BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The NCC women's basketball team played one of their most complete games of the year, downing Passaic County Community College, 73-51, on Thursday evening, to finish in 2nd place in Region XIX.

Freshman Melanie Palko broke the single season 3-point record, knocking down 4 treys to give her 72 on the season, eclipsing the old mark of 70 which was held by Ashley Capozzolo. 

Palko finished with 16 points, Halie Cintron added 14, Catie Cardiello12, April Andrews 12 and Dee Brown had 17 for the Spartans.

"Definitely our best game of the year," remarked Head Coach Art Wolfe, "defensively the zone was very active and I thought we did a nice job finding open cutters on the offensive end."

Cintron, who was named First Team All-Region earlier in the day, had a team-high 18 rebounds.

NCC, now 22-5 overall and 18-2 in Region XIX, will be the #2 seed for the upcoming Region XIX tournament and will get a bye to the Final Four at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA. 

The Spartans will face the winner of #3 seed Passaic vs. #6 Cumberland on February 24th at 3pm.