BETHLEHEM, Pa. - 10th ranked Passaic County Community College pulled away from a 33-26 halftime lead to defeat host Northampton CC, 79-42, on Tuesday night.

Krista Ruhle, Ashley Slater and Monica Koch each scored 8 points to lead the Spartan offense.  Ciara Mbonu had a team-high 8 rebounds.

The loss drops NCC to 8-9 overall and 7-4 in Region XIX.

Northampton hosts Ocean County College on Saturday January 23rd at noon.

Sade Jones and Luisa Marin each scored 17 points to lead Passaic.