Bowdoin College came from behind in the final seconds and the Polar Bears edged the Hamilton College Continentals 59-58 in NESCAC action at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday afternoon.

The Continentals (12-10, 4-4 NESCAC) sit in sixth place in the conference standings with two games left. Hamilton will travel to New London, Conn., to face Connecticut College on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.

Bowdoin improved to 11-10 overall and 2-6 in the conference. The Polar Bears remain in a tie for 10^th place in the conference. Bowdoin was 6 of 16 from 3-point range, went 17-for-21 at the free-throw line and tallied 24 bench points.

Hamilton's Nick Osarenren '22 stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks. Liam Regan '23 was 3 of 5 from beyond the arc and dropped in 10 points. Conner Rood '23 was just shy of a double-double with nine points and eight boards while collecting a team-high four assists and securing three steals. Eric Anderson '22 added eight points in 17 minutes off the bench. Hamilton owned a 27-12 advantage in points off turnovers. The Continentals shot 37.7 percent from the field and went 13-for-17 at the line (76.5 percent).

Taiga Kagitomi helped lead the Polar Bears with 13 points and Jack Shea contributed 12 points and two blocks off the bench. Michael Simonds scored 10 points and Manav Randhawa had eight with two steals. James McGowan tallied six boards and three assists.

Tied at 54-54 with 31.4 seconds left, Rood found Osarenren in the paint for a poster slam dunk. After a Bowdoin turnover, Elliott Tirbaso '22 was sent to the line with 20.3 seconds remaining and he made a pair of free throws for a 58-54 lead, which was the Continentals largest advantage of the half. Tirbaso is shooting 93.5 percent at the line this season.

With 14.2 seconds remaining, Bowdoin's McGowan drained a deep 3-pointer from the top of the key that cut the Polar Bears' deficit to one at 58-57. The Polar Bears forced a turnover and Kagitomi's layup on an inbounds play under the basket put Bowdoin in the lead with 12.4 seconds to go. Hamilton had one last chance to win but a straight away 18-foot jumper didn't fall and the putback attempt from the baseline was too strong.

Neither team held more than a seven-point lead, and the scoring margin was no bigger than four in the second half. There were nine ties and nine lead changes in the second half alone.

After a Regan 3-pointer, the Continentals gathered their largest lead at 23-16 with 6:37 left in the first half. Bowdoin rallied with an 11-4 run and tied the score at 27-27 with 1:50 left. Osarenren made a jumper in the paint, Rood converted an old-fashioned 3-point play after an Osarenren steal, and Hamilton led 32-29 at the break.

Osarenren and Tirbaso were honored at halftime during a Senior Day ceremony.