Hapoel Holon fell to San Pablo Burgos 86-77 as their Basketball Champions League campaign came to an end at the Final 8 of the competition in Nizhny Novgorod. The upstart Israeli squad were unable to match the Spanish League ACB team as veteran guards Vitor Benite (26 points) and Alex Renfroe (14 points and 9 assists) orchestrated the offense and do as they pleased against Stefanos Dedas’s side which saw Isaiah Miles score 23 points in the defeat.

Hapoel Holon came firing on all cylinders as Stefanos Dedas’s squad scored from long distance early and often with forward Isaiah Miles leading the way with 13 points over the course of the first two quarters cancelling out Alex Renfroe and Vitor Benite’s efforts to take a 39-35 lead into halftime.

The second half saw the tide turn for Burgos as big men Dejan Kravic and Jasiel Rivero got to work in the paint with Renfroe and Benite finding room on the perimeter to operate. Just as Holon tried to make a last ditch effort late in the fourth quarter, coach Dedas was ejected after receiving a second technical foul as Burgos wrapped up the 9-point victory to advance to the semifinals where they will play Strasbourg.

Hapoel Jerusalem sunk Hapoel Eilat 96-79 by the Red Sea as coach Yonatan Alon notched his first win in charge of the capital city squad. The hosts jumped out to an early lead but the Reds came storming back to tie the game up by halftime at 47-47. Suleiman Braimoh then went to work to start off the second half with a trio of triples to help Jerusalem cruise to the win and break a four-game losing streak.

Braimoh scored 23 points, Tashawn Thomas added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Stanton Kidd chipped in with 14 points. Casey Prather led all scorers with 28 points while Markel Brown scored 17 points in the defeat.

Ness Ziona downed last place Nahariya 105-91 as Brad Greenberg’s team looked to move closer to clinching a postseason berth. Nimrod Levi led the way with 27 points and 8 rebonds, Patrick Miller recorded a double-double with 21 points and 11 assists and Wayne Selden scored 17 points in the victory. Jaron Blossomgame scored a career high 37 points and Michael Young added 22 points in the defeat.