Hapoel Jerusalem downed Hamburg Towers 93-79 as six players finished in double-digits indulging Austin Wiley who records a double-double to notch their first EuroCup win of the season. The Reds jumped out to a slim lead but were able to hold on until the final frame where Yonatan Alon’s team held Hamburg to just 11 points as they snatched the win.

Wiley scored 14 points and added 11 boards, Khadeen Carrington scored 16 points and
Jared Harper put in 16 points in the win. Carlos Stewart and Eric Reed each scored 21 points in them loss.

“We gave up many offensive rebounds in the first half,” Hapoel coach Yonatan Alon began. We have to play like pros. They set the tone in the first half and we managed to slow it down in the second half. Our fans back home miss us and we miss them, we need them in the Israeli league and whatever we do here is for them and then for us.”

Hamburg bench boss Benka Barloschky also commented on the loss, “I think we couldn’t keep control of the defensive rebounds. We created a lot of opportunities but we have to shoot better against an opponent like this. This was the best game we have played so far, we are going in the right direction and if we tweak a few details we won’t lose many games this year.

Austin Wiley also discussed the win, “Hamburg is good team and they came to play. I am proud of my guys and we can continue to roll. They are fast team and like to run, they had a lot of offensive rebounds in the first half and the coach spoke about that at halftime so we focused on that in the second half. I always try to help my team on the glass. We have a great preseason and great camp, we all know what we can bring to the table and we are ready.”