BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – A sell out crowd at the Den witnessed crosstown rival, Caldwell University knock off the top team in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division, 86-78 Saturday afternoon. The Bears suffered back-to-back league losses for the first time this season. Dontay Julius (Linden, N.J.) came of the bench for the home squad and netted a team-high 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor. Marcus Fleming (Linden, N.J.) and Nick Davidson (Lumberton, N.J.) contributed 17 and 16 points respectively and Rakwan Kelly (Newark, N.J.) narrowly missed a double-double, posting 13 points and 9 boards
 
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Score: Caldwell 86, Bloomfield 78
Records: Caldwell (15-11, 10-8 CACC) | Bloomfield (18-9, 13-5 CACC)
Location: Bloomfield College Gym / Bloomfield, N.J.
 
How It Happened

• Caldwell snagged the lead early in the contest and never relinquished it. The visitors found themselves up 11-4 after a three-pointer a little over four minutes into the game. Bloomfield responded with five straight points but the Cougars extended to an 13-point advantage (33-20) later on in the half
• The Bears had chances to pull closer to Caldwell but each time they did, the Cougars would surge ahead again. The home crowd saw their team head into intermission down 43-35
• Bloomfield committed 9 turnovers in the opening half and the opposition were hitting on all cylinders with a 51.4 shooting percentage
• The Bears couldn't gain much ground in the second half. Caldwell had an answer at every turn for the home team's attack and with 8:00 minutes remaining in the game, a three-pointer put the Cougars up ten (68-58) less than a minute to go
• The home team made their push over the next four minutes and cut their deficit to one (68-67), after buckets by Davidson, Kelly and Fleming wrapped around a Julius three-pointer. The Cougars were poised in the face of the Bloomfield run and calmly re-established their lead before sealing the game down the stretch with free throws   

 
Up Next: Bloomfield will play their final home game of the season on Tuesday when the Chargers of Dominican come storming into the Den. The 7:30 pm tip-off will be preceded by, Senior Night as the men's basketball team honors their program seniors.
 
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