BRIDGEWATER, Va. - The Bridgewater College men's basketball team cruised past William Peace 81-49 thanks to a massive second half.
 
The Basics 
 
Final Score: Bridgewater 81, William Peace 49
Records: Bridgewater 4-1, William Peace 2-3
 
How it Happened 

• William Peace opened the game on a 9-2 run before back-to-back scores by Alec Topper got the ball rolling. WPU responded with a three pointer before layups from Aaron Oates and Landon Hawes got it back to a one-score game. The two sides traded scores and then consecutive scores from the Pacers put them in front 18-12 with 11:27 to go in the half.
• BC closed the gap back down to a single possession multiple times before a Jordan Cooper old-fashioned three-point play got the Eagles to within one. The next trip down the floor Oates went to work down low and scored to give BC a 21-20 lead. The Oates score sparked an 11-6 run to put the Eagles in front 32-26. A pair of WPU free throws and a three pointer made it a one-point game before Steve Burgess nailed a free throw at the end of the half to make it 33-31 at the break.
• The two teams traded scores to open the second half before a free throw from Topper made it 42-37 for the Eagles. William Peace closed back in before Cooper made the Eagles first three of the game for BC to make it a six-point lead for the home side. After a made triple from the Pacers closed the game back to just three points, Alec Topper scored, and the Eagles did not look back as he sparked a 17-0 scoring run to blow the game wide open. A layup from RK Law finished off the scoring spree where BC missed just one shot over four minutes to take a 64-44 lead.
• WPU was able to get on the board thanks to a second chance effort but an alley-oop from Cooper to Khalil Ward hushed the Pacers momentum. The slam started a 17-3 scoring spree over the final six and a half minutes where William Peace was held without a make from the floor. The Pacer's were 0-for-8 from the field during the span while BC was fueled by a pair of steals along with six points from Will Dunlap to make it 81-49 at the final whistle.

 
Match Notes 

• The Eagles outscored William Peace 48-18 during the second half and shot 61.3% from the field compared to just 23.3% for the Pacers.
• Topper registered another double-double as the senior tallied 13 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Oates led all scorers with 18 points including a 4-of-4 effort at the charity stripe.
• BC struggled from long range, shooting just 18.8% from three-point land, but made up for it by scoring 54 points in the paint.
• Bridgewater got scoring from 11 different players including Mason Ramey and Will Vetter who connected for the final score of the game.

Up Next 
 
The Eagles hit the road on Tuesday to battle Juniata at 7 p.m.