
Norsemen
01/18/25 @ Marquette | 67-54 |
01/17/25 @ Illinois Math & Science Academy | 75-72 |
01/15/25 vs Aurora Christian | 53-52 |
01/14/25 vs DePue | 76-33 |
01/06/25 @ Leland | 77-49 |
Newark waltzed into their game on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 67-54 win over the Marquette Crusaders. For the Norsemen, this counts as revenge for the 58-51 victory the Crusaders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2024.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Newark to victory, but perhaps none more so than Reggie Chapman, who went 6 for 11 en route to 20 points and six assists. Another player making a difference was Dylan Long, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 20 points and four steals.
Newark has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Marquette, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.
Newark will welcome Seneca at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Newark is on a four-game streak of home wins, Seneca a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. Marquette has already played their next contest (against Somonauk), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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