Teams: Women's Basketball: Schedule & Results

JUMBOS LOSE FIRST-PLACE BATTLE AT BOWDOIN

COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL SCORE
Bowdoin 60    Tufts 41

At Brunswick, ME
Friday, February 9, 2007

Game Statistics

Jenna Gomez had eight points and six rebounds for Tufts at Bowdoin

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team clinched the top seed for the NESCAC Championship Tournament with a 60-41 victory over Tufts on Friday evening. The Polar Bears, ranked first in the latest WBCA National Poll, improve to 22-1 (8-0 NESCAC) this season while the Jumbos drop to 15-7 (7-1).

Bowdoin jumped out to a 14-2 lead out of the gate as Alexa Kaubris keyed the run with a pair of three-pointers in the opening six minutes. The Jumbos cut the lead six points on three occasions before halftime, but a pair of free-throws from Julia Loonin and a bucket by Jill Anelauskas gave the Polar Bears a ten-point edge (29-19) at the break.

The second stanza saw more of the same, as Bowdoin pushed the lead to 14 points with 12:30 to go on a long-range three-pointer from Eileen Flaherty. A quick Tufts 6-0 spurt a few minutes later, capped by hoop-and-harm from Elisa Synborski (Londonderry, NH), was able to trim the Polar Bear lead to seven points (39-32) with nine minutes to go. But the hosts replied with a decisive 12-1 run that ended on a Leah Rubega spinning lay-in to give the Polar Bears a 53-35 edge with 3:58 remaining.

Bowdoin held Tufts to an icy 25% shooting in front of a near-capacity crowd at Morrell Gymnasium. Flaherty led all scorers with 13 points, and in the process became the first Bowdoin basketball player (men's or women's) to eclipse 1,700 points for a career.

Jill Anelauskas added 12 points for Bowdoin, while Leah Rubega pitched in 10 points off the bench in a stellar second-half. Valerie Krah (Mountain Lakes, NJ) was the lone Jumbo in double-digits, scoring 11 points on the night.

The NESCAC Tournament will begin with first-round games next Saturday, February 17. Pairings will be announced following the completion of regular-season play tomorrow evening.

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