Basketball Recap: Paramus Comes Up Short

Paramus fought the good fight in their overtime match against Northern Highlands on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Northern Highlands Highlanders 71-66. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Highlanders: they've now lost five in a row.

Zack Blacher went supernova for Northern Highlands, going 8-for-15 on his way to 26 points. The dominant performance gave Blacher a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Pharoahe Dixon, who went 7-for-15 to rack up 18 points along with five rebounds and three steals.

Paramus' loss dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Northern Highlands, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 17-7.

Paramus does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Northern Highlands has already played their next game (against Hackensack), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.