Box Score PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Northampton men's basketball team fell to the Community College of Philadelphia, 88-81, in double overtime on Saturday at Johnson Hall.

The Spartans sprinted out to an early 15-point lead midway through the first half, but Philadelphia was able to cut the margin to 9 at halftime at 35-26.  The Colonials outplayed the Spartans in the second half, but Northampton would not go away, eventually tying the game on a Juan Perez-Jones (Morrisville, PA /Pennsbury ) 3-pointer with .2 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.  

The teams battled back and forth in the first overtime period, with Northampton tying the game late in the extra stanza to send the contest to a second overtime.  Philadelphia took control of the contest in the second stanza, running past the Spartans to earn the 7 point victory.

Juan Perez-Jones (Morrisville, PA /Pennsbury ) led the Spartans with 25 points, while Edwin Lopez (East Stroudsburg, PA /Stroudsburg ) and D'Montie Shaw (York, PA/William Penn ) each had 13.  Tyerell Mann (East Stroudsburg, PA /Notre Dame - East Stroudsburg ) added 10 points, while Justin Kusiappouh (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg North ) hauled down a team-high 8 rebounds.  

"We really got killed on the boards," explained Head Coach Brennan McCarthy, "that was an area of concern all game, as were our turnovers (20), we need to do a better job protecting the ball ... we are giving our opponents too many opportunities."

The Spartans shot the ball well from the floor, 30 for 57, (52%) and from 3-point range, 10 for 23, (43%) but really struggled from the charity stripe, 11 for 26 (42%).  "No question our foul shooting hurt us," stated McCarthy, "we really shot well from the floor, but the foul line was a stuggle for us today.  Definitely a number of positives today ... disappointed with the loss, but the effort is there ... we will regroup and get ready to go on Tuesday at Montgomery. 

Northampton falls to 3-2 overall, 1-2 in Region XIX and 1-1 in the EPAC.

Philadelphia, the defending Region XIX champions, improve to 2-2.

The Spartans return to action on Tuesday when they travel to Montgomery County Community College to face the Mustangs at 8pm.