BETHLEHEM, Pa - The Northampton women's basketball team, behind a double-double by freshman
Emma Campusano (Tobyhana, PA/Pocono Mountain West), picked up their first win of the season with a dominating overall showing against visiting RCSJ-Cumberland, taking down the Dukes, 80-29, on Tuesday evening at the Arthur L. Scott Center.
The Spartans jumped out to an impressive, 25-2, lead after the first quarter and extended the big early lead to, 44-12, at the intermission. Northampton outscored RCSJ-Cumberland, 18-8, in the third quarter and, 18-9, in the final quarter, as the Spartans cruised to the, 80-29, win over the Dukes in the their home opener.
Freshman
Emma Campusano (Tobyhana, PA/Pocono Mountain West) led the way with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while freshman forward
Justyce McChristian (Whitehall, PA/Dieruff) picked up her own double-double with 17 points and a team high 14 rebounds and
Al-Jhnai McClain (New Holland, PA/Garden Spot) added 17 points with 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
Jordan Dickerson (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) came through with a solid 8 points and grabbed 10 boards for the Spartans.
Simone Smith (Philadelphia, PA/Lincoln) scored 8 points and dished off 5 assists.
"Great overall effort tonight" stated Spartans Head Coach
Carly Gallagher, "We came out ready to play tonight and jumped out to the big early lead and that set the tone for the rest of the night. I felt we had some nice individual efforts but also felt we had quality efforts across the board and that was nice to see. Team effort tonight. I am proud of our team and ready to get back to work tomorrow."
Northampton improves to 1-1 overall with the non-league win.
RCSJ-Cumberland falls to 0-1 overall.
The Spartans are on the road and back on the hardwood on Thursday, November 5th when they travel to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to take on Luzerne County Community College at 5pm at the James T. Atherton Gymnasium.
