(Main photo: Raz Galil, league director)
As part of a rematch from the 12th round of the Premier League, Hapoel Holon tonight (Saturday) achieved its third victory of the season over Hapoel Eilat, this time with 77:83 in Begin Hall. Both groups are in a relatively stable position at the top, and they have come up against each other in order to improve their position in the table. The Purple-Yellows eventually finished with a hand on the top and increased their balance to 5: 8, while the Southerners, who could have approached Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem and actually be the first to achieve a tenth victory this season, now with a 5: 9 balance.
Except for one situation in the first quarter, Stefanos Dadas’ trainees led throughout the fight and even managed to reach an 18-point lead in the third quarter. However, the visitors allowed Eilat to score 29 points in the last quarter and reduce the gap significantly and even stress the Greek coach, but it was not enough. The advantage dropped to only 3 points, and at the end of Holon she returned home with the victory.
Dadas’ outstanding players were three of the foreigners – CJ Harris (21), Tyros Maggie (19) and Chris Johnson (17) – the only ones on the team to score in double digits. On the other hand the excellent ability of Josh Nibo (20) and Casey Prather (19) did not help the Blues.
