{"id":12454,"date":"2018-12-22T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=12454"},"modified":"2018-12-22T22:48:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T22:48:29","slug":"jerusalem-drops-ashdod-87-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jerusalem-drops-ashdod-87-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem drops Ashdod 87-64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Jerusalem easily disposed of Maccabi Ashdod 87-64 in the port city. Josh Owens starred for the Reds with 17 points and 16 assists while Bar Timor dropped 17 points and J\u2019Covan Brown added 15 points in the win. Lis Shoshi was the dominant player for the host\u2019s with 20 points and 12 rebounds.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e2\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea 2018\/19, \u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8 6: \u05de\u05db\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 - \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd 87:64\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZ4FOBCXCvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nJerusalem jumped out to a 27-17 lead after ten minutes thanks to Timor\u2019s 9 points and Owens\u2019 8 points while Shoshi answered with 10 points. Jake Pemberton drilled home a pair of 3\u2019s to keep Ashdod hanging around but Brown helped give the Reds a 50-34 advantage at the half and never looked back. Owens, Timor and Lior Eliyahu helped Jerusalem pull away after the 3rd quarter as Oded Katash\u2019s squad took a 66-49 into the final frame which offered Tomer Levinson the opportunity to clock in 5 minutes and 5 points as Jerusalem ran away with the 23-point, 87-64 victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-Pointers<\/strong><br \/>\n1) <strong>Josh Owens<\/strong> was spectacular as the center dominated Ashdod early to help Jerusalem to the lead. Owens has had a tough time of late especially when playing against bigger centers but against a smaller Ashdod he was able to pull down 6 offensive rebounds which converted into baskets for #22. \u201cThat certainly played a factor but I went strong to the boards and every game I try to create opportunities for myself and the team. Today it worked out on the offensive boards.\u201d Coach <strong>Oded Katash<\/strong> complimented him as well, \u201cHe\u2019s a player with a lot of experience and he is a professional on and off of the court. He is a player who is a pleasure to coach.\u201d <strong>James Feldeine<\/strong> also spoke about Owens, \u201cHe\u2019s a professional and I\u2019m happy for him. He helps us out with the little things. He\u2019s so athletic and without him we wouldn\u2019t win some games. I\u2019m happy that he started off the game really strong and he kept on going from there.\u201d Jerusalem needs Owens to be a significant factor for the team and he will when the matchups are favorable, but it\u2019s not just his play off the court it\u2019s the whole package that he brings to the team. He\u2019s just a good all around guy.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12457\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181222-9961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12457\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181222-9961-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12457\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n2) Youngster <strong>Tomer Levinson<\/strong> had a chance to play 5+ minutes in the last quarter for his first real appearance of the season and scored 5 points for Jerusalem. This summer he will be playing for the Israel Under-20 team and last season he was playing in Osijek, Croatia. However, he\u2019s back home in Israel now and practicing with the capital city side. <strong>Josh Owens <\/strong>spoke about the Israeli league rookie, \u201cI think it\u2019s great when a young guy who comes into practice and works hard is able to get that opportunity and experience. They don\u2019t always have the opportunity to get into the flow of the game and all the guys rallied around him and we\u2019re all happy to see him get out there.\u201d Coach <strong>Katash<\/strong> added, \u201cI am happy for him. He\u2019s a guy that works very hard every day and continues to improve. That\u2019s how a young player is supposed to act and behave and I\u2019m sure he will continue to keep getting better.\u201d While <strong>Feldeine<\/strong> also heaped praise on Levinson, \u201cThat\u2019s my guy. I\u2019m really happy and he works really hard. He does a lot of lifting with our strength guy and extra work with Ryan Pannone and I\u2019m happy he was able to get into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3) Holon is one of the top teams and in fact they are in first place due to having played an extra game. Jerusalem will certainly want to show their worth against another Israeli league heavyweight and <strong>Feldeine<\/strong> definitely know the importance of the contest, \u201cBig game. We are fighting for first place and Holon s a good team with good American players and good Israeli guys. We know it will be a battle but we will be at home and after our last loss at home we want to make our fans happy. It\u2019s a long season and we have to keep fighting.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12458\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181222-9857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12458\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181222-9857-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12458\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Overtime<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Maccabi Ashdod<\/strong> is in trouble. They have been playing poorly and shorthanded for some time now and it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult for them to compete. With a 3-7 record and languishing near the bottom of the standings, their 4th loss in a row is concerning and Coach <strong>Brad Greenberg<\/strong> is well aware of that. \u201cI want us to play better and I\u2019m concerned about but we are going to do between December 25-January 5 when we come back and play our next league game. We have to make some quantum leaps as to how we are playing by January 5. We have a tough schedule at the begging of January but we have to work our way through until we get to play a little bit lighter competition that we are at a different level as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Jerusalem easily disposed of Maccabi Ashdod 87-64 in the port city. Josh Owens starred for the Reds with 17 points and 16 assists while Bar Timor dropped 17 points and J\u2019Covan Brown added 15 points in the win. Lis Shoshi was the dominant player for the host\u2019s with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Jerusalem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[248,14,9],"tags":[96,253,931,1264],"class_list":["post-12454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2018-19-game-reviews","category-game-reviews","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-hapoel-jerusalem","tag-james-feldeine","tag-maccabi-ashdod","tag-tomer-levinson","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jerusalem drops Ashdod 87-64 - Sports Rabbi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jerusalem-drops-ashdod-87-64\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jerusalem drops Ashdod 87-64 - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hapoel Jerusalem easily disposed of Maccabi Ashdod 87-64 in the port city. 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