Tier 1
Championship
YULA 69 Magen David 59 OT
After the #1 Warriors’ Moses Smeke hit a jumper just before the buzzer to send the game to overtime, Alex Gabbay scored the first 10 points of the extra frame to lead the #2 Panthers to their 9th Sarachek title.
The loss snapped a 24-game win streak for the Yeshiva League champions and marks the fifth straight Sarachek championship for a California team (Shalhevet, 2018, 2019 and Valley Torah, 2022, 2023).
Gabbay led YULA (26-13) with 22 points - including 18 in the 4th quarter and overtime - and was named Tournament MVP. Yoni Holender added 20 points and Yishai Rosenblatt scored 13. Smeke had 24 points for Magen David (38-3) and Joshua Chabbott added 11.
3rd Place -TABC 67 Flatbush 66
5th Place - Ida Crown 63 Shalhevet 53
7th Place - Beth Tfiloh 71 Maimonides 59
Tier 2
1st Place
DRS 69 HAFTR 54
The Wildcats (18-12) jumped out to an 18-point lead in the opening quarter and were never threatened in winning their fifth game in six days, including the play-in against Frisch to get into the tournament. Tier 2 MVP Joe Aaron scored 22 points and Aiden Buchbinder added 18 points. Kevin Levy paced the Hawks (18-18) with 29 points.
3rd Place - Valley Torah 66 Fuchs Mizrachi 65
5th Place - Berman H.A. 72 Ramaz 57
7th Place - H.A. Montreal 66 MTA 49
Tier 3
1st Place
Kohelet 60 Cooper Memphis 45
Tier 3 MVP Asher Kahlon scored all 17 of his points in the 1st half, Izzy Weiner scored 18 points and Chezky Levitt added 13 to lead the Kings (20-11). For the Macs, Benny Freiden had 15 points on five treys, Yosef Vanderwalde added 14 points and Jack Kampf added 13, including three straight 3-pointers to start the 2nd quarter after Cooper had fallen behind 13-2.