Shlomi's Israel Report Number 32

Playoff Semi-Finals

The surprises are keep coming in this playoffs.

Ramat-Hasharon 86 - Maccabi Ramat-Hen 96
Ramat-Hen leads the series 1 - 0. After 10 straight victories Ramat-Hasharon lost at home to Ramat-Hen. Great performance from the amazing duo, Simone Edwards and Vickie Johnson who kept going inside and together forced 16 fouls.

Ramat-Hen:
Simone Edwards 33 pts, 15 reb, (11 - 13 FT, 11 - 17 FG), 40 minutes
VJ 27 pts, 9 reb,(6 OR), 2 ass. 2 st (10 - 11 FT, 8 - 12 FG)
Karoleva 17 pts, 3 reb, 2 ass (7 - 12 FG)
Voigt 12 pts, 5 ass, 4 to (5 - 6 FT, 3- 8 FG)
Balalis 7 pts, 5 ass (1 - 6 3pts FG)
Kindler 0
Grinboim 0 pts (played 3 minutes due to severe Injury)
Karni 0

Ramat-Hasharon:
Tanja Kostic 22 pts, 1 reb, 3 ass (4 - 7 FT, 9 - 13 FG)
Varbanova 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ass (8 - 12 FG)
Gourevich 14 pts, 3 reb (5 - 7 FG)
Maoz 13 pts, 3 reb, 5 ass (2 - 5 3pts FG, 5 -10 FG)
Branzova 10 pts. 5reb, 2 ass (4 - 10 FG)
Gioren 6 pts, 4 ass, 4 to (2 - 6 FG)
Suez 4 pts (4 - 4 ft. 0 - 3 fg)
Jovanovic 0, Shpitznadel 0

Maccbai Raanana 77 - Bney Yehuda 69
Raanana leads the series 1 - 0.

Raanana:
Jaclyn Johnson 25 pts, 8 reb, 6 to (3 - 3 FT, 11 - 15 FG)
Amber Hall 18 pts, 12 reb (5OR), 3 ass, 4 to, 4 st (6 - 11 FT, 6 - 1G FG)
Nili Natho 10 pts, 3 ass (3 - 7 FG, 2 - 3 3pts FG)
Shaka Massey 10 pts, 3 reb (4 - 4 FT, 3 - 7 FG) , 13 min !!
Dinerman 6 pts (2 - 3 FG)
Pesic 3 pts, 5 reb, 7 ass (1 - 5 FG)
Haelyon 3 pts, Kolodny 2 ptz, Zeevi 0

Bney Yehuda:
Travesa Gant 21 pts, 11 reb, 6 to (8 - 12 FT, 6 - 10 FG)
Stacey Ford 21 pts, 9 reb, 4 to (5 - 6 FT, 8 - 10 FG)
Zakula 12 pts, 5 ass, 4 to (5 - 9 FG)
Rozova 5 pts, (1 - 5 FG)
Haleli 3, Klein 3, Boutenko 2, Menashe 2, Meiron 0

There is also a series beweeen Holon and Ramla on the 5th place Holon beat Ramla 99 - 69 in the first game. Ramla released Brandy reed after she said some ugly things about her coach in the press.

Information reprinted with permission of Shlomi Peri.


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