The 21st round of the national league continues tonight (Tuesday) after it opened on Sunday with the victory of Urbani "Rain" Nahariya over Hapoel Ramat Givatayim.
A big surprise was recorded in Atidim Hall, where Maccabi "Snow" Hodash achieved its first and second home victory of the season in total when it surprised Hapoel Afula 91: 102 with 29 points by Yuval Michaeli. Raanana's deepened the bad situation of Maccabi Ashdod with a victory thanks to 36 points from Jason Seagers.
The round will continue tomorrow with two games when I will create with him Ashkelon will go to Migdal Haemek, and Hapoel "Mega Or" Hevel Modi'in will host Maccabi "Next Urban" Haifa.
Maccabi 'Snow' Hodash - Hapoel Afula 91: 102
Result of the year in the National League.
On the eve of the round, Maccabi 'Snow' Hodash had a lone victory, and tonight it appeared without the injured Billy McShpard and the sick Niv Berkovich. A career high with 29 points and scoring 7 threes out of his team's 15. On the other hand, Hapoel Afula records an unexpected loss in Atidim Hall in a game in which it has lagged throughout.
Already at the start of the game, the locals' threes dived in high percentages and the first quarter ended at 22:25.
Ofek Goldstein and Guy Rushkim set 26:33 at the start of the second quarter, while Guy Dotan and Omer Elal responded with threes.
Yuval Michaeli closed the first half with 7 points in a row - 49:51 in the half for the locals.
Caron Dshields opened the third quarter with a 3-pointer, but Yuval Michaeli responded with a three-pointer of his own and an easy penetration - 57:63 to the home team.
Michaeli continued to be unstoppable and buried two threes in a row, while Hapoel Afula, on the other hand, had a hard time facing the regional defense.
Until the end of the third quarter, the advantage of Maccabi 'Snow' Hodash was maintained - 68:79. In the last quarter, Sagi Zilberschlag, Yuval Michaeli and Ofek Goldstein made sure to leave the points in Atidim Hall on the way to a huge surprise.
Scorers for Maccabi "Snow" Hodash:
Yuval Michaeli (7/10 for three) 29 points, Guy Rushkin 18 points, Sagi Zilberschlag 15 points, Dan Ben Nun (6 assists) 12 points, Jeremy Combs 11 points ', Ofek Goldstein 10 pts.
Scorers for Hapoel Afula:
Caron Shields (9 assists) 19 points, Tomer Porat 15 points, Michael Holyfield 13 points, Omer Elal and Guy Dotan 11 points each.
Elitzur BRIGA Netanya - AS Ramat Hashar Real Estate 87:76
AS Ramat Hashar Real Estate once again proves that there is something special about it this season.
Guy Cantor's team looked great tonight at Yeshurun, and managed to overcome a less than good start on the road to victory.
The locals fell in the second quarter to a double-digit deficit that grew in the third quarter, but returned to the game in the final quarter with a 0-12 run that was not enough.
Ruben Neiberger's team has been halted and the battle for eighth place is still open.
The Diamonds started better thanks to Roy Paritzky and Dashon Parsons and went up to 5:13.
The Diamonds scored three threes in a row en route to a 19:25 lead after the first quarter.
Guy Cantor's team started the second quarter well and turned the score around after a point and an assist by Kevin Capers - 30:27.
Until Shahar Lazar's three-pointer, the locals scored only 2 points in 6 and a half minutes.
Netanya's percentages of the three straightened out in the second quarter, and Gil Amitai set 41:35 for AS Ramat Hasharon Real Estate in the half.
Only one team advanced to the third quarter and within 3 minutes the visitors completed a 12-3 run en route to a record 53:40 lead.
Guy Artman buried two threes in a row en route to a record 64:48 lead.
For long minutes both teams got stuck on offense - 66:50 at the end of the third quarter.
In the last quarter we got a Netanya comeback and with a 0-12 run on the way to only 77:71 for the visitors, 3 minutes to go.
Great actions by Kevin Kaipers and a huge three by Aviv Shimoni stopped the drift on the way to the victory of the guests.
Scorers for Elitzur BRIGA Netanya:
Dashon Parsons 17 points, Eitan Burg (3/9 for three) 15 points, Justin Robinson 12 points, Shahar Lazar 9 points, Amit Aharoni 8 points.
