BRIDGEWATER, Va. (BC Athletics) – The Bridgewater College women’s basketball team rolled past Hollins 55-33 at home on Saturday to extend its win streak to six games.
The Basics
Score: (RV) Bridgewater 55, Hollins 33
Records: (RV) Bridgewater 13-2 (6-0 ODAC), Hollins 11-4 (3-3 ODAC)
How It Happened
• Bridgewater got on the board first with free throw makes from Jay Garcia and Jaiden Polston to make it 2-0. Just over two minutes in, Aylin Humpherys made the game’s first field goal with a three-pointer on a dish from Polston to extended the lead. Hollins got on the board next with just under seven minutes to go in the opening period, but a bucket by Riley Corcoran extended the lead once again. Hollins got makes on back-to-back trips to cut the BC lead to just a point with 2:39 on the clock. Corcoran extended the lead for BC, while a pair of makes at the charity stripe by Humpherys made it 12-7 for BC. Hollins made a running layup as the horn sounded to make it a 12-9 BC advantage after the opening 10 minutes.
• Abbie Baker finished at the cup for BC to start the second quarter. Hollins had a reply, but a Corcoran make, and a Humpherys three-pointer pushed the lead to eight at 19-11. Hollins scored in response, but the Eagles kept rolling with scores from Autumn Gentry, Anna-Faith Brunk, Polston and eight more from Corcoran to polish off a 17-3 run to end the half. Polston’s hookshot in the closing seconds made it 31-14 for the Eagles heading to the intermission.
• Garcia drained a three-pointer on a dish from Polston for the first bucket of the second half. Hollins replied on a second-chance effort, but an old-school three-point play by Polston pushed the lead to 21 points. HU drained a three-pointer and started an exchange of buckets that was capped off by a jumper from Asia Williams to extend the lead back to 20 points. Hollins put together a short 6-2 scoring run to cut into the lead a bit, but a make at the charity stripe by Humpherys and a bucket from Gentry made it a 46-27 Bridgewater edge heading to the fourth quarter.
• Polston, Corcor and Gentry all got BC on the board to start the fourth quarter on a 6-0 scoring run to make it 52-27 in a final stanza that was dominated by defense. Hollins got its first point of the frame with 4:27 to go on the game clock, but neither side scored for nearly two minutes until a HU bucket cut the lead to 21 points. Gentry drained a three-pointer with under a minute to go to end a near four-minute BC scoring drought. Hollins scored the game’s final bucket with 35seconds to play, but the damage was already done.
Match Notes,
• Cocran led the offense with 17 points on 50% (7/14) shooting from the field. Polston was all over the floor for the Eagles with the third double-double of her career on 10 points and a BC season-high 16 rebounds. Polston also tossed in six assists, while Garcia grabbed 10 rebounds and tallied three steals.
• Holden led Hollins with 10 points. Russell grabbed eight rebounds for HU.
• The Eagles shot 33.9% from the floor and limited Hollins to just 26.8% shooting and 11.1% from deep. Bridgewater held a 32-23 edge on the glass as it doubled Hollins on the offensive end, 20-10.
Up Next
Bridgewater hits the road for a huge matchup against No. 6 Washington and Lee on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
— BC Athletics —
