For immediate release – 11/22/2011 - #168
Bridgewater Defeats LC Women 74-68

LYNCHBURG, VA – Junior Jessica Mullen scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Bridgewater College women's basketball team to a 74-68 victory over Lynchburg College Tuesday night in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) opener for both squads.

The Hornets got behind big early in the contest, but clawed back to make it a one-possession game in the closing seconds. The Eagles ran out to leads of 20-9 and 31-13 in the first half but LC closed to an 11-point deficit (41-30) by intermission.

BC lengthened its advantage to 18 points with 11 minutes left and maintained a double-digit lead until four minutes remained on the game clock. A Shea Kelley three-pointer and a Shannon Allan jumper for the Hornets, followed by a steal and layup from Katie Crump cut the Bridgewater lead to just 66-61 with two minutes left. After two BC free-throws, Crump countered with a jumper and two free throws of her own to make the score 68-65 with 59 seconds on the game clock. The Eagles sealed the game from the free-throw line, hitting six-straight down the stretch.

Crump scored a team-high 18 points, and added five rebounds and three steals before fouling out. Allan posted 15 points, six boards, three assists and three steals and Kelley provided a spark off the bench, drilling 4-of-5 three-point attempts to finish with 12 points, three assists and three steals. Roslyn Alexander scored eight points and Katie reeves netted six. Crump and Allan combined to hit 14-of-23 shots from the field.

Mullen made 10-of-17 shots from the floor and all nine free throws en route to her game-high point total, scoring 17 in the first half. Holly Morgan tallied 13 points and seven assists for the Eagles (2-1/1-0 ODAC) and Jenny Logan added 10 points, six assists and six steals. Most statistical categories were close, except BC enjoyed a large advantage at the free throw stripe (18-24) over LC (8-9).

Lynchburg (0-4/0-1 ODAC) travels to Randolph-Macon College Tuesday for another ODAC game at 7 p.m.

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