Guilford College Women’s Basketball Final – Bridgewater 63, Guilford 52

BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Bridgewater College overcame a terrible shooting night to escape with a 63-52 victory over the Guilford College Quakers in ODAC women’s basketball action Friday night at Nininger Hall.

Bridgewater shot just 30.8 percent from the floor for the game, just better than the 30.4 percent put up by the Quakers.

The Eagles did hit 18-of24 free throws while Guilford connected on just 6-of-13 at the line. Guilford stayed in the game from 3-point range as the Quakers hit 12-of-28 from long range. The Quakers made just five baskets inside the arc the entire game.

After the teams played to a 23-23 first half tie, Guilford grabbed an early six-point, 35-29, lead in the second half on consecutive 3-pointers by Katie Dailey (Jamestown, NC/Ragsdale).

The Quakers stayed out until Emileigh Lambert (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle) hit two free throws to tie the score at 37-37. Bridgewater then regained the lead, 39-37, on a layup by Bianca Booker (Blackstone, VA/Nottoway) with 10:09 to play.

The Eagles led the rest of the way, but the Quakers stayed within six points until 1:45 left in the game.

Kristin Bosserman (Staunton, VA/Riverheads) led the Eagles with 18 points. Jordan Burkholder Bridgewater VA/Turner Ashby) recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Jessica Timberlake (Charlottesville, VA/Madison County) added 10 points.

Ann Seufer (Williamstown, WV/Williamstown) led the Quakers with 14 points, all if the first half. Tracey Croner (Rockwell, NC/East Rowan) scored 13 and Dailey added 11. Seufer also added 10 rebounds for the Quakers.

The Eagles are now 10-10 overall and 8-7 in the ODAC. Guilford drops to 10-10 overall and 5-10 in the ODAC.

Box Score — Guilford vs Bridgewater — 02/08/08 7:00 p.m. at Bridgewater, Va. – Nininger Hall At Bridgewater, Va. – Nininger Hall

BRIDGEWATER 63, GUILFORD 52

GUILFORD (10-10, 5-10 ODAC)
SEUFER, Ann 5-16 0-0 14;
CRONER, Tracey 5-12 2-2 13;
DAILEY, Katie 3-6 2-4 11;
CASTO, Jessica 2-6 0-0 6;
CAUDLE, Denae 1-3 1-3 4;
LeFEVERS, Lauren 1-5 0-0 3;
WOOD, Jasmine 0-3 1-4 1;
HACKETT, Shevon 0-2 0-0 0;
TERRY, Joclyn 0-2 0-0 0;
BUMGARNER, Brittany 0-1 0-0 0;
CARDEN, Destiny 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 17-56 6-13 52.

BRIDGEWATER (10-10, 8-7 ODAC)
BOSSERMAN, Kristin 7-20 1-1 18;
BURKHOLDER, Jordan 4-14 3-4 12;
TIMBERLAKE,Jessica 4-12 2-2 11;
LAMBERT, Emileigh 1-3 5-6 7;
BOOKER, Bianca 2-3 2-5 6;
SYDNOR, Nikki 1-4 3-4 5;
SAUNDERS, Jennifer 1-3 2-2 4;
DANIEL, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0;
HENDERSON, Rebecca 0-5 0-0 0;
BARILE, Courtney 0-0 0-0 0;
MIZERAK, Sammy 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 20-65 18-24 63.

Guilford…………………. 23 29 – 52
Bridgewater………………. 23 40 – 63

3-point goals
Guilford 12-28 (SEUFER, Ann 4-10; DAILEY, Katie 3-4; CASTO, Jessica 2-5; CAUDLE, Denae 1-2; LeFEVERS, Lauren 1-4; CRONER, Tracey 1-3)
Bridgewater 5-16 (BOSSERMAN, Kristin 3-6; TIMBERLAKE, Jessica 1-4; BURKHOLDER, Jordan 1-5; MIZERAK, Sammy 0-1).
Fouled out
Guilford-WOOD, Jasmine,
Bridgewater-None.
Rebounds
Guilford 44 (SEUFER, Ann 10),
Bridgewater 50 (BURKHOLDER, Jordan 10).
Assists
Guilford 8 (SEUFER, Ann 2; WOOD, Jasmine 2; CRONER, Tracey 2),
Bridgewater 9 (SAUNDERS, Jennifer 3; TIMBERLAKE, Jessica 3).
Total fouls
Guilford 20,
Bridgewater 14.
Technical fouls
Guilford-None,
Bridgewater-None.

Attendance – 488 – Old Dominion Athletic Conference game.