NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Adrian Coleman scored 20 points and Bethune-Cookman rallied in the second half for a 71-65 win over New Orleans on Friday night.
Trailing 58-46 with 6:18 to go, the Wildcats (1-2) embarked on a 14-0 run that changed the momentum of the game.
The Privateers' drought lasted 3 minutes, 33 seconds.
Coleman scored 11 of his game-high 20 in the second half, and pulled down 10 rebounds in the contest.
The Wildcats (1-2) also got 14 points from Alec Smith, 12 from Kevin Dukes and 11 from Paul Scotland.
The Privateers (1-2) were led by Lovell Cook's 18 points. He was their only double-figure scorer.
The Wildcats also shot 20 of 26 on free throws, while the Privateers were 9 of 14.
Bethune-Cookman got its first victory after losing to St. Bonaventure and Tulane by identical 65-55 scores.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bethune-Cookman (1-2) « | 27 | 44 | 71 |
| New Orleans (1-2) | 33 | 32 | 65 |
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| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coleman, F | 40 | 6-16 | 7-10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| A. Smith, F | 32 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| M. Mack, F | 13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Dukes, G | 39 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| M. Trapp, G | 14 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Johnson | 27 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| P. Scotland | 21 | 2-7 | 7-8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Jackson | 9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Respress | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-65 | 20-26 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 71 | |
| 33.8% | 76.9% | ||||||
| New Orleans Privateers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Cook, F | 30 | 8-13 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| E. Denard, F | 16 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Nelson, G | 39 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Banchy, G | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Blake, G | 22 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Dixon | 25 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| I. Mack | 13 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M. County | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Hill | 9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| E. Ganapamo | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 9-14 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 65 | |
| 47.3% | 64.3% | ||||||
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