Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The most exciting game of round 8 in the National League took place in Gan Ner. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 6th ranked I.Nahariya (4-4) to seventh ranked H.Gilboa Galil (4-3) 84-82 on Friday evening. H.Gilboa Galil shot the lights out from three sinking 15 long-distance shots on high 53.6 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. 25 personal fouls committed by I.Nahariya helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The best player for the winners was point guard Daniel Gueta (188-2003) who scored 19 points, 9 assists and 5 steals. Guard Ziv Weissmann (192-2003, agency: BIG) chipped in 23 points and 5 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field). The former international center Alexey Chubrevich (212-1986) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists for the guests. H.Gilboa Galil moved-up to fourth place, which they share with E.Netanya and H.Kfar Qasem. I.Nahariya at the other side dropped to the seventh position with four games lost. H.Gilboa Galil is looking forward to face league’s leader E.Ashkelon on the road in the next round and it may be the game of the week. I.Nahariya will have a break next round.
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Raanana. Third ranked M.Raanana faced second-ranked M.Rehovot. Host M.Raanana (5-2) defeated guests from Rehovot (5-2) 95-89. It ended at the same time the five-game winning streak of M.Rehovot. Guard Eidan Alber (192-2000, agency: Avi Zilberman) orchestrated the victory by scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Jonatan Mor contributed with 19 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Naturalized American forward Josh Freund (204-1997, college: Roanoke) replied with a double-double by scoring 25 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists for M.Rehovot. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. M.Raanana have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to second place, which they share with defeated M.Rehovot. M.Raanana will play against M.Ma’ale Adum. (#8) in Ma’ale Adumim in the next round where they are favorite. M.Rehovot will play at home against M.Haifa (#13) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Kfar Qasem. First ranked E.Ashkelon faced 4th ranked H.Kfar Qasem. Guests from Ashkelon (7-1) defeated host H.Kfar Qasem (4-3) 92-74. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of H.Kfar Qasem. Worth to mention a great performance of Eliad Tal who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 19 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists. Efi Tyomkin responded with 22 points. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. E.Ashkelon maintains first position with 7-1 record. Newly promoted H.Kfar Qasem keeps the fourth place with three games lost. They share the position with H.Gilboa Galil and E.Netanya. E.Ashkelon will meet at home H.Gilboa Galil (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. H.Kfar Qasem will play against Ramat Hash. in Ramat Hasharon and hope to secure a win.
Rest of the games of round 8 were quite predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
M.Rishon defeated E.Shomron in Rishon Le-Zion 87-75. M.Haifa was beaten by Ramat Hash. at home 84-86. M.Ma’ale Adum. lost to H.Safed Galil on the opponent’s court 77-84.
The best stats of 8th round was 20 points and 18 rebounds by Daniel Koperberg of H.Safed Galil.
H.Gilboa Galil – I.Nahariya 84-82
The most exciting game of round 8 in the National League took place in Gan Ner. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 6th ranked I.Nahariya (4-4) to seventh ranked H.Gilboa Galil (4-3) 84-82 on Friday evening. H.Gilboa Galil shot the lights out from three sinking 15 long-distance shots on high 53.6 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. 25 personal fouls committed by I.Nahariya helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The best player for the winners was point guard Daniel Gueta (188-2003) who scored 19 points, 9 assists and 5 steals. Guard Ziv Weissmann (192-2003, agency: BIG) chipped in 23 points and 5 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field). Four H.Gilboa Galil players scored in double figures. The former international center Alexey Chubrevich (212-1986) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists and Omar Tal (-1987) added 22 points and 4 assists respectively for the guests. H.Gilboa Galil moved-up to fourth place, which they share with E.Netanya and H.Kfar Qasem. I.Nahariya at the other side dropped to the seventh position with four games lost. H.Gilboa Galil is looking forward to face league’s leader E.Ashkelon on the road in the next round and it may be the game of the week. I.Nahariya will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
