Israeli League, Regular Season, Game 12: January 1-2, 2012 - Israel

May 25, 2013

Israeli League, Regular Season, Game 12: January 1-2, 2012

The second go-through of the Israeli League regular season began Sunday night with Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv collecting another win, 102-61 over Gilboa/Galil at Nokia Arena. The result opened a three-win gap between Maccabi and second place, which is still occupied by Galil. In a rematch from last season’s title game, Maccabi won by 40 points or more for the second week in a row. Richard Hendrix paced the champs with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Shawn James added 17 points, Guy Pnini scored 16, Lior Eliyahu 15 and Jon Scheyer 11. Chaisson Allen and Romeo Travis scored 13 points each for Galil, which dropped to 7-4. After six minutes of game time it was still just a 16-14 lead for Maccabi, but Hendrix and Pnini led a 7-0 run and when Scheyer connected twice from behind the arc in the second quarter it became a double-digit lead, 34-21. Maccabi went on to score 33 points in the second quarter and finish the first half with a 58-35 lead. Eliyahu and James led the way on both ends of the floor in the second half as the gap increased as the minutes passed. The guests were limited to only 2 points in the last five minutes, which helped Maccabi reach the 40-point gap. In other games, BC Habikaa picked up its first road win of the season with a 76-78 victory over Bazan Haifa, which lost for the fourth time in a row. Frank Robinson, who played for Haifa last season, hit the winning shot with 4 seconds on the game clock to give his team the precious win. Eldan Ashkelon edged Maccabi Ashdod 87-85 behind Dwayne Mitchell’s 25 points and 6 assists. And Maccabi Rishon Lezion outscored Hapoel Holon 88-77 behind 35 points and 9 boards by Darwin Kitchen.

LAST GAME GAME 12 January 1-2, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Jan. 1	M. Rishon vs. H. Holon	88-77
Jan. 1	Ashkelon vs. M. Ashdod	87-85
Jan. 2	B. Hashron vs. Hapoel Jer.	63-102
Jan. 1	M. Haifa vs. BC Habikaa	76-78
Jan. 1	Electra TA vs. Gilboa/Galil	102-61

NEXT GAME GAME 13 January 15, 2012
Day	Match
Jan. 15	M. Ashdod vs. Netanya
Jan. 15	H. Holon vs. BC Habikaa
Jan. 15	M. Haifa vs. B. Hashron
Jan. 15	Hapoel J. vs. Gilboa/Galil
Jan. 15	Electra TA vs. Ashkelon

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Maccabi Electra	11	10	1	984	822
2	Gilboa/Galil	11	7	4	869	885
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	11	7	4	916	873
4	M. Rishon	11	6	5	886	834
5	BC Habikaa	11	6	5	843	847
6	Ashkelon	11	6	5	936	946
7	H. Holon	11	6	5	937	894
8	M. Haifa	11	3	8	915	938
9	M. Ashdod	11	3	8	891	928
10	Netanya	10	4	6	850	874
11	B. Hashron	11	2	9	858	1044