BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Freshman guard Dontae Davis scored 20 points and dished out 6 assists to lead Northampton to a convincing 92-56 victory over Sussex County Community College on Tuesday at the Spartan Center Arena.

The victory snapped a 3-game losing streak for the Spartans and kept their playoffs hope alive as they improved to 7-12 overall and 6-10 in Region XIX.

"Really proud of how hard these kids played tonight," remarked Head Coach Kevin Foley, "It has been a tough year on a number of fronts, but these guys gave me everything they had tonight and I am happy for them that it paid off in a victory.  We will enjoy this for a couple of hours, but then the focus moves to Union County."

Ralph Padilla added 18 points and Jaylonn Tullis 15 for the Spartans.

Northampton returns to action on Thursday when they travel to Cranford, NJ to face Union County College.  The Owls knocked off NCC, 84-81 in overtime, back on December 1st. 

Please note that the game time for Thursday has been moved to 8pm.