Box Score

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Yeshiva University men's basketball team suffered a setback on Saturday evening, falling to the United States Coast Guard, 85-75, on the first night of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-off Classic at the Coast Guard Academy on Saturday evening. Yeshiva drops to 1-1 this season.

The Maccabees were led by sophomore guard Judah Cohen, who scored a game-high 22 points while shooting 6-11 from beyond the arc. Freshman guard Simcha Halpert produced 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds, while senior guard Jordan Hod added 10 points of his own with a game-high six assists.

Down by eleven entering the second half, Yeshiva scored 11 unanswered points, capped off by two free throws from Hod to tie the game at 37. With just over 12 minutes left in regulation, Cohen nailed a three-point field goal to make it 47-43 in favor of Yeshiva. Later in the stanza, Cohen drilled another three-pointer to give the Maccabees their largest lead of the game, 60-52, with 8:50 remaining.

Coast Guard (1-1) rallied to pull within two, at 63-61, but a layup by senior forward Dean Pienica increased Yeshiva's lead to four with seven minutes left to play. After the home team tied the contest at 67, Halpert made one of two free throws to put Yeshiva back up by one. From that point on, Coast Guard took complete control of the game by scoring six unanswered points to take a 73-68 advantage with 4:05 remaining. The Maccabees were not able to tie the game again as the Bears pulled away to win the non-conference contest, 85-75.

For the evening, freshman forward Bar Alluf and senior forward Eli Mamann each scored eight points. Pienica added six, while sophomore forward Tal Gweta chipped in with five points.

Yeshiva will complete the second leg of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-off Classic on Sunday, when the Maccabees take on the Camels of Connecticut College beginning at 2:00 p.m. The contest will take place on the campus of Connecticut College.