Nes Ziona picked up their first win of the season as they downed Hapoel Tel Aviv 90-76 to hand head coach Lior Lubin his debut victory with the club. After a fairly even first quarter, Nes Ziona outscored the reds 28-18 in the second frame thanks to Frank Bartley, Nimrod Tishman Tal Dunne and Tim Soares to go ahead for good and cruise to the win. Bartley led all scorers with 22 points while Tishman and Soares scored 14 points a piece to take the victory. Dewan Hernandez and J’Covan Brown scored 15 points each for Hapoel in the defeat.

Nimrod Tishman spoke to The Sports Rabbi about the victory, “We knew that this was a critical game for us after having had a tough start to the season. I’m happy that we were able to come together and give our heart to win the game.”