BLUE BELL, Pa. - The Northampton women's basketball team rolled to a 68-36 non-conference road victory on Thursday evening over host Montgomery County Community College at the Health Sciences Center.

The Spartans, who Received Votes earlier this week to crack into the NJCAA national poll for the first time this season, put on a defensive clinic by holding the Mustangs to only 7 second half points to fuel the non-conference victory.

"Tough start tonight on the road but thought we did a nice job once we got going in this one," stated Spartans Head Coach Carly Gallagher, "Giving up 29 points in the first half to then allow only 7 second half points was huge for us. Our kids locked in and took care of business tonight and that was great to see."

The Spartans and Mustangs battled through the first two quarters with the home team taking a 29-25 lead into half time. The Spartans regrouped and completely shut down the Montgomery offense by limiting the Mustangs to 3 points in the third quarter and 4 points in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Mustangs, 43-7, in the second half.

Sophomore guard Layla Sweatte (Allentown, PA/William Allen) led the Spartans with 19 points and 10 rebounds for the double-double and Nia Brown (Bethlehem, PA/Executive Charter) recorded her own double-double with 14 points and a team-high 15 rebounds. Neoshe Perez (Bath, PA/Executive Charter) jumped into the mix with 10 points and 11 rebounds to add another double-double to her season stat line. Freshman forward Joey-Madison Shaul (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) scored 8 points and grabbed 11 boards while Abymarie Colon (Easton, PA/Wilson) chipped in with 8 points and was 2-4 from the free throw line.

Northampton improves to 17-6 overall with the non-conference win.

Montgomery County Community College slips to 7-7 overall.

Layla Sweatte (Allentown, PA/William Allen) now has 1,117 career points for the Spartans and trails Dom Moser (2016-17, 2017-18) who registered 1,125 career points as the All-Time Career Scoring Leader for Northampton.

The Spartans will be back on the floor this Saturday when they host Brookdale Community College at 12pm in Region 19 action at the Arthur L. Scott Center.