Hapoel Holon hammered Hapoel Haifa 87-70 as Guy Goodes’s squad cruised past the Carmel Reds without too much trouble. After a low scoring close first quarter, Holon began to pull away in the second frame as Michaele Kyser and Frederic Bourdillon paced the hosts to a 38-31 lead. Tyrus McGee got hot in the their quarter as Steve Zack and Chris Johnson helped pull ahead by double digits to take the 27-point victory.

McGee led the way with 21 points, Kyser added 18 points and 9 rebounds while Bourdillon checked in with 15 points in the win. Will Rayman scored 12 points and Kadeem Allen added 10 points for Elad Hasin’s team in the loss.

“It’s important to start this month on the right foot and this will be a challenging one with a lot of games,” Goodes said. “We have to continue on and today we scored a lot and that was from the defense. We showed aggressiveness, toughness and we took a number of offensive rebounds.”

Michale Kyser also reflected on the win, “I came prepared as I have a great coaching staff and great teammates pushing me. tonight was just my night. We juts have to follow coach’s game plan anfd play with a lost of energy and passion.”