Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. — Bethune-Cookman forward Sarah Bolden scored game-highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds and led the starting five of the Bethune-Cookman women's basketball team in double-digit scoring as they posted an 80-65 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference win over Norfolk State at Joseph Echols Hall on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, B-CU improves to 9-11 overall and 2-7 in the conference. NSU continued its season long losing streak, falling to 0-19, 0-9.

NSU played a close game all the way through and was only down by five, 43-48 at half time. The Spartans held a six-point lead with 4:49 left in the first half after a 3-pointer by Whitney Long (Raleigh, N.C.) but the Lady Wildcats went on a 16-5 run to take the advantage going into the break.

The Spartans hung around in the second half until the Lady Wildcats took a double-digit lead, 62-52, on a three-point play by Jasmine Daniels. NSU cut the lead back to 10, 72-62, with 3:10 left in the game on a layup by Tyisha Bridges (Greensboro, N.C.), but the Spartans could get no closer the rest of the way.

For B-CU, Daniels had 17 points and eight rebounds, while Euneshia Proctor had 15 points and eight boards. Jalisa Isaac had 12 points and three rebounds and Demetria Frank had 11 points, nine steals and five rebounds.

Raychele Payne (Newport News, Va.) led the Spartan effort with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. Long had 10 points and three steals, while Marquilla Evans (Portsmouth, Va.) and Shaneka Lee (Newport News, Va.) each added 10 points. In addition to her setting her career-high in scoring, Lee had three assists and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.

The Spartans return to action on Monday afternoon when they host the Lady Rattlers of Florida A&M at 4 p.m.