BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Northampton men's basketball team exploded for 93 points as the Spartans defeated Johnson College, 93-71, on Tuesday evening in their home opener at the Arthur L. Scott Center. 

The Spartans placed four players in double figures, led by Tyerell Mann (East Stroudsburg, PA /Notre Dame - East Stroudsburg ) with 18, Jerrel Burke (Morrisville, PA/Pennsbury ) 17, Juan Perez-Jones (Morrisville, PA/Pennsbury ) 12 and Isiah Hinton-Gray (Allentown, PA/William Allen ) 10.  Northampton shot a blistering 56.7% from the field (38/67) including 11 of 21 from distance (52.4%), while holding the Jaguars to just 36% shooting.  The Spartans dominated the backboards, hauling down 43 rebounds compared to 23 for Johnson, Joe Cartagena (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg North ), Justin Kellman (Reading, PA /Reading ) and Hinton-Gray each pulled down 7 boards. Northampton also dished out a season-high 25 assists on their 38 baskets, led by Perez-Jones with 6. 

Northampton saw their lead balloon to 37 with 6:08 remaining in the contest, before Johnson closed out the game on a 20 to 5 run to narrow the final margin to 22.  Zahir Robinson led Johnson with 35 points, including an 18 for 24 performance from the charity stripe.

The victory propels Northampton to 4-3 overall and 2-1 in Region XIX.

Johnson falls to 1-9 overall and 1-6 in Region XIX. 

The Spartans are now off until November 29th when they host Luzerne County Community College at 8pm.