BOILING SPRINGS --- Jerome Hill (Adel, Ga.) scored a game-high 20 points and Dylan Poston (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) added 18 with a 6-for-7 night from downtown to lead Gardner-Webb to a 100-61 win over Toccoa Falls on Friday night in Paul Porter Arena.

Gardner-Webb (4-4) shot 56.1 percent from the floor, including a 56.3 percent clip in the second half, while limiting Toccoa Falls (6-4) to a field goal percentage of 36.8 on the night. The Runnin' Bulldogs dominated the battle on the glass, outrebounding the Screaming Eagles by a 52-24 margin and converting 18 offensive boards into 21 second-chance points. Gardner-Webb outscored Toccoa Falls, 46-24, in the paint while scoring 23 points off 17 turnovers.

Hill scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the first half, knocking down each of his eight attempts from the floor on the night to move into ninth on the program's Division I scoring list with 792 career points. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound forward also pulled down eight rebounds. Poston added 18 points off the bench, all in the second half, with a blistering 6-for-7 night from downtown.

Jarvis Davis (Columbia, S.C.) and Adonis Burbage (Orlando, Fla.) chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively, as Corey Hensley (Candler, N.C.) pulled down a career- and game-high 11 rebounds. Tyrell Nelson (Charlotte, N.C.) tallied eight points and eight boards, while Tyler Strange (Leominster, Mass.) dished out a game-high eight assists.

Josh Barrett led the way for Toccoa Falls with 18 points, knocking down 7-of-15 from the floor, as Marques Sullivan and Connor Iverson added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Zach Barrett pulled down a team-high five rebounds.

Gardner-Webb got off to a sluggish start in the first half, surrendering an early 17-7 lead after Toccoa Falls answered with a 17-5 run, as the Screaming Eagles opened a narrow 24-22 advantage following back-to-back threes from Iverson and Sullivan.

The Runnin' Bulldogs fought back with a 17-5 surge of their own, reclaiming the lead at 39-29 on a fast-break lay-in by Hill off a nifty feed from Davis with 3:32 left in the half. Toccoa Falls would close out the half with a 6-3 spurt to trim the margin to 42-35 heading into the break.

Gardner-Webb came out firing in the second half, opening the period with a 19-7 run to widen the gap to 61-42 on a Davis bomb with 16:13 left. The Runnin' Bulldogs would put the throttle down over the next 10 minutes, pushing the lead to 85-50 with a 24-4 surge that was capped by six straight treys by Poston, the last of which coming with 6:17 to play.

Poston and the Runnin' Bulldogs closed out the win from there, finishing with a 14-9 run over the final five minutes to record their largest margin of victory this season.

Gardner-Webb returns to the court on Saturday evening, hosting Thomas University (Ga.) at 7:00 pm in Paul Porter Arena. The game will air live on the Big South Network.