The eighth cycle has not yet been completed and the ninth cycle is already underway. At this time, Hapoel Eilat is hosting Hapoel Beer Sheva in order to continue running at the top (Direct at 5 GOLD), In addition, Bnei Herzliya will host Maccabi Haifa in a boiling battle (5STARS).
Hapoel Eilat (2: 6) – Hapoel B’Shlosha (3: 4)
Four of the last five meetings between the teams were decided by a gap of 5 points and below – and in all of them the guest won, sweeping the season series last year 0: 3 with 87:88 home in the first round and 87: 92 and 84: 88 in Begin in the next two rounds.
Eilat’s two victories over Beer Sheva in the senior league were double-digit, all losses were as stated in close games. The Reds won their first game without Caleb Agada (in the Balkans), but have since lost three times in a row in all competitions by an average of 4 points. Dominic Waters premieres in red.
the progress of the game
Joe Ragland, Casey Prater, Ben Carter, Tzof Ben Moshe and Josh Nibo started in Eilat, Eric Griffin, James Banks, Amir Bell, Spencer Weiss and Travis Warrick in the red five.
Amir Bell started the game excellently and scored all the first seven points of the Reds. Parter and Carter kept Eilat in business and arranged 7: 8. After almost two minutes without a field goal, Prater squeezed a basket and an offense and gave Eilat a six-point lead, Waters responded with a nice penetration to the basket to score his first two points in the red and shrink to 16:12. BS often lost balls, but the host did not manage to take advantage of this and meanwhile Waters stitched a three and Griffin shrank to two, Ragland scored four consecutive points, including a layup with the buzzer to sign the quarter. At 17:23 to Eilat.
The second quarter opened with a great dunk by Nivo who also squeezed a foul on the road and gave Eilat a nine-point lead, Weiss responded with a three after two minutes without a basket. Prater was the hot man of Eilat and also gave a first double-digit advantage, but Weiss again lifted BS with two big threes and Bell Sniper his own three to shrink to 32:29.
Bnei Herzliya (7: 0) – Maccabi Haifa (6: 1)
The newcomer is looking for his first victory of the season while the Greens have not won for over a month. The teams have not met in the league since May 2018, because Maccabi Haifa was relegated to the national league at the end of that season, while Bnei Herzliya separated from the league a year later, just when the Greens returned. Last season, however, they faced each other in the quarterfinals of the Cup and Herzliya, which was then in Leumit, surprised with 76:80 at home, led by Gabe Levin who excelled with 23 points and 9 rebounds and Anthony Fischer who scored all 22 of his points against the Exiles after the break. 10 of the last 11 league games between the teams – including all six of the last – ended in a victory for the host team.
the progress of the game
Frank Gaines, Koti Clark, Isaiah Eisendorf, Abdul Gadi and Trell Parks opened in Herzliya, Rigoberto Mendoza, Alex Chubarevich, Roman Sorkin, Donta Smith and Naor Sharon opened in Haifa.