With one week left in the regular season, Northampton’s basketball team has a clear-cut message ahead for them to achieve a district playoff berth.

“We’re at the point where every game is a must win,” said head coach Coy Stampone. “We had an inconsistent stretch last week, but we can control our own destiny. We have four games left and we really want to win all of them to feel good about ourselves. Overall, I think we have played well.”

The Konkrete Kids began the week with an overall 8-10 mark, and they also had the eighth and final spot in the District 11 Class 6A playoff bracket. A. 500 or better record would automatically guarantee a spot, meaning the Kids would need three wins in the final four games.

The Kids are looking to get back to the postseason after they just missed getting there last season, falling a game short.

During the previous week, the Kids suffered a 79-38 loss to Whitehall, but they rebounded with wins over Blue Mountain (59-56) and Liberty (56-45).

“Whitehall took it to us,” said Stampone, recalling the previous week’s action. “We weren’t ready for their pressure.

“Blue Mountain is a very good team. We laid down a little in the third and allowed them to get back into it. We probably played our best four quarters of basketball against Liberty. It was similar to the Central game (a 53-34 win).

“We looked at the metrics behind the Liberty game and held them to 45 points. We also shot 83 percent from the foul line and had less than 10 turnovers (seven).”

The Kids can inch closer this week when they have home games against Emmaus Tuesday and Nazareth Friday. They lost a close 54-48 decision to Emmaus on Dec. 16 and captured a 66-57 win over Nazareth Dec. 22.

They will finish the regular season with their senior night against Pocono Mountain East Feb. 6, and ending at Parkland Feb. 8.

Their final four games reflect one of the team’s main goals.

“We want to play meaningful games at the end of the season,” said Stampone. “That is important to us and it makes our practices better. Now, we have to take care of the situation.”

Stampone believes his team can rise to the occasion in the final weeks.

“I’m proud of the way we have played,” he said. “We have played hard and we have to keep playing smart and not make mental mistakes. We are confident our best basketball is yet to come and we can play better than we have been playing.”