Maccabi Tel Aviv this evening won the National Junior Cup for the 15th time when they beat Hapoel Holon 77-71 in the final played in Raanana.
The players of coach Victor Skornik, led 21-16 at the end of the first quarter and 39-36 at half time. Maccabi dominated the third period and made it 62-48. Holon cut the deficit to 66-58 but led by Niv Berkowitz, Maccabi made sure of their third cup win in the last four seasons.
Captain Jonathan Nir was named MVP with 18 pts, 7 rbds & 3 assists. Other scorers: Omer Zamir 22, Omri Caspi 13 & 5 rbds, Berkowitz 12 pts, 6 assists & 6 s6tls, Gal Bash 6 & Rorem Barkan 6 pts.
