In the final game of the 8th round of the national league, tonight (Wednesday) Urbani Nahariya defeated Maccabi Ashdod 72:78 away, with the team from the north not far from a second league loss. The Purples already led by a double-digit margin in the third quarter, but Naomi Kolodny’s team returned to the game and even forced a tie in the final quarter. But fortunately for Shai Saglovitch, Yogev Ohayon’s experience was there for him and with great actions the guard secured a victory for the visitors.
The game started at a high pace, with Maccabi Ashdod scoring three threes in five minutes, and the board showed 15:15. Also in the second part of the first quarter both teams played fun basketball and the quarter ended at 28:29 for the host. The high pace continued until the half, when Nahariya managed to turn the result all the way to 41:45.
Also at the start of the third quarter, Maccabi Ashdod had a hard time attacking and scored a lone field goal for six minutes, with the advantage remaining with Nahariya at the end of the 10 minutes with 53:60. In the fourth quarter, the host managed to narrow the gap to just one point, Boris Boguslawski already balanced with a three, but on the other hand Yogev Ohayon buried his own three and Dustin Thomas added 4 points in a row. The great ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv was once again precise beyond the arc and led his teammates to a particularly important away victory. 72:78 at the end.
They scored for Maccabi Ashdod: Unio Broata (4/8 for three) 22 points, Chris Ortiz (7 rebounds) 16 points, Niv Balul 9 points, Roman Rubinstein and Raviv Pitshon 8 points each.
They scored for Nahariya: Stefan Brunch 19 points, Dustin Thomas (10 rebounds) and Alex Chubarevich (15 rebounds) 15 points each, Yogev Ohayon (8 assists) 8 points, Ofek Ben Yaakov and Dolev Drapich 6 points each “A.
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