Maccabi Girls Ashdod managed to remain perfect even tonight (Monday) at the end of a huge 80:91 victory over Hapoel Rishon Lezion, as part of the 13th round of the Women’s Basketball Premier League. Maccabi Haifa recovered from the tough loss in the final of the State Cup against the strong Elitzur Ramla and beat them 61:73. In other games, Ramat Hasharon beat Herzliya girls 58:71 and Maccabi Ramat Gan defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva girls 52:88.
Hapoel Rashlac – Maccabi Girls V-JEZ Ashdod 91:80
A close first quarter ended at 22:24 for Ashdod, who arrived in the wine city after a great week for her, in which she won the state cup. Rishon Lezion went a lot to the penalty line and stayed in the game, while the guest scored high percentages in the paint.
29 points by Kayla Charles and Eden Tzipel kept the first in the game in the first half against the joint 25 points of Shatori Walker and Natisha Heideman, but the bad percentages of the hosts from outside the arc gave Ashdod a 39:50 advantage at the break.
Rishon LeZion tried in the third quarter, but it was Heideman’s game. Ashdod’s player was great throughout the game and even though Rishon Lezion’s three-pointers began to dive in after Jordan Hooper’s hand went to zero, the local women’s foul problem made it difficult for them to reduce the gap, which had already increased to 20 during the third quarter.
Kayla Charles, while her great evening of 37 points was not enough tonight to maintain Rishon LeZion’s winning streak. The Ziv Erez players did manage to narrow the gap in the last quarter to only eight points, but at the end the team from the port city came away with a victory 80:91 and a perfect balance at the end of the 13th round.
Maccabi Haifa – Elitzur Ramla 61:73
Elitzur Ramla moved up to second place last week after completing her missing game against Ramesh from the ninth round, but already at the start of the game in Haifa this evening she realized that it was not going to be easy to keep it. A run by the greens in the opening, with easy points by Adut Bulgak, gave Haifa a jump for an early lead and 19:21 at the end of a tight first quarter, where both teams realize that most of their points will come tonight from inside the paint.
Even without Emi Okonkwo and despite the loss to Ashdod in the cup final on Thursday, the home team looked as ambitious as ever. Gilly Eisner stood out in the second quarter against the ex, and when Tamar Singer and Chelsea Hopkins also got involved, the gap grew. Ramla had a hard time scoring outside the paint and neither Emma Cannon nor Shakira Austin were able to take advantage of Okonkwo’s absence under the baskets and at halftime the score was 31:45.
Tamar Singer scored 100 percent from the field and from the line in the first three quarters and the gap after half an hour of basketball continued to climb, because Vermela had difficulty scoring from all ranges, and 10 minutes to the end the scoreboard showed 44:64 in favor of the local team. In the last quarter, the champion did not intend to allow Haifa An easy victory and tightened the defense, but could not produce a big enough comeback and lost to Maccabi Haifa 73:61 at the end of the game.
Herzliya girls – AS Ramesh 71:58
AS Ramesh opened the game tonight with a powerful first quarter and led by 15 at the end, when the score clock showed a resounding 7:22 in favor of the team from Sharon, mainly thanks to Charlie Collier.
In the second quarter, Herzliya’s difficulty continued in producing points and despite the good ability of Briana Day who finished the half with 9, all her other teammates finished with 17 compared to Ramat Hasharon’s 41.
Sidney Zambrotta and the home team started the second half quite alertly and even reduced the big deficit from the first half. Herzliya also managed to stop Ramesh for only 12 points in the third quarter, but it was not enough to make the game close. 34:53 heading into the last quarter. , but Alicia Jenkins and Jazmin Jones decided the match and decided 58:71 for the guests from Ramat Hasharon.
Hapoel Bnei Pat – Maccabi Ramat Gan Insurance in touch 88:52
The home team missed all of their first eight shots and scored just 4 points in six minutes, all of which were from the free throw line. The visiting team did not take advantage of the situation to the end but managed to get a promising 10:22 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Kelsey Boone, who finished the half with 12 points and nine rebounds, fought head-to-head against Jillian Elin, who scored 14 on Ramat Gan’s side, and the guests went to the locker room with a 30:41 advantage. In the third quarter, Elin and Brown decided the game, creating a continuous and effective offensive game and thanks A great defense left the host team with extremely low percentages from the field, and went down with a promising lead at the end of the third quarter which ended 42:66 in favor of Ramat Gan.
The last quarter was only for the record and all the players of the host team got to play and even score in the crushing victory 52:88 over Petah Tikva, for whom the possibility of relegation to the sub-league becomes more threatening than ever.