BRUNSWICK, Maine – Bowdoin College's Abbie Quinn scored a game-high 21 points and led the Polar Bears to a 59-50 NESCAC win over the Hamilton College Continentals inside Bowdoin's Morrell Gymnasium on Friday evening, Jan. 30.

Season Update

• Hamilton (9-10, 1-4 NESCAC) began a four-game road swing.
• Bowdoin (15-1, 5-0), which is ranked seventh in both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and D3hoops.com Top 25 polls, won its eighth straight and remained unbeaten in conference play.

How It Happened

• Hamilton's Kendall Harris '27 scored seven of her team-high 18 points in the first quarter, while Grace Kinum paced the Polar Bears with seven points in the opening frame. Bowdoin shot 8-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and established a 20-12 advantage after 10 minutes of action.
• Bowdoin took its largest lead of 13 points for the first time at 20-7 following a layup by Rachel Storey with 1:34 left, but a 3-point play by Annabelle Semeter '28 followed by a turnaround jumper by Maggie Kernodle '29 trimmed the deficit to eight with under a minute remaining.
• Quinn scored 10 of her points in the second quarter on 5-of-7 shooting. Bowdoin went 0-of-6 from 3-point range while Hamilton shot 7-of-11 from the field and outscored the Polar Bears 15-14. Hamilton began the quarter on an 8-0 run with the help of back-to-back baskets by Zoe Myslewicz '28 and tied the score at 20-20 with 6:03 left.
• Quinn ended the run with a layup at the 5:46 mark, but Kernodle drained a 3-pointer from the left side with 5:28 left and gave Hamilton its first and only lead at 23-22. Bowdoin went back in front during its next possession with another layup by Quinn.
• A layup by Bowdoin's Melissa Leone with 1:47 to go capped a 6-0 spurt and pushed the Polar Bears' lead to 32-25.
• After Harris swished a long pull-up jumper with 1:22 left, Leone converted a layup during the ensuing possession and Bowdoin carried a 34-27 advantage into halftime.
• Following a layup by Erica Hills '28 in the opening minute of the third quarter, the Polar Bears used a 9-1 burst and extended their lead to 43-30 with 6:17 left.
• Taylor Lambo '26 scored on consecutive possessions with under two minutes remaining, and Kernodle swished a turnaround jumper just before the buzzer that trimmed Hamilton's deficit to 48-39 heading into the fourth.
• The Continentals cut their deficit to seven points twice in the fourth quarter, but did not get any closer.
• Harris rattled home a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 6:55 left and made it 51-44, but Quinn responded with an old-fashioned 3-point play and pushed the lead back to 10.
• A triple by Maria Belardi with 1:37 remaining improved Bowdoin's lead to 59-46. Lambo scored the final four points.

Notes

• Harris registered her third double-double of the season with a game-high 11 rebounds to go along with 18 points. She has scored in double figures in 15 games, including each of the last 12.
• Lambo added 10 points and three steals. She has also scored in double figures 15 times this season, including each of the last five games.
• Myslewicz tied her season high with 10 rebounds.
• The Continentals totaled 12 steals, their third-most in a game this season.
• Hamilton limited the Polar Bears to five free throw attempts, the second-fewest they have allowed this season.
• Belardi finished with 12 points for Bowdoin. Kinum added 11 points, a team-high seven rebounds, a game-high six assists and three steals.
• Bowdoin's Jamie Yue recorded five assists and five steals.
• Bowdoin came up with 14 steals, which helped force Hamilton into 20 turnovers. The Polar Bears scored 20 points off those turnovers.

Next Game

Hamilton remains in Maine to take on Colby College (11-7, 2-3) on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m.