Farmingdale State - 76, Yeshiva - 57
NEW YORK, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College men's basketball team used an 18-0 run midway through the first half Saturday night to move to 20-1 on the season, earning its 16th-straight win with a 76-57, Skyline Conference decision at Yeshiva University.
The visiting Rams are now 12-0 in Skyline action, and their winning streak is now the second-longest in program history. FSC is one of just six teams left in NCAA Division III with one loss on the year, and is one victory away from clinching the top seed in the Feb. 20-24, eight-team Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Championship. Farmingdale State has four regular-season Skyline games remaining, beginning with Wednesday's (Feb. 7) 7 p.m. home match-up on Greek Night versus Mount Saint Mary College.
The Maccabees (13-9, 10-3 Skyline) jumped out to an 11-5 lead six minutes into play after a cold start by the visitors, before seven-straight points by FSC gave them their first lead of the night when senior swingman
Nick Hurowitz (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) knocked down a 3-pointer at the 11:24 mark. Once YU responded with five consecutive points of its own, the Rams ripped off an 18-0 spurt to push ahead by a 30-16 count on a driving lay-in by sophomore point guard
Michael Notias (Manhasset, N.Y.) with 5:32 to go. Senior shooting guard
Aaron Davis (Valley Stream, N.Y.) scored six points in a row early in the spurt on a trifecta and conventional 3-point play, and the Farmingdale State defense kept the Macs off the board until a free throw at the 3:56 mark. Hurowitz's 3-point play and layup on the fast break sandwiched a lay-in underneath by junior forward
James Cosgrove (Franklin Sq., N.Y.) in the final 97 seconds of the period, with Farmingdale State taking a 39-23 lead into the halftime break. FSC held the host side under 30 percent shooting (8-of-27, .296) in the opening 20 minutes, while converting 13 Macs turnovers into 16 points in transition.
Senior point guard
Jevon Santos (Elmont, N.Y.) opened the second half with five consecutive points, helping Farmingdale State to its largest lead of the night at 52-30 when Hurowitz laid home a basket 4:18 into the resumption of play. Yeshiva put forth an impressive run, scoring 18 of the next 22 points, to slice its deficit to 56-48 with 8:45 on the clock. Hurowitz's driving layup in FSC's next trip down the floor stopped the spurt, with senior
Corey Powell's (Valley Stream, N.Y.) layup on the fast break off an unselfish pass from Davis with 7:15 left gave the visitors a 62-50 edge with 7:15 to go. Hurowitz shifted the momentum fully back into the Rams' favor with a 3-point play in the right lane at 6:11, before freshman forward
Liam Buckley (Manhasset, N.Y.) added a pair at the free-throw line to up the lead to 66-50 with 5:25 on the scoreboard to put the game out of reach.
Hurowitz led the Rams with team-highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds, with Powell (17 pts., 7-of-12 FG, 7 reb.) and Davis (12 pts.) also scoring in double figures. Notias provided nine points and a team-best four steals off the bench, while Buckley tied Hurowitz for the team and game-high with 10 boards.
