LEXINGTON, Va. - Bridgewater College squandered all of a 24-point second lead before righting the ship in the final minute to defeat Washington and Lee in the Eagles' ODAC opener.

The Eagles led 58-40 with 5:29 left to play before the Generals went on a 22-2 run to take a 62-61 lead on a Ben Goetsch 3-pointer with 1:06 left to play. Bridgewater committed seven of its 32 turnovers during the Generals' comeback.

Bridgewater regained the lead on a stickback by Trawick. Two foul shots by Trawick and two more by Johnson put the Eagles on top by five before a tip-in by W&L's Goetsch made the score 67-64 with four seconds left.

Johnson then hit 1-of-2 free throws to seal the victory for the Eagles, now 3-2 overall on the season.

Trawick ked the Eagles with 16 points while Johnsonn scored 11 and D.J. Billups added 10. The Eagles received 23 points from its bench, led by freshman Kordero Thompson with eight.

Goetsch led the Generals, now 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the ODAC with 25 points.

The Bridgewater defense dominated play for most of the first half, allowing the Eagles to open up a double-digit lead.

"The first half, I thought we played exceptionally well," Bridgewater head coach Don Burgess said. "Our goal tonight was to come out and adhere to our defensive principles and do it with intensity. We did that for the first 20 minutes and it showed that when we do play that way, we can be a very good basketball team."

The Generals went more than seven minutes without a field goal during one stretch of the first half and the Eagles took advantage with a 23-13 lead.

Five quick points by Dominic Trawick  put the Eagles on top 18-11 and a layup in traffic by D.J. Billups made it 20-11. Freshman Kordero Thompson scored BC's next three points, giving the Eagles a 23-13 lead with 5:11 left in the first half.

A short jumper by W&L guard Jon Guest broke the Generals' long scoring drought, but baskets by Lyndon Humphries and Segar Jordan pushed the Eagles advantage to 27-15,

Trawick drained a three-pointer from NBA range to double the score at 30-15 at the three-minute mark. Jake Johnson and Jordan followed with inside hoops to push the BC lead to 34-16 with 1:06 left in the half. At the break, the Eagles led 34-19.

The Eagles defense limited the Generals to just 23.8 percent shooting from the floor, holding W&L to just five field goals in the first 20 minutes.

At the other end, the Eagles made 60.9 percent of their shots in the opening half.

"You look at the stat sheet and see 32 turnovers and you know you are fortunate to leave with a victory," Burgess said. "If we learn to value the basketball, we can be very good.

"The main thing tonight is we picked up a conference victory on the road and those are hard to come by. There were a lot of positives that we can take out of this game. Our defense was outstanding for much of the game. I thought our shot selection was pretty good. We shot 56 percent for the game.

"And, we got a lot of solid contributions off the bench," Burgess said. "Our freshman - Kordero (Thompson), Lyndon Humphries and Russell White gave us solid minutes. Kyle Hammond has been sick with the flu and he went out and gave us 13 good minutes with five points and five rebounds. Overall, you have to be pleased when you're 1-0 in conference with a win on the road."