YESHIVA LEAGUE
Flatbush 47 HANC 26
The Falcons improve to 2-1 in the league, 4-3 overall. The Hurricanes are 2-1.
Kushner 32 Hillel 27
Cobras now 2-3. Heat fall to 0-3.
National Results - Girls - Nov. 13, 2024
New Name, Same Exciting Tournament
The renamed Memphis Yeshiva Invitational tips off its 15th installment Thursday, with arguably the deepest field in the tournament’s history.
Twelve of the 16 teams are ranked in the Jewish Hoops America National Top 25, led by top-seeded YULA, the #2 ranked team in JHA. Three of the tournament’s seven Yeshiva League teams and Valley Torah round out the Top 5.
Here is the seeding for the tournament:
1.YULA/Los Angeles,CA
2.DRS/Woodmere,NY
3.TABC/Teaneck,NJ
4.Hillel/Ocean,NJ
5.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA
6.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY
7.H.A. Montreal/Montreal,Qu
8.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
9.Maimonides/Brookline,MA
10.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY
11.Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL
12.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
13.MTA/New York,NY
14.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD
15.Cooper Yeshiva/Memphis,TN
16.Beren Academy/Houston,TX
All the games are livestreamed on the tournament website at MemphisInvitational.com, where you can find scores, scorers and game recaps each day. There’s also still time to enter the Memphis Invitational Bracket Challenge, where you can pick how you think Tier 1 will go through Sunday’s championship game. Entries must be submitted by 12 noon Central Time (1 ET, 10 PT), when the first game tips off.
Here is the full schedule for Thursday’s Opening Round games. Winners will make up Tier 1; losers will go into Tier 2.
12:00 - #8 Katz YHS vs #9 Maimonides
12:15 - #6 Magen David vs #11 Posnack Jewish Day
1:30 - #1 YULA vs #16 Beren-Houston
1:45 - #4 Hillel vs #13 MTA
3:00 - #7 H.A. Montreal vs #10 HAFTR
3:15 - #5 Valley Torah vs #12 North Shore H.A.
4:30 - #3 TABC vs #14 Jewish Day School
5:00 - #2 DRS vs #15 Cooper Memphis
Jewish Hoops America - National Top 25
On the strength of its Glouberman Tournament championship, the Shalhevet Firehawks are the near-unanimous choice as the top team in the first Jewish Hoops America National Top 25 poll for 2024-25.
The Firehawks got 9 of 10 1st Place votes, with YULA, the team they beat in the Glouberman final, getting the other vote. The Panthers lost three starters to graduation from last year’s JHA #1 team.
Rounding out the Top 5 are Yeshiva League teams DRS, SAR and TABC. DRS topped SAR in the Magen David Tournament final last month.
Berman Hebrew Academy has its highest ever ranking at #6 after leading Shalhevet most of the way in the Glouberman semifinals.
The rankings come out on the eve of the Memphis Yeshiva Invitational, where 12 of the 16 teams are in the Top 25.
Most of the ranked teams return from last year’s Top 25, with four newcomers, Hillel, Fasman, YDE and H.A. Montreal. The Heat are ranked for the first time.
The Top 25 is generally released each Monday and Tuesday and reflect games played through Sunday. Expect lots of shifting next week after the Memphis tourney, especially in the middle of the pack where the 11th through 15th teams are currently separated by only three votes.
