The fourth game in the playoff final series in the women’s Premier League is taking place at this time in Ramla, where the local Elitzur meets the Maccabi girls of Ashdod who leads 1: 2 and knows that their victory is now worth a prestigious championship.
Four years after celebrating its last championship, the southern team from Ashdod, under his guidance Eden Inbar, will be able to lift a seventh plate in the history of the club, but for that you will have to beat the top team, which in turn will try to force a decisive fifth game in the fascinating series.
In the previous game, which was the third in the series, Ashdod won at home 55:69, in the second game Elitzur Ramla celebrated with a resounding 55:85 and in the game that opened the final series, it was the southern team that recorded 72:77. This is by the way the restoration of the series from 2018/19, so the team from the lowlands celebrated with a big 0: 3.
First quarter – 14:17 to Ramla
Ramla Quintet: Gili Eisner, Alyssa Brown, Crystal Dangerfield, Emma Cannon and Paulina Hressler. Ashdod came up with: Alexandra Cohen, Mai Dayan, Kelsey Rene Boone, Victoria Vivians, Alison Hightower.
With a colorful atmosphere in the stands the game opened with a low score, both defenses worked well in the first two minutes, 2: 5 to the southern team. The guest’s minimal advantage is maintained, Alexandra Cohen stands out for Inbar in opening the match. The creators turned around, and the host ran well thanks to Dangerfield’s excellent ability that gave Ramla a 3-point advantage. On the other side it was Vivians who also started to get into things and scored 4 points for the Southerners, which faded towards the end of the first quarter.
Second quarter – 33:33
Like the first quarter, here too the current quarter in Ramla started with a low score, with Ramla still holding a one-point advantage. Vivians, the best in the guest ranks, led Ashdod to a small advantage, again. It is clear that the great pressure, as befits a prestigious final series, affects both teams that lose balls, including by attacking offenses. It was 2 points to the south, but Hightower sniped from the outside and it was already 19:24 to Ashdod. Cannon has taken the game upon itself and already with a double-digit number of points keeps Ramla close-close. The half in the fourth game of the series ended as it began, a total tie.
Third quarter – 50:55 to Ramla
Ramla, who as I recall hopes to force a decisive game 5, opened the third quarter with a storm – there is no other word to define it. The host in yellow presented at the opening of the quarter a regular and smart basketball on the way to a 7-point advantage. Cannon (17 points) and Brown (15 points) lead the bunch of top shots, while at the same time in order to stop the drift Amber called a timeout. The last minutes of the quarter were very messy, the host could not get close to double digits while Ashdod for its part scored a low percentage.
Fourth quarter – 69:70 to Ramla
Ashdod started the fourth quarter a little better, with 5 points compared to 4 for the locals. Canon is already with 21 points, but Vivians, who excels with the Blues, does not allow Ramla to escape towards the important victory, which as mentioned will leave the series open for a decisive game. Ramla in big problem – Cannon suffered a fourth offense, will the guest be able to take advantage of this? for now yes. Hightower with another three and a 6:13 lead from the start of the fourth quarter turned the score around. It goes as well as it can be, half a minute to the end the teams went down to a timeout at 69:69. Dangerfield went to the line and scored once, May Dayan took the last ball and missed. Ramla won, there is a game 5.
