The Athena Winner Women's Basketball League closed its eighth round tonight (Monday) with a streak of close games and surprising results.
Increased to do Herzliya girls, who interrupted the winning streak of Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva and thanks to a reversal close to the end recorded their second victory this season.
A streak that actually continues, is the winning streak of AS Ramat Hasharon, who defeated the doubles player Maccabi Ramat Gan at the end of an excavation battle. cell.
Yesterday: Hapoel Rishon LeZion defeated Elitzur Neve David Ramla 54:73
Maccabi Ramat Gan - AS Ramat Hasharon 74:67
Maccabi Ramat Gan and AS
Ramat Hasharon are two teams that can definitely see themselves as senior candidates for the Final Four. The winning streak of the two in recent weeks is one hint of that, but nothing hinted at a poor first quarter as the two provided with the opening match between them. The final scoreboard was 13 To the credit of the doubles player, but it was obvious that both groups have difficulty completing moves that actually indicate group connection and coordination.
From Ramat Hasharon: Shauri Walker, Photo: Courtesy of the Director of the Women's Basketball Premier League,
The second quarter continued with the same tune.
Kai James was unable to complete points under the basket, with Atori Walker having a hard time forcing Ramat Hasharon's pace, as it has in recent weeks, and the result at the end of the meager first half stood at 28:32 for the hosts.
For the third quarter, Ohad Gal's players were in a completely different mood.
They continued to keep the color dense and made it difficult for the home team to complete offensive moves, but the hand was released from half distance and off the arc.
Ramat Hasharon scored 26 points in this quarter - two points less than it scored in the entire first half - which brought it down to the break between the quarters with a 45:54 advantage.
From Ramat Gan: Alistia Ginkins with the ball, Photo: Courtesy of the director of the Women's Basketball Premier League,
The last quarter was confused again, but it mainly highlighted Ramat Hasharon's control of the pace of the game. Seen without a chance, and accordingly also the result - 67:74 to Ramat Hasharon, which completes a fifth consecutive victory and looks, as of today, in the best shape in the league.
Scorers Ramat Gan: Jenkins 19, Lev 13, Gerzon 12, James 8, Sells 6, Berman 3.
Scorers for Ramat Hasharon: Walker 27, Monroe 14, Carlton 13, Karsh 11, Vatori 5, Paraparra 2, Rosenblum 2.
Ohad Gal coaches Ramat Hasharon in a briefing, Photo: Courtesy of the director of the Women's Basketball Premier League,
Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Girls Ashdod 68:72 at the end of overtime (61:61 at the end of the legal date)
Maccabi Phoenix Haifa was the only team on the eve of the round that could continue to stick to Hapoel Rishon LeZion at the top and in the first quarter of the game against Maccabi Ashdod they certainly looked focused on this goal. Four full minutes in the middle of the first quarter, Tal Sahar and Allison Hightower's quick threes made the result stick and Haifa led only 12:19 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter started even worse for Ashdod, who failed to get on the board for more than four minutes.
When Haifa led 12:28, they could have pressed the gas a little more and run away to the visitors, but a lack of concentration in the attack gave Ashdod the confidence they needed and after a 0: 6 run and threes coming in from each side, the teams went down to the break with Haifa with a 28:39 advantage.
A third quarter that included mostly bad percentages under the basket and off the arc ended at 10:16 in favor of the visitors, who also opened the final quarter with a 0: 8 run - and depending on their ups and downs in recent weeks suddenly felt they had a chance to win even on a pitch where no one won this season The hostess.
The last quarter reached a boiling point in the last minutes, after Ashdod completed a makeover, Haifa managed to shrink thanks to Chelsea Hopkins' basket clutch and an excellent closing to a rebound in defense.
An unsportsmanlike offense that was burned to the credit of Haifa could have established its advantage but the errors from the penalty line kept the game alive.
The teams went for extra time with the result on the board showing 61:61.
Alex Cohen's control under the baskets helped Ashdod reach the well but not drink from it.
