Trip to Campbell Ends 2024 Calendar Year

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Bethune-Cookman Women’s Basketball travels to Buies Creek, North Carolina for the final regular season nonconference game of the 2024-25 season Monday, Dec. 30, as the Wildcats visit the Campbell Camels inside Gilbert Craig Gore Arena at 2 p.m.
 

What: Game Twelve
Who: Bethune-Cookman (3-8) at Campbell (6-5)
When: Monday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m.
Where: Buies Creek, N.C. – Gilbert Craig Gore Arena (3,095)
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IN THE RANKINGS
Bethune-Cookman is not ranked in this week’s Associated Press Top 25
Campbell is not ranked in this week’s Associated Press Top 25
 

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After collecting more playing time a season ago, junior guard Daimoni Dorsey has started 10 of 11 games this season for the Wildcats, while the Baltimore, Maryland native is closing in on her season-high for scoring, owning 78 points already this season as compared to 94 a year ago.
The Cats are seeking their first non-conference road win since defeating Mercer on Dec. 30, 2023, in Macon, Georgia.
Asianae Nicholson is fifth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in scoring with an average of 11.5 points per game, as well as topping the league with 115 rebounds (10.5 per game). Kayla Clark is ninth in the league in rebounding (6.1 per game).
Senior center Kayla Clark is chasing 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds this season. Thus far, she has 732 career points and 724 career boards throughout her time in Daytona Beach.
Bethune-Cookman’s bench has scored 310 points this season, averaging 28.2 ppg, collectively.
For the Wildcats, 12 of their first 15 games – extending well into the new 2025 calendar year, will occur on the road away from the friendly confines of Richard V. Moore Gymnasium.
Cassandra Hawthorne, a 5-foot-11 redshirt senior guard from Hartford, Connecticut, saw action in her first game for the Wildcats since transferring in from Coppin State, seeing 11 minutes of time away to Cleveland State.
With 12 points and 15 rebounds against Bradley, Nicholson collected her SWAC-leading fifth double-double of the season for the Wildcats.
 

BCU VS. CAMPBELL SERIES
Campbell has a slim 2-1 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools dating back to the first-ever meeting in 1984.
Bethune-Cookman won that 1984 outing by an 82-63 decision in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
The Camels have won the last two meetings, including a 66-55 result on Dec. 20, 2014, at the Hatter Classic in DeLand, Florida.
 
SCOUTING CAMPBELL
Campbell comes into the contest sporting a 6-5 record overall, while holding a 4-0 record at home on the season.
The Camels have lost three of their last four games, but two of those contests coming against Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, respectfully.
Campbell is averaging 63.9 points per game, while also shooting 38.2 percent from the field.
Opponents are turning the ball over 17.8 times per game, while the Camels average 16.4 points per game off turnovers.
Olivia Tucker leads the team with an average of 11.1 points per game, followed by Gianni Boone with 10.7 ppg.
Courtney Dahlquist leads the squad with 21 three-pointers, while teammate Tucker has 19 of the team’s 73 threes, respectively.
The boards are patrolled by Audrey Fuller with 76 rebounds (6.9 rpg) and Dahlquist with 53 rebounds (4.8 rpg). The offense is setup by Genna Núñez with a team-high 59 assists, while she also owns a team-high 28 steals from her guard position, shooting 38.3 percent from the fi eld.
 

Jordan Brooks led three Bethune-Cookman players in double figures scoring with 18 points as the Wildcats led
wire-to-wire in defeating South Alabama 67-62 at Insight Credit Union Arena at Edmunds Center in the final game of
the Hatter Classic hosted by Stetson.
 
A day after a poor shooting performance against Bradley, Bethune-Cookman would open the game shooting 8-for-20 from the fi eld, including a Janessa Kelley three-pointer early. The Wildcats opened on an 11-2 run with Kelley’s three-pointer, as baskets came from a variety of areas with point guard Jordan Brooks, centers Mya Johnson and Kayla Clark, as well as guard Daimoni Dorsey. After South Alabama closed to within 11-7, the Cats received back-to-back jumpers from Shomari Phillips to step back out 15-7 with just under two minutes remaining. A Cassandra Hawthorne layup with four seconds left closed the scoring for the opening period, as Bethune-Cookman held a 20-8 lead.
 
The Cats began the second quarter with a 10-2 run that saw Asianae Nicholson and Brooks drive the paint for layups – both coming in transition opportunities from rebounds on the defensive end of the court. A Clark turnaround jumper from the baseline was followed by a Nicholson layup off the assist from Dorsey to advance the B-CU lead at 32-11 with 2:51 remaining in the half – the largest of the first half. B-CU outscored the Jags 20-5 in the period, limiting USA to just a 1-for-15 mark shooting, with that being an Amyria Walker jumper just under four minutes into the quarter. B-CU carried a 32-13 advantage into the locker room at the break.
 
The fourth quarter saw USA get within four points a handful of times as B-CU was forced into five (5) fourth quarter turnovers and shot just 4 of 11 from the field. However, for the Cats, a pair of big three-pointers came at clutch moments from Brooks and Kelley, respectively. A Coffil three-pointer with 6:58 showing on the clock brought the Jaguars to within 47-45, before Bethune-Cookman responded with a 5-0 run as a Nicholson runner in the paint was followed by a Brooks three-pointer from the left wing to push the B-CU lead back out to 52-45 less than a minute later. The Cats connected on 12 of 16 free throws in the final period to maintain the lead throughout en route to their first win over a Division I opponent this season. Brooks was a perfect 6-for-6 at the charity stripe in the period, and Dorsey was 5-for-6 herself.
 
USA was led by Walker’s 17 points, followed closely by Leggett and Coffil with 16 points apiece, respectfully. Leggett finished off her double-double with 13 rebounds. Bethune-Cookman was paced by Brooks’ season- and game-high 18 points, with the Atlanta, Georgia native adding three steals and six rebounds on the day. Kelley finished with 11 points, and it was Dorsey adding 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Nicholson finished the day with a team-high 12 rebounds.
 


Bethune-Cookman opens SWAC play away to in-state opponent Florida A&M on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 4 p.m.
 
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