Everything inside Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy’s bandbox gym had you convinced a Tigers’ victory was only seconds away. Kai Parris, the Tigers’ stellar senior scoring machine, had just completed a three-point play with 7.7 seconds remaining in the game. The scoreboard read 56-55 in favor of RKA over IN-Tech Academy. And the decibel level inside the gym was hitting jet engine levels. more

Before the 2019-20 basketball season even began, Will Cushing knew it might be an uphill fight to secure a playoff bid. His Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls basketball team was a little lacking in veteran leadership with just three seniors on his roster. So surely there would be challenges along the way. more

Johnny Mathis was looking for silver linings. The long-time Kennedy head basketball coach first touched on the health of key players Gregory Genross and Emmanuel Nkwocha, a pair of football players-turned-hoopsters for the Knights. more

Jackie Harari’s schedule the past 11 months has been a rather full one. Her daily itinerary has for much of the past year included her usual heavy workload at school, as well as major knee surgery and countless hours of grueling rehab. What it didn’t include was any basketball — her injury from last February sidelined Harari for almost an entire calendar year. more

Nicole Price doesn’t have a lot of free time on her hands these days. When she’s not teaching English at IN-Tech Academy, she’s rushing to monitor study hall for the boys basketball team. Once study hall is completed, it’s off to the gym for the daily two-plus hours of practice. more

The Manhattan College men’s basketball team bus was still a couple hours away from home as it chugged down the New York State Thruway last Sunday night after a weekend in Western New York. There was no blaring music. No loud celebrations. No evidence at all about what the Jaspers had pulled off to open the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference season. more

December didn’t start off particularly well for the Lehman College men’s basketball team. The Lightning began the month losing its CUNY Athletic Conference opener to John Jay, saw starting point guard Will Feldman go down with an ankle injury that night, and with a 1-5 record, the season could have spiraled out of control. more

Kai Parris remembers the tortured existence he endured last season. Then a junior for the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy boys basketball team, Parris had big plans to carry the Tigers on his back on a deep run into the Public School Athletic League postseason. more

Ethan Lasko admits there was some trepidation when he transferred to Manhattan College from Indiana University. And it had little to do with coming to the big city. more

Lucy Del Deo has accomplished a lot in her three seasons at Bronx Science. She arrived as a freshman and helped the Wolverines claim the Bronx A South Division championship, blossomed as a sophomore when Science fell just a game shy of winning back-to-back division titles, and is currently a veteran leader on a Wolverines team that has started the season 5-0 and owns a share of first place in the division. more