Hapoel Gilboa Galil downed Hapoel Afula 84-76 as Israeli Gur Lavie once again showed how he is counting to move up the ladder with yet another fantastic game. Gur Lavie, Ben Moore and Elijah Childs scored with ease for Hapoel Gilboa Galil while Jalen Leque, Justyn Mutts and JP Tokoto countered for Hapoel Afula, but Sharon Avrahami’s team took a 41-32 lead at halftime.

J’Covan Brown began to make his mark on the game to give Ariel Beit Halachmi’s team the lead while Muriel Lutati and Tokoto also scored, but in the final frame Ish El-Amin along with Childs and Lavie regained the advantage to take the win. Lavie scored 20 points, Childs added 17 points and El-Amin scored 16 points in the victory. Leque and Tokoto each scored 17 points in the loss.

“Elijah Childs did a great job defensively,” Avrahami began. “We knew that J’Covan Brown would try to control the game, but we were able to hold him and we made a run at the end to take the win. We kept Afula to the total points that we wanted to and that was also the key to the victory.”

Elitzur Netanya defeated Hapoel Haifa 78-75 to pick up their 5th victory of the season and keep the Carmel reds in the basement of the league. JaKeenan Gant, Tyler Bey and Daniel Rosenbaum gave Hapoel Haifa an early lead but an active Kyler Edwards and Carlos Marshall helped Elitzur Netanya storm back to take a 42-41 advantage at halftime.

Bryon Allen started to make an impact for his new team, but the host’s captain Ariel Izaak drained a pair of 3-pointers to put Netanya into the lead for good as they wrapped up the win. Edwards scored 23 points, Marshall added 15 points and Washington put in 13 points in the win. Gant scored 16 points and Matt Coleman scored 13 points in the loss.