BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- The Bridgewater College women's basketball team dropped a closely contested match up with ODAC foe Guilford in Nininger Hall on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Guilford 62, Bridgewater 58
Records: Bridgewater 12-4, 7-3 ODAC; Guilford 15-3, 8-3 ODAC

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A Riley Corcoran basket put the first points on the board in an emotional environment inside Nininger Hall before a pair of Erika Nettles free throws doubled the lead leading up to J'la Hinson layup to get the Quakers on the board with 8:29 left in the first. Both sides traded scores for the next several minutes before a 9-0 run over two and a half minutes gave Guilford a 13-6 lead. A pair of free throws and a clutch three from Rosemary Pierson drew the lead down to just two points at 13-11 with 3:03 showing on the clock. The Quakers responded with back-to-back threes to retake an eight-point advantage, followed by two shots from the charity stripe for a 21-11 lead with under two minutes left. Guilford led 23-15 after the opening quarter.
• Jaden Alsberry started the second quarter with a layup off a helper from Nettles and India Dailey drilled a triple to cut the deficit down to three points, 23-20, just a minute into the frame. Once again, GC fired back with a three of its own to double to lead to six points. Down 26-20, the Eagles mounted a 12-1 run over the next four and a half minutes, including draining 5-of-8 shots from the floor, to assume a 32-27 lead with four minutes left in the half. Lindsay Gauldin ended the run with a layup that was followed by another three from Dailey, who scored 10 points in the first half, but the Quakers scored six-unanswered points to close out the last 45 seconds of the half and took a 35-34 lead into the break.
• Both sides exchanged scores to open the second half before an 8-1 run over a three minutes stretch pushed Bridgewater back in front, 44-40, with 3:53 left in regulation. The Eagles took as large as a six-point lead down the stretch of the quarter but the Quakers again scored key late buckets to set the score at 48-45 in favor of BC heading into the last 10 minutes.
• Alsberry dropped in a layup to start off the final quarter to put BC up five, but GC put up a three and a layup to erase the lead with 8:46 left in regulation. Both sides exchanged baskets as Alsberry dropped in a free throw with 7:15 left to put the Eagles up 53-52, but an 8-3 run over the next five minutes allowed Guilford to take a 60-56 lead. Abby Branner hit a layup with 11 seconds to go to make it a one-possession game at 60-58, but Anna Giannopoulou nailed a jumper on the other end to put the game out of reach as the Eagles fell 62-58.

MATCH FACTS

• Alsberry led the Eagles with 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor and pulled down six rebounds to go with two assists and two steals. Dailey finished with 12 points and three rebounds, while Nettles registered nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
• Corcoran also had nine points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting effort and Jay Garcia recorded five points, nine rebounds and three assists in the loss.
• For Guilford, Gauldrin had a game-high 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting with four boards, three steals and a pair of assists, while Giannopoulou had 12 points and five rebounds, plus four steals. Courtney McMillan led the Quakers with nine rebounds in the win.
• As a team, both teams shot 35 percent from the floor, while Bridgewater held a 46-34 edge in rebounds.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater is back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 25, as it hits the road to face Virginia Wesleyan at 5:30 pm.