Hapoel defeats Be'er Sheva!
Hapoel impressed with a ninth straight win in all competitions, 104:68 over Hapoel Be’er Sheva at the Conch Arena. 14 points for Harper (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
01/12/2024
| 20:30
| Post-Game
Hapoel extended tonight (Sunday) its winning streak across all competitions to nine, impressing against Hapoel Be’er Sheva with 104:68 at the Conch. For the first time this season, they passed the 100-point barrier. Like their opponent, the cup holder, they suffered an inaccurate start with quite a few missed shots and turnovers - but recovered first and took control of the game quickly, cruising to an easy win that kept them at the top of the table with a 7:1 record in the Winner League. On Wednesday, Jonathan Alon's squad will head for a tough away game in the EuroCup against undefeated Valencia, and in the next Winner League round, they will host Hapoel Galil Elyon next Saturday night.
Hapoel showed a particularly balanced distribution of minutes and points, with all 11 available roster players scoring and six of them scoring in double digits - all while none of them played more than 24 minutes. Jared Harper again led the scorers, shooting only three times from the field and hitting only one three-pointer - but was sent repeatedly to the line, maintaining perfect percentages with 11/11 from the line. Or Cornelius scored 13 points including 3/5 from beyond the arc, Khadeen Carrington and Derek Ogbeide each contributed 12 - with the big man also finishing 6/7 on twos including some especially monstrous dunks and grabbing three steals - while Chris Johnson recorded 11 points of his own, including three-for-three from three-point range, and Gabi Chachashvili led his teammates with six rebounds alongside his ten points. Noam Dovrat, who was one point shy of double digits, handed out six of the visitors' 22 assists - while Tarik Philip recorded a lackluster performance in his renewed Winner League debut with four points on 1/6 shooting from the field and 2/6 from the line, but added four steals out of the team’s total 13. The reds from the capital were scattered with 18 turnovers - 4.4 more than their season average before this round - but compensated with 13 three-pointers at an impressive 56.5%, alongside a nice 61.1% on twos.
The hosts cannot take much from the debut of their new-old coach Rami Hadar, in a game where they failed to be competitive in most stages and lost by 36 points in the end - also registering their season worst with 24 turnovers. Ron Tsiper was almost the only one on their side to deliver a good performance with 16 points, including three threes at 50%, Iverson Molinar was less dominant than usual with 13 points on only 4/10 shooting - while he did dish out four assists but also lost the ball the same number of times - and Paul Scruggs closed the list of only three players scoring in double digits with 12 points alongside three steals, finishing 0/4 from three. Ray Spalding and Spencer Weiss led their teammates in rebounds with 11 and 9 boards respectively, but the big man also lost five turnovers - the same amount as Neta Sagal - while the naturalized player finished 0/6 from beyond the arc. The entire team hit only four threes out of 23 attempts (17.4%), shot 48.7% on twos, and left nine points on the free throw line (18/27) - distributing only 13 assists for baskets for a nearly 2:1 negative assist-to-turnover ratio. The team from the Negev capital, now standing at 4:2 in the Winner League, hopes to recover already next Saturday night - when they host Ironi Nes Ziona in the ninth round.
The Red Crowd in the Stands (Photos: Liron Moldovan)
Yonatan Alon and Hadar shake hands at the opening (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Game Flow:
Hapoel Be’er Sheva Starting Five: Iverson Molinar, Paul Scruggs, Spencer Weiss, Eric Griffin, Ray Spalding.
Hapoel Starting Five: Noam Dovrat, Khadeen Carrington, Yuval Zoosman, Chris Johnson, Derek Ogbeide.
The game started at a slow pace with quite a few missed shots and turnovers on both sides. Carrington scored all the first five points during almost three and a half minutes and Johnson added a three — while Molinar put Be’er Sheva on the board from the free throw line after almost four minutes and a three by Ron Tsiper brought his team close to 8:5. Jared Harper came off the bench and immediately hit two free throws, Spalding scored the first jump shot points, but Gabi Chachashvili and Jeremy Morgan opened an eight-point gap for the visitors — 7:15. Ido Fleischer and Molinar cut the deficit in half, Jonathan Alon called a timeout, and Morgan returned with a three-pointer — while on the other side Scruggs also got on the board on the way to 18:13. Chachashvili scored one from the line, Tarik Philip scored his first points in his renewed Winner League debut but Neta Sagal stole the ball and finished a fast break on the other end — while a free throw by Chachashvili made it 15:22 at the end of the first quarter that included no less than 13 total turnovers.
