BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – The Bears men's basketball team hosted Adelphi University Thursday night and saw a, 16-0 second half run put the visitors in the win column, 87-77. The non-conference setback was Bloomfield's first loss in The Den this season. 
 
RECORDS

• Bloomfield (5-4), Adelphi (11-4)

BLOOMFIELD LEADERS

• Senior Deavion Ellis, 23 points, 6 rebounds
• Freshman Ethan Maynard, 20 points, 7 assists
• Senior Edward Ngene, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Junior Zamorian Singleton, 10 rebounds, 8 points, 4 assists

UDC LEADERS

• Junior Al-Fatir Connor, 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
• Junior Mason Jackson, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals
• Senior Matthew Price, 14 points, 2 steals off the bench
• Senior Andres Fulgencio, 10 points, 4 assists, 2 blocks
• Graduate Student Tavin Pierre Philippe, 10 points, 5 rebounds

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ethan Maynard opened up the scoring for Bloomfield with a jumper and the teams traded baskets across the first ten minutes of the half until the Panthers went up, 22-15 on a Matthew Price bucket in the paint.
• A layup from Maynard capped an, 8-0 spurt from the home squad that claimed a, 23-22 lead with 6:19 to go in the half. Trading buckets the rest of the way, the guests went into the locker room with a slim 38-35 advantage at the break. 
• Knotted at 48-48 with 15:50 on the clock in the 2^nd half the Bloomfield offense went cold and Adelphi capitalized, reeling off sixteen straight points to take command of the East Region battle. 
• A jumper from Deavion Ellis with 5:47 to go pulled the hosts to within eight (71-63) but the deficit was too large to overcome down the stretch.
   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Field Goals: Adelphi 31-70 (44.3 percent), Bloomfield 29-65 (44.6 percent)
• Three-Point Shooting: Adelphi 7-29 (24.1 percent), Bloomfield 7-23 (30.4 percent)
• Adelphi was strong in the paint with a, 44-34 advantage in point production and dominated in bench scoring, 32-7
• Panthers also capitalized better on points off turnovers, 21-13 
• Bloomfield out-rebounded Adelphi, 36-32 

UP NEXT

• Bloomfield will host the College of Staten Island on Sunday, December 22, at 1:00 pm in The Den. 
• Gage Daye will be inducted into the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Hall of Fame during halftime of the December 22 game. 

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