The Knights defeated Roxbury community college 66-39 at the fitness center on Jan 30. The win puts the Knights at (8-6) and (7-2) in conference play. 

The Knights opened the first quarter on a 9-0 run in five minutes. A layup by the Tigers broke the streak and onto the board 9-2. Mirelys Morales of Dracut, MA tallied five of the Knights first nine points. NECC further expanded their lead to 12 on an 11-6 run, 20-9. 

The Tigers crawled back with a second quarter 17-10 run to trail by only five points. The Knights clung onto the five-point lead as they entered the locker room 30-25. 

When the second half started The Knights, offence started to heat back up. The Knights opened the quarter with a 25-4run, highlighted by a three pointer from Kameryn Pastorello of Billerica, MA to lead 50-29. The Knights carried a 29-point lead into the fourth quarter. NECC closed out the final quarter 16-10 EnRoute to a 66-39 victory over Roxbury, 

Morales’s recorded her first double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds. In addition to Moralses’ impressive night, Emma Ruggiero of Chelmsford, MA and Kamryn Pastorello of Billerica, MA recorded double figures points, with 14 and 13.