RALEIGH, N.C. -- Randolph is 7-1 in women's basketball play for the first time ever, as the WildCats earned a 80-74 victory Friday evening over Meredith.

The WildCats never trailed, jumping out to an early 6-0 lead behind three points apiece from sophomore Jacqueline Hockman and first-year Taylor Samuels, keeping Meredith off the scoreboard for the first 3:51 of the contest.

Seven straight points from junior Abigail Bullins stretched Randolph's first half lead to double digits and layups from senior Jensen Hoover on the last play of the first half and the first play of the second half give Randolph its largest lead of the game, 23, seconds into the second stanza.

Randolph had a seemingly comfortable lead of 15 with 3:56 to go, but a quick 7-0 run by Meredith cut the lead to eight with 2:16 left before Hockman hit a free throw to break up the momentum.

The Avenging Angels locked down on defense again, however, using another spurt to cut the lead to just three with 41 seconds left.

Out of a timeout, senior Chelsea Tyler was fouled and hit one of her two attempts to make the lead two possessions once again.

Tyler's biggest play, however, was yet to come. Off of a missed layup on the next Meredith possession, Tyler pulled down the crucial defense rebound.

With the ball and a four point lead, Hockman and Bullins both hit from the charity stripe down the stretch to give the WildCats the hard-fought win.

Bullins led the way with 22 points, followed by 12 from Hoover and 10 from Hockman.

The WildCats shot 50.9% from the floor on 28-of-55 shooting. Bullins took all five shots from three for the WildCats on the day, hitting four for an 80% clip.

Randolph has a week off before traveling to Averett on Dec. 20, seeking to match the program's longest winning streak of five games and continue its record start.