Herkimer, NY (March 17, 2023) – The Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team bounced back on Friday afternoon to defeat Mohawk Valley Community College by a 67-62 final. With the win, the Knights will advance to Saturday's 5th place game where they will take on the winner of this afternoons Dallas-North Lake and College of DuPage game. The win was the 32nd of the season for NECC against two losses.
For the second straight game Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) led the team on both ends of the court as he recorded his 27th double-double of the season as he poured in a game high 25 points to go along with 15 rebounds.
Darlin Santiago (Salem) joined Reynoso in double figures as added 12 points off the bench, while shutting down the Hawks top scorer in 13 minutes of action.
Jonathan Lingisi (Hamilton, ON) and Mehmet Asik (Ankara, Turkey) tossed in seven and six points respectively. Edwin SamMbaka (Paris, FR) provided strong defensive as well to hold the high scoring Hawks offense well below their season average.
Saturday's fifth place game is scheduled for 12:00pm on the Herkimer College campus.