PATCHOGUE, N.Y.—Five players scored double figures in a balanced attack for the Yeshiva men's basketball team who opened 2014-15 Skyline Conference play on Wednesday with a 78-59 win over St. Joseph's-Long Island.
 
The win improves Yeshiva to 3-2 overall (1-0 Skyline), while St. Joseph's-Long Island is 1-4 (0-1 Skyline).
 
Shelby Rosenberg led the balanced attack with a team-high 19 points, on 7-for-8 shooting, to go along with six rebounds and three assists. Meanwhile Michael Berg connected on 7-of-11 for 14 points. Shaje Weiss came off the bench and added 13 points, while Joseph Ammar netted 11 and Benjy Ritholtz had 10 points and seven assists.
 
St. Joseph's-Long Island was led by Fernando Vazquez with 25 on 10-for-14 shooting.
 
The game saw three lead changes and two ties early in the contest, but Yeshiva, down 8-7, went on a 10-0 run to take a 17-8 lead with 12:33 to go capped by a continuation three point basket by Ritholtz.
 
The rest of the first half saw the Maccabees continue to draw away. Yeshiva led by as much as twenty-two in the opening stanza, and the Maccabees were up 36-14 with 1:57 to go. The host Golden Eagles scampered a brief 4-0 spurt in the final minute and a half of the first period to make the score 36-18 in favor of Yeshiva at halftime.
 
In the second half, Yeshiva maintained a comfortable lead, en route picking up the win. St. Joseph's-Long Island's smallest deficit in the second half was sixteen after scoring the first two points of the second half (to cap off a 6-0 run that started with a 4-0 run to close out the first half). Yeshiva proceeded to go on a 13-2 run from there to take a 49-22 lead with 16:34 to go, and the Maccabees coasted the rest of the way.
 
Yeshiva shot 50.9 percent from the field (29-for-57), while the Golden Eagles shot 37.7 percent from the floor (23-for-61)
 
Yeshiva's next contest is Tuesday December 2 for a home game against Skyline foe Sage College at 7 p.m.