LYNCHBURG, Va. – A dominant third quarter carried the Bridgewater College women's basketball team past Lynchburg on the road Saturday, as the Eagles kept pace at the top of the ODAC with a 79-73 victory.

Madison Baum racked up 34 points after going 3-of-4 from behind the arc and getting to the line 18 times. She also added seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Ahlia Moone totaled 16 points and Jasmyn Pierce chipped in 15 points and four steals off the bench.

The Eagles broke the game open by outscoring the hosts 29-13 in the third quarter.

After Baum scored 10 of BC's first 14 points of the quarter, Diamond Huskey's layup pushed the lead into double digits at 50-39.

Baum's basket gave Bridgewater its largest lead of the day, 18 points, at 61-43 with 26 seconds left in the third.

The Hornets held the Eagles to just five points over the opening 6:39 of the fourth quarter to get back to within single digits, but Bridgewater made free throws down the stretch to close it out.

The Eagles had jumped out to a 5-0 lead after Kayla Darr opened the scoring with a three-pointer and Makayla Johnson followed with a basket off a Darr steal.

Bridgewater led 17-15 a minute into the second quarter on a Moone triple, but Lynchburg opened up a nine-point advantage midway through the period that was capped by a Lizzie Davis trey.

The Eagles surged back into a one-point lead at the break. Pierce hit a three-pointer out of the timeout and after three BC free throws, Darr tied things up at 26-all from behind the arc. A Moone layup and a Nina Novosel free throw put Bridgewater up by as much as five in the quarter, with BC holding on to a 34-33 lead at the break.

Bridgewater moves to 10-8, 9-2 ODAC and remains in a three-way tie for first place with Emory & Henry and Washington & Lee. Lynchburg falls to 8-10, 5-6.