BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The 14th ranked Northampton men's basketball team won their 5th consecutive game on Tuesday evening, downing Thaddeus Stevens College 88-62 at the Arthur L. Scott Center. 

Mel Copeland (Allentown, PA/William Allen) led the Spartans with 14 points, Zykir Williams (Philadelphia, PA/Boys Latin Charter ) added 13, Kymir Roper (Upper Darby, PA/Upper Darby,) had 12 and Amyr Fox (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East ) 11 as the Spartans finished 32 of 69 (46%) from the field.

"Coach Stone does a nice job with the Stevens program," commented Head Coach Brennan McCarthy, "he always has them prepared and they play hard.  We were able to get some clean looks tonight and we did a much better job from the foul line (21 of 27) and that allowed us to get some separation and then we were able to lock down defensively and get some stops."

Roper led Northampton off the glass with 11, followed by Copeland and Fox with 6 each.  Fox added 7 assists and 2 steals, as the Spartans finished with 14 steals as a team. 

The win moves Northampton to 10-2 overall, 6-1 in Region 19 and 4-1 in the EPAC.

Stevens falls to 5-4 overall, 2-3 in Region 19 and 2-3 in conference play. 

Northampton, which improves to 18-3 all-time vs. Stevens, returns to action on Sunday at 2pm when they host Misericordia JV at 2pm in their final game of the semester. 

Northampton's scheduled contest vs. RCSJ-Cumberland on Thursday in Vineland has been postponed due to COVID protocols in the Dukes program.