Its European season is about to end and it has already been eliminated from the state cup, so Hapoel Holon knows: it mainly has to fight with all its might for the league. And for those who forgot, this is the state champion. Tonight (Sunday), in a game that was postponed from the 22nd round, Guy Godes’ team won 73:83 over Hapoel Galil Alyon, which stopped after five consecutive victories and saw the opponent record its fourth in a row.
What’s more, Holon could have sweated a little less on the way to victory. Already at the start, it took a 2:13 lead and in the second quarter increased the gap to 20, when deep in the third quarter the team in white and purple led with a score of 39:56. But it’s not for nothing that Barak Peleg’s team won seven of their previous eight games in the league, and they showed it when they managed to reduce the difference to only 4, but on the other hand – they didn’t get any further than that. Joe Ragland stepped up in the deciding minutes, Shaun Dawson contributed two crucial three-pointers and Chris Johnson was superb from start to finish, giving the champions their 12th win of the season.
Scorers for Hapoel Holon: Joe Ragland 25 and 8 assists (5/8 for 3), Chris Johnson 19 (3/5 for 3), Sean Dawson 13, 8 rebounds and 2 steals, Hayden Dalton 8 , 6 assists and 2 steals, CJ Harris 7, Niv Mashgav 6, Marvin Jones 5.
Scorers for Upper Galilee: Daishon Booker 19, 7 assists and 3 steals, Bryce Washington 14, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Wayne Langston 12 and 6 rebounds, Itai Moskovitz 11, Devin Marble 8, Nimrod Levy 5, Roy Huber and Lotan Amsalem 2 each.
the progress of the game
Quarter 1:
A 3-pointer by Dalton, a dunk by Jones and 8 consecutive points by Johnson set up a quick 2:13 window, with only Marble getting on the board on the other end. Washington joined him with a free throw, Mashgav shot from outside the arc to make it 3:16. Amsalem and Washington closed the gap to single digits, but Dalton drew a foul with a 3-pointer and a dunk from the line, Harris traded baskets with Langston and Johnson closed out a 10-point quarter with a layup 9:23 to the hostess.
Quarter 2:
A basket by Harris was answered by Langston’s free throws, Levy sniped from outside the arc, Johnson corrected a foul, Jones sank, Ragland scored a three and Dawson made a steal on the way to easy points that set 14:34 for Holon. Marble stopped a 9:0 run with a three-pointer, Ragland dunked twice from the line, Moskovitz also shot from a distance and then added a basket that brought the score down to 36:24. Harris scored for three, Marble gave it back, Langston dribbled from the line to39:29 on break
Quarter 3:
Baskets by Johnson and Dalton, and a triple by Mashgav, brought Holon to 29:46 and Barak Peleg to a timeout. After that, Washington shrunk in a three-point move, then Levy took advantage of a nice assist from Moskovitz, Ragland scored a three-pointer and Booker responded with the same coin, Johnson also hit from a distance and after a basket by Washington, points from Ragland and Johnson ensured that a gap of 17 and 39 was maintained :56. Booker was accurate twice from the line, Dawson only once, Hoover contributed a three-pointer and Langston added free points, Ragland provided another basket and Moskowitz from the minor line to59:47 at the end of 30 minutes.
Quarter 4:
Washington with a basket, and Moshkowitz with free throws and an assist for Boker, brought the difference to only 6. Jones scored only one from the line on the other side, Washington continued to bite into the gap and Langston with points from the line reduced it to 60:57 only, but Dawson appeared in time with a three-pointer, Ragland responded to another Washington basket with 7 consecutive points, and after Booker scored, Dawson buried Another one outside the arc to raise the champion to 61:73. Moskovitz scored twice from the line, Ragland rained down another very difficult three-pointer, Booker sniped two of these on the other side as Dawson scored another basket in the middle, Ragland closed the matter with another bomb from a distance and all that was left for Booker was to score four free throws, before Dawson determined the final result – 73:83 Lahapoel Holon.
Hapoel Eilat – Bnei Herzliya 91:81
In a game postponed from the Round of 16, the Southerners suffered a seventh straight loss and have not won eight games in the league, despite a convincing debut from Manguk Matiang who delivered a double-double, and despite the earlier than expected return of Tern Phatway from a difficult injury, when the guard also recorded a game Not bad. Even the lack of Chris Babb did not help Hapoel Eilat, because Julian Gamble and Maurice Kemp excelled and finished in double digits in the points and rebounds series, with the Israeli guards – Oded Brandwein and Yair Kravitz – also providing an important contribution. Bnei Herzliya ran away to a double-digit lead at the end of the third quarter, and until the end did not allow the opponent to come back.
Scored for Hapoel Eilat: DJ Penderbark 26 and 9 rebounds, Amit Gershon 15 (4/7 for 3), Teren Fatway and Mangok Matiang (13 rebounds) 12 each, Jared Terrell 10, Eric Griffin 3, Noam Avivi 2, Nathaniel My country 1.
Bnei Herzliya scored: Julian Gamble 23 and 11 rebounds, Maurice Kemp (14 rebounds), Quinton Hawker (7 assists, 4 steals) and Oded Brandwein 13 each, Stevie Thompson Jr. 12, Yair Kravitz 8 and 8 assists, Andy Van Vliet 5, Sandy Cohen and Gabe Levin 2 each.