Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva defeated the Herzliya girls 62:64 tonight (Thursday) in the away game, in the main game of the 8th round of the Athena Women’s Basketball League, which was completed after being postponed due to the corona. Also, Elitzur Neve David Ramla returned to the winning track after defeating the champion, Maccabi Urbani Ramat Gan, 63:69. In addition, Maccabi Raanana broke a chain of 5 losses in the victory over Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 89:96. The best player in the game was Gili Eisner, from Rishon Lezion, who scored 28 points, of which 9 three-pointers.
In addition, Ramat Hasharon, with the wonderful Jenny Sims, managed to stop the winning streak of Maccabi Ben Ashdod’s girls after beating them 73:80. Notice the great Sims stats line missing one triple-double assist with 29 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists and 50 index points. In another game: Maccabi Phoenix Haifa – Elitzur Leica Holon 76:66.
Herzliya Girls – Hapoel Bnei Petah Tikva 64:62 (43:33)
Petah Tikva started the last quarter with a 43:56 advantage but Herzliya almost surprised. 3 minutes and 6 seconds before the end of the last quarter Kayla Charles came out with a fifth offense. Victoria McCauley shrank to 61:55. 1:41 minutes to go, Daniel Hajjaj managed to score an important basket for Petah Tikva, but McCauley again shrank to 63:58, with a time of 1:47 minutes to go.
Pollard Najai continued to shrink to 63:60 and Petah Tikva called a timeout with 48 seconds left on the clock. From here Petah Tikva missed twice and Herzliya had the last 21.9 seconds left. Hadar Hadad from Herzliya was sent off and scored twice, narrowing the result to 63:62. Petah Tikva went on the attack with the last 19 seconds and Jocelyn Willoughby was sent off. She scored once for 62:64 and Herzliya had one last ball left for the last 10 seconds. Pollard missed and Petah Tikva won.
Scored to Herzliya: Pollard Najai 20 points and 10 rebounds, Victoria McCauley 16 points and 16 rebounds, Marina Maveri 13 points, Hadar Hadad 8 points, Lehi Azouri 4 points.
Scored to Petah Tikva: Jocelyn Willoughby 20 points, Kristin Simon 13 points and 18 rebounds, Kayla Charles 10, Daniel Hajjaj 8, Tal Sahar 6, Moran Sapir 5, Shira Hajaj 2.
Elitzur Neve David Ramla – Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan 63:69 (32:31)
Elitzur Neve David Ramla is back on the winning track after defeating the champion. Ramat Gan led in the first quarter 13:18 after a basket by Alex Harden. Tiffany Mitchell and Drew Edelman closed out the first quarter at 5:18 p.m. In the second quarter, Edelman raised Ramla to 22:24 and from here a close game continued that closed the first half at 31:32 to Ramat Gan, after a penalty by Eden Rotberg.
In the third quarter, Ramla ran to 11:23 – Alex Cohen and Tiffany Mitchell raised Ramla to 35:41. Alyssa’s three in the closet increased to 41:50 and Laney’s points in Nijea gave Ramla a double – digit lead of 42:52 and 43:54 in the third quarter. In the last 10 minutes, Tal Lev and Kayla Hillsman shrank to 57:51. Abandon Heidemann, in a three-pointer, reduced to 54:59 and Hillsman continued to reduce it to 63:58 with 3:31 minutes left. 2:19 minutes before the end of a shot by Naama Shapir raised Ramla to 58:65 and Ramat Gan went down to a timeout. A three by Eden Rotberg shrank to 65:62 a minute and a half to go, but a three by Alex Cohen gave Ramla an advantage of 62:68 a minute and 13 seconds to go. Hillsman shrank from the line to 68:63 with 36 seconds left. Mitchell gave Ramla a point from the penalty spot to 63:69 which determined the end result.
Scored to Ramla: Tiffany Mitchell 19 points, Wayne Benija 16 points, Drew Edelman and Alyssa Baron 9 each, Alex Cohen and Alison Hightower 7 each, Naama Shapir 2.
Scored to Ramat Gan: Kayla Hillsman 17 points and 14 rebounds, Natisha Heidemann 15, Alex Harden 14 (10 rebounds), Eden Rotberg 8, Tal Lev 7, Tamar Bar Gal 2.
AS Ramat Hasharon – Maccabi Ben Banot Ashdod 73:80 (37:38)
Ramat Hasharon came up with only two foreigners and managed to win 73:80 while breaking a chain of 7 consecutive victories for Ashdod. Sims finished with 29 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists and 50 index points. In the first quarter, Ashdod led 0: 8 and 5:12, with Jenny Sims scoring all of Ramat Hasharon’s points. 22:13 At the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Ramat Hasharon ran to 15:25 and went down to the half with a 37:38 advantage.
