Box Score


NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Yeshiva men's basketball team was defeated by the City College of New York (CCNY) in a non conference game at the Max Stern Athletic Center on Thursday evening.
 
The loss leaves the Maccabees at 6-12 this season, while CCNY improves to 6-14.
 
Yisrael Feld led the way for Yeshiva with 13 points and four assists, while Benjy Ritholtz had 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots. Yosef Rosenthal added 11 points off the bench.
 
CCNY was led by Guilherme Brodt with 15 points.
 
The game was close from start to finish, but Yeshiva led most of the way. The Maccabees led by as much as nine in the first half before leading 26-21 at halftime.
 
The game stayed close in the second half, but Yeshiva never lost the lead until 3:54 to go when CCNY momentarily took a 50-49 lead. Prior to that, the visiting Beavers tied the score twice, but the Maccabees answered both times.
 
After CCNY took a one point lead, Yeshiva spurted off a 4-0 run to go up 53-50 with 3:09 to go.
 
But CCNY closed out the game on a 5-0 run to retake the lead and win the game.