Box Score BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team polished off a perfect home campaign with a 63-47 victory over Trinity on Sunday at Morrell Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears finish their regular season home slate (11-0) with their 16th consecutive victory overall and improve to 19-2 (7-0 NESCAC). Bowdoin's 16-game win streak matches the program's longest since the 2006-07 season. Trinity falls to 6-13 (1-6 NESCAC) on the year.
For the second straight day, Brady paced the Polar Bears in scoring, racking up 18 points to go with six rebounds and two blocks. A trio of Bowdoin players scored eight points, including Megan Phelps, who added six boards, Marle Curle, who had nine rebounds, and Sara Binkhorst, who pitched in four assists.
Trinity was led by 18 points from Taylor Higgins and also got double figures from Mackenzie Griffin, who finished with 12 points and nine rebounds.
The Polar Bears came out sluggish in the opening half and Trinity took advantage, using a 13-4 run midway through the period to open up a seven-point lead, 28-21, matching Bowdoin's largest home deficit of the season. Bowdoin used a late surge, however, sparked by an Ally Silfen three-pointer, to roll off a 9-0 run before halftime. Bowdoin took its first lead since early in the period right before the break when Marle Curle put home a fast-break layup off a behind-the-back pass from Sara Binkhorst to give the hosts a 32-30 edge at intermission.
Bowdoin's defense took control in the second half as the Polar Bears slowly began to pull away. Trinity went over 11 minutes without a field goal and Bowdoin pushed the lead to double figures with 12-2 run to open the period. Brady scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half to key the Polar Bear offense. Trinity was able to stay within shouting distance and trimmed the lead to five points following a quick 6-0 spurt, cutting the gap to 50-45 with 4:10 to play. But Bowdoin immediately answered with a Binkhorst three-pointer and the Polar Bears coasted from there, closing the game on a 13-2 run.
The Polar Bears held a 51-36 edge on the glass for the contest and finished at 37.5% shooting for the game. The Bantams connected on 31.1% of their shots, including just 23% in the second half.
Bowdoin will return to action next Sunday at Middlebury (3:00 p.m.) while the Bantams will host Rivier on Tuesday evening (7:00 p.m.) in their next game.