Box Score LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Bridgewater College women's basketball team took down Lynchburg 66-56 on Saturday behind 28 fourth-quarter points.
THE BASICS
Final Score: Bridgewater 66, Lynchburg 56
Records: Bridgewater 7-3 (3-1 ODAC); Lynchburg 4-6 (1-5 ODAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lynchburg got on the board first with a made free throw but BC responded as Kayla Ford made both attempts from the charity stripe. The Hornets would make one of two at the line again before Bree Spainhour made the first field goal of the game over two minutes in to put the home side in front. Abby Freeman worked in transition to knot the game before a long ball from the Hornets put them back in front. Abby Freeman made one of two at the line for BC before Lynchburg extended the advantage. Jay Garcia returned favor with her work in the paint, but an 8-0 run from the home side put Lynchburg up 17-7. Rosemary Pierson drilled a three-point bucket the next trip down the floor for BC to give the Eagles life. Riley Corcoran followed by finding Reagan Maynard to cut the lead back down to five. The Hornets a make from Spainhour and Pierson knocked down a free throw to make it 19-13 after one.  
• Spainhour picked up where she left off after she sank a pair at the stripe to get Lynchburg on the board in the second. BC responded with a Jaden Alsberry make on the other end before both sides struggled from the floor with seven straight misses before the Hornets pushed the lead back out to nine. Corcoran put together a quick 4-0 run on her own to get back to 24-29 but a Brooke Cason three pointer broke it up. Corcoran got the last laugh as she drained a layup just before the horn to make it a 27-21 Hornet lead at the break.
• The two teams traded makes out of the intermission before another Cason long ball and a Mullins pushed the lead back out to double digits. A second-chance effort from Freeman sparked an 8-0 BC run with four points from bother her and Corcoran to get the Eagles back to within a bucket at 36-34. Lynchburg responded with four quick ones of their own before makes from Corcoran and Garcia got the Eagles right back to a two-point deficit. The Hornets delivered as scouted, sinking a pair of three pointers in the final thirty seconds of the quarter to make it 46-38 heading to the final period.
• Alsberry found Alexis Edmonds on the Eagles' first possession of the fourth for an easy two before Edmonds backed that up with a long ball to get BC to within four. Cason made a layup for Lynchburg with 7:47 to go, but after that Bridgewater took over thanks to a 14-1 run that lasted nearly half of the final frame. The Eagles flipped the script with six makes on seven attempts combined with a perfect two-of-two at the stripe over the run to go ahead 57-50 with under three minutes to go. Spainhour finally got the Hornets back in the score column before Garcia struck late in the shot clock to keep the pressure on. A pair of free throws gave Lynchburg, making it a 59-54 game with two minutes to go. The final 120 seconds belonged to Edmonds and Corcoran as the duo fueled a 7-2 Bridgewater run. Edmonds totaled four points over the stretch and Corcoran added three behind some clutch free throw shooting to make it 66-56 at the final horn.

MATCH NOTES

• Corcoran led BC on both sides of the ball with a season-high 17 points to go along with three steals and a blocked shot.
• Freeman and Edmonds each crossed double figures in the score column with 13 and 11 respectively. Alsberry led the Eagles by tying her season-high of 11 rebounds.
• Spainhour led the Hornets with 14 points and seven rebounds.
• BC's outstanding fourth quarter saw the Eagles execute on both sides of the basketball. Bridgewater shot 71.4% from the floor in the final frame compared to just 20% for the home standing Lynchburg squad. The Hornets were held without a three pointer over the final 10 minutes leading to Bridgewater leading for just five minutes and change on the way to the win.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater takes some time off before returning to the court in the new year as the Eagles travel to Virginia Wesleyan on Jan. 2.