HUNTINGDON, Pa. - The Bridgewater College men's basketball team pushed its win streak to five games with an 82-64 win over Juniata on Tuesday.
 
The Basics 
 
Final Score: Bridgewater 82, Juniata 64
Records: Bridgewater 5-1, Juniata 2-2
 
How it Happened 

• Bridgewater jumped on the front foot right away as Aaron Oates found Jordan Cooper in the paint to give the Eagles an early lead. A rare two-point jumper from RK Law pushed the BC lead to four before Juniata got on the board on a second chance effort. Bridgewater answered with six unanswered as Oates and Alec Topper combined to give the visitors a 10-2 advantage. Both sides traded scores before a Topper three pointer broke the pattern, but Juniata responded with consecutive scores to close it down to a five-point game. Three free throws from Topper halted the home side's momentum momentarily. After a JC score Oates started a seven-point BC scoring spree capped off by a Landon Hawes three pointer to push it to a 27-14 advantage 10 minutes in.
• An old-fashioned three-point play from Tyler Lapetina got Juniata back on the board but the Bridgewater offense got rolling once more. A 7-0 BC run capped off by another Hawes long ball forced a JC timeout as the visiting Eagles were up double on the home side 34-17. Cooper pushed it to nine unanswered before buckets by Chase Husted on consecutive trips cut into the BC edge. A Topper three-point play finished off the half with Bridgewater in front 39-21.
• Oates got the scoring going on the opening trip down the floor in half number two. Topper followed suit with a slam in transition and a three pointer before Juniata got in the scoring column in the second half nearly three minutes in. Each side traded makes before a long ball from Will Dunlap and a layup from Hawes stopped the flow and put the visitors in front by 26 before more back and forth scoring ensued.  
• Still each sided continued to trade scores before a Hawes free throw and a three-point bucket from Will Vetter gave BC its largest lead of the night at 65-38. A quick six-point run for Juniata gave the home side some life but on cue a jumper from Topper incited more back and forth action. Juniata slowly closed back in before another triple from Vetter pushed the lead out to 72-49.JC was able to close back to within 14 with 88 seconds left but makes from Drew Tapscott held close the door.
  Match Notes 

• Topper led all scorers with 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Over his last five games the senior is averaging 18.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
• Oates and Cooper each added double figure scoring efforts while Hawes also added nine. Vetter scored a career-high six points in the win.
• As advertised, Husted led Juniata with 18 points and 10 boards.
• Bridgewater held Juniata without a three-point make during the opening half, but a 4-of-9 effort from beyond the arc helped JC close in from trailing by as much as 27.

Up Next 
 
The Eagles hit the road on Sunday as they take on Randolph in the tight confines in the hill city at 2 p.m.