The Winner Basket League teams continue with the task of completing the postponed games accumulated during the season, and at this time Bnei Herzliya is hosting Hapoel Galil Elyon for an intriguing battle in the 14th round.
The trophy holder, who has recorded victories in her last two league games, knows that another one will equal her balance to that of Maccabi Tel Aviv (7:13), and will jump her to third place along with the champion.
On the other hand, the group from Kfar Blum is in the midst of the struggle for a place in the upper house and she knows that victory is critical for her to get there. The meeting between the teams in the north as part of the first round, ended with 74:90 to the credit of Barak Peleg’s team.
Bnei Herzliya Quintet: Sandy Cohen, DJ Cooper, Andy Van Velit, Chris Bab and Chinano Onoako
Upper Galilee Quintet: Ike Ireibo, Isaiah Eisendorf, Nimrod Levy, DJ Kennedy and Gabi Chechashvili
Chinano Onoako opened the game with a shot from half distance. Gabi Chechashvili squeezed a basket and an offense, but missed the penalty. Sandy Cohen and DJ Cooper responded with four speeds. Nimrod Levy sniped a three and gave Galil the first advantage of the game, but Onoako returned with three points of his own. Chechashvili took advantage of an offensive rebound with a light dunk. Chris Bab scored his first three-pointer and tied the score at 12:12. Morris Kemp scored six straight points, DJ Kennedy returned with a three in the range. Itai Moskowitz returned the lead to a point thanks to a three of his own. The final move of the first quarter came from Camp, who scored a hard basket after an offense, and continued with a basket from the penalty spot.
Kemp opened the second quarter just as he finished the first, with Paul Wessel. Moshkovitz scored five straight points and reduced the difference to just two. Yair Kravitz returned with a beautiful layup. Shabon Lewis with a beautiful basket from the baseline equal to 30:30. Kemp squeezed another foul and scored both of his shots from the penalty line. Bab sniped a three that increased the advantage to five points. Ike Ireibo scored after penetration, and on the other hand Kemp again squeezed an offense and a basket. Bab Dyke twice from the line and raised his team for the first time to a double-digit lead. Ireibo also scored his two shots from the line. Bab scored his third three-pointer, Ireibo and Levy shrank to eight points and set up the first half result, 39:47 to the locals.