BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Host Bridgewater College led wire-to-wire Saturday afternoon in an 81-65 ODAC men's basketball victory over Shenandoah University Saturday afternoon.
 
The Eagles (1-1, 1-0 ODAC) scored the game's initial seven points and led 16-2 over SU (0-1, 0-1) by the time the game was five minutes old.
 

IN BRIEF

The Hornets, on the strength of a 14-4 run, cut the deficit to just four following a Karree Smith layup with 5:51 remaining in the opening stanza.
 
Unfortunately for the Shenandoah faithful, Bridgewater closed out the first on a 17-10 run to take an 11-point, 42-31, lead at the break.
 
Zach Garrett, who led the Hornets with 16 points, had a three-point play to start the second and bring SU to within eight, but this would prove to be the final time that the BC lead fell into single digits.
 
The Eagles, shooting 55 percent (11 of 20) in the second half, outscored Shenandoah by five points over the final 20 minutes to provide the final margin of victory.
 
Matthew Anderson and Smith had 13 and 10 points, respectively, to back up Garrett.
 
Andy Pack had 18 points for the hosts.
 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Shooting:
SU: 23 of 55, 42 percent
BC: 24 of 53, 45 percent
 
3-point shooting:
SU: 4 of 10, 40 percent
BC: 10 of 28, 36 percent
 
FT Shooting:
SU: 15 of 29, 52 percent
BC: 23 of 30, 77 percent
 
Rebounding:
SU: 32
BC: 40
 
Scoring:
SU: Zach Garrett 16, Matthew Anderson 13, Karree Smith 10
BC: Andy Pack 18, Alec Topper 13, David Oliveras 10
 
Rebounding:
SU: Garrett 8, Andres Frye 8
BC: Topper 9, Kellen Hodge 9
 
Points off Turnovers:
SU: 15
BC: 26
 
Points in Paint:
SU: 32
BC: 24
 
Fastbreak Points:
SU: 8
BC: 4
 
Points off Bench:
SU: 30
BC: 25
 

UP NEXT

Shenandoah continues this road trip with a Thursday game at Virginia Wesleyan. Game time is 5 p.m.
 
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