Carrington. Scored the first five points of the game (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Hapoel quickly took a double-digit lead early in the second quarter with a three by Harper and a coast-to-coast basket by Yuval Zoosman. Rami Hadar called timeout but Zoosman returned with his own shot from beyond the arc, bringing his team’s point total to double that of their opponent - 15:30. Weiss scored the first points but Ogbeide also got on the board with an impressive dunk, Molinar responded with a three, and Griffin added a free throw - but Philip hit twice from the other side to set 21:33. Molinar forced a three-point play but missed the bonus shot, Johnson and Carrington brought Hapoel up by 14 but five straight points by Tsiper cut the gap to single digits - 37:28. Or Cornelius got on the board with a shot from beyond the arc, Tsiper became the first double-digit scorer with his third three at 50%, but Harper with more free throws made it 31:42. Griffin scored only one from the same range on the other side, Zoosman corrected a missed shot by Carrington and Harper continued accumulating points from the line to 32:46. Ogbeide finished a nice Hapoel fast break, Molinar hit twice from the line — but a three by Johnson at the buzzer gave Hapoel a 34:51 lead at halftime, with the high turnover pace continuing at 25 combined.
Ogbeide. Got on the board with an impressive dunk (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Scruggs returned from the break with a jump shot, Ogbeide slammed another dunk but Spalding responded with a successful and-one to cut it to 53:39. Johnson hit his third three, Carrington took advantage of a technical foul on Scruggs to hit another free throw, and Dovrat added one more from the range to extend it to 39:58. Ogbeide’s third dunk of the game increased his team’s lead beyond twenty, Tsiper completed a successful and-one, and a steal by Weiss led to an easy basket by the open Vitlem - while an aggressive drive by Griffin cut the margin to 62:46. Harper drew a foul for three shots and hit all three, Weiss completed a and-one play on the other side, but Cornelius with another three and Chachashvili with two free throws restored Hapoel’s biggest lead - 49:70. Spalding also hit twice from the line, Harper maintained perfect percentages from the line, and Sagal responded in kind - but Morgan finished a successful and-one to give Hapoel a 53:75 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Philip. Renewed debut in the Winner League (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Fleischer opened the final quarter with a layup, Carrington responded with four straight points, and Ogbeide added two easy ones — while Molinar scored his first points of the second half, cutting it to 81:57. Scruggs hit one from the line, Tsiper reached 16 personal points, but a layup and-one by Dovrat set 60:84. Chachashvili dunk and basket by Dovrat set a new biggest lead of 28 points, Scruggs hit two layups while Chachashvili responded with one on the other side — and Philip from the line increased it to 64:91. Dovrat hit Hapoel’s first three of the quarter to round the lead to thirty, Cornelius continued to widen the gap with two layups and a three — while Scruggs kept scoring garbage time points with a and-one — and Fleischer still managed to hit a free throw before young Nir Perry sealed the game with a three, 68:104 to Hapoel at the finish.
Harper. Again led Hapoel scorers from the line (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Scorers for Hapoel Be’er Sheva: Tsiper 16 (2-5 twos, 3-6 threes, 3-3 free throws), Molinar 13 (3-6 twos, 1-4 threes, 4-5 free throws, 4 assists, 4 turnovers), Scruggs 12 (5-7 twos, 0-4 threes, 3 steals), Spalding 7 (2-5 twos), Weiss (2-4 twos, 0-6 threes, 9 rebounds) and Fleischer 5 each, Griffin (1-3 twos, 2-6 free throws, 4 turnovers) and Sagal (1-6 threes, 5 turnovers) 4 each, Vitlem 2.
Scorers for Hapoel: Harper 14 (1-3 field goals, 11/11 free throws), Cornelius 13 (2-4 twos, 3-5 threes), Carrington (4-7 twos, 1-3 threes, 4 turnovers) and Ogbeide (6-7 twos, 3 steals) 12 each, Johnson 11 (3-3 threes), Chachashvili 10 (3-4 twos, 4-6 free throws, 6 rebounds), Dovrat (2-4 twos, 1-3 threes, 2-3 free throws, 6 assists) and Morgan (2-2 threes) 9 each, Zoosman 7 (3-5 field goals), Philip 4 (1-6 field goals, 2-6 free throws, 4 steals), Perry 3.
