Bowdoin College junior Jack Simonds scored his 1,000th career point as the Polar Bear men’s basketball team cruised to a non-conference 81-62 win at Maine- Presque Isle on Tuesday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improved to 10-3 with the victory.
Simonds becomes the 25th player in Bowdoin men’s basketball history to reach 1,000 points, but just the 13th to do it in three or fewer seasons.
Bowdoin never trailed, opening up an early 13-5 lead behind nine early points from Simonds. The Owls battled back to tie the game at 13, but Bowdoin responded with a 15-2 run, sparked by eight points from David Reynolds to open up a 25-15 lead with under eight minutes left in the first half.
A Simonds 3-pointer pushed the lead to 21 points late in the opening half and Bowdoin led by 18, 43-25, at halftime. The Polar Bears led by as many as 25 points in the second half. Simonds surpassed the 1,000-point barrier with 11:34 to go, driving to the hoop for a layup while being fouled.
Reynolds was red hot for Bowdoin, scoring a game-high 22 points, including five treys. Simonds scored 16 while also dishing out a team-best five assists. Drew Gagnon had nine points off the bench and Hugh O’Neil ended with eight points and 13 rebounds for Bowdoin, which held a 43-34 edge in rebounding and hit 11 3- pointers as a team.
Bowdoin returns to action on Friday night at home against Trinity at 7 p.m.
Women’s basketball
Bowdoin overwhelmed New England College on Tuesday evening, staying perfect with a 82-38 victory.
The Polar Bears, ranked third in the latest WBCA Division III poll released Tuesday, improved to 14-0 on the season, while the Pilgrims dropped to 6-4. The game was the first between the schools since a 79-39 Bowdoin victory in the 2000- 01 season.
The Polar Bears wasted little time taking control, using a 14-4 run in the first 2:45 of the game to set the tone. The Polar Bears held NEC to four points over the first eight minutes of the game and led 26-8 after one quarter.
Bowdoin outscored NEC 16-10 in the second quarter for a halftime score of 42-18. The first half saw Bowdoin shoot 37.1-percent from the floor (13-of-35), while NEC shot 26.9 percent (7-of-26). The Pilgrims committed 17 first-half turnovers off which the Polar Bears scored 20 points.
The Polar Bears used an 8- for-15 effort (53.3 percent) in the third quarter to increase their lead by 10 points, and outscored the Pilgrims 16-6 in the final quarter.
Thirteen different players scored for the Polar Bears in the win, led by Maddie Hasson with 12 points off the bench. Taylor Choate scored 11 points, while Kate Kerrigan and Lydia Caputi finished with nine points each. Bowdoin tallied 15 steals in the win and received three steals apiece from Moira Train and Annie Maher.
Bowdoin heads to Connecticut on Friday evening to play at Trinity. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Men’s hockey
The University of New
England pinned a 4-1 setback on the Polar Bears at UNE Arena in Biddeford.
The Nor’easters pick up their sixth straight win to climb to 11-3-2, while handing the Polar Bears their fourth straight setback (4-9).
UNE carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission after a late power-play goal from Tyler Seltenreich at 16:29. Brady Fleurent received a feed from Ryan Bloom and slid a pass to the right post for Seltenreich, who tallied his team leading 12th goal of the season.
On their fifth power play of the evening, the Polar Bears finally broke through to even the game. With 3:03 remaining in the second period, Sam Topham teed up a shot from the high slot. Tate Sproxton turned away Topham’s bid, but the puck rebounded to Thomas Dunleavy on the left. Dunleavy’s shot tumbled through the air and beyond Sproxton to tie the game.
Seconds into a power play early in the third, Chris Jones buried a one-timer from Seltenreich. The centering pass to Jones put the Nor’easters up 2-1 2:55 into the final frame.
UNE extended its lead as the Nor’easters converted on a 2-on-1 from the neutral zone into Bowdoin territory. This time Jeff Eppright and Max Rasberg combined for the tally.
Christian Rossetti added an empty-net goal in the final minute to push UNE’s lead to 4-1.
UNE’s nation-leading power play unit aided the win for the Nor’easters with a 2-for-5 showing. Bowdoin went 1-for-5 on the power play.
Erik Wurman made 24 stops for the Polar Bears, while Sproxton made 28 saves for UNE.
Bowdoin returns to NESCAC play on Friday evening at Wesleyan, beginning at 7 p.m.
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