Knights drill UCAP 109-52 to open seasons second half

The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team ranked seventh in this weeks NJCAA national poll opened the seasons second half on Thursday night in convincing fashion with a 109-52 victory over the Pointers of UConn-Avery Point.

University of Connecticut at Avery Point

Northern Essex Community College

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Final	1	2	T
University of Connecticut at Avery Point	28	24	52
Northern Essex Community College	60	49	109

Knights drill UCAP 109-52 to open seasons second half

Game Leaders

University of Connecticut at Avery Point

Pts: Jason Cohen - 20

Reb: Justin Porter - 7

Ast: 2 Players (#0, #5) - 5

Northern Essex Community College

Pts: Darlin Santiago - 29

Reb: Luis Reynoso - 12

Ast: Luis Reynoso - 6

Team Stats

Game Statistics	University of Connecticut at Avery Point	Northern Essex Community College
Field Goals	(19-61)	(42-78)
Field Goal %	31.1%	53.8%
Rebounds	22	52
Assists	15	29
Turnovers	12	6

Full stats

January 12, 2023

Haverhill, MA (January 12, 2023) – The Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team ranked seventh in this weeks NJCAA national poll opened the seasons second half on Thursday night in convincing fashion with a 109-52 victory over the Pointers of UConn-Avery Point. The win was the 11^th in a row for NECC as they improve to 15-1 overall and 10-0 in conference play.

Making his first career start Darlin Santiago (Salem, MA) scored a career high and game high 26 points aided by seven of 11 shooting from behind the three-point arc.

The Knights never trailed and opened up a 25-point lead at the midway point of the first half. All 13 players who suited up for the Knights recorded at least one basket in the game.

A quartet joined Santiago in double figures led by Ashton Ventola (Danville, NH) with 14 points. Luke O'Donnell (Hamilton, MA), Jeremiah Melendez (Lawrence) and Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) added 12, 11 and 10 points respectively.

NECC will look for their 12^th straight win on Saturday when they travel to New Haven, CT to take on Gateway Community College. Opening tip is set for 1:00pm at Wexler Grant School.