H.Gilboa Galil: W.Ziv 23+5reb+3ast, G.Daniel 19+3reb+9ast, R.Netzia 14+8reb+1ast, I.Davidi 12+4reb+3ast, N.Baloul 7+3reb+1ast, A.Levi 6+1reb+2ast
I.Nahariya: O.Tal 22+4ast, A.Reuven 13+4reb+5ast, A.Chubrevich 10+12reb+4ast, A.Rozenfeld 9+1reb+1ast, E.Abaev 9+7reb, D.Avner 8+5reb+1ast
gschID: 1145731
M.Raanana – M.Rehovot 95-89
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Raanana. Third ranked M.Raanana faced second-ranked M.Rehovot. Host M.Raanana (5-2) defeated guests from Rehovot (5-2) 95-89. It ended at the same time the five-game winning streak of M.Rehovot. M.Raanana made 24-of-29 charity shots (82.8 percent) during the game. M.Rehovot was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. Guard Eidan Alber (192-2000, agency: Avi Zilberman) orchestrated the victory by scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Power forward Jonatan Mor (204-1995) contributed with 19 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Four M.Raanana players scored in double figures. Naturalized American forward Josh Freund (204-1997, college: Roanoke) replied with a double-double by scoring 25 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists and guard Omer Ben David (188-2001) added 19 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the effort for M.Rehovot. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. M.Raanana have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to second place, which they share with defeated M.Rehovot. M.Raanana will play against M.Ma’ale Adum. (#8) in Ma’ale Adumim in the next round where they are favorite. M.Rehovot will play at home against M.Haifa (#13) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
M.Raanana: E.Alber 22+5reb+5ast, J.Mor 19+9reb+2ast, O.Hai 17+1reb+1ast, Y.Ohayon 16+3reb+6ast, S.Yoav 8+3reb, S.Yoav 5+1reb+3ast
M.Rehovot: J.Freund 25+12reb+4ast, S.David 21+4reb+2ast, B.David Omer 19+6reb+6ast, H.Omer 9, P.Tal-Or 8+2reb+4ast, S.Daniel 7+8reb+3ast
gschID: 1145732
E.Shomron – M.Rishon 75-87
There was a minor upset when 9th ranked E.Shomron (3-5) was defeated at home by twelfth ranked M.Rishon (2-5) 87-75 on Tuesday. M.Rishon looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Shalev Lugashi (194-2001) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 18 points and 14 rebounds and the former international Raviv Pitshon (198-1989) who added 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals during the contest. Forward Aviv Shimoni (198-1996) responded with 23 points (perfect from the field making all nine shots !!!) and naturalized Polish center Ido Flaisher (208-1998, college: Hawaii) scored 8 points and 12 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. M.Rishon maintains twelfth position with 2-5 record. E.Shomron lost third consecutive game. They keep the ninth place with five games lost. They share the position with Ramat Hash. and H.Safed Galil. M.Rishon will meet at home higher ranked H.Safed Galil (#9) in the next round and it may be quite challenging game. E.Shomron will play against E.Netanya and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
M.Rishon: R.Pitshon 19+6reb+4ast, L.Shalev 18+14reb+1ast, S.Omer 13+3reb+1ast, I.Shabat 11+4reb+2ast, A.Derhy 11+2ast, N.Maor 10+1reb
E.Shomron: A.Shimoni 23+1reb+2ast, J.Coblin 16+2reb+2ast, A.Druker 14+1reb+3ast, L.Yuval 10+3reb+3ast, I.Flaisher 8+12reb+2ast, E.Shulman 2+4reb+9ast
gschID: 1145733
M.Haifa – Ramat Hash. 84-86
