CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s basketball team moved to 2-0 on the season after defeating the Bethune-Cookman Tigers (1-1), 55-43, Friday night at the Watsco Center.
“Bethune-Cookman came in here fighting hard,” head coach Katie Meier said. “We’ve got to find some go-to players and some go-to sets that we can execute. We’re struggling right now. Somebody has got to step up and stand out and, until we clean this up, we have to shorten our rotations until people get in and prove themselves.”
Senior Mykea Gray led all scorers on the evening, pouring in 12 points for her first double-digit outing of the season. Graduate student Kelsey Marshall joined her in double-figures, tallying her second straight 10-plus point game with 11 against Bethune-Cookman.
As a team, Miami recorded 51 rebounds for the second consecutive game. Junior Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba posted nine rebounds to lead the Canes, including three offensive boards. This marked the second straight game Miami has recorded 15 or more offensive rebounds.
“The positive, I thought, was that [Moulayna Johnson] Sidi Baba came in with toughness,” Meier said. “She went hard to the basket, she rebounded and that was a real positive. I also thought Mykea Gray started the fourth quarter well on specifically dialed-up plays, to wake her up and give us a little spurt, she was huge.”