SINGH SCORES 24 FOR HAWKS IN CONFERENCE BATTLE WITH NO. 6 PANTHERS

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College men's basketball team played host to No. 6 Ellsworth Community College Sunday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk. The Hawks dropped the matchup by a final score of 98-83.

Northeast (4-4, 0-2 ICCAC) was led by Sunny Singh (Queens, N.Y.) as the sophomore has been in double figures scoring in every contest this season and tallied a game-high 24 points Sunday night. The Hawks shot better from both the free-throw line and the three-point line than the Panthers but ultimately Ellsworth was able to secure the triumph as the Hawks will now look ahead to two showdowns on the road this upcoming week.

STAT SHEET:

Sunny Singh (Queens, N.Y.): 24 PTS, 4 REB

Lochie Harvey (Yarrawonga, Australia): 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

Johanes Piscikas (Lakeville, Minn.): 15 PTS, 2 REB

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Basketball Coach Josh Clark on the night against the nationally-ranked Panthers:

"It has kind of been a buzzsaw to start conference play with Iowa Central ranked No. 5 and Ellsworth ranked No. 6," Clark said. "They probably are the two best teams in our conference. Ellsworth won on the road at No. 1 Kirkwood earlier this week. We executed better than we did against Iowa Central, but we have to find a way to get stops. Points in the paint were 54 to 38. We have to find an identity. We can score, but if we can't get stops, it will be tough."

Clark on rebounding this week with two road games on the schedule:

"We are going to play as hard as we can against Iowa Lakes and hopefully take care of our business," Clark said. "Saturday at Western Iowa Tech will be another tough one. Our goal is to be 2-2 at the end of this upcoming weekend in conference play. That will set us up well. It's easy to get down after two conference losses, but that's this conference and every night is a battle. We'll get right back to it."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will take on Iowa Lakes Community College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Estherville, Iowa.

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