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New York, NY (Feb. 9, 2014) – Purchase swept the weekend of action by taking down Yeshiva University 75-59 at the Max Stern Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon.

The 20th-ranked Panthers improved to 19-1 overall and a perfect 13-0 in the Skyline Conference. Yeshiva is now 6-14, including 4-9 in the league.

Purchase was led by its 7-foot-2 center Joel Neri (JR/Port Chester, NY) with 22 points on 11-of-14 shooting. Andre Nixon (SR/Harlem, NY) shot 8 of 10 from the floor for 19 points, while David Haughton (SR/Greenbugh, NY) added 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
The Maccabees were led by Benjy Ritholtz with 21 points. He connected on 8-of-13 shooting and was 4 for 8 from behind the three-point arc. Eitan Selevan had nine points and four rebounds in the contest.
 
The Maccabees went back and forth with the Skyline Conference's first-place team in the opening stages.

Yeshiva scored the first four points of the game, but the visiting Panthers eventually took the lead behind an 8-0 spurt to make the score 8-4. Yeshiva answered with a 5-0 run to retake the lead, and the Maccabees were up 9-8 with just under five minutes gone by.
 
But Purchase, with its size and athleticism, earned control of the game with a 10-0 run to put itself ahead 18-9 with 12:27 to play.

The Panthers led by double figures later in the first half and went into halftime up 13 at 41-28.
 
Purchase opened the second half with a 6-0 run to take a 47-28 lead with 17:29 to play. From there, the Panthers kept the Maccabees at arm's length into the closing minutes.

Yeshiva trailed 75-52 with 2:18 to play before closing out the game on a 7-0 run.
 
Purchase held a 48-22 advantage on points in the paint, and 19-11 on points off turnovers. Purchase held a 37-19 rebounding advantage and outscored the Maccabees 14-2 on second chance points.

The Panthers will be back in action Tuesday at Old Westbury. 

-YU Sports Information Contributed to this report