Israel – Gates’ 19 points and 7 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

Yancy Gates 27-year old Yancy Gates (206-C/F-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Ironi Nahariya and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3.He had the game-high 19 points adding seven rebounds and five assists for Ironi Nahariya in his team’s victory, helping them to beat Maccabi Ashdod (#5, 2-1) 82-70. Ironi Nahariya maintains the 10th position in Israeli league. Ironi Nahariya is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. Gates turned to be Ironi Nahariya’s top player in his first season with the team. University of Cincinnati graduate has very impressive stats this year. Gates is in league’s top in rebounds (5th best: 8.0rpg) and averages solid 1.3bpg and 56.4% FGP.Second best performed player last round was Darion Atkins (203-F-92) of Hapoel Holon. He is American forward in his first season at Hapoel Holon. In the last game Atkins recorded impressive double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Hapoel Holon lost that game 72-81 to Maccabi T-A (3-0). The season is still at the very beginning and this …

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