Box Score

The men’s basketball team won their fifth straight game by knocking off Yeshiva University, 73-63, in a non-conference encounter on Thursday night in the ARC Arena.

Sophomore forward Sean Loftus scored a career-high 18 points (9-12 fg), and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds to help lead the Bearcats to a strong 7-2 season record.

George Kunkel had 17 points, six rebounds and dished out five assists, while Lionel Hilaire and Tammer Farid scored eight points each.

Mike Dietz contributed six points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Eric Quintero finished with seven points and four rebounds in 12 minutes of action.

Baruch, which led from start to finish, shot 54 percent (28-52) this evening, and led by as much as 24 points (48-24) with 15:54 remaining.

They built up a big advantage by scoring the final six points of the first half and the first five points of the second half to help run away from the Maccabees of the Skyline Conference.
 
Yeshiva made a late push to keep things interesting right up until the final minute, but Baruch had enough of a lead to record the victory in the annual non-conference meeting between the New York City area schools.

Martin Leibovich led the visitors with 23 points (6-10 fg), six rebounds, three assists and two steals in 36 minutes of action. Simon Brookim scored 16 points (7-11 fg).

Prior to the start of the game, the men's basketball team presented Ray Rankis with a gift for recording the 350th win of his career in a road win on Monday night at Rutgers-Newark.

The men’s basketball team will next face the #14-ranked and 2008 Sweet 16 St. Mary’s College of Maryland this Saturday in the ARC Arena. Tip off is scheduled for 1:00 pm. (Live Flash Stats Available)