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NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team secured the top seed for the NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship with a 76-59 victory over Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (20-4, 8-1) will host eighth-seeded Williams in a quarterfinal contest next Saturday, February 21. Leah Rubega posted a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds to pace Bowdoin to victory.

Rubega had eight points and eight rebounds in the first half of play and the visitors enjoyed a 28-to-18 advantage on the backboards in the frame. Cote knocked down a jumper with 38 seconds left that vaulted the Polar Bears out to a 40-26 lead at the intermission. Bowdoin continued to carry a double digit lead for most of the second stanza. But the Camels reeled off consecutive field goals late in the half that cut the deficit to nine points. Cummings knocked down a jumper and Jacqueline Shinall banked in a runner with 4:55 remaining to make it a 64-55 ballgame. But that was as close as the Camels would get to the Polar Bears as Bowdoin closed out the contest on a 10-2 run over the final four minutes.

Caitlin Hynes netted 14 points for the Polar Bears, who earned their sixth consecutive win. Sabrina Cote and Jill Henrikson contributed 10 points apiece for the visitors. Connecticut College junior Emily Cummings had 14 points and seven rebounds in the season-ending setback.