CALDWELL FALLS TO BLOOMFIELD, 91-67 IN CACC
TOURNAMENT FINALS
3-5-05
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - The Bloomfield College men's basketball team defeated Caldwell
College, 91-67 to repeat as Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Tournament champions on Saturday at Caldwell College's Newman Center.
The Deacons (23-7), who were CACC co-champions during the regular
season, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament with
the victory. This is the first season that the CACC Tournament champion
automatically qualifies for the national tournament.
Bloomfield jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the first half on
three-pointers by Daniel Terrell (Somerdale, NJ) and CACC Player
of the Year Andre Dabney (Plainfield, NJ), and a lay-up from
Javier Salson (Madrid, Spain). The Cougars battled back, eventually
tying the game at 25-25 after a lay-up by freshman forward Manny
Perez (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor) with 3:53 left in the half. But
Bloomfield finished the half with a 12-4 run, including threes from
Dabney and Terrell, to take a 37-29 lead into the break.
After Terrell and senior guard Ron Harris (Trenton, NJ/Trenton
Central) traded three-pointers to start the second half, the Deacons
began to pull away. With the score 46-37 at the 15:29 mark, Bloomfield
went on a 25-7 spree that saw seven different Deacons score at least two
points. The lead would balloon to 78-48, as the Cougars would get no
closer than 18 points the rest of the way.
Bloomfield was hot from three-point range, hitting 15-of-27 (55.6
percent) from beyond the arc. The Cougars struggled to find an offensive
rhythm, shooting 35.9 percent from the floor for the game.
Dabney, who scored 46 points in the semifinal round against Felician,
finished with 16 points and received the CACC Tournament's Most Valuable
Player award. Salson and forward Rob Lawrence (Plainfield, NJ)
had 14 and 12 points, respectively, and joined Dabney on the AdPro Team
Sports All-Tournament Team. Terrell led Bloomfield with 19 points.
Harris and Perez also made the All-Tournament squad, scoring 21 points
apiece. Perez grabbed 11 rebounds to record his fifth double-double of
the season.
The NCAA Division II Northeast Regional Tournament begins on Saturday,
Mar. 12.
2005 AdPro Team Sports CACC All-Tournament Team
Andre Dabney, Bloomfield (MVP)
Rob Lawrence, Bloomfield
Javier Salson, Bloomfield
Ron Harris, Caldwell
Manny Perez, Caldwell
Eric Cangelosi, USP
Craig Banton, Felician
Lataiva Escho, Nyack
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