NY Times · Feb 4, 2022
The Nation’s Top Scorer Plays for a School and a People
“I was like, ‘What are we doing here? I want to go to Yeshiva.’” said Ryan Turell. “My parents were kind of shocked because my dream was to play Division I. But I told them, ‘I want to be a Jewish hero.’”Credit...Ariele Goldman Hecht for The New York TimesThey lined up for blocks along Amsterdam Avenue in December, standing in the cold for two hours, hoping to squeeze into the modest Max Stern Athletic Center for a glimpse at the hottest college basketball team in New York City.
Inside, the Yeshiva men’s basketball team, led by Ryan Turell, the top scorer in the country with his bouncing blond curls and smooth, feathery touch, was preparing to tip off.
