The 20th round in the National League continues tonight (Wednesday) with two games that ended in away victories. Hapoel Afula left Rehovot with 72:77 while Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan won in Ra’anana. Before the games, all the teams came up with special shirts for Valentine’s Day, which they threw to the fans as well as heart-shaped chocolates.
Maccabi Rehovot – Hapoel Afula 77:72
Afula came out of Rehovot with an important victory and is again one game ahead of the other. The visiting team enjoyed a great game by Lucas Goldenberg who was great on both sides of the field, while in Rehovot they suffered an injury to Alonzo Coleman (Achilles) in the second quarter and he did not return to play until the end of the game. Despite a double-digit deficit, in the second half the locals came back with the tremendous ability of Brent Jackson and failed to change the result.
hit the streets: Brent Jackson 23 points, Shay Guetta and Josh Freund 9 points, Alonzo Coleman 8, Itai Geva 7, Yevgeny Kholodov 6, Idan Rajuan 5, Tomer Abramovich 2.
Scored for Afula: Turalian Fitchpatrick 18 points, Lucas Goldenberg (12 rebounds) 13, Tomer Assig 11, Tom Spector 10, Roi Natsia and Jimmy Hall 8 points, Alon Drucker 6, Daniel Najer 2, Dor Inabi 1.
Maccabi Ra’anana – Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan 90:78
A convincing victory for RG in Metrowest. Shmulik Brenner’s team dominated the entire game while Jason Seegers was stopped by the visitors, who received a very good debut game from Amit Aharoni. For Nir Kaplan’s team, this is the third loss in a row, while RG is making a step It is very important to secure a place in the first eight.
Scored for Maccabi Ra’anana: Alex Leder 20 points, Jaylen Canty 16, Rom Geffen and Jason Seegers 13 points, Willie Workman 11, Alon Sapir 5.
Scored for Maccabi Ramat Gan: Kevin Kipers 29 points, Dimitrios Treadwell 14, Daniel Rosenbaum 13, Jordan Cohen 10, Harel Dadon 9, Elijah Hirsch 7, Amit Aharoni (8 assists) 6, Naor Sharon 2.
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