NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Yeshiva men's basketball team beat the College at Old Westbury 81-69 in a Skyline Conference contest at the Max Stern Athletic Center on Thursday evening.
With the win, the Maccabees are 4-3 (2-1 Skyline) this season, while Old Westbury falls to 0-6 (0-1 Skyline).
Yeshiva was led by
Shelby Rosenberg with his fourth double-double of the season. He scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds. He connected on 9-of-14 from the field and blocked three shots.
Benjy Ritholtz shot 7-for-9 from the floor and 3-for-3 from behind the three point line for 19 points to go along with five rebounds.
Michael Berg came off the bench and added 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.
Yeshiva shot 30-for-51 from the field as a team for a 58.8 percent clip. The Maccabees 15-for-25 in the first half and 15-for-26 in the second half. Yeshiva shot 50 percent (6-for-12) from behind the three point line.
The Maccabees started a step slow and fell behind in the early stages of the game. Old Westbury led most of the way in the first half, and the visiting Panthers led by as much as nine in the opening stanza. Old Westbury took a 21-12 lead with 11:12 to go in the first half, capping an 11-1 run that turned an 11-10 Yeshiva lead into the largest lead of the game for Old Westbury.
The Maccabees though countered with a strong latter portion of the first half. First they answered with an 11-5 spurt to make the score 26-23 with 7:46 to play. Yeshiva finally took the lead with 2:03 to play on a lay-up by Rosenberg. The 13-1 Yeshiva run was capped by a three point field goal by
Joseph Ammar, who had seven points in the win.
Old Westbury retook the lead momentarily before Ritholtz connected on a three point field goal in the closing seconds to close out the half with a 38-37 Yeshiva lead.
The Maccabees never trailed in the second half. Yeshiva opened the final twenty minutes of play on a 9-2 run to take a 47-39 lead with 16:28 to play. Yeshiva proceeded to pull ahead by 10 moments later and the Maccabees led 51-41 with 13:29 to play.
Old Westbury did not go away and, behind an 11-2 Panther run, quickly got the deficit down to one and the score was 53-52 Yeshiva with 10:27 to play.
But the Maccabees countered with an 8-0 run to take a 61-52 lead with 6:07 to play and Yeshiva kept the Panthers at arm's length distance the rest of the way.
Yeshiva held a 38-34 edge on points in the paint.
Old Westbury was led by Omari Trebuse with 18 points.
Yeshiva is back in action on Saturday for a home contest against Maritime College at 8:30 p.m.
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