The opening round in the National League continues today (Friday) with three games. Maccabi Rishon defeated Elizur Shumron 53:63 in a game that did not rise to a high level, Ramesh had no mercy on Hebal Modiin and with 11 3-pointers beat them 80:118 and Hapoel Afula got out of the game with a narrow victory over Elizur Netanya.
Elizur Shomron – Maccabi Rishon Lezion 63:53
Maccabi Rishon LeZion’s debut game in the National League ended in victory. Both teams provided low shooting percentages, and it was evident that this was the first game of the season. Throughout the 40 minutes the Oranges led and knew how to keep it, even when Elizur Shomron came close. On the other hand, Dror Cohen’s team loses in its first game, but can be encouraged that it was an equal opponent overall to one of the better teams in the league. About 550 spectators filled the hall at Gani Tikva and provided a tremendous atmosphere.
A lot of knitting for Elizur Shomron: Keith Stone 19 points, Rayjon Kelly 13 points, Yuval Levin (4 steals) 8 points, Ido Fleischer 6 points, Eyal Shulman 5 points.
Score a lot for Maccabi Rishon Lezion: Isaiah Cousins 13 points, Jonathan Moore 11 points, Igor Nesterenko and Guy Palatin 8 points 21 points, Nimrod Tishman (7 rebounds, 5 assists) and Rakim Buckles 7 points 21 points.
AS Ramesh – Hapoel Habel Modi’in 80:118
This is how you start a season – Ramesh ended last season with a 50-point home loss to Kiryat Ata, and today they were not far from winning by this margin. Guy Kantor’s team opened the game with a bang with a volley of 3-pointers (11 3-pointers in 47 percent of the entire game) , and at an early stage gained a double-digit advantage that grew as the game progressed. Tyler Weidman and Randy Haynes stood out with 26 and 25 points respectively and led six players in double figures. On the other hand, it seems that Lihu Orland expects a lot of work ahead of the rest of the road.
Many times to score to level: Tyler Weidman (14 rebounds, 5 assists) 26 points, Randy Haynes 25 points, Amit Bir Katz 22 points, Guy Farber (6 assists) 14 points, Yam Yonatan (8 assists) 11 points, Uri Hai 10 points ‘.
Many to score for Hapoel Hebol Modi’in: Shoham Gat 13 points, Corey Sanders 11 points, Omer Sde 10 points, Niv Belul 9 points, Dimitrios Treadwell 7 points.
Elizur Netanya – Hapoel Afula 81:73
A great game in Yishorn ended with a victory for the guests from the capital of the valley. Roi Pearl’s team started the game enthusiastically and very quickly took a double-digit lead, but slowly the diamonds got closer. Every time it happened – Hapoel Afula had the answers and a comeback at the end didn’t help the locals either. Elitzur Netanya, which did not lead throughout the game, received 22 points from Eitan Borg but surrendered to six players in double figures for the winner.
A lot of knitting for Elitzur Netanya: Eitan Borg (6/10 to 3) 22 points, Justin Robinson and Al-Wahid Aminu 11 points 21, Marcus Geller 9 points.
A lot of scoring for Afola: Jimmy Hall 21 pts, Torlian Fitchpatrick 14 pts, Tomer Assig 12 pts, Lucas Goldenberg, Roy Netsia and Koren Giorno 10 pts.