Maccabi Tel Aviv cruised by Hapoel Galil Elyon 98-67 as they took and early lead and never looked back to take the easy win.

Iftach Ziv – Photo Credit: basket.co.il
Deishuan Booker and Nimrod Levi scored from deep to get Hapoel Galil Elyon off to a good start, but John Dibartolomeo, Darrun Hilliard and Roman Sorkin all found points for Maccabi Tel Aviv to grab a 31-22 lead after ten minutes of action. Hilliard kept scoring from downtown while Rafi Menco put the ball in the hoop as well while Josh Nebo who controlled the paint for the visitors as Booker, Itay Moskovits and Bryce Washington did the same for the hosts, but the yellow-and-blue stayed in front 57-40 at halftime.
Roman Sorkin scored at will over the course of the third quart to drive Maccabi’s advantage up to 77-49 after thirty minutes of play while Oded Katash’s squad kept pouring on the offense in the fourth quarter to take the win.

John Dibartolomeo – Photo Credit: basket.co.il
Darrun Hilliard, Roman Sorkin and Rafi Menco scored 13 points each, Josh Nebo added 11 points and Iftach Ziv scored 10 points in the win. Deishuan Booker scored 18 points, Itay Moskovits chipped in with 14 points, while both Bryce Washington and Nimrod Levi each scored 12 points in the loss.
“This was a good game as we saw that everyone who played gave good minutes especially on defense.” Maccabi coach Oded Katash said. “We split the minutes up among all of the players and we wanted to see the players focussed and they did a good job.”

Rafi Menco – Photo Credit: basket.co.il
Game MVP Rafi Menco spoke about his fourth quarter dunk off the baseline and the keys to two win, “The dunk was great. I surprised the guys because I usually don’t do dunks. We knew what we needed to do on offense and we kept the score down on the defensive side to take the win.”
0 Comments