The 16th round of the National League was held tonight (Tuesday) in full. In the spotlight: Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan, in Shmulik Brenner’s return game, unconditionally defeated Maccabi Rishon Lezion 69:94. Elizur with Ashkelon also suffered a defeat in an away game in Rommah, and the one who took advantage of this was Hapoel Afula who established themselves in first place after a home victory over Elizur Shomron. At the bottom, Hapoel Habel Modi’in came back to life after recording a second “V” in a row at the expense of the Jordanians thanks to Shmuel Malkov’s 29 points. In the battle for the top playoffs, AS Ramesh beat Maccabi Ma’ale Adumim 93:98 at the end of a great drama.
Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan – Maccabi Rishon Lezion 69:94
Even Shmulik Brenner never dreamed that his return game to Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan would look like this. His apprentices defeated the Orangemen in a game that was already decided in the first quarter. Elijah Hirsch scored 30 points in a great game, while Maccabi Rishon Lezion played their weakest game this season and next week will try to recover in a critical home game against the leader Maafula.
Scored for Maccabi Ramat Gan: Elijah Hirsch (6/9 to 3) 30 points, Harel Dadon 22 points, Dimitrios Treadwell and Kevin Kipers 10 points 21, Daniel Rosenbaum 8 points, Yoav Berman and Idan Paz 5 Point 21, Idan Alber 4 points.
Scorers for Maccabi Rishon Lezion: Jay Evans 19 points, Tal Peled 13 points, Yonatan Mor 10 points, Chen Kalfon 9 points, Igor Nesterenko 8 points, Yogev Ovadia 6 points, Guy Palatin 4 points.
Maccabi Haifa – Elizur with Ashkelon 69:85
Without the injured Edmon Gilder, Maccabi Haifa recorded a big home victory over Elitzur with Ashkelon, which records a fifth loss in the last six games. Ofer Rahimi’s team received a tremendous game from Ofek Malka, who finished with 26 points and 6 three-pointers. On the other hand, the Southerners distance themselves from Po’el Afula at the top and presented one of their weakest games in which they scored 39 percent from the field and recorded 17 turnovers.
Scorers for Maccabi Haifa: Ofek Malka (6/8 for three) 26 points, Richard Howell and Daniel Koperberg 16 points, Shahid Davis 12 points, Anton Shutbin 5 points, DJ Sharp and Danel Khozhinoff 4 points 21, Tomer Cohen 2 pts.
Scored for Elizur with Ashkelon: Dekrai Tucker 22 pts, Chen Guy and Raviv Pitshon 10 pts, Yanir Binyamin 8 pts, Shagib David 6 pts, Thomas Gipson and Omar Ben David 4 pts, Gal Gilinsky 2 pts ‘.
Maccabi Rehovot – Ironi Nahariya 84:81 (after extra time)
A tremendous victory for the Purples after overtime, thanks to a three-pointer by Yogev Ohion. Shay Seglovic’s team appeared without Dominez Burnett who ended the season, but that didn’t stop them from leaving Rehovot with an important victory at the end of a heroic comeback. During overtime, Maccabi Rehovot took the advantage, but the visitors forced a tie with a three-pointer by Isiah Eisendorf and in the attack after that, Yogev Ohion buried a three-pointer of his own. The home team had 11 seconds left, in which they missed two three-pointers that could have sent the game into extra overtime.
Scorers for Maccabi Rehovot: Brent Jackson 26 points, Gush Freund 18 points, Alonzo Coleman (7 assists, 7 rebounds) 16 points, Shay Guetta 6 points, Idan Rajoan and Gal Halamish 5 points each, Yevgeny Kholodov 3 points, Chris Smith 2 points.
Scorers for Nahariya City: Isaiah Eisendorf 19 pts, Yogev Ohion (8 assists) 14 pts, Dolev Drapich 13 pts, Romelo White 12 pts, Alex Chubarevich 8 pts, Omer Tal 7 pts, Ofek Ben Yaakov 5 points, Omer Folg 4 points, Ohad Dekal 2 points.
