The Regular Season in Winner League just started. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Ironi Nes-Ziona in Nes Ziyona on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by Hapoel Jerusalem 81-74. H.Jerusalem made 16-of-17 free shots (94.1 percent) during the game. American center Austin Wiley (211-1999, college: Auburn) stepped up and scored 18 points and 7 rebounds for the winners and his fellow American import point guard Jared Harper (178-1997, college: Auburn) chipped in 20 points and 4 assists (made all of his eight free throws). At the losing side Panamanian-American forward Ricardo Lindo Jr. (203-2000, college: GWU) responded with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Hapoel Jerusalem is looking forward to face H.Tel-Aviv in Tel Aviv in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Ironi Nes-Ziona will play on the road against M.Tel-Aviv in Tel Aviv and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Very significant was Bnei Hertzeliya’s 93-87 road victory against H.Galil Elion. American guard Jimmy Clark III (191-2001, college: Duquesne, agency: Diamond Sports) nailed 15 points, 9 assists and 4 steals for the winning side and Chris Silva accounted for 19 points and 5 rebounds. Bnei Hertzeliya’s coach Yehu-David Orland allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Canadian guard Marcus Carr (188-1999, college: Texas) came up with 19 points and 8 assists for Galil Elion in the defeat. Bnei Hertzeliya will play against H.Be’er Sheva in Beer Sheva in the next round. H.Galil Elion will play on the road against H.Gilboa Galil in Gan Ner to get more than just one victory in their record.
Quite upsetting was Kiryat Ata‘s 17-point home defeat in a game versus H.Afula who smashed hosts JP Tokoto fired a double-double by scoring 14 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Afula’s coach Ariel Beit-Halamy used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Silvio de Sousa produced a double-double by scoring 18 points and 10 rebounds for lost side. H.Afula will meet E.Netanya on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Kiryat Ata will have a break next round.
In the last game of round 1 E.Netanya lost to H.Gilboa Galil on the opponent’s court 67-100.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 15 points and 9 rebounds by Ben Moore of H.Gilboa Galil.
I.Ness Ziona – H.Jerusalem 74-81
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Ironi Nes-Ziona in Nes Ziyona on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by Hapoel Jerusalem 81-74. H.Jerusalem made 16-of-17 free shots (94.1 percent) during the game. American center Austin Wiley (211-1999, college: Auburn) stepped up and scored 18 points and 7 rebounds for the winners and his fellow American import point guard Jared Harper (178-1997, college: Auburn) chipped in 20 points and 4 assists (made all of his eight free throws). At the losing side Panamanian-American forward Ricardo Lindo Jr. (203-2000, college: GWU) responded with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists and American point guard Darnell Edge (188-1997, college: FDU) scored 16 points and 7 assists. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Hapoel Jerusalem is looking forward to face H.Tel-Aviv in Tel Aviv in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Ironi Nes-Ziona will play on the road against M.Tel-Aviv in Tel Aviv and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
H.Jerusalem: J.Harper 20+4ast, A.Wiley 18+7reb+1ast, J.Smith 10+2reb+2ast, Y.Zoosman 10+2reb+2ast, K.Smith 8+4reb+3ast, N.Dovrat 6+2reb+3ast
I.Ness Ziona: B.Brown 17+1reb+1ast, R.Lindo Jr. 17+6reb+4ast, D.Edge 16+1reb+7ast, Y.Kravitz 10+3reb+4ast, T.Ben Moshe 9+4reb, T.Levinson 3
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H.Galil Elion – Bnei Hertzeliya 87-93
Very significant was Bnei Hertzeliya’s 93-87 road victory against H.Galil Elion. Bnei Hertzeliya made 27-of-33 charity shots (81.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Galil Elion turnovers. Bnei Hertzeliya players were unselfish on offense dishing 23 assists. American guard Jimmy Clark III (191-2001, college: Duquesne, agency: Diamond Sports) nailed 15 points, 9 assists and 4 steals for the winning side and Gabonese Chris Silva (206-1996, college: S.Carolina) accounted for 19 points and 5 rebounds. Five Bnei Hertzeliya players scored in double figures. Bnei Hertzeliya’s coach Yehu-David Orland allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Canadian guard Marcus Carr (188-1999, college: Texas) came up with 19 points and 8 assists and American forward Lennard Freeman (203-1995, college: NC State) added 17 points and 11 rebounds respectively for Galil Elion in the defeat. Bnei Hertzeliya will play against H.Be’er Sheva in Beer Sheva in the next round. H.Galil Elion will play on the road against H.Gilboa Galil in Gan Ner to get more than just one victory in their record.
