Two days after an exhilarating victory over defending NCAA runners-up NYU, Yeshiva University looked to keep the good times rolling Saturday against the University of Saint Joseph at the Max Stern Athletic Center. Instead, the Maccabees struggled to maintain consistent offense, and, at times, seemed unable to generate the “juice” needed to win the game. YU fell 78-64 in a game where offense was hard to come by early, but the USJ Blue Jays stepped up when they needed to and pulled away in the second half. Zevi Samet had a game high 21 for YU, but was bottled up late, as Saint Joseph dared a different Macabee to beat them. The Jays refused to be yet another victim of a Zevi Samet late game takeover. USJ won with a balanced attack, as they had five players in double figures, to the Macs two. Let’s take a deep dive and see where it went wrong for Yeshiva on Saturday night

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