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Date: January 22, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

TOP-RANKED BOWDOIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS COLBY

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Bowdoin College's Eileen Flaherty (Fairfield, Conn.) and Colby College's Katie McCabe (Watertown, Conn.) put on one-woman shows for their teams for much of the game, but it was Flaherty who did just a little more to help the top-ranked Polar Bears to a 56-48 victory over Colby College in women's basketball Saturday night at Wadsworth Gym. Flaherty had 32 points on 10-for-13 shooting from the field and a 12-for-15 effort from the foul line. She had 23 points in the second half to help the Polar Bears (14-1, 3-0 NESCAC) hold off the Mules (5-10, 1-2).

McCabe made her first 10 shots of the game before settling for a 10-for-15 night among her 24 points. She was 4-for-4 from the foul line and added seven rebounds.

Bowdoin led 24-22 at halftime, but the Mules managed a few leads in the opening 10 minutes of the second half. Colby's biggest lead was 30-26 and the Mules had their last lead at 32-31 with 10:35 left in the game. Vanessa Russell (Tewksbury, Mass.) was 5-for-5 from the foul line and added nine points for Bowdoin. The Polar Bears shot just 33 percent from the field and were 0-for-16 from 3-point range.

Colby, which shot only 31 percent from the field, also got nine points and eight rebounds from Wendy Bonner (Lexington, Mass.). Tanya Rosbash (Newton, Mass.) had 11 rebounds.