Box Score BRUNSWICK, MAINE – The Thomas Men's Basketball team were defeated by the Bowdoin College Polar Bears on Tuesday November 28th, by a score of 91-77.
RECORDS:
THOMAS: Overall (2-5)
BOWDOIN: Overall (3-4)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
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The Polar Bears would start with an early 5-point lead, but Sophomore James Phelan would get fouled after sinking a layup for a 3-point play, and would cut the Terriers deficit to 2 points
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Bowdoin would maintain the lead, but three pointers from Junior Parker Desjardins and Graduate Student Cooper Wirkala would tie the game at 19-19 midway through the 1st half
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The Polar Bears would go on a 10-0 run late in the first half taking a 44-33 lead
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The Terriers would flip the momentum in the final minutes of the half, with Desjardins hitting back-to-back layups, and Junior Mark McDonald also scoring within the paint to make it 5-point game
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Bowdoin would end the half with a 49-40 lead, but the Terriers would come out hot in the 2nd going on a 9-0 run to cut the Polar Bears lead to 1 point
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The Polar Bears would answer quickly, going on a run of their own to give Bowdoin a 10-point lead with 11 minutes to go
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McDonald would hit 2 crucial 3-pointers and Wirkala would knock down a pair of free throws to make it a 68-66 game with 8 minutes left
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But the Polar Bears would go on another big scoring run and would shut the Terriers down for the remainder of the half, handing the Terriers a 91-77 loss
NOTABLE STATS:
JAMES PHELAN – 21 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
COOPER WIRKALA – 17 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
MARK MCDONALD – 13 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
TREY BROWN – 9 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
WHAT'S NEXT: The Terriers will travel to Presque Isle to take on the University of Maine Presque Isle Owls, on Tuesday, December 5th at 5:30 PM.
