DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Stanton Kidd made 11 of 14 shots from the field en route to 23 points and Ray Willis hit all 13 of his free-throw attempts to help North Carolina Central pull away from Bethune-Cookman 75-66 Monday in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.
Willis finished with 26 points for NC Central, which shot 54.5 percent (24 of 44). The Eagles (10-7, 3-0) have shot 56 percent (114 of 203) during their four-game winning streak.
NC Central scored the first the first seven points of the second half to jump ahead 35-32. Bethune-Cookman's Alex Smith tied the game at 40 with a dunk but the Eagles used a 15-5 run over the next 5 minutes to pull away.
Kidd's dunk with 6:04 remaining made it 55-45 and Willis scored 10 of NC Central's last 16 points to seal the win.
Adrien Coleman led Bethune-Cookman (6-12, 1-2) with 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Carolina Central (10-7) « | 28 | 47 | 75 |
| Bethune-Cookman (6-12) | 32 | 34 | 66 |
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| North Carolina Central Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Kidd, F | 37 | 11-14 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| J. Copeland, Jr., F | 25 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| R. Willis, G | 40 | 6-10 | 13-13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| E. Chapman, G | 35 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Ingram, G | 29 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Houston | 16 | 3-3 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Jawara | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Ferguson | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Galaya | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-44 | 25-31 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 75 | |
| 54.5% | 80.6% | ||||||
| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coleman, F | 36 | 6-10 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| A. Smith, F | 25 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Mack, F | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Johnson, G | 39 | 1-9 | 5-5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| P. Scotland, G | 11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Dukes | 34 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Bryant | 32 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Jackson | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| B. Stewart | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Dempster | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 19-22 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 66 | |
| 39.6% | 86.4% | ||||||
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