Box Score Bloomfield, N.J. - (1/20/2018) – Today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action brought the Chestnut Hill College men's basketball team to Bloomfield College, where a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double from senior center
Chris Evans (Norristown, Pa.) headlined the Griffin effort in an 86-58 loss to the North Division-leading, Bears. Evans hit two threes (2-of-3, .667) in a 7-of-10 (.700) shooting performance that headlined the Griffins' 32.4% (23-of-71) team shooting effort.
Bloomfield College (15-3, 10-0) scored the first seven points of the affair (7-0, 15:55), before a Chestnut Hill College (2-15, 1-9) rush reduced the Bear advantage to a single point, 14-13, with 11:03 remaining in the first half. Initially, junior guard
Cartier Talford (Reading, Pa.) fought to keep the Griffins close, but eventually the home team broke free as a three from junior guard Keith Washington (Philadelphia, Pa.) gave Bloomfield College a nine-point, 26-17, lead at 6:13 and a free throw from senior guard Rakwan Kelly (Newark, N.J.) made it a 13-point, 38-25 (0:41), lead at halftime. The Bears quickly increased their position in the second half as the gap reached 20 points, 45-25, by 16:58 and over 30 points, 62-30, just over two minutes later (14:53), before settling on a 28-point margin, 86-58.
Junior guard Safee Abdus-Sabur (Newark, N.J.) led Bloomfield College with 26 points, two rebounds, two assists, a block, and two steals. Four others joined him in double figures; Washington was chief among them with 12 points, six rebounds, six assists, and a steal.
Evans' double-double was his first of the season and the second of his collegiate career. Fellow senior, guard
Demetrius Isaac (Philadelphia, Pa.) supported Evans with six points, three rebounds, five assists, and three steals. The Griffins also received seven points, a rebound, two assists, and a steal from Talford.
The Chestnut Hill College men's basketball team returns to Sorgenti Arena on Wednesday, January 24, to host Jefferson University in an 8:00 p.m. CACC contest.