The game between closely ranked teams ended with eleventh ranked Ramat Hash.‘s (3-5) road victory over bottom-ranked M.Haifa (1-6) 86-84 on Monday. Ramat Hash. looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of Ofek Malka (181-2000) who helped to win the game recording 20 points and Hen Halfon (196-1996) who added 16 points and 6 rebounds during the contest. Four Ramat Hash. players scored in double figures. American forward Brandon Bowman (206-1984, college: Georgetown) responded with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists and swingman Ben Maman (195-2003) scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. M.Haifa’s coach Offer Rahimi rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help. Ramat Hash. moved-up to ninth place, which they share with H.Safed Galil and E.Shomron. M.Haifa lost sixth consecutive game. They dropped to the bottom position with six games lost. Ramat Hash. will meet at home higher ranked H.Kfar Qasem (#4) in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. M.Haifa will play against M.Rehovot (#3) and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Ramat Hash.: O.Malka 20+4reb+3ast, A.Dor 18+2reb+2ast, H.Halfon 16+6reb+3ast, G.Rushkin 13+3reb+2ast, G.Ofek 7+3reb+6ast, A.Bier-Katz 7+7reb+4ast
M.Haifa: B.Bowman 27+8reb+4ast, D.Sharp 14+1reb+3ast, M.Ben 11+5reb+4ast, C.Ilay 8+5reb+2ast, M.Amit 7+3reb, G.Ofir 7+4reb+1ast
gschID: 1145734
H.Kfar Qasem – E.Ashkelon 74-92
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Kfar Qasem. First ranked E.Ashkelon faced 4th ranked H.Kfar Qasem. Guests from Ashkelon (7-1) defeated host H.Kfar Qasem (4-3) 92-74. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of H.Kfar Qasem. E.Ashkelon made 19-of-22 free shots (86.4 percent) during the game. They outrebounded H.Kfar Qasem 51-33 including a 43-24 advantage in defensive rebounds. E.Ashkelon looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of swingman Eliad Tal (198-2002) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 19 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists and naturalized American guard Clarke Rosenberg (193-1993, college: Chicago St.) who added 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. Guard Efi Tyomkin (190-2000, agency: BIG) responded with 22 points and naturalized Romanian Yaniv Solomon (200-1994) produced a double-double by scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds. Four H.Kfar Qasem players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. E.Ashkelon maintains first position with 7-1 record. Newly promoted H.Kfar Qasem keeps the fourth place with three games lost. They share the position with H.Gilboa Galil and E.Netanya. E.Ashkelon will meet at home H.Gilboa Galil (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. H.Kfar Qasem will play against Ramat Hash. in Ramat Hasharon and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
E.Ashkelon: C.Rosenberg 29+6reb+4ast, T.Eliad 19+19reb+4ast, N.Tishman 9+7reb+9ast, S.Amit 8+1ast, F.Noam 8+5reb, J.Armstrong 7+2reb+2ast
H.Kfar Qasem: T.Efi 22+3reb+1ast, C.Bouchman 14+5reb+1ast, Y.Solomon 13+10reb+1ast, R.Nitai 12+6reb+2ast, A.Sasson 5+5reb+3ast, S.Harush 3+2reb+6ast
gschID: 1145735
H.Safed Galil – M.Ma’ale Adum. 84-77
There was a minor upset when 8th ranked M.Ma’ale Adum. (3-4) was defeated on the road by eleventh ranked H.Safed Galil (3-5) 84-77 on Tuesday. H.Safed Galil looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international power forward Daniel Koperberg (208-1997) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 20 points and 18 rebounds and forward Ofek Ben-Yakov (200-1994, agency: BIG) who added 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists during the contest. Guard Daniel Najar (193-2001) responded with 20 points and 5 assists and Gil Noivitz (-2001) scored 14 points and 7 rebounds. Four M.Ma’ale Adum. players scored in double figures. M.Ma’ale Adum.’s coach Yair Gewirtz rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help. H.Safed Galil moved-up to ninth place, which they share with Ramat Hash. and E.Shomron. Loser M.Ma’ale Adum. keeps the eighth position with four games lost. H.Safed Galil will meet M.Rishon (#12) in the next round. M.Ma’ale Adum. will play against the league’s second-placed M.Raanana (#2) and will have a slim chance for a victory.
Top scorers:
H.Safed Galil: D.Koperberg 20+18reb+1ast, O.Ben-Yakov 19+7reb+5ast, G.Itay 12+4reb+7ast, O.Reef 9+2reb+5ast, C.Tomer 6+2reb+6ast, O.Dvir 6+1reb+1ast
M.Ma’ale Adum.: N.Daniel 20+4reb+5ast, A.Roe 19+2reb+1ast, N.Gil 14+7reb+3ast, B.Yanir 13+5reb+3ast, B.Orion 4+6reb+1ast, B.Aken Matan 3+6reb+2ast
gschID: 1145736