Team……………………………………………………………..Record……….Votes……….Prev
1.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA(9)…………………….5-0…………249……………….-
2.YULA/Los Angeles,CA (1)……………………………4-1…….……238…..…………..-
3.DRS/Woodmere,NY………………………………………7-1…………224……………….-
4.SAR/Bronx,NY……………………………………………….9-2………..214………………..-
5.TABC/Teaneck,NJ … ….………..…….…………..,……3-1….…….209…...………….-
6.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD…………………………..4-1…………187.……..………..-
7.Hillel/Ocean,NJ……………………………………………….3-1…………180……………….-
8.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL…………………….….…….……0-0…….….146……..………..-
9.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL………………………………0-0…………138……………….-
10.Milken/Los Angeles,CA……………………………….0-0…………137………………..-
11.Ramaz/New York,NY……………………………………..6-3…………121…………………-
TieRochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL………………….………..0-0….…….121……..………….-
TieValley Torah/Valley Village,CA……………………0-0………..121…………………-
14.Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL…………………….0-0…….….120………………..-
15.Frisch/Paramus,NJ …………………….…….………….…2-4.……….118…………………-
16.Maimonides/Brookline,MA…………….……………..0-0…………105……………….-
17.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY(1) …..………..…………..4-3….……..81……...…………-
TieNorth Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY…………………1-3………….81………………...-
19.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY…………………………………….3-4…………68………………..-
20.Jewish Culture HS/Miami Beach,FL………….,,,,3-3…………61………………..-
21.Leffell/Hartsdale,NY………………………………………….0-0…………56……………….-
22.deToledo/West Hills,CA…………………………………..0-0…………34……………..…-
23.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL……………………………..0-0………….30…………….…-
24.YDE/Brooklyn,NY……………………………………………..3-2………….26……………….-
25.Hebrew Academy/Montreal,QB…………………….1-0…………..24……………….-
Others receiving votes: Denver Jewish Day, 22; MTA, 21; Fuchs Mizrachi, 16; Jewish Day School, 16; Heschel, 15; Beth Tfiloh, 14; Flatbush, 12; Barrack H.A., 11; San Diego Jewish Academy, 7; Tarbut vTorah, 6; King David HS, 5; Emery Weiner, 4; Donna Klein Jewish Academy, 3; Ecole Maimonide, 3; Ohr Yisroel, 3; Or Chaim Toronto, 2; Akiba Yavneh Dallas, 1.
National Results - Girls - Nov. 12, 2024
NORTHEAST
Lawrence Woodmere def Schechter-Long Island
The Lions dropped their season opener.
WEST
Christian Heritage 39 Yavneh Dallas 37
Lilly Yalovsky scored 27 points but the Bulldogs (1-4) dropped their Texas opener.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Frisch 44 Ma’ayanot 18
Izzy Nadtrich led the Cougars (2-0; 7-0) with 12 points.
SKA 62 Ramaz 39
Daphna Steinmetz had a triple double - 21 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds - and Leah Sicklick added 18 points to lead the Sonics (2-0). Leila Sakhai had 17 points for the Rams (2-1; 3-3).
Flatbush 61 Central 33
Lynn Dweck led the Falcons (1-1; 3-3) with 12 points. Ava Rescheke had 12 points for the Wildcats (0-4).
National Results - Boys - Nov. 12, 2024
SOUTHEAST
Jewish Culture 75 Horeb Christian 37
Jonathan Hazan led the Lions (2-3) with 29 points and Shilo Kahan added 19.
Atlanta Jewish Academy 55 Oak Mountain 31
Zac Agichtein scored 27 points and Ari Shapiro added 11 to lead the Jaguars (2-0).
YESHIVA LEAGUE
DRS 37 Frisch 35
The Wildcats (3-0; 7-1) won their sixth straight game. Cougars (0-1; 1-4)
Flatbush 62 Waterbury Yeshiva 49
Ricky Haddad led the Falcons (2-0; 4-4) with 21 points and Joe Esses added 11. Aviad Dahari led the Wolfpack (1-3) with 16 points, Akiva Guggenheim added 12 and Yitzchok Sultan had 12.
SAR 54 HAFTR 43
A 20-6 second quarter put the Sting (2-0; 9-2) in control. Seth Weiss led SAR with 23 points and Ari Halpert added 14. Jacob Salem paced the Hawks (2-2; 3-4).
Hillel 64 Heschel 54
Eli Braha and Leyed Teren each scored 15 points and Bruce Epstein added 12 as the NJ Heat (1-0; 3-1) pulled away late after trailing at the end of the third quarter. trailed after three quarters but pulled away late in their league opener. Jude Fine led the Manhattan Heat with 13 points and Jordan Cohen-Mintz had 11.