Brunswick, Maine- Senior tri-captain forward Corey Days (Baltimore, Md.) and freshman forward Tyler Rhoten (Ridgewood, N.J.) combined for 41 points and 16 rebounds to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 78-64 win over the Bowdoin College Polar Bears in the New England Small College Athletic Conference men’s basketball opener for both teams this evening. The Bantams improve to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in the NESCAC with their third straight win, while Bowdoin drops to 5-7 overall and 0-1 in the league with its fifth loss in a row.

Trinity grabbed an 11-point halftime lead thanks to 56 percent field goal shooting in the first half. The Bantams improved on that total in the second frame, connecting on nearly 58% of the shots and cruising to victory. Rhoten had a game-high 23 points and six rebounds, and Days added 18 points, making nine out of 10 shots from the field, and grabbed a game-best 10 rebounds.

Kyle Petrie (Iowa City, Iowa) scored the Polar Bears' first 12 points and ended with 20 points overall. T.J. McLeod (Gorham, Maine) had a solid game, scoring 14 points off the bench for Bowdoin.

^{TC- Tyler Rhoten 9-16 5-5 23, Corey Days 9-10 0-2 18, John Halas 4-11 (1) 0-0 9, Ryan Uszenski 3-6 3-3 9, Shaun Smyth 3-5 (1) 0-0 7, Darren Baker 3-4 0-0 6, Jesse Farrell 1-4 2-2 4, Ben Max 1-2 0-0 2.
Totals: 33-58 (2) 10-12 78.}

^{B- Kyle Petrie 9-14 (2) 0-1 20, T. J. McLeod 7-17 0-2 14, Danny Ginn 4-11 0-0 8, Braden Clement 3-6 (2) 0-0 8, Mark Yakavonis 4-8 0-0 8, Michael Harding 1-2 0-0 2, Sean Walker 1-1 0-0 2, Matt Fleck 1-2 0-2 0, Nick Ordway 0-2 0-0 0, Corey Gildart 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 30-63 (4) 0-5 64.}