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Behind a season-high 29 points from Jack Simonds, the Bowdoin College men’s basketball team held off Husson, 90-87 on Tuesday night.

The Polar Bears improved to 11-4 with the victory, while the Eagles fell to 10-4.

Husson jumped out to a nine-point lead in the first minutes of the game, but Bowdoin rallied quickly to jump ahead 16-14 with 13:11 remaining in the first half.

The teams traded the lead several times over the remainder of the opening period as the hosts took a slim 42-40 lead at halftime thanks to a Justin Martin layup.

Bowdoin came out of the gate quickly in the second half, regained the lead and pushed their advantage to double digits with a 20-8 run, capped by 3-pointers from Simonds, Liam Farley and David Reynolds to take a 60- 50 lead with 15 minutes remaining.

Husson refused to go away and rallied to tie the game at 76 on a Martin trifecta with 6:33 to go.

Bowdoin regained a six-point lead thanks to a Simonds trey and Farley three-point play, 82-76, with five minutes on the clock. The Polar Bears maintained a five-point edge, 89-84 with under a minute to play, but a three-point play by Husson’s Justin Thompson with 24 seconds left trimmed the lead to two points, 89-87.

Raheem Anderson had two chances in the closing moments to give Husson the lead or tie, but missed a pair of 3-pointers as Bowdoin clung to the win.

Bowdoin shot 63-percent from the field, including 12- of-18 from 3-point territory. Husson was able to stay close thanks to 19 treys and forced 14 Bowdoin turnovers, cashing them in for 20 points.

Simonds grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists. Reynolds had 21 points, while Farley scored 16 points with eight caroms.

Martin led four Husson players in double-digits with 28 points and 12 rebounds.

Bowdoin returns home on Saturday for a key NESCAC battle with Colby at 3 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Twelve different players scored as Bowdoin earned an 88-58 non-conference win over Husson on Tuesday evening in Morrell Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears (16-0) are ranked third in the latest WBCA Division III poll and equaled the second-best start in program history. Husson is 7-7.

After Husson scored the game’s first basket on a jumper from Kenzie Worcester, Bowdoin scored the next 10 points and never trailed again. Lydia Caputi sparked the run with a 3-pointer and ended the surge with a layup to give the Polar Bears a 10-2 advantage.

Bowdoin extended its lead to 21-8 after one quarter and owned a 41-19 advantage at the break.

Husson stayed within striking distance thanks to eight points from Joan Overman in the third quarter, as Bowdoin outscored the Eagles 21-20 in the period. The Polar Bears led by as many as 32 points in the final quarter en route to the victory.

Bowdoin shot 54-percent from the field and took advantage of 31 Husson turnovers, converting them to 43 points. The Polar Bears held a 35-31 edge in rebounding and got 63 points from their bench.

Abby Kelly hit a season-high five 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 21 points with eight rebounds for Bowdoin. Maddie Hasson had 18 points, while Caputi added 10. Sam Roy had a career-high eight assists for Bowdoin.

Husson was led by 19 points from Worcester, while Joan Overman and Sarah Bragg added 10 apiece.

Bowdoin returns to action on Saturday at Colby with a 3 p.m. tip-off.

Women’s hockey

The Polar Bears returned to the win column with a 3-2 victory over host University of New England on Tuesday evening at UNE Arena in Biddeford.

Bowdoin ended a four-game skid to climb to 7-4-1, while dropping the Nor’easters to 6-6-5.

Tala Glass put Bowdoin on the board with 1:30 remaining in the first period on a solo effort for her fourth goal of the season.

Bowdoin went 1-for-6 on the power play. UNE was 0-for-2 on the power play.

Lattanzio ended the day with 18 saves. Flagg made 46 stops for UNE.

Bowdoin hits the road for a NESCAC series at Middlebury, beginning on Friday at 7 p.m.