DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Kendrick Perry scored 15 points and Damian Eargle and Blake Allen contributed triple-doubles to lead Youngstown State over Bethune-Cookman 67-51 Friday night in a nonconference game.
Eargle had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Allen added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Penguins (7-5). Bobby Hain scored 14 points and Perry had seven assists and eight rebounds for Youngstown State, which had a 50-32 rebounding edge.
Youngstown State led by as many as 16 points in the first half and 33-21 at halftime before Bethune-Cookman (5-9) got within five points, 48-43, with 9:50 left.
Two free throws by Perry, a 3-pointer by Allen and an Eargle jumper restored the lead to double figures, 59-48. Bethune-Cookman got it down to 59-51 with 2:40 left before Youngstown State scored the final eight points.
Adrien Coleman scored 17 points and Alex Smith had 13 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Wildcats.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Youngstown State (7-5) « | 33 | 34 | 67 |
| Bethune-Cookman (5-9) | 21 | 30 | 51 |
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| Youngstown State Penguins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Eargle, F | 37 | 5-11 | 3-8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| K. Belin, F | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Allen, G | 37 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| K. Perry, G | 37 | 3-9 | 9-12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| S. Amiker, G | 25 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Cole | 21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Hain | 21 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| J. Chojnacki | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-54 | 16-26 | 50 | 14 | 15 | 67 | |
| 42.6% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coleman, F | 33 | 8-16 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| A. Smith, F | 28 | 5-8 | 3-10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Bryant, F | 25 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Johnson, G | 29 | 2-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Dukes, G | 27 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Scotland | 21 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| B. Stewart | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Jackson | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Mack | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-62 | 5-13 | 32 | 8 | 23 | 51 | |
| 35.5% | 38.5% | ||||||
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