{"id":108962,"date":"2024-04-24T17:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=108962"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:31:46","slug":"saraf-stars-in-kiryat-ata-win-over-afula-holon-drops-beer-sheva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/saraf-stars-in-kiryat-ata-win-over-afula-holon-drops-beer-sheva\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraf stars in Kiryat Ata win over Afula, Holon drops Beer Sheva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiryat Ata defeated Hapoel Afula 90-73<\/strong> as Ben Saraf came up big in the second half to help Sharon Avrahami\u2019s squad take the win. <\/p>\n

Amin Stevens, Akia Pruitt and Ben Saraf got busy for Kiryat Ata while Juston Briggs countered for Hapoel Afula but the hosts grabbed a 23-15 lead after ten minutes of play. Raz Adam and James Batemon started to find the bucket for the hosts while Lucas Goldenberg and Tomer Assayag countered but Stevens scored a 3-point play to head into halftime and keep Kiryat Ata\u2019s advantage at 45-32.
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Ben Saraf – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nMarcellus Earlington and Spencer Weisz started to cut down the lead, but Ben Saraf\u2019s hot hand from the inside and outside kept Sharon Avrahami\u2019s team in front 62-58 after thirty minutes of action. Tomer Porat started to hit his shots while Saraf kept adding points a plenty as the hosts closed out the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Israelis are our base but any player can come in and make a difference,\u201d Avrahami said after his team\u2019s win. \u201cBen Saraf has all of my confidence and he\u2019s not here as a favor but he\u2019s here because he deserves it. Even in the minutes he wasn\u2019t that good he still knew what to do on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed to play better from the start of the game,\u201d Afula coach Roi Perel said. \u201cThe game started to slip away from us and we weren\u2019t able to find our way back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevens scored 21 points and grabbed 8 rebonds, Saraf added 20 points and 9 assists while Asia Pruitt scored 17 points in the win. Briggs scored 15 points and took down 12 rebounds as Earlington scored 13 points and Goldenberg chipped in with 12 points in the loss.
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CJ Harris -Photo credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div>
\nHapoel Holon downed Hapoel Beer Sheva 94-79<\/strong> as all 7 players who featured for the purples scored in double digits to get back onto the winning track following their loss to Hapoel Jerusalem this past Sunday night.<\/p>\n

CJ Harris, Netanel Artzi and Yotam Hanochi all made their impact felt for Hapoel Holon over the course of the first half as Jarvis Williams and JaKeenan Gant responded for Hapoel Beer Sheva, but the purples went into halftime holding a 43-33 advantage. Egor Koulechov and Gant tried to cut into the lead but Tajhere McCall, Justin Smith and Niv Misgav scored and Harris dunked to keep Amit Sherf\u2019s team ahead as they took the 15-point win. <\/p>\n

Harris scored 16 points while Hanochi and Artzi each added 15 points in the win. Gant scored 19 points and Koulechov chipped in with 18 points in the loss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiryat Ata defeated Hapoel Afula 90-73 as Ben Saraf came up big in the second half to help Sharon Avrahami\u2019s squad take the win. Amin Stevens, Akia Pruitt and Ben Saraf got busy for Kiryat Ata while Juston Briggs countered for Hapoel Afula but the hosts grabbed a 23-15 lead after ten minutes of play. 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