2024-25 NECC Men's Basketball News
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Stratton recognized by NABC for 3rd consecutive season
April 08, 2025Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball coach Darren Stratton and his staff were recognized on Sunday morning at the National Association of Basketball Coaches Champions Breakfast at the NCAA Division I Final Four. -
Delgado, Kirmil, Stratton pick up All-Region honors
March 14, 2025A pair of Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball standouts picked up All-Region 21 honors as recently selected by a vote of the league’s coaches, while Knights head coach Darren Stratton was named Region 21 and East District Coach of the Year for a third consecutive season.
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Knights rally past Mountain View, finish 9th in national tournament
March 13, 2025The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team finished the 2024-25 campaign with a win over Dallas-Mountain View College on Thursday morning by a 107-99 final score and in the process finished the season with a 29-4 overall record
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Knights fall late to Dallas-Richland in NJCAA Tournament opener, 73-68
March 12, 2025The eighth seeded Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team fell late on Wednesday afternoon to ninth seeded Dallas College-Richland in the opening round on the NJCAA men’s basketball tournament by a 73-68 final score.
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Knights earn #8 national seed, open tournament play March 12th against #9 Dallas-Richland
March 05, 2025The Region 21 and East District champion Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team has been named the eighth seed in the national tournament set to get underway on Wednesday March 12 on the campus of Herkimer College in Herkimer, NY.
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THREE PEAT: Knights rally in closing minute to secure 3rd straight regional title
March 02, 2025The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team led Sunday afternoon’s regional championship game for a total of 36 seconds, by taking a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes and again 81-80 with a Yuno Matsuda layup with 28.8 seconds remaining.
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Survive and Advance: Men’s basketball holds off Bristol in OT, advances to fourth straight title game
March 01, 2025The top seeded and #8 nationally ranked NECC men’s basketball team survived an overtime scare from fourth seeded Bristol Community College on Saturday, but would eventually hold off the Bayhawks with a 93-85 overtime victory.
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Knights run past UCAP, advance to Region 21 Semi-Finals
February 26, 2025The top seeded and #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team has advanced to the Region 21 semi-finals for the fourth consecutive year by running away from UConn Avery Point by a 100-71 final score on Wednesday night
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PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Men’s basketball earns top seed, Women to play CCRI
February 25, 2025The Northern Essex Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams are prepared to kick off the Region 21 post-season this week. The men, currently ranked #8 nationally have earned the tournaments top seed for a third straight season, while the women have earned a spot in the semi-finals for a second consecutive season.
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Darren Stratton named HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week
February 17, 2025Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball Darren Stratton was named HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Week for the week ending Sunday February 16th. This marks the third consecutive year in which Stratton has picked up the weekly award
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#8 Knights defeat UCAP by 109-90 final
February 15, 2025The #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team recognized their four sophomores prior to the start of Saturday’s game where they picked up their 21st straight win of the season, and their 46th straight home win to improve to 23-2 on the season.
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#8 Knights storm past #9 Quincy in second half
February 11, 2025In a showdown of nationally ranked opponents on Tuesday night, #8 Northern Essex Community College, rallied from an early 14 point second half deficit to secure an 82-69 win over #9 Quincy College. The win was the Knights 45th straight home win.
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#8 Knights cruise past Holyoke, 122-65
February 08, 2025All seventeen players in uniform for the #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball recorded at least three points or more as the Knights jumped on the Cougars from the opening tip and never looked back to improve their record to 21-2 overall and 16-1 in conference play.
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#8 Knights shoot past MassBay for 18th straight win
February 01, 2025The #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team shot their way past MassBay on Saturday afternoon by a 104-79 final to pick up their 18th straight and improve to 20-2 overall on the season
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Strong defensive performance pushes #8 Knights past CCRI
January 25, 2025The #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team used their strongest defensive effort of the season to propel them past Community College of Rhode Island by a 77-70 final and secured their 43rd straight home win.
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Men’s Basketball, Baseball both ranked 8th nationally
January 22, 2025With the basketball season heading toward the home stretch in the weeks ahead and baseball preparing for the spring season to kick off in March, both programs currently sit at eighth in their respective NJCAA national polls.
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Knights avenge lone conference loss with 99-61 rout of Bristol
January 21, 2025The #8 nationally ranked Northern Essex men’s basketball team picked up their 15th straight win of the season and their 42nd straight at home as they improved to 17-2 overall and 12-1 in conference play with 99-61 rout of Bristol and in the process avenged their lone conference loss on the season
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Knights pick up 13th straight win, defeat LaGuardia 79-52 to open second half
January 11, 2025The #12 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team had 12 different players find the scoresheet on Saturday afternoon, including four in double figures, as they picked up their 13th straight win and improved to 15-2 on the season with a 79-52 non-conference win over LaGuardia Community College.
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Knights close out first half with 88-79 win over Kingsborough
December 18, 2024The #12 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up their 12th straight win and in the process picked up their 41st straight win on Sport and Fitness Center floor to close out the season’s first half with an 88-79 win over visiting Kingsborough Community College.
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Men’s basketball runs away in second half from Massasoit
December 14, 2024The #15 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team outscored Massasoit 51-26 in the second half of Saturday’s contest to pull away for a 100-70 win, their 11th straight and improve to 13-2 on the season and 10-1 in conference play.
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Knights take down #7 Quincy on the road 101-96
December 07, 2024The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up their 10th straight win to improve to 12-2 on the season and 9-1 in conference play, tied atop the top of the conference standings.
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Four in double figures propel Knights over Springfield Tech
December 03, 2024Four scorers in double figures pushed the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team past Springfield Tech by an 88-67 final as the Knights won their eighth consecutive game and ran their record to 10-2 on the season and 7-1 in conference play. The win was 39th consecutive on the Sport and Fitness Center court.
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Men’s Basketball grabs pair of Turkey Classic victories
November 30, 2024The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up a pair of wins over the holiday weekend as they hosted the 3rd annual NECC Turkey Classic at the Sports and Fitness Center The wins improve the Knights to 9-2 on the season and extends their home winning streak to 38 games
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National Rankings: Soccer holds at #6, Men’s Basketball #5 in Preseason Poll
October 21, 2024As fall sports begin to head into post-season play and winter sports get started, a pair of Northern Essex Community College programs find themselves among the nation’s best.
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Men's and Women's Basketball Announce 2024-25 Season Schedules
October 15, 2024The Knights basketball teams recently announced their 2024-25 season schedules that will kick off the first weekend in November. The schedules include a combined 27 home games including the Knights hosting the 3rd annual Turkey Classic
