The Bobcats, who were making their 14th appearance in the NESCAC Tournament were the seven seed, and finished the season with a 13-12 overall record. The Mammoths, who extend their win streak to six straight games with today's win, were the second seed and are now 22-3 this year. Amherst advances to the NESCAC semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 29.

Sophomore Meghan Graff (South Portland, Maine) led Bates with 15 points and three assists. Sophomore Ariana Dalia (Brick, N.J.) added six points, a team-high eight rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Junior Taylor McVeigh (Hanson, Mass.) had four points and five boards. First-year Brianna Gadaleta (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and senior Melanie Binkhorst (West Hartford, Conn.) chipped in five points each.

Hannah Fox notched game-highs of 17 points and nine rebounds for Amherst. Madeline Eck and Maggie Shipley each reached double figures in scoring, notching 11 and 10 points, respectively. Cam Hendricks added seven points and grabbed eight boards.

A back-and-fourth first quarter ended with the score knotted at 9-9. First-year Jenna Berens (Durham, Conn.) made a jumper 19 seconds into the second quarter to give Bates an 11-9 lead, but Amherst responded with a 16-0 run to take a lead they would never let go of. The Mammoths led 25-11 with just over three minutes to go in the first half. The Bobcats put together an 8-0 run which made it 27-19 with 1:32 to go. Two made free throws and a jumper by Amherst's Olivia Pachla closed out the first half giving the Mammoths a 30-19 advantage at halftime.

Amherst built its lead up to as many as 24 twice in the third quarter, out-scoring Bates 26-13 in the stanza. In the fourth quarter, the Mammoths only out-scored Bates 13-12, but the deficit proved to be too much for the Bobcats to get out of.

Bates shot 31.1 percent from the field and 20 percent from three. Amherst finished shooting 45 percent from the floor and 50 percent from beyond the arc.