{"id":23623,"date":"2020-11-11T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=22705"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T13:04:12","slug":"israel-falls-to-montenegro-73-66-in-hard-fought-battle-at-the-womens-european-championship-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/israel-falls-to-montenegro-73-66-in-hard-fought-battle-at-the-womens-european-championship-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel falls to Montenegro 73-66 in hard fought battle at the Women&#8217;s European Championship Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Israel Women\u2019s National Basketball team fell to Montenegro 73-66<\/strong> in hard fought battle that saw the Blue &#038; White pull ahead at the end of the third quarter by a point. However, Eli Rabi\u2019s team couldn\u2019t hold on in the final frame which ended 18-12 for the Montenegrins. <\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Cohen led Israel with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Eden Rotberg added 14 points and Tel Lev 10 points in the tough defeat.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_22708\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22708\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22708\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIBA<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nHead Coach Eli Rabi reflected on the game, \u201cThe players kept to the game plan better than I expected and all in all I am proud as to how we played despite the loss. We could have taken the win but now we have to prepare for the next game.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_22712\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-6-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22712\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22712\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIBA<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIsrael&#8217;s top scorer Alexandra Cohen also spoke about the contest that was, \u201cI\u2019m disappointed that we couldn\u2019t pull this one out but I am really proud as to what the team did. We worked very hard the last couple of weeks and we really came prepared for this game that we really thought that we could win. We have another game in two days and we have to come focussed and like we did for this game as we played as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Women\u2019s National Basketball team fell to Montenegro 73-66 in hard fought battle that saw the Blue &#038; White pull ahead at the end of the third quarter by a point. However, Eli Rabi\u2019s team couldn\u2019t hold on in the final frame which ended 18-12 for the Montenegrins. 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