JAMAICA, N.Y. – The Yeshiva University women's basketball team suffered a non-conference loss to York College (N.Y.), 84-62, at the York College Gymnasium on Tuesday evening. Yeshiva falls to 1-3 overall, while York advances to 1-3.

Leading the way for the Maccabees was senior Michal Alge, who scored 21 points, and grabbed a game-high 23 rebounds, for her third double-double of the season. Nine of those rebounds were on the offensive end. She also dished out two assists and forced just as many steals. Junior guard Nicole Bick led the team with a career-high 24 points, while grabbing five rebounds, distributing two assists, and forcing a steal.

Yeshiva got off to a strong start, as a layup by Alge put YU up, 4-0, 2:13 into the contest. Later in the period, freshman forward Lindsay Brandwein knocked down a pair of free throws to help the Maccabees regain the lead, 8-7, with 4:18 left to play in the first stanza. After the Cardinals scored six unanswered points to take a 13-9 advantage, Alge drilled two free throws in the closing seconds of the quarter, to pull Yeshiva to within two.

Sophomore guard Laura Betesh opened up the second period with a layup to tie the game, 13-13. However, York would outscore Yeshiva, 18-9, for the remainder of the period to go into the intermission with a 31-22 lead.

After the Cardinals jumped out to a 40-27 advantage, Yeshiva scored seven unanswered points, all by Bick, to narrow the deficit to 42-34 with 5:04 left in the third quarter. In that run, Bick nailed a 3-point shot, hit two free throws, and converted a layup. Later in the stanza, Yeshiva scored four unanswered points, thanks to a layup by Alge and a jump shot by Brandwein, to pull the Maccabees to within five, at 47-42, with less than a minute to go. Bick drained another shot from beyond the arc to shrink York's lead to 50-45, with five seconds left. That would be the score entering the fourth quarter. The Maccabees outscored the Cardinals, 23-19, in the third period.

York opened the final stanza with a 15-4 run to put the game out of reach for Yeshiva. The Cardinals ended up earning their first win of the season, 84-62.

For the game, Betesh and Brandwein each scored seven points, with the former grabbing two boards and forcing just as many steals, while the latter distributed an assist and had three steals. Freshman forward Celia Cohen had four rebounds and a point, while freshman guard Chana Boltax scored two points, grabbed three caroms, and added an assist. Freshman guard Leah Shulman and classmate Adina Rosenberg each brought down two boards, while junior guard Penny Rabin dished out an assist.

Yeshiva will open up Skyline play on Tuesday, November 28, with their home opener against Farmingdale State. Tip-off at the Wellness Center, on the campus of the College of New Rochelle, will take place at 7:00 p.m.