New York, NY| Five Golden Eagles scored in double-digits as the St. Joseph's College (L.I.) men's basketball team defeated #15 Yeshiva University, 79-76, in Manhattan on Saturday night.

The Golden Eagles, who clinched a berth in the Skyline Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016-17, improved to 13-8 overall and 9-5 in Skyline play. 

The Maccabees, who have appeared in D3hoops.com's National Rankings every week this season, drop to 19-3 and 12-2. 

SJC was powered by sophomore Ryan McNeely, who tallied a team-best 17 points in 28 minutes from the bench. 

Freshman Alec Tabada shot 7-for-12 from the field and scored 16 points. The forward also went for four rebounds and two assists. 

Graduate student Gordon Shouler (14 points), sophomore Spencer Malloy (13 points), and senior Matthew Hirdt (13 points) also scored in double-digits. Malloy added five rebounds and a team-best five assists.

St. Joseph's led by two at the break (35-33) and by as many as seven points with 5:11 left to play in the opening frame.

Yeshiva went ahead four points with less than five minutes left in regulation (63-59), but the guests used a 14-4 run to pull ahead 73-67 with 42 seconds on the clock and, from there, rode out a three-point victory (79-76).

SJC outshot Yeshiva from the field (51.0% to 46.7%) and from three (55.6% to 22.2%). The Maccabees outrebounded the guests, 36-30, but were outscored by St. Joseph's 23-3 from the bench.

The Golden Eagles return to action on Tuesday, February 15, when they host SUNY Old Westbury for a Skyline Conference contest inside the Danzi Center at 5:30 pm.