NP GOES ON THE DEFENSIVE

Knights close strong behind Jones and Coley to top Bensalem

TOWAMENCIN » Just 40 seconds into the third quarter, things weren’t going well for North Penn.

What had been a tie game at the half had quickly turned in Bensalem’s favor as the Owls hit a three and turned a steal into a layup, prompting a quick Knights timeout. Down but not out, the Knights locked in and managed to tie the game at the end of the quarter before taking control in the fourth.

A big day from Josh Jones and Billy Coley coupled with good defense at the end allowed North Penn to pick up a 70-58 win over

Bensalem on Saturday to cap a 3-0 week.

“We’ve really stepped our defense up,” Coley, a senior guard, said. “Our defense was kind of lacking and in the (CB South game Friday), our defense really came up strong so we wanted to keep it going. We’ve worked a lot on it in practice and we have that mentality that we want to get stops on defense.”

Bensalem’s now 2-4 record

THE SCORE North Penn 70, Bensalem 58 Up next for North Penn: The Knights host CB East on Tuesday.

ANDREW ROBINSON/MEDIANEWS GROUP North Penn’s Josh Jones (left) dribbles while Bensalem’s Luke Zeidler defends on Saturday.

ANDREW ROBINSON/MEDIANEWS GROUP Bensalem’s James Ashford (12) guards North Penn’s Joe Larkins (14) on Saturday.