The #9-ranked New York University men's basketball team took a short bus ride uptown to face Yeshiva University for their first road game of the season, and the Violets defeated the Yeshiva Maccabees 97-78 on Saturday, November 18.
 
It was NYU's highest-scoring game so far this season, as the Violets improved to 3-1. 
 
The Violets came out of the gates hot and went on a 14-4 run in the first five minutes. Cinque Stephens contributed his first three of the season at 14:53. A Quinn Clark layup increased NYU's lead to 14, their largest of the first half. 
 
The Maccabees found their fire in the middle of the opening half, going on an 18-3 run over a 5:49 minute stretch and taking a 33-31 lead. 
 
Coming out of a strategic timeout from Head Coach Dave Klatsky, the Violets hit a plethora of threes and retook the lead. The first half ended for the third time in four games with a Spencer Freedman buzzer-beater, putting NYU up 46-36.
 
NYU did not trail for the remainder of the game, but Yeshiva kept it close at 13:21 when Or Sundjyvsky put one in and shorted the visitor's lead to just two.
 
But, back-to-back Freedman and Micheal Savarino threes allowed the Violets to put distance between them and the Maccabees, as NYU went on to victory.
 
The Violets had their best shooting performance this season, going 59.1 percent from the field and 59.3 percent from three. They also pulled down 39 rebounds, 13 more than their opponents.
 
Savarino had a career-high 29 points, going 7-11 from three-point land. Freedman finished with 21 points, five assists, and went 5-for-8 from three. Clark had 15 points and nine rebounds, while Zay Freeney contributed 14 points, two steals and a block. Hampton Sanders scored nine off the bench with four rebounds and four assists.  
 
The Violets will make the trek to Pasadena, CA, where they will face the California Institute of Technology on Wednesday, November 22, at 5:00 pm PST.