The tenth round of the Premier League was tonight (Sunday) at the end of the opening round of the second round, and even before Hapoel Rishon LeZion tried to return on Tuesday (17:30, Sport Five Plus) to first place with a victory in Ashdod, tonight it showed its top rivals.
AS Ramat Hasharon – Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva 57:80
Kadija Kiev’s three points in Hapoel Bnei Petah’s first attack in tonight’s game did not prevent Shaturi Walker from returning its debt to its Ramat Hasharon team from last week. The foreigner, who was far from a record loss to Maccabi Phoenix Haifa, took the game upon himself from the start and led the locals to a 0:10 run. Ohad Gal’s team also tightened the defense and sent Petah Tikva to pick up its points mainly from the line (8 of 13), in the quarter that ended with an 18:22 advantage for the team from Sharon.
Walker barely missed even in the second quarter and finished the half on 8 of 10 from the field. Joining her in the points collection is Jacinta Monroe (12 points at the half). The two also enjoyed a good game and a safe ball lead by Rotem Schuster. On the other hand, Petah Tikva, which was already double-digit behind during the second quarter, returned to the game thanks to points from Jordan Hopper and Ayala Roth – which was enough to lag 40:33 in the half.
Both teams insisted on trying their luck off the arc, even though the figures were very bad on both sides of the pitch. But while Petah Tikva’s only three-pointer from 12 attempts affected the result and Roi Levin’s team scored only two points in the first five minutes of the third quarter. . Daniel Karsh also got into a good pace in the third quarter. She finished it with 6 points on the balance sheet, two rebounds and five assists, which helped Ramat Hasharon increase the lead to 46:63 at the end of the third quarter.
Petah Tikva gave up early in the last quarter, and the one who took advantage of it most was Tzlil and Tori, who did everything they could in the second half and finished the game with 14 points. Many minutes and the distribution of points accordingly. After the loss to Haifa last week, Ramat Hasharon returns to the winning track with 57:80 over Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva.
Scored to Ramat Hasharon: Walker 31, Vatori 14, Monroe 12, Schuster 7, Carlton 6, Karsh 6, Rosenblum 2, Butterfly 2.
Scored to Petah Tikva: Kiev 21, Bell 16, Hopper 10, Roth 7, Hajjaj 2, Givon 1.
Elitzur Sigalit Rave Aesthetics Holon – Maccabi Ramat Gan 65:53
The game that was supposed to be the tightest in the round did open that way. It was an excavation battle between Elitzur Sigalit Rave Aesthetics Holon and the champion Maccabi Ramat Gan. The two teams, who played against each other in the opening game of the season and then scored 178 points together, decided to bring tonight mostly their defensive tools. They missed the first 11 shots they took (jointly) outside the arc, and even inside the point it was mostly a personal battle between Alexis Jones of Holon and the Ramat Gan Harper line. 12:14 to Ramat Gan at the end of the first quarter.
Alicia Jenkins from Ramat Gan and Daniel Reber from Holon took responsibility in the second quarter and became the sub-players of their teams. Holon looked a little better under the basket, but the bad percentage for three did not allow any team to produce a run and to the half the teams went down with a negligible 29:30 advantage to the home team.
It is not clear what Roi Lazar said to his players at the break, but for the third quarter they came up with a desire to devour the parquet. Harper and Jenkins again took the offense on themselves, and the points from Gaia Cells and Shani Berman helped create a first-run escape in the game and a 42:52 advantage for the doubles winner at the end of the quarter.
Ramat Gan decided to decide the game at the beginning of the last quarter – first of all through a stubborn defense that allowed Holon to score only three points in the first five minutes of the quarter. Daniel Adams, who has excelled in recent games, was stopped on 2 of 12 at this point, and two threes from 20 shots by the team did not indicate a possibility of a comeback. Ramat Gan took advantage of these conditions to return to the winning track after the surprising loss last week – 53:65 and a 5: 5 balance, from which it only expects to take off.
Scored to Holon: Jones 22, Raver 13, Boone 6, Adams 4, Hajjaj 4, Peletz 4.
Scored to Ramat Gan: Harper 24, Jenkins 20, Berman 6, Cells 6, James 5, Heart 4.
