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Eddie Ngene poses with he basketball on his shoulder during men's basketball Media Day
Gladstone Harris (harrisgl@montclair.edu)
80
Mercy MERCY 0-4
94
Winner Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 4-2
Mercy MERCY
0-4
80
Final
94
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mercy MERCY 37 43 80
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 50 44 94

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Ngene's Career Day Powers Bloomfield Past The Mavericks in Home Opener, 94-80

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. –The Bloomfield College men's basketball were victorious in their home opener on Tuesday against Mercy University in a, 94-80 non-conference match in The Den.

RECORDS
  • Bloomfield (4-2), Mercy (0-4)
BLOOMFIELD LEADERS
  • Senior Edward Ngene, 27 points (career-high), 13 rebounds, 6 blocks
  • Freshman Ethan Maynard, 24 points (career-high), 7 rebounds, 6 assists
  • Redshirt sophomore Starrell Hearns, 17 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds
MERCY LEADERS
  • Freshman Nathan Robertson, 14 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds
  • Sophomore Shedrach Makanjuola, 14 points, 5 rebounds
  • Junior TJ Holloway, 13 points, 9 rebounds
  • Sophomore Zein Wahdan, 11 points, 7 rebounds
  • Senior Taj Chiles, 10points, 4 assists
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Bloomfield jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Mercy scored six straight points to take a 6-5 lead after a Wahdan jumper with 16:52 left in the opening half. The Bears went on an 8-0 run to take a 13-6 lead at the 14:22 mark. 
  • A Chiles layup with 10:37 remaining in the opening half cut Bloomfield's lead to five, 19-14. The Bears responded with a 19-7 run capped by an Ngene dunk to take a 38-21 lead with 6:09 on the clock. Bloomfield would settle in for a, 50-37 advantage at halftime. 
  • Mercy began the second half on an 8-0 run to get within five, 50-45 but the Bears quickly went on a 14-4 run to build the lead back to 15, 64-49 on a Hearns layup, at the 14:56 mark. A Holloway three and Makanjuola layup made it a 10-point game, 64-54, before Maynard made a layup to give Bloomfield a 66-54 lead with 12:06 left. 
  • The Mavs used free throws to cut the Bloomfield lead to single digits, 66-58, at the 11:31 mark but the Bears put the lead back to 13 (73-60) on an Ngene traditional three-point play.  
  • Bloomfield then went on a 13-2 run to increase their lead to a game-high 21 points, 86-65, with 4:22 remaining and time ran out on the Mavericks comeback attempt as the Bears earned the 94-80 win.
     
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Mercy shot 40.2 percent (33-of-82) from the floor, 25.0 percent (6-of-24) from downtown and 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from the foul line.
  • Bloomfield shot 44.2 percent (34-of-77) from the field, 31.8 percent (7-of-22) from beyond the arc and 76.0 percent (19-of-25) from the charity stripe.
  • Bloomfield held a 52-49 edge on the glass.
UP NEXT
  • Bloomfield at Bridgeport on Tuesday, December 3, at 7:30 pm for their conference opener.
  • Bears at home against Caldwell University on Saturday, December 7, at 3:00 pm
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