Hapoel Petah-Tikva sign Rebekah Gardner and Hadar Levi

Rebekah Gardner photo: Andrew Chong

Israeli club Hapoel Petah-Tikva has announced it has signed American rookie guard Rebekah Gardner and 18 year old Israeli guard Hadar Levi.

Gardner graduated last season from UCLA where she averaged 8.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in NCAA play.

For Levi this will be her first season with the pros after having played for Macabbi Raanana youth teams.

In European U18 championship in July she averaged 7.4 points, 2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for the Israelis.