Without the injured Kalani Brown, Maccabi Girls Ashdod continued to maintain a perfect balance in the league in Israel with 96-79 over AS Jerusalem
The team break is over and the Women’s Basketball Premier League is back in full force for the last stages of the league. Ashdod struggled against Jerusalem, but kept the perfect balance, even without the injured Brown.
The match between Ashdod and Jerusalem brought together, between the perfect Ashdod and the newcomer faltering at the bottom. Jerusalem came after two consecutive victories in the league and is riding on the waves of momentum.
Ashdod came to the game without the team’s number one player, the outstanding American Kalani Brown who is recovering from an injury, Ashdod managed to reach the top and the perfect balance in the league of 15 out of 15, amazing!
Ashdod, which has already broken the historical record of the women’s league, can end a perfect regular season by winning the remaining three rounds until the playoffs.
The game itself was not easy at all, the team from Jerusalem was an opponent of Ashdod for most of the game, when the first quarter ended in a tie 19:19.
The second quarter also continued the trend, Ashdod struggled in Jerusalem, Ashdod got a great game from Shatori Walker, but couldn’t escape. And Ashdod went into the break with a slight lead of 40:41.
In the third quarter, Jerusalem continued to show surprising ability and kept within touching distance of Ashdod, but the last two minutes of the quarter were marked by an escape for the Yellows: points by Walker, Dayan and Sahar increased the gap to 8 points, and Jerusalem advanced to the last quarter when it already had to close a deficit of 69: 61.
The fourth quarter was already a different story, in which Ashdod managed to increase the gap, thanks to its quality, experience and fitness. Ashdod scored from the field with wonderful percentages, and at the end 96-79 for Ashdod.
Scorers for Ashdod: Walker 25, Sahar 20, Cohen 18, Edelman 15, Heideman 7, Itzhaki 5, Dayan 3, Osigawai 3.
Scorers for Jerusalem: Wertz 31, Adams 22, Todoric 11, Bar-Gal 6, Firstenberg 4, Bastkar 3, Shachem 2.