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The Rams dropped their season opener.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Addison Floumanhaft scored 14 points and Alana Rubensohn added 12 for the Hurricanes (2-0). The Heat fell to 1-2.
Danielle Shalom led the Invaders (2-1) with 18 points, Arly Missry added 13 and Talia Zucker had 12.
The Hawks (1-3) get in the win column. The Wildcats are 0-3.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Efraim Avramov’s 18 points led four players in double figures for the Lions (2-0; 3-0). Ethan Vaysman added 11 points and Josh Treuhaft and Jakey Abenaim each had 10. Tani Gottlieb led the Thunder (0-2; 1-2) with 10 points.
Moshe Baron scored 14 points and Tzvi Tsaidi added 13 to lead a balanced attack as all 14 players scored for the Wildcats (2-0; 6-1), who won their fifth straight game. Ethan Sardar scored 15 points for the Kings
GLOUBERMAN TOURNAMEMT
Consolation
Lily Yalovsky led the Bulldogs (1-3) with 18 points. Adi Topolosky had 14 points for the Cougars (0-4).
Championship
Zoey Levy scored 16 points and was named Tournament MVP and the Cougars (6-0) jumped out to a 23-3 lead and were never threatened. Liv Solomon and Nava Bousbib each scored 11 points for the Sting (5-1).
GLOUBERMAN TOURNAMENT
Consolation
Semifinals
Alex Gabbay scored 26 points and Jaden Azeroul added 11 as the Panthers (4-0) reached the championship game. Ari Halpert led the Sting (8-2) with 35 points.
The Firehawks (4-0) rallied from 11 points down late in the 3rd quarter, with Aiden Bitran scoring 18 of the team’s final 20 points. He finished with 33 points and Sam Jacobson added 20. Alex August led the Cougars (3-1) with 20 points and Itai Rozmaryn had 18.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Aiden Bitran scored 32 points - 21 in the 2nd half - and Sam Jacobson added 17 as the Firehawks (5-0) won their third straight Glouberman title. Yoni Holender led the Panthers (4-1) with 12 points and Aviel Yasharpour added 11.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Ness Salem scored 21 points, Nate Meyer added 11 and Jojo Kaplan had 10 to lead the Hawks (2-1; 3-3). Nadiv Zahavi paced HANC (0-1, 0-3) with 18 points.
Gabe Mosheyev scored 19 points and Yosef Bruckenstain added 15 for the Ravens (2-0; 2-2). Cobras now 0-4.
Forty-three games of national hoops over four days came down to two very familiar contests late Saturday and early Sunday to determine the champions of the 10th annual Steven Glouberman z’l Basketball Tournament in Los Angeles.
In an all-Yeshiva League affair, the Frisch Cougars topped the SAR Sting for the girls’ title. And the host Shalhevet Firehawks beat the rival YULA Panthers for their third straight boys title.
The Cougars breezed through prelims against H.A. Miami and Katz YHS before easing past Flatbush in the quarterfinals. Frisch had a tough test against Shalhevet in the semifinals but denied the Firehawks’ bid for a fourth straight Glouberman title with a 57-51 win Friday afternoon.
The final was the matchup widely expected but Frisch made quick work of the Sting, jumping out to a 23-3 lead and maintaining a double digit lead the rest of the way en route to a 46-36 win.
Zoey Levy, the Frisch guard who scored 16 points in the title game, was named tournament MVP. The girls’ All-Tournament Team included Dillan Haghighat of North Shore; Leila Sakhai of Ramaz; Kira Heumann of YULA; Shira Abramson of Shalhevet; and Liv Solomon of SAR.
The tournament’s schedule is designed to allow teams to fly back east first thing Sunday morning.
That creates a dizzying schedule after Shabbat for the boys semifinals and championship game. But it was no problem for Shalhevet’s Aiden Bitran who combined for 65 points in the two games as the Firehawks rallied from 11 down to beat Berman H.A. 64-60 and pulled away in the 4th quarter to top YULA 61-45.
In the semifinal he dominated the fourth quarter, scoring 18 of the team’s last 20 points en route to a game-high 33 points. The only other basket was made possible because a sliding Bitran knocked the ball out of a Cougar’s grasp and downcourt where Yaakov Lieberman scooped it up for a breakaway layup cutting Berman’s lead to 53-51.
On the next possession, Bitran hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and then eight more points to complete an 18-0 run that left the Cougars reeling.
Bitran was the tournament’s leading scorer, averaging 23 ppg, and the clear choice for MVP. The boys’ All Tournament Team was Jon Hazan, Jewish Culture; Alex August, Berman H.A.; Ari Halpert, SAR; Yoni Hollender, YULA; and Sam Jacobson, Shalhevet.