Monks Come up Short in OT vs. Bowdoin

Standish, ME - Bowdoin College earned an 87-83 overtime win over the Monks and SR Kevin Bradley became the 17th player in school history to score 1,000 points for the Polar Bears. Bradley finished with 11 points and was joined by the other members of the Bowdoin starting line-up in double-digit scoring. Andrew Hippert scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Polar Bears.

Bowdoin took a 13-8 lead over the opening five minutes, but SR Marcus Alexander (Niceville, FL) made it 18-18 on a jumper with 8:48 to go in the half. Bradley put Bowdoin back on top with a trey at 8:03 to push his career total to 1,001. The Monks (16-6) took a slim 36-34 lead into the break.

SO Elbie Murphy (Loudonville, NY) got the crowd on its feet with blocked shots on two consecutive Bowdoin possessions and sparked a 13-5 run that put the Monks up 59-49 with 10 minutes to play. The Polar Bears answered with back-to-back treys by Mark Phillips and Bradley to cut the lead to four.

St. Joe's extended the lead to nine on a jumper by Murphy at 4:51, but Hippert closed the gap to 67-64 with two treys for the Polar Bears. Jordan Fliegel tied the game at 71 with 1:31 remaining and Murphy connected on a pair of free throws to put the Monks up. Fliegel tied the game once again and forced the overtime period.

Bowdoin (15-9) went up by five to start the overtime and SR Colby Emmons (Portland, ME) cut it to three with a layup at 3:09. St. Joe's would get no closer as the Polar Bears knocked down 6 of 7 free throws during the final 1:33 to secure the win.

The Monks were led by Murphy with 18 points, GR Chad Pulkkinen (Windham, ME) with 14 points and Alexander recorded a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds).

Andrew Sargeantson notched a double-double for Bowdoin with 19 points, 10 rebounds while Fliegel finished with 16 points and Kyle Jackson had 14.