THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 55, Bridgewater 70
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 14-5, 6-4 ODAC; Bridgewater 4-13, 4-5 ODAC
• Location: Bridgewater, VA – Nininger Hall

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams struggled mightily to score in the first half, but the Tigers scored nine of the last 13 points to go into halftime up 27-23
• The offensive struggles continued in to the second half for H-SC as it took over five minutes to score a point, and the Tigers trailed 30-29 at 14:40
• H-SC regained the lead at 34-32 at the 10:55 mark, but Logan Seacrist made back-to-back three pointers to put the Eagles ahead 38-34.
• The Eagles lead ballooned to eight, 45-37, at the 7:14 mark, but following a Hampden-Sydney timeout, H-SC scored five straight off a Jake Duncan (Williamsburg, VA/Williamsburg Christian) layup and an Andrew Evans (Raleigh, NC/Millbrook) three pointer to trim the deficit down to 45-42 at 6:48
• Bridgewater ended up outscoring Hampden-Sydney 25-13 over the last 6:48 of play and would lead by as many as 20.

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Mike Murray (Norfolk, VA/Norfolk Christian) paced H-SC with 10 points, four assists, and three steals
• Gray Cheers (Supply, NC/West Brunswick) notched 10 points

FOR THE FOES

• Jesse Case scored 24 points with 21 coming in the second half
• Seacrist tallied 16 points, 11 in the second half, with seven boards
• Kevin Saylor tallied 11 points

STATS OF THE GAME

• The Tigers were outscored 47-28 in the second half as the Eagles shot 57% from the floor and went 9-12 from three after halftime
• Bridgewater shot 44% for the game and 12-20 from three while H-SC made only 31% of their shot attempts and connected on only 8 of 27 three point tries
• H-SC committed 13 turnovers to 11 for BC, but BC outscore H-SC 16-2 in points off turnovers

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney hosts Lynchburg College on Wednesday at 7 pm