Senior tri-captain Eileen Flaherty scored 13 points against Bates on Tuesday night and became the Polar Bears' new all-time leading scorer.
Going into the game, all she needed was seven points to pass previous record-holder Laura Schultz '96, who finished with 1,670 career points. Flaherty now has 1,679 points in her illustrious career and still has three more regular season games left.
The team did pretty well itself, too. The Bears won three road games, beating Trinity 74-59, Connecticut College 75-47, and Bates 58-50.
"Our success on the road these past three games is a credit to the team's collective effort and focus," said women's basketball Head Coach Stefanie Pemper. "We're coming ready to play mentally, physically and emotionally. We're staying positive and believing in ourselves."
Pemper also commented on Flaherty's record-setting performance.
Eileen has "been very driven, and very competitive, since the day she arrived," said Pemper. "Opponents have worked hard to stop her since she was a freshman and she's responded by improving her game in big ways and in little ways, and managed to stay one step ahead."
Sophomore forward Jill Anelauskas continued the winning trend for the Polar Bears. Anelauskas won NESCAC Player of the Week honors for her work in the two victories in Connecticut. She averaged 19 points and seven rebounds in the two games, including a game-high 24 points on Friday, January 26, at Trinity. Before Tuesday, she averaged 12.8 points per game in the 20 games she had played.
"Jill is having a great sophomore year," Pemper said. "She's being more aggressive on both ends of the floor, her points and rebounds are up, and she's impacting our team more on defense and more as a passer. For someone who made such a splash as a freshman, she's followed that year up magnificently."
Last year Anelauskas was named New England Women's Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year.
The Polar Bears travel to Colby this weekend for another road match at 2 p.m on Saturday.