{"id":6089,"date":"2016-01-19T13:06:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2016-01-19T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:06:37","slug":"israel-basketball-round-16-january-16-18-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/israel-basketball-round-16-january-16-18-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Basketball Round 16 January 16-18, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/basket.co.il\/BoxScore.asp?GameID=21829&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hapoel Holon 80-87 Nes Ziona<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nes Ziona picked up a valuable away victory at Holon as Orange newcomer Sundiata Gaines impressed in his debut for the visitors. Gaines entered the game in the second quarter with the score at 21 a piece and immediately paid dividends to his new club as he finished the game with 24 points going 7\/9 from 3-point land while also pulling down 7 rebounds. Tal Karpelesz scored 15 points while Ivan Aska added 14 points in the win. Ramel Bradley scored 21 points in a losing effort  for Holon who drop to 4-12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/basket.co.il\/BoxScore.asp?GameID=21828&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maccabi Ashdod 96-86 Maccabi Tel Aviv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tzvika Sherf has won two games this season against his former club from Tel Aviv as his Croatian counterpart Zan Tabac was ejected after a 2nd technical foul in the 3rd quarter. After a close first half the home side opened up their play in the decisive third frame as Ashdod outscored Maccabi 27-15 to run away with the win. Charles Thomas scored 21 points while Jonathan Skjoldebrand (18pts) drained 4\/4 from three-point land in the win. Sylvan Landesberg scored 15 points and Guy Pnini dropped 14 points in the losing effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/basket.co.il\/BoxScore.asp?GameID=21832&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maccabi Kiryat Gat 89-100 Nahariya<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The northern visitors hit the 100 point mark and defeated Kiryat Gat on the road. Nahariya boasted efficient long distance shooting going 9\/13 from beyond the arc and a terrific 61% on 2-point shots as Cameron Clark led the way for the victors with 28 points. On the flip side, Kiryat Gat shot an abysmal 3\/17 from 3-point land and featured Paul Delaney with 28 points in the loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/basket.co.il\/BoxScore.asp?GameID=21831&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maccabi Haifa 80-73 Bnei Herziliya<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Greens solidified their position in 3rd place moving to 10-6 with the 7-point overtime win. Chanan Colman and Reginald Buckner each dropped 18 points while Gregory Vargas dished out 8 assists in the win. Herziliya had four players in double digits, but couldn&#8217;t do much in the extra frame to find a way to a victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/basket.co.il\/BoxScore.asp?GameID=21833&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hapoel Tel Aviv 77-83 Hapoel Eilat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oded Katash came back to came back to haunt his old team winning away in Tel Aviv. Using a shirt rotation of just 7 players, Katash&#8217;s side was able to find just enough from Alade Aminu who scored 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds while Amit Simhon matched Aminu&#8217;s total with 17 points of his own. For Hapoel Jeff Allen picked up a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards while Tre Simmons and Raviv Limonad each contributed 19 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Holon 80-87 Nes Ziona Nes Ziona picked up a valuable away victory at Holon as Orange newcomer Sundiata Gaines impressed in his debut for the visitors. Gaines entered the game in the second quarter with the score at 21 a piece and immediately paid dividends to his new club as he finished the game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6102,"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":[235,14,9],"tags":[485,306,97,29,80,4],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2015-16-game-reviews","category-game-reviews","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-ashdod","tag-basketball","tag-hapoel-tel-aviv","tag-israel","tag-maccabi-haifa","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel Basketball Round 16 January 16-18, 2016 - 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\/israel-basketball-round-16-january-16-18-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel Basketball Round 16 January 16-18, 2016 - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hapoel Holon 80-87 Nes Ziona Nes Ziona picked up a valuable away victory at Holon as Orange newcomer Sundiata Gaines impressed in his debut for the visitors. 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