Tier 1 Qualifiers
#1 Magen David 69 #16 MTA 26
Moses Smeke scored 17 points and the Warriors (36-2) cruised to their 22nd straight win. Josh Treuhaft had 12 points for the Lions (3-16).
#2 YULA 51 (23-13) #15 Kohelet 40 18-9
The Kings (18-9) put up a fight before the Panthers (23-13) were able to pull away in the 4th quarter. Yoni Holender led YULA with 12 points, Yishai Rosenblatt added 11 and Alex Gabbay had 10. Chezky Levitt scored 13 points and Izzy Weiner and Daniel Benjamini added 11 each for the Kings.
#3 Flatbush 77 Fuchs Mizrachi 43
Isaac Cooper scored 16 points, Beni Keda added 15 and Ronnie Chaaya had 12 to lead the Falcons (25-5). Nate Jacobs led the Mayhem (15-10) with 18 points and Moshe Jacobs added 13.
#4 Shalhevet 57 #13 DRS 50
Aiden Bitran scored 24 points and Sam Jacobson added 20 as the Firehawks (25-11) overcame a 6-point halftime deficit to advance. Joe Aaron led the Wildcats (14-12) with 15 points.
#5 TABC 63 #12 Berman H.A. 52
Eyal Kinderlehrer scored 37 points and Ayden Gurin added 10 as the Storm (15-5) pulled away in the 4th quarter. Alex August led the Cougars (23-12) with 13 points and Gabey Marguilies and Itai Rozmaryn added 10 each.
#11 Beth Tfiloh 66 #6 Valley Torah 59
The two-time defending champion Wolfpack (22-7) had their Sarachek-record 9-game win streak snapped. Michael Cohen led the Warriors (26-8) with 24 points, Dani Ocken added 14 and Julian Kontoff had 11. Gabriel R’bibo had 26 points for Valley Torah.
#7 Ida Crown 46 #10 Ramaz 35
The Aces (15-8) used a 19-7 4th quarter to hold off the Rams (22-15). Avi Okner scored 14 points, Moshe Wiesenberg added 12 and Jakob Wortman had 11 for Ida Crown. Milan Kushner scored 15 points for Ramaz.
#8 Maimonides 55 #9 HAFTR 53
Nate Weinstock led the M-Cats with 17 points, all in the 2nd half, including the game-winning free throws with :14 left. Avi Schwartz added 13 points and Raanan Gewurz had 10. Peter Drukker’s 15 points led the Hawks (16-17) who also got 11 and 10 from Sam Siri and Ness Salem.