BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women's basketball team used a suffocating defensive effort to defeat Middlebury 80-61 on Saturday afternoon at Morrell Gymnasium.
The second-ranked Polar Bears, who held the Panthers to 35% shooting for the game, improve to 17-0 (4-0 NESCAC) while Middlebury falls to 12-5 (1-3 NESCAC).
Game Highlights
- Middlebury scored the first six points of the game, getting back-to-back three-pointers from Reagan McDonald to get off on the right foot.
- Bowdoin scored the next 11 points, however, taking the lead for good on consecutive three-pointers from Sela Kay and Ali Meade.
- The Polar Bears would never trail again, but it took a while to put away the Panthers as Bowdoin owned a 32-25 edge at halftime.
- The third quarter proved to be decisive as the Polar Bears opened the second half on a 12-2 run, and pushed the lead to 17 points by the end of the period, 56-39.
- Ali Meade's 11 points highlighted the fourth quarter for Bowdoin, who led by as many as 22 points on their way to the victory.
By The Numbers
- Meade capped a sensational weekend, scoring a career-high 19 points, including three steals and a trio of three-pointers.
- Samantha Roy had 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Polar Bears while Maddie Hasson added 15 points, six rebounds and four steals.
- Sela Kay hit four three-pointers and finished with 14 points for Bowdoin.
- Maya Davis led all players with 21 points for Middlebury, scoring eight in the final quarter.
- Bowdoin held Middlebury to just 35% shooting while hitting on 46% from the field themselves, including 10 trifectas.
- The Polar Bears also scored 16 second chance points thanks to a 49-33 edge in rebounding.
Up Next
- After playing five games in the last 11 days, the Polar Bears are off until Saturday the 25th when they head to Waterville to play Colby at 3:00 p.m.
