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BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College men's
basketball team never trailed in a 68-57 non-conference victory
over Bridgewater State College on Tuesday evening. The Polar Bears
(12-10) snap a three-game losing skid while the Bears (15-6) have
their 12-game winning streak snapped.
Bowdoin sprinted to a 24-5 lead after eight minutes thanks to nine
early points from Mark Phillips. A trio of three pointers from Ryan
O'Connell increased the Polar Bear lead to as many as 25
points before a late flurry by Bridgewater, sparked by 11
first-half points from Judah Jackson, closed the gap to 16 at the
break, 39-23.
The Bears burst out of the gate in the second period on a 12-2 run
to quickly cut the gap to six points after a Nicholas Motta
hoop-and-harm with 16:45 to go. Bowdoin rebounded with a quick 5-0
spurt , capped by Will Hanley and-one to push the advantage back to
11 points with 13 minutes on the clock.
Bridgewater continued to chip away courtesy of Judah
Jackson's 13 second-half points and came within five points
on one occasion, but could get no closer. The Polar Bears put the
game on ice with 52.4% shooting in the second period and held an
enormous 43-20 advantage on the glass for the contest.
Will Hanley stuffed the stat sheet for Bowdoin, posting 15 points,
17 rebounds, six assists and two blocks. O'Connell notched a
team-high 18 points off the bench while Mark Phillips added 15 and
11 boards with Paul Sellew pitching in 10. Mike Hauser dished out
seven assists in the win.
Jackson scored a game-high 24 points for Bridgewater, who were
only able to muster 34% shooting from the field for the game.
Nicholas Motta scored 12 in the loss for the Bears.
Photos courtesy of Brian Beard and Creative Images
Photography.
