Perfect: Elitzur Ramla defeated Ramat Hasharon 54: 102

Tiffany Mitchell with the ball in front of Miriam Hanun (courtesy of the director of the Women’s Basketball Premier League)

Elitzur Neve David Ramla tonight (Sunday) defeated AS Ramat Hasharon 54: 102 and maintained a perfect league balance, in the main game of the 11th round of the Athena Wiener League for women in basketball. Also, Elitzur Holon defeated the champion Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan 61:77, the Herzliya girls defeated Hapoel Rishon Lezion 68:86, Maccabi Haifa defeated the Maccabi Ben Ashdod girls 82:79, Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva defeated Maccabi Raanana 71: 73.

Elitzur Neve David Ramla – A.S. Ramat Hasharon 54: 102

After successful performances in Europe, Elitzur Neve David Ramla proved that AS Ramat Hasharon, at least for now, is not in its league. Ramla started with 4: 7 but Jenny Sims, with 7 fast points, and help from Miriam Hanun gave Ramat Hasharon a 10:12 advantage. From here Ramla ran to 12:21 and 14:29 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Ramat Hasharon shrank with its new coach Tal Natan to 36:27 from points by Jackie Young and Jenny Sims. Naama Shafir, with a warm hand outside the arc and Tiffany Mitchell made sure to return the advantage to Ramla to 27:41 and 29:49. From here, in the two minutes remaining until the end of the half, Alison Hightower raised Ramla to 29-52 and 31:54 in the half. In the third quarter, too, Ramla’s run continued to 39:70 without Ramat Hasharon succeeding in finding solutions against Mitchell, Laney, Shafir, Hightower and Alex Cohen. 45:79 at the end of the third quarter and 54: 102 at the end of 40 minutes.

Eden Rotberg with the ball in front of Ami Rinat (courtesy of the director of the Women’s Basketball Premier League)

Scored to Ramla: Tiffany Mitchell 21 points and 10 rebounds, Alex Cohen and Alison Hightower 18 each, Benija Laney 16, Naama Shapir 14, Alex Gitenchko and Drew Edelman 6 each, Alyssa Baron 3.

Scored to Ramat Hasharon: Jenny Sims 27 points, Jackie Young 9, Miriam Hanun 7, Daniel Karsh 4, Shelly Sirkis and Alina Coates 3 each, Sahar Dagan 1.

Shai Doron back (courtesy of the director of the Women’s Basketball Premier League)

Elitzur Leica Holon – Maccabi Urban RJ 61:77

Chelsea Hopkins led Holon to a big victory over the champion from Ramat Gan, missing one assist from an outstanding triple double. On the other hand, Natisha Heidemann played a little over 30 minutes and finished without points. Shai Doron made her Holon debut with 5 points.

The first quarter was by Chelsea Hopkis who scored 9 points against 7 points by Eden Rotberg which gave Holon a 14:28 advantage with 0 points for Natisha Heidemann and 0 points for Kayla Hillsman. The second quarter ended at 16:19 for Ramat Gan, which went down to the halftime break with a 44:33 lag. In the third quarter, Ramat Gan managed to reduce Holon’s advantage after finishing it in 11:18 to its credit, but Holon’s excellent last quarter ended in 10:22 and with a convincing 61:77 victory over the champion from Ramat Gan.

Scored to Holon: Sequoia Holmes 20 points, Chelsea Hopkins 15 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, Shea Kelly 13, Daniel Reber 10, Ayala Roth 9, Shay Doron and Liad Orbach 5 each.

Scored to Ramat Gan: Kayla Hillsman 26 points and 18 rebounds, Eden Rotberg 16, Alex Harden 12, Tal Lev 7.

Maccabi Phoenix Haifa – Maccabi Ben Banot Ashdod 82:79

Haifa’s 63 points shared by Haifa’s foreigner Fionde Fitzgerald, Nia Rupi and Tiana Moldero were not enough against Alexis Patterson and Maccabi Ben Ashdod’s girls who won in the end 79:82. 3 and a half minutes before the end, Tamar Singer from Haifa shrank to 75:73. Hence points from Dadija Kiev and Patterson closed interest and gave the victory to Ashdod.

Scored to Haifa: Tiana Moldero 24 points, Nia Kofi 21 points and 13 rebounds, Fionda Pitchgerald 18, Corenti Douglas 6, Nur Kiuf and Tamar Singer 4 each, Ofir Kastan 2.

Scored to Ashdod: Alexis Patterson 26 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Daniel Adams 16, Kadija Kiev 15 (12 rebounds), Mai Dayan 10, Noa Zlibansky 8, Annette Snow 6, Leah Forbis 1.

Herzliya girls – Hapoel Rishon Lezion 68:86

A great evening by Marina Maybri with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists plus 26 points by Victoria McCauley and 15 points and 10 rebounds by the new foreigner, Pollard Najai, led Herzliya to a 68:86 victory over Rishon Lezion, which enjoyed From 20 points by Chelsea Nelson. Herzliya broke a streak of three losses.

Scored to Herzliya: Marina Mayberry 37 points, Victoria McCauley 26, Pollard Najai 15, Hadar Hadad 6, Nofar Shalom 2.

Scored for Rishon LeZion: Chelsea Nelson 20 points, Sydney Cook 16, Gili Eisner 13, Chloe Wells 10, Eden Tsipel 9.

Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva – Maccabi Raanana 71:73

The host is back on the winning track after a dramatic victory. 3 minutes and 18 seconds to go the result was 68:68. Noa Givon raised Raanana to 70:71 two minutes and 19 seconds to go after a three. But Kayla Charles’ basket and Willoughby’s penalty spot closed interest. Compliments to Jordan Gerzon from Raanana who finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 35 index points.

Scored to Petah Tikva: Jocelyn Willoughby 24 points and 12 rebounds, Kayla Charles 13 points and 10 rebounds, Daniel Hajjaj 12, Moran Sapir 10, Kristin Simon 8, Nitzan Amar 6.

Scored for Raanana: Jordan Gerzon 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Joiner Holmes 14, Emily Spector 13, Noa Givon 7, Kayla Davis 6, Amit Cohen 5.