Maccabi Tel Aviv crushed Hapoel Haifa 106-67 as the yellow-and-blue had six players who finished in double digits to take the win. Oded Katash’s team came out sluggish as the Carmel Reds took full advantage of the situation with Tyler Bey propelling the hosts to an early lead. But the visitors pulled it together very quickly as Jaylen Hoard, Levi Randolph along with Rafi Menco and youngster Omer Mayer started to score at will and outscored Haifa 58-32 over the second half to take the victory.

“We have had many challenges and we can use them as excuses,” Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash said. “But the fans want to see spirit from us and it’s not that simple. We have tried throughout this season and at certain times we were able to give a fighting spirit but that is what we have to do for our supporters and that is what they expect to see from us.”

Levi Randolph looked back at the win, “We played a team with a lot of weapons and they have a lot of great pieces. We knew we would have to play well at both ends, We needed this win and we came together and did a great job.”