We present you with the Sports Rabbi\u2019s update of women\u2019s hoops from the Holy Land \u2013 whether they\u2019re playing in Israel, Europe or the US, we are here to let you know what you need to know in Israeli women\u2019s basketball!<\/p>\n
ATHENA WINNER LEAGUE GETS UNDERWAY<\/strong> A ceremony took place prior to each game to mark the ongoing war. While the season has started without foreign players \u2013 giving local players the opportunity for more minutes \u2013 one of Maccabi Haifa\u2019s new signings, Jawan Muhammad, has already been released from the team, following footage of her seeming to refuse to hold up a sign with a photo of a hostage in the pre-game ceremony, while the rest of her teammates and opponents did.<\/p>\n Round 1 Results (home teams listed first)<\/strong> Elitzur Holon defeated by Maccabi Ramat Gan 51-78. Best for Holon: Ayala Roth (16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal) and Noa Zelivanski (12 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist). Best for Ramat Gan: Hadar Hadad (24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block), Gili Eisner (17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals) and Alis Hatokay (13 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists). Hapoel Lev Jerusalem defeated Hapoel Rishon Letzion 79-67. Best for Hapoel Jerusalem: Shir Tirosh (23 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals), Noor Kayuf (18 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals) and Alex Cohen (17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block). Best for Rishon Lezion: Amit Terner (16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block) and Yael Tenenbaum (16 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals).<\/p>\n AS Ramat Hasharon defeated Maccabi Haifa 65-61. Best for Ramat Hasharon: Dor Saar (27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists), Danielle Kreinin (11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal) and Rotem Schuster (8 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal). Best for Haifa: May Revahe (19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal) and Layan Odeh (16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists).<\/p>\n Round 2 Schedule (home teams listed first) \u2013 Monday November 27, 2023<\/strong> Standings After Round 1<\/strong> ATHENA WINNER TOURNAMENT STARTS UP AGAIN<\/strong> Semifinal Results (home teams listed first)<\/strong> Hapoel Lev Jerusalem defeated by Elitzur Ramle 65-85. Best for Hapoel Jerusalem: Alex Cohen (17 points and 8 rebounds) and Noor Kayuf (14 points and 6 rebounds). Best for Ramle: Jennie Simms (27 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists) and Eden Rotberg (24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists).<\/p>\n The final between Hapoel Rishon Letzion and Elitzur Ramle will be played next month, with the location, date and time to be confirmed at a later date.<\/p>\n STATE CUP DRAW HELD, GAMES TO KICK OFF NEXT MONTH<\/strong> Quarterfinal Schedule (home teams listed first) \u2013 Thursday December 7, 2023 (times to be confirmed) Semifinal Schedule (home teams listed first) \u2013 Thursday December 28, 2023 (times to be confirmed) ISRAELIS OVERSEAS<\/strong> NCAAW<\/strong> Yarden Garzon\u2019s sister and fellow Team Israel star, Oklahoma State Cowgirls\u2019 junior forward Lior Garzon, has also started the 2023-24 season strongly individually, averaging 10.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. The Cowgirls, who are on a 3-game losing streak, will be looking to bounce back against the 2-1 Missouri State Lady Bears on Sunday.<\/p>\n Junior guard for the 3-2 Toledo Rockets, Emmi Rinat, is averaging 4.3 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists for the 2023-24 season, with her top individual game Saturday night\u2019s 73-58 victory over the 2-4 North Dakota State Bison, in which Rinat recorded 13 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 6 blocks. The Rockets next play against the 5-1 Wolverines in the first week of December.<\/p>\n Freshman guard Shirel Nahum, playing for the 3-2UC Irvine Anteaters, has started her college career averaging 6.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists, including a 12 point, 5 rebound and 1 block game in Friday\u2019s 74-63 win over the St. Thomas Tommies. The Anteaters next face the 4-1 Pacific Tigers this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We present you with the Sports Rabbi\u2019s update of women\u2019s hoops from the Holy Land \u2013 whether they\u2019re playing in Israel, Europe or the US, we are here to let you know what you need to know in Israeli women\u2019s basketball! ATHENA WINNER LEAGUE GETS UNDERWAY The Athena Winner League (Israeli\u2019s premier women\u2019s basketball league) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":98743,"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":[1559],"class_list":["post-98741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-israe","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Athena Winner League (Israeli\u2019s premier women\u2019s basketball league) began on Monday night after a delay of 35 days due to the Swords of Iron War. Each of the five games were played with photos of hostages plastered over seats in the crowd, indicating that while the players are back on the court, we are still in the midst of a war here in Israel and we are still yearning for the return of all hostages who were taken to Gaza by Hamas terrorists on October 7.<\/p>\n
\nHapoel Petach Tikva defeated by Elitzur Ramle 53-79. Best for Petah Tikva: Lihi Azouri (16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal) and Ofir Parpara (19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal). Best for Ramle: Eden Rotberg (22 points, 2 rebounds 2 assists and 2 steals), Tslil Vaturi (19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals), Yarden Danan (13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals) and Daniel Raber (12 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals).<\/p>\n
\nASA Bank Yahav Jerusalem defeated by Maccabi Ashdod 54-72. Best for ASA Jerusalem: Tamar Bar Gal (20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists) and Ofek Talker (11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal). Best for Ashdod: Tal Lev (16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks), Tal Yakov (12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals) and Danielle Karsh (8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals).<\/p>\n
\nMaccabi Ashdod vs Hapoel Lev Jerusalem \u2013 18:00 IST (11:00 EST) at Ha\u2019Kiriya Arena, 60 Ha\u2019Atsma\u2019ut St., Ashdod (live on 5Sport).