Hapoel Habel Modi’in – Hapoel RG/Givataim 79:96
A second victory in a row for the Modi’in intelligence, which reopens the underground struggles. Mickey Gorka’s team provided a great offensive game, and enjoyed a career high from Shmuel Malkov who finished with 29 points. Already in the opening, the home team showed determination and played with a lot of energy, when in the second quarter they gained a double-digit lead that was maintained until the end of the game. Havol Modi’in with their second win of the season, still in last place, but only three games away from Beach Mivathim.
Scorers for Hapoel Habel Modiin: Shmuel Malkov (7/10 for two) 29 points, Karon Deshields 24 points, Michael Holyfield 19 points, Efi Tiomkin 11 points, Shoham Gat 5 points, Avitar Mor Yosef 4 points, Omer Hamma And Neve ben Shemen 2 point 21.
Scored for RG/Givataim: Stedmon Lemon 18 points, Gil Noivovich and Storm Warren 14 points 21, Aviv Shimoni 13 points, Niv Ozan 8 points, Arad Harari 6 points, Eliad Tal and Omar Harel 3 points 21.
Maccabi City Ra’anana – Elizur Netanya 77:65
A big victory for Netanya, which is recovering after Friday’s loss to Haval Modi’in. Ruben Neiberger’s team did not start the game well, but in the second quarter went on an 18:2 run and thus secured the victory. The diamonds stopped the home team on only 3 three-pointers at 13 percent and received 12 points from Ariel Isaac, who was the X factor. Following the victory, the Diamonds passed Maccabi City Ra’anana in the table after beating it twice.
Scorers for Maccabi City Ra’anana: Jason Segers 15 points, Alon Sapir 14 points, Willie Workman 11 points, Jaylen Canty and Alex Leder 8 points, Jordan Lewis 6 points, Rom Geffen 3 points ‘.
Scorers for Elizur Netanya: Ben Sharaf (12/13 from the line) 17 points, Ariel Isaac, Eitan Borg and El Wahid Aminu 12 points 21, Dori Sahar 9 points, Yahal Peleg 8 points, Daniel Reuven 5 points, C ‘Stin Robinson 2 points’.
Hapoel Afula – Elizur Shomron 68:76
The northerners struggled against the team from the bottom of the table, but finally came away with a home victory. Roi Pearl’s team started the game well, but in the third quarter, in which Afula scored only 6 points, the newcomer reversed the result with a run of her own. In the last quarter the locals already looked completely different and presented their familiar defense. Beyond the victory, the Afulaites establish themselves in first place in light of the losses of Elizur with Ashkelon and Maccabi Rishon Lezion.
Scorers for Hapoel Afula: Tomer Assig (8 rebounds, 7 assists) and Jimmy Hall 16 points 21 points, Tuerlian Fitzpatrick 11 points, Dor Anbi 9 points, Lucas Goldenberg 7 points, Tom Spector 6 points, Daniel Najer 5 points, Alon Drucker 4 points, Roi Netsia 2 points.
Scorers for Elitzur Shomron: Keith Stone 19 points, Deshon Burke 17 points, Eyal Shulman 11 points, Gal Sternberg 10 points, Amit Alon 7 points, Ido Fleischer and Yoav Olaska 2 points.
AS Ramesh – Maccabi Ma’ale Adumim 93:98
A very important victory for Ramash at the end of a great offensive game by both teams. Thanks to the victory, the team from Sharon returned to the picture of the fight for the top eight. Yair Gvirtz’s team received a tremendous game from Eddie Akure who finished with a triple double, but towards the end was unable to produce points and Diante Watkins ensured His team won with an important basket at the end. Throughout the game, both teams relied on shooting from beyond the arc, but it was in the decisive minutes that Ariel Deri missed two free threes and Diante Watkins (29 points) secured victory.
Scored for Ramash: Tyler Weidman 31 pts, Diante Watkins 29 pts, Amit Avo 17 pts, Amit Bir Katz 10 pts, Uri Chai 6 pts, Guy Farber 4 pts.
Top scorers for the Reds: Edi Akure (10 rebounds, 10 assists) 23 points, Ben Maman (6/7 for threes) 20 points, Ariel Deri 15 points, Simcha Halpert 13 points, Noam Akrish 7 points, Matan Hammo 5 points ‘, Ayalon Sasson 4 pts, Ben Hevri 2 pts.
