BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Bridgewater College freshman Jesse Case scored 21 of his 24 points in the final eight minutes of the game Saturday afternoon as the Eagles pulled away for a 70-55 victory over Hampden-Sydney College in ODAC action.

Case had plenty of help at the offensive end as Logan Seacrist came off the bench to score 16 points and Kevin Saylor added 11.

The victory was the second straight for the Eagles, now 5-12 overall and 4-5 in the ODAC. Hampden-Sydney dropped to 14-5 overall and 6-4 in the conference.

Points were hard to come by in the opening half as both teams struggled to find rhythm at the offensive end. The visiting Tigers led at the break, 27-23, despite just making 8-of-27 shots from the field for 29.6 percent. Bridgewater was unable to take advantage of the Tigers' shooting woes as the Eagles connected on just 8-of-24 shots for 33.3 percent.

Bridgewater scored the first seven points of the second half to take the lead. Seacrist opened the half with a 3-pointer to pull the Eagles to within one and a short jumper by Saylor gave the hosts a 28-27 lead. Norman Barnes added a layup for a 30-27 lead at the 15:07 mark.

The Tigers pulled even at 32-32 on a free throw by Guilherme Guimaraes with 11:36 left and a layup by Josh Katowitz put the Tigers on top 34-32.

Seacrist then knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to put Bridgewater on top 38-34 with 9:52 left and the Eagles led the rest of the way.

A layup by Katowitz made it a two-point game, 38-36, and a free throw by Andrew Evans pulled Hampden-Sydney to within a point with 8:14 left.

Then, Case took over.

The Eagles guard hit from beyond the arc to push the lead to four, 41-37. Romello Crowell came up with a steal at the defensive end and Case converted by banking in a 3-pointer while being fouled. He added the free throw to complete the four-point play, giving Bridgewater a 45-37 lead with 7:14 remaining.

Jake Duncan scored from inside and Evans added a 3-pointer to pull the Tigers to within three, but Maalik Howard answered the Evans three with a 3-pointer from the corner to put the Eagles up by six 48-42.

Two foul shots by Efe Balfour gave BC a six-point lead before the Tigers' Nick Chase made 1-of-2 at the line, cutting the Eagles advantage to 50-43 with 4:54 left to play.

With the shot clock down to five on the next possession, Case cashed in from long range to give the Eagles' their first double-digit lead of the game, 53-43, with 3:37 left.

Mitch Owens hit two foul shots for the Tigers, but Case hit again from beyond the arc for a 56-45 lead with 3:14 on the clock.

Guimaraes made two free throws for the Tigers, but Saylor countered with a floater from the paint to keep the margin at 11 points. After Guimaraes missed at the offensive end, Case knocked down another long 3-pointer to push the margin to 61-47 with less than two minutes remaining.

Bridgewater iced the game by making 8-of-9 foul shots in the final 1:04 to put the finishing touches on the 70-55 victory.

Hampden-Sydney never found its shooting touch against the Eagles defense as the Tigers made just 16-of-52 shots for 30.8 percent. The Tigers took more than half of their shots from beyond the arc where they made 8-of-27 attempts for 29.6 percent. Mike Murray led the Tigers with 14 points and Gray Cheers added 10.

Bridgewater was on fire in the final 20 minutes, making 12-of-21 shots for 57 percent. The Eagles were even better from long range as they hit 9-of-12 3-pointers in the second half. Bridgewater finished the contest 20-of- 45 from the floor (44.4 percent) and 12-of-20 from 3-point range (60 percent).

Bridgewater won the battle of the boards by a 35-33 margin. Seacrist led the Eagles with seven rebounds.

The Eagles also took care of the basketball Saturday afternoon, turning it over just 11 times, well below their average of 17 turnovers per game. Crowell turned in a strong floor game at the point with seven assists and just one turnover in 32 minutes of action.

Bridgewater returns to action Wednesday evening when the Eagles travel to Ashland, Va., to take on Randolph-Macon College. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.