BOWIE, MD - Fresh off of their Holiday Break, the women's basketball team hit the road for the final non-conference match of the season and suffered a 96-65 setback at the hands of Bowie State University. The Bulldogs, ranked #23 in the nation, improved their perfect record to 12-0 on the year while the Bears fell to 4-9 after Thursday afternoon's contest.

Bowie State led the game from start to finish and charge out of the gate with a 24-0 run. Bloomfield's offensive attack was led by freshman, Kayla Sykes ( Egg Harbor TWP, NJ) who netted 8 points across the opening two quarters of play. The visitors went into the halftime break shooting only 33.3 percent from the field (7-of21) and found themselves down, 57-23 at intermission.

Sykes finished the day with a team and career-high 14 points, knocking down 2-of-3 from beyond three-point range. Classmate Nyasia Bryant (Newark, NJ) also had a career day, posting 12 points to go along with a team-high 9 rebounds against the Bulldogs. Sophomores, Jaylah Bennett (Newark, NJ) and Siani Smith (Burlington, NJ) each scored 9 points to round out Bloomfield's top-scorers against the nationally ranked home team. 

The Bears return to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play in their next test on Saturday, January 4th. Bloomfield will hit the road to face-off with the Wildcats from Wilmington University with a scheduled 1:00 pm tip-off time.

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