Corcoran's Efficient Night Leads BC Past Wilson

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Dec 6, 2022

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The Bridgewater women's basketball team picked up its fifth win in a row to start the season after taking down Wilson 75-46 on Sunday.

The Basics

Final Score: Bridgewater 75, Wilson 46

Records: Bridgewater 5-0, Wilson 2-3

How It Happened

BC got the opening score of the game when Reagan Maynard found Jaden Alsberry in the lane just under 90 seconds in. The Eagles extended the opening run to 8-0 as Erika Nettles laid it in with 6:14 to go in the first quarter. Wilson got on the board 28 seconds later with a layup to get on the scoreboard. Both teams traded buckets to close out the quarter with Bridgewater taking a 18-9 advantage at the end of the first 10 minutes.
Jay Garcia got the second quarter started in the scoring department. The freshman grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up and in. The Phoenix responded with a bucket of their own on the next possession and followed it up with a three-pointer to cut the lead to six. Garcia scored again to spark a 20-9 run for BC to end the half. Abby Freeman and India Dailey each tallied six points during the stretch making it 40-23 at the intermission.
Bridgewater opened the second half on a 7-0 run. Maynard drove to the lane and laid it in to start the half and Nettles did much of the same on the next BC possession. Corcoran topped it off with a jumper from long range to stretch the lead to 47-23 with 7:46 to play in the third quarter.
Wilson was held without a field goal for 9:48 until Laela Robinson took a rebound coast to coast with 1:22 to go in the third quarter to snap the drought. The Bridgewater defense responded with another field goal drought, holding the Phoenix without a field goal for another 2:33 until Samira Murphy sank the first basket of the fourth quarter.
The Phoenix put together back-to-back buckets to open the frame but shot just 2/11 over the final eight minutes. BC closed the game on a 22-10 run led by Nettles who had seven over the stretch and Chassidy King added four of her own.

Match Notes

Corcoran led all scorers with a career high 17 points in the win. Dailey and Nettles each racked up 11 and Alsberry earned a double-double with 10 points and a game high 12 rebounds. Alsberry also racked up a game high five assists.
Murphy led Wilson in two of the three major statistical categories with 11 points and seven rebounds.
Corcoran had one of the most efficient nights possible shooting 7/10 from the floor, including 50% from beyond the arc. The Chapel Hill, N.C. native also racked up four rebounds, a block and a steal.
BC held a healthy 54-33 advantage in rebounds including 20 offensive rebounds.
The Eagles open the season 5-0 for the first time since the 2010-11 season. That squad finished 22-4 including 11-0 in Nininger Hall under coach Jean Willi. Oddly enough, that team was knocked out by Guilford in the ODAC Quarterfinals who was coached by none other than Stephanie Flamini.