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BRUNSWICK, Maine - Ellery Gould scored 19 points to lead the Bowdoin College women's basketball team to a 78-51 victory over the University of New England on Tuesday evening. The seventh-ranked Polar Bears claim their home opener and improve to 3-0 overall. The Nor'easters drop to 3-2 this season.

The Polar Bears never trailed in the game, and used a late 10-2 spurt right before halftime to open up a 12-point advantage. Jill Henrikson opened the run with a three-pointer and Kaitlin Donahoe closed it with a trifecta to give the hosts a 32-20 edge at the break.

UNE could get no closer than nine points in the second half, and Bowdoin - thanks in great part to Gould's sharpshooting - put the game out of reach. The sophomore scored 14 points in the period, including three from long-distance, to seal Bowdoin's 15th-straight win over their neighbors from Biddeford. Bowdoin leads the all-time series against UNE, 27-3.

Nicole Coombes finished with 10 points off the bench for Bowdoin, whose bench outscored the Nor'easters' 47-6. Caitlin Hynes also posted nine points and nine rebounds. Kelly Paradis led UNE with 17 points. Bowdoin held a 49-40 edge in rebounding and shot 47% from the field for the game. The Polar Bears also assisted on 21 of their 31 baskets.