Hapoel players congratulate Peri for the three that sealed the game (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
(Photos: Liron Moldovan)
Hapoel showed a particularly balanced distribution of minutes and points, with all 11 available roster players scoring and six of them scoring in double digits - all while none of them played more than 24 minutes. Jared Harper again led the scorers, shooting only three times from the field and hitting only one three-pointer - but was sent repeatedly to the line, maintaining perfect percentages with 11/11 from the line. Or Cornelius scored 13 points including 3/5 from beyond the arc, Khadeen Carrington and Derek Ogbeide each contributed 12 - with the big man also finishing 6/7 on twos including some especially monstrous dunks and grabbing three steals - while Chris Johnson recorded 11 points of his own, including three-for-three from three-point range, and Gabi Chachashvili led his teammates with six rebounds alongside his ten points. Noam Dovrat, who was one point shy of double digits, handed out six of the visitors' 22 assists - while Tarik Philip recorded a lackluster performance in his renewed Winner League debut with four points on 1/6 shooting from the field and 2/6 from the line, but added four steals out of the team’s total 13. The reds from the capital were scattered with 18 turnovers - 4.4 more than their season average before this round - but compensated with 13 three-pointers at an impressive 56.5%, alongside a nice 61.1% on twos.
The hosts cannot take much from the debut of their new-old coach Rami Hadar, in a game where they failed to be competitive in most stages and lost by 36 points in the end - also registering their season worst with 24 turnovers. Ron Tsiper was almost the only one on their side to deliver a good performance with 16 points, including three threes at 50%, Iverson Molinar was less dominant than usual with 13 points on only 4/10 shooting - while he did dish out four assists but also lost the ball the same number of times - and Paul Scruggs closed the list of only three players scoring in double digits with 12 points alongside three steals, finishing 0/4 from three. Ray Spalding and Spencer Weiss led their teammates in rebounds with 11 and 9 boards respectively, but the big man also lost five turnovers - the same amount as Neta Sagal - while the naturalized player finished 0/6 from beyond the arc. The entire team hit only four threes out of 23 attempts (17.4%), shot 48.7% on twos, and left nine points on the free throw line (18/27) - distributing only 13 assists for baskets for a nearly 2:1 negative assist-to-turnover ratio. The team from the Negev capital, now standing at 4:2 in the Winner League, hopes to recover already next Saturday night - when they host Ironi Nes Ziona in the ninth round.
The Red Crowd in the Stands (Photos: Liron Moldovan)
Yonatan Alon and Hadar shake hands at the opening (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Game Flow:
Hapoel Be’er Sheva Starting Five: Iverson Molinar, Paul Scruggs, Spencer Weiss, Eric Griffin, Ray Spalding.
Hapoel Starting Five: Noam Dovrat, Khadeen Carrington, Yuval Zoosman, Chris Johnson, Derek Ogbeide.
The game started at a slow pace with quite a few missed shots and turnovers on both sides. Carrington scored all the first five points during almost three and a half minutes and Johnson added a three — while Molinar put Be’er Sheva on the board from the free throw line after almost four minutes and a three by Ron Tsiper brought his team close to 8:5. Jared Harper came off the bench and immediately hit two free throws, Spalding scored the first jump shot points, but Gabi Chachashvili and Jeremy Morgan opened an eight-point gap for the visitors — 7:15. Ido Fleischer and Molinar cut the deficit in half, Jonathan Alon called a timeout, and Morgan returned with a three-pointer — while on the other side Scruggs also got on the board on the way to 18:13. Chachashvili scored one from the line, Tarik Philip scored his first points in his renewed Winner League debut but Neta Sagal stole the ball and finished a fast break on the other end — while a free throw by Chachashvili made it 15:22 at the end of the first quarter that included no less than 13 total turnovers.