Elitzur Virali Tel Aviv – Maccabi Phoenix Haifa 79:68
Until last week, Maccabi Phoenix Haifa was mainly a defensive team, with rivals having a hard time crossing the 70-point mark. But the game against AS Ramat Hasharon, where they finished with a huge victory and 95 points, probably opened something in an attack that was difficult until then. And the new alien Crystal Wen. The Tel Avivians got on the board only after four minutes, but filled in quite a bit of the gap later, and despite having a defensive difficulty, Haifa led only 18:23 at the end of the first quarter.
Haifa’s pace slowed down a lot in the second quarter, less because of the form of the game and more because of bad offenses under the basket and off the arc. On the other hand, the hostess did exactly what she needed to – took every opportunity to take a bite out of the gap. In the last three minutes of the half, the gap was already at a single point, and so the teams went down to the locker room – with a Haifa advantage of 36:37.
The justified turnaround came at the start of the third quarter, when Elitzur Virali Tel Aviv took advantage of Haifa’s offensive fatigue, took the lead in the game, and a 0: 6 run also made it clear who controlled the deaf on the floor. Everything that went to Haifa in the first quarter suddenly seemed difficult and impossible. This is not just the host’s defense, but a lack of coordination that should not characterize the team from second place in the league. The gap has already grown to 7 points, but instead of pressing and deciding the game, Tel Aviv began to falter. Haifa scraped points from the line and below the basket and only two basket and offense moves set a 56:58 advantage for the locals at the end of the third quarter.
Chelsea Hopkins and Bernice Mosby struggled in the first three quarters, but proved in the last quarter why they are considered leading players in Israeli basketball, when they returned the advantage to Haifa seven minutes before the end. It was not only Tel Aviv’s stalemate on offense but mainly Haifa’s rebounds on offense, which allowed it to produce a run despite a somewhat hesitant offensive play. Daniela Reuben called a timeout when the visitors led 62:70, but it was too late. 68:79 in the end in favor of the Greens, who return at least temporarily to first place.
Scored to Tel Aviv: Carrington 20, Raphael 16, Leslie 13, Dagan 3, Zlibansky 2.
Scored to Haifa: Wen 22, Mosby 20, Hopkins 19, Singer 10, Castan 6.
Herzliya girls – Elitzur Neve David Ramla 74:71
It is not clear whether it was last week’s victory in the league or the relegation from Europe that took the burden off Elitzur Neve David Ramla’s shoulders, but Shira’s top team looked much more relaxed tonight in the opening game against the Herzliya girls. Emma Cannon did have a hard time producing points in the opening, but they came from five different players and the defense did its thing when it left Herzliya on 4 of 16 from the field of points at the end of the first quarter. On the scoreboard this translated into a 10:13 advantage for Ramla.
Ramla’s problems in the attack, which were discovered at the end of the first quarter, continued into the second quarter, allowing Herzliya to make a comeback and lead 13:14. What started as a free and loose game, mostly of Ramla, was dragged into the second quarter in a duel, where both teams score less than 30 percent from the field and finish the half with a 25:25 defensive and tough draw.
The attacks were released at the start of the third quarter, Herzliya tried to run whenever they could, Jordan Gutt and Lihi Azouri got into things, but Courtney Williams’ points from the other side kept the teams close throughout the quarter. What did not go to Ramla throughout the first half went in the third quarter. These were not only Paulina Hressler’s points, but also the ongoing offensive play that divided the identity of the scorers over seven players. Kristin Simon and Leah Forbis were not ready to give up on the side of Herzliya, but the two teams that finished the first half with a 25:25 tie, finished only the third quarter with a 25:27 victory of Ramla.
The last quarter also remained close. The team from Sharon really did not intend to easily give up the possibility of winning the third game of the season and the team from Ramla knew that they needed another victory to start returning to the top group. Ramla took a 71:72 lead nine seconds before the end, but Herzliya failed to produce points, sent Ramla to the line and there the winning identity was signed. 71:74 for guests.
Scored to Herzliya: Forbes 22, Simon 15, Brown 12, Gutt 7, Fleischer 5, Azouri 2.
Scored to Ramla: Baron 19, Hressler 18, Cannon 16, Williams 10, Eisner 6, Geek 3, Douglas 2.
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