Mont Alto Drops Non-Conference Contest to Bridgewater 78-59

Score: Bridgewater (Va.) 78, Penn State Mont Alto 59

Team Records: Bridgewater (Va.) 2-1, Penn State Mont Alto 5-1

How It Happened:

-Mont Alto stormed out to an early 7-2 lead behind a Darrius Bush layup and five points from Cameron Williams at the 16:30 mark in the first half

-Williams made back-to-back layups to push the lead to 11-4 early

-Mont Alto held a 21-18 lead at the under eight minute media timeout in the first

-With a 24-21 lead, Bridgewater went on an 11-0 run to take a 32-24 lead capped off by an Omarion Blount layup

-Bridgewater led at the half 32-30

-Mont Alto hung tough throughout the second half until the ten minute mark when Bridgewater pushed a 47-43 lead to 53-43 on back-to-back three pointers by Zach Hatter and Andy Pack

-Bridgewater converted on 85.7% of their 2nd half free throws

Game Notes:

-Quintyn Flemister registered 15 points in 32 minutes played, pushing him to 991 career, needing 9 to reach 1,000 for his career

-Mont Alto shot 23 for 58 (39.7%) from the field, Bridgewater shot 25 for 59 (42.4%)

-Mont Alto went 2 for 14 (14.3%) from 3-point range, Bridgewater connected on 8 of their 22 attempts from downtown

-Bridgewater forced Mont Alto into 29 turnovers on the evening

-Cameron Williams recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds

Up Next:

The basketball teams head to Penn State York for a doubleheader on Saturday, women's game is at 1 p.m... men's game to follow at 3 p.m...