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The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up a pair of wins over the holiday weekend as they hosted the third annual Northern Essex Turkey Classic at the Sports and Fitness Center.
On Saturday, the Knights defeated Suffolk County Community College by 93-56 final before defeating SUNY Adirondack on Sunday by 92-77 result. The wins improve the Knights to 9-2 on the season and extends their home winning streak to 38 games dating back to February 23rd 2022.
Four starters scored in double digits as the college jumped out to an early lead and never trailed in the game, taking a 30-point lead into halftime with a 51-21. Alex Johnson of Worcester scored a team high 14 points, followed by Ryan Pacy, of Salem, N.H., with 12; Christian Sanders of Boston with 11; and Alejandro Delgado of Haverhill with 10. Johnson also handed out six assists and had four takeaways. Karl Wolfgang, of Douala, Cameroon, contributed a team high 10 rebounds to go along with nine points.
On Sunday,Wolfgang led a double-double effort of 14 rebounds and 10 points as Northern Essex had five players score in double figures. Javien Kirmil of Lowell returned to the lineup to toss in a game high 17 points on six of 10 shooting from the floor. Cristian Moscat of Lawrence, Delgado and Yuno Matsuda of Tokyo, Japan, added 13, 12 and 10 respectively. Moscat and Matsuda also handed out seven and five assists. Sanders added nine rebounds.
As a team, the college controlled the glass outrebounding the Timberwolves by a 51-23 margin.
Johnson and Moscat were named to the All-Tournament team following Sunday’s win.
Northern Essex will return to conference play and close out a four-game home swing tonight when they play host to Springfield Tech at 7:30 p.m. at the Sport and Fitness Center on the Haverhill campus.