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Hyman Galbut Girls Tournament
Preliminary Games
The #18 Mayhem improve to 12-8. Shira Pellegrino led the Rams (8-9) with 12 points.
Ilana Schwartz had 23 points to lead the #7 Aces (17-4).
The #13 Hawks (16-6) had to rally from 5 down in the 3rd quarter. The Heat are now 4-9.
Twelve teams, including six ranked in the Jewish Hoops America Top 18, will participate this weekend in the 17th annual Captain Hyman P. Galbut Girls Basketball Shabbaton in Miami.
In addition to the host H.A. Miami Warriors, the teams include Central, Fuchs Mizrachi, HAFTR, Hillel NJ, Hustle & Heart, Hyman Brand H.A., Ida Crown, Katz YHS, Margolin H.A., YULA and Frisch JV.
Each team will play in two preliminary games Wednesday and Thursday to determine seeding. The play-in games and quarterfinals are scheduled for Friday. The consolation and semifinal games with be Saturday night with the championship game at midnight.
All games played at the Hebrew Academy (HA) will be livestreamed at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/rabbi-alexander-s-gross-hebrew-academy-miami-beach-fl
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Links for games played at Miami Beach Jewish Community Center (MBJCC) are provided below with each session.
Schedule
Wednesday
MBJCC games - livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9juTAn_a6nE
6:30: Hillel vs HAFTR
7:45: Margolin H. A. vs Central
HA games
6:30: Hyman Brand H.A. vs Fuchs Mizrachi
7:45: Ida Crown vs Katz YHS
Thursday AM
MBJCC games - Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Te2Hod3oDY
9:00: Hustle & Heart vs Hyman Brand H.A.
10:15: Frisch vs Ida Crown
HA games
9:00: YULA vs Hillel NJ
10:15: H.A. Miami vs Margolin H.A.
Thursday PM
MBJCC games - Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNvvfr41RM
6:30: YULA vs HAFTR
7:45:Frisch vs Katz YHS
HA games
6:30: Fuchs Mizrachi vs Hustle & Heart
7:45: H.A. Miami vs Central
Friday - Game locations TBD
MBJCC livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDcZ8aK1_U
Top 4 seeds with byes into quarterfinals
Play-in Games
8:30
#8 vs #9
#5 vs #12
9:45
#7 vs #10
#6 vs #11
Quarterfinals
11:30
#1 vs 8/9 winner
#4 vs 5/12 winner
12:45
#2 vs 7/10 winner
#3 vs 6/11 winner
Saturday Night
MBJCC livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9gfRyWwd0
8 PM
Semifinals (at HA and MBJCC)
11th Place game - Scott Rakow Gym
9:15 PM
5th Place game at HA
7th Place game at MBJCC
9th Place game at Scott Rakow Gym
10:30 PM
3rd Place game at HA
12:00 AM
Championship game at HA
The #5 Cougars (25-4) extended their win streak to 21 games and advanced to the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference semifinals.
Shani Schwartz scored 24 points, passing 1,000 for her career, and the #10 Lions (19-6) won in the PVAC quarterfinals.
Mikayla Trajtenberg scored 13 points and Eden Singer and Sami Neff added 11 each as the #6 Cougars (19-8) advanced to the Penn-Jersey championship game.
Ilana Schwartz scored 19 points but the #7 Aces (16-4) fell to the top seed in the IHSA 1A sectional semifinals.
Asher Falk scored 29 points, Alex August added 16 and Erez Epstein had 10 as the #19 Cougars (24-12) won their ninth straight game and advanced to the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference semifinals.
David Fritz scored 20 points as the #15 Lions (21-6) advanced to the PVAC semifinals.
Gavi Balsam had 24 points, Maurice Nsiri added 23 and Benny Judelman had 10 as the Knight (6-3) advanced to the championship of the TDCAA “A” playoffs.
The #10 Aces (18-4) advanced to an IHSA 1A regional final.
Netanel Jacobs led the #21 Mayhem (14-5) with 39 points and Eitan Joel added 15.
The #18 Tigers (15-3), 2nd seeded in the league, scored the game’s first 23 points and were never threatened in advancing to the District 8-1A semifinals.
The 5th seeded Wolves (11-5) fell to the 4th seed in the District 8-1A quarterfinals.