Carrington. Scored the first five points of the game (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Hapoel quickly took a double-digit lead early in the second quarter with a three by Harper and a coast-to-coast basket by Yuval Zoosman. Rami Hadar called timeout but Zoosman returned with his own shot from beyond the arc, bringing his team’s point total to double that of their opponent - 15:30. Weiss scored the first points but Ogbeide also got on the board with an impressive dunk, Molinar responded with a three, and Griffin added a free throw - but Philip hit twice from the other side to set 21:33. Molinar forced a three-point play but missed the bonus shot, Johnson and Carrington brought Hapoel up by 14 but five straight points by Tsiper cut the gap to single digits - 37:28. Or Cornelius got on the board with a shot from beyond the arc, Tsiper became the first double-digit scorer with his third three at 50%, but Harper with more free throws made it 31:42. Griffin scored only one from the same range on the other side, Zoosman corrected a missed shot by Carrington and Harper continued accumulating points from the line to 32:46. Ogbeide finished a nice Hapoel fast break, Molinar hit twice from the line — but a three by Johnson at the buzzer gave Hapoel a 34:51 lead at halftime, with the high turnover pace continuing at 25 combined.
Ogbeide. Got on the board with an impressive dunk (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Scruggs returned from the break with a jump shot, Ogbeide slammed another dunk but Spalding responded with a successful and-one to cut it to 53:39. Johnson hit his third three, Carrington took advantage of a technical foul on Scruggs to hit another free throw, and Dovrat added one more from the range to extend it to 39:58. Ogbeide’s third dunk of the game increased his team’s lead beyond twenty, Tsiper completed a successful and-one, and a steal by Weiss led to an easy basket by the open Vitlem - while an aggressive drive by Griffin cut the margin to 62:46. Harper drew a foul for three shots and hit all three, Weiss completed a and-one play on the other side, but Cornelius with another three and Chachashvili with two free throws restored Hapoel’s biggest lead - 49:70. Spalding also hit twice from the line, Harper maintained perfect percentages from the line, and Sagal responded in kind - but Morgan finished a successful and-one to give Hapoel a 53:75 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Philip. Renewed debut in the Winner League (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Fleischer opened the final quarter with a layup, Carrington responded with four straight points, and Ogbeide added two easy ones — while Molinar scored his first points of the second half, cutting it to 81:57. Scruggs hit one from the line, Tsiper reached 16 personal points, but a layup and-one by Dovrat set 60:84. Chachashvili dunk and basket by Dovrat set a new biggest lead of 28 points, Scruggs hit two layups while Chachashvili responded with one on the other side — and Philip from the line increased it to 64:91. Dovrat hit Hapoel’s first three of the quarter to round the lead to thirty, Cornelius continued to widen the gap with two layups and a three — while Scruggs kept scoring garbage time points with a and-one — and Fleischer still managed to hit a free throw before young Nir Perry sealed the game with a three, 68:104 to Hapoel at the finish.
Harper. Again led Hapoel scorers from the line (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
Scorers for Hapoel Be’er Sheva: Tsiper 16 (2-5 twos, 3-6 threes, 3-3 free throws), Molinar 13 (3-6 twos, 1-4 threes, 4-5 free throws, 4 assists, 4 turnovers), Scruggs 12 (5-7 twos, 0-4 threes, 3 steals), Spalding 7 (2-5 twos), Weiss (2-4 twos, 0-6 threes, 9 rebounds) and Fleischer 5 each, Griffin (1-3 twos, 2-6 free throws, 4 turnovers) and Sagal (1-6 threes, 5 turnovers) 4 each, Vitlem 2.
Scorers for Hapoel: Harper 14 (1-3 field goals, 11/11 free throws), Cornelius 13 (2-4 twos, 3-5 threes), Carrington (4-7 twos, 1-3 threes, 4 turnovers) and Ogbeide (6-7 twos, 3 steals) 12 each, Johnson 11 (3-3 threes), Chachashvili 10 (3-4 twos, 4-6 free throws, 6 rebounds), Dovrat (2-4 twos, 1-3 threes, 2-3 free throws, 6 assists) and Morgan (2-2 threes) 9 each, Zoosman 7 (3-5 field goals), Philip 4 (1-6 field goals, 2-6 free throws, 4 steals), Perry 3.
Hapoel players congratulate Peri for the three that sealed the game (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
(Photos: Liron Moldovan)
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