We’ve been saying it in these spaces for months now:
“One last ride.”
Not as a slogan. Not as fluff. As a feeling. As a recognition that this core —that has grown together, bled together, carried the program together, and played its final regular season minutes at the Max Stern Athletic Center. Yet Saturday night wasn’t just a tilt but a clincher, a celebration, and a pre-playoff test. And the Macs passed all three.
Yeshiva defeated Sarah Lawrence 81–74 in a heavyweight Skyline battle, honoring seven seniors before tip-off and then fighting for 40 minutes to make sure their night ended the right way, as the Macs clinched the top seed for the second time in program history and first since the 2019-2020 season.
Before the ball ever went up, the spotlight belonged to Zevi Samet, Max Zakheim, Tom Beza, Hillel Baynash, Dothan Bardichev, Ari Shklyar, and Roy Itcovichi. Seven seniors. Seven stories. Years of work condensed into one pregame moment at center court.
However, what made it powerful is that they didn’t let the ceremony be the highlight.
They made their ninth straight win the highlight, making them 15-0 in Skyline play and 16-8 overall.
