BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Senior Taneshia Tucker registered a double-double of 13 rebounds and 10 points that aided the Bears women's basketball team as they held on down the stretch against the College of Staten Island, 72-67 Wednesday evening in Bloomfield's home opener.
 
RECORDS

• Bloomfield (2-1), College of Staten Island (1-2)

BLOOMFIELD'S LEADERS

• Senior Kamrin Babbs, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
• Freshman Serenity Burgess, 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block 
• Senior Taneshia Tucker 10 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals
• Freshman Bianca Ellis, 11 points, 3 three-pointers 

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Jenalyse Alarcon, 21 points, 14 rebounds, scored her 1,000^th career point
• Dana Phelan, 19 points, 4 rebounds 2 assists
• Amber Abusbeih, 11 points, 5 assists 

GAME FACTS

• Bloomfield's first win since November 16, 2022 over the Dolphins. The all-time series record is now 2-1.
• The Bears bench outscored the visitors, 22-9 and held a 53-39 advantage in rebounds. CSI forced 24 Bloomfield turnovers while committing only 15.

THE ACTION

• The Bears stepped out to an early 6-2 after a Mia Martinez layup however the Dolphins seized the opening quarter (16-13) on a layup by Alarcon that captured her career milestone. 
• Another layup from Alarcon capped a 6-0 spurt and the guests were up nine (20-13) with less than two minutes played in the 2^ndquarter. Burgess drove in the paint for a bucket that drew the home squad even at 25-25 after a 15-5 run of their own. Babbs sank a layup to send the teams into the locker rooms with Bloomfield up 36-33.
• The Bears would go up by as many as fifteen (55-40) to end the third quarter when Tucker took a feed from Tamorie Wilson up and in off the glass. 
• In the final frame, the Dolphins flipped thier fortunes and used a nearly five-minute drought from the home tem's office to knot the score at 62. Back-to-back three-pointers from Babbs sealed the deal in the final two minutes of play as Bloomfield doubled up CSI down the stretch, 10-5. 

UP NEXT

• Bloomfield at University of the District of Columbia, Saturday, November 16^th, 1:00 pm. 
• Bears home against Bowie State, Thursday, November 21, 5:00 pm.

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