Hapoel Galil Elyon got by Hapoel Holon 75-70 as the hosts mounted a comeback to take the victory. Joe Ragland, Steve Zack and Rafi Menco paced Hapoel Holon to open the game and take a quick double-digit lead, but Gaby Chachashvili, Chavaughn Lewis and Bryce Washington who hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer came back to close the gap to just 2-points 39-37 after twenty minutes of play. Ragland and Hayden Dalton kept the visitors in front for the majority of the second half, but Ike Iroegbu, DJ Kennedy and Lewis scored down the stretch in the clutch to snatch the 5-point win.

Iroegbu and Lewis each scored 15 points while Kennedy added 14 points for the hosts. Ragland paced Holon with 22 points, Dalton added 11 points and Zack chipped in with 8 points in the loss.

“I was pretty calm because we didn’t deserve to win,” Galil coach Barak Peleg began. “But we kept the game close and I thought whatever would be would be. At the end the players just wanted it and they pulled out the win. We didn’t start well and things weren’t working but everything came together for us as the end.”

“We didn’t shoot well from deep and unfortunately a number of players just didn’t show up to this game,” Holon coach Guy Goodes explained. “We should have won but maybe the players were just a bit tired. The 3-point shooting was tough and they took a lot of offensive rebounds. We wanted to push the game off a day but regardless I am proud of the players.”

Game MVP Chavaughn Lewis reflected on the win, “We started out a little slow but I knew we needed a momentum switch and we turned the game around. Sometimes you’re just not there and you need something to get you back into the game. We trusted each other and the system, we had good looks but we just didn’t make the shots, but we stuck together. The fans are great and they love watching us play.”