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.