The Bowdoin College men’s basketball closed the game on a 27-2 run to take a 70-48 win over the University of Maine-Presque Isle on Monday evening at Morrell Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears snapped a two-game losing skid and improved to 8-6, while the Owls fell to 5-8.

The Polar Bears looked to take control early, opening the game with a flurry of 3- pointers to take a 16-7 lead just six minutes in. The Owls replied with a 13-3 surge, sparked by consecutive treys from Kim Collins to take their first lead of the game, 20-19.

The game stayed close as the second half began with a 31-31 deadlock following a Jack Simonds 3-pointer for Bowdoin.

UMPI matched its largest lead of the contest with 11:49 remaining, following a pair of Derek Healy free throws, taking a 46-43 edge.

Bowdoin matched the score moments later on a lay-up from Neil Fuller and, keyed by five straight points from Richard McAllister, quickly pushed the lead to 13 points, 63-46, with 5:10 remaining. McAllister, David Reynolds and Simonds all connected on 3-pointers in the 20-0 run that clinched the win for the Polar Bears.

Four Bowdoin players reached double digits, led by 16 from Reynolds as well as a dozen points from Simonds and Hugh O’Neil. Tim Ahn added 11 points, nine assists and three steals, while McAllister scored five points and grabbed four boards in 10 big minutes off the bench for Bowdoin.

Collins led Presque Isle with 17 points.

Bowdoin will return to conference action with a home game against Williams on Saturday evening at 6 p.m.