NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Adrien Coleman scored 28 points and Kevin Dukes added 22 as Bethune-Cookman defeated Coppin State 89-78 Tuesday in a first-round game at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament.
Coleman, the conference's leading scorer, and Dukes scored nine points each during a 25-5 run that gave the eighth-seeded Wildcats (13-19) a 57-38 lead with 11:09 remaining.
Bethune-Cookman, which will play top-seeded Norfolk State in the quarterfinals Wednesday night, shot 52.4 percent (33 of 63) to end a three-game losing streak.
Javoris Bryant added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats, who outrebounded Coppin State 40-27 and outscored the Eagles 50-20 in the paint.
Taariq Cephas scored 27 points to lead the ninth-seeded Eagles (8-24), who defeated Bethune-Cookman 69-61 last Thursday in the teams' regular-season finale. Andre Armstrong added 17 points and Michael Murray 14.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Coppin State (8-24) | 33 | 45 | 78 |
| Bethune-Cookman (13-19) « | 32 | 57 | 89 |
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| Coppin State Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Murray, F | 37 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| B. St. Louis, F | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Cephas, G | 37 | 9-14 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| A. Armstrong, G | 36 | 4-14 | 7-7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| C. Johnson, G | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Burnham | 19 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Smith | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| P. Cole | 12 | 3-9 | 4-6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| C. Ieans | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-61 | 20-24 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 78 | |
| 39.3% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coleman, F | 40 | 11-20 | 6-12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| J. Bryant, F | 35 | 8-15 | 3-5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| M. Mack, F | 20 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| K. Dukes, G | 38 | 8-15 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| R. Johnson, G | 26 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Smith | 20 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| P. Scotland | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Jackson | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 33-63 | 17-28 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 89 | |
| 52.4% | 60.7% | ||||||
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