The Thomas Jefferson University Men's Basketball team outscored Bloomfield College 50-36 in the first half as it shot 56.9% from the floor as the Rams earned an 89-69 victory over Bloomfield College to win the 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament next weekend at a site to be determined.
Bloomfield got out early 5-0 by way of a Deavion Ellis three and layup. The Rams evened it at 7-7 with an Hakim Byrd (5'10''-PG) shot beyond the arc and an Ahmed Barba-Bey (6'4''-G) basket. After the teams traded baskets, Byrd made three straight three pointers, giving him 14 of his 16 first half points in the first eight minutes of the stanza. Trailing 20-11, the Bears went on a 9-2 run to trail by two points. Erik Timko (6'5''-G) got a layup and three, pushing Jefferson ahead 30-24 with 7:19 in the first half.
Bismark Nsiah (6'7''-F) and Byrd both made shots to get the first double digit lead of the contest with the Rams being up 34-24.
Jefferson delivered a stellar first half, shooting 73.1% from the floor with an 8-10 clip from beyond the arc, with Byrd going 4-5 in the first half, as the Rams were 80% on threes. Jefferson was 4-4 from the charity stripe in the first half. Bloomfield made 13-of-31 shots, holding a 41.9 shooting percentage. The Bears were 4-14 from three, holding a 28.6% from that range. Bloomfield went a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line.
Byrd was Jefferson’s leading scorer scoring 23 points. Timko scored 19 adding six rebounds. Nsiah had a 15 point, 11 rebound double-double. Bloomfield’s top performer was Izaiah Poole (5'11''-PG) who scored 21 points shooting 70 percent including going 3-4 from behind the arc and a perfect 4-4 from the line.

CACC Final: Jefferson - Bloomfield 89-69

CACC Semifinals:
Jefferson - Post 70-58
Bloomfield - Dominican 86-85

CACC Quarterfinals:
Bloomfield - Chestnut Hill 78-61
Dominican - Goldey-Beacom 93-77
Jefferson - Felician 76-66
Post - Wilmington 79-77

Courtesy of caccathletics.org

All-Tournament MVP: Hakim Byrd (5'10''-PG) of Jefferson
Player of the Year: Erik Timko (6'5''-G) of Jefferson
Defensive Player of the Year: Edward Ngene (6'8''-F) of Bloomfield
Rookie of the Year: Starrell Hearns (6'2''-G) of Bloomfield
Coach of the Year: Gerald Holmes of Bloomfield

All-CACC First Team 2024

Deang

Evans

Marsh

Stewart

Timko

First Team
Deng Deang (6'7''-F) of Post
Darnell Evans (6'0''-PG) of Caldwell
Zayon Marsh (6'6''-F) of GBC
Amiri Stewart (6'4''-G) of WILMU
Erik Timko (6'5''-G) of Jefferson

All-CACC Second Team 2024

Akot

Colon

Derry

Kemkeng

Sharif-Brown

Second Team
Bol Akot (6'1''-PG) of Post
Jaylen Colon (6'2''-G-2000) of Felician
Nazim Derry (6'2''-G) of GBC
Antonin Kemkeng (6'9''-F/C) of Jefferson
Seth Sharif-Brown (6'3''-F) of Dominican, NY

All-CACC Third Team 2024

Barba-Bey

Bueno

Connor

Hearns

Ngene

Third Team
Ahmed Barba-Bey (6'4''-G) of Jefferson
Derrick Bueno (6'7''-F) of Caldwell
Al Fatir Connor (6'1''-G) of Bloomfield
Starrell Hearns (6'2''-G) of Bloomfield
Edward Ngene (6'8''-F) of Bloomfield

CACC All-Tournament Team 2024

Honis

Akot

Poole

Ngene

Byrd

Timko

All-Tournament Team
Isaiah Honis (6'5''-G) of Dominican, NY
Bol Akot (6'1''-PG) of Post
Izaiah Poole (5'11''-PG) of Bloomfield
Edward Ngene (6'8''-F) of Bloomfield
Hakim Byrd (5'10''-PG) of Jefferson
Erik Timko (6'5''-G) of Jefferson
Bismark Nsiah (6'7''-F) of Jefferson
Antonin Kemkeng (6'9''-F/C) of Jefferson
Hakim Byrd (5'10''-PG) of Jefferson