PATERSON, NJ - The Northampton Women's Basketball team bounced back from a tough loss earlier in the week to pick up a up big road victory on Saturday afternoon as they dominated Passaic County Community College, 84-35, in an early season Region 19 clash at the Panthers Fieldhouse.
The Spartans found themselves with an, 11-6, edge after a slow paced first quarter and were able to pick up the energy in the second quarter to take a commanding, 33-18, lead into halftime. The Spartans carried the energy through the intermission and held the Panthers to just 8 points in the third quarter and extended their big lead to 33 points, 59-26. Northampton outscored the Panthers, 25-9, in the final frame and cruised to the, 84-35, win.
"Good early season win on the road and proud of how we bounced back after a tough loss earlier in the week," stated Spartans Head Coach
Carly Gallagher, "I felt were a little slow in the first quarter but once we got things going, I felt we had control of the game. We have things to work on but today was a good bounce back effort and that was what I really needed to see. I felt we did a much better job finding and creating openings today and played team basketball. That is key for us. Proud of our squad today."
Freshman
Emma Campusano (Tobyhana, PA/Pocono Mountain West) led the Spartans with a team-high 32 points along with 12 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists and
Justyce McChristian (Whitehall, PA/Dieruff) added 20 points with 15 boards and 4 assists to help pace the Spartans offense.
Jordan Dickerson (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) continued her steady play with 12 points with 10 rebounds and 6 steals and
Simone Smith (Philadelphia, PA/Lincoln) scored 10 points with 4 assists and 4 steals in the big win.
Northampton improves to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in Region 19.
Passaic falls to 0-2 overall and 0-2 in the Region.
The Spartans are back on the floor on Tuesday, November 10th when they host Community College of Philadelphia in a non-league match-up at 5pm at the Arthur L. Scott Center.
