Basketball Recap: Northern Highlands Drops Season-High Score on Hackensack

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northern Highlands). They secured a 76-70 W over the Hackensack Comets on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for the Highlanders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Northern Highlands' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lucas Dipasupil, who went 10 for 16 en route to 25 points. The match was Dipasupil's tenth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Zack Blacher, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 18 points.

The victory made it two in a row for Northern Highlands and bumps their season record up to 10-4. As for Hackensack, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-8 record this season.

Northern Highlands didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 74-69 win against Pascack Valley on the 25th. Hackensack has also already played their next match (against Kennedy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.