 15 attempts.

The Eagles limited Bethune-Cookman (4-19, 1-10 MEAC) to 20.6 percent shooting in the second half and 24.6 percent overall.

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