Israel

Regular Season Round 20: Bnei Hertzeliyya - Maccabi Haifa 87-72

Date: February 23, 2015
The game between closely ranked teams ended with eighth ranked Bnei Hasharon's (8-13) home victory over 9th ranked Maccabi Haifa (8-13) 87-72 on Monday. The hosts trailed by 3 points after first quarter, but they stormed back to get the 16-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 87-72. Bnei Hasharon dominated on the defensive end, holding Maccabi Haifa to just 7 points in second quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 60 of its points in the paint compared to Maccabi Haifa's 26. Bnei Hasharon forced 20 Maccabi Haifa turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. Maccabi Haifa was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. The best player for the winners was American power forward Julian Wright (203-87, college: Kansas, agency: Alti Sport) who scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field). The other American import swingman Deron Washington (201-85, college: Virginia Tech) chipped in a double-double by scoring 16 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. The former international Dagan Yavzuri (193-85) produced 21 points and 4 assists and American-Nigerian Ike Ofoegbu (205-84, college: SMU) added 13 points and 11 rebounds respectively for the guests. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Despite that victory Bnei Hasharon went down to ninth position due to points difference, which they share with defeated Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Haifa lost fourth consecutive game. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Bnei Hertzeliyya: J.Wright 20+6reb+4ast, J.Selby 17+4reb+7ast, A.Zelkovits 17+1reb+4ast, D.Washington 16+10reb+4ast, Y.Naimy 7+1reb+4ast, O.Blayzer 6+4reb
Maccabi Haifa: D.Yavzuri 21+4reb+4ast, I.Ofoegbu 13+11reb+2ast, R.Rougeau 11+6reb+3ast, W.Graves 10+1reb, A.Chubrevich 9+5reb+1ast, C.Colman 5+1reb+3ast
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  BNEI HERTZELIYYA (coach: Yehu-David Orland)###t1result_replace###
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
86 ARlMF, zIsh 42 1-2 (90%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5 3 3 9 6 3 6 5 5 4 69 83 5
60 WQaDhU, zulaij 48 7-65 (75%) 5-6 (5%) 8-1 (44.4%) 8 3 1 3 5 0 4 6 5 6 85 48 5
65 XiaBF, YuLil 87 8-3 (05%) 5-0 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 6 5 6 3 6 3 3 5 6 6 9 7 5
66 zIhjsIj, zispRQ 85 8-3 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 8 4 6 8 5 5 8 3 0 5
63 mliFJRQ, PJ 61 4-3 (90%) 5-0 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 3 3 5 4 8 8 5 6 8 1 6 5
68 cRlVILaUs, SLaQiB 48 3-1 (11.9%) 8-3 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 5 6 6 3 4 3 6 5 6 6 69 62 5
64 WishajDUIj, gRQIj 82 3-0 (25%) 6-6 (655%) 0-1 (24.4%) 8 2 65 3 4 1 6 5 5 6 61 46 5
88 cilBijsIj, odij 1 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
  MACCABI HAIFA###t2result_replace###

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
2 YiLJuQa, giDij 42 4-2 (49.0%) 0-7 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 8 8 3 3 4 5 8 6 5 4 86 69 5
88 GQiLRs, WallaiB 41 5-4 (5%) 8-0 (35%) 3-9 (09.6%) 5 6 6 5 4 3 5 5 5 8 65 6 5
60 eIuDRiu, eRjR 45 4-1 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 8-4 (11.9%) 8 3 1 4 3 8 3 8 6 3 66 63 5
0 CIlBij, Chijij 84 5-5 (5%) 6-3 (80%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 4 6 8 5 5 5 8 0 0 5
9 ChuMQRLaZh, SlRxRF 63 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 0-1 (24.4%) 6 3 0 6 8 4 5 5 5 6 7 66 5
86 PfIRDMu, oVR 87 0-9 (96.3%) 5-8 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 4 2 66 8 3 4 4 5 5 3 64 85 5
7 eIUh, bIQij 86 5-4 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 3 4 6 5 5 5 3 5 -1 5
3 SQaRlF, wiBaQ 7 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 0 5 5 5 5 5 4 -8 5