Top scorers:
Bnei Hertzeliya: C.Silva 19+5reb+1ast, D.Francis 18+2reb+1ast, J.Clark III 15+3reb+9ast, E.Burg 13+3reb+2ast, J.Meeks 10+8reb+2ast, J.Hawley 8+4reb+1ast
H.Galil Elion: L.Goldenberg 19+2reb+3ast, M.Carr 19+4reb+8ast, L.Freeman 17+11reb+1ast, L.Carreira 9+5reb+4ast, S.Juiston 9+6reb+1ast, S.Amir 6+5reb+2ast
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Kiryat Ata – H.Afula 67-84
Quite upsetting was Kiryat Ata‘s 17-point home defeat in a game versus H.Afula who smashed hosts American forward JP Tokoto (201-1993, college: UNC) fired a double-double by scoring 14 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. His fellow American import forward Justyn Mutts (201-1999, college: Virginia Tech, agency: Pensack Sports) chipped in 8 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Four Afula players scored in double figures. Afula’s coach Ariel Beit-Halamy used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Angolan forward Silvio de Sousa (206-1998, college: Chattanooga) produced a double-double by scoring 18 points and 10 rebounds and naturalized American swingman JJ Kaplan (196-1997, college: UAH) added 13 points and 9 rebounds respectively for lost side. H.Afula will meet E.Netanya on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Kiryat Ata will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
H.Afula: J.Tokoto 14+10reb+3ast, S.Cohen III 14+4reb+1ast, A.Franklin 14+4reb+1ast, J.Lecque 13+5ast, M.Lutati 11+6reb+4ast, N.Avivi 10+5reb
Kiryat Ata: S.de Sousa 18+10reb, J.Kaplan 13+9reb+2ast, A.Pruitt 12+4reb+2ast, R.Adam 7+5reb+4ast, D.Morsell 7+3reb+1ast, C.Lewis 4+5reb+3ast
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H.Gilboa Galil – E.Netanya 100-67
H.Gilboa Galil used a home court advantage and crushed the opponent from Netanya 100-67 on Wednesday night. H.Gilboa Galil forced 21 E.Netanya turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Forward Gur Lavy (198-2001, agency: BIG) fired 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field) for the winners. American guard Ishmael El-Amin (189-1998, college: URI) chipped in 22 points. Five H.Gilboa Galil players scored in double figures. The former international guard Roy Paretsky (194-2002) produced 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and American guard Carlos Marshall Jr. (198-1999, college: Santa Clara) added 17 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. H.Gilboa Galil will meet at home H.Galil Elion in the next round which should be another easy win for them. E.Netanya will play against H.Afula and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
H.Gilboa Galil: I.El-Amin 22+2reb+3ast, G.Lavy 17+7reb+5ast, B.Moore 15+9reb+2ast, L.Amsalem 10+4reb+1ast, G.Beni 10+4reb+3ast, T.Peled 8+1reb
E.Netanya: C.Marshall Jr. 17+5reb+1ast, R.Paretsky 17+5reb+4ast, I.Moshkovitz 10+3reb+1ast, E.Romero 9+5reb+1ast, S.Doron 7+2reb, C.Riley 4+3reb
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