The seeding held up Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Elliot Torkieh A’H Magen David Preseason Tournament with all four top seeds winning.
In Thursday’s semifinals, #1 SAR will play #4 North Shore H.A. and #2 DRS will take on #3 Magen David.
SAR 54 Ramaz 48
Akiva Schanzer, who missed Sunday’s preliminary games, led the top-seeded Sting (3-0) with 13 points and Jonah Sokol added 10. Milan Kushner scored 19 points, Sam Ostad had 13 and Eden Bracha 12 for the #8 Rams (1-2).
DRS 62 Hillel 51
Stephen Olshin led the #2 Wildcats in scoring for the third straight game, finishing with 21 points, and DRS (3-0) pulled away from the #7 Heat (1-2) in the final four minutes. Ari Saffra added 15 points and Isaac Solomon had 10. Elliot Braha led Hillel with 27 points and Moses Smeke scored 13.
Magen David 59 YDE 28
The outcome was never in doubt as the #3 Warriors (3-0) jumped out to a 14-2 1st quarter lead over the #6 Thunder (1-2) and extended it to 31-9 at the half. Asher Melamed led the hosts with 28 points.
North Shore H.A. 55 JEC 37
The #5 Thunder (1-2) broke a halftime tie with the first bucket of the third quarter but never led again as the #4 Stars (2-1) pulled away in the fourth to beat JEC for the second time in the tourney. David Orbach led North Shore with 19 points, Jonah Carmili added 12 and Jordan Zarka had 10 points and 15 rebounds.