Scored for AS Ramat Hashar Real Estate:
Kevin Kaipers (8/13 for two) 23 points, Tyler Weidman 21 points, Gil Amitai (10 assists) 13 points, Guy Artman (3/4 for three) 9 points, Aviv Shimoni 7 points.
Netanya-Ramat Hasharon, Photo: Yael Amsili
Urban "Moon Insurance Agency" Kiryat Ata - Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan 84:79
After the "Moon of the Insurance Agency" Kiryat Ata newspaper stole a victory over the weekend in Afula, this time it is on the other side.
Sharon Avrahami's team led for 39 minutes, until Elijah Hirsch, ex of Kiryat Ata, set up a makeover about a minute to go and from that point the home team did not score a basket on the way to a loss.
Shmulik Brenner's team proves that they are back in the fight for the first quartet, and it should not be eulogized.
The visitors scored 65 percent for two and took advantage of 7 penalty fouls by the hosts who received only 2 points from the bench players.
After a hesitant opening, both teams woke up and the board showed 10:10 after 7 minutes.
Threes by Elijah Hirsch and Shachar Amir set 18:12 for the guests from Ramat Gan.
Amin Stevens scored 7 consecutive points on offense en route to a 20:21 home run after the first quarter.
The visitors did not get along against the Kiryat Ata regional team at the start of the second quarter when they scored 2 points in 5 minutes - 22:32.
Shmulik Brenner took a timeout and his team came back well, with Ricky Trent (10 points in the first half) equalizing 40:40 in the half.
Ido Davidi opened the third quarter with two threes in a row from the same spot.
Kenny Fenderbork scored points and the local advantage increased to 51:61.
Elijah Hirsch scored a 3-pointer and Maccabi Urbani Ramat Gan closed the third quarter 58:64 behind.
For long minutes at the start of the last quarter the locals did not find the ring even from comfortable situations and the board showed only 69:71 to Kiryat Ata, 6 minutes to go.
Fenderbork scored a critical three, but Paul Delaney equalized 74:74, 3 minutes to go.
Kenny Fenderburk and Ricky Trent exchanged basket and foul moves and a minute before the end Elijah Hirsch set up a first-half lead for the visitors 80:79.
Scorers for Kiryat Ata "Moon Insurance Agency":
Kenny Fenderbork 22 points, Gur Lavie (9 rebounds) 21 points, Amin Stevens 19 points, Ido Davidi 15 points.
Scorers for Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan:
Ricky Trent (8 rebounds, 5 assists) 23 points, Elijah Hirsch (12 rebounds) 17 points, Ben Altit (4 assists) 12 points, Dakrai Tucker 9 points.
Raanana - Maccabi Ashdod 84:95
The underground battle ended in an important victory for Raanana, in the first game without Raviv Lemond.
Yossi Bonan's team dominated throughout the game, receiving 14 points in the final quarter from Jason Seagers (36 points in the entire game) en route to an eighth win of the season and a wink to eighth place.
On the other hand, the team from the port city is still with only four wins and tonight absorbed 13 threes at 39 percent.
The Southerners lost 17 balls, which Raanana translated into 26 points.
After a good start by Maccabi Ashdod, Gal Sternberg got into things and with a three from the corner equaled 13:13.
Good minutes by Yuval Bar and Neve Ben Shemen set a 21:23 for the hosts at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter opened with a 2-9 run by the locals, but on the other hand threes by Ariel Gianno and Boris Boguslawski shrank to only 34:35.
Raanana's small advantage was maintained until the same half that Ofek Malka finished with a three - 39:46.
Jason Seagers opened the third quarter well and gave his team a record 49:59 lead.
Broata and Pitchon kept their team in the picture - 57:65 at the end of the third quarter.
Only one team appeared for the final quarter, or rather just one player.
Jason Seagers scored 14 points in this quarter in 6 minutes and very quickly Raanana escaped to an advantage from which Maccabi Ashdod could not return.
Scorers for Raanana:
Jason Seagers (15/21 from the field, 11 rebounds, 7 assists) 36 points, Ofek Malka (4/8 for three) 14 points, Yahel Melamed 10 points, Gal Tessler, Brandon Sherwood and Yuval Bar 8 No. 21.
Scorers for Maccabi Ashdod:
Unio Broata (12 rebounds) 21 points, Raviv Pitchon and Roman Rubinstein 17 points each, Ariel Gianno (2/2 for three) 11 points.
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