COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Bloomfield College women's basketball team opened the season with an 83-57 setback against Saint Michael's College on Friday in the Ross Sports Center during the opening game of the Best Western Windjammer Tip-Off Classic. In the late game, Southern New Hampshire University downed Post University, 70-58.
 
RECORDS

• Bloomfield (0-1), Saint Michael's (1-0)

BLOOMFIELD'S LEADERS

• Senior Taneshia Tucker, 22 points, 8-for-17 field goals, 5-for-6 three-pointers
• Junior Anisha Able, 12 points, 4 steals
• Senior Kamrin Babbs, 7 points, 2 assists, 2 steals

 
OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Brianna Furch, 20 points, 8-for-17 field goals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Sophomore Ruby Santos, 12 points, 3-for-3 field goals, 6-for-6 free throws
• Sophomore Bella Franchi, 10 points, 6 assists, 3 blocks, 4-for-8 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers

 
GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's improved to 2-1 in the all-time series.
• The Bears held a 13-5 advantage in steals and forced 20 Purple Knight turnovers. The guests also held an advantage in points off turnovers, 18-12.

THE ACTION

• First-year Cianni Thompson's three-pointer at 2:45 of the opening quarter gave her team a 16-13 lead before the Purple Knights scored the next seven points, as sophomore Amber Furch's pair of free throws made it 20-16 at 1:15.
• Tucker finished the quarter on a personal 7-1 run, sparking a 12-1 stretch that carried over into the second stanza. The Bears led 28-21 on Able's lay-in at 8:09.
• Franchi canned back-to-back threes to trim the deficit to one before Tucker countered with consecutive triples of her own, and Able's jumper with 4:31 left capped an 8-0 run that produced a 36-27 margin.
• Saint Michael's ended the half on a 10-3 run, with first-year Margaret Montplaisir's first career basket, a three-pointer, cutting the deficit to 39-37 with 33 seconds to go. The score stood at intermission.
• Bloomfield led by as much as 49-44 in the third period, on senior Kamrin Babbs' jumper with 5:46 to go.
• Santos' two free throws at 2:48 finished off a go-ahead 9-2 run before Able converted a tying lay-up at 1:23.
• Saint Michael's responded with a 30-2 run that took 9:38 to elapse. Seven Purple Knights scored, while the hosts held Bloomfield to 0-for-18 shooting. 

UP NEXT 

• Saturday vs. Southern New Hampshire at Best Western Windjammer Tip-Off Classic, 5 p.m.

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