Israeli League, Regular Season, Game 10: January 16-17, 2010 - ISRAEL

May 21, 2013

Israeli League, Regular Season, Game 10: January 16-17, 2010

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv confirmed its status as the dominant force in Israeli basketball by seeing off challenger Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem 103-78 in a Week 10 clash. The defending champs remained perfect with a 10-0 record, while Hapoel dropped to 7-3 and fourth place in the standings. Despite Alan Anderson's injury at the first-half buzzer and his absence in the second, Maccabi enjoyed a big night from Guy Pnini, who was awarded the Israeli League's MVP for December before tip-off. The Israeli forward led Maccabi in a torrid second quarter with three hits from downtown and continued to shine in the second half to pound his former team. After a close first quarter, Maccabi took off to a 53-40 halftime lead and continued to dominate. Pnini led all scorers with 23 points, Chuck Eidson added 17 points with 5 assists, Andrew Wisniewski scored 12, Raviv Limonad 11 and Stephane Lasme and David Bluthenthal had 10 points each. Leo Lyons scored 18 points to lead Hapoel, Brandon Hunter added 13, Yuval Naimy and Tre Simmons 12 each and Sharon Shason finished with 11. Elsewhere around the league Gilboa/Galil added another home win by beating Ironi Ramat Gan 87-77 as Elishay Kadir and Brian Randle scored 25 for Galil, which improved to 8-2. Maccabi Haifa stayed glued to Gilboa/Galil after an 86-68 triumph over Ironi Ashkelon as Davon Jefferson netted 21 points. Maccabi Rishon Lezion collected a key win against Hapoel Afula 91-76 victory behind 26 points by Larry O'Bannon. On Saturday, Bnei Hasharon earned an important win over Barak Netanya, 64-63, after Cookie Belcher scored with 22 ticks on the clock to decide the game.

LAST GAME GAME 10 January 16-18, 2010
Day	Match	Result
Jan. 17	M. Rishon vs. H. Afula	91-76
Jan. 16	B. Hashron vs. Netanya	64-63
Jan. 17	Gilboa Galil vs. Ramat Gan	87-77
Jan. 18	H. Holon vs. Nahariya	82-73
Jan. 17	M. Haifa vs. Ashkelon	86-68
Jan. 17	Maccabi T-A vs. Hapoel J.	103-78

NEXT GAME GAME 11 January 23-25, 2010
Day	Match
Jan. 24	H. Afula vs. Gilboa Galil
Jan. 24	Netanya vs. Maccabi T-A
Jan. 25	Ramat Gan vs. H. Holon
Jan. 24	Ashkelon vs. M. Rishon
Jan. 24	Nahariya vs. B. Hashron
Jan. 23	Hapoel Jer vs. M. Haifa

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Maccabi Electra T-A	10	10	0	910	723
2	Gilboa Galil	10	8	2	889	770
3	M. Haifa	10	8	2	781	723
4	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	7	3	863	834
5	Netanya	10	6	4	814	801
6	B. Hashron	10	5	5	754	759
7	H. Afula	10	4	6	818	895
8	M. Rishon	10	4	6	773	799
9	Ashkelon	10	4	6	786	829
10	H. Holon	10	2	8	758	820
11	Nahariya	10	2	8	734	813
12	Ramat Gan	10	0	10	740	854