RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Yeshiva University women's basketball team suffered a Skyline Conference loss to Farmingdale State College, 69-47, at Peter Jay Sharp Center on Thursday evening. The Maccabees drop to 6-10 overall and 4-10 in Skyline play. The Rams advance to 9-8 for the season and 7-7 in league contests.

Sophomore Daniella Bessler continued her amazing run since joining the Maccabees as she posted her second consecutive double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while dishing out three assists. Junior Daniella Rothman scored six points, had just as many steals, snatched five boards, blocked four shots, and distributed a pair of assists.

The Maccabees got off to a slow start, falling behind 10-0. A pair of free throws from Bessler ended Yeshiva's scoring drought with 1:53 remaining in the opening period. Junior Gabrielle Kupferman scored Yeshiva's first field goal of the game to shrink Farmingdale's lead to 13-4, with 27 ticks left in the opening quarter.

After falling behind by 13 in the second stanza, Yeshiva went on a run as junior Yuval Nitzan and Bessler combined for back-to-back jumpers to narrow the opposition's advantage to 21-12 with 4:08 remaining in the half. A little while later, with the Macs trailing by 11, sophomore Shai Rahamim buried a triple and then Bessler converted a jumper to decrease Yeshiva's deficit to 26-20 with 42 seconds left in the opening half. Freshman Samantha Muller of the Rams countered with a layup to put her team back up by eight, 28-20, and that would be the score going into the intermission.

In the third stanza, first-year player Erin Conte buried a shot from beyond the arc to extend Farmingdale's benefit to 35-26 with 5:13 left to play. However, Yeshiva inched closer as back-to-back buckets by Nitzan and Bessler pulled the Maccabees to within five, at 35-30, with 4:04 left in the third quarter. Farmingdale was able to snatch momentum away from Yeshiva by outscoring the Blue and White, 13-2, during the final 3:17 of the period to take a commanding 48-32 hold into the final period of regulation time.

YU could not get back into the game as Farmingdale led by as many as 24 on its way to the Skyline victory.

For the Maccabees, Nitzan had six points, just as many rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and a pair of steals. Kupferman had six points and three boards, while Rahamim also had six points and added two steals. Junior Renee Benjamini had a solid game with four points, six rebounds, and four steals. Rookie Kira Elbaum scored four points and clutched four caroms, while graduate student Miriam Kazlow tallied two assists, a rebound, and a steal.

For the Rams, Muller recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Kalena Ricketts generated 16 points, 11 rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Conte provided 10 points and four rebounds.

Yeshiva will host St. Joseph's College Brooklyn, at Riesenberg Gymnasium, on Sunday afternoon. The Skyline matchup will begin at 3:00 p.m.