BRIDGEWATER, Va. - The Bridgewater College women's basketball team fell to Catholic 67-56 on Sunday night.
The Basics 
 
Final Score: Catholic 67, Bridgewater 56
Records: Bridgewater 2-1; Catholic 3-0
 
How it Happened 

• Catholic opened with the games first score on a fast break layup, but BC responded with a bucket from Alsberry and a coast-to-coast layup by Riley Corcoran to go ahead 4-2 90 seconds in. Both defenses went to work before Catholic tied the game and the Eagles responded with another Alsberry score. The Cardinals tied it up once more before a 6-0 run by BC put the Eagles in front 12-6 as CU called a timeout. Catholic responded and pulled back to within three before two makes at the charity stripe by My'la Green put the Eagles in front 15-10 after one.
• A Cardinals three-pointer opened the quarter before back-to-back-to-back makes from Alsberry, Corcoran and Abby Freeman gave the Eagles their largest lead of the contest up to that point at 21-13. Keegan Douglas knocked down a three-pointer to pull Catholic back to within four but another Alsberry score and a Kayla Ford long ball pushed BC ahead by double digits at 26-16. After the under-five media timeout Catholic slowly crept back in. a 12-6 run for the Cardinals over the final four minutes and change capped off by a fast break score from Anna Scoblick just before the buzzer made it just 32-28 at the intermission.
• Reagan Maynard found Corcoran to get the scoring going, but Catholic quickly responded. After the Corcoran make, the Catholic defense fuled the offense. Three forced turnovers by the Cardinals fueled an 8-1 run finished off by a Kerry Flaherty layup to take the lead for the first time since the opening trip down the floor. CU held BC without a field goal for nearly five minutes until Garcia removed the cap off the rim with a mid-range jumper. By that point Catholic had went on a 14-1 spirt and forced five BC turnovers. Corcoran followed he Garcia basket with one of her won to pull it back to within a possession at 42-39. After a trade of makes, a Garcia layup and a nice dish from Alsberry to Jaiden Polston pulled BC back to within one. Corcoran and Aylin Humphreys capped off what would tally up to an 8-0 BC run to put the Eagles back in front. Catholic responded with a four-point swing in the final minute of the quarter to take the lead at 48-47 heading to the final quarter.
• The Eagles hopped back in front as Polston's second effort put the home side in front. Cu swung the lead back in their favor with consecutive makes, but a Humphreys' three ball knotted the game up at 52-52. A coast-to-coast score from Flaherty put the Cardinals in front and the visiting side never looked back with 15-unanswered points by virtue of four turnovers by BC and four from Flaherty and Keegan Douglas. BC managed to close back in with four of their own in the final two minutes, but the damage was already done.

 
Match Notes 

• Douglas led all players with 28 points for the Cardinals. Corcoran was the only Eagle in double figures with 13.
• BC worked well in the paint with 42 points coming from inside. The Eagles only made two three-pointers, but only attempted four. Meanwhile Catholic was 5-20 from three-point land.
• The deciding statistic proved to be turnovers. Bridgewater turned the ball over 26 times compared to just 15 for Catholic. The Cardinals capitalized with 33 points off of the takeaways.
• BC won the rebounding battle for the third straight game. Gracia led all players with nine boards while Alberry tallied seven.

Up Next 
 
The Eagles hit the road on Wednesday for a clash with the national runner ups from a season ago, No. 3 Christopher Newport.