Box Score NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - As has often become the case when Yeshiva University and College of New Rochelle meet on the women's basketball hardwood during the 2012-13 season, Thursday night's first-round, Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference match-up at CNR's Wellness Center provided a close contest to the final horn. The host Blue Angels, seeded fourth, captured a 66-61 victory over the fifth-seeded Maccabees.
YU (5-14), which will wrap up its season with a road contest at St. Joseph's College of Brooklyn on Feb. 20 (8 p.m.; Brooklyn Tech H.S.), received double-figure scoring from three different players against CNR (10-15), which advances to play top-seeded Albany College of Pharmacy in semifinals action on Saturday night at 8 p.m. The Maccabees'
Haley David (Jr.; New York, N.Y.) went 4-for-8 from 3-point range en route to 18 points, while sophomore guard
Stephanie Greenberg (Cedarhurst, N.Y.) contributed 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists in going the distance for the visitors. Junior low-post presence,
Rebecca Yoshor (Houston, Texas) picked up 11 points while pulling down a game-best 17 caroms, as she registered her 16th double-double of the season and 31st of her two-year Yeshiva career.
The visitors led out of the gate, and pushed in front by a 17-6 count less than eight minutes in when senior co-captain
Naomi Gofine (Toronto, Ont.) found sophomore
Rita Gordon (Lincolnwood, Ill.) for a jumper at the elbow. The Blue Angels roared back by scoring the next 16 points of the contest, before the Macs responded with 10-consecutive markers of their own. A free throw by Yoshor capped the string with her squad in front 27-22 with 3:46 remaining, before YU brought a 32-24 lead into halftime.
New Rochelle scored the first seven points of the second half, before an 8-0 swell gave the hosts a 38-36 advantage with 16:17 on the clock. After each team came up empty on their next respective possessions, both squads exchanged a pair of field goals. From there, the Blue Angels held the lead for good, and pushed it to as many as 11 points (62-51) with 4:39 to go. YU scored 10 of the last 14 points of the contest to account for the final score.
