Johnson State dropped their last home game of the season to North Atlantic Conference (NAC) foe New England College 84-60 Thursday evening in Carter Gymnasium. Johnson slides to 6-11 in the NAC (6-17 overall) while New England College improves to 12-5 in the NAC (18-6 overall).

Johnson started out slow, allowing New England College to go on a 19-3 run to open up the stanza. Brittany Robertson answered the run with a three pointer, and then a jump shot with 13:12 remaining in the half. The Pilgrims would go on another run that would put them up 39-18 with 5:11 left in the half. A couple of made layups from Sarah Voorhis and some free throws kept the lead at 20 going into the half.

Both teams played even coming out of the half. Marjani Lillard had the first bucket of the second half, but was answered by a layup from Voorhis. Back and forth play would keep the lead at 20 with up until the 4:24 mark. The Pilgrims would then go on to extend the lead to 26, the biggest of the game, and closed out the half strong, picking up an 84-60 conference win.

Nicole Menard led the Badgers with a team high 18 points. Kasey DeGreenia would follow putting up 11 points and pulling down seven rebounds. Brittany Robertson contributed 10 points while Ashley Goddard recorded 10 rebounds.

Taylor Burgess had a game high 22 points and picked up a double-double, adding 10 rebounds to her stat line. Kayla Lawlor earned 16 points and dished the ball seven times. Utshana Durham had 12 points and Judy Dennis picked up 10 points. 

The Badgers go on to play Colby-Sawyer on Saturday with a tip-off at 3:00pm. The Pilgrims play host to Lyndon State College on Saturday to wrap up their regular season play with a start time of 3:00pm as well.