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Strong Second Half Gives Northern Essex 5th Place National Finish
For the second consecutive day the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team went into the locker room at halftime facing a deficit and for the second consecutive day, the Knights rallied to come out on top. On Saturday, Northern Essex tra...
Mar 18, 2024, 12:45pm EDT

Second Half Surge Sends Knights To Saturday's 5th Place Game
After trailing by five points at halftime by a 44-39 score, a second half surge with a pair of three pointers from Darlin Santiago (Salem) and the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team outscored Minnesota North-Rainy River by 15 points...
Mar 15, 2024, 9:06pm EDT

Knights Earn #2 National Tournament Seed, Opening Round Bye
As announced by the NJCAA Men's Basketball Committee and released live on the NJCAA Network, the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team has earned the number two seed in next week's national tournament set to begin Wednesday March 13th ...
Mar 6, 2024, 3:09pm EST

Reynoso, SamMbaka, Stratton Earn Region 21 Honors
For the second consecutive year Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) has been named the NJCAA Region 21 Player of the Year and First Team All-Region honoree, while Head Coach Darren Stratton has been named the Region 21 Coach of the Year for the second year in a ro...
Mar 5, 2024, 1:51pm EST

Top Seeded and #3 Nationally Ranked Men's Basketball Wins Back to Back Region 21/East District Championships
In front of a standing room only crowd at the Sport and Fitness on Sunday afternoon, the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball picked up their 30th win of the season and in the process became the first team in 20 years to win back to back N...
Mar 4, 2024, 8:55am EST

Northern Essex Takes Down Massasoit, moves onto Region 21/East District Championship
Behind a game high 19 point, 15 rebound effort from Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team is moving onto their third consecutive Region 21/East District Championship game as they defeated Massasoit Community...
Mar 2, 2024, 8:39pm EST

Women's Basketball Advances to Region 21/East District Championship Game with 2OT Victory Over Massasoit
A career high 37 points from Mirelys Morales (Dracut) including a pair of free throws with 7.7 seconds remaining in the first overtime to force a second and the Northern Essex Community College women's basketball has advanced to the NJCAA Region 21/Eas...
Mar 2, 2024, 4:49pm EST

Northern Essex to Host NJCAA East District/Region 21 Basketball Championships
For the first time, Northern Essex Community College is set to the host the men's and women's NJCAA East District/Region 21 Championships Tournament Semi-Finals and Finals this coming weekend Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd. The 2024 tournament...
Feb 29, 2024, 10:57am EST

Top Seeded Knights Advance to East District Semi-Finals
Behind a 29-point, 15 rebound effort from Luis Reynoso (Lawrence), the top seeded and #3 nationally ranked Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team improved to 28-1 on the season with a 93-61 victory over Roxbury Community College and adv...
Feb 29, 2024, 9:51am EST

NECC women take down NHTI 69-56
McKayla Dingle (Haverhill) tossed in 20 points off the bench and Mirelys Morales (Dracut) recorded 18 points of her own as the Northern Essex Community College women's basketball team picked up a 69-56 home non-conference victory over the visiting Lynx...
Feb 21, 2024, 10:18am EST