Just days after a frustrating, momentum-stopping loss to Wesleyan, the Macs are right back in it — hosting Purchase Wednesday in a Skyline Conference rematch that suddenly feels bigger than the standings suggest. Yes, YU beat the Panthers convincingly last time out. Yes, that 71–46 road win was the night everything finally clicked — balance, defensive edge, pace, purpose. Yet tonight is about whether that performance was a turning point or just a moment. The Wesleyan loss st

The Yeshiva Maccabees didn’t back into Silloway Gymnasium on Monday night hoping to hang around. They walked in swinging — and for a half, they had Wesleyan exactly where they wanted them. Yet basketball games aren’t 20 minutes long. After controlling the tempo early and riding a blistering first half from Zevi Samet, the Macs ran headfirst into a second-half surge they couldn’t slow, falling to Wesleyan, 84–69, as the Cardinals flipped the game with pace, precision, and ruth

This is it. The final battle at the end of what has been a treacherous non-conference journey. The Macs have faced some of the nation's best. They fought #2 Randolph-Macon and then #15 Mary Washington down in Virginia, hosted defending champions #1 Trinity CT, taken a trip to Boston to face then #4 Tufts, notched a win over runners-up NYU, and played an intense rematch against legendary foes, Illinois Wesleyan. Not to mention tough battles against Chapman and Saint Joseph CT.