In the third quarter, Ashdod went up to 41:44. But Ramat Hasharon equalized to 50:50 from a basket by Shelly Sirkis and Daniel Karsh sent the teams to the last 10 minutes with a 52:55 advantage to Ramat Hasharon. A three by Sims raised Ramat Hasharon to 54:58 and a three by Gaia Celes to 56:63 with 7:17 minutes left. Shelly Sirkis continued Ramat Hasharon’s swing to 59:67 five minutes and 24 seconds to go.
Ashdod went down to a timeout and came back from it with two threes by Alexis Peterson and Daniel Adams that shrank to 67:65 four and a half minutes to go. Another three by Adams transferred the advantage to Ashdod to 67:68 with a time of 4 minutes to go but it was not enough against Jenny Sims, Shelly Sirkis and Ofir Lavi. Lavi’s big three, 2 minutes to go, gave Ramat Hasharon a 70:75 advantage. A three by Leah Forbis, 1:42 minutes to go, shrank to 75:73. From here Coates missed twice from the penalty spot, but Lavi corrected and increased to 73:77, one minute and 2 seconds to go.
Scored to Ramat Hasharon: Jenny Sims 29 points, 19 rebounds and 9 assists, Shelly Sirkis and Miriam Hanun 13 each, Ofir Lavie 8, Daniel Karsh 7, Eliana Coates 5 (10 rebounds), Gaia Sells 3, Sahar Dagan 2.
Scored to Ashdod: Alexis Peterson 25 points, Daniel Adams 22 points and 15 rebounds, Kadija Kiev 12, May Dayan 8, Leah Forbis 6.
Maccabi Raanana – Hapoel Rishon LeZion 89:96 (36:50)
Maccabi Raanana managed to break a chain of five consecutive league losses and made good use of the work, whose rival, Hapoel Rishon Lezion, came up to play in an Israeli blue and white team. Despite this, many compliments to the young Israelis of Rishon Lezion, led by Gili Eisner, who finished with 28 points, 9 threes, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Compliments also to Meir Revach who scored 21 points and 9 assists and to Eden Tzipel who contributed 18 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Raanana started with 7:13 from beautiful points by Joiner Holmes and Rotem Schuster. Jordan Gerzon and Holmes raised Raanana to 13:23 and 15:23 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Raanana went up to 15:30 after points by Noa Givon and 16:36 and 36:50 in the half. The third quarter was actually balanced and in the last quarter Rishon Lezion managed to shrink to 92:86 minutes and 9 seconds to go. Noa Givon and Kayla Davis increased Raanana’s lead to 86:96 with the last 27 seconds left. A three by Gili Eisner ended the game.
Scored for Raanana: Joiner Holmes 27 points and 13 rebounds, Kayla Davis 22 points and 12 rebounds, Jordan Gerzon 18 points and 8 rebounds, Noa Givon 15, Rotem Schuster 7, Amit Cohen 5, Emily Spector 2.
Scored for Rishon LeZion: Gili Eisner 28 points, May Revach 21, Eden Tzipel 18, Amit Turner and Hila Karsh 10 each, Joy Osigway 2.
Maccabi Haifa – Elitzur Holon 76:66 (31:26)
Awakening in the final minutes of Shay Kelly and Sequoia Holmes gave Elitzur Leica Holon an away victory 66:76 over Maccabi Haifa. Shea Kelly finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. Sequoia Holmes excelled with an effective final quarter and with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Holon finished the first quarter with a 10:17 advantage. In the second quarter, Courtney Douglas equalized to 17:17 but Sequoia Holmes and Chelsea Hopkins brought Holon down to the half time break with a 26:31 advantage. In the third quarter, Holon went up to 28:39 from Hopkins ‘penalty and to 33:44 from Holmes’ three. A three by Fionda Fitzgerald sent the teams to the last quarter in 38:46 to Holon.
Liad Orbach raised Holon to 42:52. Holmes and Hopkins went on to 43:56 and Orbach, with a three, increased to 46:60 five minutes and a quarter to go. From here, Haifa managed to return to the game. Ofir Kastan shrank to 62:53. Tiana Moldero to 64:56 and Niya Kofi to 64:58. Nur Kiuf continued from the penalty spot and reduced to 64:60 and Ofir Kastan continued to offset to 64:61 with a time of 1:50 d to finish. But here came Shay Kelly, who at just the right time raised Holon to 61:66. Shai Doron added important points to 61:68 with 50 seconds left to finish that were not enough for Haifa.
Scored to Haifa: Fionda Fitzgerald 18 points, Nia Kofi 15, Ofir Kastan 11, Tiana Moldro 10, Courtney Douglas 8, Tamar Singer and Noor Kiuf 2 each.
Scored to Holon: Sequoia Holmes 23 points and 11 rebounds, Chelsea Hopkins 14 points and 10 rebounds, Shay Kelly 13 (11 rebounds), Liad Orbach 11, Amy Rinat 6, Shay Doron 4, Daniel Reber 2.