{"id":173577,"date":"2026-03-11T17:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=173577"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:06:54","slug":"israel-drops-bosnia-94-71-to-keep-record-perfect-and-close-in-on-wcq-second-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/israel-drops-bosnia-94-71-to-keep-record-perfect-and-close-in-on-wcq-second-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel drops Bosnia 94-71 to keep record perfect and close in on WCQ second stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Women\u2019s National Basketball Team defeated Bosnia 94-71 to move their 2027 World Cup Qualifying record to a perfect 4-0 with two more games coming up over the next week. Head Coach Shira Helicon\u2019s squad were able to withstand any Bosnian comeback attempt throughout the game and Israel finished the game off with a 13-1 run to close out the victory. The blue-and-white are closing in on punching their ticket to the second round as they will play Luxembourg and Ireland next to complete the first stage of qualifying. <\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Baron led an early 8-2 run to help Israel to a 25-17 lead after ten minutes of play while Abby Meyers paced the blue-and-white in the second period to head into halftime with a 42-37 advantage. Bosnia cut the lead down to just 46-44 early on in the third quarter but Dorian Dahan Sujic along with Daniel Raber and Baron made sure that would be as close as their opponents would get as Israel pulled away and closed out the 23-point victory. Sujic scored 20 points while Raber and Meyers added 19 points a piece in the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We feel goos with the performance,\u201d Haelion said. \u201cI think in the second half we took a step up and the game plan was to really focus on their guards and keep them in check which we managed to do. 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