{"id":129191,"date":"2025-01-08T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=129191"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:09:01","slug":"hapoel-jerusalem-drops-cluj-ramat-gan-comes-up-short-at-falco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/hapoel-jerusalem-drops-cluj-ramat-gan-comes-up-short-at-falco\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapoel Jerusalem drops Cluj, Ramat Gan comes up short at Falco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hapoel Jerusalem picked up yet another EuroCup win as they defeated U-BT Cluj-Napoca 91-79<\/strong> to move their record to 9-5 on the season, good for second place just behind Valencia. DJ Seeley had the hot hand early for Cluj, but Khadeen Carrington scored with ease to give Hapoel Jerusalem a 17-9 lead after ten minutes of play. Seely continued to fill the basket as Gediminas Orelik and DeShawn Stephens both scored for the hosts to take the lead while Jeremy Morgan and Jared Harper closed the gap but Yonatan Alon\u2019s team headed into halftime down the 37-35.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BACKCOURT helps to STEP CLOSER! | Cluj - Jerusalem | R14 2024-25 BKT EuroCup HIGHLIGHTS\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51xsSUU3zco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHarper and Yovel Zoosman scored while the hosts countered with the unstoppable Seeley and Zavier Simpson, but points from Morgan and Smith gave Jerusalem a 61-59 lead after thirty minutes of action. Carrington went from the inside and outside, Simpson responded, Harper added a pair of buckets and sent Smith in for a pair of dunks to close out the win.<\/p>\n<p>Carrington scored 23 points, Harper added 21 points and Smith out in 13 points in the victory. Seeley scored 27 points and Simpson chipped in with 17 points in the loss.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_124428\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124428\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241116_201857_360-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-124428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonatan Alon &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a good win,\u201d Jerusalem Head Coach Yonatan Alon said. \u201cWe are wounded animal and we needed this for us to know that with the players we had here we could still win. This was a big win for us. We see ourself as a defensive team and we take pride in our defense. Other than the 2nd quarter which was not good, we controlled the game and didn\u2019t let them run and we controlled the rebound. That is how you win an away game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTough game and tough result to swallow,\u201d Cluj Head Coach Mihai Silvan said. \u201cThis is a game we wanted to win and we didn\u2019t play as good as we wanted to. We had problems with their physicality and you can see that in the rebounds where they had double what we had on the offensive boards. We won\u2019t give up as there are four games left and we have our chances to move on and we will battle for the wins.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_128878\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128878\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20250105_222929_444-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-128878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Harper &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe game MVP Jared Harper spoke about the keys to the victory, \u201cTough game in a tough environment, we battled and it was a game of runs but we stuck together as a team and came out with a big win.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_129202\" style=\"width: 2410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129202\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2403\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-1998x2000.jpg 1998w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-2045x2048.jpg 2045w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-610x611.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-1080x1081.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-1-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-129202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: BCL<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Maccabi Ramat Gan fell to Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 88-81<\/strong> and will now need to win two straight games in the Basketball Champions League Play In series in order to advance to the Round of 16 Group Stage.<\/p>\n<p>Amin Stevens, Roberto Gallinat and Kendale McCullum scored for Ramat Gan but Matt Tiby, Trey Diggs and Zlatan Perl helped the hosts to a 49-36 lead at halftime. Falco continued to control the pace of play and headed into the final frame up 70-55, but Stevens and McCullum started to score at will to cut down the lead to just 4-points with under two minutes remaining, but Tiby with a 3-point play along with free throws from Perl wrapped up the win for the Hungarian squad.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_129192\" style=\"width: 2410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129192\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx.webp 2400w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-610x407.webp 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cj5amm9g3jwedvcgrpfx-1080x720.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-129192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shmulik Brenner &#8211; Photo credit: BCL<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cFor a few games we have put ourselves in a hole and then we have to fight back,\u201d Ramat Gan Head Coach Shmulik Brenner explained. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good habit to have and we have to get rid of that as soon as possible. I am proud as to how we fought but this has to be a learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to be in the game for 40 minutes and the minutes we weren\u2019t we struggled and they came back,\u201d Milos Konakov, Falco\u2019s coach said. \u201cWe have to put more energy on the court defensively. We deserved this win but it\u2019s only 1-0. We did a good job for 30 minutes and we must analyze the 10 minutes where we had issues.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_129198\" style=\"width: 1717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129198\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-scaled.webp 1707w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-1333x2000.webp 1333w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-610x915.webp 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cih960ej1c2kohyc6sad-1080x1620.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-129198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendale McCullum &#8211; Photo credit: BCL<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nKendale McCullum spoke about the game from his point of view, \u201cWe had a great team effort but we didn\u2019t have the energy for the entire game. They hit 12 3-pointers and we made only 7. We had some great looks but they didn\u2019t fall. We came back from a 20-point deficit and showed great character, if we play with the same energy as we did in the fourth things could have been different. Next week we will see them in Opava for what will be a tough game.<\/p>\n<p>The game MVP Matt Tiby spoke about the game, \u201cI thought we played well for about 35 minutes and a 5 minute drop when they got into the game, but we beat them in rebound, turnovers and steals and that is a recipe for a victory. We brought a lot of energy to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Jerusalem picked up yet another EuroCup win as they defeated U-BT Cluj-Napoca 91-79 to move their record to 9-5 on the season, good for second place just behind Valencia. DJ Seeley had the hot hand early for Cluj, but Khadeen Carrington scored with ease to give Hapoel Jerusalem a 17-9 lead after ten minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":129204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[96,5463],"class_list":["post-129191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-hapoel-jerusalem","tag-maccabi-ramat-gan","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hapoel Jerusalem drops Cluj, Ramat Gan comes up short at Falco - 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\/hapoel-jerusalem-drops-cluj-ramat-gan-comes-up-short-at-falco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hapoel Jerusalem drops Cluj, Ramat Gan comes up short at Falco - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hapoel Jerusalem picked up yet another EuroCup win as they defeated U-BT Cluj-Napoca 91-79 to move their record to 9-5 on the season, good for second place just behind Valencia. 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