WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Bowdoin closed the game on an 8-1 run to beat Williams 54-47 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference women’s basketball game Sunday.
The Polar Bears went 6 for 6 from the free-throw line in the final 23 seconds, including four by Marle Curle, to secure the win. Abigail Kelly also scored four points in the final minute, including a pair of foul shots.
Curle finished with 11 points and five rebounds. Kelly added 10 points off the bench for Bowdoin (12-2, 2-1), and Lydia Caputi had eight rebounds.
Lydia Zaleski scored 15 points, and Devon Caveney and Kristin Fechtelkotter each had 10 for Williams (11-5, 1-3).
(2) BAYLOR 92, KANSAS 43: Kalani Brown scored 16 points, Nina Davis added 15 and the Bears (17-2, 6-0 Big 12) throttled the Jayhawks (6-11, 0-6) in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Bears (17-2, 6-0 Big 12) ran out to a 10-0 lead in the first four minutes.
(5) SOUTH CAROLINA 84, LSU 61: Alaina Coates had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the Gamecocks (15-1, 5-0 SEC) again overcame the absence of All-American A’ja Wilson, beating the Tigers (14-4, 3-2) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(9) LOUISVILLE 63, (14) MIAMI 59: Mariya Moore scored 24 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, to lead the Cardinals (16-4, 4-2 ACC) over the Hurricanes (14-4, 3-3) in Louisville, Kentucky.
(11) OHIO STATE 61, PURDUE 56: Stephanie Mavunga scored eight of her 11 points in the fourth quarter and posted her 35th-career double-double, Tori McCoy had 12 points and the Buckeyes (15-5, 5-1 Big Ten) overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Boilermakers (12-7, 3-2) in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Mavunga finished with 12 rebounds.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(22) CINCINNATI 55, EAST CAROLINA 46: Kyle Washington had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bearcats (15-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference) beat the Pirates (9-10, 1-5) for their eighth straight win, in Greenville, North Carolina.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
AMHERST 4, BOWDOIN 0: Alex Toupai recorded a hat trick as the Purple & White (7-4-2, 3-3-2 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (8-4-2, 3-3-1) in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Brenna Sullivan added a goal for Amherst, while Sara Culhane and Katie Savage each had two assists.
Kerrie St. Denis made 37 saves for Bowdoin.
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