Hapoel Jerusalem smashed Slask Wroclaw 115-72 as Cassius Winston and Austin Wiley led the reds to the lopsided victory in Poland. The Reds jumped out to an early 32-22 lead after the opening quarter and never looked back as five players finished the game in double digits to help move Yonatan Alon’s squad to a 11-2 record good for first place in Division A. Winston scored 22 points, Austin Wiley had 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Jared Harper scored points in the win as Jakub Niziol and Ajdin Penava both had 15 points in the loss.

“We’re happy that we made the fans happy,” Jerusalem Head Coach Yonatan Alon began. “It’s how we play on both sides of the ball and we knew that we wrest as good when the game wasn’t going to be played at a fast pace. So we said we would play aggressively and consistently. The key to win in both competitions is to use a deep squad and split up the minutes. We know there are some very good teams and we will plays some tough games.”

Cassius Winston also discussed the victory, “You never know how the game is going to go but we like our chances against anybody and we came out focused, moving the ball well and taking good shots. You want to set the tone and if you allow teams to stay in it, they have very good players they would think they would have a chance. As for Maccabi coming up, it would be great and big one for us, it’s a really good team and we want to handle business and we want to grow.”

Austin Wiley commented on the win, “I feel great as this was a great win and a great team effort and everyone contributed. We were all accountable and even when we went up big we all stayed with it.”