The Israel Women’s National Basketball Team disposed of Ireland 90-61 in a home game located in Riga, Latvia to sweep their pair of Eurobasket qualifiers. The blue-and-white came into the matchup after having lost to France and were looking to even up their record at 2-2 with games against Latvia and France remaining in February 2025. Jennie Simms led the way with a triple double, while this time around unlike the first game between the two teams Ireland respected the Israeli national anthem HaTikva and shook hands with the players and staff.

Israel grabbed a 7 points, 13-6 lead to begin the game, but Ireland responded with 7 points in a row of its own, until Simms buried a triple as Sharon Drucker’s team took a 30-13 lead after the opening quarter. Simms continued scoring at will to start off the second period while Daniel Karsh added a 3-pointer of her own as Israel went into halftime holding a 46-31 advantage.

Although the hosts went up by 20 points by the beginning of the third quarter, the Irish battled back to cut the lead down to 63-52 by the end of the quarter. However, the squad pulled together with an excellent final frame with points by Daniel Raber and Eden Rotberg to wrap up the win.

Simms led the way with 21 points (10 assists, 10 rebounds), Rotberg added 17 points (8 rebounds) and Raber chipped in with 16 points in the win.