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PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior Kyle Jackson and junior Mark Phillips scored 14 points apiece Tuesday afternoon to lead Bowdoin College to a 69-54 victory over Plymouth State University in non-conference men's basketball action at Foley Gymnasium.

Jackson added a team-high nine rebounds and five assists to his performance for Bowdoin. Senior Darian Reid-Sturgis added 13 points, classmate Tim Lane chipped in with 10, and junior Mike Hauser contributed eight points and nine assists for the Polar Bears, who stopped a two-game losing streak and improved to 8-3 overall.

Junior Jason O'Keefe was the only Panther to reach double figures in scoring, as he finished with a game-high 22 points. PSU was playing its first game back from the winter break and dropped to 4-7 overall.

Plymouth State came out strong and maintained a slight lead for the first four minutes of the game. Bowdoin responded with a 20-4 run over the next 10 minutes to assume a 15-point advantage with six minutes to play in the half. The Polar Bears then scored six of the last eight points of the half to enjoy a 39-22 margin at the break.

The Panthers pulled to within 11 points twice early in the second half, but Bowdoin went on a 13-3 burst to go up by 21 points and put the game away.

Bowdoin shot 55 percent from the field and won the rebounding battle by a 37-32 count. PSU shot just 30 percent from the field against a tough Polar Bear defense.

Bowdoin returns home to host Thomas College Thursday at 7:00 p.m.