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Bnei Herzliya eased past Maccabi Ramat Gan 104-88 as the Yehu Orland\u2019s team scoedd early and often to take a 56-43 lead at halftime and never looked back as a half a dozen players scored in double digits. Shalev Lugashi scored 19 points, Zack Bryant added 18 points while both Evan Bruinsma and Jordon Varnado scored 17 points a piece in the win. Gil Beni and Terrell Brown scored 17 points each in the loss.
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Yehu Orland – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cWe\u2019re working on it and emphasizing it every day, and when it shows, it looks good\u2014because today we scored over 100 points and no one scored more than 20,\u201d Orland concluded, pleased with the distribution of assists. \u201cThat means we\u2019re sharing the ball evenly, with quality and efficiency. After the result and the number of assists, I think our defense\u2014the relatively high number of points Ramat Gan ended up scoring, 88\u2014is a bit misleading in their favor. I think we did a job today that was worthy of keeping them under 80. There were really 8, 9, 10 points at the end of the game when the margin was big, and they hit some three-pointers. That\u2019s nice, and I\u2019m happy for those who scored\u2014there were some young players there. I hope we can maintain this kind of performance.\u201d
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Shmulik Brenner – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cUntil now it felt like there was very special chemistry, and it didn\u2019t feel like a team that had just come together,\u201d Ramat Gan coach Shmulik Brenner concluded. \u201cToday it very much felt like a team that had just come together and didn\u2019t even understand how to play here\u2014the rules, the aggressiveness. We simply looked like a team in the preseason, and that\u2019s disappointing. But we\u2019ll keep things in proportion\u2014we\u2019ve had eight good wins, and now we need to see how we connect more as a team. We finally have a fifth foreign player, so we\u2019ll see how to integrate him as well and get ready for next week.\u201d
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DJ Burns – Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nHerzliya big man DJ Burns also spoke at the postgame press conference, \u201cI think we played really well today. Our guys knocked down shots, we played good team defense, and overall we came in prepared.\u201d On his return to Israel during the ceasefire in the war with Iran, \u201cRight now it feels safe to me. It doesn\u2019t feel very different from the first time I was here. The guys and the staff have done a really good job of making sure we feel safe as well, so I have no complaints about being here for the second time.\u201d
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Adam Ariel – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nRamat Gan Captain Adam Ariel said, \u201cA tough night for us\u2014we didn\u2019t want to show up like this. On the other hand, we\u2019re at a stage in the season where we need to look at things realistically because we still have a mission and more games ahead. We need to take this game and learn from it, draw conclusions about how not to arrive with the right mental readiness. They beat us in energy and in all the 50-50 situations\u2014it looked like they wanted it more than we did, and it should have been exactly the opposite. We\u2019ll learn from this; it can happen for many reasons. We\u2019ll need to watch the video and learn. We have a long week ahead\u2014we need to work, also integrate another foreign player who\u2019s joining us, and come better prepared for the decisive moments.\u201d
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Zack Bryant and Shalev Lugashi – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nElitzur Netanya walloped Maccabi Raanana 102-77 as Eli Rabi\u2019s team scored early and often to jump out to a huge lead right from the tipoff with Otis Frazier pacing the hosts to the 25-point win. Frazier scored 35 points and finished the game with a 50 efficiency rating, Amit Gershon scored 20 points and Cameron Oliver added 18 points in the victory while Tyrece Radford scored 18 points and Javion Hamlet put in 17 points in the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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