Hapoel Gilboa Springs is the winner of the Yigal Der State Youth Cup after a 59:67 victory over Hapoel Emek Hefer tonight (Tuesday). Emek Hefer always knew how to get back in the game and keep the tension until the end.
The Reds' money-time ability helped them escape again to a slight gap in the closing minutes, and this time also managed to maintain the advantage until the celebrations at the end with the 59:67 victory.
The Reds are making little history as it is the first title of the club's youth team.
Emek Hefer, the trophy holder from last year, is separated from the title.
Niv Lampert was named Outstanding Player.
Scorers for Gilboa / Springs:
Niv Lampert 22 (13 rebounds), Ziv Weissman 13, Neve Mintz 12 (11 rebounds), Yoav Berman 8 (8 assists), Shachar Erez 6, Amit Bar 3, Yuval Bar Lev 3.
Scorers for Emek Hefer:
Yoav Wessler 12, Liran Mesika 11, Erez Hasson 11, Ben Sharaf 11, Nitai Tepperberg 9, Adam Israelastam 8, Eitam Cohen 3, Koren Moshe 3 (7 rebounds), Amit Peer 2.
Gilboa Springs holds the Youth Cup, Photo: Oded Karni
Gilboa Springs holds the Youth Cup, Photo: Oded Karni
Gilboa Springs holds the Youth Cup, Photo: Oded Karni
Gilboa Springs holds the Youth Cup, Photo: Oded Karni
In the boys: a dramatic victory for Maccabi Tel Aviv
A huge drama in the boys' first final game in the name of the late Yoram Kaufman ended in the victory of Maccabi Yehoshua Tel Aviv over Hapoel Emek Hefer.
Super even and close 40 minutes, in which both teams showed good ability and the record gap was 6 points.
The drama went deep into money time, when digging with a few threes towards the end turned a slight lag into a slight advantage.
Maccabi Tel Aviv also with threes dropped to minus one point, and right in the closing seconds a great penetration into the basket of Omar Meyer ended in a basket worth a trophy. 72:73 in the end to Maccabi Yehoshua Tel Aviv which retains the title from last year.
Omar Meyer who scored the winning basket was chosen as the outstanding player in the game.
Scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv:
Omer Meyer 24 (9 rebounds, 6 assists), Yaron Goldman 18, Itai Vardi 8, Aviel Mamu 7, Amit Zucker 6, Binyamin Zabinski 6, Eran Shoval 3, Omri Nahum 1.
Scorers for Emek Hefer:
Ariel Sela 18 (23 rebounds, 6 assists), Ben Sharaf 14, Rani Belga 12, Uri Yair 10, Sagi Ne'eman 8, Ido Bernstein 6, Oded Zehavi 2 (8 rebounds), Yonatan Keller 2.
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