Box Score BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team never trailed in a 90-29 victory over Clark University on the opening day of the Coastal Maine Classic Tuesday at Morrell Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-2 with the victory while the Cougars fall to 3-6 this year.
Every active player scored in the game for Bowdoin, who were led by Sara Binkhorst's 17 points in 18 minutes of play. Shannon Brady scored 12 points and grabbed five boards in 15 minutes while Emily Campbell added 10 points off the bench. Kate Kerrigan scored nine points, collected six rebounds and added two steals for the Polar Bears. Marle Curle had nine points and a team-high six assists.
Sam O'Gara led Clark with 10 points while Brooke Brennan added seven.
Bowdoin jumped to an 11-2 lead in the opening moments and never looked back, extending their lead to 40-9 late in the opening stanza. The Polar Bears led 46-16 at halftime and continued to extend their lead in the second period, holding the Cougars to just 13 points. Bowdoin scored 54 points in the paint and added 29 off 25 Clark turnovers.
The Polar Bears finished at 53% shooting for the game while holding Clark to just 21% from the field. Bowdoin owned a 50-30 edge in rebounding and scored 19 points off 16 offensive caroms.
Action continues at the Coastal Maine Classic on Wednesday as Clark will face Bates (2:00 p.m.) and Bowdoin battles MIT (4:00 p.m.).
MIT 84, Bates 71
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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The MIT women's basketball team shot 64% from the field en route to a 84-71 victory over Bates in the opening game of the 2014 Coastal Maine Classic hosted by Bowdoin College.
The Engineers improve to 5-5 while Bates falls to 6-4.
Sabrina Drammis led the way for MIT with 28 points and 12 rebounds. Maya Ramachandran scored 20 points with nine caroms and two blocks while Liana Ilutzi (15) and Osheiza Otori (13) also saw double figures. Bates was paced by 19 points from Molly Brown. Bernadette Connors and Nina Davenport notched 14 apiece as Chelsea Nason (11) and Allie Coppola (10) also saw double digits.
The Engineers were red hot from the field, connecting on 74% of their shots in the opening frame. The Bobcats were able to stay within striking distance, however, as they forced 10 MIT turnovers and connected on five three-pointers to trim the lead to just 41-39 at intermission despite hitting on just 37% of their field goals.
MIT finally was able to shake Bates early in the second half with an 11-2 run, capped by three-pointer from Ilutzi with 9:38 to go that made it 65-54. Coppolla trimmed the MIT lead to six points, 71-65, on a pair of free throws with six minutes to go, but that was as close as the Bobcats would get. MIT quickly pushed the lead back to double figures with a 4-0 surge and pushed the final margin to 13 points.
Action will continue tomorrow at Bowdoin as Bates will play Clark (2:00 p.m.) and MIT will face the host Polar Bears (4:00 p.m.).
