NYU Men's Basketball Clinches First Outright UAA Title Since 1994 on Senior Day
The New York University men's basketball team closed out its 2024-25 regular-season home schedule with a 83-55 victory over Case Western Reserve University on Sunday at the John A. Paulson Center in Manhattan.
The #2-ranked Violets (23-1, 12-1) scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed en route to clinching the outright University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship.
NYU led 47-26 at halftime and Case Western Reserve (8-16, 4-9) never got closer than 16 the rest of the way.
The Violets' defense was stalwart in the game, holding the Spartans to 33.9 percent shooting (19-of-56) and out-rebounding their opponents 50-22.
Tristan How recorded a double-double for NYU, finishing with 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Zay Freeney (12 points), Jack Stone (11) and Hampton Sanders (10) also scored in double figures.
NYU celebrated Senior Day on Sunday, with nine Violets being honored in a pregame ceremony: Kawika Akina, Zach Brooker, Freeney, How, Josh Menard, Emmanuel Onuama, Chuma Oyigbo, Brock Susko, and Stone.
"Our senior and grads have been such a large part of what we've been doing," said Head Coach Dave Klatsky. "And to watch Zay's growth from some struggles as a freshman to where he is today is just so rewarding."