Israel – Best players of Israeli Winner League round 8

RichardHowell Naturalized American Richard Howell (203-PF-90) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Hapoel T-A and that’s him to receive a Usbasket.com Player of the Week award for round 8.The 26-year old power forward had a double-double of 22 points and twelve rebounds, while his team beat Ironi Nahariya (#9, 3-5) 86-77. Hapoel T-A is placed at 3rd position in Israeli Winner League. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Hapoel T-A will need more victories to improve their 5-3 record. Howell turned to be Hapoel T-A’s top player in his first season with the team. North Carolina State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Howell is in league’s top in points (7th best: 16.3ppg), rebounds (8th best: 8.1rpg) and averages solid 54.5% FGP.The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 24-year old German guard Bar Timor (190-G-92) of Hapoel J-M. Timor impressed basketball fans with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course he led Hapoel J-M to another comfortable win outscoring …

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