LEWISTON, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team dominated the fourth quarter to dispatch Bates 70-58 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium.

The 17th-ranked Polar Bears complete a season sweep of the Bobcats to improve to 11-2 (1-1 NESCAC). The Bobcats fall to 4-9 (1-1 NESCAC) this year.

Game Highlights

• The Bobcats, who lost by 33 points to the Polar Bears a month ago in Brunswick, were much more competitive in the teams' second meeting of the year.
• The teams were tied at 35 at halftime and Bowdoin held a slim 50-48 lead heading into the final quarter.
• Bowdoin opened the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run as Lydia Caputi sparked the run with six points to give the visitors at 60-50 lead with 6:17 remaining.
• Bates could get no closer than eight points for the remainder as Cordelia Stewart scored eight points in the final quarter to help seal the win for Bowdoin.

By The Numbers

• Caputi led Bowdoin with 13 points while Kate Kerrigan finished with 12 points and ten rebounds.
• Cordelia Stewart had ten points for Bowdoin while Ally Silfen had eight rebounds. Taylor Choate and Marle Curle had five assists apiece.
• Nina Davenport had a game-high 18 points for Bates.
• Bowdoin held a 45-33 edge in rebounding and converted 12 second-chance points.
• Bowdoin also forced 20 Bates turnovers and turned them into 26 points offensively in the win.

Up Next

• Bowdoin is off until next Sunday when they travel to play at Williams at 3:00 p.m.