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Bergeron Hits Game-Winner as Women's Hoops Edges Trinity

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BRUNSWICK, Maine – Katie Bergeron put home the go-ahead basket with 45 seconds remaining to give the Bowdoin College women's basketball team a 53-52 victory over Trinity on Saturday afternoon at Morrell Gymnasium. The 18th-ranked Polar Bears improve to 15-4 (2-3 NESCAC) this season while the Bantams fall to 14-5 (2-3 NESCAC).

Bowdoin struggled from the field in the first half, connecting on just 26.7% of their shots, including 1-10 from three-point range and the visiting Bantams took advantage, rolling off a 9-0 run, sparked by five points from Claire Arnstein to take a 20-11 advantage midway through the period. The Bantams extended their lead to double digits at the buzzer of the first half, when Arnstein went coast-to-coast for a lay-up to give Trinity a 33-22 edge at intermission.

The Bantams quickly pushed the lead to 16 points with a 8-2 run out of halftime. But Bowdoin upped the defensive pressure and started to whittle away the Trinity advantage with eight points off Trinity turnovers. Kaitlin Donahoe and Katie Bergeron nailed consecutive three-pointers to cap a 12-0 Polar Bear run that trimmed the Bantam lead to four points, 41-37, with 13:22 to play. The lead bounced between three and six points for the next ten minutes, with Bowdoin finally drawing to within a single point after a pair of Bergeron free throws with 4:15 left, 50-49.

Trinity replied with a bucket from Molly McGlynn to push the lead back to three points with 3:30 to go, 52-49. The teams went scoreless for the next two minutes until Bowdoin's Caitlin Hynes drove to the glass and put home a left-handed layup with 1:11 to play to bring the Polar Bears within a single point again. Kaitlin Ciarlegio turned the ball over on Trinity's next possession and Katie Bergeron gave Bowdoin their first lead since 3-2 when she drove down the right wing and banked home an off-balance jumper with 45 seconds left. Arnstein's desperation three-pointer at the buzzer sailed long as the Polar Bears claimed their 14th straight win over the Bantams.

Bergeron scored a game-high 18 points while Hynes ended with 13 points and nine boards. Rubega netted 10 points for the Polar Bears and grabbed 15 rebounds in the win. Trinity was led by Arnstein's 14 points, although the senior captain went scoreless in the second half for the visitors.

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Players Mentioned

Katie Bergeron

#22 Katie Bergeron

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5' 7"
Kaitlin  Donahoe

#2 Kaitlin Donahoe

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5' 6"

Players Mentioned

Katie Bergeron

#22 Katie Bergeron

5' 7"
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Kaitlin  Donahoe

#2 Kaitlin Donahoe

5' 6"
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