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Men’s Basketball Game University Maccabees vs. St. Joseph’s College () Bears **Saturday, February 6, 2016**

Yeshiva University Maccabees Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown High School 0 Michael Berg F 6’3” Jr. , N.Y. Ramaz 2 Dean Pienica F 6’0” Jr. Tel Aviv, Lady Davis 4 Jamie Cappell G 6’2” Fr. New York, N.Y. Ramaz 5 Joseph Ammar F 6’3” Sr. Miami, Fla. Hillel 11 Eytan Potash F 6’0” Sr. Teaneck, N.J. Frisch 12 Jordan Hod G 5’10” Jr. Teaneck, N.J. Frisch 13 Isaac Mirwis G 5’6” Jr. Houston, Texas. Beren Academy 15 Michael Hayon F 6’5” Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Westlake 20 Yosef Rosenthal G 6’2” Sr. W. Hempstead, N.Y. Rambam 21 Tal Gweta F 6’4” Fr. Calabasas, Calif. Calabasas 22 Judah Cohen G 5’11” Fr. Englewood, N.J. Frisch 23 Ariel Sokol G 6’0” Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. YULA 24 Shaje Weiss G 6’4” Sr. Edison, N.J. JEC/RTMA 25 Justin Hod G 6’3” Fr. Teaneck, N.J. Frisch 32 Bryan Itkowitz F 6’3” Fr. Memphis, Tenn. CYHSB 33 Jack Turrell F 6’5” So. Los Angles, Calif. Valley 44 Shelby Rosenberg F 6’4” Sr. Woodmere, N.Y. HAFTR

Head Coach: Elliot Steinmetz Assistant Coach: Yogev Berdugo Student Managers: Jacob Herenstein, Eli Katz

St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) Bears Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown High School 1 Michael Murray G 6’1” Sr. Glendale, N.Y. St. Francis Prep 3 Rodolph Mesadieu F 6’2” Sr. South Ozone Park, N.Y. Archbishop Molloy 5 Carlos Mayorga G 6’1” Sr. East Elmhurst, N.Y. St. John's Prep 11 Christian Giles G 5’9” Jr. East Elmhurst, N.Y. Archbishop Molloy 12 Joseph Idyahia G 6’1” Fr. Glendale, N.Y. Christ the King 14 Alec Willis G 5’10” So. , N.Y. St. Joseph by the Sea 15 Michael Megafu F 6’2” Sr. Jamaica, N.Y. Nazareth Regional 21 Matt O’Neill G 5’11” Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. St. Edmund Prep 23 Nolan Parr G 6’2” Sr. Red Hook, N.Y. Red Hook Central 32 Aaron Parra F 6’4” Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Msgr. McClancy 33 Sean Salomons F 6’4” Fr. Staten Island, N.Y. St. Peter’s 34 Jamir Archer F 6’4” Jr. Staten Island, N.Y. CSI McCown 40 Richard DiPuma F 6’5” Jr. Seaford, N.Y. Seaford

Head Coach: Joseph Cocozello Assistant Coaches: Luke Klimaszewski, Chris Olaskiewicz, Lukasz Cygan

2015 –16 Maccabees Basketball Basketball Yeshiva University MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Game Time/Result Sun., Nov. 15 Gallaudet University W, 78-74 Wed., Nov. 18 Baruch College L, 76-79 (OT) Sun., Nov. 22 Hunter College W, 81-71 Tues., Nov. 24 College of Mount Saint Vincent* L, 58-68 Mon., Nov. 30 * L, 64-71

Wed., Dec. 2 Farmingdale State College* W, 74-69 Sun., Dec. 6 Purchase College* W, 75-59 2015-16 Yeshiva Men’s Basketball Game Notes Thurs., Dec. 10 * W, 71-54 Sat., Dec. 12 The Sage Colleges* W, 82-72 Mon., Dec. 14 St. Joseph’s College (Bklyn)* L, 68-85 Wed., Dec. 16 Lehman College L, 82-86 (OT) Yeshiva University Maccabees (11-7, 9-4 Skyline) Weds., Dec. 30 #12 L, 66-57 vs. St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) Bears (11-10, 8-9 Skyline)

Wed., Jan. 20 Farmingdale State College* W, 71-69 Tues., Jan. 26 St. Joseph’s College (L.I.)* L, 65-69 Saturday, February 6, 2016  8:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 28 SUNY Maritime College* W, 81-70 Sat., Jan. 30 Mount Saint Mary College* W, 75-53 Athletic Center  New York, N.Y.

Mon., Feb. 1 SUNY Maritime College* W, 77-73 The Race for First Place Wed., Feb. 3 College of Mount Saint Vincent* W, 83-67 Sat., Feb. 6 St. Joseph’s College (Bklyn)* 8:30 pm  Tonight, the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team will Tues., Feb. 9 Sarah Lawrence College* 7:00 pm battle St. Joseph’s College of Brooklyn in a Skyline contest. Thurs., Feb. 11 The College at Old Westbury* 6:00 pm Sun., Feb. 14 The Sage Colleges* 3:00 pm  This is the second meeting between these two teams this Tues., Feb. 16 The College at Old Westbury* 8:00 pm season. The Bears won the first encounter on their home Thurs., Feb. 18 St. Joseph’s College (L.I.)* 8:00 pm Sat., Feb. 20 Purchase College* 8:30 pm court, 85-68, back on December 14.  Thanks to the Maccabees’ four game Skyline winning Tues., Feb. 23 Skyline Conference First Round% TBA streak, they now trail the PanthersW, 79-77 of the College at Old Thurs., Feb. 25 Skyline Conference Semifinals% TBA Sun., Feb. 28 Skyline Conference Finals% TBA Westbury by just one game in the loss column for first Home Games in Bold *=Conference Game %=Postseason Game place in the conference standings.  Yeshiva’s latest victory came against Mount Saint Vincent on Wednesday evening, 83-67. In that contest, senior Shelby Rosenberg scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the double-double.  After tonight, the Maccabees will go on a three-game conference road tip before ending the season with three consecutive Skyline games at home.

 For the season, Rosenberg leads the Maccabees with an SKYLINE CONFERENCE average of 18.3 points per game. His 7.2 rebound per MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS contest are also a team-high. Senior Shaje Weiss scores THROUGH GAMES OF 02/05/2016 12.4 points a game, while sophomore Michael Berg is averaging 10.9 points and 3.7 assists per contest. School Skyline OVERALL Old Westbury 11-3 12-7  Stay up-to-date with Yeshiva Athletics in several ways. Sage 12-4 14-7 Your main source of information should always be Yeshiva 9-4 11-7 www.yumacs.com. You will find stories, photos, rosters, Purchase 9-6 11-9 Farmingdale State 9-6 9-11 and much more. St. Joseph’s Bklyn 8-9 11-10  Yeshiva has quite a presence on social media as well. You Mt. St. Vincent 7-8 8-12 St. Joseph’s L.I. 7-8 8-12 can find us on Facebook by searching Yeshiva Athletics. Mt. St. Mary 5-10 7-13 Simply ‘Like’ us and you will receive our posts. On Twitter, Maritime 5-10 5-15 follow us @YUathletics. We now have an Instagram Sarah Lawrence 1-15 4-17 account. Follow us at yuathletics.