NEW YORK - Yeshiva University men's basketball standout Ryan Turell ('22) has joined the NBA G League. The Los Angeles native was selected by the Motor City Cruise, the Detroit Pistons' minor league affiliate, in the first round of the NBA G League Draft on Saturday. Turell was selected No. 27 overall. There were three rounds in the draft.

Turell helped propel the Yeshiva University men's basketball team to a pair of Skyline Conference Championships, a berth in the Sweet 16 round after winning two NCAA Tournament games in 2020, a No. 1 national ranking in the D3hoops.com Top 25 National Poll, and a 50-game winning streak which lasted from 2019 until 2021. 

During his time at YU, Turell was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III National Player of the Year, was selected to the D3hoops.com All-America first team three times, earned three Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year honors, won two Skyline Player of the Year awards, made the All-Skyline first team every year it was bestowed, and earned the Travis Grant Award for leading all three NCAA divisions in scoring during his senior year (27.1 ppg). He tops Yeshiva's all-time career scoring list (2,158 points), set the school's all-time single-season scoring record (786 points in 2021-22), and netted the most points in a game in team history (51 points against Manhattanville College on November 28, 2021). 

"Couldn't be more happy for this hard-working and driven kid," Yeshiva University Head Coach Elliot Steinmetz said. "This is just the beginning of the path for Ryan. Bigger things are coming."

For more information on the Motor City Cruise, and updates regarding Turell's journey with the team, head over to their website which can be accessed here.