Box Score Bloomfield, N.J. - (2/27/2016) – With all five starters in double figures, #1N Bloomfield College defeated #4S Chestnut Hill College, 79-69, in today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Opening Round contest. Senior forward Claude Blue (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led the quartet with a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double that came with three blocks and a steal. The Griffins received a career-high 23 points from sophomore forward Edward McWade (Wildwood, N.J.) and a pair of double-doubles from senior forward Noel Hightower (Easton, Pa.) (12 points and 12 rebounds) and freshman forward Antonio Toplyn Jr. (Sicklerville, N.J.) (10 points and 10 rebounds.
 
It was the heart of Hightower and a pair of three point baskets from senior guard Ryan Griffin (West Friendship, Md.) that kept Chestnut Hill College (13-15, 10-9) within five points, 35-30, of Bloomfield College (15-12, 13-6) at intermission. After an eight minute give-and-take, the Bears emerged for an 18-11 advantage on a three-pointer from freshman guard Safee Abdus-Sabur (Newark, N.J.) (9:40). Hightower and Toplyn captained the Griffin response, cleaning the glass and making things happen in an 8-2 reversal that cut the Bear edge to a single point, 20-19, on a jumper from freshman forward Dakpe Yiljep (Samaru-Zaria, Nigeria) with 7:32 to play in the opening half. Unfortunately, the Bears fired back with back-to-back three point baskets that lofted them to an eventual five-point, 35-30, halftime edge.
 
Bloomfield College gradually extended their lead to double-digits, 51-41, over the first five minutes of the second half (14:28). A minute and a half later (12:53) the margin remained at 10 points, 53-43; that is when a long range bucket from freshman forward Bryant Quill (Pottstown, Pa.), 53-46 (12:13), an incomplete three-point play from McWade, 53-48 (11:41), and a redeeming trifecta trimming the Bear bulge to two points, 53-51, with 11:06 remaining. But again Bloomfield College survived, escaping the Griffins' grasp with a resurgent effort that reestablished the spread at 10 points, 74-64, with 2:34 to go and preserved it until the final buzzer rang on a 79-69 final.

Blue's performance was complimented by 14 points apiece from Abdus-Sabur and sophomore forward Rakwan Kelly (Newark, N.J.), 13 points from sophomore guard Juan Brown (Annapolis, Md.), and 12 points, nine rebounds, and four assists from sophomore forward Nick Davidson (Lumberton, N.J.).
 
McWade was 8-of-18 (.444) from the field and 3-of-6 (.500) from the free throw line, scoring 18 second-half points. He hit four (4-of-10, .400) from long range and grabbed eight rebounds. In a sensational swan song performance, Hightower added six assists, two blocks, and two steals to his double-double. Meanwhile, Toplyn recorded an assist, a block, and steal in addition to the first double-double of his collegiate career.
 
The Chestnut Hill College men's basketball team finished the 2015-2016 season with a 10-13 overall record and a 10-9 standing in the CACC.