Box Score

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team survived
RPI, 65-61 in overtime, to claim the 2011 Women's Basketball Tip-Off
Tournament Presented by the Inn at Brunswick Station Saturday at Morrell
Gymnasium.

The 11th-ranked Polar Bears improve to 2-0 with the win while the
Engineers fall to 1-2. Bowdoin's Jill Henrikson was named to the
All-Tournament team along with teammate Kaitlin Donahoe, RPI's Sarah
Wetmore, Plymouth State's Sam Monohon and Eastern Nazarene's Alexis
Malloy. Plymouth State defeated Eastern Nazarene 58-48 in the
consolation game.

RPI held the lead for the majority of Saturday's title match, but could
never pull away from the Polar Bears. The Engineers' biggest lead came
with 6:47 remaining after Lauren Hayes nailed a three-pointer to give
the visitors a 53-48 edge. Bowdoin locked down the Engineers on defense
and mounted a 6-0 surge over the ensuing three minutes, taking its first
lead of the half on a pair of Henrikson free throws with 2:51 to go, 54-53.

A jumper by Hayes regained the lead for RPI, 55-54 on the next
possession, but Ellery Gould's hoop-and-harm lay-in with a minute to
play gave Bowdoin a 57-55 edge. Jen Rock knotted it with a jumper for
RPI, but Amy Hackett regained the lead with a spinning lay-in with just
20 seconds left, 59-57. With seconds ticking down, Sarah Wetmore drove
the lane and rattled home an eight-footer to send the game into overtime.

Bowdoin scored the first four points of the overtime session and held
RPI to just 1-6 from the field in the extra session to clinch the win.
The Polar Bears were led by 19 points apiece from Henrikson and Donahoe.
Donahoe also pitched in five assists and five rebounds while Henrikson
added five rebounds and two steals. Alex Barry also saw double figures
with 10 points and nine boards. RPI featued four players in double
digits led by 14 from Jen Rock and a dozen points apiece from Hillary
McKinley and Wetmore, who added 13 rebounds. Hayes had 11 points and
five boards for the Engineers.

Bowdoin held a 47-41 edge on the glass and, despite connecting on just
28.6% from the field, hit 25-34 free throws. RPI shot 41% from the field
but attempted just 13 free throws, hitting nine.