Hapoel beats Kiryat Ata
An excellent team game and a great performance by many of the players sealed an important 97:83 victory for Hapoel over Kiryat Ata. On Wednsday: Hapoel goes to an important away game against Tenerife
02/03/2024
| Post-Game
Hapoel defeated Kiryat Ata this evening (Saturday) at the Pais Arena in Jerusalem 97:83. In front of the home crowd and after a tremendous and unusual offensive display in the first quarter (38 points in the quarter), the Reds came out with the upper hand for the important game on Wednesday against Tenerife. Khadeen Carrington (16 points) excelled and together with a lot of players who arrived properly for the game led Hapoel to victory.
In the game, the club celebrated International Women's Day and gave a lot of respect to women's sports in general and women's basketball in particular. The senior team of Hapoel "Lev" Jerusalem hosted the game, a poster announced the course of the game and during the various community activities girls and women participated.
Boxscore
Course of the game
1st Quarter
Hapoel opened the game with Speedy Smith, Brynton Lemar, Or Cornelius, Oz Blayzer and Jacorey Williams. James Batemon and Raz Adam scored in Kiryat Ata very quickly at the beginning of the game, but with the help of a three-pointer (and a foul) by Or Cornelius, Hapoel took the first lead in the game. The three-pointers were the key of the first minutes when 4 of these were scored on the north side (with 3 of Batemon) and 3 of these on the Jerusalem side. At Hapoel, Jacorey Williams was also dominant in the interior game, who showed his dominance on both sides of the field with a lot of aggressiveness. Together with Orko, who joined in with excellent defensive moves of his own, Hapoel increased the advantage to two full positions and brought down Sharon Abrahami's trainees to a timeout. Yovel Zoosman who entered joined the offensive celebration with 5 consecutive points and increased the advantage to double digits, with 38:22 at the end.
2nd Quarter
Khadeen Carrington opened the second quarter with 4 quick and consecutive points and increased the difference even further which caused Kiryat Ata to go to another timeout. The northerners reduced the difference mainly with the help of Amin Stevens under the basket and lowered the difference to below the difference of 10 points. Hapoel's Israeli skeleton continued to lead with Nimrod Levi in the attack and Oz Blayzer in the defense and together with another three-pointer by Khadeen Carrington returned the double digit advantage. Another Kiryat Ata timeout interrupted Hapoel's offensive flow and allowed Ben Sheraf together with the northerners to reduce the Jerusalem advantage and send Hapoel to a timeout. Kadin did not stop and at the end of the half - Hapoel 55:41.
Deeno is on fire
3rd Quarter
Ironi Kiryat Ata opened the third quarter in its typical frenzy and went on a 10:0 run on the way to a coach Kantzuoris timeout. Hapoel struggled to reach the offensive points it was looking for and got stuck too many times. From the timeout, Speedy Smith returned as he should with an important three-pointer and a spectacular alley-oop to Jacorey Williams. Williams continued to excel in defense and run explosive attacks and together with Nimrod Levi with simple and important rebound moves restored Hapoel's stable advantage. The stalled attacks soon gave way to fluid moves culminating in a stunning backhand dunk by Zach Hankins. At the end of the quarter - 72:66 for Hapoel.
Jacorey "ENERGIZER" Williams
4th Quarter
The Reds did struggle offensively at the beginning of the last quarter but presented an iron defense, led by Zach Hankins and Oz Blayzer, in order to prevent the team from the north from starting their own comeback. The Reds managed to stabilize the attack and create regular moves, but Kiryat Ata continued to score at good percentages and get closer to the Reds from Jerusalem. Back from the timeout, Zach Hankins scored another amazing alley-oop with an assist from Speedy Smith who also added a 3-pointer to bring the lead back to double digits. Hapoel tightened the defense and in the end - 97:83 for Hapoel.
Zach is here to lift up
In the game, the club celebrated International Women's Day and gave a lot of respect to women's sports in general and women's basketball in particular. The senior team of Hapoel "Lev" Jerusalem hosted the game, a poster announced the course of the game and during the various community activities girls and women participated.
Boxscore
Course of the game
1st Quarter
Hapoel opened the game with Speedy Smith, Brynton Lemar, Or Cornelius, Oz Blayzer and Jacorey Williams. James Batemon and Raz Adam scored in Kiryat Ata very quickly at the beginning of the game, but with the help of a three-pointer (and a foul) by Or Cornelius, Hapoel took the first lead in the game. The three-pointers were the key of the first minutes when 4 of these were scored on the north side (with 3 of Batemon) and 3 of these on the Jerusalem side. At Hapoel, Jacorey Williams was also dominant in the interior game, who showed his dominance on both sides of the field with a lot of aggressiveness. Together with Orko, who joined in with excellent defensive moves of his own, Hapoel increased the advantage to two full positions and brought down Sharon Abrahami's trainees to a timeout. Yovel Zoosman who entered joined the offensive celebration with 5 consecutive points and increased the advantage to double digits, with 38:22 at the end.
2nd Quarter
Khadeen Carrington opened the second quarter with 4 quick and consecutive points and increased the difference even further which caused Kiryat Ata to go to another timeout. The northerners reduced the difference mainly with the help of Amin Stevens under the basket and lowered the difference to below the difference of 10 points. Hapoel's Israeli skeleton continued to lead with Nimrod Levi in the attack and Oz Blayzer in the defense and together with another three-pointer by Khadeen Carrington returned the double digit advantage. Another Kiryat Ata timeout interrupted Hapoel's offensive flow and allowed Ben Sheraf together with the northerners to reduce the Jerusalem advantage and send Hapoel to a timeout. Kadin did not stop and at the end of the half - Hapoel 55:41.
Deeno is on fire3rd Quarter
Ironi Kiryat Ata opened the third quarter in its typical frenzy and went on a 10:0 run on the way to a coach Kantzuoris timeout. Hapoel struggled to reach the offensive points it was looking for and got stuck too many times. From the timeout, Speedy Smith returned as he should with an important three-pointer and a spectacular alley-oop to Jacorey Williams. Williams continued to excel in defense and run explosive attacks and together with Nimrod Levi with simple and important rebound moves restored Hapoel's stable advantage. The stalled attacks soon gave way to fluid moves culminating in a stunning backhand dunk by Zach Hankins. At the end of the quarter - 72:66 for Hapoel.
Jacorey "ENERGIZER" Williams4th Quarter
The Reds did struggle offensively at the beginning of the last quarter but presented an iron defense, led by Zach Hankins and Oz Blayzer, in order to prevent the team from the north from starting their own comeback. The Reds managed to stabilize the attack and create regular moves, but Kiryat Ata continued to score at good percentages and get closer to the Reds from Jerusalem. Back from the timeout, Zach Hankins scored another amazing alley-oop with an assist from Speedy Smith who also added a 3-pointer to bring the lead back to double digits. Hapoel tightened the defense and in the end - 97:83 for Hapoel.
Zach is here to lift up
.png)
