Hapoel Holon beat Hapoel Galil Elyon 69:106 in the quarterfinals of the Israeli basketball championship. The Purples beat Barak Peleg's team 0-3 last season, en route to the second championship in franchise history.
The series will move to the Kfar Blum Arena for Game 2 on Thursday. The host received a morale boost before the match from Israel Elimelech, the former player and great symbol of the Purples who came especially to watch the match.