North's Alize Roig-Cortez, shown last week, poured in 20 points to lead the Titans past Keene on Friday night in Keene. (Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

KEENE — The Nashua North boys basketball team broke a seven-game losing streak in grand fashion, notching a one of the biggest upsets in Division I thus far this season with a 70-62 win over first-place Keene on Friday night.

Alize Roig-Cortes poured in a team-high 20 points for the Titans (4-10). He provided a steady hand with 10 points in each half and helped ice things with two free throws in the final minute as the Titans led for the majority of the evening.

The win is North’s first since Jan. 10 against Goffstown, snapping a seven-game skid.

“We came out with a little bit of confidence, which was a big bonus,” North coach Steve Lane said. “We’ve been a little down because we have lost so many in a row. But I gotta give our kids a lot of credit for coming into a place against a first-place team and having a successful night.”

Luke Peters finished with 13 points. He hit a pair of 3-pointers as the visitors went on a 14-0 run to lead 16-6 midway through the first quarter. It was the first of five double-digit leads on the night, and Keene never could come all the way back. North led 21-13 after eight minutes.

Keene’s Javon Massiah finished with a game-high 22 points. He had 14 in the first half as the Blackbirds (10-3) closed the North lead to 38-34 heading into halftime. Jamal Stanley finished with 20 points for the Blackbirds.

Josh Sullivan hit twice from beyond the arc to help North open the gap back up to double digits in the third, leading 62-51 heading into the fourth quarter. Sullivan finished with 14 points behind four 3-pointers.

Robinson Rodriguez added 12 points for North.

North’s 2-3 zone defense kept Keene out of rhythm, and the Blackbirds’ supporting cast behind Massiah and Stanley never got going.

“We changed our defense around a little bit and tried to keep them out of the paint as much as we possibly could,” Lane said. “And we rebounded a little bit better than we have in the past.”

Massiah hit a trey to bring the deficit down to six with North hanging on to a 66-60 lead with 2:50 remaining in the fourth. Massiah then made it 68-62 with a finish at the rim with 55 seconds left. That’s as close as Keene would get.

“That’s a really good team that’s probably going to make a good dent in the tournament,” Lane added. “I’m just happy that we could get one for our guys.”