Ramat-Hasharon 74 - Maccabi Raanana 64
Ramat-Hasharon leads the series 2 - 1.
Raanana opened good with 3 three pointers of Pesic in the first quarter but Lydia Varbanova with 8 pts saved Ramat-Hasharon in the game, the first quarter ended 19 - 19. In the second quarter Branzova woke after a bad series and scored 2 three pointers. Ramat-Hasharon their tall PG, Aluma Goren at the post and she made easy baskets vs. her small guards. Shaka Massey wasn't dominant as the previous 2 games and Ramat-Hasharon lead 39 - 30 at half time. The 3rd quarter was very bad for both teams and it ended 50 - 42 to Ramat Hasharon (only 23 pts the quarter) Raanana opened the 4th quarter storming and a three pointer by Natho made it 55 - 54 to Ramat-Hasharon but then Raanana lost the mumentum and Ramat-Hasharon ran 12 - 2
with Kostic who woke up after 1 - 9 from the field till that point. Ramat-Hasharon had 10 advantage again and Raanana couldn't do nothing to comeback in the last 4-5 minutes.
Ramat-Hasharon:
Varbanova 23 pts, 1 reb, 3 ass, 1 st (1 - 2 ft, 11 - 15 fg), 34 min
Goren 16 pts, 2 reb, 7 ass, 2 to, 4 st (6 - 9 ft, 5 - 8 fg), 31 min
Branzova 12 pts, 10 reb (4OR), 3 ass, 3 to, 2 st (2 -2 3pts, 5 - 9 fg), 29 min
Maoz 10 pts, 3 reb, 2 ass, 2 to (3 - 3 ft, 1 - 3 3pts, 3 - 5 fg), 31 min
Kostic 9 pts, 2 reb, 5 ass, 5 to, 1 st ( 1 - 5 ft, 4 - 11 fg), 33 min
Suez 4 pts , 3 reb, 1 ass, 1 to, 3 st (0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 2 -5 fg), 23 min
Gourevich 0 pts !!!! - First time in 8 years in Israel - she told me so after the game
3 reb, 1 ass, 2 to, ( 0 - 1 3pts, 0 - 3 fg), 18 min
Raanana:
Hall 16 pts, 11 reb (6OR), 3 ass, 5 to, 7 st !!, 2 bl (6 - 9 ft, 0 - 1 3pts, 5 - 10 fg), 38 min
Pesic 15 pts, 2 reb, 4 ass, 4 to, 1 st (5 - 5 3pts, 5 - 5 fg), 31 min
Johnson 10 pts, 10 reb, 3 ass, 3 to (4 - 6 ft, 0 - 1 3pts, 3 - 15 fg), 39 min
Natho 8 pts, 2 reb, 2 ass, 3 to, 1 st (3 - 4 ft, 1 - 3 3pts, 2 - 7 fg), 32 min
Massey 8 pts, 2 reb, 1 to (4 - 6 fg), 18 min
Haelyon 3 pts, (1 - 2 ft, 1 - 3 fg), 11 min,
Kolodny 2 pts, 1 reb ( 2 - 2 ft, 0 - 1 fg), 9 min
Zeevi 2 pts, 2 ass, 1 to, 1 st (1 - 2 fg), 6 min
Dinerman 0 pts, 2 reb (0 - 1 3pts, 0 - 4 fg). 16 min
The 4th game is on Sunday. If Ramat-Hasharon wins they are the chmapions
if Raanana wins there will be a 5th game.
Information reprinted with permission of Shlomi Peri.