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Northern Essex Knights Defeat Dallas College Mountain View in Consolation Bracket

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The Northern Essex Community College Men’s Basketball team put on a scoring clinic in the second half to come from behind to defeat Dallas College Mountain View Thursday in the National Junior College Athletic Association DIII Championship tournament consolation bracket. The Knights finished their season on a high note with a 107-99 win, outscoring the Lions 65-44 in the second half after trailing 55-42 at halftime. Northern Essex freshman Xavier Rivera scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, hitting nine of 10 shots from the field. Rivera was 11 of 14 overall from the field. Haverhill’s Alejandro Delgado added eight of his 19 points in the half.

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Northern Essex Community College Men’s Basketball Loses to Dallas in First Tournament Game

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Editor’s Note: Rich Rosa of Haverhill is a graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, majoring in broadcast and digital journalism. He is the son of Haverhill School Committee member Richard J. and Anne Marie Rosa. The eighth-seed Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team lost its first game of the 2025 NJCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament 73-68 to ninth-seed Dallas Richland on Wednesday, Mar. 12. The Knights returned to the NJCAA tournament for the third straight year.