Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv will continue tonight (Thursday, 21:00 on sport5) their Winner Cup campaign, as they'll match up against Ironi Nahariya in Toto Holon Arena. Hours after the dominant 87:67 win over the Reds, the team got back to action as they took notes while watching film and then worked on them at practice. After that, the Yellow & Blue cleared time for the annual EuroLeague media day.
Coach Giannis Sfairopoulos decided that Quincy Acy, Angelo Caloiaro, Sandy Cohen and Elijah Bryant (that played 24 minutes on Tuesday) will not suit up tonight. Tyler Dorsey, one of Maccabi's top scorers in the preseason games overseas, will be available tonight for his coach.
Ironi Nahariya are coming into this game undefeated with a 5:0 record in preseason games, after beating Hapoel Holon in the quarter-finals 88:77 for their 5th straight win. Jerel McNeal led Franco's team with 20 points & 5 steals, Dominic Waters scored 17 points & dimed 7 assists, Jeff Adrian gathered 14 points & 7 rebounds and Egor Koulechov impressed with 13 points and a couple of clutch buckets in critical moments.
In all three meetings between the two clubs last season, Maccabi beat Nahariya, as the previous match ended with a 77:71 road win for Sfairopoulos's team. The sides faced one another in the Winner Cup finals two years ago, as the Yellow & Blue celebrated their 7th Winner Cup title with a 93:79 win.
Omri Casspi who led the Yellow & Blue in the quarter-finals with 18 points and an efficiency rating of 33, is the only active player on the squad that was apart of Maccabi's first Winner Cup title 12 years ago. The Forward scored 10 points in the 93:74 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, and In the semi-finals that year, Maccabi Tel Avi beat Ironi Nahariya 78:67.
Coach Giannis Sfairopoulos decided that Quincy Acy, Angelo Caloiaro, Sandy Cohen and Elijah Bryant (that played 24 minutes on Tuesday) will not suit up tonight. Tyler Dorsey, one of Maccabi's top scorers in the preseason games overseas, will be available tonight for his coach.
Ironi Nahariya are coming into this game undefeated with a 5:0 record in preseason games, after beating Hapoel Holon in the quarter-finals 88:77 for their 5th straight win. Jerel McNeal led Franco's team with 20 points & 5 steals, Dominic Waters scored 17 points & dimed 7 assists, Jeff Adrian gathered 14 points & 7 rebounds and Egor Koulechov impressed with 13 points and a couple of clutch buckets in critical moments.
In all three meetings between the two clubs last season, Maccabi beat Nahariya, as the previous match ended with a 77:71 road win for Sfairopoulos's team. The sides faced one another in the Winner Cup finals two years ago, as the Yellow & Blue celebrated their 7th Winner Cup title with a 93:79 win.
Omri Casspi who led the Yellow & Blue in the quarter-finals with 18 points and an efficiency rating of 33, is the only active player on the squad that was apart of Maccabi's first Winner Cup title 12 years ago. The Forward scored 10 points in the 93:74 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, and In the semi-finals that year, Maccabi Tel Avi beat Ironi Nahariya 78:67.