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Women's Basketball Coasts To Tuesday Blowout Of Southern Maine

Box Score

GORHAM, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team scored a season-high in points, cruising to a 94-53 win over the University of Southern Maine on Tuesday evening.

The Polar Bears, ranked 10th in the WBCA and 17th in the D3hoops.com national polls, improve to  5-0 this season. The Huskies remain winless at 0-6 on the year.

Game Highlights

  • Bowdoin jumped to an 11-2 lead and owned a 15-7 advantage with two minutes remaining in the opening quarter.
  • The Polar Bears rolled off a 8-0 run to close the period, sparked by consecutive three-pointers from Moira Train and Abby Kelly to take a 23-9 advantage at the end of the first.
  • The lead would stay in double-figures for the rest of the contest, as Bowdoin extended their lead to 44-22 at halftime and outscored USM 32-11 in the third.
  • Bowdoin led by as many as 51 points in the second half en route to the win.

By The Numbers

  • Bowdoin connected on 58% of their shots for the game (37-63), including 47% from three-point range (9-19).
  • Bowdoin owned a 35-26 edge in rebounding and forced 30 USM turnovers, cashing in 39 points off turnovers in the win.
  • Five players saw double-figures for the Polar Bears, led by 14 from Taylor Choate, who also had six steals and five rebounds.
  • Lauren Petit and Abby Kelly had ten points each while Annie Maher (11) and Hannah Graham (13) led a 48-point bench effort for Bowdoin.
  • Kristen Curley led USM with 14 points.
  • Through five games this season, Bowdoin is averaging a 27.8 margin of victory.

Up Next

  • Bowdoin will return home for a Thursday night game in Morrell Gymnasium against UMass-Dartmouth at 7:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Choate

#4 Taylor Choate

G
5' 6"
Freshman
'19
Hannah Graham

#32 Hannah Graham

G
5' 9"
Freshman
'19
Abby Kelly

#22 Abby Kelly

G
5' 8"
Freshman
'19
Annie Maher

#21 Annie Maher

F
6' 2"
Freshman
'21
Lauren Petit

#10 Lauren Petit

G
5' 8"
Freshman
'18
Moira Train

#12 Moira Train

G
5' 9"
Freshman
'21

Players Mentioned

Taylor Choate

#4 Taylor Choate

5' 6"
Freshman
'19
G
Hannah Graham

#32 Hannah Graham

5' 9"
Freshman
'19
G
Abby Kelly

#22 Abby Kelly

5' 8"
Freshman
'19
G
Annie Maher

#21 Annie Maher

6' 2"
Freshman
'21
F
Lauren Petit

#10 Lauren Petit

5' 8"
Freshman
'18
G
Moira Train

#12 Moira Train

5' 9"
Freshman
'21
G