The yellow player finished the game with 24 points to her credit, but all of that was too little against Bernice Mosby's 20 under the basket opposite and Tamar Singer's surprising 15.
Haifa won at the end of overtime 68:72 not because it wanted more, but mainly because it is more stable.
Scorers for Haifa: Mosby 20, Hopkins 18, Singer 15, Alon 8, Kastan 7, Kiuf 4.
Scorers for Ashdod: Cohen 24, Penn 13, Vivians 10, Sahar 8, Hightower 7, Dayan 6.
Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva - Banot Herzliya 80:76
Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva is the hot team of the Premier League. If until the previous round they only won "big teams", the victory over Ramla came out in overtime and the victory over the same opponent in the cup on Saturday and proved that something good is happening in the team from the mother colonies. Herzliya was a direct continuation of all this.
The second quarter continued at its rapid pace.
The team from Sharon joined the shooting sequence and for the first time this season seemed to be released offensively and finished the first half with 39 points.
The problem: the defense did not keep pace with Roi Levin's players and the lag was almost not reduced (47:39).
In any case, Herzliya went into the third quarter in a different mood.
The defense started working and Christine Simon almost exclusively took on the role of executor.
If in this quarter the lag was reduced to 58:64 in favor of Petah Tikva, the last quarter came and proved that Herzliya only kept the good for the end.
It was a defense from the films - and also three from Lehi Azouri's films - that left Petah Tikva with only 12 points and set an amazing turnaround a little more than a minute to go.
Petah Tikva, which played in the State Cup 48 hours ago, has no longer found the strength to change the momentum.
It ended in 76:80 to the credit of the visitors, who are recording a second victory of the season, perhaps on the way to a long-awaited escape from the bottom.
Scorers for Petah Tikva: Bel 25, Kiev 21, Hopper 11, Givon 8, Hadad 7, Roth 2, Hajjaj 2.
Scorers for Herzliya: Simon 27, Forbis 18, Brown 12, Fleischer 10, Bitton 6, Azouri 5, Gut 2.
Kadiga Kiev, Photo: Courtesy of the Director of the Women's Basketball Premier League,
Elitzur Holon - Elitzur Tel Aviv 69:97
Elitzur Sigalit Rave Aesthetics Holon had only two victories this season on the eve of the eighth round, and the meeting with the newcomer, Elitzur Virali Tel Aviv, was supposed to help her get back on track.
But Daniela Reuven's apprentices did not come to cancel, and for them, a meeting with Holon is an opportunity for victory that will rescue them from the horror of the underground.
Within four minutes of the second quarter, they had already scored more points (13) than they had recorded in their entire first quarter.
The problem was that all this came at the expense of the defense, and Holon, who arrived in a belligerent mood, went down to half with a 33:48 advantage.
The third quarter opened just as the second ended - with a crazy run by Holon towards a victory that was not questioned for a moment.
11 quick points in the first three minutes increased the advantage to 33:59, and the players from Tel Aviv no longer had an answer to the statistics that indicated more than 50 percent of the hosts in 2-point shots.
48:73 at the end of the third quarter.
In general it was Daniel Adams' day.
The Holon foreigner, who also played great in last week's losing game in Rishon Lezion, took over the game this time and turned it into what it is - a battle that was decided within two and a half quarters.
She scored 33 points and picked up 10 rebounds in the 44 index - all in just 27 minutes of play.
We will also mention Daniel Reber with 21 rebounds alongside the 17 points he scored in 27 minutes.
If this fitness continues, Holon will be rescued from the bottom very soon, which is hard to say for Elitzur Virali Tel Aviv, who is recording a second heavy loss in a row - 97:69.
Scorers for Holon: Adams 33, Jones 23, Raber 17, Peleg-Peletz 14, Hajjaj 10.
Scorers for Tel Aviv: Leslie 24, Carrington 23, Dagan 8, Rafael 7, Smith 4, Zlibansky 3.
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