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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College men's basketball team held
off a late rally by Bates to take a 71-67 non-conference victory at
Morrell Gymnasium on Thursday evening. The win improves the Polar
Bears to 4-1 this season while the Bobcats fall to 3-2 overall.
Bowdoin gained an early cushion thanks to a strong first-half
performance by Mark Phillips, who connected on all five of his
attempts. A Phillups lay-in sparked a 10-0 spurt for the Polar
Bears, who led by as many as 17 points late in the period and
settled for a 37-25 lead at intermission thanks to a running jumper
at the buzzer by Mike Hauser.
The Polar Bears maintained the lead for the entire second half,
with the margin bouncing between 8-13 points for the majority of
the period until a late surge by the Bobcats.
Trailing 59-46 with six minutes to play, Bates rolled off an 8-0
spurt, capped by a Chris Wilson three-pointer to 
close the gap to 59-54 with 3:24 to go. The teams traded buckets
until another Wilson trifecta trimmed the lead to 67-65. Mike
Hauser netted two free-throws for Bowdoin to extend the lead to
four points before Nick Schmiemann was fouled on a three-point
attempt and hit the first two shots to cut the Bowdoin lead to
69-67.
His third attempt caromed off the rim to the hands of Bates' Brian
Ellis, giving the Bobcats a chance to tie or take the lead with
under 13 seconds to play. But Bowdoin's Paul Sellew poked the ball
loose from Kyle Philbrook and found Will Hanley for an easy lay-in
to ice the game with three seconds left.
Bowdoin never trailed in the game and won for the third time in
their last four meetings against the Bobcats. Phillips, who scored
14, was Bowdoin's lone player in double figures. Three players
finished with nine points, including Randy DeFeo, Hauser and
Sellew. Will Hanley scored eight points with 11 boards.
Bates was led by four players in double digits, including Ellis,
who notched 14. Jimmy O'Keefe totaled 12 points while Wilson had 11
and Schmiemann 10.
Photos courtesy of Brian Beard and Creative Images
Photography.
