Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv claimed a 60-78 victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento at BLM Group Arena to extend its winning streak to six games and secure a spot in the 7DAYS Eurocup Playoffs. A 0-8 run right after halftime boosted the visitors to a double-digit lead in the third quarter and Hapoel protected it the rest of the way to improve to 9-4 while Trento dropped to 2-9 after getting its fifth loss in a row.
Hapoel secures a playoff berth by downing Trento 60-78

Chinanu Onuaku led all scorers with 22 points, going for 8-of-8 in two-pointers, and contributed 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals for a career-high PIR of 35. Jordan McRae followed with 15 points and Xavier Munford tallied 11 points and 4 assists for the winners. Darion Atkins paced Trento with 15 points, Diego Flaccadori provided 14 and Matteo Spagnolo added another 10 in the losing effort.
Trento displayed a great offensive balance in the early going, with Atkins and Andrejs Graziulis punishing inside and Spagnolo hitting from outside. As such, the hosts amassed a 14-6 advantage after 5 minutes. Hapoel improved when J’Covan Brown and Jaylen Hoard stepped onto the court, which proved enough to make it all square, 20-20, at the end of the first period.
Trento used the three-point line to regain a short margin, as Hapoel found the free-throw line as its primary scoring weapon to resist, 26-25, midway through the second quarter. Onuaku had an immediate impact when he returned and collected a couple of three-point plays, plus drawing Atkins’s third foul, to push Hapoel in front, 32-33. The guests couldn’t enjoy it for long, as a technical foul called on Bar Timor and free throws by Maximilian Ladurner helped Trento reach halftime leading 40-37.
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Hapoel managed to sink its first three of the night through Munford right after the break and it shifted the momentum of the game. Onuaku joined Munford to score twice inside and McRae showed up later to score 9 points in less than 2 minutes to give Hapoel a double-digit lead, 48-58, that turned into a 51-58 edge entering the last stanza.
The good trend continued for the visitors early in the fourth period, as they got a 0-7 spark that included a three-pointer by Timor that made it 51-65 with 7 minutes remaining. Trento called for a timeout to stop the bleeding, but it only provided a short 4-0 run that didn’t push Hapoel aside from the right track. Another 0-8 run by the guests in which four different players scored established a 56-73 advantage to all but seal the win.