\nAS Ramat Hasharon vs Hapoel Rishon Letzion \u2013 19:00 IST (12:00 EST) at Oranim School Arena, 28 Arlozorov St., Ramat Hasharon (live on Israel Basketball Association TV).
\nElitzur Ramle vs Maccabi Haifa \u2013 19:00 IST (12:00 EST) at Kiryat Menachem Arena, 29 Yair Stern St., Ramle (live on Israel Basketball Association TV).
\nMaccabi Ramat Gan vs ASA Bank Yahav Jerusalem \u2013 19:00 IST (12:00 EST) at Zisman Arena, 85 HaTayasim Rd., Ramat Gan (live on Israel Basketball Association TV).
\nHapoel Petach Tikva vs Elitzur Holon \u2013 19:00 IST (12:00 EST) at Yitzhak Shamir Arena, 2 Ha-Akhim Bakhar St, Petah Tikva (live on Israel Basketball Association TV).<\/p>\n
\n1. Maccabi Ramat Gan (1-0, +27)
\n2. Elitzur Ramle (1-0, +26)
\n3. Maccabi Ashdod (1-0, +18)
\n4. Hapoel Lev Jerusalem (1-0, +12)
\n5. AS Ramat Hasharon (1-0, +4)
\n6. Maccabi Haifa (0-1, -4)
\n– – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – — – – –
\n7. Hapoel Rishon Letzion (0-1, -12)
\n8. ASA Bank Yahav Jerusalem (0-1, -18)
\n9. Hapoel Petach Tikva (0-1, -26)
\n10. Elitzur Holon (0-1, -27)<\/p>\n
\nThe Athena Winner Tournament (the Israeli premier women\u2019s basketball pre-season tournament) semifinals took place on Thursday night, delayed after originally being scheduled for October 7 due to the war.<\/p>\n
\nAS Ramat Hasharon defeated by Hapoel Rishon Letzion 68-72. Best for Ramat Hasharon: Dor Saar (32 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal) and Rotem Schuster (11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal). Best for Rishon Letzion: Yael Tenenbaum (20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal), Dorian Dagan Switch (18 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals), Hila Karsh (13 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals) and Amit Terner (13 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks).<\/p>\n
\nThe Israel Basketball Association held the draw for the State Cup during the week, with the quarterfinals taking place on Thursday December 7 and the semifinals taking place on Thursday December 28.<\/p>\n
\nGame 1: ASA Bank Yahav Jerusalem vs Elitzur Holon at Cosell Center, Museums Avenue, The Hebrew University, Kiryat Edmund J. Safra, Jerusalem 91904
\nGame 2: Maccabi Ramat Gan vs Hapoel Petach Tikva at Zisman Arena, 85 HaTayasim Rd., Ramat Gan<\/p>\n
\nWinner of Quarterfinal Game 1 vs Hapoel Rishon Letzion with location to be confirmed
\nAS Ramat Hasharon vs Maccabi Ashdod at Oranim School Arena, 28 Arlozorov St., Ramat Hasharon
\nWinner of Quarterfinal Game 2 vs Elitzur Ramle with location to be confirmed
\nHapoel Lev Jerusalem vs Maccabi Haifa at Malha Arena, 3 Avraham Stern St., Jerusalem<\/p>\n
\nEurope<\/strong>
\nHapoel Rishon Letzion\u2019s Eden Zipel, who was signed by Belgian team Castors Braine as a temporary replacement for the injured Nastja Claessens, recorded 2 points and 3 rebounds in a little over 17 minutes in the 53-93 loss to the London Lions in EuroCup group stage action. The Belgians find themselves in second place behind the Lions in the group with a ticket through to Play-Off Round 1, with their next game against Portuguese team GDESSA-Barreiro scheduled for Wednesday November 29 at 21:00 IST (14:00 EST).<\/p>\n
\nThe 5-1 Indiana Hoosiers and Team Israel star Yarden Garzon is having no signs of slowing down in her sophomore season, averaging 12.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game so far in 2023-24. The no. 21 ranked Hoosiers have won four games in a row, including a 71-57 win over no. 19 Tennessee Lady Vols, a game in which Garzon recorded 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. The Hoosiers will next take the court later this week against the 4-2 Maine Black Bears <\/p>\n