BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The 7th ranked Northampton men's basketball team dropped a Region 19 match-up to the Community College of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, falling 75-71, at the Arthur L. Scott Center. 

Foul trouble plagued the Spartans all night, with leading scorer Elijah Hamilton (Atglen, PA/Octorara Jr/Sr) fouling out, playing only 22 minutes, and two other starters each having 4 fouls.  "Credit Philadelphia, they made us work," remarked Head Coach Brennan  McCarthy, "I thought our guys played hard, we turned it over a little more than I would have liked, but that is not unexpected given our layoff since December 16th."

CJ Miles (Bangor, PA/Bangor) led Northampton with 21 points, followed by Naeem Purnell (Darby, PA/Penn Wood) with 16 and Arkel Batts (Middletown, PA/Middletown) with 15.  Purnell led the charge on the boards with 8 rebounds, while Ethan Sakwa (Tobyhanna, PA/Pocono Mt. West) dished out 3 assists. 

The loss drops Northampton to 12-4 overall, 8-2 in Region 19 and 7-1 in the EPAC.

Philadelphia improves to 9-4 overall, 8-4 in Region 19 and 6-2 in conference play. 

The Spartans are back in action on Thursday when they travel to Lancaster to face the Bulldogs of Thaddeus Stevens College at 7pm.