Golden's 24 Lifts Bethune-Cookman To 68-60 Win At DSU

DOVER, Delaware -- Angel Golden scored 15 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter as Bethune-Cookman downed Delaware State 68-60 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game Saturday afternoon.

The junior from Tampa scored all but two of the Lady Wildcats' final 17 points as they remained unbeaten in league play (13-4 overall, 5-0 MEAC) while registering their 15th consecutive regular season conference game dating back to last season and 12th road league dating back to 2015.

Chasimmie Brown scored 13 of her 16 points in the second half, and Emily Williams finished with 14 points and six assists for Bethune-Cookman, who overcame shooting just 13.3 from the field in the first quarter and trailed by as many as seven in the second.

Bethune-Cookman took a 45-44 lead on Brown's lay-up with 1:06 remaining in the third quarter and pushed it to 47-44 on a Golden jumper with 26 seconds left.

Delaware State (2-17,1-5) closed to 47-46, but Brown and Golden combined for all nine points on a 9-0 run that gave the Lady Wildcats a 56-46 lead with 6:57 remaining . A Golden three-pointer made it 59-49 a minute later.

NaJai Pollard (28 points, 13 rebounds) brought Delaware State to 61-59 with 1:46 remaining, but Golden sank a three-pointer and two free throws to keep the Hornets at bay.

Briana Hardee had six points and five rebounds for the Lady Wildcats, while Lyndsey Edwards led the team with six rebounds.

Bethune-Cookman travels to Norfolk State next Saturday.

HEAD COACH VANESSA BLAIR-LEWIS

"In the second half, we finally woke up. We could have had that performance the whole game. We had the shots the whole game, we had another one of those slow starts that bother the coaching staff."

"If we have two halves like we did from Chas and Angel, we're in a much better position."

Chasimmie Brown

"I had to give myself a pep talk. I j
ust woke up"

Angel Golden

"Fourth quarter, I was trying to make every shot. You just have to keep shooting,"

NOTES: Golden was 3-3 from 3FG and 4-5 overall in the fourth quarter…Brown started the game 1-6 from the field, but was 4-7 in the second half….The Lady Wildcats were 14-20 from the FT line in the second compared to DSU's 6-11…This was Golden's fifth career 20-point game.

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