The Northeastern Knight basketball team put their names in the record book on Friday, Feb. 28, in their final regular-season game, by defeating the visiting Connersville Spartans by the final score of 56-42. The win was the 22nd of the season for the 2A fifth-ranked Knights and is the most regular-season wins in school history.
Connersville led 12-9 at the end of the first quarter, but they could not hold off the Knights, who outscored the Spartans 34-17 in the second and third quarters en route to a 56-42 victory.
Noah Payne led the winners with 21 points, Sam White scored 14 points and collected 10 rebounds, and Landon Scarrette scored 11 points. Individual statistics for Connersville were not available.
Northeastern (22-1) 9 18 16 13 56
Payne 21, Kaleb Moore 2, Logan Seal 0, Tre Vanlandingham 6, Scarrette 11, Marshall Phillips 0, Matthew Truitt 0, Dalton Justice 2, White 14, Cooper Cline 0 — Total 56
Connersville (9-14) 12 6 11 13 42
A version of this article appeared in the March 5 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.