Bodur Hits Game-Winner as Red-Hot Garnet Women Defeat Dickinson 72-70
CARLISLE, Pa. - Junior Ceylan Bodur hit the game-winning shot with four seconds remaining as the red-hot Swarthmore College women's basketball team held off a furious Dickinson rally in final minutes to hang on for a 72-70 victory on Tuesday night from Carlisle.
Junior Kathryn Stockbower scored a team-high 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, while senior captain Pam Costello scored a season-high 13 points on 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc to lead the Garnet.
Swarthmore (6-7, 3-5) has now won four of its last five games since the start of the new year, including back-to-back Centennial Conference games for the first time this season.
Bodur scored the game-winning lay-up with four seconds to play.
The Garnet hadn't won a game at Dickinson since 2002 and with a 12 point lead with 6:45 left to play, it seemed to be a their year, but the Red Devils weren't giving in that easily. Dickinson started a 14-2 run with a pair of free-throws that and led to a tie game for the first time since the start of the game.
Swarthmore answered with a 6-0 run of its own to reclaim the lead by six with only two minutes left to play. Dickinson quickly answered with another set of free throws that sparked another run of its own, giving Swarthmore a sense of deja vu as the game was tied again; this time at 70 and with only 10 seconds left in the game.
With five seconds left to play, Swarthmore in-bounded the ball to Bodur and she drove in for the game-winning lay-up to capture its sixth victory of the season. Bodur finished with 10 points.
The Garnet will attempt to get back to a .500 record and keep the hot streak alive when they travel to Ursinus on Saturday January 16. Play will begin at 1 PM.