Maccabi Girls Ashdod is perfect in the league, but in Europe it’s a completely different story. The team that came last night (Thursday) to the rematch against Elitzur Ramla “in the Israeli derby” with a deficit of 12 from the first game was defeated 82-46 in the second game and was eliminated from the rest of the games
Maccabi Girls Ashdod and Elizur Ramla met on Thursday evening in the second part of the round of 32 in the Women’s Eurocup, in which two games were played, and at the end Elizur Ramla gave Ashdod a knockout with a victory in both games and a defeat in the second game 82-46, after 92-80 in the first game in Ashdod.
The Ashdod of the league is not the Ashdod of Europe and even when it met an Israeli opponent from its league, Ashdod, despite the different squads, was defeated twice and kicked out of the rest of the games and will concentrate on the cup and the league.
Despite Ramla’s 12-point difference from the first game, there was an expectation that tonight we would see a real battle between two teams.
In reality, the meeting between the two top teams of Israeli women’s basketball actually ended in the first quarter. Ramla started a blitz at the very beginning, and after 10 minutes the scoreboard showed an unimaginable 7:31 in favor of the host.
Ashdod went up with Kalani Brown in the top five, but the center, who is dealing with an injury, was far from her record (5 points in 19 minutes).
The one who led Ramla’s run in the opening was Alyssa Baron, who finished with 16 points. Alisha Clark contributed 14 points, and Shakira Austin recorded a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds.
On the other hand, Shatori Walker was the only one to finish in double digits with 13 points, and now Ashdod will focus only on the local arena, as next week they have the semifinals of the state cup.