Tonight (Monday), the Hapoel Rishon Lezion women’s team defeated Maccabi Urbani Ramat Gan 69:76 in an away game with Sydney Wise, the new foreigner who joined the team. Crystal Bradford returned to the Israeli league and led AS Ramat Hasharon to a 78:82 away win over Hapoel bread. The Herzliya girls defeated Maccabi Haifa 97: 107 in overtime and Ashdod defeated Raanana 74:92.
Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan – Hapoel Rishon LeZion 76:69 (36:31)
The guest completed a double league victory over the champion from Ramat Gan. Sydney Wise, who joined coach Ziv Erez’s team, finished her debut game in the Rishon LeZion uniform with 18 points and 7 rebounds and together with Eden Tzipel (19 points) and the great Chelsea Nelson, who finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, did The difference: a huge evening by Kayla Hillsman that ended with 31 points and 13 rebounds was not enough for Ramat Gan.
Scorers for Ramat Gan: Kayla Hillsman 31 (13 rebounds), Natisha Heidman 18, Alex Harden 12, Eden Rotberg 6, Tal Lev 2. Scorers for Rishon LeZion: Chelsea Nelson 24, Eden Tsifel 19, Sydney Wise 18, Gili Eisner 8 , Hila Karsh 7.
Hapoel Petah Tikva – AS Ramat Hasharon 82:78 (35:38)
Ramat Hasharon with Crystal Bradford, who returned to the Israeli league, completed a double league victory over Hapoel Petah Tikva. Bradford finished with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists and upgraded the team from Sharon to the highest levels.
Scorers for Petah Tikva: Jocelyn Willoughby 21, Kayla Charles 17 (10 rebounds), Kristin Simon 15, Daniel Hajjaj, Shira Hajaj and Tal Sahar 6 each, Moran Sapir 5, Nitzan Amar 2 Scorers for Ramat Hasharon: Crystal Bradford 29, Jenny Sims and Miriam Hanun 17 each, Eliana Coates 8, Daniel Karsh 7, Ofir Lavie 4.
Maccabi Haifa – Herzliya girls 107: 97 (92:92 at the end of 40 minutes) (44:43 in the half)
Victoria McCauley in a huge evening that ended with 36 points, 17 rebounds and a 50-point index, along with 28 points and 12 assists by Marina Maibre, led the Herzliya girls to victory in the away game, after extra time over the Greens. At the end of 40 minutes the result was 92:92 after Fionda Fitzgerald equalized, 32 seconds to go, and sent the teams to extra time. In extra time, Herzliya won 5:15 and won.
Scorers for Haifa: Fionda Fitzgerald 37, Nia Kofi 25, Tiana Moldero 16, Nur Kiuf 9, Courtney Douglas 8, Ofir Kastan 2. Scorers for Herzliya: Victoria McCauley 36, Marina Maveri 28, Pollard Najai 16 (12 rebounds) Noga Peleg Peletz 10, Avni Semyonovich 7, Tia Presley 5, Lihi Azouri 3, Hadar Hadad 2.
Maccabi Girls Ashdod – Maccabi Raanana 74:92 (31:43)
Scored for Ashdod: Kadija Kiev 26 (12 rebounds), Alexis Peterson 24 (11 assists), Daniel Adams 18, Leah Forbis 14, May Dayan 9. Scored for Raanana: Kayla Davis 30, Joiner Holmes 16 (11 rebounds), Jordan Gerzon 14, Noa Givon 6, Emily Spector 4, Rotem Schuster 3, Amit Cohen 1.