2023-24 NECC Men's Basketball News
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Strong Second Half Gives Northern Essex 5th Place National Finish
March 16, 2024For the second consecutive day the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team went into the locker room at halftime facing a deficit and for the second consecutive day, the Knights rallied to come out on top. -
Second Half Surge Sends Knights To Saturday's 5th Place Game
March 15, 2024After trailing by five points at halftime by a 44-39 score, a second half surge with a pair of three pointers from Darlin Santiago (Salem) and the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team outscored Minnesota North-Rainy River by 15 points in the second half to take a 90-80 victory and advance to Saturday’s fifth place game at 12:00pm.
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Offense Struggles as Knights Fall to Riverland in National Quarterfinal
March 14, 2024The second seeded Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team struggled on the offensive side of the ball on Thursday evening as they fell to Riverland (MN) in a national quarterfinal by a 71-59 final score in a game in which the Knights never had a lead.
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Top Seeded and #3 Nationally Ranked Men's Basketball Wins Back to Back Region 21/East District Championships
March 03, 2024In front of a standing room only crowd at the Sport and Fitness on Sunday afternoon, the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball picked up their 30th win of the season and in the process became the first team in 20 years to win back to back NJCAA Region 21/East District as they defeated second seeded Quincy College by a 80-69 final.
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Northern Essex Takes Down Massasoit, moves onto Region 21/East District Championship
March 02, 2024Behind a game high 19 point, 15 rebound effort from Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team is moving onto their third consecutive Region 21/East District Championship game.
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Top Seeded Knights Advance to East District Semi-Finals
February 28, 2024Behind a 29-point, 15 rebound effort from Luis Reynoso (Lawrence), the top seeded and #3 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team improved to 28-1 on the season with a 93-61 victory over Roxbury Community College and advanced to the Saturday’s NJCAA East District Semi-Final where they will take on fifth seeded Massasoit Community College at 4:00pm from the Sport and Fitness Center.
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#5 Knights win 30th straight home game, secure post-seasons top seed
February 17, 2024The Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team used a 12-1 run in the early minutes of the second half to take a lead they would not relinquish enroute to their 30th consecutive home victory dating back to February 23, 2022 to improve to 24-1 on the season and 19-0 in Region 21 play.
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Reynoso eclipses 1,000 as #5 Knights take down Massasoit
February 08, 2024On his first shot attempt of the game Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) hit a knock down three-pointer as part of his game high 22 points as he became the first men’s basketball player to surpass 1,000 career points in a career since Joe Marshall reached the mark in 1999.
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#5 Knights hang on for road win in battle of Region 21s top teams
February 03, 2024The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up an important win on Saturday evening as they defeated Quincy College on the road by a 76-74 final.
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Reynoso, Wolfgang Double Doubles Send #5 Knights Past Roxbury
January 30, 2024Double-double efforts from Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) and Karl Wolfgang (Douala, CM) helped to push the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team past Roxbury Community College on Tuesday evening at the Sport and Fitness Center by and 88-64 final.
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#5 Knights improve to 18-1 with dominate win over STCC
January 27, 2024Five players in double figures and pair of double-doubles propelled the #5 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team to dominating 108-31 victory of visiting Springfield Tech.
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#5 Knights score season high 122 points in rout over UConn-Avery Point
January 17, 2024Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) recorded his second triple double in the last three games and third of the season as the #5 nationally ranked Knights of Northern Essex Community College improved to 16-1 on the season and remained unbeaten in Region 21 play at 11-0 as they defeated the Pointers by a 122-59 final as they opened a four-game stand Wednesday evening.
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#2 Knights stay unbeaten with home victory over MassBay, 77-62
December 02, 2023The #2 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball overcame a slow start on Saturday afternoon to defeat MassBay Community College a 77-62 final score.
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Stratton get career win 300 as #2 defeat CCRI 88-71 on the road
November 30, 2023Northern Essex Community College head men’s basketball coach Darren Stratton picked up milestone win 300 of his career leading the Knights on Thursday.
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Reynoso’s triple-double, #2 Knights run away from Bristol
November 28, 2023Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) had his biggest performance of the season as the #2 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball ran away from Bristol Community College on Tuesday night by a 102-68 to improve to 9-0 on the season and 5-0 in Region 21 play.
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#2 Northern Essex sweeps Turkey Classic with 82-50 win over Suffolk County
November 26, 2023The #2 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team improved to 8-0 on Sunday afternoon as they cruised past Suffolk County (NY) Community College on the second day of the NECC Turkey Classic by an 82-50 final.
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#2 Knights run past SUNY Adirondack on opening day of NECC Turkey Classic
November 25, 2023The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team improved to 7-0 on the season as they rolled past the Timberwolves of SUNY Adirondack by a 99-61 final to open up the 2nd annual NECC Turkey Classic.
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#2 Men’s basketball overcomes slow start for road win at Quinsigamond
November 18, 2023After being held scoreless in the games opening four minutes and falling behind 9-0, the NECC men’s basketball team began to apply pressure and stormed past the Wyverns of Quinsigamond Community College by a 87-69 final on Saturday afternoon to improve to 6-0 on the season and 4-0 in Region 21 play.
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#2 Knights pull away from Quincy in closing minutes
November 16, 2023The #2 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team defeated Quincy College in an early season match-up of Region 21 unbeatens as the Knights improved to 5-0 and 3-0 in Region 21 play while the Granite fell to 2-1.
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#5 Knights surge past visiting D2 Essex County (NJ) in closing seconds
November 11, 2023On Saturday afternoon in front of a full crowd, a Darlin Santiago (Salem, MA) jumper with 23 seconds remaining gave Northern Essex a one-point lead and Edwin SamMbaka (Paris, FR) stole the ensuing inbound pass to seal the victory for the Knights.
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#5 Men’s basketball cruises to 62-point victory over Springfield Tech
November 09, 2023The #5 nationally ranked men’s basketball team jumped out to 11-0 lead on Thursday night and never looked back as they cruised to a 95-33 victory over the host Rams of Springfield Tech.
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#5 Men’s Basketball pulls away from Queensborough in the second half
November 05, 2023The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team, ranked fifth in the NJCAA preseason poll improved to 2-0 on the season as they defeated Queensborough Community College on the road Sunday afternoon.
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#5 Men’s Basketball runs away from Bunker Hill in Midnight Madness opener
November 01, 2023When the clock struck midnight, the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team officially opened the junior college basketball season with a convincing win over the visiting Bulldogs of Bunker Hill by a 95-55 final score.
