The Yellow & Blue stay unbeaten in the Israeli league. Deni Avdija excelled with a career-high 22 points and 5 assists. On Tuesday and Thursday: Barcelona and Milano come into Menora Mivtachim Arena
Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Holon on the road 94:83, improving their record to 14:0 in the Israeli league. Deni Avdija had his best showing of the season scoring a career-high 22 points, dishing 5 assists and adding 2 blocks. Tyler Dorsey added 17 points, and Othello Hunter missed out on a double finishing the night with 14 points and 9 rebounds. The Yellow & Blue focus moves towards the EuroLeague as they’ll host Barcelona on Tuesday and Milano on Thursday.
Giannis Sfairopoulos opened with Nate Wolters, Elijah Bryant, Yovel Zoosman, Quincy Acy, and Othello Hunter in the starting 5. Both teams had a problem finding the basket early, Guy Pnini scored 4 of the host’s first 6 points giving them a 6:4 lead midway through the first quarter. Acy and Tyler Dorsey hit three’s for the Israeli champions, 10:8 Maccabi. The Yellow & Blue continued hitting shots from deep, Deni Avdija joined Dorsey ramping up the visitors lead as Troy Caupain scored his first two, 18:12 Maccabi after the first 10 minutes.
Avdija continued the momentum from the first quarter, the young forward found Hunter, who slammed it down, 22:15. Jake Cohen scored 5 straight points, and a three-pointer by Avdija gave the Yellow & Blue a double-digit advantage, 35:23. The purples started minimizing the lead with baskets from Ryan Thompson and Marcus Foster’s who hit two three’s, 37:33. Dorsey scored two of three from the free-throw line to close the first half, 39:33.
Two quick Foster buckets cut the lead down to two, 39:37. However, Acy scored 7 straight points highlighting a 12:2 run that gave the visitors a 51:39 advantage. Wolters sunk his first points of the game from deep, Zoosman joined with a three of his own as Delgado grabbed three offensive rebounds to reduce the lead to 10, 58:48. Avdija hit two straight three-pointers, adding to that an incredible pass to Cohen, who hammered it down, 68:58 going into the final quarter.
Avdija kept on dishing beautiful passed, this time a behind the back pass to Hunter for the slam, 75:63. T.J Klein scored 5 points for Holon, and Yogev Ohayon hit a three to reduce the lead down to 7, 80:73. Yovel Zoosman hammered it down, Wolters with a tough layup, and Dorsey scored off an offensive rebound that closed the deal. Maccabi stays undefeated in the Israeli league with a 94:83 victory in Toto Holon Arena.
