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Israeli champions have secured their first returnee for the next season – American guard Tamara James, IBBA confirms. Read More »
Report: Charde Houston, Danielle Adams, Ashley Shields smoked drugs while playing for Maccabi Ashdod
Report on Saturday in Israel on local site Ashdod10 surfaced that some of Maccabi Ashdod players are suspected of smoking drugs while playing for the team this season. Read More »
Elizur Ramla crowned Israeli champions after a game five win
Pressure of playing in front of their home crowd in the deciding game of Israeli league finals apparently got to Maccabi Ashdod players as they lost to Elizur Ramla mainly because of a horrific start. Ashdod bounced back from an early 2-10 deficit at the start by reducing it to one point – 13-14. Then it all went to hell. ... Read More »
Elizur Ramla defeat Maccabi Ashdod, force game five in Israeli finals
Elizur Ramla won on their home court, forcing a finals deciding game five in Israeli league. After an up and down first half Ramla gained an 18 point lead in the middle of third quarter. After getting that lead they couldn’t hit almost anything, scoring 2 points in the next nine minutes of the game. Luckily for them Ashdod weren’t ... Read More »
Maccabi Ashdod a win away from Israeli title
Maccabi Ashdod won the third game of the series against Elizur Ramla and now they are a win away from another Israeli title. First half of the game was up-and-down as it tends to be, with lead exchanging several times. Starting the second half on top, Ashdod did not give up their lead throughout the last part of the game. ... Read More »
Maccabi Ashdod win and tie final series with Elizur Ramla
After losing the home court advantage in the first round, Maccabi Ashdod took it back on the road by defeating Elizur Ramla. Ashdod came out strong from the start rolling to 18 point lead near the start of the second quarter. Soon after Ramla replied with 15-0 run, closing the gap to 3 points by halftime. In the second half ... Read More »
Ramla snaps Ashdod’s win streak, wins opening game of playoffs
Maccabi Ashdod suffered their first defeat of the season at the most inopportune time – opening game of the finals. With that loss Ashdod lost their homecourt advantage over Ramla. Apart from the final quarter when Ashdod tried to mount a comeback, Ramla was the better team of the two throughout the game. Ramla’s lead reached 21 points in the first half ... Read More »
Round-Up: Semifinals in Israeli League – Round Four – Ramla through to finals
Elizur Ramla have joined Maccabi Ashdod in the Israeli league finals after winning the best of five series 3 to 1. Ramla’s final win came on the road as third quarter put Ramla ahead by as much as 9 points. Hasharon were able to cut the lead to one point several times, but Ramla players were always able to successfully ... Read More »
Round-Up: Semifinals in Israeli League – Round Three
Yours truly made a grave error in Round Two Round-Up thinking that the semifinal series are best of three instead of best of five. Thus Ashdod completed the sweep of Holon only now after their third win. Ashley Shields scored 24 points leading five other Ashdod players in double-digits as Ashdod routed Holon. Kerri Gardin and Avery Warley each had ... Read More »
Round-Up: Semifinals in Israeli League – Round Two
Israeli Cup winners and defending champions Maccabi Ashdod have reached the finals by completing a sweep of Elizur Holon. Ashdod’s Ashley Shields scored 31 points, making 13 of her 18 field goal attempts, and dished 6 assists in the win. Avery Warley was 12 of 14 from the field, leading Holon with 29 points. Ramat Hasharon went ahead of Elizur ... Read More »
Round-Up: Semifinals in Israeli League – Round One
Top four teams in Israeli league’s regular season have started their best of three semifinal series. First ranked Maccabi Ashdod led by 17 points by Danielle Adams cruised past fourth placed Elizur Holon. Avery Warley led Holon with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Second ranked Elizur Ramla preserved for most part a single digit lead throughout the game to defeat ... Read More »
Maccabi Ashdod claim the Israeli Cup
Defending Israeli champions Maccabi Ashdod claimed the Israeli Cup on Thursday with a rout of Hapoel Petah Tikva. Ashdod decided the outcome of the game in the eleventh minute of it as they extended to their lead to 20 points. Petah Tikva were unable to reduce the deficit to single digits, instead the score trended the other way as by ... Read More »
Riquna Williams to replace Tiffany Hayes at Hapoel Rishon Lezion
According to IBBA, American guard Riquna Williams will replace Tiffany Hayes at the Israeli club Hapoel Rishon Lezion after Hayes left the team for personal reasons. Read More »
Maccabi Ramat Hen sign Ivory Latta
As safsal writes, Israeli club has signed American point guard Ivory Latta for the remainder of the season. Read More »
Elizur Ramla swap Whitney Boddie for Brittany Johnson
Israeli club Elizur Ramla have swapped foreign players before tomorrow's league game, signing Brittany Johnson in place of Whitney Boddie. Read More »
Laine Selwyn signs with Herbalife Ramat Hasharon
Israeli guard Laine Selwyn has returned to Israel, to Herbalife Ramat Hasharon after her attempt to play in Turkey failed due to Canik Belediye having financial issues. Read More »
Homend Antakya ink Montenegrin teenage center Ana Turcinovic
According to basketdergisi, Turkish club Homend Antakya has inked 19 year old Montenegro center Ana Turcinovic who started out the season with Elizur Ramla. Read More »
Riquna Williams leaves Kosice, they sign Natasha Lacy for 6 weeks
Not all American players are cut out for playing in Europe for most of the year. That appears to be the case with rookie American guard Riquna Williams. Read More »
Elizur Ramla sign Allison Hightower, Kaayla Chones and Whitney Boddie
According to safsal, Israeli club Elizur Ramla has released it’s previously signed foreigners and opted to sign three different, cheaper ones in Allison Hightower, Kaayla Chones and Whitney Boddie. Read More »
Hainaut Basket sign Amanda Jackson
According to va-infos.fr, French EuroCup women squad Hainaut Basket has inked American guard with Armenian passport Amanda Jackson. Read More »
Shay Doron leaves Elizur Ramla, joins Tarsus Belediyesi
We already reported that Israeli club Elizur Ramla is going through economic issues. According to IBBA, Israeli guard Shay Doron is the first player to depart Ramla and find a team abroad as she has signed with Turkish EuroLeague Women club Tarsus. Read More »
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