DURHAM, N.C. – Senior Kimeira Burks and freshman Kyla Bryant both set new NCCU individual game records as the North Carolina Central University women's basketball broke numerous team records in a 132-22 victory over Mid-Atlantic Christian University on Friday evening inside McDougald-McLendon Arena.
 
Burks scored a career-high 34 points to pace six double-digit scorers for the Eagles. Burks bucketed 10 3-pointers, setting a new program record (surpassing nine made 3-pointers by Jennifer Hukill against UNC Pembroke in 2008). The All-MEAC honoree from Chicago, Illinois, shot 50 percent from behind the arc on the way to her 34 points, which was one-point shy of the program modern era record of 35 points set by Jori Nwachukwu in 2007.
 
Bryant recorded just the third triple-double in NCCU program history (Cassie King in 2007 and Pame Sawyer in 1990). The incredible performance by the rookie from Salisbury, North Carolina, makes Bryant the first freshman to notch a triple-double for the Eagles. Bryant scored a season-high 21 points, including a perfect 4-for-4 performance from 3-point distance, while leading all players with 10 assists and 10 steals. Bryant's broke the NCCU DI era program record for steals in a game with her 10 thefts and she flirted with a quadruple-double with a game-high seven rebounds.
 
The Eagles set numerous modern era single-game team records in the home opener, including 132 points scored, 110-point margin of victory, 53 made field goals, 16 made 3-pointers, 36 assists and 35 steals. The 110-point margin of victory is also an all-time program record while the 132 total points scored matches the all-time program record for points scored in a game (132 vs. Bowie State in 1984).
 
NCCU (1-2) shot 57 percent from the field, including 51.6 percent from long range, on the way to the record-setting, coast-to-coast victory. Burks swished a trio of treys in the first 75 seconds of the game for a quick 9-0 lead to spark the record-setting contest.
 
The triumph also marks the first NCCU win for interim head coach Terrence Baxter.
 
The half dozen double-figure scorers for the maroon and gray all tallied season-high point totals, including 18 by junior Nijah Cunningham, 16 by freshman Jada Tiggett, 13 by junior Janiah Jones and 12 by sophomore Ray'ven Robinson. Jones reached double digits for a second straight contest while Tiggett and Robinson were making their NCCU debut.
 
Cunningham and senior Taylor Williams both contributed six rebounds as NCCU doubled up the Mustangs, 44-22, in rebounding margin. Williams finished with eight points, Tiggett swiped eight steals, senior Kimia Carter netted nine points and senior Tippy Robertson distributed six assists.
 
The Eagles finished with massive superlatives against a MACU (0-1) team that was playing its first game of the season with just seven players. NCCU finished with a 91-2 advantage in points off turnovers, 70-4 surplus on points in the paint, 48-0 run on fast-break points and 45-2 excess in bench scoring. The hosts scored 28 straight points at one point in the first half.
 
NC Central will next host Johnson & Wales (N.C.) University on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
NOTES: NCCU's NCAA Division I era, also known as the modern era, is all seasons from 2007-08 to present.
 
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